Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 194 See also debt collection

"According to the second brother, this Mr. Yang is really a talent." After Cheng Ji told the whole story, Cheng practically tapped his fingers on the table and said in a deep thought, "You can learn both literary and military skills at a young age." , can fight and farm, and is proficient in farming, mulberry and water conservancy. The most valuable thing is that he also attaches great importance to friendship and integrity, and he is not tempted by the huge sum of 6 taels of silver. Such talents are really rare. There is no limit! It is a wise move for the second child to invest in him."

Cheng Qi was a little confused: "He can fight, farm, water conservancy, and iron smelting. How can he know so much?"

Cheng Ji said: "He knows far more than that. If you get along with him for a long time, you will find that he knows too many things, and a little bit can be used for life."

Cheng Jun tentatively asked, "Second brother, can you introduce me to Master Yang?"

Cheng Ji looked at his elder brother with some vigilance. Is this the rhythm of grabbing business?
Cheng Jun said with some embarrassment: "To tell you the truth, I encountered some troubles last year. Several food sources were robbed. If I can't find new food sources, I can't do business..."

Cheng Shi coughed and said, "Second brother, you can help elder brother. Your elder brother has been frustrated frequently over the years and urgently needs a stable food source."

Cheng Ji was quite unhappy. He had just tasted the sweetness of monopoly. With hundreds of thousands of shi potatoes in hand, he just built a warehouse and a processing plant, and easily earned 10,000+ taels of silver without even leaving Nanyang. , compared to traveling all over the world, suffering all kinds of hardships, and earning thousands of taels of silver a year, I don’t know how much better it is. Now the eldest brother actually wants to intervene and share?It's too much.

Cheng Qi asked with some embarrassment: "Second brother, can you introduce me too? I have 3 taels of silver in my hand, and I want to start a small business, but I don't know what to do. Master Yang is so capable, maybe Can give me some pointers."

The younger sister also wants to intervene?Cheng Ji began to have a headache again. He could refuse his elder brother, but he couldn't refuse his younger sister's request. Since he was a child, he loved her the most. I have been invited, you come with me, and I will introduce you to Mr. Yang."

Cheng Jun was overjoyed: "Thank you, second brother, thank you, second brother!" Cheng Qi simply clapped her hands and cheered.Seeing his sister so happy, Cheng Ji couldn't help but also laughed...why care so much?After all, it's still a family, and it's better for the money to be earned by your own family than by outsiders...

Yang Menglong delivered the iron ingot to the military camp. The blacksmiths cheered and surrounded him. One person held an ingot, knocked and touched it, and kept saying: "Good iron, good iron!" Yang Menglong seriously despised them, and even pretended to be fooling around with his brother. It's been a year, why are you still like a country bumpkin who has never seen the world?He generously waited until the blacksmiths had touched and held enough, and then ordered the iron ingots to be pushed into the open-hearth furnace that had been prepared. A fire broke out, and the coke in the furnace was ignited. The blower blew a large amount of air into the furnace. The wind was fierce and there was a column of smoke. Follow the chimney straight into the sky.This time he wants to smelt high carbon steel and use it to mass-produce gun heads, arrowheads and other weapons. Although manganese steel is good, the quantity of ore is really not very large. You can't use manganese steel for all weapons, right?This is too luxurious.He doesn’t know exactly how to practice, so he can leave it to professionals to figure it out. He is not afraid of failure. There is no war now, so he can withstand failure.

"The fire must be maintained, the wind must not stop, and it will take three days and three nights to refining before it is released... I don't know much about these, you can figure it out." He said these words and ran away from the refining. The steel construction site...he has used up his hard work this week, and no one can let him do any more work!Everyone had long been accustomed to his unreliability, so they smiled and continued to do their own business. First, refine the furnace of steel.

The soldiers had already had their dinner and were heading to the Qianhu Office in groups of three or four. They were going to take a bath.Seeing that Yang Menglong's whole body was completely black, the boys turned their faces aside one by one, and laughed unscrupulously.Yang Menglong knew how dirty he was now, so he didn't care about them. He brought the horse over and went back to take a bath first.At this moment, Han Peng, Qi Hu, Xue Siming, Wang Tiehammer, and Zhong Ning appeared out of nowhere, shouting in unison, "My lord!" and surrounded him in the middle.

Yang Menglong's foot that was straddling the stirrup stopped in mid-air, glared at these guys angrily, and called, "Are you ambush me? How did you catch it so accurately?"

Han Peng smiled and said, "It's rare for you to come to the military camp once. We have many things to discuss with you..."

Yang Menglong shouted: "No time! I have to go back and prepare for tomorrow's outing. We will talk about big things next week!"

Han Peng said anxiously and quickly: "Master Lu has sent a letter, hoping that the humble officer will bring dozens of officers back to the Daming Mansion to help him train the Tianxiong Army!"

Yang Menglong said: "Then you can go... No, you can't go, Mr. Qi is better than me in training soldiers, Mr. Qi, you should go for a while."

Qi Hu cupped his hands and said, "Yes!"

Wang Tiechui spoke more urgently: "It has been more than half a year since my Shanshan Battalion was established, and it still has less than 100 people. Isn't it time to recruit more soldiers? By the way, we can also make up for our armor!"

Yang Menglong chuckled: "The armor is still being made, still being made! As for the recruitment, don't worry, let's train your dozens of people first... If I have a chance, I will go to Shandong and bring you back. There are thousands of Shandong Han soldiers, take your pick!"

Wang Tiehammer doubted the credibility of these words: "This is the best!"

Yang Menglong said fiercely: "I said I would trick you, and I will trick you!" He glared at Xue Siming: "Tell me, what's wrong with you?"

Xue Siming felt a little wronged: "My lord, it's like this. In the past two months, many fellows from Yulin have written to me, saying that they want to go to Wuyang to join the army. I can't make up my mind on this matter. I have to ask my lord for instructions. They come over..."

Yang Menglong said impatiently: "If they are willing to come, let them come. If they are qualified, let them serve as soldiers. If they are not qualified, they will go to work in the farm. No matter what, they will have a bowl of food. You and Han Peng will discuss this matter." Alright, don’t bother me with it!” After thinking for a while, he added: “By the way, the imperial court gave us [-] soldiers, and now our total strength is only in the early [-]s, which is really too small. Please work harder. Invite more fellow countrymen like Zhong Ning and Cao Jun to come over. If you raise five hundred, I will make you the general manager. If you raise one thousand, I will make you the thousand general manager!"

Xue Siming cheered up: "Please rest assured, my lord, we Yulin people have been begging for life at the edge of the sword for generations, and there are plenty of people who want to be soldiers. As long as the adults say something, it is not a problem to recruit [-] yuan, let alone [-] yuan!"

Yang Menglong said: "What I want is elite soldiers, don't just give them indiscriminately!" He stared at everyone fiercely, as if he wanted to eat people: "Is there anything else?"

Seeing this kid was going crazy, everyone didn't dare to say anything even if they had something to say, they shook their heads unanimously: "It's gone!"

Yang Menglong jumped on the horse with a whoosh: "If it's gone, go to your own business, those who should go to Daming Mansion as coaches go to Daming Mansion to be coaches, those who should form cliques form cliques, those who should train, in short, Don't bother me again this week! A bunch of psychopaths, once I come to the military camp, I will ask you to collect debts, just like what I owed you in my previous life!" Everyone was dumbfounded, boss, whose army is this? How about dim sum?Yang Menglong didn't care, he scolded them all, flattered them and left, took two steps, then turned around and called: "Also, you all come to participate in the outing tomorrow."

Everyone responded helplessly: "Yes!"

Only then was Yang Menglong satisfied, and said: "Leave on time tomorrow morning, don't be late!" After speaking, he galloped out of the barracks and disappeared in a flash.The generals watched him go away on a galloping dust, nothing but helplessness. Even Zhong Ning, a newcomer, couldn't help complaining: "Sanlang, why do I think you are more like the head of Wuyangwei?" He added: " It's a pity that you, the head of the family, have neither money nor food..."

Xue Siming smiled wryly: "You only know now? Our Master Yang has always been so unreliable. It is even more difficult to expect him to lead troops in a serious manner!"

Wang Tiechui lamented: "My armor, when will I be able to see its shadow?"

Qi Hu sighed: "If only he was willing to devote [-]% of his energy to training soldiers."

Han Peng curled his lips: "[-]% of the energy? With his olive butt, you expect him to devote [-]% of his energy to training? Don't even think about it!"

In a word, everyone is not very satisfied with this unreliable boss.His name is the Commander of Wuyang Guards. In fact, the total time he stays in the barracks in a year is less than two months, except for bringing people to the barracks to inspect the troops on a whim, or coming up with some new ideas for military training. The whole barracks was in chaos, and it was very difficult to see him in the barracks again.The imperial court gave him five thousand households with six thousand soldiers, and he has no plans to expand the army so far, which really made everyone anxious.However, in addition to being often unreliable, the commander Yang Menglong is quite competent. The food and salaries that should be paid are distributed on time. equipment, so the soldiers are very satisfied with this boss, and they are not satisfied with the officers who have been tossed about by the shopkeeper...

Looking at the plume of smoke coming out of the chimney of the open hearth, and listening to the tinkling of iron from the ordnance workshop, everyone sighed, alas, be content!Although the boss is not very reliable, he is definitely at the forefront of the war. Follow him, the supplies are sufficient, and the rewards and punishments are clear. Everyone can just train and fight. There is no need to worry about other things. What else do they have to do? Satisfied?

(End of this chapter)