Early the next morning, Da Han left Xu's mansion, didn't even want the cart, and rode directly out of the city to rush back to Jiangxi, for fear that Xu Jin would change his mind and go back to the one hundred taels of silver.

As soon as Da Yan left on the front foot, Xu Jin asked people to send two letters to the post station, and gave Qian Tuo a relationship to let the post envoy send them to Jiangxi as quickly as possible, because the road of the Civil Information Bureau was too slow, so it is estimated that Da Yan returned to Jiangxi, and the letters had not yet been delivered.

These two letters were sent to Han Xin and the old patriarch Xu Deming respectively, Xu Jin asked Han Xin to dismiss the big guy, and at the same time explained the stakes to the old patriarch and asked him to control the big guy. And the one hundred taels of silver that Da Yan brought back, Xu Jin also explained, of which fifty taels were given to the old patriarch for his own use, and the other fifty taels were used as the capital for Da Yan to make a living, so that he could do some small business in a shop in Shangrao County.

Fifty taels of silver is a lot, Xu Jin and Xie Xiaowan started with fifty taels, and sold haggis in a house on the street in Shangrao County, so as the uncle of the family, Xu Jin can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

It is not uncommon to see cheating fathers in later generations, such as the protagonist of "My dad is Li Gang", and the son of a famous singer Li Xjiang. People like Da Yan are definitely a pit uncle's goods, whether they stay in the capital or continue to work in the car and horse shop, it is a hidden danger, Xu Jin doesn't want to be pitted by this pig teammate, so he decisively took action and "tied" this pit to his hometown to fend for himself, so as not to run out and harm others.

After sending away the big guys, Xu Jin hosted a banquet to entertain Cai Yue and Li Yingjun, two classmates, and then ordered someone to send them to the Jiangxi Hall in Ming Shifang.

In the following days, Xu Jin basically ran in the War Bureau and the suburbs of Beijing, and the Hanlin Academy and the Military Department rarely returned, anyway, the emperor ordered him to supervise the production of flintlock pistols, which was the focus of his work. In addition, Xiaowan's labor date is getting closer and closer, and Xu Jin spends more time staying at home to accompany his wife.

In a blink of an eye, at the end of February of the first year of Jiajing, the work of "Qingtianzhuang" also officially kicked off, the little emperor Zhu Houxi set an example, first cleared part of the Huangzhuang in the territory of Beizhili, although a group of officials and nobles were very reluctant, but the Son of Heaven was not easy to fool, and also began to follow up on the removal of part of the grange. In addition, the Ministry of Household Affairs sent a large number of officials to various parts of the country to inspect the land in various provinces, and if any illegal encroachment was found, they immediately ordered it to be returned to the people.

It is worth mentioning here that Wanping County, Shuntian Prefecture, has also begun to try to grow sweet potatoes in the mountains, if the trial is successful, this will effectively make up for the food gap in the Ming Dynasty, so that more people do not have to go hungry.

Although Qingtianzhuang is not thorough, Xu Jin, a traverser, finally did two practical things for the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In late spring and March, the weather is warmer, the grass on both sides of the official road is green, and the newly planted crops and seedlings in the field are green and full of vitality.

There was a lot of rain this spring, and there was only a light rain yesterday, and the official road was slippery and muddy. Xu Jin rode his horse slowly, followed by twenty hired carriages, which were very deeply rutted, because the carriages were loaded with weapons.

As the saying goes, money can make the devil grind, and when the money is enough, whether it is a craftsman from the Ministry of Industry or a craftsman from the War Bureau, they work hard. As early as five days ago, the Ministry of Industry had built the barracks of the 500 battalions, and just yesterday, the War Bureau also cast the first batch of 500 sets of weapons.

Xu Jin specially hired twenty carriages today to send these weapons to the camp of the five hundred battalions.

In just one month, the two barren mountains covered with low shrubs have changed greatly, and all the shrubs and weeds have been cleared and burned, but I saw that the houses on the western slope were continuous, covering an area of 20,000 square meters, which was the barracks of the 500 battalions.

Although the 500 battalion is only 500 people now, it will definitely have to be expanded in the future, so Xu Jin deliberately asked Director Li to more than double the camp. Of course, this is to add money, so the three thousand taels of silver given by Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, have all been spent. In addition, the annual compensation of Guo Xun, the Marquis of Wuding, was about 1,000 taels of silver, and it was also used by Xu Jin to pay the army, and the money was spent like flowing water, and the army was originally a gold-swallowing beast.

However, Director Li of the Ministry of Industry was quite kind, not only built the camp strong and spacious, but also compacted the ground, and even "gifted" two wells and a cobblestone road, from which horse-drawn carriages could drive directly into the camp.

When Xu Jin led the convoy transporting weapons into the camp, the brothers of the 500 battalion immediately surrounded them excitedly, and after receiving the weapons, they were so happy that they couldn't stop talking.

The brothers of the 500 battalion are all guest soldiers from various guards in Shandong, and now the military registration and barracks have been implemented, becoming a veritable Beijing army, and now they have got brand new weapons, naturally everyone is very excited, and it is cool to follow the capable boss.

Wang Lin'er snorted and pulled out a waist knife, but seeing that the blade was shiny, the sharp blade was daunting in the sunlight.

Wang Lin'er took a wrist-thick piece of wood and put it on the ground, and waved the waist knife in his hand, but he didn't see much force, and the wood was like tofu made, and it was carved into pieces.

"Good knives!" The sergeants cheered in unison.

Xu Jin saw that his scalp was numb, this thing is estimated to be able to cut people in two with a knife, it can be seen that the quality of the Ming Dynasty casting knife is quite remarkable, and it will definitely not be much worse than the so-called Japanese knife, but the length of the Japanese knife is superior, and it is a two-handed knife.

In his previous life, Xu Jin once read an article comparing the Ming knife and the Japanese knife, which mentioned that the famous anti-Japanese general Qi Jiguang recorded a sentence in the "New Book of Ji Xiao": The Japanese are happy to leap, and the knife is five feet long, and it is five feet long. It is difficult for my soldiers to receive short weapons, and their long weapons are not fast, and my body is broken in two.

This sentence translates to be: the Japanese like to jump when fighting, a vertical leap is close to the distance (a bit exaggerated), and the Japanese knife is five feet long, adding up to one zhang five, our army's short weapons are difficult to parry, and the long weapons are not flexible, so usually a face is cut into two sections by the company with weapons.

This sentence is from the pen of Qi Jiguang, a famous general in the Ming Dynasty's anti-Japanese war, although it is a bit exaggerated, but it also shows that the combat power of the Japanese at that time was strong, coupled with the low combat effectiveness of the farmers in the coastal local guards, it was easy to be frightened, so there were frequent ridiculous situations of several Japanese soldiers running all over the mountain.

Later, Qi Jiguang invented the Mandarin Duck Array, using the combination of rattan shield and waist knife, which broke the weapon advantage of the Japanese Kou.

"The Southern and Northern Prisoners" were the two major disasters of the Jiajing Dynasty, so Xu Jin estimated that he was very likely to fight with the Japanese in his lifetime, so he not only asked the War Bureau to build waist swords, but also built a thousand shields so that the brothers of the 500 battalions could train in battle formations in peacetime.

Of course, if the flintlock pistol is successfully crafted, no matter how long and sharp the sword is, it will only be shot by the gun.

After Xu Jin distributed the new weapons, he inspected the camp again, and then took Qi Jingtong and the others to Dongshan.

The shrubs on the east side of the mountain have also been cleared, the valley between the two mountains has also been leveled, and the head of the Ministry of Works, Li Liangzheng, has commanded his people to work on that kind of grass, which is almost complete, and a standard football field of later generations is beginning to see the scale.

If it is the level of mechanized operation in the later generations, even if it is connected to the turf, it is estimated that it will not take three days to get it, after all, the turf in the later generations is pre-cultivated in the flower and tree company, as long as it is transported to the piece of land to be paved, and it can be used immediately.

The horticultural level of the Ming Dynasty is naturally not so advanced, the workers are really planting grass at this time, and it is planted one by one, so this football field will be fully grown, to say the least, it will take a month or two, fortunately it is spring, and the grass and trees are growing fast.

"Xiaguan has seen Lord Xu!" When Li Liang, the director of the Ministry of Works, saw Xu Jin and his party, he immediately greeted him and greeted him.

Xu Jin smiled and asked, "Director Li estimates that it will take a long time to finish the work?" ”

Li Liang said bluntly: "If you want to plant all the grass on this hillside, it is estimated that it will take half a month." ”

Xu Jin nodded when he heard this, and according to his current plan, he would temporarily introduce the three sports of the next generation, the first is football, the second is golf, and the third is grass skiing. The first is the popular mass movement in later generations, which can be so popular, and naturally has its charm; The second was the aristocratic movement, which was tailor-made for those of the upper nobility; The third one is relatively casual, but it is just right for those boudoir ladies and maids.

As for how to promote, Xu Jin already has a preliminary draft, as the so-called upward and downward effect, with the trump card of the little emperor Zhu Houxi, Xu Jin is not worried that these sports will not catch fire.

For example, at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to increase the country's financial revenue, Zhu Yuanzhang actually opened a state-owned green building in the Qinhuai River area, named Courtyard, and personally inscribed a couplet to attract businessmen to consume. As a result, the businessmen did not flicker, but the Manchu Dynasty civil and military flocked to it, and ran to the Qinhuai River as soon as they got off work, actively contributing "taxes" to the country.

Besides, after Xu Jin inspected Dongshan, he just returned to the camp in Xishan, and galloped over as soon as he rode a fast horse, and immediately it was the housekeeper Dabao, who was sweating profusely, and ran to Xu Jin as soon as he got off the horse and said urgently: "Master, Mrs. is about to give birth!" ”

Xu Jin was shocked when he heard this, and immediately got on his horse and galloped towards the city gate, his heart was as anxious as fire, and he knew that he would not be out of the city today!