The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 56
Huang Han needs both talents and strong labor. He should be promoted again soon. With the capital and industrial workers in his hands, it is imperative to smelt steel.

On the basis of Daming's world-leading steelmaking level, continue to improve the open ironmaking furnace of this era to increase thermal efficiency.

Opening the golden finger made the air temperature technology come out in advance. As long as the temperature of the closed steelmaking furnace can exceed [-] degrees, so that the molten steel changes from semi-crystalline to liquid, the quality of the obtained steel will definitely go up to a higher level.

With reliable quality steel, the weight of the cast artillery will be reduced too much, and the forged bird gun will greatly reduce the risk of bombing and prolong its service life. Manufacture of all-steel armor will reduce the burden of soldiers and strengthen their defense.

All in all, the quality and production of steel can turn the fortunes of a nation around.

When the common people in Zunhua saw that General Huang was taking in the craftsmen, many craftsmen came to recommend themselves. Huang Han politely talked to the craftsmen La Jiachang about their areas of expertise.

In the end, five households of craftsmen who polished jade pendants and processed jewelry with ancestral skills were accepted, several households of craftsmen who fired brick kilns and lime kilns, and more than a dozen households of craftsmen who made ceramics and colored glaze.

This time, the main reason for boldly recruiting many talents is to get rich. Not only can you support hundreds of people without any output, but you also have the capital to invest in small blast furnaces for steelmaking and lime kilns, brick kilns, glazed kilns, porcelain kiln.

In fact, Daming’s kiln technology reached its peak, and its beautiful porcelain is famous all over the world, but the ceramic kiln has not been further extended to the glass kiln. The technical strength of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty is sufficient, and now there is only a small hint, and there is a formula. The glass product will be ready to come out.

If glass is made, it is only a matter of time before the craftsmen who process jade polish it, and optical glass is produced, and it will not be far from owning a telescope.

How important is it for the two armies to predict the enemy in advance?

Huang Han's troops can look out with eight-fold binoculars, and the field of vision will be expanded by more than ten miles. The enemy will be spotted by scouts ten miles away. It is much easier to arrange an ambush or retreat, and the efficiency is of course doubled.

Huang Han reckoned that the main force of the Hou Jin Army should leave Yongping Mansion and go east to attack Funing County at this time.

Because it is recorded in history that Hong Jie personally went out to besiege Funing for four days and failed to defeat him. Since then, he has been cursed and lost the aura of being invincible since he entered the customs. The city of Changli County had a bad nose.

With two small cities successfully withstood the Jin army's attack and held on, too many prefectures and counties were encouraged, and no city surrendered without a fight. The clan armed forces that maintained their self-protection dared to confront the Jiannu partition wall .

It seems that the good days of the Houjin army are gone forever. At this time, there are more and more Qin Wangjun from all over the country. Sun Chengzong has rushed to Shanhaiguan, and Zu Dashou, who fled back to Ningyuan, accepts the dispatch of the old leader. He will enter the customs soon to participate in regaining the lost land .

Since I don't want to mix too much with Liu Zhilun's department, accepting as soon as I see it is the first choice, and this is the right time to leave, because I'm afraid I won't be able to leave if I want to leave three or four days later.

In a few days, Daishan will bring his troops to Zunhua. Although he won't be able to conduct an offensive and defensive battle, if he wants to leave the city, he may be chased and intercepted by the Jin army.

Huang Han not only got a lot of people, but also got a lot of good things. He took two hundred horses and harnessed a hundred carts, and went out to the east gate of Zunhua with a full load of goods.

The one-hundred-carriage style is also a preparatory aha in Zunhua City. Of course, those with relatives will follow. As long as these people go to Jiulitai, Huang Han will not let them go.

People who have lost their homes can get a job and a place to stand on. They will thank the gods and Buddhas in the sky, and it is impossible to leave easily.

Huang Han unscrupulously took advantage, and the other eight battalion commanders were inevitably a little bit slanderous. They found out that this kid left Zunhua and returned to Yongping Mansion immediately. .

Huang Han's departure also meant that he would no longer share the many benefits of Zunhua City. At this time, the generals and military officers were all happy to form a good relationship.

The leaving team included not only a hundred carts pulled by two horses, but also more than five hundred spare horses loaded with supplies.

The war horses ridden by one hundred and seven iron-armored servants are all healthy ones out of ten. The blacksmiths, the strong men, and the handlebars who drive the carriages all have a Qi knife, a two-foot-long wooden spear, and a leather jacket. shield.

Even Guo Xiao and Liu Dashou, two eighteen or nineteen-year-old disciples of Langzhong Li Mulin, took up their swords and guns and rode on horses. They threatened that they would never be caught by Jiannu again, and that they must fight the enemy to the death, so as not to fall Inside and outside are not human.

Huang Han intends to train the apprentices of these two doctors, because Huang Han's team lacks professional medical soldiers, Guo Xiao and Liu Dashou will ride horses and will follow Jin Jun desperately. It seems that the potential to become a military medical officer in the future is huge. .

These people who followed Huang Han had already been harmed by Jiannu once, and now that they were armed, if they were to be robbed again by the Hou Jin army, they would have the ability to resist.

Huang Han wasn't worried about safety issues. More than a hundred armored family members would not be frightened if they were attacked by a Niulu Jiannu.

Besides, such a possibility should not exist, because Huang Han knew that Jiannu was either besieging Funing County or attacking Changli at this time. Anyway, the main force should not be near Zunhua, as long as they avoid Daishan and rush to help Zunhua The chances of encountering a large army of slaves on the way home are not too many.

What's more, Huang Han will take every step of the way, Song Pengfei, Yuan Siming, Yang Danian, etc. will take the best cavalry warriors to go out for twenty miles to investigate, and if they find that they may encounter a large group, the Jin army will hide in advance, or simply use the cavalry to attack and flee Lead the Houjin army away.

Zunhua is about [-] miles away from Yongping Mansion. Although everyone has horses and carriages, it took five full days to reach Jiulitai Village.

Huang Han led the team not only to return safely, but also brought back too many supplies and hundreds of people, which shocked Huang Yizhou and the villagers who stayed behind in the refuge.

It was already the 22nd of the first lunar month, and Huang Han didn't meet the Zhenghongqi troops led by Dai Shan on the road. It should be that Huang Han's route home was completely different from Zhenghongqi's marching route.

On this day in history, Daishan defeated the Ming army on Niangniangmiao Mountain outside Zunhua City and shot the leader Liu Zhilun to death on the mountain.

Liu Zhilun at this time is completely different from the hard-working man in history who was hit by walls everywhere, demoralized, lost in the wind and snow without money and food.

He has a strong city with plenty of money and food, and he has the lofty ambition to fight for the country. He also has [-] highly motivated and wealthy troops under his command, and more than [-] ordinary people can mobilize to participate in the defense of the city. This is of course a lucky cat. Sons are like tigers.

(End of this chapter)