The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 690 The Benefits of Tian Duo

When Ding Yi came to Pig Island that day, there were already many people waiting for him in the Craftsmanship Bureau.

A row of newly created ten-man enemies was set aside.

And according to what Ding Yi said, sandbags were used to form a blocking wall in front, a road was left in the middle, and pits were dug on both sides.

If you don't throw it well, you can jump into the pit.

Li Zhongyi excitedly took a ten-man enemy and came over.

Ding Yi's expression changed slightly.

Li Zhongyi came to his senses and chuckled: "If it needs to be lit, it will be useful to light it."

Ding Yi smiled awkwardly.

After Li Zhongyi arrived, he danced and explained to Ding Yi.

The fuzes of the previous hundred-man enemy and ten-man enemy burned very quickly, but those are relatively large, and the fuze can be made longer.

The ten-man enemy this time was made according to the shape of a grenade.

The main reason is that Ding Yi can throw it farther.

Last year, some craftsmen finally invented a slow-burning fuze after mixing saltpeter powder, gunpowder and charcoal powder together.

After many trials, the appropriate ratio was determined.

Now these three materials are fused according to a certain ratio to make the fuse of the thick match of later generations, which burns about one centimeter per second.

Li Zhongyiyi specially took a lead wire, about ten inches long.

Then ignite.

There is no concept of seconds in this era.

They silently counted ten times, and they were just finished burning.

It's a little slow, Ding Yi felt a little slow, but considering that part of it is in the gunpowder, it's about the same.

He took on a ten-man enemy.

The wooden handle is used to throw it far, and the front end is the explosion zone, which is composed of gunpowder and shrapnel.

Of course, the ignition type is used now. After the fuze cover is pulled, it needs to be ignited and then thrown.

It looks similar to a grenade and weighs about a pound.

One catty in Ming Dynasty was equivalent to about [-] grams in later generations.

Because it has become smaller, the power is also much smaller, and the craftsman bureau began to be called the ten-man enemy.

After their experiments, the explosion radius is about five meters, and the middle one meter has the greatest lethality, and it can basically kill no one if it exceeds one meter.

But the explosive horses and the dense crowd on the battlefield must have a good effect, and it scares people half to death.

The key is that this thing is relatively light, and each can carry ten.

"Find someone to throw one and let me see." Ding Yi laughed.

Originally, he wanted to throw it himself, but thinking about his current level and level, he dared not say it. If he made a mistake, it would be a joke to blow himself up.

In fact, even if he wants to throw it now, Li Zhongyi will not agree.

Someone here has already found someone to throw it to him.

A worker stood in front, and he made the ten enemies himself.

Lushun made things by himself, threw them by himself, and if he made a mistake, he would only be killed by the explosion.

The worker lit the fire skillfully, and then made a sound from his mouth.

"1, 2, 3"

After counting to three, whoosh, threw it out.

The ten-man enemy flew out a full 30 meters, and it seemed to wait a second or two behind, and bang, it exploded.

"How much is the fuze?" Ding Yi asked.

Li Zhongyi said it was three inches, and three inches in the Ming Dynasty was almost equal to ten centimeters in later generations.

"Inserting gunpowder is one inch."

"There are two inches outside, and you need to count three for each inch."

So workers count to three before throwing.

Count two to three when flying in the air, and explode after landing.

Of course, Li Zhongyi said again.

Ordinary adults can probably throw it up to 30 meters.

The stronger ones can be thrown up to 40 meters.

Some people can throw more than 50 meters.

So the farther you throw it, the less you can wait, and you can throw it directly without counting.

Li Zhongyi also showed the fuze they made.

The fuze was three inches long with a knot at one inch.

It turned out that their fuzes were not installed directly in the ten-man enemy.

Before the war, it was packed separately. During the war, take out the fuze, open the cover, and insert it.

It just won't fit right into the knot.

Then light it up and throw it away.

This is to prevent the fuze from being accidentally clicked and explode when it is with ten enemies.

Ding Yi felt a little unnecessary, but thinking about it, it's not a big problem.

After seeing the Ten Enemy, Ding Yi expressed his satisfaction, but the name of the Ten Enemy was not good, so he wanted to change it.

"Master Ding should choose a name." Li Zhongyi and other craftsmen laughed.

Ding Yi thought for a while: "This thing is like a thunderbolt in your hand, it can explode when you throw it, so let's call it a grenade."

"Grenade?"

"Wonderful, really wonderful."

"Master Ding is really apt."

There was a sound of applause all around.

That's awesome, Ding Yi thought, I look like a grenade, so I named it Grenade because it sounds nice.

After watching the grenade throwing, Li Zhongyi showed Ding Yi the new fuze bomb.

After the gasoline was refined and refined, coupled with the improvement of the fuze, the Artisan Bureau perfectly solved the problem of the low explosion rate of the fuze bomb.

They put a small amount of gasoline inside the bomb, widened the fuze of the shell, and reduced the hidden danger of being destroyed before falling in the air.

The original gunpowder fuze was easily dispersed in flight, causing the fire to be extinguished.

It is necessary that the degree of adhesion is not high, like dust.

Now add nitrous powder and other mixtures, the adhesion is extremely high, let alone in flight, it will not disintegrate after landing.

Thereby ensuring the success rate of explosion.

Li Zhongyi tried a few shots to show Ding Yi.

And said: "Basically, they can be fired now, but it is rare that one or two cannons can't be fired."

"What we haven't fired recently is not a problem with the quality of the fuze. One is that the installation inside was careless, and there is no gunpowder in the detonation chamber."

"The other thing that didn't sound was that the detonation chamber was not installed properly, and it was interrupted in the middle."

In this case, Ding Yi's fuzed shells are perfect, and it is very difficult for shells that will not explode to appear again.
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In November of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the governor's yamen in Jinan City.

Governor Liu Yuan, envoys Xia Shangji and Shao Jiechun, envoys Zhao Guangzhao, envoy Chang Hui, general Zhang Qidong, civil servant Ma Zhengfu from Lushun, etc. were discussing matters together. Seeing everyone's expressions, they seemed to be quite happy.

Jinan was regained in February last year. At that time, Chang Hui was in charge of reconstruction. Then Liu Yuan took office in July, and then continued to rebuild, provide disaster relief, emigrate from nearby areas, and drain victims and other methods to enrich the population of Jinan.

After a year and a half, Jinan City finally recovered a little vitality.

Now the population of Jinan City alone has reached 19, which is close to one-third of the population before Jinan was massacred.

Before the Qing soldiers entered the customs, the population density of Jinan Prefecture was the highest in Shandong Province, and the total population of the 26 counties in the four prefectures of the prefecture was about 250 million, which was more than that of Ding Yi's Denglai two prefectures combined.

Historically, after the Manchus entered the customs, the number of people recovered to 240 million in the last years of Shunzhi.

After Liu Yuan came, he immigrated from the nearby Yanzhou Prefecture first, and then from Dongchang Prefecture, to enrich the population.

After recovery and statistics, the population of Jinan City is now nearly 20, and the population of the whole prefecture is [-] million.

Of the less than 10 people, a small half was robbed by the Qing soldiers and then robbed by Ding Yi, and divided into Dayuan and Jeju.

Another part died when the Qing soldiers entered the customs last time, and a small part fled to various places at that time.

Jinan Prefecture has a large population and a large number of fields. When it was in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, it paid the most taxes in the province.

According to the statistics of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, among the state capitals in the country, Suzhou Prefecture is the first to pay taxes and food, and the second to sixth are Pingyang Prefecture, Songjiang Prefecture, Xi'an Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, and Changzhou Prefecture.

At that time, the tax and grain of Changzhou, which ranked sixth, was 76 shi, Songjiang, which ranked third, was 95 shi, and Suzhou, which ranked first, was 250 million shi.

According to this calculation, Jinan Prefecture, which ranks fifth, must have taxed and paid more than 76 shi at that time, but less than 95 shi. Take the middle and count as 80 shi.

Ding Yi's current tax and food in Denglai and Denglai are about 100 million shi, which is what he earned after clearing all the fields.

It can be seen that Jinan Prefecture was quite powerful back then.

But by the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jinan Prefecture, let alone 80 shi, estimated that half of the 40 shi could not be produced.

After Liu Yuan took over, he told the imperial court to pay 30 taels of tax silver every year, and Chongzhen and the courtiers were so happy that they were dying of joy. It can be seen that it was not easy for Ming to collect all grain taxes at this time.

Ma Zhengfu was reporting to Liu Yuan at this time: "So far, the whole government of Jinan has included 370 million mu of grain land for taxation."

The left and right political envoys at the scene, Xia Shangzhen and Shao Jiechun, and the procuratorate envoy Zhao Guangzhang, and the command envoy Chang Hui all twitched the corners of their mouths slightly.

Especially Chang Hui, he has a large number of guards in the local area, all of which are counted, and he can't do without paying taxes.

At that time, he was so cruel that he sold a lot of acres and kept a thousand acres, which was considered smart.

Xia Shangyi and the three of them are better. They were originally transferred from other places, and there is no land in the local area, but they know that before Liu Yuan did not come, Jinan Prefecture entered the taxation grain field, less than 150 million, of which Dewang Mansion occupied 13 million.

Think about Ming Yingzong, Jinan Prefecture paid 150 shi for 80 million mu of grain, equivalent to two shi per mu, and collected more than [-]% of taxes. cheap.

Liu Yuan slapped the table excitedly: "Okay, how much is the tax and food this year?"

Ma Zhengfu was slightly taken aback: "Affected by the entry of slaves into the customs last year, most of this year's crops were restocked and resettled for distribution. The harvest of summer grain was just enough, and only 60 shi of autumn grain remained."

It was only then that Liu Yuan remembered that there was no tax this year. The main reason was that they were severely damaged by the Manchu Qing in the early stage, and the population loss was heavy. It took a year for them to slowly resume production. Many fields are still deserted, and there is no time to cultivate them.

"60 is a little less, but selling part of it is enough to pay taxes." Liu Yuan promised Chongzhen 30 silver, which was also Ding Yi's designation.

Now at the end of Ming Dynasty, grain is more valuable than money. If it was before, you must have paid 30 stones of grain. Now if you sell some grain, you may get 30 silver, of course you will pay silver.

"How about next year?" Xia Shangzhen couldn't help asking at this moment.

Ma Zhengfu said with a smile: "Next year, we will be able to cultivate all the land and resume production. Based on two stones per mu and an average tax rate of 150%, we can collect at least [-] million stones."

"Hiss..." Everyone at the scene gasped, and many of them had unbelievable expressions on their faces.

Xia Shangzhen looked terrified: "So many."

Shao Jiechun and Zhao Guangyan also looked in disbelief.

Chongzhen's Ming Dynasty could not even receive 300 million stone grains a year.

And Jinan Yifu is expected to reach 150 million shi next year, which is the benefit of Tian Duo.

Liu Yuan rolled his eyes and said calmly: "This is under normal harvest conditions. If there are natural disasters and military disasters, it is not bad to harvest one stone per mu."

"That's right." Zhang Qidong also murmured: "This year, we will be recruiting soldiers in Jinan Prefecture. Those who serve as soldiers in ordinary people's homes will be exempted from tax by [-]%, and the tax and food will be even less."

Chang Hui heard the words, and immediately said: "I have a nephew, if he becomes a soldier, can I exempt [-]% of the land in my family?"

Liu Yuan hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "The commander is one of his own, and must be exempted."

"That's good, that's good." Chang Hui was overjoyed. His family had a lot of land and the tax was high. He was trying to figure out a way every day, and finally he came up with a way to let his family members serve as soldiers.

Although Liu Yuan and Zhang Qidong are covering it up, Xia Shangyi, Shao Zhao and others also know that the food tax in Jinan Prefecture next year will be very high.

(End of this chapter)