Cha Zucheng not long ago, Oka returned from the capital division, "He took over the garrison of the Acropolis. No wonder after Zhao Dispatch put forward this idea, he was scolded by his colleagues and officials as ridiculous.

However, after listening to Zhao Xiao's words, Wang Dou was moved in his heart, maybe his army could try this kind of combat method, after all, his army had dared to shake the cavalry of the Qing army in the wilderness, let's talk about this matter slowly.

Not only that, Zhao Yi was also very unaccustomed to the practice of the Ming army's backbone city cannon at that time, more and more Ming troops used Hongyi cannons, even his original car battalion was no exception, in Zhao Hao's view, Hongyi cannons were very cumbersome, very inconvenient to use and operate, and they were extremely expensive.

He said: "My lord doesn't know, the Hongyi cannon is often dozens, hundreds of taels of silver, and even some heavy cannons are as high as thousands of taels of silver, a pair of red-clamped cannons, can already build a hundred Franc machine killing cannons, and the Hongyi cannon is not very effective in killing the enemy." ”

He gave Wang Dou an example, the original big exterminator cannon in his camp was only six taels of silver per person, and each of the hundred sons was only two taels of silver. Build a chariot with a pair of flying cannons, each cannon with five zidi, including the fare of thirty taels of silver. As for the three-eyed system, it is even cheaper, only seven dollars of silver per stroke, and cold weapons such as long axes and sabers. It is also a handful of two or three dollars of silver.

Talking about the price performance of various artillery, Zhao Hao is obviously very familiar with it, he gave examples one by one, and then complained: "Hongyi artillery is big and useless, buy heavy artillery from Hongmao, why not build more small cannons, wouldn't it be better to save money and food to share the arrears of the sergeants?" ”

Wang Dou pondered, he has seen the relevant historical materials, at the end of the Ming Dynasty there was a boom in buying Hongyi cannons from foreigners, from Hongyi small cannons to cannons, the price is at least 100 taels from the bottom, until thousands of taels, and even bought a large Hongyi bronze cannon weighing 7,000 catties, and the cannonball alone weighs 23 catties.

Xu Guangqi and Hong Chengchou once ordered a large number of Hongyi cannons weighing ten catties from Westerners, and the price of each cannon was 1,000 taels of silver at that time, and Wang Dou estimated that the cost was only more than 100 taels, and it seems that the profit from selling the cannon was really too high.

The officials of the late Ming Dynasty were so keen to buy Hongyi cannons, and Wang Dou estimated that the rebates were very generous.

A Hongyi heavy cannon costs 1,000 taels of silver. It is possible to build 200 exterminators, and Xu Guangqi once hired a large number of Franc machines to make eagle beak sharps, and quoted ten taels of silver for a piece, which is more expensive than a captive cannon.

Wang Dou glanced at him in surprise, this guy is not easy to come from, he still knows how to build guns and cars?

He must have built chariots and artillery, and with the expansion of his own power, it became inevitable to go out to fight in the future. There is a saying that poison is better than starvation. Go out to fight. The most afraid is that the grain and grass will be intercepted, and the Qing soldiers have a lot of cavalry, which is very likely, in order to escort their own grain and grass materials, they will inevitably use chariots.

To strengthen the firepower of their own army, they must also use artillery.

However, to build a car, he still has to think about it, and artillery, he still has a large number of them in Baozhou, so let's use them first. In fact, he now has a group of technicians in his hands, plus Zhao Hao's guidance. It shouldn't be difficult to build some light artillery, and even Wang Dou knew the iron mold casting method and the chamber cooling method in later generations, so it was faster to build cannons.

At present, what Wang Dou has to do is to renovate all kinds of artillery in Baoanzhou, such as changing the four-wheeled high-legged artillery carriages on some artillery pieces into two-wheeled artillery carriages that are easy to move. Now many of the Wolf machine artillery mounts under Wang Dou's command are very problematic, and the Qing army will lose their effectiveness after rushing into a certain range and need to be transformed.

There is also a problem with the training of artillery. To be honest, aiming and firing the Ming artillery is very difficult nowadays, which requires a series of complex mathematical knowledge. The cannon that the Ming Dynasty is now building has no ruler. There are not even basic range-measuring tools, and it is too difficult to train a qualified artilleryman just by sight.

Regarding the mathematical knowledge of artillery training, not to mention that Wang Dou is not good at mathematics, that is, if he wants to teach, the mathematics of later generations and the mathematics of the Ming Dynasty are two completely different systems, and there is no way to teach them if he wants to. It was only possible to let some officials make the artillerymen read and write, teach them arithmetic, and finally rely on the consumption of a large amount of shells and gunpowder to train the experience of the artillerymen.

After listening to Wang Dou's words, Zhao Xiao muttered: "It is not difficult to transform the gun carriage, as long as the adults let go of the lowly duty to do it, the lowly duty will definitely satisfy the adult." ”

According to Zhao Yan, the two-wheeled gun carriage has been widely used in many places of the Ming army, which is actually no different from the style of the West. The important thing is that Wang Dou trusts him and can let him operate.

"As for the gunner drill, if the lord believes in the lowly duty, the lowly duty will also train a sharp artillery team for the adult."

Saying that, Zhao Xiao looked at Wang Dou with longing eyes.

Wang Dou's advantage is that he likes to delegate power, he doesn't need to use suspicious people, and he doesn't doubt it, Zhao Quan said so. Wang Dou was also very happy that he had obtained a vigorous artillery talent.

Zhao Xiao, who was entrusted with it, was overjoyed, and suggested to Wang Dou that the tiger squat cannon should also be equipped with a two-wheeled gun mount. He said: "Not only that, but the humble official also recommends that the adult's tiger squat cannon also use the whole set of sub-medicines, which can greatly speed up the reloading step

Now the Great Ming Tiger Squat Cannon Shotgun Loading is very troublesome. Loading a layer of ammunition requires a layer of soil to be filled very slowly. Zhao suggested that the shotgun be custom-packed. Wrap it in cloth, stuff it directly into the barrel of the gun during battle, and stab it to the end with a push stick.

Speaking of shotguns. Wang Dou remembered the conscienceless cannon of later generations, which was really powerful, but the conscienceless cannon relied on the power of fierce explosives to produce a huge shock wave, and Wang Dou now only had black powder. If you want to wield it, you have to pack it in a sturdy metal container, or that's it.

The matter of artillery, Wang Dou handed it over to Zhao Hao. A few days later, Zhao was transferred to Baoan Zhou City. happily devoted himself to his heavy task of transforming artillery and training gunners.

In the middle of November of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Lin Daofu happily came to the state city to report to Wang Dou, Shunxiang Fort Lock, Lai Yuanlong and others of the machinery factory, have successfully developed a self-generated fire system, which is what Wang Dou said about the annoying fire dysprosium.

Lao Bainiu: Thank you Dali Guojun for your correction, I did make a mistake about the people Zheng Jinglun's two nieces married. Another: Which benyou helped me calculate the protagonist's current money, income, and spending. There is also how much inventory there is, etc., it is best to open a special post to update statistics at any time. I get a headache when I encounter statistics. If you are willing to count the population, the number of craftsmen, and the number of troops under the rule of the protagonist at any time, you will be even more grateful.