Great Military Division

Chapter 284 The time to innovate the armament has come, it must be a sharp sword when unsheathed!
In a sense, Liu Bian abolished the oral tax and calculation tax, and increased the land tax of public land. This series of operations is almost equivalent to the policy of distributing the land to the mu in disguise.

It is an important reform of the tax and service system in the late feudal society. It is a tax system that merges the Dingyin that has been passed down through the ages into the land tax. It marks that the poll tax that has been implemented in my country for more than 2000 years has been completely abolished.

This important reform has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the people to give birth, leading to the explosive growth of the population in our country. After all, in such an era, population is synonymous with productivity.

Liu Bian had to admire the control of the Military Division Alliance!
Grain Production Guarantee Plan, Family Encouragement Plan, Iron and Steel Industry Plan.
All kinds of plans are mixed together, and they can be carried out in an orderly manner, and they can even be coordinated to suppress the development of the power of the Nanyang family and make Liu Bian's imperial power more stable.

Awesome!
It's so awesome!

Even if there is only one of these things, it is enough for Liu Bian to have a headache.

But for the Military Division Alliance, whether it is the vertical depth of a single plan or the horizontal involvement of various plans, it can be grasped so clearly, it is like a giant net, which forcibly supports itself.

"teacher."

Looking at the back of Xun Yu leaving, Liu Bian had a thought, and he couldn't wait to communicate with the Military Division Alliance: "Currently the farming is in full swing, we just need to wait for the autumn harvest, and don't need to worry about it."

"As for the aristocratic families of Nanyang, such as the Deng family and the Yin family, it will take some time for them to focus on infighting. It is impossible for us to eliminate them in the short term."

"Then next"

Liu Bian has become a little excited inside: "Should we strengthen our armaments? According to the information sent back by Guo Jia, Dong Zhuo in Chang'an is recruiting troops and wants to restore the strength of Xiliang Xiaoqi."

"But we haven't made any movement so far. If Dong Zhuo takes this opportunity to make trouble, it will be of no benefit to us. Even if Dong Zhuo doesn't make trouble, he can't make us stop."

Leaving the broken ship of Chang'an Hanting to Dong Zhuo has great benefits, but everything has advantages and disadvantages. While getting rid of the burden, it is natural to bear the pressure brought by the burden.

"Don't worry, Mr. Bian."

"Let's go ahead and prepare to strengthen our armaments."

The military division alliance is too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly cut to the topic: "Actually, armaments are nothing more than two aspects, one is defense and the other is offense. The defensive equipment has been talked about a lot when it was in He's Manor, so I won't repeat it here."

"As for the offense, according to the division of experts from the Military Division Alliance, there are basically two categories, one is large siege equipment, and the other is small and medium-sized equipment."

"Small and medium-sized equipment and equipment can be divided into three types: long-distance, medium-distance, and short-distance according to distance. For example, Huanshou knife and armor are short-distance equipment. distance."

"Now, Jikai has successfully mastered the steel pouring method, and Han Ji is also comprehensively upgrading the hardware equipment of the smelting workshop. In addition, the busiest farming has passed, and the next task of the smelting workshop is to upgrade the equipment."

"Not to mention short-range equipment, we have all styles, we just need to replace it with steel, but for medium-range, experts have prepared improved repeating lever crossbows for you, and long-range ballistas."

"Let's go next"

"and many more!"

Before the Military Division Alliance started to narrate, Liu Bian had a thought and interrupted directly: "Teacher, why don't we just use muskets and cannons, these things are not more powerful than those things?"

The military division alliance said softly: "Experts also want to join, but with your current conditions, it is impossible to realize it at all. Master Bian, don't think that making guns is so simple. This is not just a problem of gunpowder."

"what?"

Liu Bian was taken aback for a moment: "Didn't it mean that there were muskets in the Ming Dynasty? Could it be that my current technical level is not up to the Ming Dynasty?"

The military division alliance explained: "You have basically mastered the method of pouring steel now, and the hardware equipment has just been brought up. It is equivalent to only a framework, and the internal details still need to be improved."

"For example, how to control the impurities in molten iron, how to control the carbon content, and how to cast a gun barrel with no cracks, no bubbles, uniform texture and qualified brittleness?"

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"These practical issues still need time to be resolved!"

"what?"

Liu Bian was stunned.

He really didn't expect that such a small musket and red cannon would require such complicated technical conditions, and after several months of hard work, he had not yet reached such conditions.

"Is it so difficult?"

Liu Bian let out a long breath, and said softly: "Teacher, why don't we wait a little longer and continue to improve our strength, and then when the technical conditions are mature, we can directly use hot weapons and crush this era, wouldn't it be better?"

"You can't be fat with one bite."

"Don't be in a hurry, Master."

The Military Division Alliance denied without hesitation: "Based on the current conditions, your smelting workshop has already broken down, and there are not many craftsmen who can keep up with the times. It is not conducive to development."

"Besides, Lord Bian, you don't have time to wait. According to the recent report from Guo Jia, Lord Bian has abolished oral Fu and calculation Fu, which has a siphon effect on the population of Jingzhou and Yuzhou, and they are migrating to Nanyang in large numbers."

"If we wait until the autumn harvest, our grain production can really increase by a large amount, and this siphon effect will become more significant. It is impossible for Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao to sit back and watch us become stronger. They may even join forces."

"Strengthening the military now is not to fight Dong Zhuo, but to deal with scourges like Zhang Miao and Yuan Shu first. To deal with them, these enhanced cold weapons are enough."

"As for hot weapons"

The Military Division Alliance said without any haste: "Experts believe that we should first forge these cold weapons to consolidate the current technical foundation, and then make targeted improvements when the craftsmen can master them proficiently."

"The technology tree needs to be climbed up step by step. You are now at the level of the end of the Han Dynasty, and the gap in technology from the Yuan and Ming Dynasties has to be filled slowly. How can you become a fat man with one bite."

"Besides!"

The Alliance of Military Division emphasized: "With the level of smelting and casting technology in the Ming Dynasty, there was no way to cast qualified artillery. The casting method was passed from Europe. At first it was imported from Portugal. Even the gunners who operated the artillery were hired from the Netherlands. .”

"The technological gap is not something that can be bridged by your strides. We have to fill it in and consolidate it little by little, so that the foundation will be stable, otherwise it will only be a mess, understand?"

"Uh"

Liu Bian looked embarrassed: "Understood! Then use these weapons for a while, let's start now. If Yuan Shu and Zhang Miao really dare to join forces, we must beat them out of shit this time."

The voice of the Military Division Alliance followed: "Okay! Master Bian, prepare paper and pens. Although the quality of this paper is average, it is already much higher than the level at the end of Han Dynasty."

Liu Bian'en nodded, "Okay."

Military division alliance: "Let's talk about the powerful crossbow with continuous leverage"

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*****
Nanyang, Wancheng.

One morning.

The curfew has just been lifted.

Outside the hall, it was already overcrowded.

"So many people? I thought I was early enough."

"Are you here to buy fields, or to sell fields?"

"of course"

"Don't hide it, they are all here to buy fields."

"Ah? No way, don't they?"

"Who doesn't know! Yesterday the Yin family and the Deng family bought more than 1000 mu of land. They had already received news that the imperial court might abolish the order of granting grace and exempt the land that no common people cultivated."

"Yesterday evening, the price of arable land has increased by [-]%, and it is estimated that it will continue to rise today. It will definitely return to the previous price in a few days."

"I thought I knew it early enough, but I didn't expect you all knew it."

"Damn! The prepared money may not be enough."

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At the door of the meeting.

In a jeweled carriage.

The curtain is slowly lowered.

Deng Yun said with a smile, "Zi Mu, your strategy is really powerful. Did you see it? It has already increased by [-]%, and it is estimated that it will increase by another [-]% today, or even more."

"That"

Deng Tong couldn't hide the smile on his face, and tried to ask: "Then, shall we continue to raise the price, or prepare to ship? We should disperse as much farmland as possible."

"Not in a hurry!"

Deng Yun took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, pinched the goatee under his jaw, and said softly: "In my opinion, although these guys have heard the news, a large part of them are still hesitant."

"Let's do this!"

Deng Yun thought for a long time, and made up his mind: "Before noon, we will buy a large amount of land. After arousing the interest of these wealthy families, we will send others to sell the land together, and we will definitely earn more."

"As expected of the old housekeeper."

"admire!"

Deng Tong admired from the bottom of his heart, bowed his hands to the old housekeeper, and said solemnly: "According to the old housekeeper's method, is it possible to sell all the land today?"

"Humph!"

Deng Yunxuan snorted softly: "Even if we can sell all of them, we won't sell all of them. We have to keep some fertile land in our hands. After a while, we can bring down the price of cultivated land, so that we can sell again."

hiss-!
Deng Tong gasped in surprise, and suddenly felt uneasy: "Old butler, are you crazy? This time we secretly fanned the flames and asked the big families to petition. Although the price of farmland has been boosted, it may not be the case next time." It works."

"And you know, this method is extremely risky. Once outsiders know that our Deng family is secretly manipulating it, the good reputation of our Deng family will be ruined by it. Let's accept it when it's good."

Deng Yun glanced at the other party, straightened his body, looked up and said, "Zimu, look at your courage, what big things can you do in the future? You are the future successor of the Deng family."

"What's more!"

Deng Yun was full of reason: "In the business field, there are always only interests, and it has nothing to do with morality. In the eyes of the superiors, this thing is at best a sharp weapon. You have to learn to use it instead of being restricted by it."

"This"

"how?"

Deng Yun looked at Deng Tong with great interest: "The reasoning is a bit deep, don't you understand? It's normal. You are only 40 years old this year, and you haven't experienced any major events. It's normal if you don't understand. You just need to learn more in the future."

"Uh"

Deng Tong was embarrassed.

For the first time, he felt that it was difficult to be a patriarch, especially a conscientious patriarch.

Deng Yun obviously didn't want to buy assets for the Deng family, but to suck up all the big families and use all their nourishment to make the Deng family even stronger.

"What's your expression?"

Sensing Deng Tong's abnormal expression, Deng Yun frowned and said angrily: "Don't worry, even if we continue to attack, I, Deng Yun, will not use the method last time. Let's just think of another way."

"You-!"

Deng Yun shook his head disdainfully: "I really don't know why the patriarch has taken a fancy to you. Without a bit of courage, how can he secure the position of the patriarch of this aristocratic family?"

In fact, Deng Tong didn't know that it was difficult to be a patriarch. It was not only because of prestige that he could restrain the major forces within the clan, but also because of both kindness and means.

otherwise
Even if you become the patriarch, the pressure from within the clan can make you collapse, not to mention leading the entire clan to revitalize the lintel and carry it forward.

Deng Tong let out a long sigh, and said simply, "I have never coveted that position."

Deng Yun also had to worry about it, and said in a loud voice: "Okay, I will handle everything later, you should go to your bus office, I heard that there are more than [-] people gathered, and the exam will start immediately. "

Deng Tong cupped his hands: "Farewell."

Say it.

He stooped, got out of the carriage, and let out a long sigh of relief, only then dispelled the depression on his brows.

All the way straight to the bus department, with Deng's candidates to take the exam.

After being busy for half a day, when the candidates left the examination room, Deng Tong didn't go to the meeting, but went straight out of the city and went straight to Xinye.

It was evening when we returned to Xinye.

Deng's old house.

study.

Deng Tong came to report as usual, stepped forward and bowed: "Patriarch."

"You come first."

Before Deng Tong could speak, Deng Xun beckoned him to come forward: "There is something that you may need to do."

Deng Tong frowned: "I don't know the Patriarch, what's the matter?"

Deng Xun picked up the silk book from the desk and handed it to Deng Tong: "Nephew, this is the latest water conservancy machinery installed in Xinye by the imperial court a few days ago. It is called Gaotong transfer car."

"This"

Deng Tong took the silk book, rolled his eyes, and nodded: "Patriarch, my nephew knows about this, what's the matter, is there anything wrong?"

Deng Xun pinched the goatee under his jaw: "Then do you know how powerful this thing is?"

Deng Tong frowned slightly: "Patriarch, what do you mean?"

Deng Xun said softly: "This thing keeps turning every day, and it can lead water to farther places, which has fully increased the imperial court's public land by more than [-] mu of paddy fields. It is conservatively estimated that the yield per mu can be increased by at least [-]%."

"what?"

Deng Tong couldn't believe it: "So powerful?"

Deng Xun nodded: "This is just a conservative estimate. If we add other farming strategies of the imperial court, such as farmyard manure, etc., the output may increase even more."

"What is this?"

Deng Tong looked at the silk book in his hand, frowned and asked: "Patriarch, is this high-tube turning car really so powerful? Can it produce so many more paddy fields?"

"kindness."

Deng Xun said with absolute certainty: "The members of the clan have already been identified. Xin Yeling has installed high-drum transfer vehicles at several river nodes in the county, and has also sent garrison troops to garrison them to prevent the leakage of secrets."

"Then this."

Holding the silk book in his hand, Deng Tong couldn't help being curious.

"This is what the clansman spent a lot of money to bribe the guards, and carefully copied it from the front."

"I checked with the craftsman."

Deng Xun took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly: "The craftsman said that it is not difficult to make this thing, but the key is that the rotating parts inside must be made of iron, otherwise it will be crushed."

"Simple."

Deng Tong didn't hesitate, and immediately said: "It's not that our Deng family doesn't have a casting workshop, so we can find a craftsman to imitate one, so what's the difficulty?"

Speaking of this, Deng Tong suddenly noticed something wrong with Deng Xun's complexion.

He suddenly realized that if the matter was so simple, the Patriarch should not have thought of it: "Patriarch, can it be possible that our Deng Family Casting Workshop can't imitate it?"

"kindness."

Deng Xun nodded slowly, with an extremely ugly expression: "The craftsmen in our workshop said that this iron ring is self-contained. We only need to make an iron form according to the size, and then cast it out."

"But."

Deng Xun breathed out a turbid breath: "The beads in the middle of the two iron rings need to cooperate and bear the force from the turning car. I'm afraid our smelting workshop can't make it."

"impossible?"

Deng Tong couldn't believe it: "Patriarch, although the casting standard of the Kong family is relatively high, the standard of our Deng family is also not bad. Why can they make it, but we can't?"

"I do not believe!"

Deng Tong shook his head.

"It has collapsed."

Deng Xun let out a sigh, and glanced at the other party disappointedly: "We imitated one according to the appearance of the high-tube waterwheel of the imperial court. Unfortunately, we just erected the waterwheel, and it collapsed in less than half an hour."

"It's a broken rotating part."

After saying that, Deng Xun took the wooden box next to it and passed it to Deng Tong: "Look for yourself, not only the iron ball is broken, but even the outer iron ring is also broken."

"what?"

Deng Tong stared at the wooden box full of residues, his eyes were like bells, and he couldn't believe it: "How is this possible? Could it be that the craftsmen of our Deng family are not as good as the Kong family?"

"This is just one of them."

Deng Xun had already analyzed this matter, and said with a frown: "According to what the master said, the iron rings we cast are soft and can't withstand the force of turning the car at all."

"Moreover, the casting of the beads inside is very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Only seven or eight qualified beads can be selected out of thousands of beads, and the texture is also soft, which cannot withstand such a large force at all."

Although there were steel products in the late Han Dynasty, most of them were made of steel, which required continuous forging and solid carburizing technology to turn them into steel products.

But even so.
Such a product still has a tempered surface, and the interior is still made of iron. With such quality, it is simply impossible to withstand a huge wooden transfer car.

What's more, this smooth arc shape cannot be carburized by forging at all, so the iron rings and iron beads produced by Deng's family are, in a sense, a kind of soft wrought iron. products.

"The master said"

Deng Xun looked up at Deng Tong, and said softly: "The imperial court must have innovated the iron casting process, otherwise it would be impossible to cast such precise parts."

If you think about it carefully, your own smelting and casting workshop, through stack casting technology, can only have seven or eight qualified iron beads out of thousands of iron beads, and the court has so many high-pass transfers in Nanyang, I am afraid it will have to be tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands. Millions of iron beads can be screened out.

but
Some time ago, all the smelting workshops of the imperial court were forging agricultural tools, how could they have time to produce iron beads?

If it is deduced from this, it is indeed very possible that the smelting workshop of the imperial court has been updated, and it is the only reasonable explanation for the current situation.

"Master, what do you mean?"

Deng Tong suddenly felt something was wrong and asked tentatively.

"kindness."

Deng Xun nodded without hesitation: "Nephew, you should be aware of the meaning of Gaotong transfer. As long as we have these things, our Deng family has obtained more than [-] mu of fertile land for nothing."

"In this way, the annual grain harvest can be increased by at least [-]%, or even more, so no matter what, our Deng family must master this cast iron technology."

"I do!"

Deng Xun didn't bother to talk nonsense, and said bluntly: "Let you send someone to inquire about the various smelting workshops of the imperial court, where are these things cast from?"

"Then, no matter whether you steal it or send someone to learn it, at any cost, you must pass this cast iron skill back to our Deng family, understand?"

Gollum!

Deng Tong's throat was rolling, and his expression was leisurely: "Patriarch, why can't we apply to the county government to ask the court to prepare more tall water tankers, and to equip our Deng family with two. At worst, we can give some money every year. Isn't that all right?"

"Humph!"

Deng Xun snorted softly, and said indifferently: "Nephew, if the imperial court wants to pretend for us, why would they send the Tuntian Army to garrison at the Gaotong interchange?"

"This is not as simple as ensuring irrigation and increasing the yield per mu. Although His Majesty did not kill us, he will still be wary of us in the end."

"The country is based on the people, and the people depend on food!"

Deng Xun took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, feeling more uneasy in his heart: "Our Majesty understands this truth too well. He wants to use this method to get rid of his dependence on the aristocratic family."

Getting old and not dying is a thief!

Deng Xun is over seventy years old. He has experienced too many things and seen too many struggles. This pair of discerning eyes can always detect the depth that others can't.

Because of this, he was able to become the patriarch of a century-old noble family, leading the Deng family of the whole family, and continue to live tenaciously on this land, so that the glory of the Deng family can continue.

"Nephew!"

Deng Xun raised his eyes to look at the other party, and said very solemnly: "I know what you think, but this is related to the survival of the Deng family, please remember to be hard-hearted, otherwise our Deng family will definitely bring disaster."

"Although our Majesty is young, his methods are endless. Even an old man is often led by his nose. If he is a little careless, he will fall into the trap he set up."

Deng Tong took a deep breath and bowed with difficulty: "Patriarch, don't worry, just leave this matter to your nephew."

Deng Xun nodded: "Remember! This matter is a secret, and it should not be told by outsiders, let alone be given a handle. Do you understand?"

Deng Tong nodded: "Understood."

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