In the town captive guarding the official hall, Yang Shanlu was very happy when he heard the news from his father that the immigration work had started smoothly.
If this is the case, he can also prepare for follow-up actions. After all, immigrants only played a role in weakening the peasant army. When the Central Plains war really starts, if you want to defeat Li Zicheng and defeat Zhang Xianzhong, you have to rely on the gun in his hand!
Thinking about this, Yang Shanlu called Qi Zhenzong over... The current Qi Zhenzong either lives in the yard allocated to him or on the training ground, so it is accurate to find one.
When Qi Zhenzong was found, Yang Shanlu smiled and asked, "Brother Mingyuan, how is the recruitment process recently?"
"Haha, the situation is very good!" Speaking of Qi Zhenzong, his face was full of joy. He was excited and said: "My lord, now we have recruited nearly 3,000 people! They are all that kind of great guys, so I The number of the Xuan Jia army exceeds five thousand, that's just around the corner!"
"well!"
Yang Shanlu was very satisfied after hearing this, but in order to meet the Central Plains battle six months later, and the fourth battle of the Manchus afterwards! Clean up the dog tart! The number of recruits will increase!
Yang Shanlu said: "Brother Mingyuan, this is not enough. We will recruit 7,000 to 8,000 people by April next year, preferably 10,000! Really become a powerful and powerful army. !"
"Guaranteed to complete the task!" Qi Zhenzong was most happy about recruiting... Seeing his army grow day by day, is there anything more pleasing than this
Not to mention that there is a big local tyrant Yang Shanlu on the top, so that besides recruiting soldiers, he doesn't have to worry about anything like armor and salary, so it is cool to have a rich adult...
But Qi Zhenzong is also very smart. Seeing that Yang Shanlu attaches so much importance to recruiting, he tentatively said: "My lord, you are so urging, do you have to take action afterwards?"
"That's right—" Yang Shanlu didn't hide it from him, but said solemnly: "After the recruits are trained, the court will have a major action to suppress the bandits!
When the time comes, our Xuanjia Army will advance into the Central Plains with the main force! Annihilate all the so-called King Chuang and the Eight Great Kings! "
"Great!" Qi Zhenzong's eyes shine brightly when he hears. Qi Zhenzong's hometown is from Shandong, and he usually suffers from stray bandits. If the locusts in the sky are natural disasters, these stray bandits on the ground are human disasters!
They are like the locusts all over the sky. They will eat up wherever they go. The people suffer deeply, but now...
Even after learning that the Xuanjia army will be the main force in the battle, Qi Zhenzong felt more and more that he had come to Yang Shanlu at the beginning. He thought that he had no way to serve the country, but he had no way to serve the country! But now...
At this time, Yang Shanlu patted him on the shoulder and said, "Hehe, don't patronize for fun, go with me to the firearms workshop."
"Firearms workshop?"
"Yes, I now have a new improvement for firearms, and that is particle*."
Speaking of particles*, Qi Zhenzong doesn't quite understand it, but Yang Shanlu, as a veteran on the Forum for Later Generations, knows its power very well!
To put it simply, the same improved bird blow, using pellets*, can increase its power by more than 30% compared to the original powder*. If you wait until the Central Plains battlefield...
Then Yang Shanlu took Qi Zhenzong to the firearms workshop.
The area of the current firearms workshop has been more than three times larger than that of Zhenkou Fort.
And it's still in a large specially built house, with Xuanjia army standing guard outside the door! After all, with the improvement of firearm workshops more and more, this kind of military weapon must be spied by all parties, and we must take strict precautions.
But when the Xuan Jia army guarding the gate saw that it was Yang Shanlu and the others, they didn't come forward to question.
And after entering the firearms workshop, you can find that it is very lively... There are people who make improved bird guns, some who make long spears, and some who make armor...
And now the total number of artisan households has also increased a lot. When we were in Zhenkoubao, there were only about 100 artisan households, but now, through various methods and the merger of the original Tianchengcheng artisan households, they have all been reached. A total of 500 people! Ensure the supply of weapons!
At this time, after seeing the Supreme Chief Yang Shanlu coming in, Li Dahui, who was carefully inspecting, hurriedly greeted him.
Li Dahui is the craftsman here. Yang Shanlu dug it from the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry. He has been doing very well in the past two years, so Yang Shanlu still let him be the craftsman.
And with the expansion of the workshop, Yang Shanlu gave him an official position from the ninth rank, so now the head of Li, his whole person looks energetic and full of energy.
At this moment, after seeing Yang Shanlu and the two people coming, Li Dahui was already excited to welcome him: "My lord, I'm overjoyed! The particle* you made me develop has been successful, please have a look!"
Speaking of Li Sledgehammer, someone brought an iron plate with the developed particles* on it.
Yang Shanlu was very happy when he saw it, and then he watched it carefully... I saw these particles*, all the size of mung beans, shimmering with a dark luster.
Then Yang Shanlu picked up a few more, and found that the hand feels heavy, which means that the pressed is very strong, and this is a very important indicator... The stronger the pressed, the greater the density, and the more powerful it will explode in the future. Strong!
After reading it, Yang Shanlu's face just showed a smile... It looked very good!
At this moment, Qi Zhenzong also saw some ways. He was surprised and said: "My lord, are these the particles* recorded in the "New Book of Ji Xiao"? But how do you feel that it is a little different from what is recorded in the book?"
Yang Shanlu laughed when he heard it. Of course, this is different. As a traverser, he already has a better method than the new book of Ji Xiao, and that is called the low-temperature wet suppression method.
This is also a universal production method for later generations. Specifically, you need to add 45 degrees alcohol to wet it, and then put it into an abrasive tool to press it by gravity. After pressing, the alcohol will naturally evaporate.
At this time, it can be used, but in order to further improve the product performance, Yang Shanlu asked them to polish the particles to make the surface smooth and not easy to absorb moisture.
In this way, the final product is far more powerful than what is recorded in the "New Book of Ji Xiao".
As far as Yang Shanlu knew, when the Eight-Power Allied Forces later attacked Beijing/Beijing, the Qing army once obtained some British army pellets*, and then put them in for a test shot, and the range was increased by 50% on the spot!
And now, the quality of these particles* made by Yang Shanlu is not inferior to the particles* used by the British army!
"Very good, now we can go for a test shot!"
Now that the development was successful, Yang Shanlu brought Qi Zhenzong, Li Dahui and others to the dedicated test field.
At this time, the Xuan Jia army on the field had already erected a wooden sign, and also put a large mountain inscription on it.
This kind of mountain armor is the standard equipment of the Xuan Jia army, and the quality can top the two iron armors of Tartar!
For the powder* used in the past, it can only dent this Shanwenjia, but cannot penetrate it. Now, it depends on whether this particle* can penetrate it
Next, Yang Shanlu took a shot of the improved bird blow, and after filling the pellets according to the standard, he aimed and shot at a distance of sixty steps.
"boom!"
After a gunshot, the Xuanjia army who was in charge of observing had already shouted in surprise: "I have penetrated and penetrated!"
is it? Yang Shanlu was very happy to hear it, and Qi Zhenzong was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth...
Then a group of people hurriedly walked over and took a look and found that it was so. On the well-made Shanwen Jia, a small hole the size of a finger had been opened in the chest, and the light could be seen when facing the sky!
"Haha, it's really good!" After Qi Zhenzong saw it, he laughed like a child!
This is also very obvious. The original powder* can already beat the dog tartar into crying father and mother, but now its power has increased by at least 30%. Will the dog tartar can withstand it by then
When Yang Shanlu saw it, he was also very happy... I still remember that in the battle of the Qing soldiers, in order to ensure the power of the shooting, he could only endure the arrow rain of Tarzi and put them at 60 steps. Call again when it's time!
But now, after using particles*, the effective distance can be extended to at least 90 steps! And at that time...
"not bad!"
After Yang Shanlu finished the experiment, he said to Li Dahui: "The effect is satisfactory, but what is the current output? I request that by April next year, all the Xuanjia army should be replaced with this kind of particles*!"
"My lord, don't worry—" Li Dahui said with a slap on his chest, "Now our craftsman camp, there is a lot of manpower!
And to make these pellets*, no craftsman is needed. Many processes can be done by craftsmen’s women, so please rest assured that by April next year, you can definitely change up all of them! "
"well!"
Yang Shanlu was very satisfied, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Do it hard, I won't treat you badly!"
"Yeah—" This Li Dahui also experienced it personally, not to mention himself, what life did they like craftsmen live by in the first place? Even the dogs don’t chew the food!
But now, you can eat a beautiful meal of meat every day, and usually it is full of white flour and steamed buns. On such days, if you don't do it well... Is it still a human
In addition, because this is the magic weapon to win in the future, Yang Shanlu also has to tell Li Dahammer: "Li Dahammer, this particle* is very important, so you have to do your usual confidential work."
"This lord, you can rest assured, as long as there is a problem, I will come to see you with my head!"
Li Sledgehammer also has full confidence in this, let alone the people who make these particles*, except for the craftsmen camped by the craftsmen, they are the wives of these craftsmen, so the loyalty can definitely rest assured!
After all, who rescued them from the sea of suffering! If you betrayed like this, is it still a human being!
Not to mention Yang Shanlu, but also introduced a 5-household system...
That is, the five artisan households are counted as a group, and they usually live in a compound. As long as one of them has a problem, the remaining four households will all be punished! Even the army stick waits on it! Therefore, mutual supervision in this way will make it even less problematic.
And Yang Shanlu felt satisfied after hearing his answer. After all, such a military weapon must be kept strictly confidential, but he believed it could be done.
The first is the self-discipline system of the craftsmen, the second is the guard system of the Xuanjia Army, and the third is the supervision system of the Department of Supervision, which is the usual secret supervision. I believe that with this triple system, the possibility of leakage is very small. Up...
Of course, the most important thing is the craftsmen, but Yang Shanlu believes that they can do this.
After all, the treatment he gave was very high, and the lives of these craftsmen in Tiancheng City were already second only to the existence of the Xuanjia Army!
Even better than those who make fertilizer and weave woolen sweaters... And this is the principle that Yang Shanlu has always respected...
Respect knowledge and talents, as long as you respect them and treat them kindly, they will return you with sincere dedication!
After leaving the training ground, Yang Shanlu was also very happy... In this way, the combat strength of the Xuanjia Army increased by at least 20%!
Imagine taking such a powerful army and advancing into the Central Plains, when the north and south are horizontal, who can be the enemy in the world!
PS has recently progressed a bit slowly, but you can rest assured that this white horse will speed up the progress and will soon advance to the Central Plains war! Fight against famous figures such as Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong! Next will be the battle of Tarzi's entry into the customs again!
Haha, what kind of sparks will the Xuanjia army that has grown up by then burst out? (End of this chapter)