Chapter 214： Imitated by all parties

In Shaoxing, Zhu Yihai is also discussing with several confidant ministers whether they can take the opportunity to send troops to capture Suzhou Songjiang and other places.

These two places, one with the weapon shop and the other with the foreign trade area, are of great significance to them.

If they took Suzhou, they could form a new type of army, and if they captured Songjiang, they would be able to obtain a huge amount of tax and silver there, thereby expanding their army and strengthening their strength.

Now Songjiang Prefecture’s tax revenue has officially surpassed that of Suzhou. Every overseas trade is a big deal, with a few or a dozen large ships at every turn.

In addition to foreign trade, Songjiang is also a distribution center for all kinds of goods. With the support of Wu Changqing, commerce has developed rapidly and it has become a commercial center.

Zhu Yihai thought very well, but he wanted to realize this plan, but it was extremely dangerous, which meant that he and Wu Changqing were officially torn apart.

"Wu Changqing's main force is in Jiujiang, and the rest of the troops are in Nanjing. Suzhou and Songjiang are very empty. It is a good time for us to seize."

Fang Guoan said that now he and Wu Changqing's hatred can be very big, and he can't wait to find some trouble for Wu Changqing right away. At the same time, he also coveted the Weapon Workshop in Suzhou.

"Nanjing is not far from Suzhou, and their support will come soon. The time to attack Suzhou is not yet ripe."

Another leader, Wang Zhiren, did not approve of the attack now, mainly because their strength was still too weak.

He currently has more than 40,000 troops, Fang Guoan still has 30,000, and Zhu Yihai has also recruited 20,000 soldiers during this time.

They add up to 90,000 people, which is quite a lot.

However, their combat effectiveness has to be hit with a big question mark. These people, let alone siege the city, are not opponents even in field battles with Wu Jun.

If they can't take down Suzhou in a short time, they will be miserable when the reinforcements from Nanjing arrive. They won't get any benefits, and they will be completely torn apart.

At that time, Wu Changqing even had a reason to attack Hangzhou and Shaoxing directly. Once these places were captured by Wu Changqing, they would even ruin the foundation of the comeback.

Therefore, the matter is of great importance, and Zhu Yihai dare not make up his mind lightly.

"How about the imitation of the new weapons?"

Zhu Yihai asked.

The last time Fang Guoan and Wu Jun fought, it was not without gain, at least a few hand grenades were seized, and then he also ordered the craftsmen to imitate them.

"No, in order to imitate this kind of grenades, we have killed six craftsmen. The final imitated grenades are much less powerful. According to some craftsmen's speculation, their gunpowder formula is different from what we use, and their gunpowder is powerful. Bigger."

Fang Guoan said helplessly.

The structure of the grenade is simple, and they quickly imitated its research.

But the gunpowder formula requires countless trials to find out. This requires a lot of time and capital investment.

Although the grenades they have imitated can also explode, they have little power. There is also a hand grenade that is powerful enough, but it is loaded with more gunpowder, which causes the volume and weight to be far beyond the standard, and people can't throw it far.

In actual combat, such a heavy thing can only be used to defend the city.

This is their only gain.

The greatest progress in imitation still belongs to the Qing court.

After all, they occupy a large territory, have a large population under their control, and have a large number of craftsmen, so the chance of high-level craftsmen is even greater.

Today, they not only successfully imitated the hand grenades, but also successfully imitated the flintlocks, but there has been no progress in howitzers for the time being.

However, the grenades they imitated were only about two-thirds as powerful as Wu Jun. The problem, naturally, lies in the gunpowder formula.

They have a lot of manpower and financial resources, so they have a lot of advantages when looking for gunpowder formulas, just keep finding mistakes.

As long as you keep trying, you can always find it. This is a dumb method, but it is also a very effective method.

The performance of their imitated flintlock is also much worse than that of Wu Jun.

In terms of rate of fire, their flintlock rifles are slower by about one-third, and their failure rate is about 20% higher. There are also other operating feelings, comfort, etc., which have a small gap.

In general, if Wu Jun's flintlock is 100 points, then their flintlock can only hit 60 at best.

However, this is quite good for the Qing army. With this copycat version of the flintlock unit, it can also be used to sling cold weapon units.

Relying on this flintlock gun, and then relying on the number advantage, they have the qualifications to fight Wu Jun to the death.

However, after solving the imitation problem, they faced a new problem, which was the speed at which the weapon was manufactured, and they couldn't get up quickly.

The Qing government used at least twice as many craftsmen as Wu Jun to participate in the manufacture of flintlock guns, but the manufacturing speed was only about half that of Wu Jun, which was about two thousand in a month.

Wanting to equip troops on a large scale is far away.

However, in fact, the performance of the Qing court is already very good.

Technological progress has always required a lot of time to explore and improve. That is, only Wu Changqing can directly come up with the forming technology, so that their inventions and creations will not take a lot of detours.

In the Forbidden City, Dorgon is meeting with Da Yuer.

Dorgon seemed to be in a good mood. He said: "The Weapon Workshop is on the right track. It is expected that 10,000 flintlocks will be built in a few months, and then they will be able to go south again."

"Is 10,000 pieces enough? As far as I know, now Wu Changqing's subordinates have tens of thousands of flintlock units. Moreover, their weapons workshops are also constantly being manufactured. After a few months, they may have two or three. Wan's flintlock troops are out.

According to my opinion, we should send an envoy to negotiate with them to see if we can rule the river. In this way, Azig and the others can also be released back, avoiding death. "

Dayu'er doesn't have such big ambitions. She was already satisfied with a small plot outside the pass, and now she has acquired the land of the Central Plains.

In her opinion, the empire's territory is already large enough, and there is no need to expand.

Of course, the main reason was that the risk was too great. Wu Changqing, who had risen to the south, kept beating them, making her panicked.

"Yu'er, you are worrying too much. I have already ordered to continue to recruit artisans, and we will also expand the scale of production. As long as we have enough weapons and the bravery of our army, it will be enough to flatten the south."

Dorgon is obviously unwilling to occupy only the north, and is still dreaming of the dream of unifying the world.

Unifying the world, this is probably the highest achievement a man can achieve. As long as there is a chance, who doesn't want it?

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