Martial Arts: Start with 100,000 Xiliang Cavalry

Chapter 177 Su Yuan Thinks About It

Capital Ferry.

Wearing a straw hat, Su Yuan sat with Qi Jiguang on a newly built three-sail boat, which was a new sample ship developed by Qi Jiguang and shipbuilders.

Qi Jiguang pointed to the sail and introduced to Su Yuan: "With these three layers of sails, the speed and stability of the ship will be greatly improved. If there is a strong wind on the sea, you can also adjust the sail position to minimize the possibility of the ship capsizing. .”

"Sounds pretty good." Su Yuan looked around, "Can there be hundreds of people on this boat?"

"Well, a full load of 120 people. In fact, there can be more, but for safety reasons, it is best not to exceed this number."

"If there are dozens of them, then the matter of going to the south of the Yangtze River will be settled."

"If the prince wants to go to the south of the Yangtze River, he still needs some ships for combat." Qi Jiguang said earnestly, "The firecrackers brought by the prince before, after research by the shipbuilder under the general's command, they found that by changing the amount of gunpowder and the length and width of the fire tube, Increase the inner bore, so as to achieve the effect of expanding the power. If some large fire guns are developed on the hull, it will be easy to win when facing the enemy ship."

What Qi Jiguang was talking about was ship cannons. If he didn't say anything about this, Su Yuan would say it too.We have all the guns, but are the cannons still far away?

It's not far away.When man discovered the use of gunpowder, he soon developed it substantially.What's more, the cannon craftsmanship of the basic model is not difficult.Some small iron cannons can be completely forged in one piece.

The reason why people don't have this awareness is that the suppression of the Great Zhou Dynasty did not allow the common people to study this stuff.The second is that martial arts masters are much more chic than guns, which attracts many junior high school students.

After Su Yuan occupied the capital, he opened up the control and actively encouraged the common people to innovate and research. As long as they don't break the law and discipline, they can do whatever they want to research.If you have ideas but no money, you can also apply for "development funds" from the Yamen.

This has undoubtedly greatly promoted enthusiasm, and many new and valuable technological products have emerged from the people.

The cannon that Qi Jiguang wants to install on the ship is the idea of ​​a shipbuilder from the people after studying the guns, and the design drawings are also drawn.

Su Yuan doesn't know much about these things, but he knows that professional matters should be left to professional people, and he doesn't need to intervene too much.

He only asked Qi Jiguang, according to the current progress.When will we be able to build a relatively complete naval battle fleet that will allow the Bei'an Army to go straight to the south of the Yangtze River.

Qi Jiguang said: "At least two months."

"Two months? It will be winter then."

"My lord, it is actually more convenient to sail in winter, because the monsoon at that time allows us to go south more smoothly. Now going south, we will actually go against the wind."

"I see……"

Su Yuan nodded, he thought to himself that it's better to follow the nature and not "go against the sky".This saves the ship from being destroyed by a sudden tsunami or storm while walking on the sea.

He looked at historical records before traveling, and the Yuan Dynasty troops sent a large number of fleets to attack Japan. As a result, the fleet was blown away by the strong wind, and the Japanese also respected the wind as a god, calling it "Kamikaze".

Su Yuan thought that perhaps the Yuan Dynasty suffered from not studying the weather well, and he didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

Then the two talked about Dongwa's revenge.

Previously, Dongwa had been talking about revenge, but it has been a while since the Bei'an Army landed and attacked, and the so-called revenge has not been seen.

Su Yuan was eager for Dongwa's revenge, so that he could weaken the enemy's vitality more, and get more ships over by the way.

He doesn't like ordinary fast boats much now, but it is also good for fishermen to use them as fishing boats.

Qi Jiguang speculated that Dongwo was just speaking harshly, and he had no ability or courage to attack the ferry in the capital at the moment.In the last attack, counting the subsequent counterattack, a total of thousands of people were lost, which was not a small blow.

But they didn't retaliate, but Su Yuan wanted to plug in some inside information to understand the situation.

Because of the ocean and the language barrier, it is not easy for the two parties to arrange spies to go to the opposite house.But Su Yuan took the lead here.

The county guard who was arrested earlier is still in the prison. If he is used to make a fuss, it might be a bit messy.

But after thinking about it, Su Yuan felt that the small land of the Eastern Japan needed to be studied so carefully?

The reason why the shogunate is so arrogant is because the Bei'an Army's current fleet is not good enough.After the fleet is built and the ground troops are transported over, what else will Dongwa have to sing about?Why bother with investigation and spies.

Su Yuan thought in his heart: "When the time comes, I'll just push it horizontally and it's over. There's no need to worry too much!"

As soon as he thought of this, his heart became much more relaxed. Instead of worrying too much about things, it is better to make good use of the divine weapon of the Heavenly Soldiers Talisman, let the war form a crushing trend, and think about how to organize and build after winning.

Afterwards, he returned to the capital from the ferry, and began to deal with affairs step by step while waiting for the next call.

On the other side, in Qinzhou, Qinzhou Zhoumu, like Xuzhou Zhoumu, had already left with his family.

Some big families, powerful ones also ran about the same.The rest are mostly less powerful families.They originally belonged to the second line in Qinzhou, but now that the first line has run away, it is their turn to take the lead.

It's impossible to say that they don't want to run either.But on the other hand, they are more greedy and unwilling to give up the industry they have operated for many years.

Some of these families seem to be huge, but in fact there is not much money in the family, and most of them are various land title deeds.

These things are valuable in Qinzhou, but when taken to the south of the Yangtze River, they are just a pile of waste paper.Which rich man from Jiangnan would buy your land deed in Qinzhou?

The point is that it's useless to buy it. Everyone knows that after Su Yuan conquers a place, the properties of those rich and powerful families will be lost, let alone the family mansion... In this case, the land deed is naturally worthless.

As a result, these families have no money, and they think that they can only be untouchables when they go to the south of the Yangtze River. They might as well be in Qinzhou—maybe Su Yuan won’t be in a hurry to attack Qinzhou. After all, Qinzhou is surrounded by mountains, so there is a natural Geographical advantage.Moreover, there are many soldiers in Qinzhou, and all of them are brave and good at fighting. It is really not necessary to be afraid of the Bei'an army in a fight.

They stayed in Qinzhou with this kind of fluke mentality, and lived every day, but after the [-] Bei'an army officially marched towards Qinzhou, they finally panicked.

But at this time, it was too late to run, Xuzhou had fallen, and they could no longer take a boat from Xuzhou to Jiangnan.

Therefore, after Bai Sumen's right protector came to the door, these families jointly made a decision.Without saying a word, they agreed to fight Su Yuan with Bai Sumen.

When the two parties agreed, Zhao Yun had brought the army to Xuzhou.They rested here for a whole day, and went straight to Qinzhou along the official road the next day.

When the mountains of Qinzhou came into view, all the soldiers lifted their spirits.Those real soldiers knew that Jiangbei would be completely pacified after this battle, and they would also usher in a stable life, so all of them worked hard to destroy the Demon Sect and take Qinzhou as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)