I really don't want to be emperor at the end of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 53 A New Way of Making Money (Third Watch for Support)

Chapter 052 A New Way of Making Money

After sufficient preparations, the officers and men of the Ning Navy wore cotton clothes, newly made cotton shoes on their feet, and bedding was also sewn from brand new cotton.

In addition to the clothes, Cheng Shijie asked the Armament Bureau to refit [-] carts. These carts are similar to the marching dining cars of later generations. Of course, due to technical reasons, they must not be as fully functional as the dining cars of later generations.

This kind of dining car, each team has one, and there is a briquette-type hot water heater on it. Even during the march, this kind of hot water heater can also burn, which can ensure that the soldiers of the Ning Navy can drink hot water during the march. Once camped, you can quickly cook hot meals for the whole team.

In addition to these dining cars, the newly established Ning Navy's Supplies and Transportation Department accompanied the Ning Navy.

The bureau is always the gambler Wang Jing, Wang Jing is the youngest of the ten hundred households in the Zuoqianhusuo. He just beat his father Wang Xuan's Baihu last year. He is only 19 years old.When Ning Haijun was established, Wang Jing wanted to join Ning Haijun and vowed to quit drugs.

This guy is a ruthless person. Seeing that Cheng Shijie disagreed, he took a knife and wanted to cut off his right hand. Cheng Shijie pushed Wang Jing away, and Wang Jing slashed on the ground, leaving a knife mark of nearly half a foot.

In Cheng Shijie's view, Wang Jing was a ruthless person, not to mention that he was still young, so he was given this opportunity. Of course, the prerequisite was that if he gambled again, he would have no chance.

The transportation department has five outposts, and each outpost has five teams of 60 people, one team more than the soldiers. The whole department has a total of 300 people and a total of 280 modified carriages. Of course, because there are not enough horses, Only mules, donkeys and cows can be used instead.

These baggage transport vehicles, which are responsible for transporting supplies, tents and briquettes, are equipped with a total of 500 carts for an army of 480 people, which must be a bit too many, mainly for the convenience of transporting seized materials.

Ning Haijun had already set off, but this time Cheng Shijie did not lead the troops out, but Shen Mingyu was the leader and Zhang Yu was the assistant.

Before the interim, Cheng Shijie specifically told Shen Mingyu: "Don't be greedy for merit in this battle. We have a large number of people and good equipment. In fact, we have little chance of losing. It's just that the bandits are brave, and casualties are inevitable. These soldiers are the seeds of our Ning Haijun , I feel distressed if I lose any of my defenses."

"Be careful under the door!"

"For generals, you must be able to change the situation. If the bandits escape, don't underestimate the enemy. Even if you let the bandits escape in the end, it means that the bandits are afraid of our army. Brothers will also be encouraged by this. In the next battle, their courage It will be bigger. They will think in their hearts, bandits are nothing special...they will also be afraid and run away..."

Shen Mingyu laughed dumbfounded and said, "Master Garrison has calculated all the brothers' thoughts through."

"Let's just forget about it. Sometimes you fight with wisdom, but most of the time you fight with courage. The establishment of courage is a slow process. An army without courage will not dare to fight. No matter how clever a general is, If you want to tie your hands, you will be tied."

Cheng Shijie looked in the direction of Liaodong: "Just like the Jiannu in Liaodong, the old wild boar skin said that they raised their troops with thirteen sets of armor. At first, they specially selected the soldiers from the Liaodong guards. The guards in Liaodong had never fought in Li Chengliang's time. , Therefore, I was frightened when I met Jiannu, but Jiannu became more and more courageous. This is actually a process of cultivating self-confidence, and our brothers are the same. When they face bandits, they are no longer timid and can go forward bravely. An army is made!"

"The last general will not be humiliated, and will not disappoint the trust of the guard!"

Ning Haijun had disappeared from sight, and Cheng Shijie was still standing at the gate of the camp, looking at the disappearing back of Ning Haijun.

"My lord is worried..."

"It's impossible to build a car behind closed doors in the military barracks of Ning Navy soldiers. The army is not trained, it's all fought. Only in actual combat can we find the real problem..."

Before Cheng Shijie could finish speaking, Song Xiance said: "My lord is a little anxious, some..."

"Putting out the seedlings to encourage them to grow?"

Cheng Shijie smiled wryly and said: "The enemy will not give us time. Dalinghe has lost three battles in a row. On the surface, there are more than 280 million troops in the imperial court. In fact, how can they have soldiers and horses? Our Lord Futai..."

In history, Sun Yuanhua sent Dongjiang Army Kong Youde and Li Jiucheng troops to support Dalinghe, but he did not move his Denglai new army. In fact, he still had selfish intentions.

Although it is said that the Ning Navy was established with the support of Sun Yuanhua, this army neither asked for his food or equipment, nor did it make him worry.

This is like a borrowed cow, and it doesn't feel bad to use it.

If the Ning Navy cannot grow rapidly in a short period of time, once it goes to Liaodong, it will only add [-] more heads.

What's more, Cheng Shijie is really in a hurry now.

Cheng Jiayue has already responded in the beautiful hospital. The other party has faxed her case and is conducting expert analysis. If the other hospital is absolutely sure, they will accept Cheng Jiayue for treatment. This time may be three to five days, or it may be It's half a month, or even longer.

Cheng Shijie could only prepare for the worst.

Cheng Shijie first went to Ninghai City. Ninghai Navy's Ordnance Bureau, Firearms Bureau, and Armored Crossbow Bureau were all established in Ninghai City. When he came to Ninghai Navy Gun Bureau.

The person in charge of weapons production and research and development is the big housekeeper Zhou Yandong.

"Brother Zhou!"

"Master Guard, you are a disgraceful official!"

"Don't say that, you are a brother for a day and a brother all the time. When Cheng was a thousand households, you Zhou Laozhou could afford it, and you can afford it now!"

Cheng Shijie said: "How is the crossbow going?"

"It's too difficult, there's no way to finish it!"

The sample crossbow that Cheng Shijie gave to the Armed Crossbow Bureau was actually a crossbow from later generations. Since all such equipment on a certain treasure had been taken off the shelves, what he bought was only a second-hand one.

It also cost him more than 8000 yuan. The full weight of the crossbow machine is 200 kilograms. It adopts the pulley winding method, which can have a strong lethality of [-] meters. Because it is equipped with an optical sight, even if Cheng Shijie has never played it once, there are seven. Chance to hit the target.

"Is it really that difficult?"

"It's so hard!"

Zhou Yandong smiled wryly: "Even if we follow the gourd, the shooting range is too far away, and we can barely reach 170 steps!"

Cheng Shijie silently calculated that a step in the Ming Dynasty was five feet. According to 31.5 centimeters per foot, that is 1.5 meters seven, and 170 steps is 260 seven meters.

The ultimate range of 260 seven meters is enough to easily hang a firecracker.

"Then lower the standard and follow the 170 steps!"

"If the standard is lowered, it can be done, but this material..."

"Can't find the materials?"

"Steel, we have it. It's things like tendons and horns. Few people kill cattle, so it's hard to find such materials!"

Cheng Shijie also had a great headache. Cows are an indispensable partner in farming. Without cattle, agricultural production will definitely suffer a big setback. Therefore, cattle have become the lifeblood of farmers. Killing cattle for tendons and horns to make crossbows?
Killing a cow without permission is going to jail!There are so few cows, he has less than two hundred cows in total now, where can he find enough horns and tendons?

Cheng Shijie tried to ask: "Is it okay to use the tendons of livestock such as pigs or sheep?"

"Using tendons from pigs or sheep is fine, but the tendons from these livestock are much thinner than beef tendons, so they can only be glued... and the quality is far inferior to beef tendons."

"That's it for the time being. I'll think about a way for the defense. If it doesn't work, let's buy it for money! Is there any progress in the development of the firecracker?"

"We are no strangers to firecrackers. As long as there is sufficient iron material, it is not difficult to create a powerful blunderbuss...Look, the craftsman is drilling the barrel of the blunderbuss."

Cheng Shijie watched the craftsmen drill the barrels by hand, and was preparing to think about how to improve the efficiency of pipe production. In the short term, Cheng Shijie could indeed bring the barrels from later generations. Hangang Group itself produces seamless steel pipes. There are all kinds of models, not to mention the barrels of firecrackers, but also the barrels of artillery.

They range from the thinnest two millimeters to the largest 420 millimeters (natural gas pipelines). Technically overcome this problem.

At this moment, Cheng Shi came over and said, "Father, that Gu wants to see you!"

Cheng Shijie already knew that Gu Shizhang was a merchant from Huizhou. There is no Anhui Province yet, and the Gu family is not a wealthy Huizhou merchant family, so Cheng Shijie didn't pay much attention to him.

Speaking of it, Gu Shizhang was really unlucky, he was injured by a fall on his arm, but the wound was infected, and he caught a cold, and he has not recovered a little until now.

Cheng Shijie thought about using the merchant's channel to buy beef tendon, so he decided to meet Gu Shizhang.

In Qianhu House, it is already Ning Haijun's garrison office now.

Cheng Shijie saw Gu Shizhang again, but Gu Shizhang looked a little embarrassed.

"Gu Mou pays respects to Cheng Shoubei!"

"Is Mr. Gu better?"

"Much better, Shi Zhang thanks Cheng Shoubei for saving his life!"

"Cheng is on the garrison of the Ninghai Navy. Protecting the safety of Ninghai is only a matter of duty. Mr. Gu, don't be polite!"

Gu Shizhang bowed and said: "Courtesy is undeniable. Gu is a native of Qimen, Huizhou. He has been in business for generations. He mainly deals in fur and spices. He is also involved in pawn, salt, grain and other industries, but he is not well-known."

"It turns out that Mr. Gu is from a family of Huizhou merchants. I'm sorry."

"A small business is not considered a family!"

Gu Shizhang said with a smile on his face: "The grace of life can never be repaid. It's a small thing, it's not a respect, please Cheng Shoubei to accept it!"

As he spoke, Gu Shizhang handed Cheng Shijie a gift list.

Cheng Shijie glanced at it hastily, and saw some property written on it, probably worth 5000 taels of silver, which is definitely a big deal.

Gu Shizhang watched Cheng Shijie accept the gift, then got up and said: "Master Cheng, I have a merciless request, I don't know..."

"Tell me!"

"Gu has a shipment that is going from Dengzhou to Jinan City. If you don't guard, can you send troops to escort it?"

Gu Shizhang was also frightened by the bandits in Shandong. Originally, he arrived in Dengzhou directly by boat, but he never arrived in Dengzhou. Instead, he was near Liugong Island. His boat began to leak water. In desperation, he had to abandon the boat Walking through Ninghai Prefecture, he was attacked by Zhen Sanshan's troops. There were more than 40 guards and a team of bodyguards around him. Nearly a hundred people were killed by Zhen Sanshan, leaving only two masters and servants.

Cheng Shijie couldn't help but see a bright light, a new way of making money appeared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)