The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 260 Golden State Fortification
Ding Yi quickly drew a few things on the paper.

"This gear, you can make a few gears first."

"Gears and gears can be fitted together. When they rotate and fit together, they can drive to generate a lot of power."

"The shaft is installed in the middle, and the gear can be pulled by a waterwheel."

"Here, you should think of a way to hold the thin needle, so that the force of the water wheel and the twisting of the gears will far exceed that of manpower."

"It should be possible to pull the spring straight and flat. Even if it is not flat, it is much better than manpower. When the time comes, try again."

"I'm not a craftsman, so I can only give a general idea. How to make these gears and machinery, you can find craftsmen to study together. Don't worry, we have plenty of time."

All the craftsmen listened with great interest and admired Mr. Ding's knowledge.

This gear is really the first time I see it.

"One more thing to remember is that the more gears are operated, the greater the power. You can think of more gears to operate, so that the gears can provide us with greater power."

At this time, Zhao said: "I'm afraid this gear must be made of all steel."

"Must." Ding Yi smiled.

"Understood Master Ding, we will work hard." Zhou Dahu was also a little embarrassed. He has been here for almost two years and has not made a qualified flintlock.

"You have done a good job. At present, our firearm technology is far ahead of the court of Ming Dynasty and Houjin. I am proud of you." Ding Yi finally smiled.

Then he announced a collective silver reward to the craftsmen who participated in the manufacture of flintlock guns.

Everyone shouted and thanked Mr. Ding, and everyone was very happy.

When Ding Yi left, he also told them that gears can be used in many places, and their crafting bureau should pay more attention to this aspect and strive to make other machines.

Li Zhongyi suddenly asked: "It can also be used on a drill press."

"of course can."

Zhao Shi and Zhou Dahu nodded: "If this can be used on a drilling machine, the speed of hitting the barrel will definitely be improved."
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In October, because the Daling River was still surrounded, Sun Yuanhua sent Kong Youde to lead troops to support.

Kong Youde said that there was wind on the sea and the boat could not sail, so they had to retreat, but the Ministry of War ordered them to go by land.

So Kong Youde took [-] cavalry and headed for Daling River by land.

Of course Ding Yi knew about this period of history, and also knew that the Wuqiao mutiny that might seriously affect Dongjiang Town would follow.

He just couldn't figure it out, were the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty full of water?
Before Songshan sent two thousand, now Denglai sent eight hundred.

Hundreds of thousands of people went to Daling River to give off their heads?
This kind of reinforcement, either ignore it, or gather heavy troops. Kong Youde's 800 people went to Nengganmao, and a single Niulu of the Jin soldiers could wipe them out. I guess Kong Youde also knew the reason and didn't want to go.

Fortunately, the court knew that he had suffered heavy losses in Gaizhou and Fuzhou, and more than half of the [-] soldiers and horses were killed, so they did not send him there.

He is now firmly occupying Golden State, and his territory has more than doubled.

In October, he inspected various places again to see the development of the territory.

At present, Houjin has lost its foundation in southern Liaoning, and Fuzhou and Gaizhou are all empty cities.

Hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land between Fuzhou and Gaizhou to Jinzhou were also destroyed.

Especially now that it is October, and the autumn rice is about to be harvested, Ding Yi sends out cavalry every day, treating southern Liaoning as an uninhabited territory, criss-crossing, seeing the rice with Houjin, and immediately leveling it.

When they saw a village, they set it on fire.

No one was killed, but no one was taken away, only villages were burned and food was looted.

As a result, many Ming people on Houjin's side cursed at Lushun people, saying that they were not as good as Houjin.

Ding Yi is still going his own way, and his heart is for the Liao people in the Ming Dynasty. They have all fled to Phi Island and Lushun, and the people who are willing to stay in the Houjin area have nothing to do with Ding Yi.

In addition, in order to prevent the attack of Hou Jin, there are also tens of thousands of mu of fertile land within the distance from Jinzhou to Nanguankou, which were originally sown by Hou Jin.

Ding Yi planned to rush to harvest in October, and he left it alone after harvesting, and he didn't dare to continue planting, because he was afraid that Houjin would follow him and destroy the fields in the future.

In this case, plus his [-] mu of land at Nanguankou and Lushun today, his autumn harvest will reach [-] mu.

About [-] stones can be obtained.

At the beginning, Ding Yi set the goal to have two shi for the autumn grain, but it turned out that the weather and level in the late Ming Dynasty could not reach such a high level.

He is also considered to be from modern times, and has some experience. He knows how to apply base fertilizer in the field, including returning straw to the field, and put the straw to rot in the field as fertilizer.

If it is planted like this, it will cost more than one stone per mu, not two stones.

However, the yield of summer grain is lower, mainly due to the influence of the weather. The low temperature here in winter is very low, and it is easy to freeze the wheat seedlings to death.

Later, some elders among the common people proposed to cover the wheat seedlings with straw in autumn to keep warm, and it was much better.

By October, the population under his rule had reached [-].

Among them, there are [-] people in Jinzhou, including [-] soldiers and horses, [-] Liao people, and [-] shi of grain, enough to feed them for more than two years.

The 3rd Battalion of Mao Xin with 2000 troops stationed in Jinzhou, the 7th Battalion of Xiao Yongqiu with 2000 troops, and another [-] troops were drawn from the reserves to form the city defense force, which is specially responsible for guarding the city defense. Since August, it has been training the city's offensive and defensive warfare.

By October, there were 24 12-pound iron cannons in Jinzhou City, 60 movable 40-pound field guns, more than 130 various Francophones, and more than [-] tiger squat guns, and there were almost [-] various guns.

The other old-fashioned guns, as well as the large bowl of guns and general guns that were seized by the victory, were taken back and melted away. These guns were too easy to explode.

The guards have [-] blunderbuss soldiers, and another [-] new blunderbusses are in reserve.

Based on their 5000 men, Ding Yi is confident that unless more than [-] men attack Houjin, regardless of casualties, it will be impossible to defeat them.

Moreover, the South Gate is less than ten miles away from Jinzhou, and Ding Yi can send troops to support him at any time.

Regardless of whether Houjin came to attack Jinzhou or the South Pass, he had to divide his troops to guard against the rear.

To fight Jinzhou, we must prevent Nanguankou from sending troops from behind to stab their buttocks, and to fight Nanguankou, we must come out from Jinzhou to stab their buttocks.

Therefore, Ding Yi believes that Jinzhou can hold on right now.

The number one enemy of Hou Jin was the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to fight him to the death.

Of course, if Huang Taiji went crazy and fought recklessly regardless of the consequences, Jinzhou might not be able to hold on, and Jin's loss in the future might be unbearable for him.

On October 2, Ding Yi went to Jinzhou. Standing on the city wall of Jinzhou, he found that after more than 5000 Liao people, plus [-] surrendered troops, a total of [-] people worked desperately, all the alleys in the city had been built, and most of the Still building a house.

In order to speed up the time, all houses are very simple, generally four walls with a few windows, and a stove.

The house is no longer divided into rooms, and the rooms are isolated with simple wooden boards, and the toilets are built outside.

There will be hundreds of acres of land in the spare parts of the city, which are mainly used to grow vegetables, raise chickens and ducks, etc. to improve food.

Right now most people are digging ponds, wells, and various pits.

There are also a small number of people who make anti-arrow stacks on the city wall.

Ding Yi attaches great importance to the protection of gunners.

The Liao people on the city wall used the mud and rock dug out of the city, filled it with sandbags, and stacked them up to form a small bunker-like protective pile every five meters, which could hide one or two gunmen.

The sandbags were one meter wide and were layered on top of each other, even if they were hit by Houjin's Hongyi cannon.

The gunner only needs one hole to hit the city, which is very safe.

On rainy days, you can hide inside to shelter from the rain.

This is equivalent to building small houses one by one on the city wall.

Inside each bunker are gun soldiers, and between the bunkers are gun and shield soldiers.

To protect the gun shield soldiers.

On the top of both sides of the blockhouse, the thick trees with arms sawn off extend out, connecting with the blockhouse next door to form a top cover, thus ensuring that the arrows thrown under the city cannot hit everyone's heads.

Normal tools for defending the city, such as rolling logs and stones, are not available here.

(End of this chapter)