After the development of these energy sources, the efficiency of the production of various weapons in Chenzhuang's workshops has been greatly improved.

With more weapons, it becomes possible for the army to increase the number of firearms it has.

As a result, Chen Zhuang's army of 1,000 households recruited two more 100 households.

Now the number of bird soldiers under Qu Ling's command has also reached 300 at once.

As for artillery, there was no further expansion of the number of guns, but the number of guns was increased to ten.

The current artillery households have five tiger squat guns and five Franc machines.

In the case of skillful operation, ten people control one cannon, which is enough.

"Owner, you see, this arquebus, how sophisticated, the barrel inside is smooth, the structure is tight, even compared with the arquebus carefully built by the craftsmen of the capital, it is not much better." Huang Zuyu followed Yuan Chao to the barracks to inspect the firearms and equipment, where he praised the weapons produced in his workshop.

"But, of course, thanks to the owner's ingenuity, I thought of what wind energy and water energy to use, you say that we also see these things every day, but we can't think of making good use of them, and now make full use of them to build all kinds of weapons, which is fast and good." Huang Zuyu also patted Yuan Chao's ass from time to time, which made Yuan Chao sound quite useful.

Yuan Chao watched that firearms could gradually become popular in his army, and he was happier than anyone else.

This kind of excellent bird gun, coupled with skilled bird guns, is not comparable to other bird guns who look at the golden people and let go of the guns from afar.

For a time, the entire southern barracks were crackling during the day, and the businessmen who came from afar heard the sound and thought who was setting off firecrackers.

The combat effectiveness of the army under the Yuan Dynasty is also rapidly improving while the equipment is constantly being distributed.

Chen Zhuang's ace army does not say.

That is to say, the other three thousand households that were essentially under the jurisdiction of the Yuan Dynasty were also constantly improving their equipment.

Originally, they used all kinds of tattered swords and even farm tools.

Now it's all a freshly crafted sword and spear from Qing Yishui.

It turned out that all the clothes were torn leather jackets and rotten cotton wool.

Now he is gradually wearing the armor that has been eliminated by Chen Zhuang Qianhu.

Not to mention that it is a top number of people, it is much better than the original situation.

It turns out that this group of people doesn't practice once or twice a year, but now they also practice every day and have become real professional soldiers.

Now needless to say, the thousand households in Chenzhuang, even the other three thousand households, far exceed the combat effectiveness of the ordinary guard army.

The soldiers and horses are excellent, and Yuan Chao is full of confidence.

In troubled times, having excellent soldiers and horses means that you can have more opportunities.

But now the Yuan Dynasty is a little anxious.

Why? It is because now the time has slowly moved to June of the fourth year of Chongzhen.

At this time, the Ming Dynasty, although there are Jin people in the north, is not stopping to attack the Daling River where Zu Dashou is stationed in the north, and successfully trapped Zu Dashou in the city, and there are Shanxi and Shaanxi people in the northwest. However, it was rare to be quiet near Henan, and he had trained the army to make some achievements, and there was no opponent to fight for a while, so Yuan Chao didn't know whether to be happy or worried.

However, Yuan Chao obviously did not expect that he ignored an important event, that is, a few months later, in the fourth year of Chongzhen's fourth year, in Shandong, which had been next door to him, Kong Youde would launch the Wuqiao Mutiny, and then lead the Liaodong soldiers and horses under his command, break Dengzhou City under Geng Zhongming's internal response, and then proclaim himself the marshal of the capital.

Yuan Chao was just concentrating on accumulating his strength, lamenting that it was too calm now, but soon a big challenge came.

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The time passed to November of the fourth year of Chongzhen. In order to support the Daling River surrounded in the north, Sun Yuanhua reused a group of Liao generals, and ordered Kong Youde to gallop to the northern front line with 800 horsemen and stars, but the grain and grass were not continued, and the soldiers' military discipline was corrupted and the grain was robbed, and when Kong Youde punished the soldiers who violated military discipline, the soldiers were greatly dissatisfied and began to mutiny.

Then Kong Youde was instigated by Li Jiucheng and others, and simply launched a mutiny in Wuqiao, and then Kong Youde simply returned to Shandong and led his troops and horses to Dengzhou.

This time, there was a big uproar in the world, and there was chaos again.

On this day, Chongzhen, who had been correcting the recitals in the main hall for several years, felt that Wang Chengen walked in with a pressed pace.

It seems that Wang Chengen is a little uneasy today.

"Cheng'en, what's wrong? Why are you so unrelenting today? "Chongzhen's voice reverberated from the empty hall.

After listening to Chongzhen's question, Wang Chengen knelt down with a puff.

"Your Majesty, there is bad news coming today, I hope Your Majesty will take care of the dragon's body, don't be angry." Wang Chengen lowered his eyebrows and said carefully.

After Chongzhen heard this, he put down the imperial pen in his hand and furrowed his brows.

"Let's talk about it, what's wrong, could it be that Zu Dashou has another errand on his side?"

Now that the Daling River has been lost, Zu Dashou first deceived the Jin army, and then took the opportunity to flee back to Jinzhou, as soon as Wang Chengen said that there was bad news, Chongzhen subconsciously thought about whether it was another business trip in the north.

"Your Majesty, the northern land is still under the garrison of our heavenly soldiers, and the Jin army has no more advantages."

"It's just that this time in the Guannai, there is a bad pool again."

"According to the 800-mile urgent report, it is said that Kong Youde, a Liao general under Sun Yuanhua Yushi in the mainland, was originally going to support Daling River in Liaodong, but he has been grinding, and this is because of the urgency of military rations, he directly led the army to mutiny."

"Now it is said that he went straight to Dengzhou, and at present, Sun Yushi is commanding Zhang Keda, the chief military officer of Shandong, and others to quell the rebellion." Wang Chengen stood aside and carefully explained the cause and effect of the matter.

Chongzhen listened to the news, and his face became more and more gloomy.

"There are Jin troops on the outside, there are people from Shanxi inside, and now there are people in Shandong who are in turmoil."

"How important Shandong is to me, how important it is to the Ming Dynasty, this is self-evident, if Shandong is unfair, it is easy to be cut off the canal, the canal is broken, all kinds of materials in the north are in short supply, and the food and salary are not continued, and then the Ming Dynasty will have the disaster of destroying the country." Chongzhen was in the main hall, his eyes were red, and he was talking to himself viciously.

Wang Chengen, who was on the side, was prostrate on the ground, feeling the wrath of the Son of Heaven.

"Shandong can't have any mistakes, and quickly pass on to the cabinet ministers. I want to consult with them on state affairs, and I want to put out this rebellion in Shandong as quickly as possible. Chongzhen shouted to His Royal Highness's prostrate Wang Chengen.

When Wang Chengen heard Chongzhen's order, he hurriedly didn't dare to say a word, got up and retreated outside the main hall to summon the cabinet ministers who had been waiting outside the main hall for a long time.