Su Yi's plan to locate Shimen Mountain not only avoided many unnecessary casualties of soldiers, but also greatly improved the efficiency of suppressing bandits.
At present, the last three bandit leaders are dead, and their minions have become a mess, and they have been wiped out without any effort.
In the end, Su Yi started a fire and burned the entire village to the ground.
Qinzhou's bandit suppression was coming to an end, and Su Yi and Peng Shuang led their troops back to Qinzhou to return their orders to Xiao Yuan.
Bandits, bullies, and corrupt officials have all been eliminated, but now, it is Xiao Yuan's busiest time.
Because of the previous Qinzhou government decree, the people were taxed heavily, the laws were unclear, the military was loosely controlled, and the government orders were inconsistent. There were huge problems with the soldiers' pay, and the replacement of weapons and equipment had to be put on the agenda immediately.
Wuwei Mansion must seize the time to formally establish it.
The army needs to be restructured, the household registrations of the soldiers have to be re-registered, and the armor, weapons, and even military badges have to be replaced.
These are all big things. Fortunately, he has the assistance of Shangguan Wenruo and Liu Yuzhi. The three of them have been immersed in the study sorting books for several days.
At this time, Xiao Yuan was very worried. He was asked to implement people's livelihood policies and pay taxes. To be honest, he was definitely not as good as Liu Yuzhi.
At this time, Ye Cheng also walked in quickly, clasped his fists and saluted: "Sir, the Ordnance Department has made preparations. They will ask you to come over and make a decision on which armor to use."
"Okay, I understand." Xiao Yuan responded, stood up and said to the other two people in the study: "How to modify Qin's policy, I have to thank Master Shangguan and Master Liu. After the two of you discuss it, compile it into a book. Submit an official document to me as soon as possible."
When the two heard this, they looked at each other first, and then nodded.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuan did not stay here, but called Ye Cheng, walked out of the study quickly, and rushed to the Ordnance Department.
He is really busy these days.
The Ordnance Department is located in Qinzhou City. It existed before. It was just a cold government office. Because Qinzhou was corrupt in the past, how could the officials in power care about the soldiers' armaments and weapons? It was common for them to embezzle their military salaries. thing.
But now, it is getting lively here.
The official here is named Ji Ping, who has been in office for many years. He is not from Guo Qian's family. Xiao Yuan has also thoroughly checked his background and found him to be relatively clean. Therefore, the great changes in Qinzhou did not affect him.
The official office here looked a bit shabby due to its age. When Ji Ping heard that the prefect had arrived, Ji Ping was naturally panicked and went out to welcome him personally.
Seeing Xiao Yuan, he hurriedly bowed down and bowed deeply: "I don't know that the prefect has arrived, but I'm sorry that I didn't come from afar to greet you. I hope you'll forgive me."
"Hey? Master Ji, there is no need to be polite." Xiao Yuan raised his hand casually and said directly: "Let's talk inside."
"Yes, sir, please come this way." Ji Ping quickly stepped aside, stretched out his hand and bent down as an invitation.
Later, under his guidance, Xiao Yuan came to his office.
This room is not very big. There is a table directly above the hall. There are no official documents such as bamboo slips on the table, but various ordnance sketches are scattered everywhere.
Ji Ping's position is different from that of other officials. He is mainly responsible for building military equipment and weapons. There are no official documents on bamboo slips, only these, which is reasonable.
After coming in, Xiao Yuan first looked around and felt that it was a little shabby, then subconsciously asked: "Master Ji, isn't the Ordnance Department's fee sufficient?"
It’s not that it’s not enough, it’s that it’s simply not enough!
Ji Ping thought to himself, and said with a dry smile: "Haha, this... I don't know something, sir. Before this, the Ordnance Department has not been taken seriously by the state government. After one year, if you can allocate some gold and silver, you can make a living." The expenses are already pretty good.”
In fact, Ji Ping wanted to do something for the Qinzhou army. He also had certain talents, and he had a deep research on various ordnance. However, Guo Qian did not grant him any funds for these. He just wanted to build something, so No Money!
After hearing this, Xiao Yuan nodded first, and then said: "Don't worry, from now on, the Ordnance Department will be an important official office in Qinzhou! Your responsibilities will also become greater and greater!"
Hearing this, Ji Ping was not worried. Instead, he was surprised and said excitedly: "If you have the support of adults, I can guarantee that my Qinzhou army will take on a completely new look!"
"Can I take these words as Master Ji's military order?" Xiao Yuan glanced at him with a smile.
As a result, Ji Ping was not ambiguous at all, and immediately said in a serious voice: "Yes, as long as there is human and financial support, I am willing to guarantee it with my head!"
"Okay!" Xiao Yuan nodded, and then said: "Now, let's take a look at the transformation of our army's armor."
"Yes, sir, later." Ji Ping responded, then walked quickly to the desk, bent down and rummaged through a pile of sketches for a while, then pulled out one, and then handed it to Xiao Yuan respectfully. .
The latter took it over, and in the sketch, several armor styles were drawn in detail, with decomposed descriptions.
After Xiao Yuan looked at it carefully, he pointed at one of them and said, "Just make it in this style."
Ji Ping followed and looked at it, then asked: "As for the color of the armor, please let me decide."
"Well..." Xiao Yuan pondered for a moment and said: "I, the Qin people, are still black, so I put red tassels on the helmets of the regular army officers."
"Black armor and red tassel?" Ji Ping asked.
"Well, the flags also need to be black." Xiao Yuan said: "In addition, all the military badges must be replaced. They must be made of black iron and embedded with special patterns."
"Yes, the subordinates have all noted it down."
Xiao Yuan continued: "Our regular army is going to fight. Armament is very important, related to the life and death of soldiers on the battlefield. Therefore, in this regard, Mr. Ji has to personally check it, and the armor of Wuwei Mansion can be used for a little while. Change the style, remove the red tassel on the helmet, and equip it with a special sword, but it is not necessary to equip it with a halberd."
Ji Ping nodded while listening.
After saying this, Xiao Yuan said again: "In addition, we must seize the time to build large siege equipment such as trebuchets, rams, and ladders."
"This..." Ji Ping swallowed and said subconsciously: "But these siege equipment are of little use to our Qinzhou army, sir."
He was right. The Qinzhou army could only resist Xirong's invasion and never got out of the border.
But Xiao Yuan said: "Just build it."
"But, but here, I have no money, sir." Ji Ping was confused.
Xiao Yuan glanced at him: "Don't worry, I will give you money here."
"Ah? Really? Then I will take the order!" Ji Ping suddenly beamed with joy.
Immediately afterwards, he hurriedly ran to the desk, searched for a long time, handed Xiao Yuan a sketch again, and said excitedly:
"In addition, sir, please see, this is an improved short crossbow, which is what Xianguan has wanted to do a long time ago. If this crossbow can be built in batches, it can be used with cavalry. During the charge, the soldiers on horseback, It is better to use a short crossbow, pull the trigger, and shoot the arrow instantly! Instead of having to bend the bow to nock the arrow like before..."
"Well, this is okay." Xiao Yuan nodded first, and then said: "If Master Ji has anything else, show it to me. If it is useful to the army, I will build it."
"Ah!?" Hearing this, Ji Ping's eyes widened at first, and then he said excitedly: "Yes, yes, sir, later..."
He did not expect that this new governor would be so supportive of the creation of ordnance, even at the expense of huge amounts of gold and silver. This was something he had always wanted to do but had no way of doing. Now that the governor was supporting him, how could he not be excited?
And Xiao Yuan, how could he be compared to someone like Guo Qian.
Now is a time of great strife, and he also deeply understands that although Qinzhou is okay for the time being, there is no guarantee that one day a war will break out here!
