A no-tooth line!

"The Caoyun forces are no longer able to compete with our Fengchi Group on the river, all because of the greed and endless slavery of those Caoyun officials, which made them lose their hearts. But now they are fighting the Wind Sprint from the land, and the Wind Sprint Group is far from being strong enough to control such a vast area, and we need the support of the Imperial Court. ”

Aunt Xu said to Zhang Cheng, who had just arrived, with a solemn face.

Zhang Cheng smiled slightly: "We also understand this, but you also have to consider Your Majesty's difficulties, now the nine towns of the border army are successively carrying out military reforms, which has caused many people to be dissatisfied, if Your Majesty gets in the south of the army, this may lead to unpredictable consequences, you must understand, the south is the granary of my Ming Dynasty, Your Majesty is not willing to take this risk for the time being." ”

Aunt Xu immediately said, "But if Your Majesty does nothing, it will only prompt them to unite more against us." ”

"You're right, Your Majesty has considered this, but ......!"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile: "But it will take time for them to unite, and there are contradictions between them, you can use their contradictions to prevent them from uniting, and Jinyiwei will provide you with some help." ”

Aunt Xu nodded and said, "I understand." ”

Zhang Cheng said again: "There is another thing, that is, this year's tax revenue of Kaifeng, Weihui, Huaiqing, and Guide does not need to be paid to the household department, and His Majesty intends to directly allocate this money to Liaodong, Xuanfu, and Jizhou as military salaries." ”

Aunt Xu looked at Kou Zhuansha.

Kou Zhuan Sha hurriedly said, "There is no problem. ”

"That's okay, let's leave first."

As soon as this Zhang Cheng left, Kou Zhuansha said excitedly: "Big sister, they instigated the people to make trouble, we can't prevent it, and the government must maintain order." ”

Previously, Fengchi Group and Caoyun have always competed around the river, and the unpopular Caoyun is obviously not the opponent of Fengchi Group, but now they have changed their strategy and attacked the warehouse of Fengchi Group.

With so many warehouses and so many docks, the people of the Fengchi Group are enough to see it, and they can't defend it at all.

Aunt Xu sighed faintly: "But this is precisely where Your Majesty's concerns lie, if you rely on the government or the Southern Military Town to protect the Fengchi Group, then Your Majesty will definitely make compromises to them, and the whole plan may fail, and in terms of the overall situation, military reform is better than everything." ”

The northern border towns will be restructured, and the southern military towns will definitely have to be changed, and the Xungui group will definitely not be willing to give up their interests to others, so at this critical moment, if Wanli asks them for protection, they will inevitably ask Wanli for the price, and Wanli doesn't want to give them this opportunity.

Reform of the military system is imperative.

"How's that to be?"

Kou Zhuisa looked very confused and anxious, she had never had any idea about this kind of thing.

"We're on our own." Aunt Xu frowned.

"But we can't compete with them." Kou Zhuansha said: "Why don't you write to your husband and ask him what he thinks." ”

Aunt Xu's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said with a smile: "His method is estimated to be to treat others in the way of others, and this is not a business, but at present, it seems that we can only do this, and we will definitely not be able to prevent it, we can only attack instead of defending." ”

"Offense instead of defense?"

Kou Zhuan Sha was slightly stunned.

Aunt Xu said: "They attacked the Fengchi Group and hindered our trade, but they themselves also need to trade, the one acre and three points of land in Jingwangfu can not grow everything that Jingwangfu needs, and those salt merchants need trade even more."

We can also attack their caravans and create chaos in Huguang, Jiangxi and other places that they cannot bear, and also warn the forces in Nanking and other places that if they want to create chaos, the price will be beyond their means. ”

.......

East Pavilion.

"It seems that Your Majesty has made a lot of determination this time, and it is irretrievable."

Shen Shixing handed the emperor's edict to Wang Jiaping.

Wang Jiaping took it and took a look, the edict stated that the taxes of the four prefectures would be counted as the military salaries of the three border towns, and there was no need for the court to allocate money, so of course there was no need to pass the court discussion, he frowned slightly and said: "I'm afraid this money is not enough." ”

"It should be enough."

Shen ***: "According to the news we have learned so far, Liaodong Town is reducing its troops on a large scale, and I heard that the annual budget is one million taels. ”

Xu Guodao: "Guo Dan implemented the new soldier system in Ningxia, and the military salary was also reduced by hundreds of thousands of taels, which is about the same. ”

Wang Jiaping said: "But Liaodong's defense task is far heavier than Ningxia's, and with such a small number of troops, can it be lower than the invading enemy." ”

Shen Shixing said: "It is said that the new firearms of the Grand Canyon can quickly arm the army, so Your Majesty has adopted a military system that integrates recruitment and conscription, which can reduce the expenditure of the treasury on the army in peacetime, and can quickly arm a strong army in wartime, but what is going on, I don't know very well, although there have been several wars in Ningxia, but they are all our army, and there is no soldier for all." ”

Wang Jiaping wondered: "This is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and I am also in favor of abolishing the military households and the craftsman households, why doesn't Your Majesty discuss with us." ”

Shen Shixing, Xu Guo, and Shen always looked at Wang Jiaping at the same time.

Wang Jiaping said: "Am I wrong? ”

But as soon as the words came out, he came to his senses and couldn't help sighing.

It's a good idea to talk to them, it's just going to get the cabinet into a war of words with the courtiers, and... And then it didn't happen.

Wanli simply didn't say anything, and went it alone.

Shen Shixing and they all pretended to be confused, and when the courtiers asked, they all didn't know anything and were perfunctory.

In the past, you courtiers opposed our cabinet at every turn, thinking that our power was too great and threatened you, but now, as you wish, our cabinet has now become an auspicious cabinet, purely for decoration.

And Wanli likes their auspiciousness, they are silent and sloppy, which is equivalent to forming a buffer zone between the courtiers and the emperor to avoid direct conflict.

When so many things happened, there was no chaos in the DPRK and China, because the cabinet played a lubricating role in the middle.

......

Liaodong Town.

Boom Boom!

There was a thunderous sound, all of which stimulated the senses of Li Rumei and other generals.

It's exciting!

"Wow!"

When the smoke of gunpowder dissipated, Li Rumei, Li Dingxing, Sun Shoulian and other generals hurriedly stepped forward, looking at the ten large artillery pieces, they couldn't help but let out exclamations.

They looked at the smoke in the distance, and they couldn't see it very clearly, so they asked the man who commanded the cannon next to them, "How far can this cannon hit?" ”

The man replied: "Back to the general, this is the heaviest artillery produced by our Grand Canyon, which is specially used for siege and fixed-point defense, and the effective range is about two miles, and the longest range can reach three miles. ”

Li Dingxing and Sun Shoulian couldn't help but take a breath of cool air.

If this is artillery, then what did we use before?

At this time, Guo Dan and Fang Fengshi came over.

Fang Fengshi's eyes were instantly attracted by the bird on the side.

Guo Dan smiled and asked Li Rumei and them, "Generals, are you satisfied?" ”

Li Rumei said: "I heard that in the Southwest Campaign, the artillery used by our army was not so large, and the power was not so strong. ”

Li Rusong's battle report, he also knows it well!

Guo smiled lightly: "The artillery they use is similar to the artillery you used before, but it is more sophisticated in terms of building, and it is not very good at killing your own soldiers, but it is already a eliminated product belonging to our Grand Canyon, and it will not be produced again in the future, if you are interested in this aspect, you can buy one to collect as a souvenir." ”

“......！”

The Southwest Campaign ended last year, and it was eliminated this year.

The generals were speechless.

Guo Dan continued: "Our Grand Canyon has developed a lighter and more powerful field artillery, which is convenient for mobile combat, but at present, it is all used for defense, so we have not purchased that kind of field artillery, and all the purchases are the latest heavy artillery developed by our Grand Canyon, whose power and range are far better than that kind of field artillery." ”

Pulling a circle of artillery to fight, how exciting it is. Li Dingxing said: "I think there is a problem with the procurement of the imperial court, and we often have to go out to fight." ”

Guo Dan said: "We are now going to establish trade relations with the neighbors, not to fight with them, although I also want to." ”

Li Dingxing smiled awkwardly, if you get involved, then forget it.

Sun Shoulian said suddenly: "Didn't you say 10,000 doors, why are there only 10,000 doors!" ”

The ten thousand gates are for you, not for you. Guo smiled lightly: "Our Grand Canyon is a private workshop, if you want 10,000 doors, there is no problem, but you have to let the imperial court allocate funds first, but Your Majesty has allocated 500,000 taels to equip the border towns with firearms, and the next time will send 1,000 bird guns and 30 such heavy artillery." ”

At this moment, Fang Fengshi, who was next to him, suddenly said: "How is this bird gun different from the previous bird gun?" ”

Guo Dan turned his head to look, only to see Fang Fengshi holding a bird gun to play with, and walked over and said: "The previous bird gun has also been eliminated by my Grand Canyon, and in the future, it will all be this new type of bird gun, this kind of bird gun does not need to be ignited again, and it can be shot directly with ammunition." ”

As he spoke, he said to the man next to him: "You demonstrate it to the generals." ”

"Yes."

The man picked up a birdshot, broke the end of an ammunition, poured the gunpowder into the firing pool, loaded the ammunition, and aimed it forward.

There was a thud.

Fang Fengshi and Li Rumei were all dumbfounded.

For the first time, they had seen a bird gun that could shoot without having to light a fuse.

After a long time, Fang came back to his senses and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Okay, good!" I have this artifact, who dares to commit it. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This design is just to prevent rainy battles and field battles, this is the southwest campaign, the generals reacted that the bird guns we produce are difficult to fight in rainy days, and in the field, they are easy to be discovered, so we have made improvements to this, but this is not the most powerful thing about the bird guns, the most powerful bird guns are ......." ”

Li Rumei subconsciously said: "It's fast equipment." ”

Guo Dan nodded and said: "The bird gun is the core of the recruit system, according to the Firearms Research and Development Institute, a sound person can be very proficient in using it after a month of training, and you have also seen that it is actually very simple to use." ”

Li Dingxing: They suddenly realized.

They finally understood why Guo Dan emphasized that the standing army must be skilled in bows and horses, because archers and horses must undergo long-term training, and firearms soldiers will be able to quickly equip and serve in the military plus training every month, which is enough to use skillfully.

"A month?" Sun Shoulian said suddenly: "But it's not easy to hit the target." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "There is no need to aim, the way to use the bird gun is to shoot intensively, when training the bird gun, everyone is faster than accurate, two or three teams take turns shooting, the research and development institute will provide the basic tactics of firearms for the general's reference, and as for training, the research and development institute also provides training officers, and several of them are." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the man who had just used the bird gun, and added, "And in terms of the maintenance and repair of firearms, there will also be special people in charge." ”

That is to say, the military and politics are also subdivided, and the general does not have to worry about armament, training, and organization, and the general is responsible for one thing and wins the war.

This kind of professionalism, they have also experienced, when the purchase of new cotton nails, Yinuo Yaxing sent an after-sales team here to improve according to the needs of the soldiers, that is the first time in their lives to feel such considerate service.

The soldiers also finally felt themselves as individuals.

Li Dingxing said: "In this case, you will need a lot of birds. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "As long as the money is in place, within a year, our Grand Canyon will be able to produce firearms that will equip the entire Liaodong Army." ”

Within a year?

They swallowed at the same time.

Think about the hard ....... when they produced firearms!

Guo Dan half-jokingly said: "Therefore, it is imperative to find a place to store those rather rough firearms from before, and then the Grand Canyon will take them all away at the price of broken copper and iron." ”

"Hahaha!"

The generals burst out laughing.

Li Rumei finally understood why Li Chengliang asked him to cooperate with Guo Dan as much as possible and abandon the Li family's business in Liaodong for many years.

To put it bluntly, even without their Li family, they can defend Liaodong, and under the impact of firearms, Li Chengliang's game of play is outdated.

It's already unstoppable.

At this time, you have to hurry up to support the emperor, hurry up to join Yinuo Grain Bank and the Grand Canyon, if you can become a major shareholder, the Li family can still maintain its influence in Liaodong, but it is said that it will not threaten the emperor.

At this moment, Gu Changsheng walked over and shouted in a low voice, "The proprietor." ”

Guo Dan glanced at him, and then said to Li Rumei: "You can also try it, I have something to do, so I will miss the company first." ”

They rushed to pounce on it, each with a bird's gun.

"What's the matter?"

"Our warehouse over there in Jianchang was burned."

Guo Dan frowned slightly and asked, "How much money did you lose?" ”

"More than two thousand taels."

Gu Changsheng took out a letter, handed it to Guo Dan, and said, "This is the letter that Madame just sent. ”

Guo Dan took it, took it apart and looked at it directly, and after a while, he said: "You send a message back, I can't go back for the time being, everything is up to Mrs., but let them calculate how much money we will lose if we do this." ”

"Yes."

As soon as Gu Changsheng left, Fang Fengshi suddenly walked over and asked, "What about trouble?" ”

Guo Dan said angrily: "I am the one who does this wicked, can I not get into trouble?" ”

Fang Fengshi frowned and said, "Will it affect the reform of the military system?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "That's not going to happen." ”

"That's good!" Fang Fengshi nodded, then turned around to leave.

"Wait!"

Guo said lightly: "Fang Shangshu, you are too realistic, you also care about me!" ”

Fang Fengshi snorted: "You kid is so shrewd, do you need the old man to worry about you?" ”

After that, he ran to discuss with Li Rumei and them how to place the artillery.