Chapter 410

PS: it's three o'clock tonight, but I still have to pay what I owe. I'll make up for it tomorrow.

In the early morning, a loud crow broke the silence.

Last night, because of fatigue, they went to bed early. At this time, Xiao Ming woke up and Fei yue'er was still sleeping soundly in bed. Instead of waking him up, he got out of bed by himself.

Today, he still has a lot of government affairs to deal with. He didn't come back for a month, and he didn't know what had happened on the fiefdom during this period, and the most important thing was potato.

He must take advantage of this year's promotion of potatoes, so that the people in six states can accept potatoes as a brand new crop, and then the people will be able to plant them in the next year.

After dressing, washing and eating, Xiao Ming went to the governor's house.

Yesterday, the surprise brought by potato made Pang Yukun still excited. When he saw Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun still had a smile on his face, which is very hard for a rigid person.

"Don't just worry about potatoes. We still have to deal with the government affairs. Now we will immediately inform the people from the army, the blog academy, the military workshop and other institutions to come to discuss the matter." Xiao Ming said.

With a smile and a nod, Pang Yukun immediately sent people to inform everyone.

After waiting for half an hour in the governor's office, the people arrived one after another. When they saw Xiao Ming, their faces were filled with joy. The aftereffects of Xiao Ming's marriage had not been over.

After chatting with the people for a while, Xiao Ming asked them to sit down and ask about the fiefdom.

"Niu Dudu, how about the formation of Youzhou army?"

Niu Zhen said: "in this month, we have strictly selected slave soldiers, and now we have left 7000 people to join the Qingzhou army. At the same time, the people of Youzhou are eager to join the army after opening warehouses and releasing grain. Now there are 12000 new members of the Youzhou army, plus 8000 of the guanning cavalry, and now there are 20000 of the Youzhou army. At the same time, leiming draws the backbone from the guanning cavalry At all levels, the College of Bowen also selected a number of outstanding long history officers to be stationed in the Youzhou army to assist them in their affairs. "

After a pause, Niu Zhen continued: "with the help of Qingzhou army, Youzhou army has started the training of firearm shooting, and artillery is also in the training. It is expected that in half a year, this group of Youzhou army will be able to partially exchange defense with Qingzhou army."

Xiao Ming nodded, "Shanhaiguan is the top priority. Cangzhou's troops can be transferred to Shanhaiguan. The military town must maintain the size of 50000 troops, and constantly promote the fortress strategy to further restrain the barbarians from plundering the border of Dayu."

"Yes, your highness, there have been barbarian scouts outside Shanhaiguan during this period of time, and guanning's cavalry often go to investigate outside Shanhaiguan. However, it's getting cold in the north, and the soldiers' uniforms are still a little thin. I'm afraid that the coming of winter will seriously damage the soldiers' combat effectiveness, so your highness can prepare a set of winter clothes for the soldiers in Shanhaiguan."

Xiao Ming frowned. This is a very serious problem. When the German army invaded the Soviet Union, it was defeated by the Soviet Union in the cold winter. When the Ming Dynasty fought against the Manchu and Qing Dynasty, it was mostly from the south to the north.

The soldiers in the South were not affected by the cold in the north, which was also a serious decline in morale. At that time, the Manchu and the barbarians had already adapted to the cold weather in the north, and their fur clothes and ear covering felt hats were winter clothes to protect them from the cold.

After pondering for a while, he said, "it's really a coincidence that my father gave me more than ten thousand pieces of cloth last time. These pieces were made into cotton padded clothes by the textile workshop and sent to the soldiers at Shanhaiguan."

Niu Zhen is glad to hear that this problem has bothered him for many days. Now Xiao Ming can solve it as soon as he comes back.

In addition to the clothes, Niu Zhen said: "Your Highness, during this period of time, the military workshop delivered another 4000 flint guns. Now the Qingzhou army is fully equipped with 20000 flint guns. Now the soldiers are armed with one gun. The rest of the flint guns can be handed over to the Youzhou Army and the Cangzhou army. That's all the generals have to say."

Xiao Ming nodded and looked at Chen Wenlong, "how are the equipment department and the military workshop? This time, the imperial court wants to purchase 5000 muskets. Is there any problem? "

"Your Highness, there is no problem. Now the equipment department has divided the lathes into one workshop. Now the drilling machine is a separate workshop, and it has expanded to 600 drilling machines, which can produce 5000 barrels in a month." Chen Wenlong said.

"Six hundred? So much? " Xiao Ming was also surprised.

Chen Wenlong nodded: "since adopting the process of purifying tungsten ore powder with hydrogen, it is very easy to purify pure tungsten ore powder now, so the production of drill bit is much faster. Moreover, we are still trying to use hydrogen to purify other ores. At the same time, the construction of metal refinery is already under construction, and Zhang Liu and other craftsmen are still studying fine metal gears, preparing to manufacture the clocks and watches mentioned by his highness. ”

hearing the words, Xiao Ming said with a smile, "yes, keep working hard. The industrial foundation depends on your equipment department."

"Your Highness, our military workshop's huzun gun has also made progress. A few days ago, we successfully used the huzun gun to test fire the powder can. Compared with the catapult, the range is 300 meters, which can project the powder can 500 meters away." Chen Qi said excitedly.

"Five hundred meters." Xiao Ming laughs. "Yes, yes, now you are able to take charge of your own affairs. After the meeting, I will go to see your tiger gun.""Yes, your highness." Chen Qi said excitedly that during this period, he has been studying the production of various types of artillery. At present, he has made progress in huzun artillery.

Xiao Ming then asked song Changping about the production of suifa guns. Because of the skillful craftsman and the use of assembly line, the production of suifa guns is also increasing step by step.

This time, Xiao Ming first asked about the military situation, which naturally meant that he attached great importance to it, because next he would have to face a continuous war, and it would be very difficult to just bring East Asia into his sphere of influence.

After asking about the army, Xiao Ming looked at Yue Yun. He didn't come to the last meeting because he was at the shipyard in Dengzhou at that time. Then he said, "Yue Yun, what's the situation with the Navy?"

"Your Highness, at the end of this year, the general recruited 3000 sailors, trained the corresponding captains, helmsmen, windsurfers, gunners and so on according to the number of warships launched this year, and trained them on three galleons for several months. Once the warships are launched, the general can become an army immediately." Yue Yun's voice is steady and heavy, and he has become an excellent Navy General through his hard work.

Xiao Ming nodded his head with satisfaction. He looked at Wang Xuan and said, "Wang Xuan, you were going to deploy secret guards to go south to the king of Chu's fiefdom to collect information about the Dutch, and give us the Dutch ships, troops and the Dutch defense on Ryukyu Island."

"Your Highness, is the Navy going to fight?"

Yue Yun looks excited when he hears the words. He has not forgotten the humiliation he suffered at sea. The Redwood army of Great Britain and the gray fir army of the Dutch run amuck on their own sea and kill innocent people indiscriminately.

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