Duan Fei entered the castle that had been opened, only to see that there were many houses and shops built under the watchtowers of the four walls of the castle, and the middle was also well planned, and the center of the entire castle was composed of a Tianzi-shaped street, and the four Tianzi-shaped blocks were the bread workshop, the garment workshop, and the gunpowder workshop and gun factory of the arsenal, which made food, clothing, tools and weapons respectively, which was enough to supply the Franc robot in the castle.

As for the other people on the island, they were sent out to be enslaved during the day, and then locked up in the dungeon in the castle at night, life was extremely difficult, and when they were rescued, most of them were yellow and thin, unclothed, and the eyes and expressions of the whole person were numb, Celicia couldn't face such a scene at all, she covered her eyes and knelt beside the stone tablet and wept, and Wu Huai'an comforted her thoughtfully according to Duan Fei's instructions.

Duan Fei was already numb when he rescued people, he said a few words casually to the hundreds of people who were rescued, and let the others take care of the arrangements, these people stared blankly one by one, and they didn't seem to understand what Duan Fei was saying.

What Duan Fei cares about is those workshops, bread and garment workshops, and those craftsmen and production techniques in the arsenal are all treasures!

Duan Fei personally inspected each process, from the manufacture of gunpowder to the manufacture of arquebuses and franc cannons, everything was complete, most of the craftsmen in the arsenal were franc machine people, and two of them were actually from England, because of their superior iron-making skills, although they were slaves, they had a higher status than the slaves who worked hard outside.

Duan Fei announced on the spot that as long as these craftsmen worked obediently for five years and taught their skills to the craftsmen sent to learn, they could be released as long as they met any of the conditions, and the two British craftsmen first expressed their sincerity, and in the blink of an eye, they were appointed as the new factory leaders.

The other Franc machine craftsmen were instantly reduced to slaves by these two turned-out serfs, they either continued to make guns and cannons honestly, or they did some more menial work, eating whips every day, Franc machine craftsmen were not soldiers, no one chose the wrong answer to this multiple-choice question.

Henry, an English craftsman who was fluent in Chinese, said: "My lord, I know that there is a secret cellar in the castle, and that there is a large number of guns and ammunition that have been made, enough to form a fleet and a musket team of a thousand men. ”

Duan Fei hadn't heard anyone say anything about this, and he was surprised: "What is Simang doing in the cellar to store guns and ammunition?" Does he want to build an army here? ”

No one could answer his question, and under Henry's leadership, everyone soon found a hidden passage leading to the cellar in a corner of the castle, and after entering the cellar, they found that a large number of guns and ammunition and other munitions were stored here.

Duan Fei picked up an arquebus and fiddled with it a few times in his hand, Henry introduced: "My lord, this is a new type of musket that we have just improved our production method, the range is longer than that of the old musket, and the accuracy has also been improved, and the cannon here is also made with the same technology. ”

Duan Fei looked at those cannons with great interest and said, "Simang really has a heart, he actually sent such a big gift to this official......

Simang may not have dreamed that he would build a large number of guns on Tuen Mun Island, but it was completely received by the enemy he had imagined, and Duan Fei ordered the people to count the guns in the cellar, a total of 145 Franc machine cannons, 18 new cannons of larger calibers, 1,500 arquebuses, and countless ammunition, which was about the same as the number Henry said.

"My lord, with so many cannons, you can almost equip two Daifuku ships." Wu Huai'an, who came to see the harvest, saw so many cannons, his eyes lit up, and he said with his hands full of energy.

Before Duan Fei could speak, Henry said: "My lord, I'm afraid it won't work, although this latest naval gun is safer and can be installed more intensively on ships, but the largest gunboat can only be installed with fifty cannons, and for the sake of safety, there can't be more." ”

Wu Huai'an said: "You mean that those small ships outside can hold fifty of these cannons?" ”

Today's Franc battleships can only be equipped with about thirty Franc cannons at most, Wu Huai'an thought that he had heard it wrong, and Henry thought that there was something wrong with his ears, he distinguished: "It's not small, the galleon built by the Franc machine is one of the largest ships in the world, and this new naval gun can indeed be installed more intensively on the battleship, which can enhance the firepower of the battleship by nearly double." ”

Wu Huai'an laughed and said: "The small broken ship of the Franc machine dares to be called big? Have you ever seen our Daifuku ship, the old-fashioned Franc cannon can be loaded with eighty guns, if this new cannon is really as good as you say, wouldn't it be easy to fit one hundred and fifty cannons? Obediently, if one hundred and fifty cannons were fired at the same time, wouldn't it be possible to blow up a mountain? ”

Duan Fei smiled and said, "If the cannonballs are more powerful, one round of shelling can raze this fortress, right?" Henry, in the future, you should work on the power, accuracy, range, and lightness of artillery, and if there is a breakthrough, this official will never spare gold and silver, and after five years, I guarantee that you can return to your hometown with a large amount of wealth! ”

Henry gratefully made a promise to Duan Fei, Duan Fei smiled slightly, glanced around the cellar, and said to Wu Huai'an: "Since you are so greedy, then these things will belong to you, go back and repair the Ziqiang and replace it with a new cannon, the Ziqiang will become stronger and stronger, and the navy of the Ming Dynasty will become stronger and stronger!" ”

Duan Fei left the cellar, did not go to see the prisoners, nor did he count the spoils, he took Wu Huai'an and Wang Feng along the rotating stairs to the high place of the castle, standing on the high city wall, only to see that there were still many traces left by the siege on the city wall.

Duan Fei took a breath and asked, "Lord Wang, how many brothers did you lose in today's siege?" ”

Wang Feng said: "My lord, there are a total of 316 soldiers who died bravely, 568 soldiers who were disabled, and there is no statistics for those who were slightly injured. ”

Duan Fei said: "The official knows that Lord Wang loves soldiers like a son, and this official has long expected this, but ...... Nearly 1,000 people were killed and wounded in this battle, which is the only time since this official took charge of the army, does Lord Wang know why? ”

Wang Hong pondered and said, "Do you think that the tactics of the lower officials are inappropriate? ”

Duan Fei shook his head and said: "No, if something is wrong, this official will not let you implement the battle plan, the damage in the siege battle will definitely be not small, this is the fixed thought in everyone's hearts since ancient times, however, imagine that if we are not in a hurry to attack the city, but use the general cannon and the Franc machine gun to bombard the city wall in the distance, as the gunners become more and more proficient, the hit rate increases, the powerful general cannon will cause greater damage to the city wall, and the city wall should almost fall after a long time, right?" As soon as the walls fall, the enemy will have nothing to rely on, and may surrender on their own, and then it can be said that they will be able to win without spending a single soldier. ”

Wang Feng frowned and said, "Why didn't your lord propose this when determining the tactics? According to the lower officials, the accuracy of the general's cannon is insufficient, the power is insufficient, and the number is also less, and the bombardment for half a day may not be able to destroy this fortified city made of boulders and mortar, right? If it was supported by Franco's cannons, wouldn't the ships near the shore suffer heavy losses? ”

Duan Fei said: "I don't blame anyone, I just want you to imagine the possibility of another strategy and tactics, today's general cannon is indeed not powerful enough, not accurate enough, but science and technology are constantly developing, the Fran cannon has surprised us, and now the two British have actually improved a safer and more powerful artillery, if one day, the general cannon completely solves the problem of accuracy and power, and is produced in batches, hundreds of new cannons fire together, How long can this wall under our feet last? ”

Wang Feng nodded, and said knowingly: "Xiaguan understands, what the lord means is that with the development of firearms, the key to victory or defeat on the battlefield in the future is no longer people, but firearms." ”

Duan Fei said: "People are still very important, after all, firearms are dead things, and they need the right people to manipulate them, but the power of firearms must become stronger and stronger, and they will become more and more convenient to use, and sooner or later they will replace swords, guns, bows and arrows and become the decisive force on the battlefield!" ”

Everyone nodded thoughtfully, Duan Fei saw that the atmosphere was a little dull, he smiled: "Although these overseas barbarians have developed new firearms such as Franc machine guns and arquebuses, our Ming craftsmen are not weak, and Franc machine people do not have flowering shells, otherwise the number of dead and wounded soldiers today will definitely increase several times." ”

Wu Huai'an said with a smile: "According to the humble position, the adult is the most powerful person, and the adult will always have some whimsical ideas, I heard that the musket combat method of the three stacks of waves was invented by adults, and firearms such as grenades and mines are also invented by adults, right?" Also, if it weren't for the insistence of the adults, who would have thought of laying iron armor on the ship, and even if they did, I am afraid that they would not be able to carry it out in the end. ”

Duan Fei said: "What kind of whimsical idea is laying iron armor and grenade mines on the ship, one day this official will build a battleship completely made of iron plates, and build an airplane that can send people into the sky to fly freely, and then you will be so surprised that you will pick up your jaw on the ground." ”

"A plane that sends people into the sky and flies freely?" Hearing Duan Fei's words, Wu Huai'an's jaw was about to fall to the ground, and Jiao Yang and Wang Feng also shook their heads secretly, Tie Chuan said, this plane is ...... Lord Duan is too thoughtful.

"Airplanes? Do adults also believe that people can fly to the sky on kites? Fu Mink smiled.

Duan Fei said: "That's not a kite, it's not tied to a rope, it's something that can really make people fly in the sky, Fu Mink, you said a word just now, have you ever heard anyone say something similar, or seen anyone trying to do this?" ”

PS: Thanks to everyone's Hongfu, I passed the test venue at one time today, and I played extremely well, saving an opportunity, which can be reserved for the next two exam items.

It is said that today's lantern got up at half past five in the morning and rushed from the west of Guilin to the east of Guilin...... Jinjiling Driving School went to see the points in the test room...... The sky is dark, the rain is drifting, and the lights are miserable......

It only took half a minute, and then I was told to come back at half past twelve to take the exam...... Lamp went home and slept for an hour, then ate something casually, continued to rush from the west of the city to the east, to the driving school to get the latest news, at least three o'clock before it was our turn to take the test, and then it was endless waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting until half past four, finally it was our turn to take the test, at this time it was raining lightly in the sky, the fog shrouded the examination room, and the two people at the head of our car failed to get out of class twice, which made everyone extremely nervous, and then the lights came out, pedaling and pedaling......

As a result, everyone knew very well that under the leadership of the lamp, the next nine people passed the test smoothly, the rain stopped, and the fog dispersed, which was a miracle......