The Yang family does the old tradition of buying and selling, half selling and half giving away.

This time is an exception, a thousand Xiangshan knives, a thousand pairs of chain ring armor, Yang Yinglong and Meng Yang Tusi Sigu.

Because Mengyang is the forefront of the war with Burma, this war will last for a long time, Yang Yinglong is not worried about not having a soldier business, he always writes letters to Chen Mu, and his brother-in-law uses concise and straightforward words, and over time Yang Yinglong also understands the meaning of the market.

Sigu has 14,000 soldiers, and his armor is very shabby, how big is this market?

Yang Yinglong, a native product with local characteristics in Mengyang, has inquired clearly for his brother-in-law - good wood, gold, silver and jade, and Yunnan horse elephants.

It's worth it.

Luo Rufang went out of the old god to protect the pass, turned thirty miles to the west, looked at the city pass that had been repaired and the houses that were being built, and sighed with emotion in his heart: Yang Yinglong, the envoy of Banzhou, is this an expansion of the territory?

"Yang Xuanwei doesn't know, in the past, the Shenhu Pass garrison went west, and the farthest outpost was in this position, guarding the mountain road in preparation for the Sanxuan and Six Consolation Incident, and now the pass has been moved here by you, where is the outpost going to be?"

When Luo Rufang came, Yang Yinglong was sampling the broken stone of the stonemasons under his command, and when he heard Luo Rufang ask, Xiao Tusi raised his hand and pointed to the west, and said: "There are four mountains over there, twenty-three or four miles, there is a beacon tower, this place is good, it is more than a mile straight mountain road, and it is downhill backwards." ”

"There are two arrow towers, the crossbowmen choke and throw downwards, the farthest can shoot nearly two miles, this side is the artillery tower, there is no good cannon at the moment, and the general cannon of the old god can also make it, just enough to hit the arrow tower."

Yang Yinglong talked about his architectural experience, his face was full of pride, and said: "The wall is 370 steps, 70 steps flat, and the left and right sides are 150 steps away from the mountain. The right wall of the general cannon can bombard the left arrow tower, and the three walls hit the mountain road one by one. ”

God's Protection?

Luo Rufang was not interested in Yang Yinglong's philosophy of military architecture, he was more interested in this city called Shenhu Pass, which is actually Shensu Pass, and asked: "The old man sees that this city pass is made of solid stones, and he can't see the stones under the mountain, why did General Yang build it so quickly?" ”

The construction of the city pass has always been a matter of labor and money, the past god protection pass has always wanted to repair, but suffering from lack of resources, the old god protection pass was only a small barrier before Yang Yinglong came, and it was not called the city pass at all.

Yang Yinglong moved the god guard pass for half a month, repaired the wall, and moved it to the west for another thirty miles, building a new god guard pass from scratch, and the wall was more than 200 steps wider than the east.

Even if Sichuan Banzhou craftsmen have a reputation for being good at building cities, they will not be ingenious.

Luo Rufang knew very well that there was a trick in this, and the trick might be on the buckets of dust that the Nanyang Military Government had transported from Guangdong.

The last time he went to the god guard, the wall has not dried, and he can press the seal on the city with a press of his hand, and this time he has already done it again, and it is very strong, except for some potholes and gravel on it that are not very good-looking, there are almost no shortcomings.

"This is not a stone, so that adults know that the soil ash is made of Luzon volcanic ash by the Guangzhou Cement Factory, and it is the strongest mixed with reinforced iron mesh, but it is too difficult to transport it to this side, and I am reluctant to build a pass according to what Chen Dudu said, and it is also a gravel, sand, and soil and wooden pillars."

"The people in Guangdong say that it will be bad in a few years, but when Myanmar is pacified, this level is still needed, and it doesn't hurt to repair it again."

Yang Yinglong's Chengguan is an absolute cut of corners compared to the Nanyang Cannon Temple, and the main body of the Chengguan is still a log gate, so it is built quickly, and the cement is only slightly stronger, far inferior to the Nanyang Cannon Temple.

"The fortifications built by Chen Dudu in Nanyang can't be broken even if they are heavy artillery, and the Divine Protector Pass is much worse, but it's enough here."

Nanyang Military Administration.

Luo Rufang wrote it down, and he said in his heart: As long as you see something good in these years, it is right to think about it on the Nanyang Military Mansion, no wonder Zhang Juzheng's dead eyes are also waiting to see Chen Mu.

"When the war is over, it is time for Yunnan to build water conservancy, so ask Chen Shuai if he can buy some."

Luo Rufang said, but in fact, he didn't take it seriously in his heart, he took out the letter from the accompanying officials and handed it to Yang Yinglong: "The Longchuan soldiers have also moved, and Mang Yinglong's vanguard army should be close to Mengyang." ”

"There's going to be war."

Yang Yinglong grabbed a handful of gravel and spilled the stone on the ground, then clenched it into a fist, gritted his teeth and said: "I can help Sigu, I can help him, he can only fight this battle by himself, life and death." ”

"I also hope that the deputy envoy will tell me that Longchuan has moved troops, and I can send a message to Sigu to warn him."

Shenhu Pass is in the east of Mengyang, Tengchong Weibei, and the west of Tengchongwei is Longchuan, where they are located is the real southwest border, in fact, Yang Yinglong has already left the country, but where his soldiers stand, the border is there.

At this time, Meng Yang didn't care that there were dozens of miles of mountain roads occupied by Yang Yinglong.

"Most of the people of Longchuan were reluctant to go to war with Yue Feng, and only raised 2,000 troops, and they stopped in Longchuan." Luo Rufang instructed the officials to hand over the spy message to Yang Yinglong, and then he walked to the side with the little toast and asked, "I heard that you privately sent a thousand pairs of battle armor and a thousand war knives to Sigu?" ”

The servant brought the silver basin, Yang Yinglong washed his hands, wiped it with a silk cloth and nodded: "Yes, I still want to give him a bird gun, but his people can't use it, and it's too late to practice now." ”

Not to mention that Sigu's people don't know how to use it, even Yang Yinglong, who was also worried when he saw the bird gun before, this thing is easy to use, but his Miao warriors prefer poisonous crossbows, so they are preparing for war and have trained a team of 100 people.

At this stage, the well-developed arquebus is only slightly weaker in power than the large poisonous crossbow operated by the Miao people, but it is faster and better trained, and there is no doubt that it is the best weapon.

However, Yang Yinglong was reluctant to let his subordinates use it for a while, because a thousand Miao warriors who had just become familiar with the Bird Gun and the Moon would definitely not be as skilled as the Great Crossbow Changbiao who had been in charge of the battle for a lifetime.

Yang Yinglong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted and asked Luo Rufang: "My lord, this is ...... Breaking the law? ”

"It doesn't violate the law, there are not many laws in the imperial court to restrict the three propaganda and six comforts, although the official army is stopped from selling ordnance, but General Yang is not a smuggler."

Luo Rufang stroked his beard and chuckled, to be honest, he didn't know if this was against the law or not, Yang Yinglong did this is ambiguous, anyway, no one wants to pursue him, he said: "It's the deputy envoy of Jinteng's local military garrison and the commander of the Yunnan Metropolitan Division, and the matter of your supply of ordnance will be reported to the Metropolitan Division by the guards, and they will find the old man." ”

"If General Yang has extra armor, can it be used by the Yunnan army?" Luo Rufang shook his head and said: "The local army and soldiers in Yunnan have not been in armor for a long time, and it is rare for a guard to have thousands of households to be armored." ”

Otherwise, if you put down the chaos casually, you have to mobilize 40,000 or 50,000 or even 100,000 troops, and Guangdong used to put down the chaos, don't care about the pirates and bandits, and as soon as the big police are in the field, they will fall into the fields where the whole province wants to gather troops, and it is not because the troops are useless.

The first guard of the Manqi army was pulled out, and the 5,000 soldiers were actually doing the work of the people, and the 500 regular troops could barely go into battle, and the combat effectiveness was still outrageously low.

The overall atmosphere is like that, even if there are 500 elite soldiers, how elite can they be?

After the reform of the guards, Guangdong is still not in chaos, and a thousand households are sent out at random near the guards, and the banner army is bright in armor and carries birds and cannons, what cottage can't be broken?

"Yunnan Dusi, my lord, let them find the Nanyang Military Mansion, then everything can be exchanged for ordnance, gold, silver, copper and iron, coat Lao Song, by the way, you wait a minute."

Yang Yinglong was halfway through his words, and then sent a servant to the newly built courtyard in the distance to get a booklet and present it, and said: "Here is an introduction to all kinds of ordnance produced by the Nanyang Ordnance Bureau, and my brother-in-law is called Parameters." ”

"What does the Yunnan Dusi want, what do you have, make a list, send someone to Guangzhou Mansion to ask the price, I don't count these things."