Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 227 in full swing
But it’s useless to be anxious. The biggest official Lao Zheng knew in the court was Xiong Wencan, the former governor of Fujian Province.

But this guy's life was too short, he hung up for several years, and the grass on his grave was two feet high.

After finally spending 10 taels of silver tickets to catch the line of Wei Zaode, the chief assistant of the dynasty, but not long after, this guy was inexplicably ransacked.

Later, he spent another 15 taels of silver to catch up with Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of the Cheng Dynasty. This thigh is thick enough, but unfortunately, not long after, the Duke of the Kingdom was removed from the rank.

My day, that is a hereditary duke, this is too unlucky, who can I ask for reasoning?

Later, Lao Zheng tossed and turned, spent a lot of effort, and finally found the culprit of all the problems.

It turned out that that annoying guy who sealed the hereditary marquis was doing bad things!

But I also heard that this guy was very highly regarded by the new emperor of Ming Dynasty. After much deliberation, Lao Zheng decided to use the old method.

Lao Zheng was very poor, and all he had left was silver, so he sent Lao Zhang to walk all the way from Hu Jian.

"What? Your master wants the entire title?" Liu Hongjian looked surprised on his face, but there was a burst of mmp in his heart, this old Zheng, his desires are hard to fill!

"Hmm!" Zhang Jin pecked at the chicken.

"This...is not easy!" Liu Hongjian looked troubled.

"My master said, money is not a problem!" Zhang Jin was proud of this.

"It's not a matter of money or not!"

"What's the problem?"

……

The two had their own thoughts, asking all over the sky, and paying back the money on the spot.

The final price was finalized, and Lao Zheng would provide an additional 60 shi of rice every three months on top of the original basis. In addition, he would also deliver [-] taels of silver at one time, plus five main warships of Lao Zheng's family.

And Lao Zhu made Lao Zheng the Earl of Daming, and gave Lao Zheng the glory he dreamed of. From then on, he honored his ancestors and reached the pinnacle of life.

The two chatted very happily, completely ignoring Lao Zheng and Lao Zhu who kept sneezing.

From Liu Hongjian's point of view, this business is simply not worth it. What is Daming most lacking now?

Not silver!But food!Battleship!
And what is the earl?It's just a title!And there is no fief, as for the salary, give it if you have it, if not, what else can you do?
However, based on his understanding of Lao Zhu, this guy will definitely be brooding for a while. After all, the soldiers at the border shed blood for him, and Lao Zheng?It's like a stick in the throat!

But he believes that Lao Zhu will agree after weighing the pros and cons. After all, military rations and warships are too important to the current Ming Dynasty.

And Lao Zheng has a total of 3000 large and small warships, and the main force has nearly [-] ships. Every merchant ship from Southeast Asia and Europe to and from Daming has to pay [-] taels of protection fee to buy his Zheng family's order flag, otherwise it will be destroyed. will be robbed.

The leader of the South China Sea, Haruki Murakami in the pirate world, has an annual protection fee of tens of millions!

What is silver?Just a pile of old metal!

Zhang Jin left contentedly. What he thought would be a waste of a lot of trouble was actually settled in one meeting, which made him deeply impressed by his eloquence.

Liu Hongjian thinks differently. Tianjinwei’s treasure shipyard will be built sooner or later, but the shipbuilder is a big problem. Ships are different.

Although Liu Hongjian knew that even Lao Zheng's main warship was not advanced in today's era, it was still much more advanced than Lao Zhu's fishing boat.

Besides, what are the Chinese best at?
Just look at the so-called Frang cannon. After the first Frang cannon was handed over to the Ming craftsman, within ten years, various imitation versions have sprung up one after another...

There are more than a dozen variants, large and small, for city defense, coastal defense, naval warfare, and field battles, and the quality is better than the original Fran cannon!

What's mine is mine, what's yours is yours, but before long, what's yours will be mine, and better than yours!
Liu Hongjian was also very happy, and went to the back kitchen to have a drink with the bull's stick...

On the second day, Liu Hongjian went to the early court for an unprecedented time, and reported this matter to Chongzhen in the next cabinet meeting, Chongzhen agreed after a little thought.

If there are too many lice, it doesn't itch, and if you owe too much money, you don't worry, isn't it just a title?It's not hereditary, just give it to him!
So with a stroke of a pen, Lao Zheng became the Nan'an Bo of Ming Dynasty, Uncle Chongzhen got the military rations, Liu Hongjian got the silver, and the joint venture subsidiary of the two got five main warships.

In the following days, Liu Hongjian didn't go anywhere except the ordnance station and the barracks.

In the morning, I participated in the training with my brothers from the Ordnance Institute, and in the afternoon, I worked with Uncle Song to supervise the production of flintlock guns and paper shells.

At the same time, after a long time, the first spinning workshop using new spinning machines in the Ming Empire officially started.

The Daming Royal Spinning Factory consists of [-] new spinning machines and [-] women who have been trained to use the new spinning machines proficiently.

Most of these women are the craftsmen of the Ordnance Institute and the families of the soldiers of the Thousand Households Institute. They are grateful to Lord Hou for giving them jobs, giving them money, and giving them hope.

With the Ordnance Institute and the Wansui Mountain Qianhu Office as the core, surrounded by spinning workshops, glazed (glass) workshops, and many greenhouses, rows of residential buildings have also sprung up.

A community of nearly ten thousand people has formed here. Soldiers, craftsmen, folks, and their families and children have made their homes here, where they live and work in peace and contentment without bullying.

Everyone's face was full of joy and contentment, and Liu Hongjian seemed to find some comfort in his eyes.

If there is time, he will build a school here in the near future. The children running around will be the future of this organization. He wants to use this fulcrum to leverage the entire Ming Dynasty.

Five days later, the second batch of 40 new-style flintlock guns produced by the Ordnance Institute, plus [-] rounds of custom-loaded paper shell ammunition, was delivered to the Beijing camp. Thousands of Beijing battalion veterans.

It’s a bit far-fetched to say that veterans are actually recruited into the army last year, but compared to the new recruits who were recruited a few days ago, they have some battlefield experience.

A new-style flintlock gun costs ten taels of silver, while custom-loaded paper shell bullets cost one tael of silver and one hundred rounds.

This batch of firearms caused the Ministry of Households to directly pay more than 5 taels of silver, which was not much, but Ni Yuanlu, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, was particularly irritated.

From the point of view of the Ministry of Household Affairs, since the emperor paid for the ordnance factory, of course An Guohou also had a part in it, but shouldn't the weapons and equipment produced be provided to Ming's army free of charge?
Liu Hongjian scoffed at this and didn't bother to explain.

The consumption of paper shell ammunition has become the biggest burden of the Ordnance Institute. After repeated expansions, the Ordnance Institute can finally produce [-] rounds of paper shell ammunition per day, but there are [-] flintlocks that are trained and consumed every day, so it is still stretched. .

The days passed in anxiety, when everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, a letter suddenly disrupted everything...

PS: Alas, I have to write some heavy things, and I can't help but want to sigh.

(End of this chapter)