I am one year older than Chongzhen

Chapter 82 The Minigun Is Difficult
In the base area, all the Han people are not cats, they practice, study, and work every day.

Because mutton can be eaten every now and then, and they can eat two dry meals a day to reach [-]% to [-]% full, and many people have become strong.

Huang Yi led some people around every day. When he came back, he seldom came back empty-handed. He always hunted gazelle, goat, rabbit, roe deer and other prey.

The blacksmith workshop was built in the abandoned military fort, and it was steaming every day. Lan Jinkui, Qi Dashan, Qi Xiaoshan, and seventeen or eighteen young and middle-aged Han people were sweating profusely.

Half of these young and middle-aged men had been apprentices in blacksmith shops before, and two of them had already graduated.

Young blacksmiths are making farm tools, and Lan Jinkui and Qi Dashan, the most skilled, make Miniguns according to the drawings drawn by Huang Yi.

It is relatively easy to make farm tools, but the barrel Huang Yi requires is not simple.

First of all, Sugang must be repeatedly forged with a sledgehammer to increase the density of the material, and then the gun barrel can be drilled.

The two master craftsmen tried while researching, but unfortunately, after nearly a month of working, they didn't make a single one that met the quality requirements.

Huang Yi was not discouraged, and if he couldn't do it in one month, then it would be two months and three months. As long as Su Gang finished a rifled barrel, it would be a victory.

He has already realized that the hardness of the current rifling drill is not enough, and the craftsmanship is not good. Rifling guns must be crafted by masters like Lan Jinkui and Qi Dashan.

This production method is not only costly but also directly leads to difficulty in mass production.

Therefore, Huang Yi recognized the reality, and did not expect to have a hot weapon unit using rifled guns in a short time.

Bows and arrows, bird blunderbusses, Lumi blunderbusses, carrying guns, tiger crouching guns, Frang machine guns, etc., are the mainstream of Ming Dynasty equipment.

In fact, Daming's weapons are not far behind, and the main reason for its failure is that corruption cannot be added.

People who served as soldiers for the country were despised, their military pay was deducted layer upon layer, they couldn’t eat enough, they couldn’t support their families, and when they fought against Jiannu, they were naturally rushed away. How could they be expected to be loyal to the country?
Huang Yi believes that sharing joys and sorrows with all the soldiers and telling them stories of heroes every day, such a team will surely be able to fight hard.

The base areas have always taught without discrimination.

The women also follow Huang Yi and Wang Baishan to learn and train. They are still sewing backpacks with cowhide and sheepskin according to the shape of Huang Yi's backpack.

Huang Yi's request is that everyone has a share in this kind of bag, and first ensure that young adults and young men can carry backpacks and participate in battles.

There is no cotton but a lot of wool on the prairie. Women basically spin wool and weave felt.

Huang Yi once instructed Zhang to knit a natural-colored sweater with wool and put it on the outside of the stab-resistant jacket. The inside of the jacket immediately became much warmer.

Knit another pair of woolen trousers and put them on, plus body armor and cotton armor, the severe cold of minus [-] degrees is not to be feared.

Huang Yi doesn't know how to knit sweaters, but he knows how to knit, because he used to see his wife knitting sweaters with bamboo needles.

The vast majority of Han women are dexterous, knowing that sweaters can be worn next to the skin and are particularly warm, and can be woven by hand with a few thin bamboo sticks, so they all come to Zhang to learn the technology.

Then everyone's ingenuity was reflected, and many women showed their imagination in labor.

In less than two months, there are several kinds of color needles. Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Peng, Hu Xiaochuan brothers, Wang Baishan, etc. all have a white sweater with a little yellow.

This is the natural color of wool.

People are social animals, in fact, they are most afraid of being alone.

There are so many people in the residential area of ​​the base area. In the warm classroom, the women gather together to knit and talk and laugh. Of course Bi Gu likes it.

The three children finally have a new playmate, and they refuse to leave when they come.

The six members of Bi's family no longer lived in the thatched hut on the other side of the col, and moved to the settlement area of ​​the base area to live in Diwozi.

Bi Daxi was the happiest during this period, because he had Zhang Dong, Qi Xiaoshan, Huang Dazhi, and other friends of similar age, and he was able to read and listen to stories.

This young man grew up in the mountains, and crossing mountains and ridges is like walking on flat land. He has learned archery since he was a child, and he has the talent in this area, and his skills are not weaker than the Mongolian "Zhebe".

After discovering his specialty, Huang Yi rewarded him with a powerful step bow and two full feathered arrows.

Although the base area is crude, Bi Zitong felt an indescribable...

how to say?

He has no culture and can't tell!

This is actually a positive spirit!

Seeing that Huang Yi seemed to like Bi Daxi, Bi Zitong had the cheek to ask Huang Yi to accept Bi Daxi as his disciple.

Huang Yi originally started as a servant, and changed the names and surnames of Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, and Peng.

Later, he felt that he was a time traveler, and he should have the mind to look at the world, and there was no need to do so, so he didn't change anyone's name or surname.

In ancient times, the relationship between teachers and students was very valued, and those who deceived teachers and destroyed their ancestors could not get along at all.

Huang Yi taught everyone literacy and arithmetic, and of course he was their mentor.

Bi Zitong asked Bi Daxi to pay homage to the teacher to strengthen the relationship between master and apprentice, and Huang Yi of course accepted it.

Bi Daxi's apprentice ceremony is a leopard he hunted after he got the strong bow.

Huang Yi accepted the meeting gift and gave a pair of leather armor in return.

In the following days, all the people were either working or practicing fighting skills, and Huang Yi wandered around all day long.

Bi Daxi is a local who has lived in this mountain area for more than ten years, so he is of course the best guide.

In addition to Bi Daxi, Huang Yi sometimes goes out with fully armed Zhi, Yong, Shuang, Quan, Hu Xiaochuan and so on.

Sometimes I bring Huang Dapeng, Hu Xiaogu, Zhang Dong, Zhao Yong, Zuo Guanghu, etc., anyway, I bring at least ten people with me every time I go out.

It won't work without so many people.

Because Wang Baishan had already learned from Bi Zitong and his son that several horse thieves' dens were in the mountains.

He was worried that Huang Yi would be killed by horse thieves when he went out, so as long as Huang Yi went out, he must bring at least ten guards with top helmets and armor.

How did he know that Huang Yi searched the mountains several times to find and observe the horse thief's lair, and the hunting was just incidental.

Bi Zitong is familiar with the nearby mountain people, and has introduced the situation to more than a dozen households. During this period, seven mountain people came to seek refuge with their families.

There are 11 people in these seven households, with a population of 37.

They all longed for the pastoral life of men farming and women weaving, and they all came for Huang Yi's promise to allocate acres to those who participated in land reclamation.

These people have lived in the mountains for many years, but they are actually very lonely.

When they came to the base area, the popularity alone made all the young people no longer willing to go back to the mountains.

Huang Dazhi and Bi Daxi became Shichang and Wuchang respectively, and their subordinates are all young mountain people.

These people have good physical fitness, and they are all bitter children who participated in hunting and picking wild fruits since they were young. After they got the powerful walking bow, they couldn't put it down.

After just a few days of acclimatization, these longtime bow hunters were able to master the walking bow.

Their archery accuracy is only inferior to that of Bi Daxi and Bi Zitong, and comparable to that of Huang Dazhi and Hu Xiaochuan.

Of course, this is just foot shooting. If it is better than riding and shooting, these young mountain people are far behind.

Huang Yi does not insist on riding and shooting, because the power of riding bow is much smaller than that of walking bow.

He hopes to get an excellent archer, and in the future, he can mix and match with the musketeer, throwing feather arrows, flat fire from muskets, and shotguns from tiger crouching cannons to form three-dimensional long-range strikes, making it difficult for the enemy to parry.

(End of this chapter)