Back to the end of the Ming Dynasty to engage in infrastructure construction

Chapter 9 Remember who feeds you

To build a large granary, building materials alone are not enough, engineers are also needed.

Just relying on the long-term workers recruited here, it is absolutely impossible to build a granary that meets Zhao Cheng's requirements.

Zhao Cheng turned on the system and looked at the engineer's price.

[Junior construction engineer: 100 million. 】

Sure enough, the most expensive thing is talent!

"A construction engineer is a must! I want to build high-rise buildings on this limited site! Create a holy land of Taoyuan!"

It's okay if you don't have enough money for now.

At night, that's enough.

Zhao Cheng rode a horse and looked at a elm forest in the distance.

After a long time, a gap was cut in this elm forest, and pieces of elm fell to the ground.

The branches and leaves are simply trimmed off, and it is good wood.

Looking at the wood, Zhao Cheng was in a happy mood.

It's all money!Tonight, at least a few million will arrive in the account!

If you have money to buy food, you will have peace of mind.

"The armed forces must be well developed. We must choose good weapons for the Xiaoqi fighters!"

Zhao Cheng opened the system store to choose a weapon.

"It should be a heavy machine gun mounted on the mound."

A heavy machine gun stands on the mound, just thinking about it is domineering.

An army with cold weapons, no matter how many they come, they will be swept away!

There are many types of weapons in the area, and Zhao Cheng's favorite is the M134 rapid-fire machine gun.

When I chose to buy, I found that there was no response.

"Huh? Is there something wrong with the system?"

Zhao Cheng panicked.

This is the important town of Xuanfu, where the border troops of the Ming Dynasty gathered, and a year later, the Tartars invaded the border again.

If there is no system, he can't win!

Then, Zhao Cheng discovered that the system was fine.It's because he didn't look carefully enough.

In the lower right corner of the M134 rapid-fire machine gun option picture, there is a hint of a small lock.

This option is locked and not yet up to open standards.

"Crack!"

Zhao Cheng looked at each item.

It is found that most of the hot weapon commodities in the weapon area are locked, and almost all cold weapons are unlocked.

For hot weapons, there are only cotton gunpowder, fixed ammunition packs, and musket-loading muskets...

"Fortunately, there is cotton gunpowder!"

Zhao Cheng was lucky.

If the cotton gunpowder can't be unlocked and only black powder is available, it will be hard work.

The power of black gunpowder is too weak to be used as fireworks.If it is used as a bullet, its power is not much different from that of a bow and arrow.

This is also the reason why the early front-loading muskets have been used side by side with bows and arrows for a long time.

It's not that the front-loading musket is bad, but that the gunpowder is not good.

There are fixed ammunition packs, and front-loading muskets... In this era, it is already possible to sweep.

What's more, more hot weapons can be unlocked in the future.

Zhao Cheng took a closer look again.

Fortunately, there are not many locked goods in the infrastructure area and living area, at least the goods he can use currently are not locked.

There were [-] musket-loading muskets, and Zhao Cheng bought ten of them.

The fixed bullets cost 5 yuan a round, and I bought 200 rounds first.

The pier soldiers of Qiangdihuo pier directly skipped the cold weapon stage and mounted muskets.

Because the imaginary enemy is the Qing Dynasty...it is still called Dajin now.

It was not until 1636, the ninth year of Chongzhen, that the name was changed to Daqing.

Of course, Zhao Cheng was already here, so they probably didn't have that chance.

At this time, the Houjin army was on the rise, and there was a saying that the Jurchens were less than ten thousand and invincible.

Zhao Cheng wants to train an army of cold weapons to defeat them, the difficulty is like going to the sky.Not for at least a year.

Only big strides take shortcuts.

"Just do it in one step!"

Zhao Cheng gritted his teeth.

I bought another 7 sets of mandarin duck battle jackets.

The money in the system mall was almost spent.

When he came back with 10 musket-loading muskets and 7 sets of mandarin duck jackets, Liu Fei was shocked.

"Boss, where did you get so many good things? The court can't be so generous, can it? What kind of firecracker is this? It's so good!"

Liu Fei has seen the world.

The fire road pier is equipped with two fire guns.

But those firecrackers are old and old, no one would dare to use them normally.

Because it is too easy to explode.If you can't kill the enemy, blow yourself up first.

The firecrackers that Zhao Cheng brought back are obviously different!

So delicate!

"The imperial court will definitely not be so generous! It was my uncle who fought against the thieves, made a fortune, and entrusted someone to send it to me."

Zhao Cheng will always be this excuse.

From the beginning, he asked his subordinates to separate him from the court.

This food, food, and drink are all given by him, not by the court.

"Mandarin duck battle robes, first each person wears one. Fire guns, each person has one."

The seven new pier soldiers were distributed mandarin duck jerseys and firecrackers, and they still couldn't believe it when they wore them.

"Give it all to me?"

There is food, drink, and new clothes to wear... It feels like a dream!

"Of course it's true! You've already worn it on your body, so why doubt it?" Zhao Cheng smiled.

"Thank you boss! Now even if I am really asked to go to war immediately, I will admit it!"

Worth it!

All the piers feel this way now.

Zhao Cheng discovered that these military households were not really that miserable.

According to historical records, the Ming frontier army was vulnerable.

Facing the Manchu Qing army, they were almost defeated at the first touch. Not only could they not fight in the field, but they could not defend the city later...

Several times the army can't beat others.

Are the common people of Ming Dynasty afraid of death by nature?
not like this!
It's just that they don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, their military pay is deducted, and they can't get food and pay all year round. Not to mention supporting their families, they can't even support themselves...Who is willing to work hard?

"They are all good men of my Ming Dynasty! It is the imperial court who is sorry for you!"

Zhao Cheng reached out and patted the shoulder of a soldier in front of him.

Liu Fei glanced at Zhao Cheng.

As a small banner official, it seems a little inappropriate for Zhao Cheng to publicly speak out about the imperial court.

However, these piers didn't realize it at all.

Of course Zhao Cheng did this on purpose.

He will brainwash everyone from the details.

The army he spent money to equip can only be loyal to him alone, and can only obey him.

Dinner is ready, the piers eat first.

Zhao Cheng took the spoon himself and distributed meals to everyone.

Including Liu Fei and Niu Dali, nine soldiers lined up and took turns to receive the meal.

A big bag of steamed buns, a big bowl of mutton.

"Thank you sir!"

"Thank you sir!"

This is Zhao Cheng's request to everyone.

To know how to be grateful.

You know, this meal was given to them by Zhao Cheng.

They must thank Zhao Cheng loudly.

After the piers finished their meal, it was the turn of the long-term workers.

After working for a day, these long-term workers are extremely excited.

They talked and laughed all the way, and when they came to have dinner, they all became quiet as they walked into Huoludun.

Under the Huolu pier, ten pier soldiers were all wearing brand-new mandarin duck battle jackets, holding brand-new firecrackers in their hands, standing upright in a row, majestic and majestic.

This is the result of Liu Fei's one-day training.

The recruits stood still, which seemed to be the case.

Of course, Zhao Cheng knew that they were just fakes, used as a deterrent.

Don't talk about fighting, you don't even know how to use firecrackers!
(End of this chapter)