The reason why the casting of the large cylinder does not consume much iron ore is mainly due to the fact that there are not many large cylinders built in the past few years...... Due to the limitations of technology, although Prussia and Andel from Spain tried their best, but the casting effect was not very good, although the casting of the cylinder did not explode, but the use of life and the effect of shooting is really unsatisfactory, in order to ensure the quality and safety of the cylinder, those unsatisfactory cylinders are often reworked, so that the Roche family reserves the cylinder is naturally not much.

Of course, even so, the Luo family is still one of the major names among the Warring States forces to use the big barrel in the war, and now they are about to start forming the big cylinder team in the history of the Warring States.

As far as Zhengliang knows, although a few years ago, with the use of large cylinders in the war by the Luo family, many forces realized the power of the large cylinder weapon, so they all wanted to have a large cylinder weapon. But at present, there are only three ways to quickly possess such a weapon.

One is to cast it yourself. This method is obviously not feasible for the local forces at this time, because they lack the restrictions of technology and raw materials. Especially in terms of craftsmen, at this time, the Luo family was secretly recruiting and even kidnapping these relevant craftsmen from various power territories to work for the Luo family. As for raw materials, there was a lack of iron ore in the local area, and the forces bordering the Luo family were all purchased in large quantities of iron ore raw materials by the Luo family in the form of commerce or secret smuggling. Therefore, whether it is in terms of talents or raw materials, the surrounding forces have been affected by a certain amount of Chengdù.

The second is to buy from the Southern Barbarians. At present, the trade between the Nanban and the Wa State, with the secret support of the Luo family, is mainly monopolized by the Nanban fleet of Zhu Qinfeng and others. And these Nanban people in order to get the support of the Luo family and maintain trade with the Luo family. Naturally, they will not give weapons such as large barrels to coastal forces in various places. Even iron cannons are expensive to sell, and they limit the number of cannons that can be sold to the same power.

The last way is to trade with Wang Zhiwei's pirate fleet and buy large cylinders from these pirate fleets. However, at this time, the sea area that Wang Zhi's fleet actually arrived in was actually limited to the area of Minami Kyushu and Shikoku Sawan area, and for the reason agreed with the Luo family, they did not sell large cylinders to the forces in these regions.

So. Under the circumstance that the technical raw materials are restricted and the purchase path is blocked, the local forces naturally have not yet obtained the big barrel of this weapon.

The above is the situation in terms of the big cylinder, and in terms of cavalry, after this expansion, the standing cavalry of the Luo family has increased to 1,600 people, of which the two cavalry teams are 1,000 people, the scouts are 300 people, the heralds are 200 people, and the cloak people are 100 people. Coupled with the war horses owned by the retainers of the Luo family, the total number of war horses that the Luo family will have is currently close to two thousand.

A daimyo with three million stones, and the territory army is only two thousand war horses, which seems a bit shabby. Geographically, however, the Kyushu region is not actually where horses are produced. Compared with the central region of the Wa Kingdom and the Kanto region, which are rich in war horses, the western region, especially the Kyushu region, itself lacks war horses, not to mention that at this time, Zhengliang is pursuing an elite strategy, so the war horses of the Luo family are naturally a little few.

In order to change the problem of the Luo family's own lack of war horses, in fact, the Luo family has invested a lot of resources over the years. In addition to establishing a large ranch in Notaka in Hizen Kuniyama and Mt. Yufutake in Bungo Kunifu, Kyushu, the number of horses on each ranch was increasing by capturing wild horses and purchasing horses from various places. At present, there are more than 6,000 horses in the two pastures, of which more than 2,000 have been trained to become war horses, which can meet the needs of the cavalry expansion this time.

In addition, in order to improve the quality of these horses (the local war horses of the Wa Kingdom are relatively short, and they are generally called bantam horses), Zhengliang has purchased hundreds of war horses from Nanban and Ming in batches over the years, and at present, these war horses and many foals have been born in two pastures, and I believe that after a few years, after this mixed method, the quality of the war horses in the Luo family ranch will be greatly improved.

The above is the situation on the cavalry side, and then on the naval side. Before this expansion, the situation of the Luo family's naval army was that it was divided into four teams, of which the standing reserve was 1,200 people, and there were 230 warships, 31 troop carriers, 120 customs ships, one giant fortune ship, and one small fortune ship, the main commander would be Li Huamei, and the deputy generals would be Murakami Grand, Sun Goro, Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamitsuura Tanekyō, Youpu Town, and Kusano Town. The second standing squad of the navy has a standing reserve of 800 people, 190 ships in the early morning, and 70 ships in the war, the main commander is Kunatong, and the deputy will be Fukuda Kanji and Luzimu Town. The third standing squad of the navy has a standing reserve of 800 people, 180 ships and 73 ships, the main commander is Tao Masato, and the deputy is Oyano Farming. The Fourth Standing Naval Corps has a standing fleet of 800 people, 75 ships, 30 troop carriers, and 51 small ships.

In this expansion, Masarashi not only increased the standing number of the four naval forces to 1,200 (a total of 4,800 people), but also added nearly 500 ships captured in the Battle of Itsukushima and the Western Kingdom Raiders to the four naval forces.

In addition, the Roche family's two shipyards located in Imari Bay and the Ariake Sea in Hizen Province have also formed a certain scale of development over the past few years, which can not only provide daily maintenance for the Roche family's naval vessels, but also build various local ships in the country. The most prominent thing is that after the efforts of dozens of craftsmen from the Ming Kingdom, from four years ago, the Luo family finally began to have the ability to build small Fu ships (so far four Fu ships have been built), this kind of Fu ships are more than 20 meters long, seven or eight meters wide, and the structure is all using Ming technology, compared with the local ships, the quality has been greatly improved.

Of course, in order to ensure the stability of these shipbuilding workshops, the Roche family has taken certain measures in terms of raw materials and technology. Originally, in order to ensure the long-term development of the shipbuilding workshop, in addition to using a large number of internal raw materials from the Roche family at the beginning of the workshop. Soon after. The Luo family began from other parts of the Warring States period. Even North Korea, Ming and other places imported raw materials. For example, in the Ming region, the Luo family secretly bribed local officials with the help of merchants Zuo Moyang, You Jianxia, Wang Hai and others in the Ming Kingdom, purchased a large amount of shipbuilding materials (especially wood) from the local shipyards, and then transported them to the Luo family's territory by sea. Since the raw materials were mainly imported from other places, the raw materials within the Roche family have been protected and restricted (such as restricting the cutting of shipbuilding timber), thus protecting the long-term development of the Roche shipbuilding workshop.

In terms of talents, the Luo family is also soliciting and seducing. Even by kidnapping, the relevant craftsmen were constantly gathered into the Luo family's shipbuilding workshop from all over the Warring States period and the Ming Kingdom, thus accumulating enough technical talents for the Luo family's shipbuilding workshop.

After this expansion, the situation of the Luo family's various naval teams will be as follows: the first fleet of the navy has a standing reserve of 1,200 people, 230 warships, 53 Dutcha ships (i.e., troop carriers or transport ships), 160 customs ships, and one giant fortune ship. A small fortune boat, the main will be Li Huamei. The vice-presidents are Murakami Juni, Sun Goro, Oyano Tanemitsu, Kamitsuura Tanekyo, Ariura Town, and Kusano Town members.

The second team of the navy army has increased its standing strength from 800 to 1,200 people, and there are 210 warships, 45 loads (i.e., troop carriers or transport ships), 120 ships, and 1 small fortune boat.

The third detachment of the navy increased its standing armament from the original 800 to 1,200 men, and there were 200 warships, 42 Dutch ships (i.e., troop carriers or transport ships), 120 seki ships, and 1 small Fukubune.

The fourth squadron of the navy has increased from the original 800 men to 1,200 people, and there are 220 warships, 50 loads (i.e., troop carriers or transport ships), 130 seki ships, and 1 small fortune ship.

As a result, the Luo family's navy currently has a total of one large fortune ship (owned by Li Huamei), four small fortune ships, 530 customs ships, 190 Dutch ships (i.e., troop carriers or transport ships), 860 Xiaozao, and finally 140 merchant ships controlled by the Internal Affairs Cabinet, at this time the Luo family already has more than 1,700 standard ships, which can be said to have become the overlord of the navy in Kyushu and the western region.

The four naval teams of the Luo family are mainly the main force of the Luo family's naval army, and in the usual territorial guards, in fact, not all the warships of each team have sailed, but most of the ships remain in their respective naval bases, and the standing naval forces will take turns to drive some ships to patrol the sea.

At the same time, there will be hundreds to thousands of reserve standing reserve personnel in the base of each team to assist in the defense in turn, and these reserves will also follow the standing reserve of their respective teams to patrol the sea as daily training. When the war is in progress, all the standing and reservist forces, even the peasant soldiers recruited from the vicinity, will sail most of the ships in the base to participate in the battle.

With this expansion of the army, the standing reserve of the Luo family suddenly increased to more than 14,400 people, and the standing reserve reserve also increased to more than 20,000 people, a total of 35,000 people. With such a large-scale army expansion, with the accumulation of the Luo family for several years, the strategic materials stored can also meet the needs of the army expansion here.

After determining the plan for this army expansion, Masahiro decided to adjust the deployment of each team according to the results of the western strategy, and the specific adjustments were:

The first 6 standing teams, the main commander will be Kinoshita Masunao, the deputy will be Kobun Shigetada, Watanabe Street, Tetsunosuke, Inudo Ryan, Cold Spring Takatoyo, Gaki and Sato Mamoru Mori, and the military head is Esato Kounobutsune. The station was changed from the original Wayama Castle in Nagato Province and Monji Castle in Toyozen Province to Mihara Castle in the southwest corner of Bigo Province, and was mainly responsible for continuing to infiltrate various parts of Bingo Province, and at the same time assisting the Luo family naval army in the defense of the Seto Inland Sea and the coastal areas of Bigo Province, and if necessary, supporting the area occupied by the Luo family in Shikoku Iyu Province on the other side, as well as other teams in the local Aki Province in the western country. After the team is transferred in batches, the original team will be stationed in the Nagato Province and the Monji Castle in the Fengzen Kingdom will be quickly demolished by the Luo family's slave brigade.

The second 6th standing team, the main will be Yoshida Shigemasa, the deputy will be Takeuchi Hisamori, Kamiyo Victory, Ueda Shinji, Uno Normal, and Iga Minbu, in addition to Yoshida Shigemasa's retainers Ando Ietada, Toshi Settsu, Yubu Yuji, and the military head of the team is the one-eyed dragon of the Luo family, Luo Shi Masamune. The original station was Hachiya Castle in Bunzen Province and Furai Castle in Bungo Province, but this time it was changed to Kunita Mountain Castle, Hakata Castle, and Takasen Mountain Castle in the northern region of Shikoku Iyu Province, and was responsible for Toyo's continued invasion of the Iyu Province region, and at the same time assisted the Luo family naval army in the defense of the Seto Inland Sea and the coastal areas of Iyu Province, and supported the strategy and defense of the other 6 teams of the Luo family in the area of Aki Province and Bigo Province when necessary. After the team is transferred in batches, the original station of the Eight Houses Castle in the Bunzen Kingdom and the Fortune Castle in the Bungo Kingdom will be quickly demolished by the Luo family's slave brigade.

The 36th Standing Team, the main commander is Aguta, the deputy generals Asakura Soya, Fukuda Nobukiyo, Calais Tongnao, Hirochu Takasuke, Noma Takami, and the military head is Kawada Yoshiro. Maruja Yama Castle and Yada Castle, which were originally stationed in Nagato Province, were changed to Oda Castle, Chausu Yama Castle, and Masaki Castle in Aki Province in the Western Region, and were responsible for guarding against the Mori family in Aki Province in the northern region and the various forces of Bigo Province in the eastern region, and at the same time supporting the other teams of the Roche family in Aki Province and Bigo Province at any time, and cooperating with each team to attack the Mori family and the rest of Bigo Province if necessary. After the team is transferred in batches, the former Marugashi Mountain Castle and Yada Castle in the former Nagato Province will be quickly demolished by the Luo family's slave brigade.

Since Caisaki Castle is far away from Oda Castle and Chausuyama Castle, and is also a little farther away from the border between the local Luo family territory and the Mori family territory, Masari plans to build a new castle on the border of the local Luo family territory and the Maori family territory at the same time to replace Caisaki Castle. After the castle was built, it was also named Caisaki Castle, and the original Caisaki Castle was to be demolished.

In this way, this will be conducive to the linkage of the Luo family's army in the local cities, and at the same time further oppress the territory of the Maori family. Of course, it is estimated that when this new castle is built, it will inevitably attract the attention of the Maori family, and even lead to further conflict with the Maori family.

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