Zhang Yangquan left the entire transaction to Shen Qianqian in charge of the evening transaction, and also asked Shanzhu to lead 500 soldiers at her disposal.
The city gate was opened by the family, making it easy to come in and out. Before dawn the next day, Shanzhu and the Shen family nurse transported weapons into the north gate together, and then the two families separated and each took the goods back to their homes.
Only four fire guns were transported into Qianhusuo. When the other four were outside the city, they were directly transferred to Longtan Village.
At noon the next day, Kang Lian's ship passed through the water gate and returned to Jiangdu City. The ordnance was first transported to the General Manager's Mansion, and then people from each thousand households went to the General Manager's Mansion to collect it.
What was originally a very simple matter has been delayed for two days and has not been completed. Officials at all levels in the General Administration Office have to ask for bribes before they are willing to go through the process.
In the end, Shanzhu spent more than five hundred taels of silver to bring back the weapons from Qianhu Station in Beimen. The total amount was:
Two muskets, one turret, one hundred and twenty-five sets of ring armor, one hundred and twenty-five sets of willow leaf armor, seven hundred and fifty stacked shields, seven hundred and fifty hard bows, and twelve thousand five hundred arrows , one thousand two hundred and fifty scimitars, two thousand spears, and five hundred bronze bones.
Zhang Yangquan ordered people to transport all the scimitars to the village and smelt them into spears. In this way, there were 10,000 spears.
Next, we only need to recruit 10,000 more people, and then train them into elite divisions, which is the day of the uprising.
The days of training were boring. After Zhang Yangquan was busy with the store expansion, he returned to the village and added stance training and goose-stepping training to his training.
On this day, he was training everyone to walk in the goose step, when Qin Lingsi's clear laughter suddenly came from the side of the school field: "Military advisor, are you training them to walk?"
Zhang Yangquan glared at her and continued training.
Qin Lingsi looked aside for a while, laughing so hard that she could hardly stand up straight.
Some people's steps were too small and they fell behind unknowingly and were kicked on the butt by the person behind them. Some people used too much force and kicked their shoes away when they raised their legs.
Moreover, Zhang Yangquan often asked everyone to keep their legs raised. Seeing everyone's legs shaking in mid-air, Qin Lingsi suspected that this training was used to torture people.
After a while, the goose-stepping training ended. Zhang Yangquan handed over the remaining training to Xu Baisheng and Zhao Desheng, and came to Qin Lingsi's side.
"Why are you back? Are the water tankers and canals ready?"
"Wipe your sweat." Qin Lingsi took out a handkerchief and threw it to him, smiling: "A total of eight water-turning trucks have been built, which is enough to irrigate 10,000 acres of land!"
This girl always exudes vitality, no matter what she does, she is particularly energetic. Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "Well done."
Qin Lingsi glanced at the school grounds and suddenly said: "Why are there so many people all of a sudden?"
When Zhang Yangquan told about the secret recruitment of troops, Qin Lingsi was surprised and said: "If we recruit so many people at once, will we have enough food?"
"We have opened three shops in the city. From the restaurant and porcelain shop alone, we can earn nearly two thousand taels of silver a month. The business of the cloth shop is getting better and better day by day!"
Qin Ling said happily: "This is no worse than selling vegetables! I'm still thinking about what I should do if I can't sell vegetables because I have planted potatoes in the fields for the past two months!"
Zhang Yangquan sighed: "Looking at it now, our way of recruiting people to the village is the correct one. Although many people cannot fight, they can bring greater benefits to the village!"
At present, Longtan Village is like a business group, with 8,000 employees, and they don’t need to pay wages. They only need to give them a full meal.
The two returned to Qianhu Station together. A few days later, Qianhu Station had nearly a thousand more soldiers, reaching more than 4,000 people.
Qin Lingjun divided these four thousand people into more than forty hundred-man teams, and they were drilled by hundreds of households.
Each hundred-man team is also subdivided. For example, veterans will be divided into the same hundred-man team. Their training content is relatively complex, usually weapons fighting, wrestling, pole climbing and other training.
Recruits aged fifteen to thirty days are divided into a hundred-man team, and their basic training and complex training are divided equally.
Recruits within fifteen days will mainly undergo basic training such as standing, running, and goose-stepping.
In a corner of the school grounds, Qin Lingsi saw that her own strength had increased so much in a short period of time, and her face turned red with excitement. However, she suddenly thought of something, and her face suddenly fell down again.
"Second Village Leader, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Yangquan asked strangely.
Qin Lingsi muttered: "I just suddenly thought that it would not be easy to match so many people with a horse!"
Zhang Yangquan couldn't help but laugh: "We can't get 10,000 horses with our current financial resources, so we'd better do it slowly."
"No!" Qin Lingsi said stubbornly: "Father said before that if we want to win the war, we must form a strong cavalry. How can we defeat the Tatars with only infantry?"
Zhang Yangquan thought that he could win with muskets and cannons, but it would not be bad to have horses. Then he could learn from Qi Jiguang and form a chariot camp and use mixed arms to win.
At You hour, the dusk drum sounded, and Qin Lingjun ordered the sergeants to disperse for dinner. Then she walked over quickly and asked her sister about the waterwheel channel.
Knowing that things were going smoothly, Qin Lingjun was very satisfied and said to Zhang Yangquan: "Military advisor, my little sister has done a good job. Let's take her to a restaurant to reward her."
Qin Lingsi cheered and hugged Qin Lingjun's shoulders.
The three of them came to Qinji Restaurant. Qin Ling couldn't help but be happy to see that the village had such an additional property. She also saw that Yang Ying had managed the restaurant in an orderly manner, so she was rewarded with a few words of praise.
The three of them climbed the stairs to the second floor, where they found a private room by the window and sat down. The villagers came over to entertain them.
The two sisters were originally well-educated and never talked during meals. However, after staying with Zhang Yangquan for a long time, they were influenced by him and became accustomed to discussing things while eating.
Qin Lingjun ordered two villagers to guard outside the house and not allow anyone to come near. He said, "Military advisor, in a few days we will be able to recruit 10,000 soldiers. When do you think we will start an uprising and seize the city?"
Zhang Yangquan muttered: "It is best to set the time after June."
"Why?" Qin Lingsi asked with her cheeks bulging, "Are there any considerations?"
Zhang Yangquan thought: "Zhang Shicheng captured Gaoyou in May. If we take action after that, we can put Zhang Shicheng in front, and they can avoid the encirclement and suppression by the imperial army."
He replied verbally: "It's February now. If we start in June, the soldiers can train for four months."
Qin Lingjun thought for a while and said: "Okay, let's start in June. But Miao Daheng, Zhang Mingjian and Huang Boyan have a total of 15,000 troops. How are we going to capture the city?"
Qin Lingsi suggested: "How about joining forces with Huang Boyan and Zhang Mingjian?"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head: "No! Guo Zixing was unable to grow because he was restricted by Sun Deya and others. How can we make the same mistake again?"
"But Sister is right. Even if there are ten thousand of us, it will be difficult to defeat them all at the same time!"
Zhang Yangquan said: "So we can't waste time in these four months. In addition to training our troops, we must also find ways to weaken the three of them as much as possible!"
"Who should we deal with first?" Qin Lingjun asked.
Zhang Yangquan pondered for a while and said: "Miao Daheng is the greatest threat. We'd better find a way to drive him out of Jiangdu!"
Qin Lingjun suddenly said: "When you said that, I remembered something. A few days ago, Huang Boyan sent someone to invite me to Wangchun Tower. Zhang Mingjian was also invited. From the messenger's tone, it seemed that the person he wanted to deal with was Miao Daheng!
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Qin Lingsi blinked and said, "Sister, didn't you agree?"
Qin Lingjun slightly blamed herself, glanced at Zhang Yangquan, and said: "I thought that the military advisor always asked us to draw a clear line between us and the bandits, so I refused!"
Qin Lingsi pursed her lips: "That's such a pity."
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Why do you think Huang Boyan joined forces with us and Zhang Mingjian?"
"Of course it's because everyone used to be bandits!" Qin Lingsi blurted out.
"That's not right!" Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "Polo Buhua values Miao Daheng and Huang Boyan the most. Without Miao Daheng, Huang Boyan will become Polo Buhua's most beloved general!"
Qin Lingjun nodded and said: "Yes, Huang Boyan has always been cunning. After he eliminates Miao Daheng, he will definitely deal with us and Zhang Mingjian!"
Qin Lingsi poked a piece of meat in the bowl with her chopsticks and muttered: "At that time, we can also join forces with Zhang Mingjian to deal with Huang Boyan!"
Zhang Yangquan clapped his hands and said with a smile: "The two village leaders' strategy of combining control does make some sense."
Qin Lingsi smiled and said, "Then let's go find Huang Boyan and Zhang Mingjian tomorrow?"
Zhang Yangquan shook his head and said: "Even without us, Huang Boyan will definitely deal with Miao Daheng. For the time being, it is better for us to stay calm and act according to the situation."
The eyes of the people in the city are bright. If he gets involved with Zhang Mingjian and Huang Boyan again, he will definitely lose the support of the people.