The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 33
Huang Han came to Yang Laoshi's house again to find out the situation. The armor repaired last time was really as good as new. Huang Han was very satisfied and believed in the blacksmith's technical strength.

Yang Laoshi is still sweating profusely with his two sons, because he has seven more sets of armor that need major repairs. Although Yang Laoshi is busy, he is very happy. Without him, the price given by the Huang family is high, and his family will naturally get a lot of rewards.

This is often the case with people, only when they have benefits can they have motivation. Seeing Huang Han coming to the door again, Yang Laoshi quickly put down his work to apologize.

Huang Han was very busy, and explained his purpose in one sentence, "Master Yang, I don't know how many days and how much money you need to make a bird gun. Waiting for the goods."

Yang Laoshi was stunned for a while, then calculated again, and said: "Now the market price of high-grade Sugang is not cheap, but the old man's wages are easy to talk about. I guess a good gun costs at least six or seven taels of silver. I can't rush the time. I always have to pay for it." It will take about a month to deliver."

"Can you really ensure that the shotguns you make won't explode?"

"Hey, as long as the soldiers load gunpowder and fire according to Marshal Qi's instructions, the old man's firecracker will explode, and he is willing to sacrifice his life.

The old man's ancestors used to make bird guns in Ji Town. At that time, Marshal Qi's prestige was well known all over the world. Any blacksmith who dared to cut corners and cause the bird gun to explode would be decapitated. "

"Okay, I'll give you eight taels of silver to entrust you to make the bird gun. If the soldiers load gunpowder according to the specified amount and operate according to the standard, what should you do if your gun explodes?"

"Brother Han offered such a good price. Of course, the old man will make a good gun that is worthy of his ancestral craftsmanship, but if there is a blaster, just come and chop off the old man's head."

"Okay! Have fun! Let's make a deal like this." Huang Han called Song Pengfei and asked him to give a deposit of 100 taels of silver first.

Seeing the twenty five taels of silver ingots that Song Pengfei put on the table, Yang Laoshi hurriedly shook his hands and said, "The old man's family doesn't do anything else, and they can make at most three bird guns a month. A lot of silver is probably more than a dozen pieces, and the old man is afraid of making mistakes and dare not take on so many jobs."

Huang Han said: "This is a deposit, you can do everything you can. What I want is a good quality gun that is better than the bird guns used by Commander Qi. If you don't rush, you and your father can hire a few young people to help. Has it improved the work efficiency of your master?"

Work efficiency is a new term, and Yang Laoshi didn't understand it, but he knew that it was a good way to find someone to help or recruit apprentices.

"Okay, the old man listened to Brother Han. The young people in the Zhuangzi don't have any serious business in winter. Let's find a few people to help and try to shoot more good guns."

"Remember, ensuring the quality is the first priority. Those who use the blunderbuss you made are all from the village. If any younger generation is blinded by the flames of the bomb, I guess you will not be able to hold your head up for the rest of your life."

"The old man knows the seriousness, don't worry, Marshal Qi had tens of thousands of horses in his hands back then, and I didn't hear that many gunners were injured or killed by the bombing of the bird's gun. It all depends on man's effort, he is willing to use materials and work hard. I am sure that the old man can make a good gun. "

Huang Han is too busy now to participate in the research and development of self-generating guns.

Self-generated blunderbuss is also the flintlock gun that is often mentioned in later generations. In the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen made experimental products with different firing devices, but the rate of misfire was too high and they were not popularized. Later, Ming Dynasty weapons expert Bi Maokang brainstormed and created a powerful gun. Useful self-generating gun.

Now we can only get a few high-quality bird guns, that is, matchlock guns, to build the skeleton of the firearms masters, let them familiarize themselves with the characteristics of firearms, practice hard loading and firing, and then upgrade the bird guns to self-generating guns. , the bird gunner does not need to start from scratch at all, he can directly go into battle to kill the enemy.

Because technological innovation is to simplify operations and improve efficiency, fighters who can play with bird guns will feel relaxed and happy when using flintlock guns.

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, Huangyizhou issued a reward for military merits. Everyone who participated in the operation had three taels of silver and one stone of wheat. Those who had beheaded servants would be given five taels of silver at the first level, and then distributed after the court beheaded the silver.

The servants have only been with the Huang family for less than two months, and each person has at least six taels of silver, two stones and five buckets of grain to take home. The living conditions of the family have improved a lot immediately, causing more young people to come to the Huang family to be servants. Someone asked Huang Zhang to look for him.

No way, Huang Han half-pushed and chose another eight people who could ride horses. Now except for Yang Danian who was absent due to injury, the team already had 31 people, 44 war horses and three draft horses.

The team size has doubled and other things are guaranteed, but the iron armor is not enough. Now there are eight people who do not have iron armor. They only have leather armor or cotton armor.

Even so, the quality of the general banner of Huangyizhou is not weaker than the general banner of the Ming Frontier Army. Of course, Huangyizhou has never admitted that these troops are soldiers of the imperial court. They all exist in the name of family members and belong to private soldiers. .

Huang Han and Huang Yizhou don't engage in special privileges. They sweat profusely with the servants every day. Huang Yizhou walks with a limp due to an old leg injury and cannot participate in cross-country training. He focuses on training the servants to ride and shoot.

Huang Yizhou, which already had prestige, is now even more like the dean of Jiulitai Village. The villagers have changed their name to Huang Yizhou as Mr. Huang. Later, they discovered that Huang’s eldest son was also the one who issued the order. They could not call him by his first name to show respect. , called Major General Huang Han.

In Daming, officers from the third rank and above can be regarded as generals, and those from the sixth rank to the fourth rank can only be counted as middle and low-level military officers. Huang Han is just a small banner, a big soldier, and seeing that the villagers call him a general I can't laugh or cry.

In fact, the Zhengqipin General Banner also counted the number of troops. The Ming Dynasty army basically had ten people in one small banner, one general banner had five small banners, and even five small banner officers and one general banner officer had a total of 56 troops.

A hundred households have two general banners, and the number of soldiers is 110. From this, it can be seen that becoming a head of a hundred or trying to be a hundred households or a town governor is not a big soldier, and is not counted in the number of soldiers.

Seeing that the Chinese New Year was about to come, at noon on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, a court official came from Yongping Mansion to Jiulitai Village.

The person who came was Zheng Guochang, the third-rank civil official, accompanied by Han Zhikuan, who had already been awarded the title of garrison general.

Zheng Guochang was a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli. He participated in politics in Shanxi for several years.

When there is an urgent need to employ people, the military department of the imperial court is extremely efficient. When it is not necessary to provide money, food, soldiers and horses, everyone is a master.

The special affairs of the imperial court are specially handled, and there will be a charter within three days of the award. It has nothing to do with Huang Han that many civil and military officials in Yongping Mansion have been promoted to a higher level. He only cares about what benefits he can get this time?
(End of this chapter)