The rise of the prince

Chapter 735 Accumulate Strength
In March of Yangchun, the earth warms up, and the east wind howls in the small building, which makes people feel comfortable.

The buildings in the north are somewhat rough. Outside the yellow and brown carved wooden fences, the season when the grass grows and the warblers fly, the spring breeze is swift and fierce, the streets are full of traffic, people come and go, and the voices are full of people.

Looking at this bustling street scene, Li Xingzhou felt a sense of accomplishment that he could benefit from.

From a distance, you can see the faces of many southerners, speaking the southern dialect, selling loquat, guava and other fruits, which were rarely seen in the capital before.

There are also many exquisite utensils and toys in the south, and the special products of the cities along the river in the north, all gathered in Kaiyuan Mansion.

In the past two years, Jingguo, as a whole, has operated rapidly and flourished as if he had opened up the two veins of Ren and Du. His vigorous management of the waterways in the two major river basins is undoubtedly the first achievement.

Just as he was thinking, a crisp voice came from in front of him: "Are you annoying?"

Li Xingzhou bowed his head, Shiyu was dressed in emerald green dress, his face was shy and angry, and he gave him a light look, "I'm checking accounts, don't bother me, go find Gillian."

He smirked, retracted his big hand that was doing something wrong, and said helplessly: "A-Jiao is helping me write the memorial."

Li Xingzhou is now 20 or 1.8 years old, half a child is at the age of dragon and tiger. In addition, he is now about [-] meters tall. Jiao couldn't take it anymore, He Qian also passed the door, the little girl was lively, but she followed Qiu'er curiously every day.

Li Xingzhou sighed, two of the three wives are busy, and one is disobedient, it's too miserable.

Shiyu heard him sigh, couldn't bear it, put down the account booklet in his hand, flushed on his pretty cheeks, "You just think, that's what happened at night, you are not allowed to be immoral."

He put his hands on Shiyu's waist, hugged her lightly, and didn't move anymore. This is the backyard of Tingyu Building, where he works. The information collected from various places is gathered here, and outsiders can't get in. of.

As the weather gradually warmed up after the spring breeze, Jingguo was full of flowers and a prosperous scene, while the civil war in Xia was in full swing. The two sides sent envoys to Kaiyuan one after another to ask for help. Hell is talking nonsense, both sides are talking good things, and both sides are selling armaments at high prices, which can not only deal with the obsolete equipment after the change, but also make a lot of money.

The two sides also fought more vigorously, and regarded Jing Guo as the side that could save them from the fire and water, and sent envoys to please them from time to time.

This is the biggest fallacy of the upper echelons of the Xia Kingdom. They want to rely on foreign forces to consolidate their dominance. It is good when both sides have common interests. He is willing to buy Jingguo and sell them until the two parties have no shared interests or conflicts of interests. hour.
The current monarchs of the Xia Kingdom are far inferior to their two founding monarchs. The founding emperor of the Xia Kingdom and his father, King Xia, are considered to be very far-sighted. While coping, he became self-reliant and self-reliant, and finally proclaimed himself emperor.

But today's Li Jiyuan is not as good as his ancestors, this short-sightedness, Xia Guo will not be able to survive, let them fight for a few more years, and then the new army fleet will go up the Northwest, and the Northwest will be settled.

This is Li Xingzhou's long-term plan.

The biggest thing today is the restructuring of the new army. The restructuring is not simply changing the name, but completely changing the organizational form of the army to maximize the combat effectiveness of the new weapons.

This matter requires the coordination of the Royal Palace, the Ministry of War, the Privy Council, the Military Weapons Supervision, and the Ministry of Officials. There must be a lot of bickering and mutual evasion. Fortunately, the time and place are favorable, as Li Xingzhou said.

As the crown prince, he is a certainty, and the power is changing. Many people are eager to please the new power core. The new army is well known to other masters, so everyone wants to follow this matter to please him, the new master. It was too late to start, so the reform of the new army was greatly accelerated, making things progress very quickly.

This is a good thing, and it is also a big thing. It can't be done overnight. There are great changes in personnel, and all aspects need to be coordinated. He is busy with this these days.

In addition, the new breech-loading guns and breech-loading guns were officially issued by the Privy Council, and the Privy Council envoy Li Xingzhou officially named them Type 04 rifles and Type 04 field guns.

It was originally intended to be named after the chief designer Zhao Si, but if it was called "Zhao Sishi", it always felt uncomfortable, so it was called Zero Sishi.

However, it is expected that the new guns have improved in quality, but also because the new firearms are more refined, the craftsmanship is better, the production is more difficult, and the speed is much slower than the old-fashioned firearms. It is difficult to satisfy the new army equipment for a while.

This is like World War II propeller aircraft and modern jet stealth fighters. During World War II, propeller aircraft could be produced in the hundreds of thousands, but in modern times, the production of the best fighter jets is only a few hundred. Has the combat effectiveness declined?Certainly not.

A new balance between quality and quantity.

This is the reason for the new generation of firearms and old firearms. In this way, a trade-off must be made, because a complete replacement may take a few years, and the buffer is only about two years, and the training of the new army cannot be stopped.

So he ordered that the new 04-type rifles should be replaced with four divisions of the new army army, and the new 04-type rear-mounted artillery should be replaced with one division of the new army navy.

He discussed this matter carefully with Di Zhi, Yan Shen, Wei Yubai, Cen Lin, Liu Ji and others.

In the end, based on everyone's opinions, the new artillery was given priority to the First Division of the Navy, while the new rifle was given priority to equip the Army's four divisions.

This move has been carefully considered, considering the opinions of various parties. For the navy, the combat effectiveness is a qualitative leap and a qualitative leap after reinstalling the artillery.

The first flight was to improve the performance of the gun itself, and the second time was for the loading method. When the front-loading gun was fired on the ship, the muzzle had to extend out of the shooting hole, and then use the recoil of the launch to return to the cabin and reload. The whole process was cumbersome. Trouble, it will also greatly affect the accuracy of artillery shooting.

The sea is inherently rough and the shooting accuracy is low. Coupled with the various restrictions of the front-mounted guns, naval battles almost have to be on board to exert their combat effectiveness.

And after changing the equipment and installing the gun, you can really hit any ship at sea. With high precision and rear loading, you can completely attack the opponent's ship at a distance of several miles. The sea is different from the land, and infantry can't pass it. This is not the case in this era. Any ship that could pose a threat to the Wangfu's ship from a distance of several miles can only be beaten unilaterally.

However, rifles are not very helpful for naval battles, and the enemy rarely has a chance to get within 50 meters.

But in army battles, where soldiers are densely populated, rifles become the main firepower.

Therefore, the 04 rifle is given priority to be replaced from the army, while the 04 gun is given priority to be equipped with the navy.

According to the re-evaluated production speed, it may take about three to four years for all the equipment to be replaced. His previous estimate was too optimistic.

But Li Xingzhou can wait, he is still young and has time.

With the approval of the emperor and the order of the Privy Council, the empire's war machine began to slowly operate.
In the Jiangzhou area, Li Xingzhou, as the privy envoy, ordered Ningjiang Road, Guanbei Road, Taiyuan Mansion and other places to start repairing official roads and slowly prepare food for the army.

The big ship of the royal family also followed the waterway, and in the name of doing business, quietly bought grain from the south and transported it to the camps in the north for storage.

All over the country, they are being slowly dispatched.

Originally, he was worried that he would act too much and make Jin Guo aware of his vigilance, but Wei Chaoren came up with a note, saying that the Jin people intend to cross Shanhaiguan and enter Yanshan Mansion.

Li Xingzhou told him to stick to it, but at the same time he felt relieved. He handed over all the military mobilization rights from Ningjiang Mansion to Guanbei to Yanshan Mansion. There was only one request, that he guard Yanshan Mansion and not take the initiative to attack.

On the other side of the Taihang Mountains, Yang Wenguang has contacted the anti-gold rebel army that is active in the area of ​​Datong Prefecture. The main body is Han people mixed with Khitan people and Qiang people. Even if the informant here said that he was Yang Wenguang's subordinate, the other party was still careful not to reveal his full name.

Li Xingzhou didn't pay too much attention to those things, he was very happy in his heart, and wrote a letter to Yang Wenguang himself, asking him to be careful when contacting the rebel army, so as not to harm others with good intentions, and at the same time, he wrote a letter asking the emperor to seal him.

The emperor was also very happy after hearing this, and personally named him General Huaihua.

Many affairs are progressing slowly. Under the prosperity of the entire Jing Kingdom, they are slowly continuing their strength, only to defeat the powerful northern enemies in one fell swoop a few years later, and recover the northern lands and Liaodong regions that have been lost for hundreds of years.

Things were going well at first, and in the evening, he had some fun with He Qian, who was newly married into the palace. The spring breeze was blissful, but the next morning, when the rooster crowed in the kitchen yard of the palace, Li Xingzhou was hastily woken up by the maid.

Yan Kun came to him and brought bad news
(End of this chapter)