Li Xiangqian told the history of the development of firearms in the Ming Dynasty, first of all, the biggest problem is that there is a huge problem in the research and development system of the Ming Dynasty, the front-line researchers, in the later generations, as long as it is a little bit of a promising country, it should belong to high-income talents, at least to ensure that there is food and drink, not to mention, the biggest difference is the status, the least respect is needless to say, the guarantee of social status.

In the Ming Dynasty, the social status of the craftsmen who really studied firearms was so low that it was terrifying, and it was understandable that they could not eat, but what was the discrimination from all sides from the government.

Therefore, in the study of firearms, although there are countless literati who boast on paper about how the firearms they come up with are eroded and powerful, these guys who can't even tell the difference between rice and millet know what chemistry.

Any military system contains three parts: seeking the enemy, striking and destroying, and for firearms, the delivery, lethality, and input-output ratio of gunpowder need to be carefully calculated.

The destruction of the Ming Dynasty was the destruction of the decay of the grassroots, and even firearms could not be made.

"What danger can you have, this night, it is almost possible to withstand it, of course, those officials will send their families away at the same speed, but it is not difficult to resist Li Dingguo, Lao Li did not bring much heavy equipment, just a cloth coat and a knife, the equipment is all by picking up, throwing grenades is enough to scare him, hundreds of ships, if you want to integrate it, you have to attack with all your strength at least overnight, it is estimated that there is only dry food and water to supplement, my requirements are not high, withstand this night, tomorrow can be redeemed."

Zhan Shibang was not satisfied, and said, "You won't still ask me to go into danger." ”

"What danger do you have, the officials of the Ming Dynasty, just talk about it, they have to dare to hurt our action, and they can still let Huixian Yaxu open in Nanjing? As for tomorrow, I am also thinking, since Li Dingguo has entered the game, it is not easy for us to drive people out, but Nanjing cannot be given to him, and at the same time, the introduction of an external factor in the Jiangnan region is actually not much harm to us, you think about it, if the entire gentry in Jiangnan start to buy our arms, how beautiful it is. ”

Zhan Shibang said: "How can this be beautiful, I feel uncomfortable, isn't this looking for a beating, sooner or later people will use weapons on us." ”

Li Xiangqian laughed out loud and said: "You still don't understand what imperialism is, the meaning of imperialism is that it never cares how many weapons are sold to you, as long as you can't threaten him, have you studied modern history, it is impossible for warlords to threaten imperialism with imported weapons!" ”

"But they also have craftsmen, so they will definitely take it apart and study it."

"This is a very dialectical question, once they begin to grope to learn from us, they will inevitably begin to accept the knowledge of the imperial capital, then they will naturally know how big our gap is, and then produce a leading party among these people, and any conscientious Chinese will not hesitate to rush over when they find a way that can lead the whole of China to prosperity, after all, our government is completely open to anyone who can pass the examination, and we only need to manage the legislative, judicial, and examination powers."

Zhan Shibang said: "But you can't stand them only learning military technology, I have read the history of the world, Europe is like this, the more civilized ones are often destroyed by the barbarians in the jungle with more advanced weapons." ”

"Of course, that was ancient times, the era of cold weapons, that's what it looks like, the so-called civilized countries are often built on the internal upper class to exploit the lower class, and the middle level exists as accomplices and vested interests, such as ancient Rome, not fattened the generals, the farmers can't make money from wars, and in the end those who are willing to be soldiers are foreign barbarians, and a barbarian, such as Mongolia, can take a slightly more equal route, and then use a lot of money to hire scum from various countries and design various weapons, They don't have to bear the burden of bullshit clan aristocrats, as well as the burden of Confucian masters, the number of men is the number of soldiers, and the financial revenue is military expenditure, so in terms of social structure, it is very easy for barbarians with a low level of civilization to defeat civilized people. ”

Zhan Shibang said: "So we have to be careful, or we don't sell less arms, I think the grenade is good, if it expires in three months, although it is dark, but it will be profitable." ”

"You have to look at it from both sides, first of all, I doubt that Nanming can appear enlightened to cut off the posts of Confucian scholars and pay high salaries to craftsmen, workers and engineers, at least there is no such person in history, and the essence of civilization is different, whether it is the barbarians of Europe or our side, they have thrown themselves into the arms of the civilization conquered by themselves, the reason is not the advanced, but because of the legitimacy of the inheritance, you remember, the inheritance of the Roman emperor is a mess, and every time it ends in usurpation, this is the reason for the Roman usurpation, Of course, later Westerners followed the routine of divine monarchy and pope coronation, until Napoleon threw off the Holy See, and the monarchy overwhelmed the church. ”

Zhan Shibang said: "You mean, they can't change at all? ”

"Yes, it shouldn't be changed, the progress of weapons is by no means a progressive weapon, of course, the real difficulty is here, we don't want to eliminate Li Dingguo, he is still very useful, at least his father Zhang Xianzhong is not very good in Yunnan, what is the best choice? Li Dingguo was beaten back to Nanjing, don't go into the city to consume the human resources we need most, in fact, I don't want them to slaughter the city, but I want them to stay in Jiangnan, where do you say they should go? ”

"This ...... It's almost impossible, people are here to rob, if they are trapped by the river, then they will be separated from the hearts of the people, I am afraid that there will be a lot of deserters, Li Dingguo and Zuo Mengeng are not in the regular army, but they are stronger than the Liukou type, I have little confidence in them. ”

Li Xiangqian cried and laughed: "The rear is also discussing, this is just the beginning, everything is in Li Dingguo himself, we need him as a fish to stir up the lifeless Jiangnan, but I don't like him to eat all the small fish in Jiangnan, all kinds of proportions are difficult to grasp." ”

For the elders, it is normal that the official level of Jiangnan has not been able to open the situation, although a surprising number of people have entered the imperial capital in private, and many people have begun to collude, but in their bones, on the surface, they are all loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

In later generations, starting with the Taiping Rebellion, a large number of arms orders fattened Birmingham's arms factories, and even some small landlords were willing to buy a few foreigners' firearms, and then the Qing court found that although it could fight warlords such as the Hunan army and the Huai army, it was never able to do anything to the place as before, and at the same time, the common people gradually awakened.

In the past, a farmer lived within a few tens of miles of his living area all his life, and it was difficult to leave, after all, to leave a certain distance, the food and materials that need to be consumed are massive, so you can't let a person with no concept protect something they don't understand.

The Taiping Rebellion changed all that, and in any case, many people saw the outside world.

In this case, it is simply too normal for the right to speak in the hands of literati, in their writings, traitors can become infatuated men, and those who resist the Qing Dynasty and die become smelly bastards, normal.

In other words, if there is no correct way to mobilize the masses in a certain area, it is impossible for the elders to go to each village one by one to carry water for the villagers.

The gentry from all over the world have formed a huge and close relationship network, and this relationship network is as complex as the relationship between the characters in later American dramas, chaotic, and they never know who is related to whom.

In order to break this web of relationships, the elders certainly need to find a way.

"In order to buy our arms, they will set up a clever name, take advantage of it, and take the last bite of bread from the hands of the people even more frantically, so that the people who have been squeezed to the extreme begin to seek help from the outside world, and even begin to be hostile to each other, in essence, as long as we are not crazy to export cannons to them, the monkey version of the rifle is a very good sales channel, of course, the bird guns of local craftsmen can definitely fight a price war."

"Where can shotguns compare ...... our weapons"

"The purpose of the weapon, just as in later generations, some people have to ask, why the tank has to come out with a new model every few years, and the rifle is to make a fuss in the observation and sighting system, in fact, it is very simple, the tank is to fight tanks and fortifications, and to deal with another tank and barricades, it can be upgraded, and the fragile flesh of human beings has not progressed for hundreds of years, so you see, for those large and small landlords, occasionally buying some old-style swords, it is enough to guard the homeland, and by the way, oppress the tenants, and the shotguns are excessive force, But if the next village buys a few guns from the imperial capital, it will immediately have an overwhelming advantage, and the armament upgrade will start slowly, which is the favorite routine of the current arms dealers, even at the national level, of course, in order to prevent Li Dingguo, it is still possible to sell more muskets, but the efficiency of smuggling is too low, and the profit is not as good as large-scale dumping. ”

The two talked about the next points to pay attention to, but the famous prostitute that Zhan Shigang had taken a fancy to before came in step by step, and then they kept silent and made an appointment to talk next time.

Li Dingguo felt that something was wrong, not because the attack was wrong, but because the enemy at the head of the city was not right.

Since there is no radio concept, Hou Fangyu's notice is that he hangs the banner of protecting the country and defending the country, which means that he temporarily controls the city gate, but in essence, this control is the scare of the fox and the tiger, once discovered, Hou Fangyu's behavior has not been endorsed by any big guys, and it is easy to be crushed, so he must call without hesitation.

As soon as he heard that the thief's fleet was about to arrive, he naturally left a few outlaws and ran away first, anyway, the explosives he brought in, although the quality was uneven, but the weight was enough, although it could not cause large-scale damage to Jinchuan Gate, but it also caused damage to the city gate.

If it's usual, you can still hurry up and repair it, but you can't just block it with stones.

But Hou Fangyu also colluded with his partner Ahn Jae-wook to set the fire together.

As a big city, Nanjing naturally has a wealth of experience in fire preparedness, of course, you can't be allowed to burn down very important facilities, but if people light fires in those places that are not important but must be passed, it will be a fool.

Therefore, with a small number of muskets and small cannons that could not be fired from afar, the first group of men and horses rushed into the city gate, and at the same time, relying on the prepared sliding rods, tied the people to the top, and directly pushed them up, and actually established a stable support point!

However, I'm afraid but, this support point is not over, the Nanjing City Gate is basically three gates, and individual madmen even have five gates, after entering the city gate, it will be an open space with walls on all sides, and simple infantry can only be beaten as a target.

Historically, this kind of siege warfare, occupying the outer wall is not the ability, a counter-charge, you fill in the gap laid by countless lives, you can block it.

In this case, either bombarded with cannons, or opened the door with spies, or they followed the good example of the Mongols, and directly ordered the people to carry the earth on their backs and pile it under the city, and pave a way with dirt and corpses.

Of course, his operation was still arranged in advance by Hou Fangyu, and many of the dirt bags that were transported to pretend to help defend the city were explosives, although they were primitive gunpowder, but they were enough.

Although he just got off the ship, time waited for no one, urging the tired soldiers to attack the city, but even Zuo Mengeng, who was bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, became brave, this is the flowery Nanjing City, enter it, grab it once, and it is enough for his life.

"Rush, kill, whoever kills the most people, I will award him a lady who is a big official in the city!"

Although there are only all kinds of bamboo poles that have been made in advance, Hou Fangyu has not been idle, in an unknown place, a long rope has already been arranged, as long as the hands and feet are nimble, the efficiency of climbing up along the rope is very high.

The Jinchuan Gate was broken in an instant, and it can be imagined.

However, the sudden sound of a huge explosion made Li Dingguo frown, the soldiers who entered the city were all men with swords, and they were desperately trying to open the city gate, and the officers and soldiers who saved the fire, because their combat effectiveness was too poor, was basically the rhythm of the upper brave to meet the enemy and collapse, the middle brave to see the enemy and collapse, and the lower brave to hear the enemy and collapse.

However, it is not so easy to enter the city, how can Hou Fangyu know how to destroy, not to mention that countless reinforcements are already coming towards Jinchuan Gate.

Support along the city walls, but not faster than walking on dirt roads.

Li Dingguo commanded the ships to quickly find a way to dock, the more people entered the city, the better, and even pinched his nose to learn that Zuo Mengeng lied to his own soldiers, saying that he had already entered the city, and the city was full of gold, silver and jewelry, and beautiful women were like clouds, so come and grab something.

At this time, less than a quarter of the ships were leaning against the river, and the farthest ship was still a few miles away, so it could be said that if it weren't for Hou Fangyu, an inner ghost, he would not have been able to attack the city at all.