Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 62 Work together to become bigger and stronger

The famous scholar Mr. Zhang Pei once said that there is no shortage of smart people in this world, let alone people who think they are smart but are not very smart, especially those who stand on dry shores. They often think that they are very smart. clever.

Earlier, when Zhu Jinsong sold some of the seized matchlock guns to Chen Tailai, Meng Lianggu and all the handles, large and small, did not object, because the matchlock guns had too many problems, and these handles looked down on them. All of them are flintlock guns, so if they are sold, they will be sold, and no one objects.

But Zhu Jinsong planned to sell the flintlock gun to Chen Tailai, and Meng Lianggu, big and small, were a little reluctant. They all thought that Zhu Jinsong must have some serious illness, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a decision.

Of course, Zhu Jinsong could also guess what everyone was thinking. After all, the power of such things as flintlock guns is there. Zhu Jinsong himself even used the rifled flintlock gun made by Meng Lianggu to kill Nawang, the son-in-law of the deaf old dog. Dorji and Zuodu Yushi Asiha, it is normal for everyone to have this kind of worry.

Someone brought over two flintlock guns with similar shapes, and Zhu Jinsong said, "Look, what's the difference between these two flintlock guns?"

Liu Huaiwen glanced at it, and immediately lost interest in taking a second look: "The flintlock gun on the left has rifling in the barrel, and its range is lower than the one on the right, but the aim is higher. The one on the right The range is longer, but because there is no rifling, the aim is lower."

When it comes to familiarity with firearms, apart from Zhu Jinsong, who is the master of the whole Menglianggu, Liu Huaiwen is the one who knows the most among all the handles in the room. Now, listening to what Liu Huaiwen said, The rest of the leaders had no desire to observe any further.

Zhu Jinsong hummed, looked at Liu Huaiwen and said, "Apart from the rifling? What's the difference between these two flintlocks?"

Liu Huaiwen hummed, took two mouthfuls of the dry smoke pot, and said, "The biggest difference between these two types of flintlock guns lies in the different ammunition."

"A rifled flintlock gun, the barrel can be equipped with a bayonet, and it uses Mengliang bullets. After firing, there is no need to clean the barrel like the seized flintlock guns. There is no need to consider the amount of charge, and it is easier to load. .”

"A flintlock gun without rifling cannot be equipped with a bayonet, and the ammunition used is also gunpowder plus projectiles. Every time you reload, you must pay attention to the amount of charge, and you must clean the barrel every time you fire it."

Zhu Jinsong hummed again, and then took a machete from the guard behind him and put it on the table: "If the flintlock is out of ammunition, or it is rainy, it is the flintlock, or Is the big knife powerful?"

For all the leaders in the room, Zhu Jinsong's question is completely redundant.

The great thing about the flintlock gun is that it removes the burning time of the matchlock of the matchlock gun, making the shooting interval shorter, but it does not solve the disadvantage of fear of the gunpowder getting wet.

If it catches up with cloudy and rainy days, the advantage of flintlock guns over matchlock guns will no longer exist. Even the flintlock guns and Meng Lianggu bullets made by Meng Lianggu could not completely solve this problem.

For example, when the Qing Dynasty attacked Burma, the officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty used matchlock guns, while the Burmese side used flintlock guns. The Qing Dynasty relied on the rainy weather to even out the gap between the two, so as to force Myanmar to negotiate peace. .

To put it bluntly, if it is really a battle in rainy weather, whether it is an arquebus or a flintlock gun, the effect of this thing on the battlefield is not much better than that of a fire stick.

The solution to the lack of ammunition is not as good as burning fire sticks is very simple. Either let the soldiers carry more ammunition, and at the same time install bayonets like Meng Lianggu's flintlock guns, or let the soldiers carry an extra large blade.

Just being asked by Zhu Jinsong, all the leaders in the room, big and small, came back to their senses.

It seems that there is no problem selling flintlock guns without rifling to Chen Tailai?
After all, although Chen Tailai occupies most of Yanzhou Mansion and a small part of Caozhou Mansion, his current focus is entirely on attracting gentry and scholars, and the soldiers are equipped with a small amount of matchlock guns, and more of them are swordsmen. spear.

It wasn't that Chen Tailai didn't want to equip his soldiers with flintlock guns, but that Chen Tailai had no way to buy them, let alone the skills to make them himself.

If the flintlock guns without rifling were sold to Chen Tailai, on the surface it would indeed increase Chen Tailai's strength, but in the long run, when flintlock guns can be bought with money, Chen Tailai would still spend real money Do people make it themselves?

When Chen Tailai got used to making it better than buying it, as long as Meng Lianggu cut off the supply of gunpowder, the flintlock gun in Chen Tailai's hand would become a firestick. Shooting guns than range?
Seeing that all the leaders, big and small, had figured it out, Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "How about it, no one objected to selling the flintlock gun without rifling to Chen Tailai, right?"

All the bearers, big and small, nodded frantically, but Liu Huaiwen remained silent, just kept clicking on the pot of dry tobacco.

Of course, there is no big problem in selling flintlock guns without rifling to Chen Tailai. The only problem is that the production at Baizhangya is simply not enough to supply in large quantities.

If you want to manufacture flintlock guns without rifles in large quantities, you have to expand the scale on the Baizhangya side. Expanding the scale means more equipment and manpower, and both equipment and manpower need money.

So Liu Huaiwen, Meng Lianggu's big butler, has a headache.

Plus distressed.

……

Chen Tailai has been very busy recently.

After winning most of Yanzhou, Chen Tailai first visited Yan Shenggong in Qufu.

Chen Tailai's original intention was to invite Yan Shenggong Kong Xianpei to come forward and call on scholars all over the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but he didn't want Kong Xianpei, Yan Shenggong from the Qing Dynasty to be loyal to me, even if facing Chen Tailai, he would either come forward to call on the scholars all over the world or starve Even if Kong Xianpei was starved to death and beheaded, he would never help the rebel Chen Tailai.

It was only at this time that Chen Tailai realized that he had been tricked by Zhu Jinsong's bum before.

When it was agreed to divide Yanzhou between the two, the one surnamed Zhu said that he would give him all the territory west of Surabaya, and the one surnamed Zhu sent troops to Tai'an to fight against the Tartars with him.

At that time, I still laughed to myself at the stupidity of that surnamed Zhu. After all, as long as I can tell Dongyan Shenggong to come forward and call on scholars all over the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty, I can gain a certain degree of fame and righteousness.

Now it seems that the surname Zhu probably expected that it would be very difficult to deal with if Yan Shenggong did not cooperate, so he gave himself all the land west of Surabaya.

However, what makes Chen Tailai desperate is that now the whole thing is done, the territory west of Surabaya belongs to him, and the family of Yanshenggong Mansion also happens to be under his control, but they can't be beaten or scolded by his mother, it's like his mother. !
It's not that Chen Tailai didn't think about killing Kong Xianpei or starving the whole family to death in the Confucian mansion, so as to satisfy their loyalty to the Tartars, but when thinking of the consequences of doing so, Chen Tailai couldn't help it. Feeling guilty and helpless, Chen Tailai could only choose to go downhill when his subordinates persuaded him, and temporarily let Yan Shenggong's family go.

Of course, letting go of Yansheng Gong's mansion is not without benefits. After all, Chen Tailai's reputation among Yanzhou scholars has improved a lot after that, and there are indeed some depressed scholars who have defected to Chen Tailai.

Chen Tailai first took the opportunity to accept these scholars, and then listened carefully to the opinions of these scholars, and then summed up a Chen Tailai-style anti-Qing routine.

First establish a firm foothold in Yanzhou and Jining, and then expand the territory.

Chen Tailai has already made up his mind, as long as he holds the banner of anti-Qing and Fuming, and then occupies Jining, Yanzhou, people with lofty ideals in the world who want to fight against Qing and Fuming will respond to him, and find a former Ming royal orphan to confess. After the great cause of Qing Fuming is successful, let him die suddenly.

Simply perfect.

Based on the premise of establishing a firm foothold first, Chen Tailai first sent people to connect with the Bagua Sect, preparing for the two to divide Caozhou together, and then stepped up efforts to lead the gentry in Yanzhou and Jining to form farmers' associations.

That's right, it is to lead the gentry from Yanzhou and Jining to organize farmers' associations.

Although Chen Tailai wanted to learn from Zhu Jinsong to run a peasant association at the beginning, but under the hard persuasion of those scholars, Chen Tailai finally realized that his foundation is a group of sage gentry rather than poor poor Mud legs, so Chen Tailai's version of the peasant association was set up by the village gentry.

In addition, under the advice of these scholars, Chen Tailai began to study the autumn tax of Qian Deaf's 49 years.

These scholars analyzed it very clearly. If you want to rebel, you need an army. If you have an army, you need food and money. If you want food and money, you have to spend money to buy it.
Luckily, Zhu Jinsong had already checked the Jining Prefecture Yamen, the Yanzhou Prefect Yamen, and the county government offices of Chen Tailai's counties before.

Then these scholars suggested that Chen Tailai first exempt Qian Deaf's 49 years of spring tax to buy people's hearts, and then collect Qian Deaf's 49 years of autumn tax.

Chen Tailai summed up what these scholars said was indeed correct. The waiver of the 49-year spring tax was a kindness of the Governor, and the collection of the 49-year autumn tax was to fight against the Qing Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with it!
As for the fact that the people in Jining and Yanzhou have paid their taxes to Qiande for decades...then it was collected by the Tazi government, what does it have to do with Governor Chen?
These messy things are very simple to say, but it is very troublesome to actually do it. Fortunately, there are these scholars who come here to help Chen Tailai not to be in a hurry.

Fortunately, with the help of these scholars, Qian Deaf’s autumn tax for 49 years was really collected by Chen Tailai. After all, the gentry of Yanzhou Farmers’ Association and Jining Farmers’ Association kept their property and even went further. Helping Chen Tailai collect taxes can be regarded as an obligation.

After having money, Chen Tailai's heart became wilder.

Chen Tailai planned to meet Zhu Jinsong in order to avenge the vengeance he had suffered in the matter of Yansheng Gong's mansion, but after hard persuasion from those scholars, Chen Tailai realized clearly that the most important thing right now is to fight against Zhu Jinsong first. Qing, the little shit between me and Zhu Jinsong can be left to study later.

Therefore, when Zhu Jinsong sent someone to express that he would sell flintlock guns to Chen Tailai, Chen Tailai was very happy to agree: "I want as many flintlock guns as you Meng Lianggu has. After all, we are allies against the Qing Dynasty." .”

"However, you, the head of the family, played with the governor before and threw the hot potato of Yanshenggong's mansion to the governor. Should there be an explanation for this matter?"

Of course, the people sent by Zhu Xiaosong understood the meaning behind what Chen Tailai said, so they just said calmly: "Each flintlock gun comes with an extra ten bullets."

Chen Tailai curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "Twenty shares, this matter is over. From now on, the two of us will join hands and work together to become bigger and stronger, drive away the tartars, and create brilliance together!"

(End of this chapter)