The gathering of a large number of people has made the whole Miaojiazhuang a lot more lively, Miaojiazhuang could not accommodate so many people, fortunately, Zhao Xin has made a lot of workshops, for example, lime, construction, cement, in addition to the cement needs to be kept absolutely confidential, others, can use a large number of people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Miaojiazhuang has gathered so many people, it has not caused waves, ordinary people, what is the use of more, except for 800 regimental training, which is what the Wang family must pay attention to, and the rest, after the war starts, is a two-legged sheep.

At this moment, the preparations for the Baozhou mutiny have entered an accelerated track, the dissatisfaction in the army is getting higher and higher, and the income of the soldiers at the bottom has been clearly cut off, which makes the dissatisfaction that has been accumulated begin to spread.

There are also a lot of rumors, especially about the soldiers' savings, this is the biggest problem, this is related to the soldiers' relatives' expenses, and even a huge amount of savings, once there is a problem, the soldiers are afraid that they will go crazy.

After Sun Ji received this information, he directly determined that the Baozhou Mutiny was about to occur, that is, in three or five days, no more than seven days, as long as there was a fuse, an emergency, and the dissatisfaction of the soldiers was detonated, it was enough to break out.

The most important thing is that they also found a strange thing, itself, into the winter, the New Year is approaching, anywhere, is a time when tourists are scarce, even if Baozhou is a commercial center, the things that should be purchased have been bought, but now, there are a large number of traveling merchants to come, most of the inns in Baozhou are full.

When these merchants came, they did not wander around looking for suitable goods, but stayed and lived in the shops.

This obviously strange place, which is also the talk of the citizens of Baozhou, was recorded by the personnel in charge of intelligence gathering.

This point, even Sun Ji missed it, but Zhao Xin saw it by chance, and he suddenly thought of a possibility, the Yunyi Army is in front, so mixing some living forces in the middle and expanding the scale of the entire rebellion, I am afraid that the Wang family and the family behind it must do it, these businessmen who are obviously not ordinary traveling merchants, will they be shadows?

After some investigation, sure enough, these wandering merchants looked powerful, and each of them was not an ordinary person, at least a sturdy man, or a soldier with battlefield experience.

Zhao Xin told Sun Ji the results of the analysis, Sun Ji was stunned for a moment, there are so many doubts, it is really possible, what they will face in the future will not all be the fixed garrisons in Baozhou, but also these elite generals.

Although, in the Northern Song Dynasty, there was no Ming Dynasty, the strange family system, but the generals and the sons of the generals, their combat effectiveness, is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers, the 20 families of the Miao family, have become the mainstay of the current regimental training, not to mention the Wang family's generals, these soldiers, perhaps, are outstanding low-level officers in the army, and their joining will play a role in improving the entire rebel army.

Countless intelligence, countless clues, almost all point to the final mutiny, after some analysis, Zhao Xin knew that in the next period of time, before the whole mutiny really broke out, the entire Baozhou will be very chaotic, and the root of this chaos is these Baozhou garrisons led by the Yunyi Army.

Soldiers and bandits, in a normal state, are soldiers, but in a special state, they are bandits, these guys in charge of the Miaojiazhuang shop, they have made a lot of money for Miaojiazhuang at the same time, they have also collected a lot of intelligence, now, their task has been completed, the Baozhou mutiny will not be able to stop, and they have no need to stay.

Retreat, the entire Miaojiazhuang stationed in Baozhou personnel all retreated, steamed buns and even soap, completely stopped, has been set orders, handed over to Miaojiazhuang to continue to complete, Baozhou stores, in the name of decoration, began to remove.

Those restaurants with dismal business are happy to see the steamed bun shop closed, because with their closure, it seems that their business has suddenly improved a little bit, and it can't be compared with the peak moment, but it has finally improved.

But they don't know that the nightmare is behind it, the whole Baozhou, the most important consumer group, is the soldier-themed sales group, their monthly income has been cut off, and the previous savings are gradually empty in the month-long spending, for these angry soldiers, what choice will they make.

Baozhou next, what will happen, Zhao Xin will not care, he first began to manifest the fortress, by this time, it is already the last period, he can not be just right at the right time, perhaps, will let the opponent find out, this is inevitable, even at the last moment, to complete the embodiment of the fortress, the other party is not blind, more than 40 meters of huge buildings, how can it not be seen, everything needs strength to speak.

The longbow team and the team training, they have been training for almost 2 months, basically, they have achieved their goal, except for the lack of experience, salvo, azimuth shooting, coverage design, there is no problem, there are sharpshooters like Xue Yu and Sun Ji as the lead shot, their excellent experience will make the power of the longbowmen to a higher level.

However, Zhao Xin also wanted to add an insurance to them, which was also something he had been hesitating about and had never chosen to come up with.

The three magic weapons of the traverser, soap, glass, gunpowder, and soap, have begun to be produced and sold, and sure enough, worthy of his name, in a short period of time, they began to occupy the market and showed strong demand.

The Daimyo businessman who ordered 5,000 pieces of soap, after less than 7 days, ordered again, and also came the news about the hot sale of soap in the Daimyofu, and the second batch of orders even exceeded 30,000 pieces, which not only showed the great strength of this businessman, but also showed the huge influence of soap.

Glass is definitely going to follow, but there is no time for the time being, and gunpowder, as one of the three magic weapons of the traverser, is also the only offensive weapon, Zhao Xin has been hesitating.

It's not because of the difficulty, after having nitric acid, saltpeter, the most critical for making gunpowder, is not a problem at all, charcoal and sulfur are natural minerals, and you can get a lot of them casually, so to speak, you have long had the basis for making gunpowder.

In the era of cold weapons, the transition to the era of hot weapons takes time, and even early hot weapons are far inferior to cold weapons, not to mention the divine arm crossbow that has developed to the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty, it is said that the longbow that Zhao Xin is promoting now is far stronger than the arquebus that has just been developed in terms of range and power.

Now, the personnel of the longbow team have reached an average of 8 rounds per minute, and if you add the longbow +1, it can reach 9 or 10 rounds, which is far more than the speed of three or four rounds per minute compared with the arquebus, and in the initial stage, the power of the arquebus is not great, because of the strength of the steel, it is easy to explode the danger.

But in the end, Zhao Xin still wanted to get the gunpowder out, and the Baozhou mutiny, after the confirmation of countless intelligence, was already a sure thing, that is, it appeared in 357 days, and they would face 6000, 8000, or even more than 10,000 rebels armed to the teeth in the future, and the only thing they could rely on was the fortress and regimental training.

Under the disparity in numbers, even if he has supreme confidence in the Longbow team and the fortress, he still has no bottom in his heart.

The medicine bag of black powder can also be used as a throwable without making an arquebus, mixed with some iron pieces, and the lethality is enough, which is used to defend the city, which is the best weapon, and the black powder after grinding and mixing does not have the problem of leakage, but there will be a certain danger.

Compared with the power, this danger is still acceptable, Zhao Xin, let Miao Yuan find a group of people, such things often appear, Miao Yuan is used to it, Zhao Xin must have something good to make, but I don't know what it is.

A foaming agent, a soap, to Miaojiazhuang to create two Cotai Avenue, especially soap, has shown, than steamed buns more powerful vitality, the Daimyo Mansion has been won, even the entire Hebei Province, most of the important cities, there are soap and soap entry, the daily sales of more than 5000, the profit is even more amazing, if you get another one, Miaojiazhuang will be rich to what extent.

It's Sun Ji, it's a little strange, Miao Yuan doesn't know about the Baozhou Mutiny, he knows, he has already reminded Zhao Xin that the Baozhou Mutiny is imminent, why Zhao Xin still wants to experiment with new products, he doesn't know, once the Baozhou Mutiny happens, the rebels will attack Miaojiazhuang as soon as possible, and when the time comes, even if there are good goods, they can't be sold.

Charcoal, sulfur, saltpeter, these are the three basic raw materials, Zhao Xin knows the formula of perfect black powder, and there is ancient chemistry, which can purify the raw materials to the extent of perfection, and there are strong men like Xue Yu and Sun Ji, who can thoroughly grind the powder, if it is not for the lack of time, maybe, even granular gunpowder can be made.

Before there were no thermal weapons and guns, granular form was not necessary, granular form is more of a full combustion, not easy to produce residue, for thermal weapons to clean the barrel, it is very convenient, the power of the explosion, perhaps a little higher than ordinary gunpowder, but the high is limited, not worth too much effort.

This time, in 2 hours, about 30 catties of gunpowder were made, and in the card system, the card of perfect black powder was lit, which can be said to be the most powerful black powder before the emergence of stronger explosives.

Of course, 30 catties can't explode together, that's a bit shocking, Zhao Xin found a silk cloth, wrapped a lot of 5 catties of gunpowder, and then used rice paper with part of the gunpowder to make a fuse, after everything was done, a slightly rudimentary explosive bag appeared, looking at the finished product made for most of the day, Zhao Xin smiled bitterly, and then looked for an experimental site.