It turned out that everyone also said that if the Ming officials did not concentrate several times the strength of the Zhao Zi battalion, it would be impossible to win, but after the battle in Shandong, everyone said that even if they concentrated ten times the strength, they could not defeat the force of Xuzhou, and in the current situation, the Ming Dynasty could not draw too many troops.

The Ming army that fought against the Zhao battalion in Shandong is said to be the standing army of Gongweidu, and the equipment and training are all over the ordinary army, and the generals who lead the team are also experienced professional officers, even if such a force is still vulnerable in front of Zhao Jin's armament, with Louis's personal experience, these so-called standing armies are not as good as the inferior forces in Xuzhou, which is far inferior.

Louie didn't think anyone exaggerated the description of the Ming army, from the west to the east, the natives in every place always like to exaggerate, exaggerate what they are not familiar with and do not know, show off or intimidate outsiders, and here in Xuzhou, everyone Louis came into contact with was very simple, never exaggerated or deceived anything.

If such an army is defeated and is so vulnerable, then Zhao Jin's ambition is very likely to be realized, so he must seize this opportunity.

Louis knew that he wanted money, that he wanted to be a decent person, and that he had the best chance to achieve this, and that if he wanted to make a lot of money, and if he wanted to become a decent nobleman, as long as he followed the person he assisted with a crown or crown, he could get a qiē.

In Europe, the royal family of every country can be traced back to hundreds of years ago or claimed to be traced back to the Roman era, and the same is true for the nobles below, there is no room for newcomers at all, maybe to serve the king of Sweden, and it is a way to get a medal on the battlefield with military exploits, and that road is a life, Louis does not feel that he has the luck to fight to the end, and he is not willing to risk this Feng County, maybe he can earn enough wealth to go back and buy a title, but Louis, who is a son of a nobleman, is not willing to do this, He knew that such people would be looked down upon by hereditary nobles, and would become fat in the eyes of some jackals.

But now there is a better opportunity in front of us, this opportunity is not so risky, but it will earn greater wealth, there will be a higher status, why not do it

After figuring this out, Louis considered his situation in Zhao Ziying again, he realized that he could not position himself as a craftsman, Xuzhou would recruit more and more excellent craftsmen, and as a craftsman, the position that could be reached in the future was also limited, Louis felt that he should work towards a manager, he could become Zhao Jin's adviser, he could help him manage the workshop, he could tell Zhao Jin what direction to recruit European talents, and he could even train the firearms unit and become the general of the firearms unit, no matter which one, The future has great prospects.

Louis also calmly analyzed several possible opponents, Zhao Jin's close friends he naturally did not dare to expect, but in addition to removing these close friends and cronies who are almost related, Louie was pleasantly surprised to notice that he had a great chance, at least in this area he is good at, there is only one competitor, that is, Zhao Jin's brother-in-law Xu Housheng, but this person's future is greater, and he has no competitive relationship with himself.

Louie, who had made up his mind, knew what he should do, he didn't hide the credit of Lao Mai and Yu Shan, but took the initiative to praise Zhao Jin in front of him, wanting to unconsciously give the other party the impression that I was the manager here.

Zhao Jin asked, Louis replied, Zhao Jin glanced at Yu Shan, and the blacksmith Yu Shan replied: "Some methods are just a layer of paper, but if you don't pierce it, you don't know, this method of erecting up and casting cannons was ridiculous at the beginning, but I didn't expect it to be really easy to use." ”

"That's what it means to invite them, they are not as skilled as you, but they know things you don't know." Zhao Jin commented, and asked again: "How far can you hit now?" ”

"The big stride is more than four hundred and twenty steps," Yu Shan replied subconsciously, and then bowed his head under Zhao Jin's gaze, almost kneeling down to plead guilty.

This is a habit that Zhao Jin has corrected many times, to use accurate units of weights and measures, not this general number, this step two steps, the height is out of sync with a lot of difference, the difference of a few hundred steps is even greater, the distance of this gap in a certain situation on the battlefield, it is likely to kill people.

Louis smiled and continued: "If you go back to the master, it will be about five hundred square feet." ”

The so-called accurate weights and measures are not in the Ming Dynasty, there are more than a dozen kinds of words about the size alone, the official is to build a ruler, a measuring ruler and a tailoring ruler, and there are many other sizes, what tooth cloth ruler, wooden ruler, household ruler, etc., and then because of the crude manufacturing process, the same kind of difference is also very large, Zhao Jin in order to set a standard for Xuzhou, once compared the official ruler of Xuzhou with four counties in Xuzhou and Pizhou and several counties of Guide Prefecture, the same ruler is more than an inch apart, which makes people laugh and cry.

In the end, the size chosen by Zhao Jin is the median value of the measuring scale everywhere, and based on the impression and comparison, this measuring scale is probably the closest to the modern size.

At the end of the chapter: according to historical materials and cultural relics, the construction ruler is 32 centimeters, the measuring ruler is 32.7 centimeters, and the tailoring ruler is 34 centimeters.

The size chosen by Zhao Jin was originally a general unit, and after being used in the workshop, it soon began to circulate throughout Xuzhou, and then Pizhou, Guidefu, Suzhou and Qingjiangpu also began to use it, called "flat ruler", and some people called "Xuzhou ruler".

Xuzhou scale, Xuzhou bucket and Xuzhou ruler are the same, soon in the south of the Jiangbei area of the north of the road, and even Shandong and Henan have many places to use, everyone can trust this accurate, just like the letter Zhao Jin said the same count.

Outsiders believe that it is one thing, Zhao Ziying casting this is also very attentive, each set of production tools must be compared with the original standard parts, a difference cuò must be redone, each set has a mark, in Yunshan line registration and making a book, these things to be stared at by Wang Zhaojing, Ruhui and Zhou Xuezhi, this stare is not a general statement, but when each set of manufacturing products, one of them must personally accept, and legend has it that there are internal guard informants staring inside.

Xuzhou bazaar and salt market, as well as Qingjiang market have Xuzhou measuring tools, when bulk transactions, this must be used.

Of course, in addition to Xuzhou's control of the ground, other places still use the old measuring tool size for the convenience of exploitation, but as long as the government does not go down to collect taxes, political and legal servitude, and measure the fields, it is not a small business of small people and small households, but when the rich and powerful with wealth and status trade with each other, they have already defaulted to this Xuzhou weights and measures, otherwise, it is ill-intentioned, at least not so sincere.

When it comes to money, money, and goods, everyone will not be vague, but the inherent concept can be reversed, but it is not something that can be done in a year and a half, the Xu family's workshop has used this set of things for a long time, but many people still can't turn the corner, and they are using it when they use it, but they will be vague from time to time.

The blacksmith at home is not familiar with it, but the foreigners from outside know how to use it, which is indeed a little subtle to say.

"Five hundred square feet? That's more than three hundred," Zhao Jin said in a low voice, no one could hear the word "rice" behind him, and he didn't understand it when he heard it.

Saying a word, Zhao Jin looked at the artillery, the cannon body was level with the ground, and the distance of flat shooting or direct shooting was almost more than four times the range of the firecracker, and five times the effective range of the bow and arrow, Zhao Jin nodded slowly and said, "Let me see how to adjust the angle of fire and the range." ”

"Jin Ye, it turns out that on our side, it is very simple to adjust the range of artillery on the battlefield, just dig a pit behind the gun mount, or raise it in front to raise the muzzle of the gun, and later summed up this method." Louis explained there.

As he spoke, he gestured a few times to Lao Mai and Yu Shan, and several people worked together to nail a wooden wedge into the groove of the fixed gun and between the frame, and the muzzle of the gun was also raised, and the ammunition was reloaded again, and the cannon was ignited.

After the cannon roared, the smoke and dust raised by the distant shells on the ground really became farther away, Zhao Jin nodded, signaled to continue, Louis asked to arrange a few helpers to come over, Zhao Jin also agreed, and the family and helper apprentices who were arranged to study here came over, hurriedly cleaned the gun chamber, wiped the gun body, and then nailed into the wedge again, and fired the cannon again.

When firing the cannon this time, Zhao Jin deliberately looked at the reaction of the guards around him, and his face was already much normal, not like Fang Cai's appearance of being frightened and changing color when he heard the sound of the cannon, and he really needed to adapt.

As the wedge was driven in and out, the range of the fire continued to change, and after the nine shots, the cannon body was already hot, and it was necessary to rest for a while.

The family who arranged to study here dipped a large piece of wet wipes in water, and then wiped the gun body, and could see the slightest white gas rising, this is the method of cooling the artillery, and there will not be too much time to cool the artillery on the battlefield, this is a necessary method, which is also the experience taught by foreigners.

According to the official artillerymen, there will be no such situation on the battlefield, when an artillery gun fires nine artillery and ten cannons, even if it is fired so much, it will not be so hot, because these officers and artillerymen need to impart knowledge, so they are treated well, these prisoners are also solid, and they specially told the Zhao Ziying workshop here, saying that the artillery must be far away from the artillery, so as not to blow up and hurt people.

No wonder I haven't encountered the situation of cooling the cannon body, the gun charge of the officer and army is insufficient, the frequency of firing is too low, it will not appear at all, or it has already appeared, and then I don't care at all, and then the bore is blown up.

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