"Long respect! Huang Jiang and they went thousands of miles into the chief's den and dared to seize the boat alone, but it spread throughout Runing. What reward should they give? After the end of the joint meeting of the senior civil and military forces of the Runing Army, Deng Qifan no longer sat upright, relaxed a little, and chatted with Wu Shigong with a smile about the news in recent days.

"The rewards in the army will be decided by Uncle Wynn's Military Orders Division, but I will personally award them with honors. Also, transfer all of them to the pro-soldier team. Running long distances without losing a single person, brave and strategic, is indeed good. Wu Shigong also praised Huang Ding.

"Our Propaganda Department also spread the matter widely, and we were going to distribute this leaflet for free, but the people rushed to grab it, and it became expensive Luoyang paper, and then it rose to 20 wen a piece. It was the first time that students discovered that publicity could still make money. Fu Wenzhai also smiled and said an interesting anecdote.

After laughing for a while, Wu Shigong said: "Although the Propaganda Division mainly spends money to make money, it is not without business opportunities. For example, a newspaper can be set up to regularly issue newspapers to sell money, and by the way, to publicize our Runing Army; Another example is to cooperate with Hollywood theater troupes to make the Yizhou boat capture a new play and perform it publicly. However, the specific strategy and how to distribute it will depend on the self-determination of everyone in the propaganda department, and the official will not interfere. ”

Although Huang Ding's ship was greatly boosted, the process was perfect, and the ending was satisfying, Wu Shigong still found a hidden danger: his officers were too aggressive, and their autonomy was also very strong.

On the surface, this seems to be a good thing. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the communication conditions were extremely backward, it was impossible for the commander-in-chief to be exhaustive, and he really needed a large number of grassroots officers with autonomy to help command the army. However, Wu Shigong was afraid that their aggressiveness would affect the general strategy of the Runing army. In other words: Wu Shigong was afraid that Huang Ding would do bad things with good intentions.

So, this time, Wu Shigong transferred Huang Ding and them to the pro-soldier team, so that they could study by their own side and understand the overall situation and general strategy of the Runing Army, so that they could do so. In the future military operations under their independent command, there will be no deviations. Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Huang Ding's entry into the pro-soldier team is also a reward, and they have jumped into the dragon gate!

As for Wu Shigong's request to deal with the Wenzhai Propaganda Division, it was only mentioned in passing. Wu Shigong certainly did not fancy the profits of the newspaper hall and the theater, but only pointed out new propaganda methods to the Propaganda Department. Of course, pulling some business for Li Yuenu's Hollywood is selfish.

"What did the Zheng family say?" Deng Qifan asked again. After learning that the Runing army had robbed the Lookout, Zheng Jiao personally came to Runing to negotiate. He knew that it was unlikely that the Runing Army would return the Lookout and its cargo, but at least Captain Ferreira and them would be returned to the Dutch colonists. Ultimately. The Zheng family still did not want to affect trade with the Dutch colonists.

"What the hell is he doing? Cold them for a few days. We are cooperating, not trying to tie up with their Zheng family. Yizhou was originally our Ming Dynasty, what is the matter with the Francois people? What power do their Zheng family have to assign to the Franco? Even if our Marine Regiment occupies the land, there is half of the Zheng family, why do they turn their elbows out? "Until Huang Ding came back this time. Wu Shigong learned that Huang's Marines had fought a battle with the Dutch colonists, and they also lost more than 80 people. Therefore, Wu Shigong was also quite distressed by the losses of the Marine Corps. So in the present. He also had an opinion on the Zheng family.

Besides, how could the Runing Army give up a talent at sea like Captain Ferreira? Under Wu Shigong's order, Ferreira and all of them became sailor instructors of the Runing Army. And seeing that there was no way to escape, and seeing the treatment of Runing Junliang, under the persuasion of Gonzales and other Western pioneers. Captain Ferreira and the others finally agreed to serve the Runing Army. As for whether it is voluntary? That's really hard to say.

And in this incident, in addition to the Dutch colonists who suffered heavy losses, the most unhappy was Zheng Zhilong. But in order not to break the cooperative relationship with Wu Shigong, Zheng Zhilong had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"Long respect! This time, Director Yang can have some opinions on the method of ordering armor from the Runing Army. He said. Deng Qifan glanced at Yang Goudan at the same time, this is exactly what Yang Goudan said to him.

Wu Shigong also looked at Yang Goudan, and scolded with a smile: "I've been the director for so long, but I still can't get on the stage, I don't dare to say anything in person, and I have to turn a corner." How? Afraid I'll eat you? ”

Wu Shigong's words caused a room full of laughter. Wu Shigong continued: "Dog! You have to remember! You are no longer the shopkeeper of a workshop, nor are you a master craftsman, you are the director of our Runing Military Workshop Division. We must speak from the standpoint of our Runing Army. I know that you are all facing Nanyang, but Nanyang also has to fight for himself. If we help once or twice, can we help for a lifetime? Of course, if it was really Bian who took the order this time, I would still come forward to mediate and not let Nanyang starve to death. But this is not a long-term solution, let the people of Nanyang have to work harder. ”

The weapons system of the Runing Army has been established from scratch and has been relatively perfect, but among them, the biggest shortcoming is the supply of armor. In particular, the iron armor accounted for almost half of the blacksmiths and blacksmith apprentices of the Runing Army. But that's it, the annual output of iron armor is less than 300 units, and the price is also high, each of which exceeds 200 taels. Therefore, these iron armors can only ensure the equipment of the officers of the Runing Army.

That's why the Runing Army developed the wonderful product of "beggar armor". However, beggar armor also has great disadvantages: the unit price is down, and the manufacturing is simpler, but the maintenance cost is outrageous. In a battle, the rate of attrition of beggars' armor is more than 30%. You know, unlike the modern textile industry, which is quite developed, in the Ming Dynasty, cloth was also quite expensive.

But after getting the plate armor of the Dutch colonists this time, the Runing Army seemed to have discovered a new continent. The structure of those plate armor is quite simple, just two large iron plates at the front and back are connected with belts, plus some shoulder pads and bracer guards to form one. And after Shiyan, it was found that the protection of these Western plate armor was no worse than the iron armor made by the Runing Army.

Especially in terms of price and production volume, by asking Captain Ferreira, they learned that the purchase of such rough plate armor in the West was equivalent to the price of seven or eight taels of silver in the Ming Dynasty, and the delivery cycle was also very fast. And Ru Ningjun also inquired that those blacksmiths in the West are also in the handicraft workshop stage, and the scale of production is far inferior to Nanyang and Bian of Ru Ningjun. So this time the Runing Army couldn't be calm. (To be continued......)