Chapter 052: A New Path to Wealth

After sufficient preparations, the officers and men of the Ning Navy wore cotton clothes, newly made cotton shoes on their feet, and the bedding was also sewn from brand new cotton.

In addition to clothes, Cheng Shijie asked the Ordnance Bureau to modify 200 carts, which are similar to the marching dining cars of later generations, of course, because of technical reasons, they will definitely not be as functional as the dining cars of later generations.

This kind of dining car, one under the jurisdiction of each team, has a briquette-type water heater on it, even in the middle of the march, this kind of water heater can be burned, which can ensure that the officers and men of the Ning Navy can drink hot water during the march, and once they camp, they can quickly cook a hot meal for the whole team.

In addition to these dining cars, the newly established Ninghai Navy's Baggage Transportation Division was accompanied by the Ninghai Navy's Baggage Transportation Division.

The bureau is always a gambler and a hundred households Wang Jing, Wang Jing is the youngest of the ten hundred households in Zuo Qianhu, he just topped his father Wang Xuan's hundred households last year, only nineteen years old. When the Ning Navy was founded, Wang Jing wanted to join the Ning Navy and vowed to quit drugs.

This thing is a ruthless person, seeing that Cheng Shijie disagreed, he directly took a knife to cut off his right hand, Cheng Shijie pushed Wang Jing away, and Wang Jing's knife slashed on the ground, leaving a knife mark of nearly half a foot.

In Cheng Shijie's opinion, Wang Jing is a ruthless person, not to mention that he is still young, so he was given this opportunity, of course, the premise is that if he gambles again, he will have no chance directly.

The Baggage Transport Division has five sentry posts, each of which has five teams of 60 people, one more than the soldiers, a total of 300 people in the whole division, a total of 280 modified carriages, of course, because there are not enough war horses, so they can only be replaced by mules, donkeys and oxen.

These baggage transports, which were responsible for transporting supplies, tents, and briquettes, and an army of 2,500 men, were equipped with a total of 480 carts, which must have been a bit much, mainly to facilitate the transportation of captured materials.

The officers and men of the Ning Navy had already set off, but this time Cheng Shijie did not lead the troops to the battle, but led by Shen Mingyu and assisted by Zhang Yu.

Before the temporary, Cheng Shijie specially explained to Shen Mingyu: "In this battle, don't be greedy, we have a lot of people and good equipment, in fact, we don't have much to lose, but the bandits are brave, and casualties are inevitable. ”

"The men are already careful!"

"For the generals to have the ability to change the battle, if the bandits escape, don't underestimate the enemy, even if the bandits escape in the end, it means that the bandits are afraid of our army, and the brothers will be encouraged, and in the next battle, they will be bolder. They think to themselves, bandits are not that great...... They're scared and they're going to run away......"

Shen Mingyu smiled dumbly and said, "Lord Garrison has calculated the hearts of the brothers thoroughly. ”

"Let's just take it for granted, sometimes fighting is wisdom, but most of the time it is courage, and the establishment of courage is a slow process. An army that does not have courage will not dare to fight, and no matter how clever a general is, he will be tied. ”

Cheng Shijie looked in the direction of Liaodong: "Just like the Jiannu of Liaodong, the old wild boar skin said that it was with thirteen pairs of armor to raise troops, they initially specially selected the Liaodong guards to do it, and the guards of Liaodong did not fight in the Li Chengliang era, so they were frightened when they met Jiannu, but Jiannu became more and more courageous, this is actually a process of cultivating self-confidence, and our brothers are the same, when they face bandits, they are no longer timid, they can move forward bravely, and our army will become!" ”

"The last general will not be dishonored, and he will not live up to the trust of the garrison!"

The officers and men of the Ning Navy had disappeared from sight, and Cheng Shijie was still standing at the gate of the camp, looking at the back of the soldiers of the Ning Navy who had disappeared.

"The lord is worried about ......"

"It is impossible to work behind closed doors in the barracks of the Ning Navy, the army is not trained, it is all fought, and only in actual combat can the real problems be discovered......

Without waiting for Cheng Shijie to finish speaking, Song Xiance said: "The lord is a little anxious, and he is a little ......."

"Pulling out seedlings to help grow?"

Cheng Shijie smiled bitterly: "The enemy won't give us time, Da Linghe has been defeated three times in a row, and the imperial court has more than 2.8 million troops on the surface, in fact, where do they still have soldiers and horses?" Our Futai lord ......"

In history, Sun Yuanhua sent the Dongjiang Army Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng to support Daling River, but according to his Denglai New Army, he did not move, and there was actually selfishness.

Although it is said that the Ning Navy was established with the support of Sun Yuanhua, this army did not ask for his food, nor did it ask him for equipment, let alone let him worry about it.

It's like a borrowed cow, so you don't feel distressed.

If the Ning Navy can't grow up rapidly in a short period of time, once it goes to Liaodong, it will be nothing more than an additional 2,500 heads.

What's more, Cheng Shijie is really anxious now.

Cheng Jiayue has already responded in the beautiful hospital, the other party has faxed her case, and is being analyzed by experts, if the other party hospital is absolutely sure, they will accept Cheng Jiayue for treatment, this time may be three or five days, or it may be half a month, or even longer.

Cheng Shijie can only prepare for the worst.

Cheng Shijie first went to Ninghai City, and the Ordnance Bureau, Gun Bureau, and Armor Crossbow Bureau of the Ning Navy were all established in Ninghai City, and when he came to the Gun Bureau of the Ning Navy.

The person in charge of weapons production and research and development is the chief butler Zhou Yandong.

"Brother Zhou!"

"Lord Garrison, you're a bad official!"

"Don't say that, a brother for a day, a brother for a day, when Cheng was a thousand households, you Zhou Lao Zhou could afford it, and now you can afford it!"

Cheng Shijie said: "How is the crossbow machine progressing? ”

"It's so difficult, there's no way to do it!"

The sample crossbow machine that Cheng Shijie gave to the A Crossbow Bureau was actually a cross crossbow from later generations, because all this equipment on a certain treasure had been taken off the shelves, and what he bought was only a second-hand product.

It also cost him more than 8,000 yuan, the full weight of the crossbow machine, 6.5 kilograms, and the way of winding the pulley can have a strong lethality of 200 meters, because of the optical sight, even if Cheng Shijie has not played once, there is a seventy percent chance of hitting the target.

"Is it really that hard?"

"It's hard!"

Zhou Yandong smiled bitterly: "Even if we draw a scoop based on the gourd, the range is too far away, and we can barely reach one hundred and seventy steps!" ”

Cheng Shijie silently calculated, one step in the Ming Dynasty was five feet, according to 31.5 centimeters per foot, that is, one meter five seven, and one hundred and seventy steps is two hundred and sixty-seven meters.

The extreme range of 267 meters is enough to easily hang the torch.

"Then lower the standard, just follow one hundred and seventy steps!"

"If the standard is lowered, it can be done, but the material is ......"

"Can't find all the materials?"

"Steel, we have, it's something like cow tendon and horn, and very few people kill cattle, so this kind of material is hard to find!"

Cheng Shijie also had a big headache, cattle are an indispensable good partner for farming, without cattle, agricultural production will definitely have a big regression, so cattle have become the lifeblood of farmers, killing cattle to take cow tendons and horns to make crossbows?

Committing suicide is a prison sentence! With so few cows, he now has less than two hundred cows in total, where can he find enough horns and tendons?

Cheng Shijie tried to ask: "Is it okay to use the tendons of livestock such as pigs or sheep?" ”

"You can use pig or sheep tendons, but the tendons of these livestock are much thinner than those of cows, so they can only be glued...... And in terms of quality, it is far inferior to beef tendon. ”

"That's it for the time being, this garrison will think of a way again, it's really not good, let's spend money to buy it! Has there been any progress in the development of the firebolt? ”

"We are no strangers to firecrackers, as long as there is enough iron, it is not difficult to make powerful guns...... Look, the craftsman is drilling the pipe. ”

Cheng Shijie watched the craftsmen drill the pipes by hand, and was preparing to think about how to improve the efficiency of pipe making, if in the short term, Cheng Shijie can indeed bring the pipes from the future, Hangang Group itself produces seamless steel pipes, all kinds of models, not to mention the barrels of the guns, and the barrels of artillery.

From the thinnest two millimeters to the maximum 1,420 millimeters (natural gas pipelines), the problem is that he has a limited amount to carry, and he can solve the problem of small-scale equipment in a short period of time, and equip a large number of troops, and the Ming Dynasty needs to overcome this problem technically.

At this moment, Cheng Shi came over and said, "Father-in-law, that person surnamed Gu wants to see you!" ”

Cheng Shijie already knew that Gu Shizhang was a businessman from Huizhou, and there was no Anhui Province yet, and the Gu family was not a wealthy family of Huizhou merchants, and Cheng Shijie did not attach much importance to him.

Speaking of which, Gu Shizhang is really unlucky, he was injured in the arm, but the wound was infected, and he got a cold, and he didn't recover until now.

Cheng Shijie thought about borrowing the channel of the merchant to buy beef tendon, so he decided to meet Gu Shizhang.

In the Qianhu Mansion, it is no longer the garrison yamen of the Ning Navy.

Cheng Shijie saw Gu Shizhang again, but Gu Shizhang's appearance was a little embarrassed.

"Gu Mou meets Cheng Shoubei!"

"Is Mr. Gu's injury better?"

"It's much better, Shizhang thanks Cheng Shoubei for saving his life!"

"Cheng is a naval garrison, and it is just a duty to protect the safety of the Ninghai side, Mr. Gu does not have to be polite!"

Gu Shizhang bowed and said: "Etiquette cannot be abolished, Gu is a native of Qimen, Huizhou, and has been in business for generations, mainly in the fur and spice business, and also involved in pawn, salt, grain and other industries, but he is not famous." ”

"It turned out that Mr. Gu was from a family of Hui merchants, and he was disrespectful."

"A small business, it's not a family!"

Gu Shizhang said with a smile on his face: "The grace of life is inexhaustible, it is a small meaning, it is not a tribute, please Cheng Shoubei laugh!" ”

Saying that, Gu Shizhang handed Cheng Shijie a gift list.

Cheng Shijie hurriedly glanced at it, and saw that some property was written on it, which was worth about four or five thousand taels of silver, which was definitely a big deal.

Gu Shizhang watched Cheng Shijie accept the gift, then got up and said, "Master Cheng, there is a reluctant invitation below, I don't know ......."

"Tell me about it!"

"Gu has a batch of goods, from Dengzhou to Jinan City, can you send troops to escort you if you don't guard it?"

Gu Shizhang was also frightened by the bandits in Shandong, originally he arrived in Dengzhou directly by boat, but never arrived in Dengzhou, but near Liugong Island, his boat began to seep water, in desperation, had to abandon the boat on foot, through Ninghai Prefecture, was attacked by Zhen Sanshan led by the troops, more than 40 guards around him, and a team of dart divisions, nearly 100 people were killed by Zhen Sanshan only two master and servant.

Cheng Shijie couldn't help but light up, and a new financial path appeared in front of him.