Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 230 Meeting of Senior Relatives ([-])
As the saying goes, stay on the front line when doing things, and we will meet each other in the future.In fact, not only doing things, but also talking.

The issue of armaments involved so extensively that it was beyond Gao Pragmatic's expectation. Originally, he thought that it was mainly the head and tail of the local guards, and that it involved some nobles.If this is the case, he still has some confidence to find a solution, or even if he can't "solve", at least he should be able to open a little back door for some places to make a special case, such as Jizhou, such as Xuanda.

But Qi Jiguang's words made him dare not pick up on it at will. After all, all the civil servants from the Ministry of War to the local government, and from the governor's mansion of the five armies to the local guards are all related to this. Isn't it the pincer attack of the two major groups, civil and military?Offend the grasshoppers on this rope together, I'm afraid even the emperor can't stand it.

So in the end, Gao Pragmatism did not dare to make any clear guarantees, but only said that he would go back and find a way slowly.

As a result, he couldn't solve the problem he raised by himself, and he really felt a little embarrassed in face, so he had to give "compensation" on the other hand.Therefore, Gao Yushi provided Qi Jiguang with a specific idea to improve the combat effectiveness of the musketeers. This idea may not seem obvious at first, but the effect is obvious.

"Qi Dudu, as far as I know, in terms of filling the gunpowder of the current bird guns or saigong guns, it mainly depends on the soldiers to grasp the weight according to their experience, right?"

Qi Jiguang nodded and said: "That's right, it has always been like this, and this is one of the reasons why I have strict military discipline. Only by letting them make subconscious actions, they will not mistake the weight, and they will not be wrong when they are fighting." You made a mistake in your busy schedule. After all... Gao Shidu, you are also an expert in firearms. If you charge less gunpowder, you will be unable to shoot and have insufficient power. If you charge more, it may cause the barrel to explode, so this is a last resort. Of."

Gao Wushi smiled: "I have a small way to solve this problem."

"Oh?" Qi Jiguang's eyes lit up, he became interested, and asked: "Gao Shidu always has a magic touch, I don't know what kind of surprises he can bring to Qi this time, Qi is here to listen!"

"Qi Dudu is being polite." Gao Wushi said, folded a roll of paper at his side, made it into a tube shape, shook it to Qi Jiguang, and said with a smile: "Qi Dudu, please take a look, it's settled."

"Uh...huh?" This question might be a bit out of line, Qi Jiguang didn't follow his train of thought all of a sudden, and seemed a little dazed.

Gao Wushi still smiled, and folded a paper tube again with the same technique, and said, "Dudu Qi, these two paper tubes are about the same size, and can hold gunpowder inside..."

"Crack!" Qi Jiguang suddenly slapped his thigh and said loudly, "Wonderful!"

He suddenly stood up and said excitedly: "I said: 'The difficult things in the world must be done in the easy way. The big things in the world must be done in detail'. Gao Shidu, your ability to draw the finishing touch, Qi has really learned it today! I admire it! ,admire!"

Gao Wushi kept a reserved smile on his face, looking at Qi Jiguang who was so excited, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional in his heart, this is really a general who attaches great importance to improving the combat effectiveness of the Ming army.

In fact, this highly pragmatic method is the harbinger of the paper-shell fixed-loading bombs that appeared later in history, but it is too primitive, and the word "bomb" is not even mentioned, but it is "paper-shell fixed-loading".But even so, it is of great significance to the use of muskets at this stage: its appearance can greatly reduce the harm caused by inaccurate charging of soldiers due to various reasons on the battlefield, and it will also reverse the This has greatly improved combat efficiency.

At this time, Qi Jiguang recovered from his excitement, and bowed to Gao Yushi: "Thank you on behalf of...Qi."

Gao Wushi restrained his smile, stood up, and politely returned a salute, saying: "I don't want to be named Marquis, I hope Haibo will be peaceful. Dudu Qi doesn't need to thank me, I just admire Dudu Hongzhi's great wishes, and I would like to help Dudu a little bit." That's all."

Qi Jiguang was a little surprised, but still said: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it." After a pause, he continued: "This meeting with Gao Shidu, Qi has benefited a lot, I really don't know how to repay it..."

"Qi Dudu is being polite, the Dudu agreed to train the guards for me, which is already a great reward." Gao Wushi replied with a smile.

Qi Jiguang shook his head and said: "Otherwise, Qi has always asked himself a little bit of experience in training. The dozens of people sent by Gao Shidu, not to mention the food, they even built their own residences, so it's important to Qi There is no burden, it is nothing more than standing in a small team during training, without delaying anything, what is the reward?"

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "That's also the governor's compliment."

Qi Jiguang even said that he didn't dare, and then said: "I just heard that Gao Shidu wants to buy a large area of ​​land near Kaiping to find iron and coal, and then smelt iron and steel? Even... want to buy Kaiping City, let Kaiping Settle the guards and move the defense?"

Gao Wushi nodded and said: "It's true, but Kaiping is a military town after all, and it's quite troublesome to get it to move out. Governor, you also know that Yongping's deputy envoy Wu Huanzhou (referring to Wu Dui, Wu Duihao Huanzhou.) is my third uncle's protégé, and even he thinks it's not easy to handle... It seems that I thought too simply before."

Qi Jiguang looked at Gao Yushi carefully, whether he wanted to distinguish the credibility of Gao Yushi's words from Gao Yushi's demeanor.But Gao Wushi had a calm face and showed no other expressions at all.

"It's really unprecedented to move the military town because of private purchase of land..." Qi Jiguang frowned deeply, pondered for a while, and carefully chose his words, saying: "Although I really want to say it, this kind of operation is not enough. It does not violate the law of the Ming Dynasty, but after all, it is unavoidable to be a bit shocking..."

Gao Wushi didn't answer, because Qi Jiguang obviously had more to say.

Sure enough, Qi Jiguang paused, as if he had made up his mind, and said: "However, Qi has a way to avoid the trouble of such attention."

Gao Wushi's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Oh? I'll ask Dudu Qi, how will you plan to come out?"

Qi Jiguang said: "I am the general soldier of Jizhou, and Kaiping is the defense area under my jurisdiction. The reason why the imperial court set up a guard here is mainly to serve as the rear support point of Yongping Mansion, and it is used to transport the soldiers from the capital to Yongping. There are soldiers, horses and supplies in Ping and Shanhaiguan, so from the military point of view, this place should not be abandoned."

Gao Yushi was a little discouraged.On this issue of military defense, he asked himself that Qi Jiguang was not as good as a little finger. Since Qi Jiguang thought so, he must not be able to argue.

Unexpectedly, Qi Jiguang continued: "But if you really want to say that Kaiping Town is the most ideal location for this support point, it's not the case—does Gao Shidu know about Yifeng Horse Station?"

The horse station is the official communication channel of Ming Dynasty, and it passes through the whole country with the capital as the center. However, the horse station in Daming is very developed. Where is there a horse station?

Qi Jiguang was not surprised, smiled, picked up the pen and paper on the table, and quickly drew a sketch.

(End of this chapter)