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Chapter 217 Here comes the nomination certificate?
"Besides, the melting furnace here is not suitable, so we need to get a new one." Old Man Shi said to Zhang Cheng.

"Well, it's easy to say. This time I went back to Xuan Town, I asked the court for [-] craftsmen, and I specially asked for a few iron smelters and wrought iron. I will arrange someone to call one to be in charge, that's all." Zhang Cheng said nonchalantly Said.

The old man Shi said happily after hearing the words: "Okay, that's good. Let's go to the mine here. The output should be guaranteed, but his stove is not easy to use."

A group of people left the ironworks near the iron mine and went to Tietou Valley two miles away. Zhang Cheng said to Liu Quan who was following him: "The strength of the troops here needs to be changed again."

Liu Quan, Sun Dashan and others listened intently, Zhang Cheng continued: "In this way, the original sixty civilian braves and young adults will be organized into soldiers, and the original twenty knights will be combined into one place, and then carefully Choose [-] suitable soldiers, form a cavalry team of [-] riders, and station in Labayu;
The rest will be organized into two teams of infantry, each with a hundred men, uniformly equipped with armor and weapons. Each team will have twenty musketeers, thirty sword and shield players, and fifty spearmen. Each knife and shield player will be equipped with two throwing spears. , the spearman with four rods;

The first team was led by the Mahui army and stationed in Labayu, the second team was led by Sun Dashan and stationed in Tietouyu, and the remaining [-] young and strong were formed into a separate team to be in charge of the iron mine and the iron smelting factory. The guards are led by Sun Dashan. "

Ma Huijun, 26 years old, was originally a horse breeder in Mafang Village in the northern suburbs of Beijing. He was good at dealing with horses since he was a child. He knew how to raise horses, feed them and train them. , he never practiced.

However, although this man is not tall and broad, he is very strong. In time, he will definitely be a qualified cavalry warrior.

Several people agreed loudly, especially Ma Huijun, who only felt that after being rescued from Mafang by Zhang Cheng, his whole life had changed, and now he actually became the leader of hundreds of people.

These changes made him extremely proud, and also made him extremely grateful and admired Zhang Cheng, and even regarded Zhang Cheng as his reborn parents.

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In the hall of the meeting hall in the middle of Tietou Valley, everyone was having a banquet, and a cheerful atmosphere permeated the hall.

Zhang Cheng sat at the top, with wine and meat on the table in front of him, old men Chen Zhong, Wei Zhice, and Shi Tiegen sat at the bottom on the left, and Liu Quan, Sun Dashan, and Ma Huijun sat at the bottom on the right.

Another group of officials gathered together, and everyone ate and drank. After Liu Quan's introduction and Sun Dashan added, Zhang Cheng knew a little more about Tietouyu.

The space in this valley is not as wide as that of Laba Valley, but the usable cultivated land reclaimed on the east and west sides is more than 3000 mu more than that of Laba Valley. Continue to cultivate.

In addition to the available arable land, these two places have a lot of valleys and woodlands, and some cattle and sheep can be grazed in moderation to supplement the lack of food production. What's more, if the trial planting of peanuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other crops is successful in the future.

In the mountains and forests here, you can try to plant these crops, which will definitely relieve the pressure on grain and grain, and maybe you can station more soldiers, hide a force and store food here, maybe it will be of great use at any time .

What's more, there is such an iron mine that is easy to mine in Tietouyuli.

According to Zhang Cheng's idea, he will continue to keep these two places. A large amount of materials are stored in Labayu. Tietouyu will be used as a production and farming base, and Labayu will be used as a military station. These two places can at least Tun two thousand strong soldiers.

Prior to this, Zhang Cheng had sent Lin Fangping, a personal soldier, to lead a team to search for Chen Zheng at night, and asked him to keep two iron-making craftsmen in Tietouyu, which would become an iron-making base.

According to the old man Shi, some of the Tatar armor captured at that time, as well as the bandit armor and weapons captured at the official road at the foot of the mountain, have been repaired properly.

There used to be six blacksmiths in this Tietou Valley, but one ran away in the chaos and was never found. Now there are only five blacksmiths left. The old man Shi Tiegen said that although their skills are not very good, they can repair armors and weapons, forge There is still no problem with general farm tools and knives.

Zhang Cheng then decided to take the old man Shi back to Xuan Town, and in the future he would directly station on Shangbei Road. Only the five blacksmiths would be left here, and they would mainly make agricultural tools for farming, daily necessities such as iron pots and kitchen knives.

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At noon on the second day, Zhang Cheng and others were watching the flattened land on the river valley east of Tietouyu.

There are more than a dozen military households who fled here. They have cultivated a field and work here on weekdays. They hand over half of the harvest to the cottage and keep half for themselves.

"Liu Quan, don't you have two abandoned village castles outside Labayu?" Zhang Cheng asked.

Liu Quan replied behind Zhang Cheng: "Master General, there are two abandoned castles, both of which are about a hundred households in size. There can be more than 8000 mu of wasteland around the two castles. If more ditches are built, more ditches can be opened. Three or four thousand acres of land."

Zhang Cheng said in a deep voice: "Go back and occupy the two abandoned castles, repair them, arrange some infantry and family members to live in them first, and for the time being, allocate land to everyone based on the standard of no less than [-] mu per household.
As for the harvest, each household first pays [-]% to Yunei for raising the army and reserves, and the remaining [-]% is reserved for them to live on. "

"Don't be scruples. In this era of war and chaos, if there are refugees or military households who escape, just take them in and register them. If there are any problems in the local area, report them directly to the general."

"There is limited land in the west of Tietou Valley. It is not easy to produce [-] mu of arable land, but the river valley to the east is wide and narrow. If the people have enough power, they can reclaim more arable land."

Liu Quan repeatedly agreed, and Sun Dashan also looked thoughtful, but Ma Huijun stepped forward and said, "General... General, we have something to say."

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Come on, tell me, what do you think?"

"General, we see that the forests between these two villages are not lush, but there are many pastures. There are three horse households from our horse farm who stay here. Can we ask them to raise horses for the general?" Ma Huijun said timidly.

Zhang Cheng smiled, looked at Ma Huijun and said, "This is a good thing, Ma Huijun, if you think about this matter, you will be responsible for it, and ask those horsemen to work on the existing horses and mules. Choose some suitable horses and try to breed first,

Also, send some people to the nearby Baoan and Huailai to buy some cattle and sheep, and they are also scattered in this mountain forest, and they will be herded first..."

Everyone was chatting and laughing when they saw a stream of smoke and dust rising from the direction of Tietouyu, and dozens of fast horses were galloping towards them.

Zhang Cheng looked over there, and heard Wei Zhice beside him say, "General, didn't you come to vote for a certificate?"

(End of this chapter)