East Factory Governor

Chapter 448

Qin Shuhuai said goodbye to Zhiyuan, Zhiyun, Zhiren and others.Zhiyun felt that Qin Shuhuai had saved him twice, and there was nothing to repay him, so he gave him some special products of Shaolin, such as Longhu Zhixue Powder, Dieda Duanxuan Ointment, etc., which were all high-quality medicinal materials.Qin Shuhuai naturally would not refuse, and accepted it with a smile.

Leaving Shaolin, they hurried all the way, and arrived at the Jianghe Gang three days later.

At this time, his "Da Zhong Fang" has miraculously been completed.However, even though the project was completed, Wen Tiren refused to leave. He insisted on waiting for Qin Shuhuai to come back and preside over the completion ceremony before he would leave.

Qin Shuhuai thought, probably Chongzhen asked him to do this again.Chongzhen wanted to do this matter vigorously, so that the whole world would know about it.

So Qin Shuhuai had no choice but to hold another grand completion ceremony, not only attending in person, but also hosting another hundred tables of banquets.The nearby people didn't recognize their birth, and all of them came to congratulate with a smile, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, the Jianghe gang would let them in.

But these people are also lovely, none of them came empty-handed, big families gave money, jewelry and rare stones, and small families directly sent chickens, ducks and fish meat. Just about three hundred chickens were collected, and Jiang He The gang got chicken feathers everywhere, and there was a chicken crowing in the middle of the night.However, the brothers of the Jianghe gang were lucky. The 300 or so chickens were made into more than [-] cups of chicken soup the next day. It is said that the method of making the soup was taught by the old lady Qi herself, and even the soup was made by the old lady. I personally paid for it and asked someone to buy it. The taste is delicious.

After the completion ceremony, Wen Tiren bid farewell contentedly.

The Jianghe Gang's battle preparations are also in full swing.On the canal from Tongzhou to Jinmen, there are a total of 58 large and medium-sized piers on both sides of the canal. All of these piers are stepping up the construction of fortifications. There are all kinds of arrow towers and high walls. The budget alone is as high as 50 Ten thousand taels of silver, an average investment of 1 taels per dock!
In addition, the Jianghe gang also sent people to take Qin Shuhuai's handwritten letter to notify the Cao gang and the giant whale gang, asking them to build fortifications on large and medium-sized docks like the Jianghe gang. Those who live in the canal!"

Qin Shuhuai's words like this are naturally very important. Although the Cao Gang and the Giant Whale Gang didn't know why he said that, but seeing that the Jianghe Gang was already building fortifications, they didn't dare to neglect it at all, and immediately followed up with the construction.After all, the canal is a business for them to eat, so how dare they take it lightly?
In addition, Qin Shuhuai has another big plan, which is to create a copycat version of the "Five Elements Flag".

Why do you say it is a copycat version?Because the "Five Elements Flags" of the Devil's Cult are all formed after years of rigorous training, if the Jianghe Gang wants to create a "Five Elements Flag" as powerful as the Devil's Sect within a month or two, it is impossible to put it bluntly .Just to give an example, let's say that the "one river of spring water" formation when Qingshuiqi faced the cavalry back then, the coordination was so precise that it was like a machine, and it would never be possible without three years of practice.As for the battle formations of other flags, most of them are unpredictable. Even if he can remember some from memory, he will definitely not be able to teach them.

However, although he can't teach the various battle formations of the "Five Elements Flag", he can copy some of the weapons used in the Five Elements Flag.

Qingshui Banner uses a water gun plus corrosive strong acid, which has been widely produced in the Ming Dynasty.Qin Shuhuai remembered that this thing seemed to be made of green gong, so it was also called "green gong oil". Many Taoist priests who made alchemy could make it, so it was not difficult to find it.

The fire flag is even simpler, water dragon (actually a water gun) plus kerosene, and thunderbolt.Needless to say, kerosene, such things as thunderbolts were very common in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is not difficult to get them.

The thick earth flag, the special weapon is the thunderbolt buried in the ground, Qin Shuhuai prefers to call it "earth mine".In addition, Houtu Banner also has a superb "hole punching" skill. "Punching holes" seems simple, but in fact, it is extremely difficult to make holes to connect with each other, so let's not learn it for now.However, things like "earth mines" were not considered rare in the Ming Dynasty. Qin Shuhuai was rich, so of course they could be manufactured on a large scale.

Based on the above, Qin Shuhuai decided to copy a Qingshui Banner with 500 people, a Fiery Banner with 500 people and a Houtu Banner with 500 people.The Three Banners did not copy the battle formations of the Demon Cult, but only copied their use of various special weapons.

Having made up his mind, Qin Shuhuai called Qiu Dali and Meng Wei and asked them to take charge of the matter.Qiu Dali is an old man with a wide network of contacts, so he asked him to find out who can make green sachet oil.And Meng Wei is in charge of selecting the men and horses of the three banners from each hall. In principle, all of them should not be lower than the ninth rank of Xuantong Realm.After the selection, the usual training is also supervised by him.

Qiu Dali agreed immediately, but Meng Wei was in a difficult situation, because he was not very familiar with these weapons, and he didn't know how to use them himself, so how could he train his subordinates?

Qin Shuhuai waved his hand, expressing that he doesn't need to worry.With the talents of Peraklei, he would go to Chongzhen to ask for them. Anyway, Chongzhen has now chosen to trust him, and he will not refuse to ask him for a few such people.As for spraying "Green Oil" and "Fire Oil", you have to figure it out yourself. You can always master the trick if you use it more often, just don't hurt people during training.

Afterwards, with a swipe of his pen, Qin Shuhuai allocated 20 taels of silver to them to purchase equipment.Anyway, there is one principle, buy as hard as you can, buy as much as you can, and ask him if you don't have enough money.Especially thunderbolt and kerosene, these two things are big killers and can be purchased regardless of cost.

After everything was arranged, Qin Shuhuai decided to go to the capital again.

On the one hand, he wants to see Chongzhen again, to cheer him up, and at the same time to make him feel more at ease about himself.

On the other hand, he wanted to meet Cao Huachun, governor of the East Factory, and Luo Yangxing, commander of Jinyiwei.No matter how you say it, the Demon Cult belongs to the martial arts faction, and the factory guards have always been the court's minions in the Wulin. Now that the Demon Cult wants to rebel, how can they stay out of it?
So this time to exterminate the Demon Cult, apart from sending a large army, the imperial court will inevitably send factory guards to join it.In this way, it is very necessary to communicate with them in advance.

After staying in the Jianghe Gang for five or six days, Qin Shuhuai set off for the capital.

That evening, he arrived in the Forbidden City, wanting to meet Chongzhen first.But he didn't want to be told by the eunuch that Chongzhen was not in the palace.Qin Shuhuai originally wanted to find out where Chongzhen was, but after thinking about it again, he dismissed the idea - which eunuch would dare to tell others the emperor's whereabouts?Is he impatient?
However, even if the eunuch didn't say anything, he also knew that Chongzhen was not in the palace, so he probably went to Liushi Academy.

(End of this chapter)