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Just like a state-owned enterprise directly controlled, after a process of praying for blessings and burning incense, Li Yuanqing directly set up the general counter of the Liaonan Commercial Bank in the front yard of his official hall. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Steward Ma, personally led the position of the chief shopkeeper of the Liaonan Commercial Bank.

In terms of accounts, Li Yuanqing sent out 20 on his side, and Chen Zhong sent 10 on his side, and jointly checked the accounts.

Of course, the root of all this is still up to Li Yuanqing to decide, and Chen Zhong's account room is just a process.

In the morning, the Liaonan Commercial Bank had just been established, and in the afternoon, Chen Zhong hurried back to Guanglu Island.

According to the discussion between him and Li Yuanqing, he still has some inventory in Guanglu Island, which must be counted as soon as possible, and besides, Mao Wenlong on Phi Island is about to go on an expedition, and Chen Zhong also needs to send someone to take over the inventory of the generals of Dongjiang, and he can't wait to split himself in half.

Li Yuanqing's side, this trip to the north, coupled with the previous accumulation of Changsheng Island, has a lot of inventory, and it must be counted as soon as possible, classified and sorted out, and directly loaded on the ship.

According to Li Yuanqing's plan, the news of the reward for this trip to the north should soon be passed down by the imperial court.

At that time, Li Yuanqing will go directly to Dagukou and go to Beijing together with the cargo ship.

There is a road paved by Yang Jiao ~ Niang in Beijing, and there is no big problem in selling these special goods of Liaodi.

When the money arrived, Li Yuanqing went directly to Zhangjiakou to settle the bill with Qu Mingrui, and discussed the matter of sea trade by the way.

On this trip to the Northland, the harvest of the Changsheng Camp was extremely rich, not counting all kinds of meat, gold and silver, armor, just the skins of various animals, it was not a small amount.

Steward Ma initially estimated that even if only half of the fur of Northland was sold, it would be worth more than 200,000 taels of silver.

Liaodi is cold, these furs, for Li Yuanqing, are also treasures, after screening, the condition is not too good, he will sell it, good condition, naturally to keep.

With the experience of this trip to the north, the Heilongjiang River basin is like an undefended one, and Li Yuanqing can go again at any time if he wants to.

Leaving the specific affairs to Shang Lao Liu and Steward Ma to arrange, Li Yuanqing also shifted more of his attention to military affairs.

The development of the Changsheng Camp has become more and more mature in all aspects.

It's just that, subject to the influence of the Ming military system, many things are obtained from the old frame of the Ming military system, according to the ideology at this time, it is not realistic to want to be one-size-fits-all and directly span several civilizations, Li Yuanqing has to slowly figure it out.

In addition to the training state of the sons, Li Yuanqing is most concerned about the operation of the armory.

This trip to the north also exposed many problems.

For example, under extreme conditions, the power of the bird gun is still not enough, but the 'hand ~ grenade ~ bullet' has also opened the minds of the craftsmen of the armory workshop and completely exposed them to a new thing.

Coupled with the arrival of Joseph and Western artillery, the armory workshop also received more impact from foreign knowledge.

In such a situation, the force of Li Yuanqing's 'Dinghai Divine Needle' has become more and more important.

"Inferior rank to general!"

Outside the door of the armory, seeing Li Yuanqing coming suddenly, the guards knelt on the ground and saluted respectfully.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Let's all get up." Lao Tzu, this is a private visit, don't alarm too many people. ”

"Yes."

The soldiers stood up one after another, made way for Li Yuanqing, and opened the gate.

The armory workshop of Changsheng Island is on a hill more than two miles west of the town, covering an area of about forty or fifty acres, surrounded by tall fences and wire mesh, one by one watchtowers, hidden in the surrounding woods, just like poisonous snakes hidden in the woods, which makes people instinctively awe.

This is the top priority of Changsheng Island, and the defense level is even higher than Li Yuanqing's official hall.

At this time, it was the morning, it was a busy time, Li Yuanqing entered the gate, and walked all the way up the mountain, looking at the surrounding scenery.

Li Yuanqing was only wearing a personal soldier robe today, although Niu Gensheng and seven or eight personal soldiers were guarding him, but if he didn't look carefully, he really couldn't see anything abnormal.

The group walked for a while, and soon came to a lobby on the mountainside, where a lot of people had gathered, a little noisy, and it looked like they were arguing.

Niu Gensheng just wanted to step forward to ask, but Li Yuanqing waved his hand, leaned over quietly, and leaned out of the crowd.

Inside, Joseph and Xu Liang were arguing about something, with a blushing face and a thick neck.

"Oh! My God! You know what? Composed! If you use this method, each buckshot will increase the cost of at least one penny. Oh! You're sinning, you know? Composed! ”

Joseph glared at Xu Liang angrily, holding his head in annoyance, and looked like he hated iron but not steel.

Xu Liang was not in a hurry, there was not much expression on his face, he looked at Joseph calmly and said, "Lord Joseph, according to what you said, if the weight of lead is reduced by one percent, how can the rigidity of lead bullets be guaranteed?" The general wants lead bullets that can kill Tartars, lead bullets that can penetrate Tartar armor, not Xibei goods who cut corners! ”

Joseph couldn't help but be even more angry, "Xu! How can this be a Xibei cargo? The ratio of lead bullet in our British Empire was based on this recipe as early as ten years ago. How could it go wrong? Composed! If you don't believe me, let's compare and see who says the effect is more obvious! Who holds the truth! ”

Xu Liang nodded lightly, "Then let's compare." Lord Joseph! ”

The two of them each snorted coldly, beckoned their entourage, and put on a posture to compete.

The surrounding people quickly gave way to the field and brought some projectiles and a few bird guns respectively.

Xu Liang said: "Lord Joseph, will you come first or me first?" ”

Joseph said, "Xu! You're the host, you come first! ”

Xu Liang was not polite, picked up the bird gun, and in a series of flowing processes, he lit the fire rope and accurately pulled the trigger at the target seventy steps away.

In a moment, there was a crisp 'pop', and the target on the opposite side fell to the ground in response, attracting a burst of cheers from the surroundings.

"It's your turn, Lord Joseph!" Xu Liang looked at Joseph provocatively.

Joseph shrugged his shoulders, picked up the bird gun as well, and walked away quickly.

Li Yuanqing noticed that unlike Xu Liang's focused movements, Joseph's movements were a little scattered, but they were more accurate, especially in the process of tamping the lead bullet, he used two more forces than Xu Liang.

It can be seen that he must have undergone professional and strict training, and this kind of thing has become instinct and integrated into his bones.

In a moment, Joseph also lit the fire rope and pulled the trigger hard.

"Bang", with a crisp sound, the target seventy steps away also fell to the ground, and some soldiers hurriedly took the target over for comparison.

Xu Liang also let go of his contempt for Joseph at this time, this foreign devil is indeed a bit of a doorway.

Xu Liang's target was in the chest, and Joseph was the same, but the target on Joseph's side seemed to have a bigger wound.

Xu Liang understood that the bird gun is the same bird gun, and the only difference is the lead bullet of the two.

But it was only one shot, and Xu Liang's heart was not sure, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Joseph, can you compare a few more shots with me." ”

Joseph was even more confident in his heart, and couldn't help laughing: "Xu, I am happy to accompany you." ”

Soon, the two of them fired a few more shots each, and without exception, the targets on Joseph's side were bigger than the wounds on Xu Liang's side.

Xu Liang's face was already a little unsightly at this time, he really couldn't imagine that the recipe handed down by his ancestors for several generations could not compare to this foreign devil at this time.

Li Yuanqing had completely understood at this time that Joseph's buckshot was obviously a little more scientific than Xu Liang's side in terms of formula.

Lead has a very low melting point, and when heated slightly, it will deform.

If the projectile is irregular, it can be adjusted quickly by using a mold.

Because of the characteristics of lead, it is extremely diffuse and extremely lethal, once the enemy is hit by lead bullets, even if he cannot die immediately, it is likely to cause lead poisoning in the future, and his life will not last long.

By this time, science and technology had advanced to a certain extent, and great craftsmen like Xu Liang often had formulas to add some other material components to the lead bullet to maintain the rigidity of the lead bullet.

Looking at it now, it's clear that Joseph's side is better.

At this time, someone had already seen Li Yuanqing, and was busy kowtowing respectfully, "General." ”

Everyone also reacted and knelt down one after another, "General, general." ”

Li Yuanqing smiled and waved his hand, "Let's all get up." It's very lively here. ”

Seeing that Li Yuanqing actually came over in person, Joseph was also overjoyed, and hurriedly licked his face and smiled: "General, you are here." I was just competing with Master Xu, and I happened to ask you to test the results. ”

As he spoke, Joseph looked at Xu Liang proudly.

Xu Liang hurriedly saluted Li Yuanqing and said respectfully: "General, lowly position, lowly skill is not as good as others, I implore the general to punish him!" ”

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "Xu Liang, how old are you, why are you still as temperamental as a child?" There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts. On the road of science, there will never be an end, and who can say who will always be ahead of whom? It's not terrible to lose. The scary thing is that you still don't understand why you lost when you lose? ”

Xu Liang didn't understand that this was Li Yuanqing's care for him, and hurriedly said respectfully: "The general's teachings, I remember my humble duties!" ”

As he spoke, he looked at Joseph, bowed and said, "Lord Joseph, this time, you won." Next time, though, you won't be so lucky. ”

Joseph smiled, "Okay. Composed! I'm always waiting for you to compete with me. However, this time, the recipe for buckshot is going to use mine! Ha ha! ”

Xu Liang nodded, "Be so!" ”

Joseph looked at Li Yuanqing with a smile, "Honorable general, this time I used my formula for lead bullet, that~~, isn't it, this also means that I can have Xu's patent and get a reward?" ”

At this time, although Daming did not have a patent, in the Changsheng Camp, as long as there was a new invention and creation, Li Yuanqing would not hesitate to give rewards, at least 100 taels.

Li Yuanqing smiled and nodded, "Of course, Your Excellency Joseph, you will receive this reward, 100 taels of silver." If you can make more improvements in the future, you'll be rewarded with double the reward! ”

Joseph couldn't help but be overjoyed, and simply danced with his hands, "Honorable general, your servant Joseph, I am willing to serve you with the most sincere heart!" ”

Joseph was rewarded and left, while Li Yuanqing sat down with Xu Liang in the room next to him, and his soldiers served tea.

Xu Liang sat on the side, looking like he hadn't stepped out of the shadow just now.

Li Yuanqing smiled, "Aren't you unhappy?" ”

Xu Liang hurriedly said: "General, don't dare to be humble." However, the lowly position still does not understand why the weight of Joseph's lead is reduced, and the rigidity is more sufficient than that of the lowly position. ”

Li Yuanqing smiled, "So, we all have to learn more." Only by learning can we make progress. Only by learning will we know more about things. Joseph came from the West and was well-informed, and although he was a little fancy, he still had some skills. He's a mirror of you! ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment, and instantly understood what Li Yuanqing meant, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "General, I understand my humble position!" You can do better! ”

Li Yuanqing laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "That's right!" I, the Ming Dynasty, how could I lose to these white-haired ghosts? Xu Liang, in the development of artillery shells, I am very optimistic about you! ”

Xu Liang hurriedly kowtowed respectfully to Li Yuanqing, "I will swear to serve the general to the death!" ”

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