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"You Niu Xiucai, what the hell is the guy cultivated by He Laoguan, wilted!"

Looking at Niu Hua snickering in front of him angrily, Li Rusong said helplessly, finally there is no such smell.

"Ahem, General Li don't want to be angry, if I forget to remind the general in an urgent situation for my dangerous mountain army, I hope the general won't be surprised!" pretended to stand up and apologize, but the corners of Niu Hua's mouth twitched and twitched, clearly telling Li Rusong: This kid is gloating.

"Hey! Look at me if I don't cure you, this guy" Because Niu Hua is He Xinyin's apprentice, and is responsible for the civil work of the dangerous mountain, he has become Li Rusong's friend, it is not good to punish him seriously, Li Rusong's eyes turned to his heart.

"So you've got a way to get high-purity saltpeter?" Suddenly putting on a serious look, Li Rusong sat down and asked.

"Well, I looked up where saltpeter came from and asked a few local farmers about the place where human urine is discharged to produce this high-purity saltpeter. Moreover, the gunpowder master of the ordnance institute has already checked it, and there is really no need to purify the saltpeter that can be used directly" Hearing this, Niu Hua also put away his hippie smile and said after thinking for a while.

"At present, it only takes another month of experiments, and I can confirm this matter, but you and Li Shenjiang need to order in the name of the General of Staff to let all the residents of the dangerous mountains and the surrounding Tunpu concentrate on urine, so that enough high-purity saltpeter can be collected" Then Niu Hua also put forward his own ideas, after all, in this era, every household does not have the habit of going to the toilet in the same place, which requires Li Rusong to come forward and use the law to make provisions.

At present, because of Li Rusong's mandatory regulations prohibiting littering, violators are fined five taels of silver, and a large number of supervisors with "red armbands" on their arms are monitoring back and forth in the tunpu, villages, and towns, and Li Rusong has recruited a group of old and infirm people to drive donkey carts to collect manure and garbage from house to house every morning.

"Hehe, this is the same Niu Gongzi, it seems that this position of the nitrate official belongs to you! Good! In the future, you will be the chief official of our dangerous mountain, everything will be arranged by you, just remember to report to me in advance! Seeing that the other party fell into his trap, Li Rusong said with a cheap smile on his face.

"Well, I'll take care of that! Hey! No, you're yin! Niu Hua, who was thinking about how to collect a large amount of high-purity saltpeter, agreed absentmindedly, and immediately reacted, looking at Li Rusong with a smile.

"Hehe, this is called treating others the way they do. Accompany me to the Ordnance Institute, I hope Master Zhao has developed a new type of firecracker" After laughing, Li Rusong patted Niu Hua on the shoulder, and the two went out under the escort of two teams of Liaodong Iron Cavalry, and walked towards the Ordnance Institute.

At present, the firearms of the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and the Chiyan Legion are almost invincible in the face of the Jurchen and Mongol cavalry, but their shortcomings are becoming more and more obvious: the lead is easy to extinguish and get damp on windy and rainy days, and all bulk gunpowder poured into the trapdoor is easy to be blown away by the wind or wet by heavy rain.

The problem of the latter can be solved by the fixed gunpowder wrapped in a paper tube, but the problem of the former is troublesome after all:

When the cavalry told him to charge, he held a three-eyed fire gun in one hand and lit it with a fire breaker in the other hand, and the control of the horse was all dependent on the balance of the body and the legs, and it was inevitable to shake left and right when shooting. Not only is it difficult to guarantee the accuracy of shooting, but there are even frequent incidents of accidentally injuring comrades, so that every time the Liaodong Iron Cavalry fights, they need to shoot in a skirmish formation first, and then regroup to charge.

This kind of combat method not only seriously consumes horsepower, but also because the combat requires good coordination and coordination, it is easy to expose flaws, if the enemy catches the flaws and suddenly approaches to separate the Liaodong Iron Cavalry to break each one, then the Liaodong Iron Cavalry will be completely wiped out because of the numerical inferiority. If it weren't for the invention of the "grenade" before, relying on this thing to blow up the charge of the Mongolian iron cavalry many times, the Liaodong iron cavalry would have been defeated in the battle of Hedong.

Before going to the mud bombardment, Li Rusong specially found Master Zhao Lianhai Zhao who made the firearm made by the Dangerous Mountain Ordnance, and handed over the flintlock pistol drawings in his memory of his previous life to Master Zhao, hoping that he could draw inferences from this kind of drawing to create a flintlock pistol that did not need a lead, a cavalry firearm suitable for the use of Liaodong iron cavalry.

East of Dangerous Mountain Castle:

This is an absolute military forbidden area in the dangerous mountains, and there are usually a thousand people in the Chiyan Legion, all armed with weapons, strictly guarding all the people who enter and exit must go through strict inspections, and they can only enter with a specially issued waist card, and those who want to trespass without permission are killed!

During the Jiajing period, the imperial power had gradually declined, the local magnates and gentry were unprecedentedly powerful, and the various guards and military camps were even more corrupt, and there was almost nothing that could not be done as long as the money was spent. When he first entered the dangerous mountains, Li Rusong secretly set up an "arsenal", recruited muskets and artillery craftsmen everywhere, and then blatantly set up an ordnance institute with the help of He Xinyin, publicizing that it was only to create a small amount of ordnance and armor, repair damaged weapons, and the interior was a large-scale workshop that produced weapons such as firearms, Fran cannons, knives and guns, and built excellent armor.

"Fortunately, this is Liaodong, not Guannai!" Walking into the armory, Li Rusong couldn't help but sigh when he looked at the countless busy craftsmen in front of him, and a large number of weapons and armor.

Although the Ming Dynasty began to be corrupt during the Jiajing period, and the management and supervision of the lower levels were not as strict as in the past, after all, it had not yet reached the point where the late Ming Dynasty could act recklessly.

However, Liaodong, a bitter cold place where tigers and wolves are rampant, as well as the remote geographical location of dangerous mountains, have created an excellent environment for Li Rusong that is not noticed.

"Master Zhao, how is the flintlock fire gun I asked you to build before?" Sent someone to find Zhao Lianhai, Li Rusong asked bluntly without being polite.

In the dangerous mountains, these craftsmen receive several times the monthly salary of their previous work place, and their families can also enjoy good treatment, because these people are very enthusiastic about their work.

"Hehe, eldest prince, please come with me, the new type of firecracker has been built several strokes" Master Zhao is a tall and burly Qilu man, and said after saluting Li Rusong with a smile.

took Li Rusong to the shooting range in the backyard of the Ordnance Institute, Zhao Lianhai took out two flintlock torches made by Seiko and handed them to Li Rusong:

"Look, eldest son, according to the drawings you drew, the little old man changed the fire gun to the front gunpowder, installed a hammer and spring, flint in the rear, and installed an anvil at the fire hole. When firing, you only need to pull the trigger, and under the action of the spring, the flint is hit the side of the fire door to produce sparks, and the gunpowder can be ignited."

"At the same time, Master Liu and I prepared a fixed gunpowder, which was wrapped in linen soaked in grease and loaded directly into the muzzle. In this way, you can quickly load the medicine and shoot directly" Zhao Lianhai had a happy smile on his face, after all, he could design such a powerful weapon in his lifetime, although it was relying on Li Rusong's drawings, but it was also a great honor for him.

After Li Rusong introduced quality and efficiency into the Ordnance Institute, the weapons created by each craftsman were engraved with their names, and the unqualified weapons would be directly recast, and the craftsmen they created would also be detained. Craftsmen who create qualified and high-quality weapons can not only get a considerable amount of "bonus", but also be able to increase the level of craftsmen and double their monthly salary. Therefore, the craftsmen of the entire ordnance institute have put their most care into crafting weapons, and the scrap rate has been greatly reduced.

"How much can this firecrackle produce in a month?" Stroking the smooth body of the new-style fire gun, Li Rusong raised his eyebrows.

"Well, if you give up the production of all the old guns and only produce them, you should be able to produce two hundred rods a month." After frowning and thinking carefully for a while, Zhao Lianhai said cautiously.

"Two hundred strokes a month! Niu Xiucai, you are fortunate, don't be busy with nitrate accumulation first. All your firecracker craftsmen, give up all the old firecracker crafting, and all build the new firecracker according to Master Zhao's instructions and requirements. Try to build a thousand new firecrackers by the end of December" Thinking about the time when he planned to attack the Jurchens, Li Rusong instructed Niu Hua.

"No problem, don't worry, the eldest prince, the humble post will definitely have a thousand new firecrackers ready by the end of December. So what should be the name of this new type of firecracker? With a serious hand, Niu Hua immediately asked.

"Let's call it 'Hades', let's rely on these firebolts to send Tartars to Hades!" Li Rusong smiled and said immediately.

The entourage all smiled knowingly, but their eldest son was called the king of Yama by the Tartars, and this time they planned to take the new style of Yama to fight the Tartars, I don't know what the Tartars will be scared of.

"Master Zhao Lianhai, Master Zhao, Master Liu Jun, Master Liu, the two of you have created a new type of firecracker and medicine, added a sharp weapon to our army, and have made outstanding achievements and promoted to first-class craftsmen. The monthly salary was changed to ten taels of silver", and then Li Rusong announced the commendation of Zhao Lianhai and Liu Jun, and the supervisor in the ordnance institute conveyed it to all the craftsmen in the institute.

"Hehe, this is the result I want, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, where does the efficiency come from without money?" Seeing that those craftsmen learned that Zhao and Liu were promoted and made a fortune, their eyes were full of envy and eagerness, Li Rusong was suddenly overjoyed, and he knew that these craftsmen would definitely work harder in the future, and hoped to be rewarded like Zhao and Liu.

"Whew, it's time to clean up this moth."