The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 241 A Mountain of Supplies

The 7th Battalion was still Xiao Yongqiu, expanded to 2000 people, with two divisions and six bureaus. Xiao Yongqiu served as the thousand commander of the 8th infantry division, and He Liangwu was the thousand commander of the 9th division.

The 8th Battalion was still Xu Wei, expanded to 2000 people, two divisions and six bureaus, Xu Wei served as the thousand commander of the 11th infantry division, and Yan Xiong served as the thousand commander of the 12th infantry division.

The 10th Battalion is still Xilaojing, originally 1 people, with [-] navy and [-] artillery.

Right now the artillery is assigned to the various infantry divisions, and [-] new recruits will be drawn for retraining, and after half a year of training, they will be assigned to each division.

Another five hundred naval recruits were added.

So in fact, the 10th Battalion has only 500 more people, and the total number of people is 1500.

In this case, the total army under Ding Yi's command is 9 cavalry, 1000 navy, and [-] infantry, a total of [-] people.

Another thousand guards and horses and five hundred artillerymen in training are not counted, and if added, it will reach 12500 people.

It is definitely the size of a general town.

If the court finds out, it will definitely lose its glasses.

Ding Yi used Lushun's own designation and title internally, and outsiders didn't even know how many soldiers he had.

Moreover, when Lushun came in, the inspection was very strict. There were 100 people in the common people, and they could only get in and out. further away.

So let alone the court, even Houjin, who is not far away, doesn't know how many soldiers Ding Yi has.

At the meeting, Ruan Wenlong reported various data of Lushun.

Everyone is used to hearing a lot of hoarding. Many people did not understand why Ding Yi likes to hoard supplies so much. Now everyone understands that as long as the supplies are well prepared, it is easy to do anything.

Right now Lushun grain rice, charcoal, nitrate, iron, copper, sulfur and other military and civilian supplies are all hoarded at the level of 40, and copper ore and iron ore have reached [-] catties.

Now between the two mountains in the south-central part of Lushun, there are all kinds of warehouses. Ding Yi may expand the garrison next year, otherwise it will not be enough.

It seems very simple when listening to these figures, but everyone sitting at the scene knows that Mr. Ding has put in so much energy and effort for these things. What they achieved in Lushun for more than two years is what Mao Wenlong could not achieve in Phi Island in 20 years of.

In the era of Mao Wenlong, Phi Island lacked everything.

And they in Lushun are hoarding everything, and they are hoarding more and more of everything.

Everyone couldn't understand why Ding Yi paid so much money.

But everyone knows that Lord Ding is not only good at fighting, but also good at making money.

Then the Craftsmanship Bureau reported that they now have 25 machine tools. (This time Ruan Siqing brought back a lot of clams. After half a year, their machine tools will reach [-].)
The Craftsman Bureau (excluding the shipyard) currently has more than 400 craftsmen, more than 500 apprentices, and more than 1000 workers.

More than 2000 people, more than double the same period last year.

The shipyard also has more than 80 craftsmen, more than 100 apprentices, and more than 300 workers, nearly 500 people.

The regular monthly production of guns reached [-]. (This is the case of the work system of eight in the morning and six in the evening, excluding overtime)

The monthly output is 300 iron armors and 600 cotton armors.

In addition, since last month, as the technology of casting cannons has become more and more mature, there are more and more skilled craftsmen, producing 12 8-pound copper cannons and 24 6-pound iron cannons every month.

Because this time brought craftsmen who can make Franco cannons, they are estimated to be able to make 20 Francophones per month in the future.

Ding Yi frowned after listening. After more than two years of development, he found that casting armor was the slowest.

Whether it is a gun or a cannon, as long as you are proficient, there will be more and more craftsmen, and the output will soon increase.

But his production of iron armor and cotton armor has not been able to increase.

Everyone was happily listening to the results, and seeing that Ding Yi seemed unhappy, they were all baffled, we all did so well?What else is Master Ding dissatisfied with?

"I found that after the past two years of development, armor casting is the slowest." Ding Yi said slowly: "Armor can protect the lives of our brothers. Can't we mention this speed?"

He now has more than 1 soldiers and horses, and it has been more than two years. Not to mention the iron armor, there is still half of the cotton armor.

Li Zhongyi smiled bitterly: "The iron armor is very troublesome. It needs to be spliced ​​together, and it is all done by hand. Half of our more than 1000 workers are doing this."

"How much iron armor is equipped in the army now?" Ding Yi asked.

"Less than two thousand." Li Zhongyi thought for a while: "I remember that the production is about 1800, but there is loss."

Only one-fifth of the soldiers and horses have iron armor.

Ding Yi basically relies on the defense in the early stage of the battle, and he must have iron armor. In the later stage, when there are more soldiers, he can attack, so he doesn't need so many iron armor.

In the early stage, it is necessary to ensure that every battle is won, and his soldiers will die at least.

If there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the later stage, it will not be so heartbreaking to lose some of them.

"Speed ​​up the training of skilled craftsmen and workers." Ding Yi said.

"There is no room." Li Zhongyi complained last time that there were not enough craftsmen, and now Ding Yi has been desperately helping him find craftsmen in the past two years, and now he complains that there is not enough space.

Lushun is such a big place, and now there are more than 6 people living there. Ding Yi also likes to hoard supplies and fields.

The pig island is too small, and it has long been insufficient.

Right now they don't have enough room.

Ding Yi nodded: "If we strive to win the Golden State this year, there will be a lot of room."

With Li Zhongyi's reminder, Ding Yi also knows that the population under his rule has reached the extreme, and there is almost no place to release people in Lushun.

After taking Jinzhou, and then building forts around it, another area can be surrounded.

He intends to build a new castle around each city and enclose a piece of land every time he wins a city, just like playing Go.

In this way, his territory will become bigger and bigger.

Golden State has to be taken this year.

Then a large number of Liao people can be received from Pidao.

I believe that these Liao people all want to go back to their hometown.

"That's it. This year's goal is to win Jinzhou, the population under the rule will reach 12, and the farmland will reach [-] mu." Ding Yi finally set the goal for this year.

He discussed it with the Logistics Department and Ruan Wenlong, and carefully considered it.

The population and farmland under the rule will develop synchronously at a ratio of more than 1:1 in the future.

That is, for a population of 10, at least [-] mu of farmland is required.

With a population of 20, at least 20 more must be farmed.

Keeping this ratio, his food supply will be sufficient.

In addition, he likes to hoard food, so even if there is a disaster year, he will not collapse.

His way of hoarding grain is different from that of the ancients. The ancients built a granary, and the surplus grain that might be put in it would not be moved for one, two, or even three or four years.

Ding Yi hoards new food and eats old food, promising to keep new food forever.

The goal is set, but how to achieve it is another matter.

First of all, Ding Yi must ensure that he will not be involved in the battle of Dalinghe this year.

"This year is a very critical year. Let's think about it, how can we not be conscripted by the court to fight in Liaodong?" Ding Yi said at this time.

At the scene, you look at me, I look at you, Xu Wei is a little puzzled, isn't our military training just to fight the Tartars?
He thought for a while, and raised his hand first: "Master Ding, isn't the reason why we train so many soldiers is to fight the Tartars?"

Ding Yi remained calm and looked around, most of the generals looked at Xu Wei strangely, only two or three seemed to be nodding vaguely.

Ding Yi said with a straight face: "Xu Wei, do you think our troops in Lushun are already invincible?"

"As soon as a few battalions go out, can Houjin be wiped out?"

Everyone looked at each other listening.

(End of this chapter)