Zhang Hongbin is not the kind of person who is in a foreign land and always hopes to have a close friend by his side to confide in his heart. At least, he's not that weak.

Ruan Cunzhu's identity is very easy to investigate, or it is too sensational in Xi'an Mansion to be investigated.

Sure enough, it was Zhu Cunyuan, the daughter of Zhu Yiluo, the old Qin king, this girl was home, and now the Jinyi guards in the entire Xi'an Mansion are searching for this girl. The reason is simpler, the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty and their families could not leave the city where they lived without an edict, and even if they went out, they had to be closely monitored. For them, going out is a sin, and it is better to be an otaku at home.

The Ming Dynasty treated the vassal king very preferentially, and the land was constantly paid, and in the land of the Ming Dynasty, the variety of the vassal king occupied more than fifty percent of the land. Each vassal king even had their own chamber of commerce, which was forced to buy and sell locally, and as long as it did not violate the rules of the ancestors, the court turned a blind eye to it.

The Ming Dynasty was very mean to the vassal kings, and they could not intervene in military and political affairs, nor could they go out of office, nor could they conduct scientific expeditions, nor even go out of the city without orders. What's that? In figurative terms, it is the prince level of the Qing Dynasty who was imprisoned. Their fiefdoms are more like cages that restrict their movements.

There is no way, who let Zhu Di, the king of Yan, rebel and take over the world and become the Yongle Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Since this rebel won the world, he was naturally worried that these vassal kings would rebel and take the world of his descendants, so he put his relatives under house arrest in their respective fiefs as if they were prisoners.

If Zhu Cunyuan is an ordinary county lord, then she is estimated to have stayed in Chang'an for the rest of her life, and then chooses a forehead to live this life casually. It's just that this girl has a modern person's subconscious in her head, and she doesn't like to be bound. So counting this time, this girl is already the third time to go home. Just in time, Tongzhou was occupied by the Salvation Army, and her family this time can be regarded as a preliminary success.

A Daming county lord, and according to intelligence, he is still the pearl of King Qin's palm, holding it in his arms and loving the pistachio in his heart. For the old King Qin, this girl is very important, which is as important as half his life.

Just such an important guy is in his hands, and as a bargaining chip, he can play a great role in the capture of Xi'an.

Well, even if it can't be used as a bargaining chip, its subconscious modern thinking may be able to fill in some gaps for itself. Zhang Hongbin has no unforgettable memory, and even a lot of modern knowledge in his mind is disappearing little by little with the passage of time. It would be much more convenient if there was a save zài that I could constantly remind myself of.

Based on these two reasons, especially the latter reason, Ruan Cunzhu, a girl who has not yet realized that her identity is still exposed, has set up a nest in Zhang's house.

At this stage, this girl is still in the investigation period, which can be said to assess whether she is a real traverser, or just subconsciously has information about the future. At the same time, it is also necessary to examine her character, and the internal guard will not allow a threatening woman to live in the lord's house, which is irresponsible to Zhang Hongbin. In the end, we have to investigate how useful this girl is to herself, if she is useless at all and plays with the temper of the eldest lady everywhere, then her treatment will naturally not be as good as it is now. In layman's terms, Zhang Hongbin does not raise idlers.

The chick's affair came to an end, and the begging festival was announced. How many pairs of infatuated men and women were born during this period, Zhang Hongbin didn't have time to pay attention to it.

The issue of dealing with the border army, which had been put on hold, was put on the agenda again. However, perhaps after the buffer of the Qiqiao Festival, everyone has been given time to think, and finally there is a conclusion: that is, after the beginning of spring next year, attacks on other states and counties in Xi'an Province will be launched for two months.

In the course of two months, no matter where they hit, they quickly shrank their defensive lines and began to deal with the threat from the border troops.

According to Zhang Hongbin's understanding, Chongzhen seems to have sent another edict to Cao Wenzhao, asking him to solve the bandit trouble in northern Shaanxi 'by the way'. In other words, Cao Wenzhao wants to go south to Tongzhou, at least after June. During this period, the Salvation Army began to launch an offensive in March, and in May it completely closed its defensive line and rectified the law and order problems in the new territory, waiting for Cao Wenzhao to move south.

Zhang Hongbin will not be afraid of a Cao Wenzhao, the border army is undeniably the second most effective force in the Ming Dynasty, but according to the current situation of the imperial court, this must also be a team of soldiers whose number is completely unsatisfactory, and most of the soldiers are cannon fodder soldiers, and the whole team relies on a small number of family soldiers to dominate the cunzài.

Coupled with the lack of food and grass, especially the lack of meat, this means that the soldiers cannot train for a long time, or even once a day. This problem has appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the Qi family army of Qi Jiguang has not seen it, and the three-day drill was already strict at that time?

Such an army could not win against the Salvation Army, which had been trained every day, had enough food, had a lot of food, and was paid enough, and could not have won in the congenital aspect. If you win, it can only be acquired. For example, the combat effectiveness of Cao Wenzhao and his nephew Cao Bianjiao, and their military command ability or something. The Chinese art of war was originally formulated to allow the weak side to defeat the strong side to the greatest extent, of course, the premise is that the weak side also has a certain combat ability.

Zhang Hongbin didn't understand so many military issues, he only knew that his grandfather had said one sentence: "Attach importance to the enemy tactically, and despise the enemy strategically." ”

Cao Wenzhao is a person, Zhang Hongbin still has some impressions, after all, many novels have blown him to be unparalleled in the world, at least he is also a first-class general. In this way, his tactics are definitely old-fashioned. But later he died of Li Zicheng's strategy and died in Jijiashan, which also proves that this man is still lacking in strategy.

In this way, the method of dealing with Cao Wenzhao should be shifted to the strategic aspect.

However, Zhang Hongbin also attaches great importance to tactical issues.

For example, he knew the key significance of the development of the territorial industry, especially the military industry, so he set aside an industrial zone in Huanglongshan. From the most basic steel smelting to weapon building, there are people in charge here.

In fact, everyone also has a big opinion on this, after all, since the weapons bought are so cheap, why spend time researching? You know, at today's cost, building a pair of repeaters is enough to buy three pairs of repeaters. Such a simple calculation, wouldn't Zhang Hongbin know how to calculate?

It's just that they haven't thought that what they buy is always what they buy, and not only what they make is their own, but the technology also belongs to them. Among other things, these weapons, such as repeaters, have every part of them as standard, and they are beyond the craftsmanship of this era. This means that it may be possible to take out the required parts and assemble them in the scrapped repeater, and then you can restore the use of a pair of repeaters. But Zhang Hongbin couldn't make every part of the crossbow, and it was not up to standard.

Zhang Hongbin is not the second-class dealer who came here, he may have to live here for a long time, or even a lifetime. It is not denied that the weapons purchased by the system can make its own power stronger in the most effective way, but considering the long-term vision, it is very necessary to develop its own military industry.

At this moment, Zhang Hongbin inspected the industrial zone of Huanglongshan and gave priority to the factory where the fire gun was manufactured.

"Old wood, how are the things I want?" Zhang Hongbin saw the foreman Mu Mu from a distance and shouted to him.

Old Wood is his nickname, after all, he is also fifty years old this year, and he is the head of the craftsman household of the Tongzhou Health Office.

What's more, he was the only artisan in his state who could make guns.

"It was still unqualified just now, but the standardization of the mold measuring tools you ordered by the Lord has been fully implemented. We also tried to make a firebolt and experimented with it, and when it was filled with gunpowder, it could shoot ten times in a row. In the final analysis, it's still a matter of steel...... "Old Wood explained to Zhang Hongbin in a tone that seemed to be boasting about himself, but also with emotion.

"Show me the sample!" Zhang Hongbin was suddenly interested.

The so-called firecrackers were quickly in his hands, and they were obviously made of strip steel, or even worse steel. Each of the above components is uniform, which makes it easy to replace the parts. The best thing about it is its excitation device, which is a flint launcher instead of a traditional arquebus.

It looks very good, the design is also very reasonable, and Zhang Hongbin doesn't know how to be a good firecracker, anyway, this firecracker gives him a very good feeling.

A simple test is still necessary, but Zhang Hongbin specially filled it with granular gunpowder before conducting the test launch. On the first shot, the light armor from fifty meters away was easily pierced. The next second shot was a target a hundred meters away, and it turned out that at a hundred meters away, the ammunition would be much more crooked, after all, the fire gun was not rifled, but it was still possible to pierce light armor at a distance of 100 meters, which was a very happy thing.

As a result, the effective firing range of these new guns is 150 meters, and they can deal effective damage within 150 meters. The maximum range is 230 meters, and at a distance of 230 meters, it will lose the power to fly and fall to the ground. Continuous firing, moreover, with sufficient gunpowder filling, can be fired ten to twelve times in a row, after which there is the possibility of exploding. Of course, Zhang Hongbin will not test this test himself, and others will not allow it.

"Continue to strengthen the research on steelmaking, and I will pay you as much as you want. But what I need is that in half a year, at least 10,000 of these, or even better than this, can be equipped into the troops! Zhang Hongbin pointed to the fire gun and said to the old wood.

"The subordinates must work hard to complete the task!" The old wood didn't dare to say anything to death.

"If you can complete it smoothly, you will work in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and all the craftsmen who participated in this research will have enough reward!" Zhang Hongbin said with a smile.

"The subordinates are determined to complete the task!" The old wood did not hesitate, patting his chest to ensure that the task was completed.

Thousands of miles to come only for the official, a real lack of official position, let himself change from a lowly craftsman leader to an official in charge of craftsmen, such an identity change, so that the old wood can't stop, I can't wait to be a day or two days, and I have to complete the task assigned by Zhang Hongbin before the scheduled time.

"Pay attention to the quality, all the firecrackers are marked on them, and if there is a technical failure at a critical moment, then I will hold you responsible!" Zhang Hongbin explained very strictly.

"This subordinate naturally understands!" Old Wood said in fear.

"Good job!" Zhang Hongbin patted him on the shoulder and left the factory.