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Chapter 7 Heavy Preparations and Busy Budgeting

Angel frowned slightly when he entered the 'door', the smell in the room was not very good, especially the aroma of food in the air, mixed with the smell of some incense powder, 'mixed' together, it became a very strange smell, which reminded him of the days on his brother Gavin's Pioneer.

These men are actually smeared with incense powder, well, these people should be the nobles of this city. The wings of her small nose opened and closed slightly, and then a reserved smile appeared on her face: "It should be my honor to be able to participate in the banquet of a group of noble gentlemen!" ”

Brad smiled quietly behind Angel, and translated her words, if it is the official language of the Ming Dynasty, I believe that these people present are individuals, at least one group of people can understand, if it is to convey information in words, then, these people can be said to be able to communicate, but Dutch, Spanish for them to collect, is still like listening to the book of heaven.

Angel came here for the things of the craftsman camp.

In the test outside Xichuan City, she perfectly 'handed in' an answer sheet to Yu Feng, how could Yu Feng not reuse it for a dual talent like her. Therefore, Angel has become the most comfortable person in the new army, including his brother Gavin, which has improved the situation of their group a lot.

Seoul has a bureau specializing in the production of firearms, although their production process may not be eye-catching, but the venue, manpower, and even raw materials, Yu Feng is still eye-catching. After controlling the Craftsman Battalion, the production capacity of the Craftsman Battalion has suddenly risen to a higher level, but the base camp of the Craftsman Battalion is still in Pyongyang, and a large number of craftsmen are rushing from Pyongyang day and night.

Angel wanted to do something, at least, he felt he could do his best for his fellow citizens. These days, she also learned in the artisan camp that the firearms of this army are indeed considered 'fine', but as an artillery, compared to her motherland, it is like a toddler baby, which also makes her somewhat understand that it is no wonder that the general would take such great pains to 'get' them from the distant sea to this country.

Then, if she wants to make achievements, the fastest way is to meet the most urgent needs of the general at present, to establish a more regular artillery force, as for surveying and mapping, although it seems that the general still attaches more importance to it, but, compared to this matter, it is all a small road. She used her surveying and mapping skills to be valued, and in their group, they used their artillery skills to be valued, how can it be the same day.

However, to build artillery, it will not work without artillery. At present, the small cannons made by the artisan battalion, they call them "tiger squat cannons", in Angel's opinion, are simply a joke, although she is not a craftsman, but, relying on such firearms, in large-scale battles, want to seize the advantage of artillery fire, it is really a bit of a fool's dream, these small cannons, at best, can only be regarded as a kind of defensive artillery, or the small units of the army, it is too far from what he imagined.

As for the larger artillery, I don't know how much trouble the general took, the Holland was supposed to transport to the Ming Kingdom this time to help them quell the rebellion of the 12-pounder cannons, but he actually 'got' to five 'guns', but these cannons, although powerful, but too bulky, are more than enough to be used as city defense artillery, if you want to use it in the army movement, rapid transfer, transport troops to play an effect, then it is not suitable.

Therefore, in her mind, a large number of three-pounder guns, supplemented by a certain number of six-pounder guns, this is the most suitable plan to arm the artillery of this army. She 'handed over' her plan in mind, and soon the general confirmed her idea, and before her companions reached the city, she was to take care of all the preparations, and for this purpose the general even 'drawn' a small group of soldiers to her, led by the captain Brad, to assist her in his own plan.

Therefore, when he found the management of the city, that is, the Seoul judge Yin Hanqian, and asked the other party to cooperate from the raw materials and manpower venues, the judge Yin readily agreed, but after agreeing, she warmly asked her to participate in their banquet, and said that her request may involve the scope of the responsibility of multiple officials, and with the strong support of these officials, her request will be met faster and better.

So, Angel appeared on this occasion at this time, to be honest, she still had some expectations for this banquet in her heart, the first time to participate in a banquet of a group of oriental nobles, how to say, it was also a commendable experience in her life, in Amsterdam, such a noble gathering, whether it was a banquet or a ball, the opportunities she could attend were counted with a slap.

She had the heart to change into her most beautiful outfit, but Brad stopped her, and although she had received permission from above to attend such a banquet, she was now representing the new army. Brad suggested that she should wear the uniform of the new army that she rarely wears, which is the same as Brad's uniform, plus Angel himself according to his own figure, a little processing, at this moment, when he appeared in front of everyone, it gave people a heroic and refreshing feeling.

Han Qian briefly introduced Angel's identity, everyone welcomed it, and regardless of whether Angel understood it or not, the sycophants flew over one by one, and for a while, the high-level sycophants and low-level sycophants flew together, sycophants and flattery were the same 'color', and the atmosphere suddenly became warm.

Han Qian firmly occupied Angel in the main position, those officials saw that Lord Yin and this General Angel were talking and laughing, they 'interjected' and couldn't talk, and suddenly, the target turned to Brad, although Brad is neither humble nor arrogant, but this feeling of being surrounded by people and being flattered, he is 'very' enjoying, more importantly, Han Qian has great powers, I don't know where to find an interpreter, he doesn't need to be Angel's translator for the time being, which makes him really feel like participating in the banquet.

"If we talk about artillery, we have also built a lot of artillery over the years, although it is not as sharp as the artillery of the Heavenly Army, but it is also useful, General Angel may have seen it?" Han Qian picked up the topics that Angel was interested in and chatted with Angel.

"You're talking about the stone cannons in the storeroom?" Angel shook his head: "That's some, how can they be called artillery, I plan this thing for the general, but I don't use these things that are not even broken copper and iron to perfunctory the general!" ”

"Yes, too!" Han Qian nodded in agreement: "The Heavenly Army equipment is unparalleled in the world, such a crude thing naturally can't enter the eyes of the general!" However, the artillery installed at the head of the city defense collar is cast in bronze, has the general ever seen it, these artillery, Gongwei Hanjing, should have some merit!? ”

"Judge Lord Yin!" Angel was a little impatient in her heart, she didn't look down on the guns in front of him who were chattering endlessly, she came to the other party because she needed the other party's manpower and raw materials to cooperate with the other party, rather than listening to a clumsy arms dealer from the other side to sell her.

"I think, you misunderstood what I meant, I want a lot of raw materials, pig iron, wrought iron, wrought copper and fuel, and you also need to allocate people to concentrate these raw materials in the site you are about to assign to me, as for the source of raw materials, how your bureau collected them before, how to collect them now, until we have no further instructions, continue to keep the original appearance!"

Han Qian raised the wine glass in his hand to hide his somewhat embarrassed smile.

Angel continued: "As for those craftsmen, they have all been taken over by our army at this moment, so Lord Yin doesn't have to worry about them anymore, doing what I said is a great achievement, and in the general's place, I will mention Lord Yin's contribution to our army!" ”

The embarrassed smile on Han Qian's face, after hearing Angel's last words, suddenly disappeared, isn't that what he wants, those core generals in the new army, he doesn't have such a big face to invite, but this Angel's 'female' general only belongs to General Pingyuan, with her words, he is not busy in vain today.

"So very good, very good, come, General Angel, let me introduce you, this one is the newly appointed city 'gate' leader Park Jianren Park, and now Lord Park is assisting your army and doing a good job. This one is the newly appointed commander of the robbery camp, Lord Lee Ho, and with Lord Lee's conscientious work, now I have a good situation in Seoul where I can stay on the road and stay overnight......"

If you really want to talk about it, Angel can only be regarded as a technical official even if she wears the uniform of a hundred households, and she can be regarded as a rookie who can't be a better cook than she can be an official, but Brad is different. After rolling all these years, not to mention the 'essence' of this officialdom, at least, he understands his identity and what position he is in in this group of people.

In the new army, all the generals are strictly ordered, except for the permission of the general, a general is not allowed to 'privately' have non-official 'sex' contact with the officials of Seoul, this is the measure taken by Yu Feng at this extraordinary time, the army is the army, if it is mixed with other things, it is not a pure army, as for these local things, when a large number of officials from the civil ya' 'gate' come, they will naturally do it in an orderly manner, and the army will do its own duty.

Therefore, he also knows that such an opportunity can be regarded as precious, and these officials, one by one, are 'fat' oil, he doesn't even have to take the initiative to ask for bribes, he just needs to express his interest in something, a little bit of interest, these officials will be very understanding to find all kinds of excuses, send him over, such a good thing, is enough for him to make this trip in vain.

This banquet is a banquet that Angel has to attend on an errand, but for Brad, it is an out-and-out opportunity to make a fortune, although all of what he gets must be reported, but, with the general's atmosphere, some of these belongings will definitely fall on him, which makes him not smile.

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