After the grand celebration the next day, Yang Shanlu was officially ready to start.
However, before he started, he took another two days to go deep into various fields and important places, such as the workshops of fertilizer fields and woolen sweaters, etc. He also went one by one to conduct on-site investigations. Grasp first-hand information.
After doing this to his heart, he further confirmed that the Donglu Sanwei was functioning well, and he was relieved. After all, in another month, his appointment paper can be down... and at that time, he will be able to operate. The good Donglu three guards are the core, and we will try our best to operate the more extensive Donglu ten guards! In other words, it should be called Yanghe Tenwei!
(The original Yanghe Road governed the second road, Yanghe Road East Road and Yanghe Road Xinping Road, but now Yangshanlu is in charge of these two roads, so it can be called Yanghe Tenwei)
In this way, after the private visit to the WeChat account, Yang Shanlu began to hold a military meeting... The theme of this meeting was to sum up the post-war experience and do all sorts of aftermath.
The generals also had no objection to this, and for all post-war matters, one of the most important points was the expansion of the House of Martyrs.
After all, this time the expedition has achieved a brilliant victory, but the casualties of the Xuanjia Army are absolutely huge! From the 15,000 people on the expedition, there were only 4,000 people left when the class teacher returned to the court! (The other 2,000 were the new army that was later supported) A total of 11,000 people were killed! The casualty rate is as high as 70%!
This number can be said to be quite huge! It can even be said that if it was not the Xuanjia Army, it would have already collapsed when it was replaced by another army. Therefore, for this single-handed steel army, the subsequent resettlement work needs to be done well.
So next, Yang Shanlu expanded two courtyards for the heroic martyrs, so that each of the three guards on the east road had one, and all the descendants of the Xuanjia Army who died in public battles were arranged to enter.
For example, the kind of dolls who are still feeding, including the widows of the martyrs, all have food and rice pensions every month! Anyway, Yang Shanlu wanted to let these Profound Armored soldiers know... Following him, even if Yang Shanlu died, their descendants would not be left untouched!
In addition, Yang Shanlu also made reference to the experience of later generations and produced a batch of commemorative medals for the eleventh year of Chongzhen Defence to reward the four thousand Xuanjia army who followed him back! To commemorate this great battle!
Because Yang Shanlu felt that as a soldier different from other frontiers, he should not only pay attention to material rewards, but also pay attention to spiritual rewards! For example, the commemorative medal he made for this defense battle is a good attempt... If you only reward tens of taels of silver as usual, it can be used up, there is nothing surprising.
And such commemorative medals can cultivate the sense of honor of soldiers! Can be passed on from generation to generation! When these Xuanjia troops are old, they can proudly tell their children and grandchildren that they had participated in the vigorous 11-year defense war back then! And this is their lifetime medal!
Of course Yang Shanlu also knows that such a change of concept is the most difficult, but he is willing to make useful attempts for it.
Even after the commemorative medal was finished, Yang Shanlu participated in the activity of awarding honors to the four thousand Xuanjia army! Among the outstanding representatives, Yang Shanlu also personally put them on! From then on, the various treatments and promotion speeds of the four thousand Xuanjia Army will be significantly higher than those of the later Xuanjia Army, and these four thousand Xuanjia Army is also known as the Xuanjia with the first batch of commemorative medals. military!
In addition, it is to sum up the experience after the war... After all, this battle has been fought for more than half a year, from the capital to Shandong, and from Shandong back to the capital. It can be said that it is a long distance, nearly ten battles in the north and south of the land and water! There are many things that can be summarized.
And among these, the most important lesson to be summarized is... The weapon of the Xuanjia Army, that is, the new birdclaw can still be improved.
After all, this is also very obvious. The biggest casualty of the Xuanjia Army this time is by the Qingshui River. After the thief God suddenly rained heavily, the inadequacies of the new-style birdblade were exposed...
After the match rope was wet, the original sharp firearm turned into a fire stick! Let the Xuanjia Army bear the biggest casualties since becoming an army! So now, it's time to improve!
And Yang Shanlu also feels the same about this. In fact, Yang Shanlu is more concerned about improving the new style of birdblade, that is, upgrading the new style of birdblade to flintlock (no match rope is needed)! Even as early as two years ago, he had told the artisan of the firearms workshop Li Dahui about the idea of flintlock.
It's just a pity that the climbing of the science and technology tree is not so easy. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, various technical conditions were lagging behind, so until now, the development of flintlock guns has not been successful.
However, despite this, Yang Shanlu’s current scientific research force is no longer what it used to be. Even a generation of scientific masters, Song Yingxing, has already been acquired by him, and with Song Yingxing’s strength in research, maybe we can see the light of day. …
So after summarizing the post-war experience, Yang Shanlu took Liu Dabangma and other guards to the firearms workshop to check it out on the spot.
The firearms workshop is not far from the guerrilla general's mansion, and because of the importance of the firearms workshop, the Xuanjia army is usually responsible for guarding it... No one enters! So when Yang Shanlu led the people to come, what he saw was a heavily guarded place, and he was very satisfied with this point.
Unexpectedly, just as he was carrying Liu Dabangma, after the inspection by the sentry, and was about to walk into the firearms workshop, he suddenly ran out of the firearms workshop, and then this person seemed to be too excited, and he walked out. Jump! So I hit Yang Shanlu's body at once!
Damn it! Yang Shanlu was a little boring in his chest when he was hit by him. When he frowned and wanted to criticize this daredevil, he was suddenly stunned... Who else was Song Yingxing who hit him
As for Song Yingxing, he rubbed his painful shoulders and wanted to hurry, but when he saw that Yang Shanlu had hit him, he was immediately excited. He already grabbed Yang Shanlu and said, "My lord, I'm looking for How about you!"
"Oh, did something big happen?" Yang Shanlu saw Song Yingxing's excitement, and his face also showed joy. Could it be that...
"Haha, that's right! My lord, the flintlock is made! The flintlock that you mentioned to me last time, the old man has already made it!" Song Yingxing was dancing and dancing! That excited look, it's like getting some rare treasure!
"What? It was made!" Yang Shanlu became even more excited after hearing it... and even raised his voice by an octave! After all, he knows better than anyone else, the meaning of flintlocks for this era! That can be said to be a real weapon of war! Not to mention that he has been looking forward to this flintlock gun for several years! But now
"Also!" Song Yingxing nodded proudly, and could not wait to pull up Yang Shanlu, and rushed to his laboratory.
The firearms workshop nowadays is not small, covering several acres, but Song Yingxing is familiar with it. After the two turned around, they walked into a big room... This is also Song Yingxing’s exclusive laboratory. .
After unlocking the lock, Yang Shanlu saw a birdbill in the center at a glance, or from the first sight, Yang Shanlu knew that this was a newly developed flintlock! Or it can be called a front musket. (The name is divided according to the evolutionary history of the musket)
This, this... is really developed! Yang Shanlu was very excited when he saw it, and ran up in three steps and two steps, then picked up this flintlock gun and looked at it carefully...
At this time, Song Yingxing had already reported the data casually—this flintlock gun has a caliber of 19.8 mm, a gun length of 1.3 meters, a gun weight of 10 kilograms, and a projectile weighing six dollars. The most important thing is that the long one at the original trigger The matchstick is gone, replaced by a flint, and this is the most critical improvement!
Seeing Yang Shanlu looking carefully, Song Yingxing remembered that Yang Shanlu was an expert in this area. He had provided the original idea, but it took nearly a year to create it. Song Yingxing still couldn't help showing off. "Look, my lord, the performance of this flintlock rifle is more than 40% higher than that of the original new birdblade, that is, the performance of the traditional matchlock gun! It can be called a military weapon!"
"Yeah—" Yang Shanlu looked at Song Yingxing with emotion... His messy hair, a beard that hadn't been taken care of for a long time, that is, with such a spirit of research, can he make such a military weapon! Only to become a scientific master who will be remembered for later generations!
Including this, the artisan Li Dahui, who has already arrived after hearing the news, also said with emotion after seeing it: "Yes, Lord Song is really a role model for my generation! His research spirit is beyond me... It's like when the general sent a roast chicken the day before yesterday, Master Song was so fascinated by his experiments that he didn't eat roast chicken, but sent the iron piece aside as roast chicken to his mouth!"
"Hehe!" Song Yingxing laughed awkwardly when he heard it. If this is known to someone who is not familiar with it, he would think he is a'fool'! It's just that after Yang Shanlu listened to it, he admired it even more... No wonder he could become a famous scientific master for later generations! What is needed is this kind of research spirit!
He even remembered an allusion from later generations... He was also talking about a famous scientist, who looked a little different from normal people because of his selfless study.
For example, once a friend of his came to see him, only to find that he was fascinated by thinking about an academic issue, and when he was cooking, he actually put the watch as a dish and put it in an iron pan!
The level of this research... But what about now
It’s just that Yang Shanlu feels good in this way... It’s really his blessing to be able to dig Song Yingxing over! It is even the blessing of the entire Ming people!
"Very well, old gentleman, you can successfully develop the flintlock gun! It is really useful for the present and future generations! Even for the entire Chinese Han people, they have made a huge contribution! But before the official decides how to reward you, let's Why don't you go to the proving ground to try it out first?"
"Okay, okay!" Of course, Song Yingxing had no objections after hearing this. The flintlock is like his child, and he knows all kinds of performances. Now it is time to test his results. Naturally, he raised his hands in favor.
So next, the group immediately turned to the test field, and Yang Shanlu sent people to call Qi Zhenzong and other generals, because they all went directly to the battlefield to deal with the Qing army, so now, so that they can be more Intuitively realize the importance of flintlock.
Because it was testing a new type of weapon, the flintlock gun, the entire test site was different from the past. It was cordoned off and equipped with sentries to prevent leakage of information.
Then soon, Qi Zhenzong, Cheng Wu, Cheng Meng and others all rushed to the test. After they were all ready, the experiment began.
After the test results came out, everyone was cheered, even straight-tempered people like Cheng Meng cheered loudly... Because the performance of the flintlock gun is so good, all performances are better than the original matchlock gun. Improved by nearly 40%!
And the most important thing is that instead of the original long matchstick, a small flint is replaced, so that the original shooting effect is severely interfered by the weather, and there is no more! You can fight almost all-weather!
In other words, if you encounter heavy rain like the last time, the dog will never want to take advantage of them!
"Very good!" After the test results came out, Yang Shanlu was very satisfied, and the performance of the flintlock gun fully met his expectations.
Although this flintlock gun has just been developed, the surface craftsmanship is not too sophisticated, such as the surface is relatively rough, the polished is not too bright, etc., but these are the minutiae, the most important thing is the birth of the flintlock gun. All can be said to have created a new era!
If we say that in the era of cold weapons, the dog's strong bow and hard crossbow can still compete with the less advanced matchlock guns. The course of history is still hidden in layers of fog, but in the face of more advanced flintlock guns, it is The overall situation is set! Even if there are repetitions, the course of history is already clear... With such a sharp weapon, it is enough to sweep my invincible Qing Dynasty into the garbage dump of history!
"According to my order, the news of the successful development of the flintlock gun should be kept confidential. At most, it can only be said to be another version of the new birdblade (matchlock gun). Anyone who violates the order will be punished severely!" , Yang Shanlu instructed the generals around him.
"My lord, don't worry!" The generals around him nodded their heads. After all, they all know how powerful it is... If this is spread out, will the dog Danzi know that there is such a weapon of the country, will he be able to sit still? I am afraid that all kinds of snooping, buying, and careful work... all kinds of tricks will be performed... So for the sake of the country, of course it is necessary to keep secrets.
"By the way, old gentleman, after the flintlock gun is developed, what is the estimated monthly output?" Yang Shanlu asked this very crucial question, that is, how long can it take to form combat effectiveness.
"Well..." Song Yingxing thought about it seriously: "The manufacture of flintlock guns is a lot more complicated than the new-style birdblade, but now that it has been developed, it will gradually become more proficient in the future, so I guess You can make four hundred sticks every month."
"Four hundred sticks? That's pretty good." Yang Shanlu just thought about it. If four hundred sticks a month, it would be close to five thousand sticks a year. Then two years later, he could have 10,000 flintlocks! At that time, it was in the original history when the Song-Jin War broke out between the Ming and Qing Dynasties! It is the decisive battle between the Ming and Qing Dynasties!
But no matter at that time, whether the original Songjin war will break out, a national battle will break out between the two sides, that's for sure... And at that time, imagine there are 10,000 people holding flintlock guns. When the Xuanjia Army appeared on the battlefield (the combat power was about equal to the ordinary 40,000 Xuanjia Army), Yang Shanlu couldn't help showing a triumphant smile on his face... Gou Danzi, I'm here to send you the end!
And Yang Shanlu knows that although history has been changed by him, there is still a certain inertia, so it is estimated that the Songjin War will still break out, and no one knows the importance of the Songjin War better than Yang Shanlu... Also According to the historical records of the Manchu and Qing Dynasty after entering the Pass (it is similar to the stuff like Taizong's record), the battle of Saerhu was "Wang Jikai", and the battle of Songjin was "Diye Ding!"
But now? Then, let’s take a look at that time, can his Huang Taiji be like in history, come to the Diye Ding...