Chapter 147: The Situation in Northern Xinjiang

Of course, Wei Yuntian didn't have to borrow money, because the boss had already given it.

Liu Changan left a will before he died, so that his wife and daughter would bury themselves on the spot, and they did not have to return to their hometown, Liu Xiangqin did not want to make a big deal, but just found the monks in the temple outside the city to do a ritual, and chose a nearby treasure land with beautiful mountains and rivers to bury the two together.

In order to give Wei Yuntian a chance to perform, Xiao Chen and Chen Jisheng did not participate, so they let the young couple discuss it themselves.

The funeral was completed quickly, but the happy event could not be done immediately, because Liu Xiangqin needed to keep filial piety for his parents for three years.

During this period, neither of them could theoretically see each other.

If you are still together after the funeral, it is called unethical, morally corrupt, and even adultery......

Just ask you if you are worried?

So the poems of the ancients are actually very life, what is the meaning of Yingying in the water, and the pulse is silent?

is the current state of Wei Yuntian and Liu Xiangqin.

That night, all the big guys gathered in Xiao Chen's room for a meeting, and the content of the meeting was the completion of Xiao Chen's explanation a few days ago.

Wen Shanchang bought ten full truckloads of medicinal materials, and found a pharmaceutical factory to process them into medicinal powder, plasters, and pills, and the budget may cost more than 30,000 taels of silver......

The surgical curved needle is very good, as long as you buy some sewing needles and slightly modify it, but there are not so many sheep intestines, Wen Shanchang directly chose a stronger fishing line instead, which is also okay.

He also made a lot of coarse-pore gauze used to wrap wounds, as well as some elastic cow tendon ropes that can be used to tie up and stop bleeding.

Xiao Chen said that he was very pleased that the benevolent man had done a good job.

Liu Mofeng went to the War Bureau and checked their inventory, there were more than 1,000 large and small firearms in it, but due to disrepair and poor maintenance, it seemed that only three or four out of ten could be used.

He picked out a few good ones and brought them back to Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen sighed when he saw it, what kind of thing is a firearm, it's just a burning stick!

At present, the firearms are still very clumsy, the technology is quite backward, and the whole is made of cast iron, each weighing more than 30 pounds, and it is very difficult to carry it!

When firing, you need to fill the gunpowder from the front of the barrel in advance, first tamp the gunpowder, and then put in an iron projectile, and then you have to light the ignition rope, commonly known as the medicine twist, and you must wait for the fire rope to be burned before it can be fired......

The process is extremely cumbersome, and after each round of shooting, it takes a long time to reload, and that's without any glitches.

Failures also occur frequently, for example, the amount of gunpowder is small, and the projectile only shoots out more than ten meters or even less.

Or the amount of gunpowder is large, which directly leads to the explosion of the chamber, or the gunpowder is wet and cannot ignite at all, or there is a problem with the powder twist, and it can't burn inside for half a day, but it may explode when you want to check it......

Many front-line soldiers hated this thing, saying that its power was very great, but even if it could hurt the enemy by a thousand, it would cost 800 self-damage!

It is a basic quality for a soldier to be brave and not afraid of death, but to die under the weapon in his own hand is too much.

The main thing is that it is not practical, in addition to the situation and frequent accidents, the usual maintenance, storage, safety, and transportation are all big problems.

It's not as good as a bow and arrow.

At first, there was a musket battalion in the palace, but because there were too many casualties during training, it was simply abolished.

At present, it is still used by the outside border troops, but it is relatively rare, and it is generally used for castle defense operations, and it is rarely used during attacks.

The eunuch in charge of the War Bureau heard that Lord Xiao was interested in this thing, so he waved his hand and asked for it! When you Xichang brothers pick the rest, I'll send them out, and it's over!

If that's what...... Then let's stay, at least better than nothing.

Chen Xiaohu went to a horse farm outside the city, but there were a lot of horses inside, and there were only more than 80,000 horses in total, but half of them were ponies.

Because there are no grassland pastures around Fengyang City, forage needs to be transported from other places.

And the feeding of war horses is different from that of general pack horses, and they need to add a lot of concentrate feed, such as soybeans and black beans, which are all food, so the cost is extremely high, and you can't afford to raise too much.

The officer of the horse farm heard that it was Lord Xiao of the Xichang Factory who wanted horses, and immediately said that if the adults rode by themselves, the brothers could choose one or two horses for the adults without any problems, but if there were too many, it would not work.

Because our war horses are extremely scarce now, we must report to the Ministry of War for approval.

The arsenal of the military department is sufficient, and the maintenance of various weapons is also very good, and there is no problem with winter cotton clothes, Zhang Dafu's Shangyi supervisor does not have so much inventory, but he can contact the garment factory outside the palace, and it can be produced in a few days, of course, he has to ask for silver.

Zhuge Xiaosheng got the latest map drawn in the north, and asked for some maps left by the previous Han, all of which were hung on the wall, holding a long bamboo stick in his hand and pointing, quite a bit of modern military warfare.

There is a natural danger in the north of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that is, the Yanyun Mountain Range, which stretches for 800 miles, and one of the Xiongguan is the famous Yanyun Pass.

The reason why it is famous all over the world is that since the establishment of this pass, it has never been broken by an enemy from the north...... It does not count if the defender surrenders or is rebelled.

Yanyun Pass has been the gateway to the Central Plains in the past dynasties, because the south of Yanyun to Fengyang City is all a plain terrain of a horse and a flat river, and there is no natural danger to defend.

In the north of Yanyun Mountain, it is Yanyun County, with a total of eighteen state capitals, known as the eighteen states of Yanyun.

Yanyun County is nominally the territory of the Great Zhou, but in fact, most of it is controlled by the major tribes and clans in the north.

The five cities that Xiao Chen won back actually belonged to the Han Dynasty in the previous dynasty, and they were unable to take them back after being forcibly taken away.

In short, these are all problems left over from history, and they are all marked in red on rigorous military maps.

Even if Xiao Chen doesn't know much about military affairs, he has a big head, "There are no mountains in a large area of the trough?" ”

Yes, there is, but there is no natural danger, and almost all the cities in Yanyun County are located on the endless plains.

Therefore, the population of Yanyun County is also pitiful, and there are only a few hundred thousand people registered in the household department, which is similar to a government in Jiangdong County.

If it weren't for the strict order of the imperial court not to allow them to enter the customs, they might have all run back a long time ago......

Now, not only are Xian Xiao sending troops to harass, but several other tribes are also ready to move, wanting to take the opportunity to kill and occupy the territory and rob the population...... The situation can be said to be quite serious.

In this situation, even Li Feng, the king of Fengyang, or even Li Wanyun, the king of Zhongcheng, may not be able to do it.

If Li Wanjiang really sent Xiao Chen, then he really responded to Chen Jisheng's words.

You will surely die if you go!