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

Chapter 55 Artillery units can be formed

Chapter 054

Sun Yuanhua looked at these military households. Even though these military households were dressed in rags, they had all kinds of things in their hands. Many of them even held hatchets, shoulder poles, wooden guns, wooden spears, or even wooden sticks.

However, the problem is that Cheng Shijie actually took the entire army of Zuoqianhu.

At this time, these military households also saw the true face of the army in front of them. They were wearing brand-new mandarin duck jackets, hanging wild goose feather knives on their waists, holding long spears or firecrackers, and were well-equipped.

"How is this going?"

An official of hundreds of households in the village stepped forward and asked.

"My lord, these people refuse to give their names and are planning to beat them!"

"Misunderstand!"

Sun Yuanhua's staff stepped forward and said: "This is the governor who came to inspect Ning Haijun. In order to check the training situation of Ning Haijun, he deliberately did not pass Ning Haijun in advance. Let you Cheng Shoubei come to welcome you!"

After checking the waist badge and trustworthiness, it was confirmed that he was a member of the governor's yamen.

"Stand still and wait!"

Geng Zhongming said with some displeasure: "They are too presumptuous!"

"No, this Cheng Shijie is imitating the ancient sages!"

"What?"

Xu Dacheng looked at Geng Zhongming and said, "Xiliuying, Zhou Yafu! You don't even understand!"

Sun Yuanhua said: "Since we've come to Xiliuying, we must see Zhou Yafu!"

Whenever he thought of Cheng Shijie's rich and naive look, he couldn't help laughing.

It was too cold outside, so Sun Yuanhua sat in the carriage. Although his carriage was an ordinary carriage, there was a small red stove inside, burning high-quality willow charcoal, which could be used to make tea and drive away the cold.

After waiting for half an hour, a loud voice came from outside: "Greetings, Lord Guard!"

Cheng Shijie is here.

It has been more than a month since he last saw Cheng Shijie. What Sun Yuanhua didn't expect was that Cheng Shijie, who used to have a fat face, now has not much flesh on his cheeks, but instead has a more sturdy look.

"The next official pays homage to Mr. Futai. I didn't know Mr. Futai was coming. I was far away to welcome you. Please forgive me!"

"Shijie, come and get on the carriage!"

"Master Futai, please get on this carriage!"

"Oh, how is this carriage different?"

"Master Futai, you will know once you try it!"

Cheng Shijie led Sun Yuanhua and Xu Dacheng into a very tall carriage. The carriage was only one foot and eight feet long and eight feet wide. It was pulled by three horses.

This is also a troika. In the Zhou Dynasty, it belonged to the exclusive carriage of scholar-bureaucrats. In the Ming Dynasty, only civil officials of the fifth grade or above were eligible to ride in the troika. When it came to the quadruple carriage, it belonged to the Sangong Jiuqing and the cabinet ministers. Exclusive, or above the honorable Marquis.

This carriage is a new product produced by Cheng Shijie's carriage factory. It is ready to be launched on the market and sold at a high price. Four wheels, two front and two rear, have a larger and wider compartment space.

Entering the compartment, there is a sofa with deck seats. There are two sofas at the front and back, about six feet long. There is a narrow aisle at the front and back, and the aisle can lead to the back or the front.

Before Cheng Shijie had time to introduce it to Sun Yuanhua, Sun Yuanhua, a technocrat, quickly discovered the difference in this carriage. Simple cooking is possible.

At this time, the stove in the carriage was already on fire, and although the cold wind was howling outside, it was as warm as spring inside.

The independent small partition at the back of the carriage has a toilet and a washbasin. What's even more rare is that there is a mirror inside for grooming.Riding in this carriage, you don’t need to get out of the carriage to go to the toilet. The 1.8-meter-long sofa is just two beds, so you can rest directly.

It's just that Cheng Shijie didn't satisfy Sun Yuanhua with the design of this carriage and caravan. After all, it's a sofa with double seats, and if he can sit on this caravan, which maid can sit on an equal footing with him.

However, Sun Yuanhua feels that these shortcomings are harmless. He can still start to design, and the opposite side can be changed into a bookshelf, and he can prepare his pen and ink. In the future, he can work directly in the RV when he is marching and fighting.

When the RV entered Ninghai City, Sun Yuanhua was surprised to find that it was actually a huge construction site.

"Is this a carriage?"

"Exactly!"

Cheng Shijie pointed to the four-wheeled carriage that was being assembled and said: "Your Majesty is going to equip the Ning Navy with this kind of four-wheeled carriage. One carriage can carry twelve soldiers. A whole formation and one post need four such carriages. A dining car can realize mules and horses marching throughout the post. It is a pity that the post station has been abandoned, otherwise..."

Sun Yuanhua calculated silently in his mind that if the troops could change horses for twenty or thirty miles between post stations, they could use horse-drawn carts and march faster.From Dengzhou City to Ninghai City, 240 miles, there is every chance that it can be reached within eight hours, that is, within a day.

Such an army of mules and horses can march quickly through official roads and post stations. In fact, its efficiency is far more effective than feeding a cavalry. Infantry, in fact, can't take advantage of it.

But these infantry are different. First of all, they are more equipped and suitable for fighting in more situations. More importantly, they are not slow. But it can pull a cart, walk slowly, and march 120 miles without any problems.

Sun Yuanhua soon discovered the difference of this carriage: "This is..."

"Bearing!"

"Miao, Miao is really ingenious!"

Daming is not without bearings, but Daming's bearings are roller bearings, which are not as light as ball bearings, and the quality of the steel is not good enough, so it is easy to break.

"This is……"

"Bridge damping!"

While introducing, Cheng Shijie gave Sun Yuanhua a popular science on the role of shock absorption on the carriage.

Sun Yuanhua is a technical bureaucrat, and he also likes his subordinates who understand technology very much. At this time, he really admired Cheng Shijie. At first, he thought that Cheng Shijie was just a warrior who knew how to train and use soldiers. Such a person became Sun Yuanhua's confidant. object being exploited.

On the eve of Wuqiao's mutiny, after finding out about stealing chickens, if Sun Yuanhua stood up for Kong Youde, would Kong Youde turn against him?Certainly not, it takes a lot of courage to use [-] soldiers to rebel in Shandong.

There are two capitals in Shandong, one is the commanding department of the Shandong capital, which has nine guards and ten independent thousands of households, and the Shandong Beiwa capital has eleven guards plus three battalions.A total of more than [-] troops.

Whenever there was a choice, Kong Youde did not dare to take [-] Dongjiang Army soldiers to rebel in Shandong, which has an army of more than [-].Moreover, Sun Yuanhua was the governor of Denglai, and Wang Xiangchun was just a kaogonglang (from the fifth rank) of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and he was forced to retire.Sun Yuanhua said a word, can Wang Xiangchun not sell him a face?
From this point of view, in fact, Sun Yuanhua also looked down on the military officer, and he could only use the military officer.

However, it is different now. Cheng Shijie is not only able to lead troops, but also an official who is good at technical management. The entire Ninghai City not only has a carriage factory, a textile factory, an ordnance factory, a briquette factory, a furniture factory, and a carpentry factory ), quilt factory, mill, tillage factory, well factory, kiln factory and porcelain factory.

In the whole city, there are 7000 to [-] factories, large and small, and there are six to seven thousand craftsmen participating in the work. However, these craftsmen can work in an orderly manner. The whole city is functioning well, and the streets are so clean.

This shows that Cheng Shijie has good management skills.

At this time, the craftsmen are making a very weird knife, which is completely different from the Ming style knife. In terms of appearance, it seems to be like a dog leg. In later generations, this kind of knife has a name called Nepal Saber, this is the kekrik that is the most mechanically recognized in the world.

Cheng Shijie tried to equip the entire army with waist knives, but there was a very cruel reality. The waist knives of the Da Ming style were too long. When spearmen fought with guns or shot with crossbowmen, the long handle would affect their ability The action is played out, forming a burden.

But if you don’t equip this knife, once the soldiers or spearmen are attacked by the enemy, they just wait to die. This is very inconsistent with Cheng Shijie’s original intention, so he brought the Nepalese saber to the end of Ming Dynasty, and let the craftsmen imitate it.

Sun Yuanhua soon discovered the problem. The craftsmen in this ordnance factory threw old sabers, hatchets and even rusty axes into the furnace for recasting.

"Shijie, you don't have iron here!"

Cheng Shijie owns two iron mines, and he also knows that the children who can call have milk, so he said along the way: "Ning Haijun is poor, and his old background is Zuo Qianhu of Dengzhou Guard. If it wasn't for the capture on the battlefield, Ning Haijun Now I don’t even have enough weapons.”

Sun Yuanhua was silent, Cheng Shijie told the truth, he thought for a while and said: "This time I came in a hurry, when Ben Xian returns to Dengzhou, someone will send you six thousand... no, twenty thousand catties of iron material!"

"Thank you, Master Futai!"

Twenty thousand catties is only more than ten tons, but in the Ming Dynasty, every catty of iron cost one coin of silver, which is equivalent to more than 2000 taels of silver.It can be considered that Sun Yuanhua is bleeding.

Cheng Shijie heard that Sun Yuanhua had also built a batch of machinery for casting guns, so he deliberately took Sun Yuanhua to the Gun Bureau, and asked more than 100 craftsmen to work hard on the gun barrels.

Sun Yuanhua did as Cheng Shijie expected, seeing this scene, he really couldn't stand it anymore.

"Shijie, there are a batch of ironing machines and planers in Dengzhou City, and Ben Xian will send you a set!"

In fact, Sun Yuanhua was a bit reluctant. Those foreign devils were too dark, they dared to ask him for 8000 taels of silver with a pile of rotten wood and steel. times, the stability is higher.

Sending out this set of equipment means that forty to fifty thousand taels of silver are gone.

Futai University has a lot of personnel, and Sun Yuanhua stayed in Ninghai City for two days. The sixty firecrackers he will prepare for Cheng Shijie are not junk made by the Ministry of War, but firecrackers with a longer range and greater power.

There are also eight French machine guns, Cheng Shijie can finally form his artillery unit now, like the tiger squatting gun and the bowl-mouth gun, which are actually just large shotguns.

(End of this chapter)