Huaxia's officialdom pays attention to the dignity and humility of the upper and lower levels at all times, Sun Chengzong, as the highest military and political governor in Liaodong, naturally has to walk in the center of the team, Xiong Tingbi as the second-in-command of the re-appointed is behind him, as for Yang Feng, don't look at him just now, he has a big victory, but if he really picks up his status, he, a small general, can only honestly follow behind a large number of general soldiers and deputy generals in front of him, as for the thousands of households under him, they are not qualified to blend into this team at all. can only honestly follow behind the large army.

Seeing Yang Feng looking around curiously, a voice sounded next to him: "Lord Yang, it's your first time coming to Liaodong, right?" ”

Yang Feng turned his head to see the other party, and a smile appeared on his face: "It turned out to be Lord Zhao, and it was indeed the first time for Xia Guan to come to Liaodong." ”

Zhao Shujiao asked with great concern: "How do you feel?" ”

Yang Feng said without thinking: "The land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is too cold. ”

"yes!" Zhao Shujiao sighed lightly: "It's really too cold, originally our Ming Dynasty still has a lot of Han people in Liaodong, Ming Yu Hongwu began to set up a total of 25 Wei 2 states in Liaodong in the eighth year of Hongwu, and the Han people in Liaodong reached more than two million during the Wanli period, but it was just that the thief chief Nurhachi slaughtered the Han people in these years, but in just over ten years, there were only about one million Han people left in the entire Liaodong. When he said this, Zhao Shujiao's originally gentle face showed an expression mixed with shame and regret.

"Doesn't that mean that we Han people have been slaughtered by Tatars for more than a million people over the years?"

Yang Feng gasped, Yang Feng had also read some historical materials on the Internet before crossing over. There are records of some massacres of the Qing soldiers before and after entering the customs, from the massacre of the Han people outside the customs to the massacres of the three massacres in Jiading and Yangzhou for ten days after entering the customs, after a series of massacres, the population of China dropped sharply from 51.65 million to 19.08 million in 1660. Nearly two-thirds of the population had been decimated, and just over 50 million people had died in World War II.

When he first looked at these materials, Yang Feng's heart was not touched, tens of millions were just some numbers to him, but now he found that these were not just some cold numbers, but living lives. If these barbaric and cruel Jurchens are allowed to enter the customs like history, then the Chinese nation will ......

Thinking of this, Yang Feng's whole person trembled. The history of the Chinese nation for thousands of years is actually a history of suffering, whenever the national strength of the Chinese nation declines, it is the time when the barbarian nation invades on a large scale, from the Wuhu Rebellion and the Anshi Rebellion to the Yuanmeng invasion, and then to the Jurchen Tatars into the Central Plains, and finally to the Japanese invasion, the people who died in the war are not only hundreds of millions.

Yang Feng looked up at the sky that had become a little hazy, and said secretly in his heart: "Maybe God let me come here to stop everything in this suffering, right?" ”

Sun Chengzong's Governor's Mansion is located in the largest mansion in the west of the city, and this mansion covering an area of dozens of acres is extremely magnificent. After Sun Chengzong and the generals came to the door of the mansion, naturally a soldier came over to take the reins of their horses.

"General Yang, let's go in." Seeing Yang Feng, who was still looking around, Zhao Shujiao on the side came over to remind him.

"Thank you!" Yang Feng came back to his senses and nodded and smiled at him, although he didn't understand why Zhao Shujiao, who met for the first time, was so kind to him, he still thanked him very politely.

After passing through the gate of the mansion, everyone entered a large hall, and after taking their seats in turn, Sun Chengzong smiled and said: "Everyone, first of all, this official wants to congratulate General Yang and the Jiangning Army under his command from afar, and congratulate him on such brilliant achievements. ”

"Congratulations...... Congratulations! ”

Listening to the bursts of joy in the lobby and the sincere or hypocritical smiles of the generals in the hall, Yang Feng had to stand up and salute everyone.

After a commotion, Sun Chengzong said to Yang Feng Zhengse: "General Yang, when the official was watching the battle at the head of the city, he found that the reason why your department was able to win was that in addition to the soldiers and soldiers who were brave, the artillery under his command was indispensable. And the officer has also noticed that the artillery equipped by your department is not only light and dexterous, but also quite powerful, and what is even more rare is that your artillery fires very fast, this officer can ask where did you get these guns? ”

Yang Feng stood up again and arched his hand: "Governor Qi, the last general's artillery is all made by himself. ”

"Made it yourself?"

Everyone in the lobby was taken aback, don't look at the artillery in this year, it is very simple, it is nothing more than casting a barrel, and then plugging it with gunpowder to launch a projectile, but in fact it is not that simple. Because in this era, artillery was generally made of clay first, and then molten iron was poured into the model to make it shaped, but because the density of the model made of clay was not enough, the cast artillery was easy to have bubbles, so that the density and hardness of the cannon would be affected, and it was easy to explode when firing.

Because of this, the craftsmen will make the cannon wall as thick as possible when making cannons, so the artillery of the Ming Dynasty in this era is often thousands of catties, and the difficulty of moving such a heavy artillery can be imagined, and most of them can only be used as a city defense.

Although the artillery has one or another disadvantages, the craftsmen who can cast the cannons are the most valuable talents, even the most cruel and murderous Houjin Tartars will hide them like treasures after catching the craftsmen who cast the cannons, and now everyone heard that these light and powerful cannons were actually cast by Yang Feng, and their eyes widened one by one.

A general stood up and said with some suspicion: "General Yang, are these cannons really cast by you?" ”

Yang Feng nodded: "These cannons were brought by the official after they were cast by craftsmen from overseas, and it is okay for you to say that they were made by the official." ”

"I see, it was actually made by an overseas craftsman."

Although the Ming Dynasty has gone through hundreds of years of development, both agriculture and commerce have made great progress compared to the beginning of the founding of the country, but only the firearms casting water has not improved much, so that it has gradually been caught up by Western countries, and after the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the great regression of the local craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court had to buy a batch of Hongyi cannons from the hands of the Francois for emergency, which is also the reason why everyone doubted after hearing that these cannons were cast by Yang Feng himself.

Sun Chengzong then asked: "General Yang Shen...... I wonder how much your guns cost? ”

"Could it be that Lord Governor is also interested in these cannons of the last general?" Yang Feng did not immediately answer Sun Chengzong's question, but asked rhetorically.

"Exactly." Sun Chengzong said frankly: "This official saw that General Yang's artillery was extremely light and powerful, so he was naturally very interested. ”

"That's right." Yang Feng pondered for a while before admitting frankly: "These cannons were all cast by craftsmen in Luzon and other places by the last general, and there are two types of these cannons. One kind of small cannon fires five catties of sub-medicine, and the other large cannon fires 10-weight sub-medicine, and their cost is 1200 taels of silver and 2800 taels of silver respectively. ”

"Oh...... That's right. ”

Sun Chengzong was overjoyed when he heard this, and the price offered by Yang Feng was really beyond his expectations. The year before last, the Ming Dynasty also bought a batch of Hongyi cannons from the hands of the Francois (Spain) people and transported them to Liaodong, these Hongyi cannons are quite cumbersome, not to mention, the price is quite expensive, each Hongyi cannon will cost more than 3,000 taels of silver, compared to the price Yang Feng opened is already a conscience price, he immediately said, "General Yang, if this is the case, the official wants to ask you to buy thirty small cannons, fifteen cannons, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

"No problem." Yang Feng nodded very happily, "Around the autumn of next year, people will be able to send artillery." ”

"Lord Yang, this official also wants to ask you to buy ten artillery pieces, is it noncommittal?"

"Lord Yang, and the official, I want twenty doors."

"Lord Yang......"

The generals in the hall saw this, their eyes lit up, Yang Feng's artillery they had seen with their own eyes just now, how arrogant the Zhenghong Banner of the generation was at the beginning of today, and they were stunned to block the gate of Jinzhou City with more than 10,000 horses, so frightened that more than 20,000 Ming troops in the city did not dare to go out of the city to fight. But as soon as Yang Feng came, he was stunned and collapsed with the elite of the Red Banner who had been beaten by more than a dozen cannons, who doesn't want such a good thing, for a while, everyone rushed over with red eyes, and a large group of people made the entire lobby look like a messy vegetable market.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Ladies and gentlemen......"

Seeing that the generals were swarming like bees, Yang Feng was also taken aback, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Colleagues, the subordinate has already promised the governor to make a cannon for him first, and he really doesn't have the energy to take over the list of your robes in the next year." ”

Hearing Yang Feng's words, everyone stopped stupidly, thinking about it. This year, casting cannons is a very tedious and long job, because the failure rate of casting cannons with clay molds is too high, on average, only one of the ten cannons can be qualified, so Yang Feng took over Sun Chengzong's list of forty-five cannons, and it is estimated that there will be no way to cast cannons for them in a year.

"Lord Qiyu, the Chinese officer is asking to see you outside the door!" A pacesetter from the Overseer's Mansion reported loudly outside the door.

"Let him in."

Following Sun Chengzong's words, a young Chinese officer strode in, and after giving Sun Chengzong a one-knee military salute, he said loudly: "Qiyu Governor, I was ordered to clean up the battlefield with General Yang's subordinates, and a total of 2,138 heads were captured, including 1875 for Jiannu and 213 for Mongolian Tartar and Baoyi. ”

"Good!"

Rao is Sun Chengzong has always been calm and can't help but be overjoyed, the Jurchen Tartars have always been fierce, and the Ming army has always been more defeated and less victorious in battles with them. In the past, it was already great to be able to capture dozens of Tartar heads, if there were hundreds of them, it would simply be reported to the court and the military department, which could be called a great victory, and today's battle can actually capture more than 1,800 Tartar heads, which is a great victory that has never been seen in these years.

"General Yang is worthy of being a tiger general!" The generals saw the capture of today's city very clearly, and they had already prepared in their hearts, but after hearing that the Chinese officer personally reported it, they couldn't help but be amazed, and many people looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

Sun Chengzong pondered for a while and said: "That's it, today's deliberations are here first, tonight this official and you will work together with you to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and talk about the matter of rewarding meritorious deeds tomorrow, what do you think?" ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" The generals responded in unison, and their voices were unprecedentedly neat.

That night, a banquet was held in the Governor's Mansion for Yang Feng and the Jiangning Army, who came from afar, and Yang Feng and more than 1,000 officers participated. At the banquet, the generals took turns to toast Yang Feng, and the enthusiasm of their attitudes made Yang Feng feel a little uneasy, could it be that the feelings of the army in this year have been so deep?

This question was not understood until after the banquet.

"What...... Will you give up part of the head of the Tartar? ”

In the back hall, Yang Feng looked at Sun Chengzong, who was sitting in front of him, and opened his mouth wide in surprise.

"Yes."

Sun Chengzong looked at Yang Feng and nodded solemnly.

"Zhongqing, this official knows that you are very unconvinced, after all, today's battle was fought by you alone, and it stands to reason that these captured heads should be yours. But this is also the rule in the army, everyone is present when there is a battle today, if only you and Jiang Ningjun are the only ones who report to the court, what will you make the princes and Your Majesty of the court think? Oh, the tens of thousands of troops in Jinzhou City have not made an inch, but it is the Jiangning army that came from afar who has made the merits, what do you want Your Majesty and the princes of the court to think of those robes in the city? ”

"I ......" Yang Feng was a little dumbfounded, he understood that he had encountered unspoken rules in his feelings.

Unspoken rules: This thing will exist no matter what era or industry, and it will not disappear because of the progress of society or the improvement of living standards. And he also understood the subtext of Sun Chengzong's words, if he didn't give up these credits today, then the generals who called him brothers and sisters in the lobby today would definitely become another face, and he would inevitably be squeezed out by those people in Liaodong in the future, that's for sure.

Seeing Yang Feng's thoughtful expression, Sun Chengzong said lightly: "Have you figured it out?" ”

"Understood." Yang Feng asked very depressedly: "Dare to ask Lord Governor, how many heads are more appropriate to give up in the end?" ”

Sun Chengzong said lightly: "For more than two thousand, five hundred are enough, and let the rest out." ”

At this moment, Yang Fengjian wanted to scold her mother, do you want your sister to be so ruthless, she is going to go three-quarters of the way at once.

Seeing Yang Feng's almost blackened face, Sun Chengzong smiled slightly: "Zhongqing, you have to understand that only after you let these heads out, can you really gain a foothold in Liaodong, and after the credit is reported this time, this official can promote you to the position of a chief military officer, what do you think?" ”

"Good ......"

Yang Feng's voice literally erupted from between his teeth.