Zu Yuan successfully occupied the traffic headlines of Jinling, and the novel fireworks and firecrackers became a tool for the princes and ministers to show off and compare, whose fireworks are big, whose firecrackers sound!

The general trading house with the exclusive right to operate fireworks and firecrackers was full of customers for a while, and made a lot of money, which finally made Chen Shuling smile!

Later, Chen Shuling suggested that the emperor Chen Xu should approve the general firm to monopolize the production of fireworks, and with the holy decree, Zu Yuan could justifiably buy a large number of various ores and take the opportunity to manufacture gunpowder in large quantities!

Xiao Yao was not idle during the whole Chinese New Year, nor did he fall in love with the two little beauties, but ran to the ironworks outside the city every day, because his private army had come!

Xiao Yao also told Xiao Moke that this was a private soldier given to him by Master and Zu Yuan, and because he was about to enter the barracks, he went to familiarize himself with and train them these days.

Xiao Moke also expressed his understanding, after all, marching and fighting is not a joke, on the battlefield, one more subordinate, one more security, now that the general business bank is rich and powerful, it is normal to send a private soldier to Xiao Yao, and Xiao Yao has his own set of marching and fighting, so Xiao Moke did not interfere with Xiao Yao's actions, and even taught him a lot of experience in leading troops.

Xiao Wuhua and Xu Miao were very excited and curious, this seemingly cynical pervert actually had his own private soldier, he was about to become a general, and he could teach the army at a young age, so he followed Xiao Yao to the ironworks every day to see what he taught!

And Xiao Shilian seemed extremely jealous, Xiao Yao had two strong personal guards who had already made him red, and now he had a private soldier who only obeyed the master's orders, and he was Xiao Moke's biological son-in-law, although he had been on the battlefield with his father, he still didn't have a single soldier in his hands!

And this private army that was stationed in the iron workshop a few years ago was only a hundred people, and it did not attract too much attention, after all, everyone knew that Xiao Yao was going to be taken into the barracks by Xiao Moke and marched to fight, and the officer did not have his own private soldiers, and even the prince laughed at the general trading house for being too picky and making so much money, so he sent a hundred private soldiers to Xiao Yao.

But it won't be long before they will be amazed by this hundred-strong force, because the weapons in their hands are the invincible weapons of the era - flint muskets and artillery! So Xiao Yao gave this unit a future name - Fire Dragon Battalion!

In half a year, Zhou Chao of Jiangzhou rushed to work day and night to make a large number of simple smoothbore flint pistols, almost one for everyone, not only Li Dahu and Li Erhu were all allocated, but even Zu Yuan took one to defend himself!

The production of complex Mini rifles is pitiful, only more than 30 pieces were produced, and there are only more than 10 alphabet cannons and projectile cannons combined, which can be manufactured in large quantities by relatively simple artillery, but the problem is that gunpowder is now also in short supply, there are more artillery, and the consumption of gunpowder is also more, which is not cost-effective, so Xiao Yao decided to refer to the idea that the quantity and quality of small Japan are not enough to make up the idea of making up the elite army!

So Gao Yuan carefully selected a hundred soldiers, and these soldiers have been trained by Gao Yuan, swords, guns, swords, sticks, fists and feet are the most outstanding in the Jiangzhou Guard, and of course the most loyal.

Xiao Yao divided the 100 people into infantry and artillery teams, and the infantry team only had 30 people, but they were the highest quality and the best martial arts among the 100 people, because they were positioned as special forces commandos, equipped with mini rifles, flint pistols, bayonets and grenades in the line of fire! Not only is the ability to cooperate with the combat strong, but the strength of individual combat is also not to be underestimated!

And the remaining seventy people are all artillerymen, responsible for operating those artillery and providing fire support for the assault team, after all, there are not many artillery pieces, and only by using weapons can it exert its maximum power!

Xiao Yao came to the iron workshop to train them in shooting and cooperate in combat, and also to give them lessons, in addition to the necessary ideological education courses, there are also tactical classes.

Coordination is the core of any tactic, Xiao Yao's tactical lesson to the Fire Dragon Battalion is mainly infantry artillery cooperation and coordinated operations, Napoleon relied on the cooperation of artillery and cavalry to sweep across Europe.

But now Xiao Yao has no cavalry in his hands, and the cavalry of Chen Guo in the south is also pitiful, and the main force is mainly infantry, which is also the reason why Chen Guo has been at a disadvantage for a long time in the competition for hegemony with the north.

After Xiao Yao followed Xiao Moke into the military camp after the year, it is estimated that he can only lead the infantry to fight, and to deal with the cavalry in the north, the Fire Dragon Battalion will be the vanguard! Rely on artillery bombardment to disperse enemy formations, and then crush the enemy with infantry charges!

In addition to the tactics class, Xiao Yao also prepared a variety of professional cultural courses, because the war after the participation of firearms is no longer a war of brute force, but a war of knowledge, from the basic operation of various artillery to the use of objective factors such as time and geography to fight, a lot of knowledge is needed.

And the soldiers who have learned these cross-era knowledge will be the cornerstone of Xiao Yao's struggle for hegemony, and in the future, the fire dragon battalion that will continue to replenish all kinds of artillery, and even cavalry, engineers and other types of troops will be invincible in this era!

"Ranging can be measured by jumping eyes, stretch your arm forward and raise your thumb, close your left eye, your right eye, thumb, and the target form a straight line, close your right eye, open your left eye, and remember that your left eye and thumb extend the point on the right side of the straight line target, and multiply the distance between that point and the target by 10 times, which is the approximate distance you have from the target."

"The gunpowder we use can be so powerful because it can quickly generate a large amount of gas when it is burned in a small pinch of gunpowder, and it can suddenly generate huge pressure in a small barrel and shoot bullets!"

"Water should be boiled before drinking, which can reduce the probability of diarrhea!"

"If you get lost in the wilderness and can't find your way, you can look at the growth rings of the trees, and the close side is the north!"

"After adding quicklime to the liquor, it is alcohol after filtering and clarifying, alcohol cannot be drunk, but it can be disinfected when applied to the wound, and it can save your life!"

"If you encounter a fire attack and are in thick smoke, don't panic, you can cover your mouth and nose with a wet cloth and crawl on the ground!"

"Moving pulleys can save you half the effort, and with a pulley set, one person can pull up a cannon!"

"The principle of buoyancy is that the volume is large, the weight is small, and the iron can float on the water, you look at the iron bucket in the projectile cannon, can it float on the water!"

"The smaller the force area, the greater the pressure, so the weapon is basically pointed: on the other hand, if you are in a swamp or on the ice, you have to expand the force area, stand on a wooden plank or lie on it!"

"Tengu eating the sun, thunder and lightning, wind and rain and so on are all very common natural phenomena, no need to make a fuss, we can also make predictions according to their causes and laws!"

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The soldiers didn't have much curiosity about why Xiao Yao knew so much magical knowledge, because they had all been completely brainwashed by Xiao Yao with his set of teachings, and they only knew loyalty and execution, and the master was right, and they only needed to execute, and they didn't need to ask why!

But these unheard-of, even fantastical knowledge, made Xiao Wuhua and Xu Miao, the two auditors, full of surprise and admiration!