They are all the eldest sons and grandsons of the Duke's uncle's family. They are the first candidates to inherit the title in the future.

These candidates were appointed by Chongzhen. Basically, those in the Chinese Army were from duke families. Those who served as regimental leaders were all from marquis families, and those who served as battalion commanders were all from earl families.

Well, the Ming Dynasty was also an era of fighting for one's father. This era was about family background and rank.

The emperor arranged this to prevent anyone from being dissatisfied. Don't you know your identity? What family you are born into? This is arranged by God. This is fate.

The regimental leaders sit in the first circle around the map. Behind them in the second and third circles are the supervisors, Zan Hua, and battalion commanders.

This unit will be handed over to Zhang Shize. He is waiting for Zhang Shize to come back.

But Yang Fan is a little worried about how long they can maintain their current combat power after being handed over to the imperial court. It is said that doing good is like ascending, doing evil is like falling. Decay is very fast.

However, Yang Fan didn't care. He had never thought of controlling Jingying. He had not yet suffered from hysteria.

The emperor used him as the governor of the capital camp and military affairs for the same reason as when he used him to bring the Xinghe regiment to the capital to defeat the governor of Wei. If he couldn't find a suitable person temporarily, he would use it reluctantly. Once the matter was done, he should

Stayed aside.

Therefore, if Yang Fan has good things, he will never buy a house for Jingying.

The last time he defended the Qianhu Station in Hexi, he worked hard. In addition to training, he also spent his own money to purchase 500 armored carriages and 500 heavy copper-fired cannons.

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In the Ming Dynasty, copper was money. A cannon weighed 500 kilograms, which equals 250 tons of fine bronze.

Gun metal is a copper-tin alloy bronze that was used to cast cannons in the old days.

Gunmetal is not like ordinary bronze alloys. There are three categories: brass, bronze, and white copper. The composition is: zinc 29%, tin 1%, and the rest is copper.

Yang Fan's gun metal is tin brass. Add 1% tin to brass to get tin brass.

Tin brass is corrosion-resistant in both seawater and fresh water, and is mostly used to make copper ship parts and cast artillery. The cost of this kind of gun is not much different from that of pure copper.

At that time, Yang Fan regarded the Hexi Guard Qianhu Station as his subordinate. Because according to the management, the guard system was hereditary. From now on, Yang Fan's descendants will automatically inherit Yang Fan's army and territory.

If the imperial court uses itself in the future, it will let this army go. This will cover up its true strength in private soldiers.

Yang Fan thought it was worth the investment at the time. After all, swords and guns are blind on the battlefield. He took it with him on the expedition, and without a turtle shell, fangs and claws, he was not worried about his own safety.

He didn't care whether he could win the battle for the imperial court, but at least he had to protect himself.

Due to the extremely long life of bronze artillery, the service life of bronze artillery often exceeds a hundred years, and many even exceed 150 years. Undoubtedly, the most important reason for the long life is that the casting cost of bronze cannons is prohibitively high.

Yang Fan did not even use the formula used by the United States during the Civil War. He used 80% copper, 1% tin, and the remaining lead, which caused the artillery to glow red.

The best formula is directly used. The copper materials are imported from Chile and imported from Chile in modern times. The quality is much higher than this era.

As a result, the emperor was very shameless and directly transferred his Hexi garrison of Qianhu to others.

As for the 250 tons of copper invested by Yang Fan and the labor costs, I will not talk about it in black and white.

250 tons of copper is not a small amount.

The Chongzhen Tongbao cast by the imperial court weighs 11.7 grams and contains five grams of copper. This is copper material worth 50 million yuan, totaling 50,000 coins.

At this time, 650 yuan was exchanged for one tael of official silver. Adding labor expenses and fire expenses, Yang Fan lost one hundred thousand taels of silver.

In addition to the armored four-wheeled carriages and pack horses, the armor and weapons of the soldiers, as well as the training costs, building water conservancy projects, allocating land to the families of military households, recruitment and settlement expenses, etc. Yang Fan spent another 200,000 taels.

Yang Fan said to himself afterwards, I was so stupid. I threw 300,000 taels of silver into the water.

Therefore, he will no longer spend his own money to equip the Beijing camp. He is just a temporary worker, so why should he worry about the boss? If the emperor needs anything, let the emperor purchase it himself.

Fortunately, Chongzhen also knew that you can't keep a sheep and keep shedding its wool.

In addition, he also earned 10 million taels of silver from selling goldware. For the subsequent construction of the capital, Yang Fan would basically get him whatever money Chongzhen was willing to spend.

It's just that Yang Fan reformed the military pay distribution system and changed it to Xinghe Bank. The money was not in the hands of the officers. It was directly deposited into the bankbooks of the officers and soldiers. This eliminated the bad habits of empty pay and corruption.

In addition, Yang Fan kept an eye on the military supplies and the canteen of the military camp to ensure that the food and supplies were actually used by the officers and soldiers. This was the only way to reverse all the unhealthy tendencies in the Beijing camp.

In addition, Yang Fan and Zhang Shize auctioned off the spoils of war to make up for the arrears of military pay over the years to the Beijing camp and the border troops from the four towns participating in the war.

And with money in hand, the Ming Dynasty's beheading reward was truly implemented. A real Tatar head worth fifty taels was cashed in immediately.

Coupled with the continuous victory to boost morale, the Beijing camp was finally reshaped into a combatable force.

In fact, Yang Fan doesn't want to waste time here anymore.

He wanted to free up his hands and use his own private soldiers to deal with Mongolia in the desert.

He was considering how to drive Mongolia from Mongolia back to the west of Hami, so that the Beijing camp could return as soon as possible. He could then take up his post and concentrate on building the outer and inner jackets, so as to firmly control the north of the Great Wall.

He wanted to give Mongolia a heavy blow first and make them recognize the reality.

If a temporary peace could be negotiated, Yang Fan would be able to accept it.

This matter depends on how it is done. Only by driving them away and returning the capital camp can Yang Fan escape from the emperor's surveillance.

Only then could Yang Fan let go of his hands and feet and enjoy himself outside the Great Wall.

If Yang Fan relied on his 100,000 elite cavalry and infantry troops, it wouldn't be too difficult to defeat Mongolia. It's just that he didn't want the emperor to discover his true strength.

His relationship with the emperor still needs to be carefully maintained, at least for a long time to come.

Jingying is actually an eyesore here. There are too many eyes here, and he is restrained, which is very uncomfortable.

Therefore, in the early morning of tomorrow, the army will cross the Yellow River and first annihilate the Yarkand Khanate's army.

Then quickly retreated into the city and faced a stormy city attack and defense battle.

Hold the city until winter. When the snow falls heavily and the cattle and sheep have nothing to eat, the desert-Mongolian coalition forces will have to retreat.

Next, Yang Fan can use his private army to first defeat Zhasak Tuhan and the Tuva people (Tangnu Ulianghai). Then he will attack the territory of the Oirat Alliance and eliminate them.

There is no need for Chongzhen to know about these things.

He just needs to know that the Oirat Alliance army has withdrawn. Just let him know that there is no war in the northwest. Of course, Yang Fan has to fulfill his promise to the master and send troops to escort him back to the snow area.

This is not difficult. When the time comes, we will send shallow-water heavy artillery ships and steamers up the Yellow River to Xining. Then we can use yaks to march.

As for the escort personnel, Yang Fan has already found them. It is up to Yan Yingyuan to lead the group training.

After the Jiuyuan City defense battle is over, let's see how many of them are left. Unify them into a few regiments and go to the snowy area to defend the country and defend the border. Let them start a family with the women in the snowy area and take root.
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