Nanking.

Song Yingxing brought two craftsmen to the meeting, and brought two muskets at the same time.

"Meet Your Majesty!"

The two craftsmen had obviously received etiquette training, endured without kneeling, and followed Song Yingxing to surrender their hands.

Zhao Han smiled and asked, "You said that the fire gun has improved again?" ”

Song Yingxing replied: "Many styles have been improved, and this time I will bring the best two." ”

The two craftsmen behind Song Yingxing are estimated to be the main contributors to these two guns.

Zhao Han asked Song Yingxing to bring the gun over, and found that one was long and one was short.

The long one was no different from the existing bird's gun, but the short one was clearly a flintlock pistol.

Song Yingxing explained: "Those who have improved are nothing more than dumb fire. This new arquebus (arquebus) was tried for a month, and for every 100 shots, there were about 96 to 97 normal shots. And this kind of flintlock gun has also been tried for a month, and for every 100 times of firing, there are about 81 to 82 times that can be fired. ”

That is to say, the two new guns, the arquebus has a mute rate of 3%-4%, and the flintlock pistol has a mute rate of 18%-19%.

It has been dramatically improved.

The next question is what kind of new gun should be installed.

Zhao Han asked, "What about the shooting speed?" ”

Song Yingxing replied: "The rate of fire of the bird gun has not changed, and the rate of fire of the flintlock gun should be reduced by half." ”

Then you don't have to think about it, you must change the flintlock pistol, and the rate of mute fire of nearly 20% can be completely compensated for by the rate of fire.

The shortcomings of the arquebus are so obvious that even if the Datong army is well-trained, it can only reach one fire per minute.

There is also a fire rope, which can only burn for 30-40 minutes under normal circumstances, and it will be shortened to 20 minutes in windy weather. The fire rope is afraid of rain and water, and it will be exposed at night.

Also, in order to avoid interfering with each other's arquebuses, the musketeers should not stand too closely together and the musketeers should be at least one meter apart.

After changing the flintlock pistol, the formation has to change.

The width of the battlefield can be increased, the musketeers can stand more densely, and the depth of the formation can become shallower. Melee classes can be reduced, more firecrackers can be added, and hollow formations against cavalry can now be trained.

Zhao Han said happily: "All this kind of flint guns are made, and the dragoons of our army will be equipped first." ”

With this expansion, the stock of old arquebuses was emptied, and only a little more than a thousand remained. The next step was to mass-produce flintlock muskets, first to redress the dragoons and then to the infantry.

The eliminated firecrackers can be thrown at those surrendering troops.

For example, Qin Liangyu, Yang Zhan and Gan Liangchen in Sichuan, as well as the Guangxi soldiers who fought with the 10th Division.

Of course, due to production constraints, it will take at least two to three years for all ten regular divisions to be redressed. This is not a game, develop new equipment, and spend gold coins to build it immediately, but the reality of fighting must wait slowly.

After changing clothes, they cannot go to the battlefield immediately, and they must undergo new formations and tactical training.

Zhao Han asked the names of the two craftsmen again, and Hao Sheng praised them.

Improve the flintlock pistol, reward five acres of land, reward five taels of silver, and increase the salary by five levels. In addition, the title of "skilled craftsman" was awarded, and the Ministry of Industry and the whole army were commended.

The arquebus was improved, three acres of land was rewarded, three taels of silver were rewarded, and the salary was increased by three levels, and the title of "skilled craftsman" was awarded, and the Ministry of Industry was notified for commendation.

Those who receive special titles, whether they are civil officials and military generals, or businessmen and craftsmen, will be issued with corresponding jade pendants and waist plates. The jade pendant can be hung on the waist as an ornament, and the waist badge can be used to meet officials at all levels, including the emperor.

A person holding a special title of waist badge who wishes to see an official of a certain level must receive him within 10 days.

The waist card is numbered, and the name of the person is engraved, if someone fraudulently uses or forges, it is a conspiracy.

The special title of businessman has been awarded hundreds of them.

For example, donating money to support education can be awarded the title of "Confucian businessman", except for the establishment of private schools. Another example is this year's disaster, businessmen who donate money and food to help the victims can be awarded the title of "benevolent businessman".

These titles, just like the archway of the Ming Dynasty, must be reported to the central government layer by layer, and can only be approved after review.

Except for being able to meet officials with a license, everything else is of an honorary nature, and there is no special preferential treatment.

So far, no one has come to see Zhao Han with a license, and it is okay to see it, but if you don't have something serious, just chat with the emperor, and the emperor will definitely write you down in a small notebook. The same is true for officials at all levels, if they have nothing to do, it is purely boring to ask for themselves.

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North Korea, Seoul.

An attendant rushed in and shouted in a panic: "Your Highness, the soldiers of the Celestial Empire are here!" ”

"Where...... Which Celestial Empire? Li Liang's face was as pale as earth as frightened.

The chamberlain replied, "It is the Taedong Heavenly Dynasty that occupies Jeju Island." ”

Li Wei trembled, stood up and ran to the harem, and said as he ran: "Hurry up and pass the order, drive the northern hunt, and go to seek protection from the Qing Kingdom!" ”

In recent years, the DPRK has suffered many disasters and difficulties.

First, it was invaded by Japan, and fought all the way to the capital, burning, killing and looting along the way, and the people's livelihood and economy were greatly damaged.

Then he was beaten by the Manchu Qing Dynasty and sent troops to help the Ming Dynasty fight and annihilated the whole army. Later, he was beaten by the Manchus, and 500,000 people were taken away from North Korea, and Li Liang's two sons were also taken hostage.

During this period, civil strife broke out, and North Korea was torn to the bones.

Although there has been some recovery in recent years, it is simply not possible to fight again. Especially after the severance of trade between China and North Korea, the army and navy were all abolished, Zhao Han sent troops to occupy Jeju Island, and the king of Korea did not even dare to let out a fart.

Just as Li Liang was about to abandon the royal city and escape, another official came to report: "Your Majesty, the envoy of the Heavenly Empire is here with a gift. ”

"They're not here to siege the city?" Li Liang was shocked.

The official replied, "Not really." ”

In fact, there are no messengers, Jeju Island was set up as Jeju County, and Shangjia Meng Huaien has already become a magistrate.

This time, Meng Huaien went north with the army to become an official in a new territory.

Replenish fresh water on Ganghwa Island on the way, and make a trip to Seoul to renew trade with North Korea - force North Korea to sell grain!

Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Town does not produce grain, and many military rations are also bought from North Korea.

At this moment, Meng Huaien was wearing a cyan official uniform and a black gauze hat. Except that there is no complement, it is exactly the same as Da Mingzhi County.

He was accompanied by a group of soldiers, swaggering into Seoul.

Li Liang led hundreds of officials to kneel to greet him, and shouted: "XXX to meet the envoy of the Celestial Empire!" ”

Meng Huaien smiled: "Get up." ”

Meng Huaien was a little fluttering at the moment, thinking that he was a Shandong businessman, who stayed in Zhenjiang because of a military disaster, how could he think that after a few years, he would be able to be an official and a county magistrate? Now, even the king of Joseon kneels down to him.

Li Liang had to kneel because he surrendered to the Manchus and completely turned his back on the Ming Dynasty.

Now although the Ming Dynasty has fallen, there is a new emperor in China. He had to be humble enough to save his life.

Li Liang welcomed Meng Huaien into the palace, let the hundred officials accompany him, and set up a banquet to entertain Meng Huaien.

After three rounds of drinking, Meng Huaien suddenly said: "Your Majesty wants to rebuild Dongjiang Town, and the sea of military rations is too far, and we want to reopen trade with Korea." Silk, cloth, spices...... Everything is available, North Korea has to exchange it for food! ”

Li Wei was embarrassed: "Don't hide it from the angels, five years ago, the Manchu Qing Dynasty abducted hundreds of thousands of people from North Korea, and also robbed countless livestock and goods. North Korea has not enough food to eat. ”

It's the truth.

Hundreds of thousands of people, a large number of livestock and goods, all of which were packed and taken away by the Manchus, how could they recover in five years?

Meng Huaien sneered: "Since His Royal Highness doesn't have that ability, then change to a capable person to be the king." The tens of thousands of soldiers and horses that formed Dongjiang Town are now on the side of Ganghwa Island. There is no food available on Phi Dao, so simply capture Seoul and rebuild Donggang Town in Seoul! ”

Li Liang was speechless for a moment, and his face was sad for a long time, and finally he stubbornly said: "Lord Angel, there is food in North Korea!" ”

Of course, there was food, and hundreds of thousands of people were taken captive, just to vacate large tracts of land, which were seized by North Korean officials, and then recruited tenants from all over the country to reclaim the land.

The North Korean people have no food, but the North Korean officials have more food than before!

Moreover, after the resumption of trade, officials will be able to make a lot of money by exchanging grain for Chinese goods.

If Li Ju didn't agree, the two classes of nobles in North Korea would also force him to agree.

A few days later, the two sides made a deal on Ganghwa Island.

A shipload of goods can be exchanged for several ships of grain, saving the risk of long-distance shipping from Jiangsu.

The Manchu monitors who remained in Korea immediately sent back to report that the Datong army was going to establish Dongjiang Town on Phi Dao and requested that the coastal city near Phi Dao be garrisoned.

Really build a military base on Phi Island?

Of course not!

Because of the latest news, in order to dispel the idea of the Eight Banners nobles grabbing a handful and going back, Dolgon ordered the destruction of the towns and villages in Liaodong - this is also the case in history, otherwise, most of the Manchu nobles want to return to the northeast after robbery.

The soldiers of the Eight Banners, their families, slaves, and the households under the jurisdiction of the Eight Banners, more than 300,000 people entered the customs one after another, enriching the sparsely populated Beizhili.

In the entire northeast, only fifteen cities were left with troops left, and the rest were all governed by civilian officials.

Since the Northeast is so empty, what are you still doing on Phi Dao? Directly land and occupy the city!

Liaodong Peninsula, such a large area of land, only Gaizhou and the Eight Banners Army remain.

Dolgon never thought that Zhao Han would be able to directly send troops to attack the Liaodong region across Shandong. This is not a matter of IQ, but a matter of vision, even Hong Chengchou did not expect it.

The navies of Shanghai and Fuzhou were all dispatched, carrying the officers and men of the 11th Division of the Datong Army, as well as many logistical materials, and rushed to Jinzhou (Jinzhou District, Dalian City).

After unloading in Jinju, they had to continue back to Ganghwa Island to load grain from North Korea.

"Enemy ...... Enemy attack? ”

In charge of managing Jinzhou City, there was only one Han officer and one Han cultural official.

They watched the huge naval fleet come and slaughtered, and they didn't understand what was going on, and they even forgot to gather troops to defend the city.

Of course, there is no way to gather troops.

The urban population, plus the peasants in the countryside, and the entire Jinzhou territory, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 Han people left, and there are more than 10,000 Datong soldiers and officials who come by boat!

When the Datong army landed on the shore, the officials of Jinzhou finally came to their senses and requisitioned the people in the city to come to defend.

Hu Dinggui ordered: "The whole army takes off the helmet!" ”

A Jinzhou people, looking at the Datong army that was getting closer and closer, suddenly shouted excitedly: "I didn't shave my hair, it was the army of the imperial court, and the emperor sent troops to kill it back!" ”

"Long live Daming!"

"Long live Daming!"

I don't know who was the first to shout, and the rest of the Hermes-Epitek cheered.

Dorgon not only moved the population, but also took most of the food with them. Jinzhou City, which is not full of people, is almost out of food, and it is estimated that half of it will starve to death before the farmers outside the city can grow food.

"Kill the Tartars, the soldiers of the sky!"

The garrison troops, which had finally been organized, suddenly slaughtered the Golden State officials.

Those Jinzhou officials are actually Han Chinese.

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