As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Well, it has to be counted. If it sounds good, it's called laxness, and if it's bad, it's dereliction of duty. At that time, no matter how you say it, you have to bear joint and several responsibilities, right?

Hua Manlou praised her wit: This matter is not life-threatening, but it is a good reason to dismiss from office, it is feasible!

Immediately, he looked at Liu Fan with satisfaction and relief: Talent!

Then there is the arsenal, which Hua Manlou settled for Peng Guang.

In fact, there is nothing to worry about in the early stage. At present, the artisans are busy at the Shenji Camp, so what Peng Guang has to do is to find a suitable place in the Xishan area. It's the same.

It should be noted that this part of Uncle Zhao said that the emperor is looking forward to it, so there can be no mistakes here - for example, if one or two Purdue bombs are leaked and then exploded at the Meridian Gate, then it is not a disaster, but It was a catastrophe, and he was about to lose his head...

Peng Guang seems to be quite down-to-earth recently, Huamanlou's orders are always fulfilled meticulously, so it's quite reassuring to arrange him here, then...

Well, the first rule is that Ming Huo and Zhao Ren cannot enter the arsenal, it is necessary!

Finally, there is the new type of firearms unit. The chief officer of this part has already pointed out that it is Huang Zichao.

Since it is a thousand-household office, it is obvious that the establishment above is the establishment of a thousand households. Excluding these clerks brought from Dongjie, the maximum limit for a thousand households is 200 people, so just make up the whole number, 1024 it is good.

Well, it must be 1024, a good number...

(The cold snap is coming, everyone take care, a cold is really fatal...)

54. Plans for southeast, northwest, A, B, C, D, rivers, lakes and seas, indiscriminate...

Recently, Qi Wanrong had a bad life.

It's definitely not because of changes in her treatment in Duke Ying's mansion, nor is it because her father asked her to learn from female celebrities, but because...

"Huamanlou, who kills thousands of knives." Miss Qi cursed, and fell on the bed with a plop, as if lying dead.

It has to be said that Qi Wanrong didn't know the connotation of "killing a thousand swords" at all, so this sentence seemed a bit charming-the so-called "killing a thousand swords" means thousands of swords cut into pieces, and its scientific name is Ling Chi, but generally speaking, the word It is more used by boudoir wives and girls in love...

But in fact, Qi Wanrong didn't care much about Huamanlou, she scolded Huamanlou for two reasons.

First, Huamanlou can be said to have ruined her faith.

If the three-stage shooting is only a small tactical step forward for the Shenji Battalion, then Purdue is an artifact that can be called a revolutionary war.

In the eyes of those who are knowledgeable, Purdue's huge power and low price are enough to cause drastic changes in the form of warfare these years-take the defense of the city as an example, with Purdue in hand, who would use cumbersome rolling stones and troubles? boiling oil?In the same way, people these days are not lacking in imagination and wisdom. Throwing hundreds of pudus to attack a city with a catapult is powerful enough to crush any siege equipment in any era in the past. Ah, is there any comparison?

Therefore, when Qi Wanrong, who was a martial artist, wanted to understand these things after returning home that day, she was almost depressed.

As the number one female general of Zhao (self-proclaimed), what Qi Wanrong yearns for is to be able to kill three generals of the enemy with a leaping horse and a horizontal spear, and still have "some courage to spare". If you want to take the Buddhist route, what Duke Ying means is that His Majesty still intends to change the army based on Purdue, so from now on, who will be foolishly jumping horses and spears?

Anyway, let you be the master of martial arts, let you be the unparalleled god of war, I will take one Purdue, if one fails, I will get another...

It is conceivable how aggrieved a prairie warrior who is good at riding and archery would be if he died under a purdue that was less than two hundred coins a piece, because Qi Wanrong was very aggrieved in her dream for a few days...

What's the second...

Now even though Huamanlou does not seem so useless, and has been praised by Emperor Guangxing several times in public, in Qi Wanrong's heart, Huamanlou is still a bad person-this is not because of Qi Wanrong's stubbornness, but because of losing After Huamanlou took over, she felt unwilling in various ways, and that's why she hated him very much.

But all the little sisters around her turned against each other...

The group of maids around Qi Wanrong grew up with her since she was a child. In Qi Wanrong's heart, they are no different from sisters. After all, she doesn't get along with the group of young ladies from other official families. Calligraphy and painting, but Qi Wanrong...

It would be better to kill her than to point her to study these things, so how could she become best friends with those young ladies?So these maids around her are extremely important to her.

But from the day when they saw Purdue, the little sisters praised Huamanlou for nothing. They were still embarrassed a few days ago, but the words "but there are three thousand Purdues are here" spread to the Duke's Mansion , They praised Huamanlou as the No. 1 general in the sky and the earth in the past and present, Qi Wanrong was dumbfounded by her ability to tell nonsense with her eyes open: Are you all blind?Just that rotten guy, you call him a famous general?

When Qi Wanrong was depressed, she was in the side room.

"Did you find out?" A female soldier with a small round face asked eagerly.

Generally speaking, rich families usually name their maids plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, spring, summer, autumn and winter, but Qi Wanrong doesn't like this very much, so the names of her group of maids are... very hasty: southeast, northwest, A, B, C, D, rivers, lakes, seas, black and white, a total of 16 people.

Originally, she had planned to name Qinghong Baibai the evil monster, but she was remonstrated by the four of them and went back...

In short, the little round face who asked the question was called Xiaodong, and he was also the leader of the 16 people on a daily basis.

"Understood!" The person who answered was Xiaobai who had just returned to the mansion. This is a very clever little girl: "Mr. Hua has been promoted to Chief Qian, and then he will set up the Xuanwu Guard Thousand Household Office in Xishan. In the near future, he will Get active over there!"

Xiao He happily said: "Then shall we tell Miss right now?"

"Idiot!" Xiao Nan grabbed her and said, "Didn't you see that? We have been saying good things about Playboys for the past few days, but Missy actually hates Playboys more and more! Now you just go and tell Missy , Do you want to piss her off?"

Xiao Ding said with a dull face, "Why?"

Xiaobei rubbed his forehead: "You're so stupid, the eldest lady is already upset because of the strength of Playboy, now you go to say that Playboy has suddenly become a fifth-rank military officer, can she feel better?"

Xiao Jiang looked at Xiao Dong: "Then what should we do, you were the one who told us to praise the playboy in front of the young lady, right?"

Xiaodong said with a dark face: "Don't make any noise! ​​It was at the beginning, and now is now, and you fellows who have done more than fail to succeed have said that you should leave no trace and moisten things silently, but you are good. Mr. Hua said that he became a master who punched Li Guang and kicked Bai Qi! With the pride of a young lady, can she be happy after hearing this?"

Hearing these words, all the girls were ashamed and lowered their heads together.

Xiao Hai persuaded with a wry smile: "Then what should we do now?"

Xiao Nan squinted her eyes and said, "Now that I know where Playboy is going, things will be easier to handle. Don't talk about Playboy in front of Missy these few days, and don't make her angry. After a while Find a day with good weather and encourage the young lady to go hunting in the Western Mountains, when the time comes..."

Xiao Qing slapped Xiao Nan on the shoulder: "A clever plan! The so-called meeting is worse than meeting by chance. After meeting a Playboy, the eldest lady will be full of love..."

"Damn you big-headed ghost!" Xiaodong patted her back: "Do you think that the eldest lady and you are like a rascal all day long? Don't talk too much, listen carefully! If someone is doing something wrong this time, the family I can't serve you!"

Xiaohong had a strange face: "When did you have the qualifications to ask for family law? Could it be you and the young master..."

Xiaodong stared at her fiercely: "If I go to tell the master that the eldest lady can get married, but because you ruined her good deed, do you think the master will beat you to death?"

"Uh……"

Xiao Nan clapped his hands: "Listen to me! In short, Playboy is a good match for Missy, we must create opportunities for Missy to see the benefits of Playboy, and let Playboy see the benefits of Missy, so Adaptability is indispensable, and you will always obey my command!"

Xiaodong concluded: "Okay, all of you continue to inquire about the news of Playboy. Xiaonan, go to the young master and ask him if there is any good way. Everyone else stays with the young lady to make her happy. Come today That's it, let's go!"

55. The matter of taking the blame for thousands of households

They planned well in the southeast and northwest, but Huamanlou was so busy that they couldn't catch the opportunity for a while.

The resident of Xishan needs to be built, and the families of craftsmen who are resident in Xishan need to settle down. And after so many people come here, they have to find a way to solve the basic necessities of life, otherwise they will not be able to live here.In addition, there must be farmers who dig coal in the mountains. Although it is not difficult to find people in this slack season if the money is in place, one more person means one more mouth. They can't work without solving the food problem.

Finally, it was the soldiers of Qianhusuo.

It's not hard to find people. Some people even wanted to come here after hearing about the opening of the Xishan Thousand Households Office. Not to mention people like Liu Fan and Peng Guang, some people even found Uncle Huai'an—everyone They're not stupid. Guys like Liu Fan know that Xishan is a vacancies place. Can others not know?

There are more than a dozen coal mines run by Xishan officials, large and small, and they were basically managed extensively in the past. Now, with the establishment of Xishan Qianhu Office, all of them are assigned to Huamanlou. If Emperor Xing made a final decision with the full support of the three court elders, I'm afraid there will be more mushrooms in this matter-after all, isn't it because of money?

Others don't know that this place is an arsenal and the new army is here, they only think that it is a fat job that can be filled with a little oil and water, so many people, especially those in Xuanwuwei, want to be transferred to Xishan.

But Hua Manlou didn't respond at all, he said to Huang Zichao like this: "This time His Majesty wants us to build not ordinary Xuanwu Guards, but a special firearms unit, so this personnel cannot be recruited from the existing Xuanwu Guards. Wei Lixuan, we can’t transfer people from the local guards, we have to recruit people ourselves. If anyone comes to you, you just say that I don’t allow it, anyway, just don’t let anyone in.”

The military household system is an inheritance system, and Xuanwuwei is no exception.This kind of strange system not only abolished the guards, but also filled the army with all kinds of bad practices, especially the glorious Xuanwu Guards, who looked sluggish.

Therefore, a few Xuanwu guards are enough for the coal mining side, but Huamanlou on the arsenal and the new army has never thought of transferring people from the Xuanwu guards, lest they bring in those messy things. Rats spoil a pot of soup.

And Huang Zichao stayed in the Shenji Camp for so long, how could he still not be clear about it?For a long time, Huang Zichao has been restrained in wanting to make some achievements, isn't it because the existing army is too old-fashioned?

But even though he agrees with Hua Manlou recruiting soldiers on his own, he is also worried that Hua Manlou will easily offend people by doing so: "My lord, if you refuse all of them, will something go wrong? Some people really have good hands and eyes..."

After all, Guochao is a society of personal relationships, and Huang Zichao is very worried that Huamanlou will refute the face of many people, causing dissatisfaction with many people, and then tripping him up—I said earlier that Huang Zichao wanted to make achievements in the road of firearms, and now It's so easy to meet Hua Manlou and get such an opportunity to do it boldly, how can he be willing to be messed up by others?

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "In order to ensure the purity of the team, what's the point of offending a few people? You can handle your own affairs with peace of mind, and don't bother with these messy things. I'll take care of it."

Huang Zichao was very moved: what a good boss!

There is no harm if there is no comparison. Just look at Huang Zichao’s previous leader Liu Shenjiang. It is good to grab it better than anyone else. The benefits are always passed on to others?

Huang Zichao knew that a few days ago, Hua Manlou gave the credit to himself and Peng Guang in front of the senior official of the Ministry of Industry, that's why he was promoted to deputy thousand households—you know, according to the normal channels, the seventh-rank general manager It will take more than ten years to become a vice-thousand household of the fifth rank?

How could he not be moved when he heard that Hua Manlou was so protective?

And looking at Huang Zichao who was so moved, Hua Manlou was also very happy: What a good successor!

Although I will definitely throw the blame and quit, I still hope to keep the achievements I have made. It is better to hand it over to Huang Zichao than to others, right?

And what about being a scapegoat for Qianhu...

Hua Manlou thinks this way: the new army was ordered by the emperor himself, which shows how much he attaches importance to it, so of course we can’t let this group of ignorant guys come in—let these old people come in, and I am a 15-year-old boy Can you hold it down?If you can't control it, something will go wrong, and if something goes wrong, won't your head be chopped off by the emperor for fun?

As for offending people, Hua Manlou really didn't care.

First of all, I have my own father behind me, Duke Ying, and Uncle Zhao. If you have the ability, you can beat them one by one.The second thing is, if you make some achievements, the emperor will not listen to one side, anyway, your own safety is completely safe.three to...

You know, Huamanlou doesn't want to be this Qianhu at all. If this group of people can really find all kinds of reasons to kick him out of this Qianhu's position, then maybe Huamanlou will be so happy, maybe even How can you be afraid of offending people if you will bring some gifts to thank you?

This is called being strong without desires.

In short, after setting this tone, things will be easy to handle. Huang Zichao personally went to the refugee camp outside the city and picked a thousand fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys to bring back.

These days, there is a saying that a good man should not be a soldier, but it is a matter of opinion. In order to have enough food, there are many thieves, let alone soldiers?

It's just that when Hua Manlou saw this group of teenagers who were about his age, he immediately frowned.

After coming to this world, he didn't know much about the people's livelihood these days—he only haunted Dongcheng and Shenji Camp, and Dongcheng was mostly a gathering place for nobles, so he had never seen the people in the refugee camp. ?

These teenagers were all sallow and thin, not to mention their thin bodies, their spirits were very sluggish, and their eyes were even full of numbness that they shouldn't have at their age.

Huang Zichao explained from the side: "There were many natural disasters last year. These teenagers were originally from innocent peasant families, but they had to leave their homes because they couldn't survive. Some of their family members starved to death on the road, and some were still refugees. Battalion and other relief, in order to let the family have an extra bite of food, when the subordinates went to recruit, they rushed to sign up..."

Looking at these young men, Hua Manlou couldn't help but feel mixed feelings: all day long he was thinking about how to have salted fish, how to have a bunch of skinny horses and a big house, but what these young men only wanted was to survive...

This is still an era of prosperity and revival. If the world is governed like this, what will the people in the troubled times live like?

Gathering his mind, Hua Manlou sighed and said, "Tomorrow, I'll put some money into the account and try to buy as much meat as possible to supplement them. This body...can't practice."

56. The embryonic form of the division of tiger and wolf

After spending enough silver taels to make Emperor Guangxing's heart hurt, the Xishan Qianhu Office opened in such a busy manner.

There are no more than [-] non-professional coal workers in Xuanwuwei, stewards, craftsmen, apprentices, logistics, etc., which makes Xishan a big settlement, which is becoming more and more lively.

It has to be said that during this period, Huamanlou was once again shocked by the people of this year: I originally thought that the infrastructure madman was a reputation that only belonged to modern people, but in fact it was also passed down from the ancestors, flowing in the world. The racial talent in the blood!

The arsenal compound was completed in half a month. In addition to the workshop and living quarters, the compound also has twelve blast furnaces of new specifications, a shooting range and a laboratory set up at the request of Hua Manlou, and even two blasting sites. ——Let’s not talk about the strength of a large number of people. According to the words of the craftsmen, this house does not need to consider any carvings, as long as it is strong, so naturally it will not be too slow.

In fact, in Huamanlou's previous life, there were many miracles in ancient times. For example, the Tang Dynasty Taiji Palace, which was three times the size of the Forbidden City, was built in ten months. There is also the Mingtang in Wu Zetian's era, which existed in history. The largest wooden structure building is 90 meters wide and deep, and its area is four times that of the Hall of Supreme Harmony. It was completed in one year...

Of course, the efficiency of Xishan Qianhu Office has a lot to do with Huamanlou.

Not to mention the young soldiers recruited from the refugee camp, even the artisans of the Zaozao Bureau lived in extreme hardship in the past-the military households were exploited by the superiors every day, but how could the artisans be better?

But after coming to the Xishan Thousand Households, the salary will be paid in full, and there will be a meal of meat every two or three days. In the eyes of the craftsmen, these days are like falling into a honeypot.In addition, both craftsmen and miners need to eat, so the wives and daughters of the craftsmen are also recruited by Huamanlou to take care of the kitchen and some logistical matters, not only to manage the food, but also to get some salary.

This series of events made the craftsmen feel that meeting a Shangguan like Huamanlou was a blessing from their ancestors, so when Huamanlou was free and wandering around the living area, there would always be some family members of the craftsmen dragging their children to kowtow to him , a benefactor, and bless the Duke of Huamanlou for all generations—even if Huamanlou is no longer a prince, even the title of earl can only be inherited after his father dies...

The craftsmen are very grateful to Huamanlou, but the young soldiers are even more so. Now they almost regard Huamanlou as their reborn parents.

After these youngsters have been raised for a few days, although they are still not particularly healthy, they are much better than when they first came, and they are no longer as disheveled as they were before, and they will collapse when the wind blows.Seeing that these guys gradually recovered and began to bravely wander around the camp, Hua Manlou arranged for them to start training—military training, and the nightmare of the teenagers began.

None of the teenagers could understand why they had to stand motionless for an hour, or why they had to line up and walk neatly, and they didn't even know what the so-called goose step was for, but every training was important. It's very torturous, and if you don't do it well, you will be pulled out and do a push-up in front of everyone...

The intensity of the training at the beginning was not high, and the teenagers even had the leisure to laugh and play after the training, but as Huamanlou adjusted the training intensity according to their state, the teenagers gradually couldn't stand it anymore, thinking about being able to do it every day. Finish early so you can go back to sleep for a while.

Although Hua Manlou did not have a systematic understanding of military training, the military training in his previous life left an indelible impression on him, and he also read a lot of military-themed TV, movie and novels. There must be orders and prohibitions, right?

In addition, although all kinds of military skills are not well understood, it is difficult to copy them, but it is not difficult to copy things like military appearance, military discipline, sense of honor and responsibility, right?

For this reason, Huamanlou even recruited a poor jingling scholar to teach these teenagers literacy, and also joined an ideological and political class that he brought himself-to put it simply, he wanted to pour the glory of soldiers into this place. In the flesh and blood of the group of teenagers, let them completely transform, and distinguish them from the group of army ruffians of the same generation.

That's why the teenagers are in a worse situation. Not only do they have to train, they have to study, they also have to clean up the sanitation and personal hygiene in the tents and camps. If they have nothing to do, they are pulled out by Hua Manlou to compete in groups to compete for a thing called a mobile red flag. , and occasionally there is an emergency assembly...

A group of teenagers who were farmers a few months ago and had been refugees for a while, where have they seen such a formation?This is almost equivalent to a complete transformation. This kind of transformation is to peel off the layer of peasant skin on them, and completely modify the looseness accumulated in their flesh and blood for more than ten years. Can it not be painful?

But even so, none of them complained of suffering or tiredness.After all, they used to be the children of farmers, and most of them have been working in the fields since childhood, so fatigue is not a problem for them at all.And the most important thing is that there is enough food and money here...

So even though Huamanlou trained these teenagers to death, no one complained about Huamanlou's actions - the family members who are still in the refugee camp can survive, and after this winter, they can return to their hometown and settle down again. Isn't this the grace of regeneration?

Being regarded as a reborn parent by children of about the same age, Hua Manlou's heart is actually quite complicated-although in the previous life, he always liked to be the father of a few animals in the same house when he was in school, but the nature of the two is completely different...

Therefore, when several teenagers knelt down to give thanks, Huamanlou grabbed them and kicked them hard. Then he told these teenagers two things: First, they are soldiers, and he is their superior. You don't need to kneel down when you arrive at Shangguan, you just need to do a military salute.Second, everything they have is earned through hard work, and if they want a better future, they have to work harder.

Of these two things, the former is to define the identities of the teenagers, and the latter is to give them dignity—what Huamanlou wants is not a bunch of knucklers, but the kind of tiger and wolf who never feared blood and sweat when defending their home and country. division.

It has to be said that although Huamanlou is a half-baked guy, this method of training troops opened Huang Zichao's eyes. He never thought that the morale of an army could be shaped like this. This is like the embryonic form of a tiger-wolf army.

In Huang Zichao's view, if Huamanlou's method continues to toss, it won't take long for these young people to completely lose their peasant atmosphere and become outright professional soldiers. Spears, this army is also a division of a hundred battles.