The substitute prince: Reported the emperor's brother at the beginning

Ning Yi asked the six blacksmiths who had come to watch: "You are all experienced blacksmiths, come and see if there are any improvements?"

The six people gathered around and watched for a while, and one of them said, "Your Highness, this thing may look complicated, but it's actually not difficult."

“It just needs to be refined.”

Ning Yi immediately became interested: "Can it be improved?"

"For example, the ignition rate is that the flint strikes more accurately."

One of the old blacksmiths pondered for a moment, then said, "Your Highness, let me give it a try?"

"No problem." Ning Yi waved his hand and said, "After you have produced the required number of weapons every day, you can try making these fire guns."

The six blacksmiths were not happy.

Instead, he asked worriedly, "Your Highness, even if we were to make this so-called iron pipe, it would require too much high-quality iron. If it's not made well and wasted, we would be guilty."

They were just afraid because they had all worked in places like the Ministry of Industry.

Of course they were afraid. If the product was not made well or was damaged, it would waste iron and they would be severely punished.

Ning Yi also understood their concerns and encouraged them, "Just focus on making it. If there's anything missing, I'll make it for you."

"It doesn't matter if it's badly made, but if it's good, this prince will reward you greatly."

With the Sixth Prince's personal guarantee, all six of them were very excited.

In fact, for an experienced blacksmith, these muskets can be made with a little thought.

As for the other three people, Ning Yi did not treat them unfairly. After all, they had taken the lead and made the model.

Now that there are six blacksmiths in the mansion, there is naturally no need to continue asking them to make the work.

Although these six blacksmiths were borrowed, Ning Yi had no intention of returning them.

However, he asked Qin Haifeng to go to the refugee camp and find about twenty smart children aged seventeen or eighteen.

Their task is to be the blacksmith's apprentice, help out and learn well.

It is obvious that these six old blacksmiths are not willing to teach. This skill is passed down to future generations. Who would be willing to pass it on to others?

However, Ning Yi promised that as long as they taught well, they would definitely benefit from it. Don't keep your good skills hidden and don't want to pass them on to others. If you do that, you will have no future.

Ning Yi is very busy in the front yard every day.

When training these one hundred servants, each of them wore a specially made smaller set of armor, and even the helmet pattern was changed.

The hat has an extra brim to block the sun, rain, and even arrow rain, which is very effective.

Looking at these young men who have been trained by His Highness to be very energetic.

They were holding a variety of weapons in their hands, and the scene was a mess.

Qin Haifeng didn't know what to say. What the hell was this? Was it training a mob?

It was especially interesting to see His Highness himself holding a teaching stick, beating and scolding a servant boy who was holding a bamboo stick.

Qin Haifeng wanted to stop it but didn't dare.

I don’t know what His Highness is thinking. The army trained by these servants not only has shields and spears, but also forks.

There are also some bamboo poles painted with tung oil and pressed with spear heads and arrowheads. Are these also called weapons?

Such an army could be defeated by any spear formation.

But His Highness treats these little guys very kindly. They eat the best food and wear custom-made clothes. He raises them like his own sons.

The servant came over and reported a few words to Qin Haifeng.

He walked to Ning Yi and said, "Your Highness, there's a letter from Jiangdong."

"Okay." Ning Yi nodded.

He then said seriously to the several servants standing in front of him, "Train well."

"If you can't keep up with the pace, don't eat."

He used these one hundred servants to train the Qi family army into a hundred-man formation.

The seven groups' mandarin duck formations, various formation trainings, including small formations and fusion formations, are indeed quite complicated.

However, Ning Yi never got tired of it. He had studied the Mandarin Duck Formation a lot in his previous life.

This is the pinnacle formation in the era of cold weapons. Now that musketeers cannot be fully popularized, the Mandarin Duck Formation is the most elite military formation.

These one hundred book boys did morning exercises and had breakfast on the first day, practiced calligraphy in the morning, and trained in formations and physical fitness in the afternoon.

The next afternoon, we trained the troops.

They would also train them in horse riding every few days, and these 15 or 16-year-old kids were trained to be obedient.

Ning Yi is very much looking forward to them.

If the training is successful over a long period of time, once it is released, everyone can form a small army formation.

In the entire palace, everyone felt that Ning Yi was just messing around. This was not military training at all, but just playing house.

Ning Yi went to the main hall in the front yard, where one of his first batch of servants was waiting there, exhausted.

Seeing Ning Yi excitedly, he immediately stood up and saluted: "Greetings, sir."

This is the rule set by Ning Yi. They don't have to call him "Your Highness" or "Sir" in order to curry favor with them.

Ning Yi looked at the darker-skinned servant and nodded slightly: "Liu Jinlu, I didn't expect you to come here to deliver a letter. Did you come by yourself?"

Liu Jinlu chuckled and said, "No, I came back with the returning Imperial Guards."

Ning Yi took the letter and opened it.

Gao Qingshui described the entire Jiangdong disaster relief situation.

The third batch of disaster relief grain has been shipped to Jiangdong.

The court raised so much silver, and a portion of it was sent to the palace for Emperor Wu to make the old man happy.

Everything else was arranged by Ning Yi, who purchased large quantities of grain at high prices and transported them to Jiangdong.

Gao Qingshui did a good job in Jiangdong. According to Ning Yi's request, he first toured various places and personally distributed disaster relief grain to each city.

It also requires local officials to cooperate and reorganize military equipment.

However, many officials simply refused to cooperate and kept delaying.

Gao Qingshui, the young and inexperienced man, directly let the imperial guards take it away, and then local officials who were indeed capable were selected to take temporary management.

There are also local bigwigs who are blocking the way.

The Jiangdong family is still very powerful. Faced with their obstruction, Gao Qingshui took a tough approach.

Ning Yi was quite speechless. Gao Qingshui was even more arrogant than him. He forcibly brought the local reorganized army and the Royal Guards and broke directly into the homes of the local aristocratic families.

Even if the noble families had soldiers, they could not compare with the thousands of newly reorganized local troops.

The disaster there is very serious and the people are suffering terribly. As long as they can have enough food to eat, many people are willing to risk their lives to serve as soldiers.

There were some local noble families who did not believe in evil and, relying on their connections in the court, took the initiative to seize food.

Gao Qingshui wiped out several families in succession, which really frightened them all.

He also ordered people to purchase a lot of food from Jiangnan and transport it to the disaster area.

The disaster area has indeed been somewhat under control at present, but Gao Qingshui is worried that after the dragon in Jiangdong turns over, floods will burst the dam again, followed by rampant plague.

The land was in ruins and countless people fled to other places.

If we want to put the entire Jiangdong region in order, we cannot rely on disaster relief grain alone.

No matter how much food is shipped there in batches, it will eventually be eaten up.

Therefore, Gao Qingshui suggested recruiting new victims to rebuild the river embankment.

Clear the fertile fields and plant crops as soon as possible. If we can survive the winter, by the warm spring next year, this wave of disaster will be over.

Although banditry continued in various places, Gao Qingshui had already ordered officials in various places who had reorganized their military equipment to wipe out the banditry as quickly as possible.

However, if the relief food is eaten up and the people have no way to survive, they will join the bandits again.

Finally, Gao Qingshui begged the Sixth Prince to explain to Emperor Wu that he was forced to arrest those officials and aristocratic families.