When they were about to arrive at the big tent of the Chinese army, two black shadows suddenly appeared from the oblique stabs, and the guards were startled, and quickly drew their swords, and the black shadows hurriedly said: "Brothers, don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand." Mark Gonzalez to see your lordship. ”

Looking through the light, the two people in front of them had a full beard, and the other was tall and red-haired, could it be Gonzalez and Chivi?

Qi Wei wore a Huxiang silk satin, a fur fur with red edges on the edges, a snow-white cloak on her back, and a large fur collar made of snow fox fur on her neck was delicate and elegant, which was very cute. Burgundy hair is sprinkled down, waterfall-like and white fur collar complement each other, she is tall and tall, and her appearance is also extremely beautiful, this dress, in the martial arts of the Valkyrie mixed with the softness of her daughter's family, gives people an extremely amazing feeling.

When Lian Zining saw it, he couldn't help but feel a little in a trance.

Speaking of which, he hadn't seen Qiwei for almost half a year.

But now he saw it, but there was an extremely strange feeling in his heart, and his eyes swept over Qi Wei's straight and slender two, and then quickly moved away.

Ye Na on the side was very happy to see Qi Wei, and made a grimace at her, and Qi Wei also smiled slightly.

"Lao Gang, why did he suddenly appear at this moment, but it scared the official." Lian Zining asked.

"I asked to see the adults because of something, but I didn't know when the adults would come back, so I waited outside the tent, and the wind was stronger outside, so I hid from the wind here, disturbed the adults, and asked the adults to forgive me." Gonzalez said with some embarrassment.

Lian Zining waved his hand: "Let's go, go in and talk." It's a cold evil today. ”

After entering the big tent, Lian Zining sat down, and Ye Nai poured him a cup of hot tea. Standing on the side, Lian Zining pointed to the two brocade piers opposite: "Sit down, don't be restrained." ”

"Master Xie." Gonzalez answered. I did it next to half an ass.

Qi Wei also sat down silently, she used to be very arrogant in front of Lian Zining, what did she say, but now she was silent, looking very restrained. Lian Zining also sighed secretly when he saw it, thinking that it was because of his high status, those original friends and friendships. It gradually faded.

"Anyway, what's the matter with me?" Lian Zining leaned back on the Taishi chair, Ye Na pursed his lips and smiled, and rubbed his head.

"That's right." Gonzalez pondered for a moment and said, "Those cannons brought by the Russians today, I wonder if the adults can give the inferior people one or two doors and let the inferior ones study and study?" ”

"That's it. I was about to ask you about it. Lian Zining sat up straight, and asked, "I look at these giant cannons, how much are they three or five times larger than our Furlong machine guns?" How much heavier than three or five times? Can you imitate our current strength and level? ”

"This? My lord. It's a bit complicated to talk about. Gonzalez said.

Lian Zining glared at him: "Then you can say it simply!" ”

"Yes, sir." Gonzalez thought for a moment and said, "My lord, the key to the technique of forging cannons lies in two aspects, the first is ironmaking, and the second is the skill of casting. And the first aspect is more important, that is to say, the quality of the steel smelted is directly related to the quality of the cannon, the size, and the length of continuous firing. And my lord, the iron smelting technology of the Ming Dynasty is definitely much stronger and more advanced than that of Britain, Spain, and even any country in Europe. The scale of the ironworks of the Mining Supervision Bureau under your command is something you have never seen in your life. ”

"The largest steel mill in France can only produce 30,000 pounds of iron a month, and your Mining Supervision Bureau, with more than a dozen mines and dozens of smelting blast furnaces, if you are fully producing, can produce more than 10,000 catties of high-quality iron ingots a day, compared to your Mining Supervision Bureau, they are like small workshops in the countryside, and the methods used by those craftsmen and technicians of the Mining Supervision Bureau are more advanced, and the quality of the steel produced is very good, in terms of quality and quantity, it is far more than the United Kingdom, the most advanced country in European steel smelting, With these high-quality steel, plus the principle of the Franc cannon is actually the same as these giant cannons, in fact, it is not very difficult to imitate. But .........,

Gonzalez was right, but the current size of the Mines Regulatory Bureau is quite appalling. After overcoming the difficulties of rubber and getting Lian Zining's great appreciation and praise, he and Dai Zi worked together to devote themselves to the development of machine guns. As for the things in the bureau, it's just a matter of letting go.

But the deputy director appointed by Lian Zining, Zheng Lu Zhen, is an extremely shrewd character, he is shrewd and capable, very responsible, born in Wu Yijun, needless to say, his loyalty to Lian Zining is needless to say, it is definitely something that can be used to die for it, and he is also very good at figuring out Lian Zining's thoughts, knowing that Lian Zining attaches great importance to it, and he is even more effective and attentive.

Lian Zining is not stingy, every year a lot of silver is sprinkled, Lu Zhen sent people into the customs many times, with Lian Zining's handwritten letter, splashed a large amount of silver, through the relationship between Dai Zhangpu and Shouning Hou Zhang Yanchang, from the Ministry of Industry under the various departments of the yamen, got a lot of technicians, Lian's chaebol every time to the Northeast, also sent a lot. These craftsmen and craftsmen were still a little apprehensive when they came, but after they came, they found that the house had also been built, it was very spacious and comfortable, and the monthly salary was much higher than that of Kannai. In the Ming Dynasty, the craftsmen were lowly households, and the pigs and dogs of the court were general, not only forcing them to work, but also the salary was so low that it was almost nothing.

The poverty and hardship of his life are similar to those of military households. How could they have been treated like this? All of them are grateful and work hard.

Now there are more than 3,000 craftsmen and technicians in the entire Mining Supervision Bureau, and there are more than 30,000 people working in it! To the west of the Mining Supervision Bureau, a small town has been formed, and they all live in it.

With the addition of these backbones, coupled with the construction of a large number of infrastructure such as iron-making furnaces, production has also increased rapidly. The daily output of iron is more than 20,000 and more than 300 catties, and copper is more than 4,000 catties. That is, more than 390 tons of copper, more than 5,000 tons of iron, and almost 50,000 tons of coal every year. Compared with those super large enterprises that produce tens of millions of tons of steel at every turn in later generations, it is indeed very insignificant. But it's also very good for this era.

After all, throughout the 16th century, the world's iron and steel industry was only in its infancy, and in the early years of Yongle, when the government-run iron works were rampant, the national iron output was 9,700 tons, while the output of the private iron works was less than 10% of the output of the government-run iron works. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, with the withdrawal of the government-run iron works. During the Hongzhi period, Fujian's iron output reached 6,000 tons, and Guangdong's iron output in the 10th year of Jiajing reached 27 million catties, that is to say, the iron output in the next quarter will only fluctuate around 350,000 tons. And the West was even more pitiful until 1670. Russia's steel production has only reached 2,400 tons, and as for the figures for the big bang in the steel industry, it was after the Industrial Revolution.

Nowadays, the output of a mining supervision bureau is only able to account for an extremely important proportion of the total steel output of the Ming Dynasty, which is almost twice the total steel output of a Russian Empire. To achieve such a scale in such a short period of time, Lian Zining should be proud.

Every time I think about this, Lian Zining can't help but be a little lucky, the Ming Dynasty of this era, in all aspects, especially in some of your basic industries, due to the deep family foundation left by the ancestors and the huge population base of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is beyond Western Europe. …,

- Now the west side of Zhenyuan Mansion is full of black smoke all day long, and the water of several small rivers around it is also black, but in this era of almost no pollution, the pollution of a mining supervision bureau in this area is simply insignificant, and it is easily purified by nature. What's more, now is not the era of paying attention to environmental governance, and Lian Zining still wishes that the pollution under his hands is as heavy as possible!

The more polluted, the more important it is, the booming heavy industry.

After Gonzalez finished speaking, his face was embarrassed, and Lian Zining immediately said, "But what? What's the difficulty? ”

"We have too few technicians, especially skilled ones." Gonzalez sighed: "There are only a dozen of us in the team who are familiar with making cannons and have received special training, and the others are all learned from us later, and our level is not very high, how can we still teach others?" Therefore, a large number of skilled craftsmen are also needed. ”

"The craftsman who forged the artillery?" Lian Zining pondered for a moment, thought about it carefully, and felt a little difficult in his heart.

If you want to find a craftsman who casts artillery, you must at least have the existence of artillery in this country, and the surrounding countries are the Ming Dynasty and Japan.

Needless to say, the Ming Dynasty, not to mention the abolition of firearms for decades, how many old craftsmen can be found, even if there are, these old craftsmen originally cast small artillery muskets such as bowl guns, big guns, bird guns, etc., and if you want to cast giant guns, I'm afraid you are not very qualified. The situation in Japan is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, or even worse.

Then you can only look for it in Western Europe.

But how easy is it to go to Europe? In my own time, it was a matter of a few hours of airplanes, but in this era, if you want to go to Europe, there are only two ways, needless to say, the land route is not to mention, the terrain is rugged, the ethnic group is complex, and there are many dangers and disasters, which is not feasible at all. Only by sea, think about the fact that it took Zheng He almost two years to reach the east coast of Africa, and the Suez Canal was not opened at this time, and if you want to go to Europe, you have to bypass the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa!

A round trip is a few years of hard work!

And the sea route is not very safe, natural disasters, terrible storms at sea, and those endless pirates, are extremely dangerous, and the merchant ship is finished with eggs.

Even if everything goes well, it's too late - Lian Zining has his own universe in his heart, and he wants to delay it for a few years, but he can't afford to delay.

He told Gonzalez what he was thinking, but Gonzalez smiled and said, "My lord, in fact, you don't have to delay for so many days, you have forgotten a realm!" ”

"Forgot a realm?" Lian Zining's mind turned, and he suddenly woke up: "You mean Trench Mirror Ao?" ”

Gonzalez complimented, "Your Excellency is wise." ”

Lian Zining said in his heart. How to forget this important realm!

Trench mirror, which is now Macao, is still just a small fishing village at this time. It belongs to Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture, which belongs to the Ming Dynasty. In the history of Lian Zining's time and space, the Portuguese were in the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing, that is, about 1557 AD. That is, the right of residence in Macau was obtained this year, but due to historical deviations, it is difficult to say whether this trend will continue. Now, although they have not obtained the legal right of residence, there are many Spaniards, Portuguese, and even Dutch people living in Trench Mirror Ao, all of whom are adventurers who have come to the East to pan for gold.

Lian Zining once heard Qiwei say that the environment above is very good. The settlement is very large, with many beautiful Western-style buildings and is densely populated.

At this time, Westerners were not only not a privileged class in the Ming Dynasty, but second-class residents who were looked down upon. The penalties are even more severe. The Xiyi on that island also used Western beauties, wealth, gold and silver to bribe Xiangshan County Ling and other directly controlled officials, so no one was held accountable. …,

Gonzalez said: "My lord, you also know where we came from, after we let the Xiangshan County Commander arrest and put him in prison. In prison, he knew a few people, but the Portuguese, who had committed a crime, were also imprisoned. According to them, their companions, forty or fifty people in total, were once workers in the Lisbon Cannon Factory, and later, because the wages were too low, they were recruited by a viscount to follow him to Daming, and now live in Trench Mirror. I want to recruit them, and you know, the shipbuilding and artillery technology in Europe, Spain and Portugal is now on par with the British, if not higher. ”

"Good!" Lian Zining was very excited when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and said, "Without further ado, let's take action." Lao Gang, I can't leave you here, and after you go back, I will send capable people to set off to Trench Mirror Ao! I have given you a large sum of money, and you are worried about the expenses, as long as you are confident and bold to act. No matter how many people you recruit, the official doesn't care, just one sentence Han Xin's generals, the more the merrier! How much comes, how much the official wants! Don't be stingy with silver! ”

"Yes, my lord, I understand." Gonzalez replied respectfully.

"Hmm." Lian Zining nodded: "After you choose a good person tomorrow, you will go to the official to report, and the official will appoint a cavalry of the general banner to protect you, in addition, when the time comes, you will take the official's handwritten letter and go to the southern camp of the capital to find Liu Liangchen Liu Zhenfu, after he read it, he naturally understood what was going on." Then, you will go to Weihaiwei to find Chen Qian and Chen Qianhu of Weihaiwei, he is quite close to this official, and this face will still be given. Then you will sit directly on their sea boat, go south to the trench Jingao, and after bringing people, you will come by yourself, which is also fast, and the big ship will bring more people, and there is the escort of the Ming Navy, and I think those thieves at sea will not dare to do anything. ”

"Yes, sir." Gonzalez responded, glanced at Qi Wei, and said, "My lord, Qi Wei has nothing to do in the camp these days, and he plans to send her there, so he can go out for a walk and open his eyes." ”

Qi Wei glanced at Lian Zining, there was some expectation in her eyes, and then she lowered her head again.

"Let Kivi go?" Lian Zining pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay, okay, it's decided." ”

Qiwei was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her.

Lian Zining glanced at her and said: "There is one more thing, I want to make it clear to you, when you arrive at Trench Jingao, the first time, you will naturally send back the craftsmen recruited, and at the same time, you will also send people to Dongfan Island, that island is now divided into kingdoms, no one is powerful, so there are a lot of Dutch living on it, you go and take a look, maybe you can find a lot of people." ”

Kivi responded.

Dongfan Island, that is, the island of Taiwan.

In this era, the Dutch had not yet occupied Taiwan and planted sugar cane on it, and it was still a scene of princes' separation, a small island, divided into several countries, all of which paid tribute to the Ming Dynasty and were extremely deferential to the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that at this time, Taiwan is definitely the largest number of people in the whole East and Western countries, such as Spain, Portuguese, etc., of course, the most are the Dutch who have the greatest influence there. As a maritime power of this era, the Dutch firearms were also quite formidable.

After discussing for a while, everyone said goodbye and left. Ye Na also went out together by sending Qiwei out, and the two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they had a lot to say.

Lian Zining stood at the door of the tent. After pondering for a moment, he said to Shi Dazhu: "Go and call Li Tie." ”

"Yes, sir."

Shi Dazhu sent people away. It didn't take long for Li Tie to come by order.

"I've seen my lord!" Li Tie saluted. …,

"Come on, come on, let's go in and talk."

Lian Zining dragged him into the camp tent.

The two men talked in the tent for two hours, until midnight.

On the second day, Qi Wei led a group of craftsmen, escorted by an elite knight of the general banner, and went south, and walked with them. There is also a capable man led by a hundred households of MI6.

After they left, the vast land was restored to its former peace.

The three parties here, with a combined army of more than 300,000, confronted each other in an extremely strange posture, and no one dared to move first, no one dared to act rashly, and there was not even a basic temptation. It's all for fear of accidentally breaking the balance.

Until three days later.

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Beijing City, Jinyi Wei Yamen.

In the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jinyi Wei resorted to the name of murder, and repeatedly became the sharpest knife in the hands of the emperor, cutting on the heroes, traitors, people, and even the emperor himself. Especially in the Zhengde Dynasty, Jiang Bin was favored, in charge of the Jinyi Guard, and rode out in all directions, the world was terrified, and the children could stop crying at night.

This Jinyi Wei Yamen, in the eyes of the government and the opposition, is no different from the Ghost Gate, and no one comes here to wait for leisure, so this alley in front of the Jinyi Wei Yamen has always been inaccessible.

However, Jinyiwei is terrible to say, in fact, it is relying on the huge and majestic imperial power of the Ming Dynasty as a reliance, they are like the most fox and fake tiger minions, they can torture the people and officials who have no ability to resist, and even the border generals who have won a hundred battles on the battlefield to torture to death, but their combat effectiveness is actually very weak, and they are also one of the twenty-six guards who protect the saint, and their combat effectiveness is undoubtedly the penultimate - why didn't Li Zicheng see them go out of the city to kill the enemy when he entered the capital?

To put it bluntly, it's just the most bullying group of people in the world.

So you can't expect the military discipline of the Jinyi Guard, who also has the word 'Wei' in the name, and how good the military can do all the things related to the army.

But recently, I don't know what I have done to lose my mind, the two rows of brocade guards standing at the door, a total of twenty brocade guards wearing flying fish suits, but they have a straight face, expressionless, like a dead person. The hand was also tightly pressed on the embroidered spring knife on the waist, and the whole person stood straight, looking a little mighty.

Quite able to bluff a few people.

It's just that if you look closely, you will find that many of these people are trembling at this moment, their bodies are also a little swaying, and the sweat on their foreheads is also rolling down in large drops - this kind of situation is just like the appearance of those otaku college students with poor physical fitness in later generations who stood in a military posture in the first lesson of military training when they entered the school. However, it is normal for this kind of situation to appear in otaku who are not very physical, but when it appears in these soldiers, it can only be described in one word - weak!

In fact, most of these Jinyiwei were born in a family of Jinyiwei officers, and they were pampered since childhood, and the martial arts of their parents and ancestors had long been thrown on the wine table and women's bellies.

Everyone looked at each other, and their eyes met by chance, and they were all squeezing their eyebrows and making their eyes.

Many people are scolding those dogs who don't look for death with long eyes!

These days, the capital is a big thing, but there are a lot of things, first of all, when the emperor was ill, the White Lotus Sect and other cults made chaos, cholera people, rumors spread, everyone desperately searched everywhere, almost turned the capital upside down! Although everyone also made a lot of money with their hands, thousands of households and thousands of households to the bottom of the brocade wrestlers are all bulging pockets, but they are also tired enough! (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )