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Chapter 387 Chariot
On the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the sky was clear and snowless, and the north wind was howling. It was extremely cold on Xuanzhen North Road.

In Chicheng General's Office, there are many officials and generals gathered. Officials from Kaiping Guard Division, guards from all forts on the North Road, and thousands of households all gathered in Chicheng Castle, and it has become a rule since then.

Everyone rushed to Chi Castle one day in advance. For this reason, Zhang Cheng specially ordered someone to clean the inspectorate and procuratorate office opposite the general's office, so that all the officials and generals who came from afar lived here.

On the same day, from the hour of Chen, everyone discussed in the procuratorate office. First, the various castles reported their military households' reclamation harvest, and the military camps were deployed for defense.

It wasn't until the end of the day that the discussion ended. Overall, it was good. It's just that Xiabei Road's inventory and farming, and reclamation of wasteland and canal repairs were carried out a little later, and the effect was not so obvious.

Shangbei Road is different. After all, Zhang Cheng took office at the beginning of May. Under the rapid change, the transformation of Shangbei Road is still very fast. Although there were some bloody storms in the middle, the effect is obvious.

The only change is that when discussing matters, many castle guards and thousands of households are more concerned about when Zhang Cheng will start recruiting bravely again!
To this, Zhang Cheng just smiled back, but did not make any reply. He also wanted to continue recruiting soldiers, but this was not just a matter of recruiting. What would the recruited soldiers rely on to support them?
With the current strength of the North Road, it is extremely difficult to feed the nearly ten thousand soldiers under his command. It is extremely difficult to count on the imperial court to allocate salaries and food, and others may still expect it, but Zhang Cheng knows that the imperial court will not be able to provide more. of silver.

Even at present, Zhang Cheng can barely support the nearly ten thousand soldiers, thanks to the serious shortage of troops in the fortresses of the North Road. It can be said that he has concentrated his strength to support the new army under Zhang Cheng's command.

During the discussion, Zhang Cheng also promised each castle city that they would make up for the gaps in each castle in the coming year. Of course, there is always a priority in everything. Zhang Cheng has not set a specific order and time, so there is a lot of room for manipulation here.

As a person who came from a later life, if he doesn't even have this kind of thinking, then he doesn't need to continue messing around, just jump off the cliff!

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That night, Zhang Cheng and the officers and generals of the Kaiping Guard Division, as well as the guards of various castles, Qianhu and other guards naturally had a feast. All the officials and generals came to toast Zhang Cheng, but Zhang Cheng could not one by one The person who came to toast naturally drank it all in one gulp, but he just touched his lips.

And Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, Zhang Guodong, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guangda, Wu Zhizhong, Wei Zhice and others also attracted much attention, and people from all the forts also toasted to them one after another to build relationships.

Jin Xinpeng and Yan Qingrong had already quietly become the No. [-] and No. [-] people in Beilu, and some smart people couldn't help secretly admiring Zhang Cheng's manipulation.

The three former bigwigs in Kaipingwei, now Xue Liangqing is dead and notorious, and Jin Yong, the nephew of Jin Xinpeng's family, has been transferred away from Dushi.

Therefore, although Jin Xinpeng is the No. [-] person on North Road, and now he is in Dushikou Baocheng, Zhang Cheng promoted Sha Zhongwang as the head of the Dushi Defense Camp. He is Yan Qingrong, the No. [-] person on North Road. cronies.

How can such an arrangement not be admired? Although Zhang Cheng is no longer stationed in Dushikoubao, Jin Xinpeng, who is in charge, has no trusted generals, and Yan Qingrong, who has trusted generals, has to take orders from Jin Xinpeng.

This is the result that Zhang Cheng wants. Perhaps in the near future, even Chen Zheng's Dushi Battalion and Zhang Guangda's Cavalry can be transferred away from Dushikou.

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In the early morning of the second day, the guards and officials of thousands of households in various castles left Chicheng and rushed back to their respective guard places after breakfast.

Before leaving, Zhang Cheng even sealed a big red envelope for each of them, which contained silver ranging from 50 taels to 200 taels, as a reward for his hard work over the past six months.

And those who stayed were all the key people around Zhang Cheng, either Zhang Cheng's shogunate, or his close confidants and direct descendants.

At noon, the procuratorate office was already full of life, and it seemed very lively, not only the commanders of the Kaiping Guard Division Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, Liu Zhi, Cao Jinwang and others stayed behind.

There are also Chen Zheng, Cui Shijie, and Song Shanquan from Dushi Buying, Zhang Guodong, Chen Dakuan, and Jin Yong from Chicheng Buying, and Zhang Guangda, Chen Zhong, Wang Tieren from the riding camp.

As well as the generals of the Chinese army led by Wu Zhizhong and the generals of Wei Zhice's Che Ying, and more importantly, Shi Tiegen, the general manager of the Yunzhou Carpenter Camp, Wang Gancheng, the director of the Fire Gun Bureau in the camp, Li Chengmao, the director of the Artillery Bureau, Du Gui of the Gunpowder Bureau, and Xin Congjian of the Vehicle Frame Bureau. , as well as several major bureaus and workshops, such as the Armor Bureau, have arrived.

Lv Dachun, the chief receptionist of the generals' office newly appointed by Zhang Cheng, has been busy these few days, so he has not worked hard, but his smiling face has not changed at all, as if he is tireless, he always maintains a comfortable smile.

In the huge official hall of the Chicheng Procuratorate, there are small desks on the left and right sides, and each desk is filled with some dried fruits, pastries and tea.

Zhang Cheng sat in the middle of the head, with Jin Xinpeng, Chen Zheng, Zhang Guodong and other officials on the left, and Shi Tiegen, Wang Qiancheng, Li Chengmao and other craftsmen on the right.

And in the middle of the official hall stood rows of wooden shelves, on which were impressively placed rows of firecrackers. In addition, there were several pairs of battle armor hanging on a row of wooden shelves. The armor leaves were of the same thickness. extremely well.

But the eyes of all the people in the official hall are still attracted by the firecrackers on the wooden frames, especially the short blunderbusses on the first row of wooden frames, which are even more eye-catching.

Zhang Cheng also focused his attention on the various firecrackers and armor placed in the official hall. These are all newly made utensils by the Yunzhou craftsman camp.

"Have you tried all these new guns?" Zhang Cheng asked in a deep voice.

"Reporting to the Commander, this time I brought five shotguns each, five shotguns, self-generating firearms, and electric firearms, all of which have been tried and fired. There are also a pair of new-made chain mail, plate armor, and breastplate, all of which are water-powered. The nail leaves and blades forged on the forging machine are extremely fine." Shi Tiegen got up and replied.

Zhang Cheng said again: "How many kinds of guns have been prepared by your craftsman camp?"

"Reporting to the commander-in-chief, by the end of the year, a total of 250, 450 rods of the Yunzhou blunderbuss can be prepared. A while ago, 330 six rods were delivered to Dushi Buying and Chicheng Buying, and there are still [-] eight rods in the Yunzhou warehouse.

In addition, the Artillery Bureau has also prepared 120 No. 120 guns, [-] rocket boxes, [-] No. [-] guns, [-] tiger squat guns and [-] mortar guns, and [-] flying guns.

Among them, 120 No. 120 guns and [-] boxes of rockets have been assembled on chariots, a total of [-] vehicles, and have been delivered to General Wei's chariot battalion for reception.

In addition, the No. [-] cannon was also installed on the fifty-carriage trolley, and another fifty-carriage trolley had not yet been equipped with the No. [-] cannon. The hundred-carriage trolley had also been delivered to the car battalion.
The remaining tiger squatting guns, mortar guns, and flying guns that are not equipped with chariots and carriages can be arranged and deployed as needed during wartime. "

(End of this chapter)