Large-scale celebrations were held everywhere in Tianjing New City. A large number of people went to the streets, and there were firecrackers everywhere. Lin Qing'er, Mrs. She, Hua Jieyu and the others were in the official hall of Tianjing New City to discuss this great victory. Next to them, Zhang
Xiang and Zhao Jinxi looked unhappy. They did not participate in the battle in Dagou. The opportunity to make meritorious service was gone, and they had no part in the cross-border parade. Zhao Jinxi was especially disappointed.
Lin Qing'er said, "This time Yang Peng severely attacked the arrogance of the Khitan people. It seems that Empress Dowager Xiao's hunting in Jinyang will be carried out this time. I think the Khitan soldiers in Youzhou will not be there for a long time."
I will come out to hunt for grass. Let’s see when Peng’er takes Yingzhou and Mozhou. This time he has made the Khitan people lose their temper. Haha, it makes me excited to hear it.” Mrs. She said, “This time I heard about the war.
Only over a hundred soldiers died, and over five hundred were injured. How was this battle fought? You, the apprentice, are too powerful. Eight sisters, nine sisters, you will also report to Zhang Xiang’s military camp tomorrow. Start as soldiers.
, Yang Paifeng, you also go there with Bamei, we can’t just sit idle here, what do you think, eldest daughter-in-law.”
Lin Qing'er said, "The Dali Temple is also under construction. In this way, the eldest daughter-in-law, you will be the minister of the Dali Temple, equivalent to the minister of the Ministry of War. I will discuss it with the cabinet and report it to Peng'er for approval. From now on, the security of Tianjing New City will be handed over to the eldest daughter-in-law."
"What do you think, eldest daughter-in-law?" Hua Jieyu said, "I can't say whether you want to be given such a big official all at once." Zhao Jinxi said, "Sister Hua, there must be nothing wrong with you. You are much better than me, Hua."
Sister, I support you."
Huyan Chijin, please go to the Ministry of War to help. Zhang Xiang, you have no problem, right? Zhang Xiang said, "How can we get help from Seventh Sister, that is, we burn high incense, Seventh Sister, you see you will also serve as the deputy commander of the Pioneer Regiment.
This guy Duan Zhixian made such a big profit this time, next time our vanguard group must win the next battle, and with the help of the seventh sister-in-law, let’s see what else the city lord can do.”
"Xiuying, just go to work in the Ministry of Rites. I can't do the job in the Ministry of Rites. My level is too low and I haven't read many books. You can go to my place to help me first. When you are done, you will be the Minister of Rites."
Responsible, don’t mess with my old bones, I can’t stand it anymore.”
"Du Jin'e, you also go to Huben regiment Duan Zhixian, and tomorrow you will go to Dagou to report. You are also a military general. I hope you can see you in the next cross-border parade," Du Jin'e said, "Yes, mother-in-law, I will
Just go report and start as a small soldier, just be in the same battalion as Yang Tong, and I can wear such a beautiful military uniform."
On November 28, all civil and military officials from Cangzhou gathered in Tianjing New City to observe Yang Peng's soldier training. Yang Peng defeated the Northern Recruitment Envoy at the foot of Dagou City, and killed Ye Qi Hongguang in formation, capturing and beheading 10,000 soldiers.
With more than 1,600 Khitan heads, the officials in Cangzhou wanted to know how Yang Peng did it. Yang Peng asked the soldiers of the Huben Regiment to demonstrate on the spot to let the officials understand how he killed the enemy.
On this day, all the military attachés and civil servants in Cangzhou gathered together on the shooting range of Tianjing New City to watch the demonstration of the Huben Regiment. Yang Peng had already prepared a hundred flintlock rifles that had not yet had time to be rifled for the soldiers of the Huben Regiment to demonstrate.
Hundreds of guns were fired in volley. Only a crackling sound of gunfire was heard, pieces of white smoke spewed out, and the target fifty steps away was broken into pieces. Yang Peng said loudly: "Look, everyone, with hundreds of guns firing like this,
The power of the shot was such that even the Khitan cavalry rushing into the formation would be killed on their horses. If it was combined with various traps and horse resistance to defend the city, the effect would be even better. Dozens of Khitan cavalry would have to be thrown down before they could reach the formation.
Corpse." Cangzhou Lieutenant General Geng Yingjie asked: "This flintlock gun does not require a match rope? But is it a self-generating fire gun invented by Yang Peng?"
The next day, Luo Lizong, the newly appointed guerrilla general of the Cangzhou Battalion, came to visit Yang Peng. He was grateful to Yang Peng for sharing his head and was optimistic about Yang Peng's future future, so he came to visit Yang Peng. The official office of Tianjing New City has now been occupied.
In the second hall of the General's Mansion, Yang Peng met with Luo Li Zong, who was full of joy. As soon as they came up, Luo Li Zong presented a gift list worth seven or eighty taels, handed over his hand and said, "It's all thanks to this great victory of my virtuous brother."
Majestic, we will ascend to heaven in a hurry. If before, I could only dream about being promoted to a guerrilla, now my dream has come true!"
Yang Peng said modestly: "Brother Luo is joking, this guerrilla is the result of Brother Luo's life and work for so many years. This victory is just a matter of course." Luo Lizong seemed to agree with Yang Peng's words, and laughed loudly and said: "
My dear brother is really good at talking." Seeing Luo Lizong's envious look, Li Zhi smiled and said nothing.
After saying a few words, Yang Peng inquired about Luo Zhen's information and asked lightly: "Brother Luo, how is Luo Zhen?" Luo Lizong laughed when he heard this and said, "You ask Luo Zhen?" Yang Peng asked
: "Yes, Luo Zhen!"
Luo Lizong said: "Brother, you don't know, the rumors about this new general are very bad. The Zhenzhou camp he was originally in charge of originally had 3,000 soldiers, but he ate up 1,200 free wages. In fact,
There are only 1,800 soldiers in the army, and the ratio of empty pay is the highest in Cangzhou. Not to mention, he is still making trouble in the Gegu area, saying that a few rich families with no background are colluding with thieves and ransacking other people's homes.
I robbed thousands of taels of silver."
Yang Peng said: "So he has such a bad reputation?" Luo Lizong said: "He has a bad reputation! But this man is ruthless in making money and is generous with his money. He sends money everywhere. He has a thorough understanding of all aspects of Cangzhou, so this
It will be his turn as soon as the position of the second council officer becomes vacant." Luo Lizong was deeply settled with Cangzhou officialdom, so he told Yang Peng everything about Luo Zhen's previous affairs. Yang Peng asked Luo Lizong a few more questions, and then
Changed the topic: "Let's not talk about Luo Zhen. Let's talk about Brother Luo's camp."
Whether Xu Nan will be transferred away soon or not, Luo Zhen will not make an attack in a short time. Of course, Yang Peng is not afraid of Luo Zhen making an attack. So Yang Peng temporarily puts Luo Zhen's matter behind his mind and continues to work on the internal affairs.
Governance. In mid-October, the Khitan had already left the customs, and the roads were already clear. The sowing of winter wheat had begun, and the refugees who gathered in the north of Dagou City went back to their hometowns one after another. Although the poor people had no wealth, they could still seek refuge.
Relatives and friends borrow some grain to survive half a year. As long as we go back and sow seeds in the wheat fields, our lives will be back on track next year.
Yang Peng gave each refugee a bucket of rice and made dry food for them on the way, otherwise these refugees would starve halfway. Within a few days, half of the refugees in the north of Dagou City had left, leaving only 10,000 people. Yang Peng saw
The last 10,000 people refused to leave, so they went to the north of the city to have a look. When Yang Peng arrived in the north of the city, he found that those who stayed were the most hungry and poor poor people. They were all skinny and skinny. There were men, women, old and young, and many of them were still poor.
With her family and her family behind her, she huddled in a den on the ground, looking at people with timid eyes.
Yang Peng walked around the refugee camp, and several old people walked up shakily on crutches. As soon as they walked in front of Yang Peng, these old people kowtowed to Yang Peng. Yang Peng quickly helped them up.
"Mr. City Lord, aren't we just living in Dagou and eating nothing? We are really desperate!" Yang Peng nodded and said, "Don't the common people have any relatives or friends that we can rely on? We can't even borrow a year's worth of food?"
The old people sighed and said: "Those of us who stayed behind are the most miserable. Either our relatives are poor or their relatives have also suffered disasters. Where can we borrow a year's rations? The house at home is probably also destroyed by the Khitan soldiers."
It was burned and all the food was robbed by the Khitan soldiers. It will be a dead end if we go back!"
After several old people said this, they knelt on the ground one by one. "Please take us in! We don't need monthly money or a house. We just need to live in this hut and have a mouthful of porridge! As long as we have porridge to eat."
"Let's serve you like cows and horses!" Yang Peng helped these old people up, walked a few steps forward, and looked at these poor people again.
Most of these people are poor people with families. Because there are many old and young people in the population, the economy is the most difficult. If a single, young and strong family has a farm, they can survive a year by borrowing a stone and a half of food from others. It is still easy to find a place to borrow money.
. With a family of five or six people, we need to borrow at least eight or nine dan of grain. In this time of war and chaos, the price of rice is soaring, so it is difficult to borrow that much grain.
In the past few months after the Khitan soldiers entered the customs, Cangzhou was plundered and a lot of grain was transported back outside the customs. Now the food in Cangzhou needs to be transported in from other places to meet the demand. The original price of rice, which was two liang and one shi, has increased to four liang and one shi.
It is estimated that the price of rice will not drop in half a year. In this situation, if there is not enough money, it is impossible to buy life-saving food.
But all the jobs in Tianjing New City are currently saturated, and there is no need for so many people! Li Zhi cannot support all these people. These people have no skills and can only cultivate the land. However, Li Zhi thought again: Tianjing
The new city has been importing food from outside, and the logistics pressure is quite high. Now that rice is expensive in Cangzhou, Yang Peng spends a lot more money to maintain Tianjing New City every day. Why not gather these to cultivate the land?
Where can he find land for these farmers to plant? Yang Peng does know about the manufacture of some high-efficiency hydraulic machinery, which can turn dry land that cannot be irrigated by ordinary methods into fertile land. Those wastelands are cheap, and Yang Peng can turn them into fertile land after buying them.
Fertile land. How about using these hydraulic machines to reclaim new land?
Yang Peng thought for a while and asked the old people: "Do you know how to farm?" Those old people suddenly saw hope, and quickly walked up with crutches and knelt in front of Yang Peng, and replied: "Back to the city lord, we are all
All farmers who are responsible can grow wheat! Are you willing to take us in as sharecroppers?" The men, women, and children next to Yang Peng felt hopeful when they saw Li Zhi asking questions. They crawled out of their nests one by one and knelt down with a huff.
In front of Yang Peng.
"Sir, accept us, we will starve to death if we go back!" "Sir, please save us!" Yang Peng nodded, and in the excited eyes of the poor, he said lightly: "Then you just stay.
Farm the land for me!”
Yang Peng replied: "This kind of fire gun is called a flintlock gun, but it has the same purpose as the self-generated fire gun." Geng Ying nodded and said nothing. The generals looked at the flintlock gun and all muttered. Xu Nan stroked his beard and asked: "You
How much silver does it cost to make a fire gun?" Yang Peng replied: "We will give the craftsmen four taels of labor, and we will also need six taels of materials to buy fine iron and steel. The total cost is ten taels of silver per gun."
After hearing Yang Peng's words, all the civil and military officials took a breath. Ten taels of silver per shot was too expensive. Although this fire blunderbuss was sharp, it could only hit fifty steps, and the enemy would be killed after one shot.
They rushed over and killed a limited number of enemies. Moreover, if the soldiers used this firecracker, they could not carry other long weapons, and their ability to fight in close combat was greatly reduced.
Seeing that the military attachés looked down on the flintlock gun, Yang Peng took out a bayonet from his waist and put it on the gun, saying: "This gun can be equipped with a bayonet made by Su Gang for hand-to-hand combat. This bayonet costs three taels of silver." Hearing this.
After Yang Peng's words, all the military attachés looked at each other with disappointment in their eyes. How inconvenient is it to attach a bayonet to a musket? It's not as straightforward as spearmen.
Can this flintlock gun really defeat the Khitan cavalry? Could it be that Yang Peng was lucky, and the Khitan soldiers desperately attacked the city without knowing the details, and hit Yang Peng's gun?
Moreover, various military attaches have deeper concerns - spending money to make equipment sounds simple, but in fact it is impossible to operate at all. What should I do with the money that is used to honor the gods? If you do not honor the gods, the slightest mistake will become a serious crime, and you can be punished at any time
There is a risk of going to jail. Risking offending all kinds of gods and deities, frugally building this firecracker without a match rope? Isn't that looking for death?
This flintlock gun doesn't look like much, at least it doesn't meet the needs of the military attachés of the Song Dynasty. It's better to drink the blood of soldiers and pay empty wages, honor the gods of all walks of life, and then wait for other people to perform meritorious service and share his military merits! It's more cost-effective for the officials to express their opinions.
Yang Peng was not interested in the flintlock gun and urged him to demonstrate the crossbow.
Li Zhi launched ten powerful crossbows and fired at targets 300 meters away. All of them broke the two-inch-thick wooden board. The officials felt that this powerful crossbow was even more ordinary and asked: "How much does it cost to make one?"
Door?" Yang Peng quoted a high price and said: "It costs six hundred taels to build a door!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, all the military attaches wanted to leave on the spot. They finally understood that Yang Peng was not here to make a fortune, but to spend money! His troops were piled up with money. He became an official
The bigger he is, the more soldiers he has, and the more money he spends on this army. Not everyone has as many profitable properties as Yang Peng. Who has so much money to squander? It is said that being an official for thousands of miles is only for
Wealth! If you don’t make money as an official, why do you wear this black gauze hat?
The officials became interested and soon dispersed, each riding away on horseback. After seeing off the visiting civil and military officials, Yang Peng went to the wounded soldiers camp to check on the injured soldiers.
Different from previous battles, this time there were casualties among Yang Peng's Tiger and Ben regiments. Four soldiers were injured during the defense of the city. The elite Khitan army shot and wounded more than 50 soldiers. Finally, when the Khitan army charged into the formation, another casualty was caused.
More than fifty soldiers were killed or wounded. Now, thirty-eight soldiers have died of their injuries. There are still seventy-three wounded soldiers in the wounded soldiers camp of the Huben Regiment, of which twenty-three are seriously injured and may die.
Yang Peng walked into the wounded barracks and heard the cries of the wounded. The medical skills of the Song Dynasty were not backward in this era. At this time, the West had just discovered blood circulation, and its grasp of the properties of various drugs was far inferior to that of traditional Chinese medicine.
.But even so, ordinary Chinese medicine is still unable to deal with severe physical trauma. Yang Peng found several old Chinese medicine doctors in Cangzhou City, but they could only watch the wounded die one after another.
Khitan arrowheads are often soaked in horse dung, which is poisonous. If they are shot in the limbs, they will often be amputated, and if they are shot in the torso, they will basically be hopeless. Yang Peng temporarily hired 20 women as nurses, and let the nurses
They distilled high-concentration alcohol and disinfected the soldiers' wounds every day. As for surgical-level treatments such as setting bones and suturing the injured muscle tissue, none of the local doctors in Cangzhou knew how to do it.
After disinfecting the wound, he could only rely on the injured body to recover on its own. Seeing the backward surgical skills in Cangzhou, Li Zhi secretly wanted to recruit medical talents and use scientific experiments to build a team of doctors. Let the doctors conduct experiments
Exploring trauma treatment methods and gradually improving surgical skills - a trauma treatment team can greatly boost the morale of soldiers, and can even make soldiers who dare not fight bravely face the enemy.
Yang Peng walked into the wounded barracks and checked the wounded soldiers one by one. A wounded soldier whose right arm was hit by a poisonous arrow from a Khitan soldier and whose right hand was cut off by a doctor cried when he saw Yang Peng.
Yang Peng patted his back and said: "Hero! Why are you crying?" The wounded man cried: "City Lord, I have a mother and a pair of children at home, and they all rely on my three taels of military salary to support me. Now I
My right hand is broken and I can no longer fight. My family has no money to rent a house and we are afraid that we will starve to death and freeze to death in the city!"
Yang Peng pondered for a moment and said: "Don't cry, I won't let your family starve to death!" After thinking about it, Yang Peng said: "During the six months of healing, I will give you one, two and a half yuan of silver per month.
You, then give me a dou of rice every month. After your wound is better, you can learn to read and practice writing with your left hand. After six months, I will find you a clerical job! Although there is no high salary like being a soldier, you can get two taels of silver a month.
, there are still days when there is meat for three meals!”
The wounded man was stunned for a moment, started to cry harder, and kowtowed to Yang Peng. Yang Peng pressed him on the bed, smiled at him, and went to the next patient's bed. The next patient was even more seriously injured.
, his spine was chopped off by the elite ax of the Khitan Xi army. Although the wound gradually healed without suppuration, the lower half of his body is now paralyzed.
Seeing Yang Peng coming, the wounded man immediately shed two tears on his face and was speechless. Yang Peng patted the wounded man on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid if you are seriously injured and lose the ability to work. I always
I will give you a monthly allowance of 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yuan per month, and give you a bushel of rice every month, so that your family can have enough food and clothing!"
When the wounded man heard Yang Peng's words, he couldn't hold back his tears and just kept nodding. After a long time, he held back a sentence: "Thank you, City Lord!" Yang Peng turned around and said to Zheng Hui who was following behind: "You
I have written it down, and operate according to the principles I mentioned: For the injured who can still work, the Ministry of Works will try to arrange suitable jobs for them, with a monthly salary of two taels and three meals of meat. For those who have completely lost the ability to work, the injured will be given a monthly salary.
The subsidy is one tael and a bucket of rice. For soldiers who died in battle, a one-time pension of 20 taels will be paid, and a monthly pension of one tael and five taels will be paid every month for thirty years."
Hearing Yang Peng's words, the wounded in the wounded barracks started to cry one by one. Where can such a good city lord be found? In this way, there is no need to worry about being injured or even sacrificed. The wounded who were not seriously injured were one by one.
He wanted to climb out of bed and kowtow to Yang Peng. Yang Peng helped the wounded and said calmly: "Without courtesy, you are all heroes of Tianjing New City!"
The hydraulic machine Yang Peng wants to build is called a dragon tail cart. This device is also called an Archimedes spiral tube. According to legend, it was invented by Archimedes. It is a tool that uses a spiral wheel in a cylinder to rise and lift water. Dragon Tail
The outside of the car is an iron shell, and inside is a long rotating shaft covered with propeller blades. The rotating shaft keeps rotating, allowing water to roll at the bottom of the rotating shaft blades, gradually raising the water level.
A bearing is installed on the upper joint of the rotating shaft to reduce friction. The lower rotating joint should be extended into the water. Yang Peng used a brass ball to press on a copper sleeve, which can also reduce the friction during rotation. Water
The main parts of the car are made of wrought iron and painted inside and outside to prevent rust.
This kind of water wheel has the characteristics of low effort and high efficiency. The efficiency of one person operating this water wheel is comparable to that of ten people operating a traditional keel wheel. Until modern times, this kind of water wheel has been widely used in industrial fields to lift fluids and powders.
The Song Dynasty once vigorously promoted this kind of waterwheel, but due to the complexity of manufacturing the dragon-tailed wheel and political corruption, this kind of waterwheel was never popularized.
But Yang Peng had cannon-casting craftsmen and casting technology, and it was easy to cast this kind of keel cart. The cannon-casting craftsmen stopped working after casting more than 80 powerful crossbows, and they were in a standby state. It happened to start casting this kind of dragon-tailed cart.
After Yang Peng drew the drawings, he gave them to the gunsmiths to cast the molds. Yang Peng explained on the spot that the gunsmiths worked for a few days before casting the iron molds for the rotating blades and the outer casing, which were successfully assembled. Next, they used the iron molds
Just batch casting.
The first waterwheel was quickly finished. Yang Peng put the waterwheel on the river to experiment with pumping water. As soon as the rotating shaft turned, he saw water flowing out of the waterwheel. Yang Peng kept the waterwheel on the riverside.
It only took half an hour to pump water until four acres of land were filled. In this way, one person could irrigate forty acres of land in one day, which was much better than other water trucks.
When the people watching saw the shaking water wheel pumping out the rushing water, they suddenly became excited. The people cheered and celebrated that the city lord had invented a new thing. It is estimated that this new thing can bring a lot of new blessings to the people. The Dragon Tail Cart
High efficiency is very important for agricultural production. When planting wheat, you need to grasp the season, and you need to irrigate a few days before and after certain seasons. There are bottom moisture, winter irrigation, first water, second water, and three water. The efficiency of waterwheels is not high, and in limited
During the irrigation season, only a few acres of land along the river can be irrigated. Using inefficient water trucks to irrigate more fields will only delay the season and greatly reduce crop harvests.
A waterwheel with high efficiency can allow more fields to be irrigated in a timely manner. Moreover, this type of dragon-tailed vehicle has another advantage, that is, it has a particularly wide range of applications. As long as the water underneath can overflow the blades under the dragon-tailed vehicle, water can be pumped.
It doesn't matter whether there is a pond or a small river underneath, as long as there is a little water surface. It does not require the speed of water flow like the drum truck, which emphasizes the depth of entering the water.
The dragon-tail car made by Yang Peng using the casting method is six meters long and weighs 130 kilograms. It can pump the water in the river more than three meters high. The main parts of the waterwheel are cast with wrought iron, and the cost including labor and bearings is twelve
Two and one can be promoted on a large scale. The more troublesome thing is that it requires regular maintenance and painting to prevent rust. The annual maintenance cost is estimated to be one or two silver. If Li Zhi wants to promote it on a large scale, he will probably need to organize a professional team.
These dragon-tail vehicles must be maintained regularly. But compared with the benefits of converting dry land into farmland, the maintenance fee of one tael is not eye-catching.
If you want to know what happens next, let’s look at the breakdown in the next chapter.