Gong Yijin frowned slightly, and arched his hand: "Back to Your Majesty, it's not impossible to ......"

I waved my hand: "Then do it!" How many blacksmiths are there in Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion now? ”

"There are about two thousand, of which there are only more than a thousand skilled hands."

I nodded and said to Zhang Han: "Zhang Han, you go to Bai Chong and ask him to immediately summon all the blacksmiths of the Ba clan to Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion, and recruit other folk blacksmiths, all of whom will gather in Nanyang to build flintlock pistols day and night!" ”

"Meng He, you immediately ask Qi Wan to draw up an edict, and Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion will stop other things and focus on making guns!"

I thought about it for a moment, and then commanded: "Male in, make a bayonet at the front end of the gun, and forge two lengths of bayonets at the same time, one about four feet long and the other about one foot long. The former can reach more than a foot with a bayonet attached to a flintlock pistol, and can be used as a spear against the approaching cavalry, while the latter is normally used against the infantry. ”

The three of them no longer hesitated, and arched their hands: "Obey!" ”

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In the following month, the new army's routine and march were no different from those of the modern army, except for daily training such as aiming practice with wooden guns and physical training, which was to study the drill manual, and now even illiterate people can memorize the drill manual backwards.

So I focused on training them in the will, mainly not to be afraid of cavalry. To deal with the cavalry, I added the first row of shield men to them.

Although the Hun cavalry did not develop the cavalry of the Mongols, they still used scimitars, but they also had archers, and they still needed to prevent damage from bows and arrows.

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In the blink of an eye, it was the end of July, and Zhang Han and Gongjin came to me dejectedly.

"Your Majesty, please condemn you, so far, a total of 2,000 flintlock pistols have been made, and gunpowder and projectiles are sufficient." Gong Yi bowed down with two big black circles under his eyes.

I looked at the appearance of the two and knew that they had done their best, so I said helplessly: "Get up, what is the main reason?" ”

Gong Yi saw that I was not to blame, and breathed a sigh of relief: "Back to Your Majesty, first of all, it has been spent more than half a month when the blacksmiths from all over the country arrived in Nanyang to make a mansion, and then they learned the manufacturing process, and they almost did not play a role; The second is that the excellent rate has been very low and has never been able to improve, and the minister really can't find any reason. ”

Zhang Han continued: "Your Majesty, there are also some problems with the projectile, although it is enough to fight a few wars now, but copper is the material for minting money, if it continues for a long time, I am afraid it will affect the world's calculations." ”

I nodded, no longer entangled, it was really difficult to make guns, and it was not easy to have 2,000 guns.

"Gong Yin, have you carefully read the cannon casting drawings I gave you?" I remembered the cannon, which was easier to build than the flintlock pistol.

Gong Chuan Ying said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have read it carefully, Your Majesty said that because of too many impurities in cast iron, bronze casting cannons should be used, but now the iron smelted by Nanyang Iron Smelting Mansion should be able to meet the conditions for casting cannons." ”

"Well, the iron-making process has not been improved before, and the use of bronze can reduce the explosion of the chamber, and the bronze chamber will be deformed before the explosion, which can give the artillery enough time to react. Now that there is fine iron, there is no need to use bronze. ”

I thought for a moment and continued: "Let's try our best to make guns, didn't you say that the blacksmiths from all over the world have learned about the same?" Presumably, next month will greatly increase the number of made, and I will give you another month, August is the deadline, and this matter cannot be delayed until after the Great Meeting. ”

Gong Yi hurriedly thanked him: "The minister obeys the order, and he will definitely make five thousand flintlock pistols on time!" ”

"Zhang Han, since the gunpowder is sufficient, immediately start making bombs on a large scale, I have ordered someone to hand it over to Zhou Qi, to use a special clay pot, there must be no mistakes, don't wait until the battlefield, blow up Shanglin Yuan first."

Zhang Han said yes.

I was just about to get the two of them to step down, and I asked to see them.

After a short time, Wei Chi hurriedly walked in, bowed down, and presented a military report: "Your Majesty, I just received a military report from the right general Jing Zhu, the Xiongnu suddenly attacked the twelve countries ten days ago, slaughtered countless people in the Western Regions, and plundered the grain, grass and goods of the twelve countries. ”

I took the military newspaper and took a cursory look at it, my eyes narrowed slightly, it seems that Wu's words have worked.

I handed the military newspaper to Zhang Han and said indifferently: "The military newspaper said that after the Xiongnu plundered the twelve countries, they saw the banners of Great Qin planted on the walls of other countries, so they turned around and went back. The countries of the Western Regions were panicked, and the twelve kingdoms ran to the territory of Wusun, crying to Jingzhu and grabbing the land, hoping that the soldiers withdrawn by the Qin army would return again to resist the raids of the Xiongnu for them. ”

Zhang Han finished reading it and said with a smile: "Jing Zhu is still clever, thinking that he has no right to mobilize the Qin army without authorization, he needs to ask His Majesty to prevaricate, and also stopped them from wanting to erect the banner of Great Qin to make the Xiongnu jealous." ”

Then he sighed lightly: "Your Majesty is right, they must wait for the second slash on the body to know the pain." If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place! Not to mention that Great Qin has not yet decided whether to tax them, and the grain and grass dispatched by the Qin army in the future will not be burdened by them, so how is it different from paying taxes? ”

I nodded and looked at His Excellency Long Yun's Shanglin Yuan: "Jing Zhu did the right thing, not only can Great Qin not be able to send troops, but even Great Qin's banner can't let them stand!" I don't want to be constrained by Daqin, but I also want Daqin to block disasters for them, it's not such a good thing. ”

Then he threw the military report in his hand on the case, waved his hand, and said, "You guys, wait for them to take the initiative to ask the Great Qin garrison to take care of it." Now our focus is still on training the new army and making guns and ammunition to use against the Xiongnu. ”

Several people retreated.

In mid-August, the Western Regions sent three men to Xianyang.

The front hall of Zhangtai Palace.

"Kaqu, we're meeting again, you've lost a lot of weight." I smiled and looked at the big fat man in front of me and teased.

Kaqu's fat face shook up and down as he spoke: "Emperor Xie Daqin and King Tianshan are concerned, I have been running all the way and am very worried, so I have lost some weight." ”

I nodded and got straight to the point: "You are here for the invasion of the Twelve Kingdoms by the Xiongnu, right?" ”

Kaqu was no longer hypocritical, and pointed to the other two: "Emperor Daqin, the two of them represent the Fourteen Kingdoms of Shannan and the Ten Kingdoms of Lingling, and I represent the Twenty Kingdoms of Shanbei. This time, we have brought the letters of state from the countries of the Western Regions, and I implore the Great Qin Emperor and the King of Tianshan to be merciful, not to withdraw the Qin troops of the countries, and at the same time restore the garrisons of the twelve countries, we are willing to bear the food and salary of the Qin army! ”

He took over the national letters of various countries, which were like the customs clearance documents of Tang Sanzang, and were covered with the seals and signatures of the forty-four countries of the Western Regions.

I nodded, smiled, and said, "I can agree." However, in what name did Great Qin garrison troops? I am afraid that people in the world will talk about it, saying that I have gone on an expedition but have gained nothing. ”