The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 660
"I looked at the map on the school map, Europe is quite far away from us, and it takes more than a year to come and go." Xu Manyun said with a small face in horror.

"Master Ding said that the academic level of universities in Europe far surpasses ours, and you can learn a lot of useful knowledge." Chen Qianhua said seriously: "For Master Ding and Lushun, I want to go to Europe."

Chen Qianhua raised her head, circling on the spot, giggling coquettishly.

"I'm going too." Wang Bao blushed and said.

"You graduated as a naval officer, how do you get there? Do you want to be a deserter?" Fatty He laughed.

"I can change my major. It's still possible to change my major before graduation." Wang Bao hurriedly said.

"Do you want to go with me?" Chen Qianhua turned her head at this moment and looked at him deeply.

Chen Qianhua seemed to have a crush on Wang Bao as well.

"I'll go if you go." Wang Bao said without hesitation, blushing.

"What major are you changing to?" Chen Qianhua asked.

"What about you?" Wang Bao asked back.

Chen Qianhua thought about it seriously: "I still want to study physics."

Wang Bao was surprised. Physics was a secondary subject in Ding Yi's school, and it was relatively simple. He only learned the superficial level. It is estimated that even the junior high school students of later generations may not have the level.

But in the past few years, with the relevant books and knowledge in Europe that the senior staff have obtained, the overall level of physics at Lushun University must be the best in Asia today.

Wang Bao thought for a while, then blurted out: "I want to learn shipbuilding and help Lushun build bigger warships."

Fatty He gave him a blank look and looked at Xu Manyun. As long as Xu Manyun was in Lushun, he would not leave. When Xu Manyun went abroad, he also planned to go abroad.

Everyone looked at Xu Manyun at this time.

Wang Bao looked at Fatty He's anxious look, and rolled his eyes: "I heard that Master Ding likes enlightened and knowledgeable women the most."

"Mrs. Ding, Ruan, can speak foreign languages, so she's doing business."

Xu Manyun's eyes lit up: "Then I also want to learn foreign languages."

"Learning a foreign language is of course faster when you go abroad." Wang Bao said.

"I've been there for several years." Xu Manyun didn't want to go, she was already 16 years old, wouldn't she be an old girl in her 20s who had been away for five years.

"Then I'll learn foreign languages ​​too." Fatty He said immediately.

Xu Manyun gave him a blank look, but her face was full of joy, she was still very happy that she licked the dog.

Then the four of them looked at each other and looked at each other a few times. Maybe they felt that they would go their separate ways in the future, and their future encounters would be different.

Chen Qianhua suddenly said quietly: "If it weren't for Master Ding, I should be married by now."

The four nodded heavily.

Suddenly they stopped talking and looked up in all directions.

The sky in Lushun seems to be very peaceful, and the faces of the people on the side of the road are all smiling.

But he (they) all knew that without Mrs. Ding, it would be a question of whether he (they) could survive in this chaotic world at the end of the Ming Dynasty.
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In mid-June, Shengjing was in Qing Dynasty.

It was already summer, but Shengjing City seemed to be shrouded in a cloud, and the whole city was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

Last year, when the Qing army entered the pass, they won a big victory at the beginning and defeated Lu Xiangsheng, a capable minister of the Ming Dynasty. But then it was like a roller coaster, first defeating Yuetuo, and then losing in Qingshuipo.

The key is that the wealth, people and animals that were robbed for more than half a year in the Ming Dynasty were all robbed by the arch-rival Ding Yi.

In this way, their rival Ding Yi became stronger, and it became more difficult for them to clear the Qing Dynasty.

Last year, it was very cold in the north, and the temperature dropped to the lowest level in history. The summer grain planted in the Qing Dynasty was almost lost. 12 taels a stone.

If it weren't for the support of Shanxi merchants from the Ming Dynasty, it would have been difficult for them to survive last winter. Even so, thousands of people starved to death in Shengjing City last year.

Huang Taiji also felt the current predicament of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. They were oppressed by Ding Yi in the southeast and blocked by the Jinning line of defense in the southwest. If there was a natural disaster in the country, it would become very difficult.

This is also the reason why he tried his best to negotiate peace with Chongzhen last year.

Unfortunately, the negotiation failed again, and he was also very disappointed with Chongzhen.

Last year's entry was the most unsuccessful one since they entered the customs several times. Not to mention the loss of troops, it was even cheaper for Ding Yi.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Dorgon robbed it again before leaving, and got more than 3 livestock and more than 400 carts of property, and finally did not come back empty-handed.

Not long after returning, Dorgon summed up his experience and lessons, and today, officially reported to Huang Taiji and the nobles of the Qing Dynasty.

"Your brother thinks that in the battle of Qingshuibo, as long as we also bring five thousand musketeers and shoot at the Ming army, within a quarter of an hour, the Ming army will be defeated."

"From what I see in Ding Yi's department, all the blunderbusses now have horses. They come and go like the wind, and they are even more threatening. When the Han army learns from Ding Yi's department, the blunderbusses also ride horses."

It turns out that Dorgon also began to support the making of guns.

After the first battle in Qingshuibo, Dorgon came back to reflect on it.

This time, they entered the customs as fast as they could. Except for the artillery who couldn't go faster, they all brought cavalry.

Even artillerymen are pulled by a large number of carriages, faster than normal infantry.

As a result, in Qingshuipo, they were taught a good lesson by Wang Weizhong and Xu Fuzuo's musketeers.

According to Dorgon's thinking, as long as they had [-] musketeers at that time, they would definitely be able to defeat the Ming army in front of them within a quarter of an hour.

Huang Taiji nodded heavily when he heard the words: "Now you can understand the reason why I strongly support the construction of firecrackers."

"To fight Ding Yi of the Ming army, you must learn his style of play and use his style of play to beat him."

Ji Erhalang said at this time: "We lost tens of thousands of horses before and after entering the customs. How can there be any horses for the gunmen to learn how to ride horses?"

"Besides, gun soldiers can't learn how to ride horses in a day or two?"

Dorgon said, Ding Yi's musketeers can ride horses. Could it be that our Qing Dynasty is not as good as Ding Yi.

All the generals nodded.

At present, Huang Taiji sent an order to order the Mongolian Eight Banners to present [-] war horses as soon as possible, and prepare their gunmen to learn how to ride horses.

Then Huang Taiji ordered the craftsmen to build a special casting hall, select skilled craftsmen, and make more Lumi guns for the Ming army.

At this time, Wang Tianxiang, the craftsman official, said, I have observed the Lumi guns of the Ming army. The barrels are extremely difficult to make, and they are all drilled out. This is why our shooting range and accuracy are not as good as theirs.

In addition, there are not enough craftsmen in the craftsman's special casting hall, and more craftsmen are requested.

In the battle of Qingshuibo, the soldiers got a large number of Ding Yi's Lumi blunderbuss, as well as 6-pound guns and 12-pound guns, and also got fuze bombs in the battle of Julu.

It is a pity that the craftsmen of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties found that, except for the two types of artillery that could be imitated, the Lumi blunderbuss and fuzed bombs were extremely difficult to make.

They can't make the barrel of the Lumi blunderbuss. Here they use the rolling tube method, which is slow and not as good as the drilling method.

The difficulty of fuze bombs is gunpowder and explosion control. They don't have the black powder prepared by Ding Yi.

The performance of gunpowder is linked with explosion control again.

The craftsmen of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties tried several times, but they couldn't control the explosion time at all, and even killed a group of their own people.

However, there are far fewer craftsmen who can make guns in the Manchu Qing Dynasty than Ding Yi. Now the guns are extremely slow, and less than [-] guns are produced a year.

One must know that Qingqing's blacksmith shop is several times larger than Ding Yi's, but it is far inferior to Ding Yi's in terms of making firearms.

After obtaining so many things, Huang Taiji wanted to learn all about Ding Yi, but found that his craftsman was not as good as Ding Yi's. In fact, he was very annoyed.

"Are you gaining nothing after entering the customs this time?" Huang Taiji couldn't help being angry.

"After entering the customs this time, we broke Baoding." Dorgon said, "We captured dozens of craftsmen from the Ming army in Baoding."

But according to their previous practice, the craftsmen who have just returned cannot be reused. They must be locked up in one place alone for a year or two, forcing them to make some soldiers for the Qing Dynasty. They can be reused after a year or two of stability.

Dorgon also knew that Huang Taiji needed craftsmen now, and among the more than 3 livestock captured on the return journey, there were only hundreds of craftsmen, which was considered a small contribution.

"Send them all to the craftsman's workshop, let Wang Tianxiang and Yuan Tian use them with caution." Huang Taiji made the final decision.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone nodded.

Huang Taiji was in a hurry to shape the blunderbuss, while teaching them how to ride horses, he promoted new craftsmen to play blunderbuss.

Among the people caught every time they enter the customs, they will treat the craftsmen kindly and pay a lot of money to buy them off.

Not long after he came back this time, Hu Fuming, a Zhuozhou craftsman, was promoted to the head of a thousand, with [-] acres of farmland, ten slaves, and two horses each.

Hu Fuming is very young, he doesn't look even 20 years old.

Dorgon broke through Zhuozhou on his return trip and captured six craftsmen. According to other craftsmen, Hu Fuming had been in Zhuozhou for less than two years, but he was the best in craftsmanship, and he was good at shooting guns.

Wang Tianxiang and Yuan Tian summoned him successively, and let him try to shoot a Lumi gun.

Hu Fuming used Ding Yi's Lumi blunderbuss for ten days. In the end, except that the barrel could not be drilled out, the other parts were almost the same. Compared with the Lumi blunderbuss made by other craftsmen in the Qing Dynasty, both the range and the power were comparable. better.

At that time, Huang Taiji and the others were overjoyed, they directly mentioned him as Chief Qian, and also rewarded two beautiful ladies.

After the meeting, Wang Tianxiang, Yuan Gui and Liu Han went out together.

In recent years, Huang Taiji has paid more and more attention to firearms and musket soldiers, and the status of the three of them has also risen, and now they can occasionally participate in court affairs.

Of course, they are usually summoned for matters related to firearms. After the discussion, the three of them can leave first.

"This Hu Fuming is very arrogant. He has only been here for less than a month, and his guns are better than those of his two elder brothers. I see him as a person, and he doesn't know how to be modest and do whatever he wants." Yuan Tian said as he walked.

Wang Tianxiang snorted coldly: "Young child, let's see how long he's airy."

Liu Han also said: "Your Majesty has requested that [-] guns be prepared by the end of the year, and we will leave it to him to see if he can succeed."

Yuan Tian and Wang Tianxiang laughed and agreed.

The next morning, just as Yuan Tian arrived in the museum, the newcomer Hu Fuming asked to see him.

He went directly to the yard and saw Hu Fuming from afar.

A young man about 19 years old, petite, thin, with a childish look on his face.

After Yuan Tian took a look, he shook his head in his heart and smiled wryly. This kind of young man doesn't look like a farmer's son, a craftsman's family.

A 19-year-old youth in the Ming Dynasty is usually very mature, let alone a professional craftsman.

Only Lushun, who may still be in college at the age of 19 and is taken care of by his family, will look childish.

"Adjutant Yuan." Hu Fuming smiled and clasped his fists.

"Go, talk while walking." Yuan Tian laughed and led him out of the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)