Winter goes to spring!

Even Liaodong, known as the bitter cold, has times when the ice and snow melt.

When the warm wind blowing from the south of the Yangtze River blows away the ice and snow covered by the land of Liaodong, in the vast land between Dalian and Gaizhou, there are wooden signs everywhere, and each wooden sign is written with the words "**Wei**Thousand Households**Hundred Households**General Flag**Small Banner***Juntian".

In the past month, from the Qinghe River in Gaizhou, which borders the Bohai Sea, to the land south of the Yingna River on the coast of the Yellow Sea, more than a dozen guard posts have once again appeared, including Gaizhou, Fuzhou, Jinzhou, Zhuanghe, Yongning, Xiongyue, and Guifu, and nearly 100,000 retired officers and soldiers have been placed in these guard posts, becoming the new generation of military households of the Ming Dynasty.

It's just that unlike the old military households, which used to be called military households and were actually state serfs, they did not need to bear the taxes on the fields or the burden of forced labor, and except for occasional training, they enjoyed treatment far more than Xiucai.

But it was only a month's work, the once desolate farmland has become a piece of newly cultivated farmland, in the fields the people are busy driving cattle to reclaim the fields, the plan of the year lies in the spring, this year is different from previous years, the people working in the fields are full of hope for this year, after all, now they are working for themselves, not as slaves for the East Prisoners.

When the four-wheeled carriage was galloping on the official road, Zhu Guoqiang would occasionally look at the fields and look at the people working in the fields, oh no, it should be said that it was a military household - now the land here is granted to retired soldiers, and ordinary households can only rent the land of military households if they want to farm, after all, each military household has been granted land ranging from 100 mu to 200 mu according to the location of the land, and even so, there are still many people who have not been granted land.

The army in troubled times is the foundation, as for the ordinary people...... Let's become a tenant farmer in the military first, or work in factories and mines!

Now, with the efforts of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians, this land, which has been desolate for decades, is changing at a speed that is visible to the eye, and what is even more admirable is the growth of corn in the field.

Finally came to the field, looking at the two-foot-tall corn growing in the field, Zhu Guoqiang had a smile on his face, and even couldn't help but caress the corn seedlings with his hand.

"Lord Shizi, this bud grows really fast!"

Following the side of the prince, Sun Guowei deliberately lagged half a step behind, and said as he walked.

"Lord Shizi, since you ordered someone to send the seeds, the military households in the institute planted them, according to this growth, maybe it is really like what the prince said, it can be eaten fresh in 90 days, and it can be harvested in four months."

"It should be about the same!"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled, these corn seeds are the early-maturing varieties he brought from the other side, they are the varieties cultivated in the 80s by the Heilongjiang Seed Breeding Institute, although the yield is not as good as the hybrid varieties of the 21st century, but it can keep the seeds, and it is also drought tolerant.

The only thing that is shocking is that it is not much, and after "looting" the entire seed cold storage, only a few thousand catties have been found, which is only enough to keep seeds.

"We must pay attention to the fact that this batch of buds are all used to keep seeds, this thousand acres of land, if fertilizer and water can keep up, next year's seeds can be planted at least 100,000 acres, and there are two more years......"

It's a pity that there will be no rush for another two years!

Thinking of this, Zhu Guoqiang's mind couldn't help sinking, staring at the two-foot-high corn seedlings in the ground, and there was only one thought in his heart - to speed up the breeding of improved corn varieties as much as possible. Although he was not very satisfied with the current breeding speed, Zhu Guoqiang did not show it, but said to Sun Guowei, a thousand households in Weiningbao.

"Please rest assured, the big guy knows that these seeds are expensive, not to mention the love of the seeds, and they will go to the field every day to check to ensure that there will be a good harvest,"

"Farming is a little more delicate, but it's ......"

Looking at the people working in the fields in the distance, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"Don't forget, you are all soldiers, not just farmers, and if you need it in the future, military families will still be called up to fight on the battlefield......"

In the reconstruction of the guard system, Zhu Guoqiang turned the military households of the guard post into a reserve and a training area, and in the new military system planning, it was divided into two parallel systems, the former equivalent to the regular army in later generations responsible for combat. The latter, as a reserve, is responsible for reserve training, and the so-called reserve has two kinds, one is a veteran after retirement, and the other is a recruit waiting for conscription, this kind of reserve begins to receive basic training at the age of 12 in the 100 households, participates in the camp training of the 1000 households at the age of 16, participates in the selection of the town guard unit at the age of 18, and retires after five years of service.

The reason why the military service period is as long as five years is that considering the factors of transportation, social environment and other directions in the seventeenth century, long-term service can not only maintain combat effectiveness, but also effectively maintain combat effectiveness when sent to frontiers and foreign lands, after all, sometimes the march may take half a year.

"Don't worry, the big guys know in their hearts that they never dare to be lazy and slippery when they train for one day every five days, after all, these are life-saving things in the future, that is, ......"

After a moment's hesitation, Sun Guowei said.

"At present, we only have 50 muskets in one office, and only a few in one hundred households, and the big guy is thinking that there are too few muskets, can the general's mansion prepare more, in case Jiannu kills him, he only has a big knife and spear in his hand, and he is still not very relieved, after all, Liaodong has never been a place to stop, in case Jiannu fights......"

Sun Qianhu's request made Zhu Guoqiang frown. Despite the fact that there is another world to supplement it, the lack of weapons, especially muskets, still plagues this side, after all, it is not 350,000 muskets, but more than 200,000 muskets. Wanting to supply so many muskets in a short period of time, there is almost nothing possible.

But the soldiers don't have muskets in their hands, and their hearts are not steady!

Not to mention that they are not down-to-earth, even Zhu Guoqiang himself is not down-to-earth, in fact, according to his assumption, these military households can bring their own muskets, bayonets, gunpowder and other weapons and equipment to participate in training and combat. They can react quickly and act quickly like the militia of the "one-minute warriors" of the North American colonization era, in fact, to put it bluntly, these "one-minute warriors" are just putting a rifle next to the fireplace.

But these militias, who are quick to react and act fast, are for.

"Don't worry, the musket will be there soon, we have built a new factory in Dalian, which can manufacture ...... every day"

200 ...... This is the output of the factory in Dalian, and it may increase to 300 by the end of the year, but there are more than 100,000 reserves here!

What to do?

Still ordering on the other side?

Will ordering in large quantities cause any trouble?

"Lord Shizi, in fact, if there is iron, there are several blacksmiths in that office, if you can supply iron, you can make it on the spot, but it is too time-consuming and laborious to make the barrel......

Fight on the spot!

Barrel?

Seamless steel pipe!

Perhaps on the other side, it will be a little risky to use subcontracting to order weapons as before, but there is no risk at all in purchasing seamless steel pipes! A barrel doesn't even need a meter of seamless steel pipe, you can purchase seamless steel pipes over there!

Sun Qianhu's words made Zhu Guoqiang think about it, and then said.

"Well, otherwise, the barrels will be uniformly supplied from the General's Mansion, and then they will be made by the craftsmen of the Thousand Households."

Even if the manufacture of firearms can be liberalized and the private sector can also participate in the production of weapons, why should we insist on uniform distribution?

What's the key to bringing your own?

I bought it myself!

At most, the General's Mansion will send one.

"Actually, Lord Shizi, now, now on our side, there are people selling muskets."

What Artificial Musket Sells?

Zhu Guoqiang asked instinctively.

"Who is it?"

On this day, as usual, Zhao Yunfu stayed in the shop, and occasionally he would go to the back printing room to see what was printed.

Just as he was as usual, leisurely drinking tea there while watching the business, two officials suddenly walked in, one of which was his acquaintance Sun Dehai, and the two of them used to serve together in the army.

As soon as Sun Dehai saw him, he said a little anxiously.

"Zhao Yunfu, the case of your private musket has been discovered!"