A helmet, a red tweed uniform, a pair of cowhide boots, and a woolen blanket are basically the standard for soldiers.

Of course, it is more important to spontaneous fire. Weapons are equal to soldiers' lives! The first lesson of entering the barracks, every recruit must know this, not only to know, but in the following months, the constant inspection, reprimand, and punishment will make each of them deeply understand the meaning of this sentence.

Passing fire holes, striking anvils, and fire pools are unclean - the five military sticks. The Gun Pipe is Unclean - Ten Tropoles...... Punishment like this will eventually teach them to maintain and cherish their weapon, to love it as if they were their lives, and whether they want it or not, the army will eventually teach them this.

However, not everyone needs violence to learn this, for Wang Yushu, from the day he first came into contact with the spontaneous gun, he was obsessed with this kind of fire, although now there are people in Jiangbei who use the spontaneous gun, although the blacksmith shop at home, also made the gun, but Wang Yushu has never touched the spontaneous gun, but with the experience accumulated in his own blacksmith shop, he quickly mastered the principle of the structure of the spontaneous gun, and even completely disassembled the spontaneous gun, and then assembled it again.

"After two years of retirement, when the time comes, I will make this spontaneous ......gun in the shop," holding the spontaneous gun in his arms, Wang Yushu said his dream to the brothers around him, perhaps, a few months ago he was just a street gangster, but now, he has re-found the purpose of life, his goal is very simple, is to make fire, the reason why he chose this profession, the reason is very simple - to make money.

Although he was only a teenager, Wang Yushu vaguely felt that this spontaneous gun would definitely sell well in the future, after all, Jiangbei was different from other places.

"Sixth brother, take a look......" Looking at the brothers in the warehouse who were sleeping with fire guns on their backs, Wang Yushu's eyes were full of silver light.

"Our loyal army is hundreds of thousands, two years in batches, two years in a batch of rotation, but any man, have to serve this military service, if you are used to using this spontaneous gun in the army, in the future, who wants to use a big knife or something? Sixth brother, do you say this is the truth...... "Businessmen have the vision of businessmen, for Wang Yushu, after coming to the barracks, he saw future business opportunities from here, and this fire gun is the future business opportunities."

"Then you have to be able to build it, right?" The sixth child picked up his hat and said to Wang Yushu.

"It's not difficult to make this thing, that is, it's a little more complicated than a bird's gun, I estimate that if I work with my father, I can make at least fifty or sixty pieces a year, and one earns two taels of silver, which is more than a hundred taels ......a year."

"That's a good feeling, if your kid really makes it, go back and sell it to me, and use this thing to hit a hare or something, it's much more convenient than a bird or something......

"No, at least you don't have to run with an arquebus." While the brothers were talking, suddenly a whistle sounded from the door of the warehouse, and the warriors, who had seemed to be sleeping, stood up one after another as soon as they heard the whistle, without the slightest hint of sleepiness.

"All of them, count the number of people in each platoon, and prepare to get on the ship......" The order was not sudden, from the time they came to Yuzhou Island, they knew that sooner or later, one day, they must be on the ship, although they had already prepared, but when they heard the order to get on the boat, their hearts still couldn't help but tremble, since they were ordinary and courageous people, they would also secretly pray for God's blessing.

"Guanyin Bodhisattva blesses, bless smooth sailing, no danger ......" Like others, Wang Yushu also prayed secretly when he got on the boat, he has been in Yuzhou for half a month, and his comrades-in-arms, like his comrades, have long known from the sailors about the danger of this seemingly calm sea.

"Hey, look at you all scared, what's there to be afraid of, isn't it just going to sea......" The sailors on the boat over there looked at the unnaturalness on the faces of these soldiers, and couldn't help laughing, their laughter suddenly caused these infantry to be dissatisfied, but before the dissatisfaction could be vented, over there, as soon as they stepped on the boat, when the hull of the ship shook with the waves, they still dared to get angry, and they all sat nervously on the boat, for fear that they would accidentally fall into the sea.

"God forbid!" After getting on the ship, they were huddled in the cabin like everyone else, and Wang Yushu sat there with the brothers, waiting for the departure, although they did not know where the destination was, but they knew very well that they were going to sail by boat to the northern expedition by sea.

In fact, even the most ordinary soldiers, for the Northern Expedition by boat is no stranger, after all, Zheng Chenggong 10,000 ships went straight into the Yangtze River to capture the south of the Yangtze River and laid the foundation of today's Ming Zhongxing, which has long been well known, not to mention, the loyal army is from the Northern Expedition, the glory of the past, naturally through the mouth of the veteran said to them, so that in the eyes of the vast majority of loyal officers and soldiers, the Northern Expedition by sea is really ordinary.

"If this battle can be directly smashed by Huanglong, then Daming Zhongxing will be just around the corner!" Unlike ordinary officers and soldiers crammed into the airtight cabin, Yu Shujie, who was the commander of the Right Route Army, lived in the aft cabin, and the sunlight reflected in the cabin through the bright glass window, completely invisible to the dimness of the ordinary cabin, he was lying on the map, his eyes staring at the map.

"After entering the Bohai Sea, divide the troops here, and then the right army will ......" While the pencil in his hand drew a circle on the map, Yu Shujie said to himself.

"You can build a fortress at the mouth of the river as a base for marching."

"This is no problem, it is nothing more than building an earthen barrier, the most important thing is that the transportation of materials, now the official roads in Liaodong have been abandoned for more than ten years, and those official roads are still not there, not to mention, our baggage for this Northern Expedition needs to completely rely on waterways, after all, there are too few horse carriers," Zhang Xiaowu, as the deputy commander of the Right Wing Army, like Yu Shujie, are both Jiangyin people, and he is also an old man of the Loyal and Righteous Army, so he naturally knows that the material consumption of the Loyal and Righteous Army is far greater than that of other Ming troops.

Unlike in the past, when the march would be equipped with a large number of horse-drawn carriages, limited by the number of horse-carrying ships, the corresponding plans had been formulated in a targeted manner when the military affairs yamen and the military command department made plans.

"Gunpowder, cannons, shells, and grain and grass can only be transported by water, and those few horse carriers, even the horses of the scout team are not enough to transport, let alone the baggage team......"

"Didn't the centipede ship of the Yangtze River Sailor move with us?" Yu Shujie pointed to some multi-oared boats in the fleet outside the window and said.

"Sea ships can not be suitable for entering the river, but centipede ships can, our supplies are loaded in the fleet, and then the troops advance along the river bank, so that they can be covered by the artillery fire of the fleet, and there will be no problems in the transportation of materials." Because the Right Route Army is the only force that needs to go deep into the interior to fight, Zhang Xiaowu naturally needs to take into account the problem of baggage, of course, the military affairs yamen and the military command department will also take this into account, so they will transfer the ships of the Yangtze River Naval Division for inland navigation, unlike Zheng Chenggong's fleet, which can only rely on manpower in some cases, although the multi-oared boats of the Yangtze River Naval Division are not suitable for ocean navigation, but there is no problem with offshore navigation, and before that, They have already sailed from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Haizhou and have sufficient experience in sea navigation.

Once they reach the Bohai Sea and enter the river, those multi-oared boats can play to their advantage.

"Naturally, multi-oared boats can go upriver along the river, and short-barreled heavy artillery on multi-oared boats have no problem attacking the city, but don't forget, it's only March!" Looking up at Yu Shujie, Zhang Xiaowu pointed to the river on the map and said.

"The intelligence from the military department shows that the ice in the Shandong Canal only began to melt half a month ago, and it is further north than Shandong, what if the ice does not melt? How will the fleet be able to get into the river by then? The ice on the river does not melt, and the fleet cannot enter the river, so we will go deep alone, and at that time, it will be troublesome, not only will the brothers need to carry as many supplies as possible, but the brothers will attack the city directly...... "The weather in the north is still cold, and if the northern river is not thawed, then the fleet will enter the river from the sea, and it will naturally become a luxury, and all kinds of problems will come at that time."

"This ...... No, are there still North Korean people? Yu Shujie said with some hesitation, it is always not reassuring to hand over such a major matter as baggage to outsiders, but compared with recruiting people from Jiangbei, North Korean people not only do not need Jiangbei to pay, but they are extremely cheap and can fully meet the needs of the army, but after all, North Korean people are outsiders.

"I hope those people can be useful......" When he muttered in his heart, Yu Shujie saw that the boat outside the window was moving, and the army was about to go on the march!

The army is on the march! Zhu Mingzhong, who was in the cabin and wearing a military uniform, looked a little excited after ordering the fleet to set off, although he had seen too many storms and waves, he had never been so excited as now, because he knew that this battle was to some extent the battle of Dingqiankun.

"Mizhi, look how big this Northeast is!" Walking to the map, Zhu Mingzhong stared at the northeast on the map, and then said with a sigh.

"Out of the Shanhaiguan to the north of thousands of miles, are a piece of fertile soil, can be called fertile thousands of miles, although this place is cold, but also suitable for farming, especially suitable for planting corn, the agricultural yamen has been domesticating the corn introduced from the Americas in the past two years, now the new varieties of cob have been increased to 5 inches, is expected to yield more than two hundred and fifty catties per mu...... "Now corn is just just introduced into China, and has not been fully promoted, in history corn is only popularized in the southern mountain areas, and it took up to more than two hundred years, And now, under the special promotion of Zhu Mingzhong, the local domestication and breeding of corn varieties have been systematically promoted, and even Shi Ling, as half of his students, has also cultivated a cob of 6 inches of corn varieties in the experimental field of Fuli, the length and size of the corn cob determines the yield of corn, and the corn cob of later generations is generally more than 22 cm, and the current corn variety is only 13-15 cm, and can not be densely planted.

Despite this, there is no better task for the Northeast than for crops such as wheat.

"The maturity period of corn takes about 130 days, in the Northeast region every year in the rainy season, that is, at this time for spring sowing, to the Mid-Autumn Festival can be harvested, so a year, the income is also extremely considerable, and corn stalks can also be fed to cattle, horses, at the same time corn is also a good feed, as long as the appropriate immigration development, within a few decades, the Northeast will become another big granary!" Just like the Northeast in later generations, how could the current Chinese people think that the bitter cold land in their eyes would become a land of fish and rice that is not inferior to the south of the Yangtze River.

"Not only can you plant corn, but you can also plant a season of potatoes, now the house has bred a kind of fast-growing potatoes, 60 days can be mature, if you cross the Heilongjiang River and further north, you can plant potatoes......" Listening to the king's plan for the future colonization of the Northeast, Fang Yizhi just smiled silently, although it has not been made public yet, but the king has already consulted him, and he will be the future governor of the Northeast - the area of the Northeast is far larger than people imagine, and it is even equivalent to half of the Ming Dynasty, three thousand miles north from Liaodong, Both are the land of the Viceroy of the Northeast.

For this appointment, Fang Yizhi did not refuse, although as a native of Tongcheng in Nanzhili, he is almost equivalent to a Jiangnan person, and he is not adapted to the cold in the north, but what can he do if it is cold?

There is a ground dragon and a fire kang, can it still be frozen? What's more, he knew that once the king's plan succeeded, it would not only be one more land of fish and rice for the Ming Dynasty, but more importantly, from now on, the northern border trouble would no longer exist.

"It's all about people!" Looking at the king, Fang Yizhi directly said the key to the entire plan.

"No one, it's empty talk, the minister has heard that since the Qing captives entered the customs, the Northeast has not survived one out of ten, according to the Qing captives, at present there are only more than 10,000 armored slaves in the Northeast, Kurkha, Huerha, Sauron and other border people are only tens of thousands, when the millions of Han people in Liaodong were all killed by the Qing captives, even if there are living people, they have already been enslaved by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and compiled into the Han army flag or its clothing, probably have entered the customs with the Qing captives, in the opinion of the minister, there are not millions of Han people in the northeast, and they cannot be completely pacified!" Since Fang Yizhi knew his next destination from the mouth of the king, he learned about the Northeast through various channels, not just Liaodong, after all, the Northeast in the mouth of the king is not limited to Liaodong, but also includes places such as Nuergandusi.

And through this period of understanding, he has a certain understanding of that land, and also knows the significance of pacifying the Northeast, but it is not easy to achieve all this, after all, the biggest problem is not to occupy the Northeast, but how to stabilize the Northeast.

"Therefore, if you want to level the Northeast, you have to make up millions of households!"