If it is necessary to stop the Rakshasas as soon as possible from building colonial strongholds one by one in the wastelands, forests and rivers of the Far East, then a bloodthirsty battle is the right thing to do. This is also why Hongyi did everything possible to encourage Fulin to set the original intention of the Northern Expedition Rakshasa plan!

But if you really want to launch a European-style campaign dominated by firearms, the "descendant" Hongyi really has no bottom in his heart about the current Eight Banners of the Qing Army. Originally, he dragged John Tang to a good place today, just to understand the details through his mouth, how could people, as a pious Catholic priest, look down on the "heretical" Orthodox Rakshasa people in their hearts! Up to now, all the information has been said by Hongyi himself little by little, and then he has sought evidence from John Tong.

No, this idea of religious supremacy and contempt for the enemy must be corrected for you! After all, you Tang Ruowang is now the Qing Dynasty most knowledgeable expert in the manufacture of Western firearms, if you don't pay enough attention to your thinking, and then get by with blind optimism, you will lose the battle and ruin my plan for 300 years! Hongyi secretly made up his mind in his heart! At the same time, I can't help but fall into the vulgar, and I really secretly "pray" in my heart -- little Dai Zi, Comrade Dai Zi, you have to study hard and grow up quickly! Chinese our own affairs, it still depends on us to Chinese ourselves......

"Old Marfa, whether the Rakshasas are heretics in the eyes of your Catholic religion or not, they are also self-proclaimed loyal subjects of God, and they pray day and night for the favor of the Father and the Virgin. Your Heavenly Father is also in trouble right now, isn't he? I don't know which side to favor? Haha" Hongyi made a very nonsensical joke and began to delve into the topic.

"Sir. You...... I...... Our Catholic Church is orthodox! "John Tang is a little anxious.

"Orthodoxy is okay, just like the eldest son. But it's not his own son? Have you ever thought about this? "Hongyi is not in a hurry or impatient.

"This ...... He's a heretic! John Tong was speechless and could only simply repeat his creed.

"Okay, okay, I know he's a heretic. The Rakshasas are not only heretics, but they should also be the common enemies of my Celestial Empire and you Western Priests! But now that the battle is imminent, I am afraid that it is better not to blindly rely on the blessing of your God. It's like a fight between brothers in the same clan, when the patriarch is still hesitating, who has the big fist, quickly punch the other party and get rid of it, and it is faster to directly understand this grievance. It will not hurt the patriarch, right? ”

"What the master said. It also makes sense. "As long as it doesn't involve orthodoxy or not, Xiao Xuanye's words are acceptable to John Tang!

"In this case, let's 'strike iron still needs its own hardness'! The top priority at the moment is to enhance the combat strength of our Chinese soldiers as soon as possible! We can't let our soldiers charge in front of the many Rakshasa fortresses with bows, arrows and spears, and a stockade and a fortress should be used as human sandbags! ”

"Yes. The old minister has followed the emperor's will. Day and night to supervise the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry. It has also been urgently ordered that all the artillery factories of various banners should hurry up the production of 'Shenwei General'. Lao Chen also personally sat in the Jingshan Artillery Factory, where our firearms battalion was located, to imitate the light artillery offered by the Rakshasas. ”

Hongyi has been in the Qing Dynasty for a long time, so he naturally knows what Tang Ruowang said about "all flag artillery factories". The Qing court at the beginning of the customs. In fact, great importance was attached to the manufacture of artillery, and the Eight Banners of the Forbidden Brigade stationed in Beijing also set up their own artillery factories -- at that time, the four flags were inlaid with yellow, white, white, and blue, and 35 factories were built in the open space of the school field with yellow flags; Zhenghuang and Zhenghong two flags, 30 factories were built in Deshengmen; Inlaid with blue and red flags, 23 factories were built in Fuchengmen. In addition, gunpowder factories were built in each banner to manufacture and store gunpowder. The artillery manufactured is still based on the imitation of the "Hongyi cannon" of the Ming Dynasty. As for the imitation of the so-called "light artillery", it is actually the 10-pounder field gun, city defense artillery and other small artillery used by the captured Rakshasa troops, which is thanks to Zeng Hongyi, who came through it.

"It's hard old Marfa! But don't be too impatient, after all, your body is even more valuable than the sharpness of artillery! Hongyi was very satisfied with John Tang's work attitude, so he comforted him slightly.

"Thank you, sir! The old minister is for the Qing Dynasty, for the emperor, and for the master, so naturally he doesn't feel hard! As soon as John Tang was moved, he swore an oath, just like all Hanchen.

"Good! Old Marfa, you are naturally proficient in the art of firearms. But I wonder if since you entered China, have you often paid attention to the manufacture of firearms in Europa countries? Hongyi asked tentatively.

"How dare the old minister admit the wrong love of the master's 'proficient'? I do, however, deal with this in many of my letters to my fellow brothers. John Tang replied modestly and pragmatically.

"Oh? But the military information of the land of Taixi that was transferred from Macao? Hongyi was overjoyed.

Hongyi understood that although Macau was a small land leased to Portugal by the Celestial Empire, it had already become the country's largest firearms and gunpowder reserve base in the Far East, which naturally included the most advanced muskets and gunpowder at the moment. In order to ensure his political position in the Qing court, the Jesuits must have "supplemented" the priest with some of the latest knowledge of weapons and equipment from time to time, which is indeed a reasonable thing.

"Master really knows everything! Indeed......" John Tong did not deny it, because the fact that flintlock muskets were now very popular in Europe was indeed known to him through his fellow brothers at St. Paul's College in Macau.

When Chinese young people in later generations mention Macao, they are often familiar with the fact that this commercial port played an irreplaceable role in the global social and economic development and the exchange and dissemination of Eastern and Western cultures during the "golden boom period" of more than half a century from the late 16th century to the first half of the 17th century. And the focus is nothing more than "connecting the economy of the East and the West", "the center of the Catholic mission to the East", and "cultural exchanges between the East and the West". However, at least in the first half of the 17th century, Macao also had an important and indispensable role, that is, "a bridgehead for the export of Western military equipment, technology and talents to China"!

If the 16th century in Macao was the century when the first churches were built, then the 17th century was actually a "fort age" for Macau. The construction of a large number of military installations, the stockpiling of considerable munitions and equipment, and the accumulation of a certain number of Portuguese standing soldiers and military personnel were a key point in the development of Macao's urban construction during this period, and they were no less important than the two traditional projects of "trade" and "mission".

The reason for this was precisely because of the huge profits made by the Portuguese in overseas trade, which was a stealer of Macao, and frequently attracted the threat of the Netherlands, a new maritime trading power, especially in the first two decades of the sixteenth century, when Macao's coastal areas were in turmoil and wars. In order to defend their hard-working trading port, the Portuguese authorities in Macao began to vigorously enhance Macau's military status. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Guangqi advocated the purchase of artillery from the Portuguese in Macao to defend against the enemy, Sun Yuanhua and other Portuguese artillery were hired to fight against Kong Youde, who rebelled against the Ming and Qing Dynasty, and the Portuguese soldiers who appeared under the city of Guilin, etc., are all clear proofs.

"Good! Please also continue to communicate with your brothers in Macau, and ask from time to time about the shape of the guns of the Europa countries, the changes in the methods of warfare, and so on. The style of the weapon is very important, and the form of combat is also very important, old Marfa! You said that under the city of Guilin in the third year of Shunzhi, the 'Morris Horizontal Brigade' used by the Portuguese soldiers, now, in your hometown, should it also be changed and complete? Please pay attention to all of this! Hongyi said sincerely with anticipation.

"Morris Squad? Master, as far as the minister knows, the countries of Europa are still based on this, and they have not changed much. Tang Ruowang still couldn't help but be surprised, and once again marveled at the omniscient little angel Xuan Ye in his heart.

"Oh? It seems that there is still time......" Hongyi was relieved, and only then did he become confident in the small "technical improvement" he planned in the future.

(Chapter to be continued)

"A limerick poem. Hidden Head

Reading literature and reading history is only a long breath

I was saying that there was an opportunity back then

The layout is a long-cherished wish

It's hard to come and go

Get up and spend a hundred years

Point out the suffering and diseases of the world

The edge of the town was razed to the sea

Wen'an Wuding happy teardrops (to be continued......)