It's like handing you a pillow when you feel sleepy.
Gu Shao was worrying about how to suppress Xie Hong when the time comes.
During this period, Xie Hong became more and more arrogant, and many times, he directly rejected some of his ideas in public.
It would be fine if Xie Hong had a better idea, but Xie Hong just made things worse.
When Lin Xueqing was training his troops, he looked disdainful and verbally insulted him everywhere, and even wanted to teach him a lesson when there were few people around.
But Lin Xueqing is really good at fighting. Even if ten of Xie Hong and his men were together, they couldn’t beat Lin Xueqing alone.
It can be said that it is a disgrace to the grandmother.
Xie Hong was frustrated and was trying to find a way to teach Lin Xueqing a lesson.
Originally according to his official position, Xie Hong had to obey Gu Shao, but he had the power to exercise supervision over Gu Shao.
This resulted in Gu Shao being restricted in many ways.
Including fundraising, he was happy to collect it, and wealthy families were willing to donate, but Xie Hong seemed to have water in his brain. He refused to agree to anything and even said he would write a letter to impeach him.
Gu Shao was worrying about how to suppress Xie Hong, when Lin Jinyue gave him a surprise.
After hearing what happened, Gu Shao immediately said coldly, "Although His Majesty has given you the power to supervise, if you use this power to oppose me everywhere, no matter good or bad, as long as I propose it, you will be rejected, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
"When a general is on the battlefield, he may not obey the orders of the king."
Gu Shao directly placed Xie Hong under house arrest, and also punished those who had caused trouble in Yunhe Village, giving them twenty strokes of the cane.
It's not just twenty hits and that's it.
Instead, he broke twenty military sticks.
Lin Jinyue specially picked out a few thick sticks.
After this beating, even if they were strong, at best they would be bedridden for half a day, and at worst their legs would be completely crippled.
Lin Jinyue watched them being beaten with a stick with joy.
Gu Shao simply grabbed the back of her collar and pulled her back home.
Gu Shao: "It's a bit bloody, children shouldn't watch it."
Lin Jinyue was a little unhappy, but Gu Shao just helped her to cover up the lie.
Kidnapping soldiers without permission and forging military uniforms is a serious crime punishable by beheading.
Lin Jinyue looked at Gu Shao and said with a smile: "Thank you, General Gu."
Gu Shao pulled her into the tent and asked uncertainly, "What you meant just now is that you can provide us with crossbows, right?"
Lin Jinyue was stunned.
She forgot about it.
But she nodded anyway: "Well, you can, but it's complicated to make and a bit expensive. Are you sure you want it?"
Gu Shao frowned, but finally nodded: "As many as you can make, the price is negotiable."
Arrows are heavy and require a lot of strength.
This means that there are many restrictions when selecting people.
But if there were crossbows, a long-range shooting army could be quickly formed.
Lin Jinyue agreed readily, which made him a little confused.
Finally, the contract was signed. A crossbow cost 20 taels, and a dozen arrows cost ten taels. Gu Shao was required to provide the iron rods.
Gu Shao signed without thinking.
Lin Jinyue said “tsk tsk” twice, this Gu Shao is really naive.
This contract is full of loopholes. Many details were not discussed and it was signed directly. If it had been an unreliable contract, Gu Shao would probably have been cheated out of everything.
The most important thing is that Gu Shao signed it directly without even looking at the sample.
After returning to Yunhe Village, Lin Jinyue shouted, "It's time for a small meeting!"
The few people who often held meetings with Lin Jinyue immediately put down their work and came directly to Lin Jinyue.
There were not many people who attended the meetings regularly, only Lin Fugui, Wang Cuiju, Old Lady Chen, Liu Dazhuang, Liu Erzhuang, Old Tan, Lin Youcai and her fifth cousin Lin Man.
Her father didn't take care of things, so Lin Fugui helped with all the chores in the village, acting as his deputy.
Recently, Wang Cuiju has not only been in charge of the shops in Shawan County and reconciled the accounts every day, but she is also responsible for inquiring about news from outside and coordinating the personnel of several shops.
Old Lady Chen is one of the few old ladies in the village who can read. Her position is equivalent to that of the village women's director. Nowadays, there are many people in the village, and if anyone dares to tease the girls or make trouble, they can go to Old Lady Chen to solve the problem.
Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erzhuang are good at archery and kung fu. Now they are the captains of the village security team. Each of them leads a team responsible for protecting the safety of the village and maintaining order in the village.
These people usually hold a small meeting every now and then.
Lin Jinyue is busy and it is impossible for her to take care of every aspect of the village.
Lin Jinyue mentioned the transaction with Gu Shao.
Several people looked heavy-hearted.
Liu Dazhuang and his team still proposed: "But, our crossbow is very powerful, and the parts inside are not available anywhere else. If we dismantle it for research..."
Why does their village dare to confront Deputy General Gao?
It all depends on the crossbow in my hand.
Now their carpentry workshop and blacksmith workshop work together every day without stopping, and they produce more than a thousand crossbows and countless arrowheads.
Moreover, their village is easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This means that as long as there are not tens of thousands of troops attacking them, they will not be at a disadvantage at all.
However, Lin Jinyue now wants to sell the crossbow.
Even Old Lady Chen, who didn't know much about the current situation, began to worry.
Lin Jinyue said, "Don't worry, we only said we would give them crossbows, but we didn't say which generation they would be for. That's enough."
"Besides, we provided the crossbows and we know how far the range is. If our village does something small or performs some martial arts in the future, we can say that we did it to help General Gu, and no one will suspect anything."
At that time, the more noise they make, the more likely it is that the people of Lingnan will not only not report them, but will also speak well of them.
Anyway, Lin Jinyue just opened her mouth to help General Gu with the experiment.
Every household has someone going to the battlefield, and the more noise Lin Jinyue and the others make, the safer their families will be.
Anyway, just don’t sell the most advanced products to others.
The villagers also breathed a sigh of relief.
Selling outdated Wu Xi, one crossbow arrow costs 20 taels of silver, and the material is just those ordinary woods, which is really a profit.
Lin Jinyue talked about more important things, "Grandma Chen, Uncle Dazhuang, Uncle Erzhuang, do you have enough manpower? Thank you for your hard work recently."
The three of them waved their hands quickly: "It's not hard, it's not hard, everyone is full of energy!"
It's not that hard. It helps you protect your family. The ordinary guards not only get five taels of silver a month, but also receive subsidies for various kinds of rice, flour, meat and eggs. If they can't finish eating them, they can sell them to others.
People like Liu Dazhuang, who are small cadres, receive higher wages and better treatment.
Lin Jinyue has already started building commercial housing, and Liu Dazhuang and Liu Erzhuang each got a small courtyard with a single door and a separate house.
Lin Jinyue: "There are a lot of people in the village these days, and we have to be careful about whether there are people with ulterior motives sneaking in. I'm afraid we have to work overtime. Do you think we should recruit more people?"
"As long as they are from Yunhe Village, we can recruit them. Just keep your mouth shut and don't say anything unnecessary."
After all, the number of people who can enter the farm is limited, only about a dozen or so.
It is impossible to sign contracts with more than 2,000 people.
Having more people is certainly good, but I am afraid that if the rules are not established at the beginning, things will become chaotic after a few days.
Or maybe the welfare benefits are not enough and those people have been bribed.
These are unavoidable, Lin Jinyue can only ask everyone to keep their mouths shut.
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