At the same time, Li Zicheng also accepted another proposal made by Zhou Xian a long time ago. The Yingtian Academy was jointly invested by both parties.

This was founded in the Five Dynasties and flourished in the Northern Song Dynasty, and produced famous officials such as Fan Zhongyan and Yan Shu. By the end of the Ming Dynasty, it had a history of more than 600 years. It was known as the four major academies in ancient China and has been constantly changing with the rise and fall of history.

During this period, he suffered from war disasters, and most of the college's library was destroyed. He had encountered the flooding of the Yellow River, and the former site of the academy was completely buried by the silt of the Yellow River. He also suffered from man-made disasters, and the academy was demolished manually during the reign of Zhang Juzheng.

Fortunately, in the 29th year of Wanli (1601), Zheng Sanjun, who was still the prefect of Guide, presided over the reconstruction of Yingtian Academy.

Later, during the Chongzhen period, Zheng Sanjun was appointed as the Minister of Personnel. He made three remarks and three remarks and had a high prestige. Even Huang Daozhou, Hou Xun, Ye Tinggui, and other people who practiced state affairs came from his disciples.

Later, he was disappointed with the government and lived in seclusion in Taiping Mountains, Zhejiang. He insisted on using Emperor Chongzhen, Emperor Hongguang, Emperor Longwu and others. He asked intently, stayed in the mountains for thirteen years, and finally had a good ending.

Zhou Xian once sent someone to visit Zheng Sanjun, hoping to use his prestige, but he didn't even see anyone. Moreover, he also heard that he had disappeared from his disciples and old friends now.

Zhou Xian was always curious about how disappointed a person could do this.

Because of Zheng Sanjun, Yingtian Academy in Suizhou City has been running schools before Li Zicheng occupied Henan, and it was only completely closed in the past two years.

The houses in the academy are ready-made and can be used directly as long as they are repaired, with less investment. Dongchang Prefecture and Xuzhou are similar to it, and students from both places can go to Guide Prefecture to study.

As for the president, Zhou Xian and Li Zicheng also reached an agreement, with Hou Xun, who was unemployed at home. He was an old minister of the Ming Dynasty and served as the governor of Henan. He had a high prestige and did not belong to either party, so he could try his best to be fair.

As for the future prospects of these students, when they achieve success in their studies in the future, they can freely choose which side to serve.

At least Zhou Xian felt that he should be more attractive than Li Zicheng's side.

Zhou Xian rode a horse, followed by Li Yan, Hong Niangzi, Yu Baiyi, and more than a hundred of his personal guards, galloping all the way.

When he arrived at a mountain pass, Zhou Xian turned over and dismounted, let Sun Bao and others wait outside, and only took a few people to walk towards the depths of the mountain.

This is the Liangshan area within the jurisdiction of Tai'an Prefecture. The mountains are high and the forests are deep and the population is sparse.

After about two miles, I met a team of seven or eight patrol soldiers.

Zhou Xian showed them the waist card, and the leader put his right hand on his chest to salute. He asked the others to continue patrolling, and personally led Zhou Xian and the others to walk deeper.

On the way, we encountered two other teams of soldiers guarding the intersection. There were not many people, but the inspection was very strict.

The Hongniang was a little confused and asked Li Yan: "Lin Quan, where are we going?"

Li Yan frowned slightly, shook his head, and did not answer.

When Zhou Xian heard this, he turned his head back and smiled faintly: "Sister Hong, I can tell you here that I have secretly hid the soldiers of two battalions here. So far, only Mr. Wan, Peng Shiqi, Yu Baiyi and others know about it. Let you see it today."

Ten thousand yuan is someone Zhou Xian relies on, and Zhou Xian cannot hide it from him.

Peng Shiqi was the prefect of Yanzhou and his local parents, so he could not hide this matter from him. But Zhou Xian just told him that he had hidden some soldiers here to deal with the emergencies and asked him to help hide it. But he didn't know what the situation was.

Yu Baiyi was in charge of the military supplies of the entire army, and he could not avoid all the calls of materials.

The Hongniang's face was puzzled, "Is there any difference between the soldiers of the two battalions?" She looked at the towering mountains on both sides, "Or why would you hide so deeply?"

As he was speaking, several deafening sounds of cannons suddenly came, echoing in the valley. Frightened forest birds flew up, and the mountains on both sides seemed to be shaking.

Zhou Xian smiled and pointed forward and said, "It's coming soon, you can see it yourself! Anyway, it will surprise you."

After walking for about three miles, the vision gradually became wider.

Looking around, in a flat valley, there were hundreds of tents distributed in Xingqi compass. Six or seven thousand soldiers were divided into teams and practiced back and forth in the open space in the middle.

They were dressed in uniform, wearing green straight-leg trousers underneath, crimson-red mandarin duck embroidered robe, and a simple leather armor on the outside.

All the muskets in their hands are muskets, which are different from ordinary muskets. At the front of those muskets, there is a slender short sword about one foot long, similar to a dagger.

There were six teams of soldiers in total, and the other five teams were exactly the same. Only one team showed a bit abrupt among them. They did not hold a musket, and they were carrying a light long sword nearly three feet away. They didn't even wear leather armor on their outside, and only had red and green mandarin duck embroidered robes.

In front of them, dozens of cannons were placed, both big and small.

The five big ones are slightly smaller than the Fran machine cannon. There are two wooden wheels below, which require two people to push and can change directions at any time.

The rest are all small, the size is the same as the Tiger Lord Cannon, but not as bulky as the Tiger Lord Cannon, and can be moved by one person. It can only be slightly different from the Tiger Lord Cannon. It has two small brackets, with the muzzle facing upwards and can shoot further.

The cannon fire just now was it.

When Hao Yonghe heard the soldiers report, he rushed over, "Supervisor, why are you here? He told his subordinates that he would go to the outside of the valley to greet you in person."

Zhou Xianxiao said, "You were transferred from the artillery camp here to be a new camp, but you were full of grievances at that time! Have you figured it out now? Haven't you been lazy here!"

Hao Yonghe's face turned red, "Master General, I didn't know the situation here at that time, so don't joke with my subordinates. As for whether you are lazy, please see the actual effect!"

Zhou Xian nodded and said, "Then let's fire a few shots!"

With a command, five small cannons fired at the same time. After a roar, gunpowder filled with smoke, and a large pit was blasted out of several feet of land centered on the target, and stones and soil were flying.

Then two cannons fired towards the same target. Hit again, leaving a deeper pit.

Zhou Xian clapped his hands and smiled, "It's not bad."
Chapter completed!