The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 589 Is Unreliable After All

After the meeting, Jia Min came to the arsenal.

At this time, the arsenal was full of heat. Although it was already the coldest winter, as soon as you entered the yard, you could feel a wave of heat rushing towards your face.

Five or six carriages were parked in the yard, unloading.

Seeing Jia Min coming, Dai Zhi came up to meet him.

"This batch of grenade shells has been delivered, and they look good. The workshop at Xishuitai really has a set."

As for the idea of ​​the grenade, Jia Min told Dai Zhi the idea as early as when he was in Beihai.After hundreds of experiments by Dai Zhi, a satisfactory prototype product was finally made.

When preparing for mass production, I was in a hurry to set off for China.This time, it is ready to be produced here first.

Since Guan Xiangtun's ability to melt iron was limited, Jia Min decided with Dai Zhi and Liu Cheng to make the model by himself and outsource the casing of the grenade.

Before Dai Zhi came to Jia Min's place, Dai Zhi was in Liaodong area, selling poems and paintings for a living, earning money, and doing experiments on his own.

At that time, Dai Zhi was in Xishuitai, so he was very familiar with the iron smelting and ironware workshops there.

Currently, Qingwen is leading dozens of people to garrison Xishuitai while managing the pig iron production there to provide raw materials for the arsenal.

"Although we have field artillery, machine guns and fast Franglers, they are all long-range heavy weapons. Soldiers need a more powerful weapon for close combat. Especially for infantry combat, grenades are more effective."

"Officer Min, if you use it well, it will also be effective against cavalry."

"Well, dealing with cavalry is not good after all. However, grenades are cheap and can be manufactured on a large scale. Make as many as possible, and then give the recovery army of His Royal Highness Chang'an. Their combat effectiveness is really too weak. Touch In a tough battle, you can't count on them at all."

"Officer Min, it's not their fault. They are always lacking in training. If they train like us, wouldn't they be the same as our Beihai Navy?"

"That's true. If they are like us, we won't be able to defeat San Francisco with less. Is Joli coming back soon?"

"Soon, but he can't come back until the ship from Beihai brings it."

"Liu Cheng, send someone to wait at Dadonggou, and tell Jiao Li that you don't need to come here, just wait there. If the ship from Beihai arrives, you don't need to unload the cargo. Where will you disembark in the future? Wait for orders."

"You don't have to worry about this, Chief Min. It's cold this winter, and the area near Dadonggou is frozen. It's hard for ships to get to the port. It will take a new year to be civilized."

"How many grenade casings are there?"

"There are more than 8000 now, and they are being assembled. More than 8000 will be delivered tomorrow."

"It's not enough. The Vendura cavalry and the third and fourth brigades will be dispatched in a few days, so we have to match each of them with one."

"If time is tight, and if it's urgent, we have to send more people, but it's useless to have novices."

"How about calling the soldiers? After training, each person only does one process, and the last difficult one is for the craftsmen to do."

"If you only do one process, after some training, you should be able to do it. That's it. In the end, Chief Min has a way. But let us Beihai people come. I don't worry about others."

"Alright, I'll go and tell Brigadier Chen in a while and tell him to send someone over."

Regarding the production of ammunition, Jiao Li, Dai Zhi, and Liu Cheng had already done their best, and Jia Min couldn't push them any further.

This is a dangerous industry. If one is not careful, it is prone to fire and explosion accidents.Therefore, Jia Min walked around the ammunition factory almost every day to see if there were any hidden dangers.

At present, the Beihai Navy has formed a combat mode based on thermal weapons. With sufficient ammunition, its combat effectiveness is indeed strong.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, it is highly dependent on the supply of ammunition.

The cost of ammunition is higher than cold weapons such as bows and arrows. The production volume is limited and it is a one-time consumption, so the combat cost is also high. Sufficient economic capacity is needed to support it.

In view of this situation, Jia Min can only take the route of elite soldiers at present.

Besides, it is useless for him to need so many soldiers now.The city of Shengjing was captured and tens of thousands of people were captured, but there were actually very few soldiers who could be used.

If you want to train them, make them accept your ideas, and see results, you can't do it in a short period of time.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses at every turn. In fact, it is only to scare people in terms of numbers. When it comes to fighting, it is of little use.

On the contrary, they had to feed these people and pay some salaries. As a result, the money was spent, but it was of no use during the war, and it became a burden in vain.

Jia Min was also very anxious about the actions of the Mogu people.

It was also a severe test for Jia Min that so many enemies appeared all at once.

He believed that this matter was Song Kuan's idea.Only people like Song Kuan can have enough courage to come up with such a powerful and unconstrained method.

This Song Kuan is definitely a strong opponent.

According to Jia Min's original plan, take Shengjing City, and when Feng Ziying and Chen Yejun go north to Zhili, they take Shanhaiguan.Then encircle the imperial capital and overthrow the San Francisco in one fell swoop.

Now that the Mogus were out of nowhere, he had to change his battle plan and deal with the Mogus first.

Song Kuan's intention has now become clear, which is to let him and the Mogu people kill each other, and then he will benefit from it.

Even though he knew it was Song Kuan's trick, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept it.

After leaving the arsenal, Jia Min went to the Vendura cavalry.Seeing that Chen Yeqing had already sent the instructor, Jia Min felt a little relieved.

This action is still fast enough.

Shaq, Vadagas, and Similui are all present, and they have assembled their teams.

The North Vendura Cavalry and the South Vendura Cavalry have basically the same individual tactics and collective tactics.It has been this way for many years.

They also seem to be very confident and satisfied with their own abilities.

It can be said that it is a great improvement to be able to accept the training of the volunteer army now.

This is also due to the fact that they sent troops with the volunteers this time and saw the combat effectiveness of the volunteers.In addition, they were all defeated soldiers of the Fubing Corps before, and they also realized that they were not as good as the volunteers, so they accepted the training of the volunteers.

Without these two points, with their pride, they would never accept being taught how to fight.

After Jia Min gave some instructions, he returned to Guanxiangtun. He had to ask Chen Yeqing to send someone to the arsenal to help, and he had to see how Wei Ruolan and his team's battle plan was going.

It's all this Song Kuan, making such a fuss.Tell me to catch you in the future, and I will definitely get rid of this scourge.

Jia Min is very busy here, in fact Song Kuan is not easy, he is even busier than Jia Min.

After returning from Shanhaiguan, Han Tiankui went to see Han Tiandou, and Song Kuan has been studying the current battle situation and countermeasures with Gao Wangshan at the Ministry of War.

Originally thought that the emperor would summon him soon, but after waiting for three days, there was still no movement.

This made Song Kuan a little nervous.

"I know that the Mogu people's request to seal the king and crack the earth is too much, but this is the only way to bring disaster to the east. Only by asking the Mogu people to fight Jia Min can we win a breathing space."

In this case, Song Kuan had told Gao Wangshan more than once.

"Don't worry, my son, you have to give the emperor time to think about it. After all, this matter is of great importance. I have proposed similar favors to Jia Min before, but it was only the king of the county, and the emperor didn't agree, let alone this time it is a feudal state. .”

"It's a pity that the attack on Jia Min's arsenal fell short. Instead, Han Shishu lost his troops and generals. I feel sorry for Han Shishu."

"I can't blame you for this matter, and the emperor didn't blame you for this matter. When I went to see the emperor that day, he also told me that he saw you, and he said a few words of relief, telling you not to worry about it. The arsenal is Jia. Min's foundation, he will naturally defend it with all his might. After all, our soldiers and horses are not as good as Jia Min's, so it's normal that we can't beat him."

"Oh, if I had known that today would happen, I would have tried my best to get rid of Jia Min."

"The Mogu people won't have any different intentions, right? They are now entrenched in Niangzi Pass with a hundred thousand soldiers. If they break through the pass, they will go straight to the imperial capital and cannot be stopped."

Gao Wangshan changed the subject.

"There are bound to be different intentions, and it won't be against us at this moment. He is also counting on us to contain Jia Min."

"How do the Mogu people know Jia Min?"

"I should understand. However, they have never fought against each other, and the Mogu people rarely meet opponents on the grassland, so they will inevitably become more arrogant. They thought they would easily defeat Jia Min, and they would suffer a big loss at that time."

"That's the best way. They both lose, and we can profit. I hope they delay longer."

While chatting with Gao Wangshan, Song Kuan waited for the news from the palace, and there was no news until dark.

"Let's go, don't wait, it seems that there is nothing going on today. Go to my house for a drink."

"Okay, I'll just bother you."

"You're welcome, I also invited a few other friends, just chatting while having a drink."

When we arrived at Gao's house, the food and drink were ready, but there were no other guests.

"Are the adults still here?"

Gao Wangshan asked the housekeeper.

"I have sent someone to talk to you. Lord Luo, Lord Sun and Lord Jia have important matters. They will not come today. They said that they will come back another day to ask the master to make an apology."

Gao Wangshan smiled wryly.

"Forget it, if we don't come, let's eat by ourselves. Come on, nephew, let's get drunk tonight."

"Gao Shishu also invited them?"

"Yeah, it's an extraordinary time. I want to invite them to have a chat together, so that we can meet each other heart-to-heart and overcome difficulties together. I didn't expect that they won't come. It can be seen that people's hearts are not old."

"Forget it, they don't agree with us after all. Now that the situation is difficult, I'm afraid they have plans in their hearts. However, their thinking is a little simpler."

"Not only do I have plans, I'm afraid I have to take action."

"Oh, what happened to them?"

"Jia Yucun has been going to the house of Jia's mansion recently, and has close contacts with the servants of Jia's family. He originally climbed up by relying on Jia's mansion. Seeing that Jia Min seems to have accomplished something now, he wants to attach himself to Jia's family again. It's also possible. These people are unreliable after all."

"Will Jia Min accept him? I'm afraid he is wishful thinking."

Song Kuan said lightly, but he was thinking about another matter in his heart.

If Jia Yucun has a different intention, he must be careful in doing things.How did Uncle Gao know about this?

Could it be that he knew it from the emperor?

It would not be surprising if it was known from the emperor.

The former emperor secretly monitored the ministers, and it is normal for the emperor to monitor now.

Since the emperor can spy on others, will he also spy on my family?Even by my side, there are people from him?
Will Gao Shishu tell the emperor what I said to him?

Thinking of this, Song Kuan couldn't help feeling a little cold.

(End of this chapter)