Iron blood Suiming

"My lord, please advise." Tie Dapao said cautiously.

Li Jianguo said: "I saw that you measured and measured when you filled the gunpowder. Why didn't you fill it with a certain amount in advance, and you only need to pour it once?"

Tie DaPao was stunned for a moment, and quickly said: "What the adults said is that the small one should have been charged in such a fixed amount, but I was just in a hurry to ask the adults to check the gun, so I forgot."

Li Kaiguo wondered: "Do you know the quantitative charging?"

Iron Cannon nodded, and said: "The muskets used by the Qi family army in the previous dynasty were too slow to load ammunition, so they used bamboo tubes to load the ammunition in advance, and it was enough to pour it when it was used. But later, the armies did not dare to use muskets in large numbers, so slowly No one cares about metered charges.”

Li Jianguo was silent. He should have known a long time ago that such a simple way to improve the shooting time, how could the wisdom of the previous people not come up with it.Presumably, the novels of the previous life regarded the ancients as fools and misled myself.

Li Kaiguo said: "According to the standard of this gun, how long will it take to make a gun?"

Only then did Tie Cannon feel relieved, and hurriedly said: "If you let the little ones do it, it only takes three hours to build one."

Li Jianguo was stunned and asked, "How much can you make in that month?"

Tie Da Pao Qu pointed to the calculations, and said: "If it is a month, the craftsmen in the village can make two thousand."

Li Jianguo was surprised. Calculated in this way, nearly seventy of them can be produced in one day, which is already very fast.Hastily asked again: "Where are the projectiles and gunpowder?"

Tie Dapao said: "According to the current reserves in the village, more than [-] rounds can be produced. But if you add guns, then the iron will not be enough. There is still gunpowder, but we need to purchase some."

Li Jianguo nodded. These firearms are a waste of money. It is still necessary to purchase the required materials in large quantities as soon as possible.Immediately, I asked Iron Cannon in detail where to buy these materials.As the head of the craftsman, Iron Cannon couldn't be more clear about this.

There is iron ore in Lingshan Weiben, but there is no need to buy it.But the coal, as well as the nitrate and sulfur used to make gunpowder, had to be bought in government-run establishments.Tie Da Pao recommended a young man named Liu Zi who could buy these.

Li Jianguo immediately called Fan Zongquan, gave him 20 taels of silver, and asked him to buy it with his six sons, as much as possible.

When Li Kaiguo transported the money, food and materials from Gaomi to Lingshanwei, he also moved all the families of the gentry to Lingshanwei. Because some gentry reported to Chang Wenzhong, although the family who reported the letter was not found later, I don’t know it was the gentry. Li Jianguo simply arrested all of them, but he didn't do anything to these gentry, he just copied the families of a few gentry who didn't want to come, and then killed their whole family, and the other gentry came obediently.

Except for the confiscation of the family property of the gentry, the others did not move at all, which made the gentry not very repulsive to Li Jianguo, especially Fan Zongquan, who repeatedly asked to share Li Jianguo's worries and return Li Jianguo. Jianguo donated 5 taels of 'military expenses', and Li Jianguo treated him differently, so he handed over all these important materials to Fan Zongquan.

He expected that Fan Zongquan would not dare to play tricks, he held the lives of more than [-] members of the Fan family in his hands, and if Fan Zongquan was really cruel enough to kill the whole family, he, Li Jianguo, would have nothing to say.

Tie DaPao also received a reward of 1000 taels of silver. Of course, this was not for him alone, but for all craftsmen in the craftsman village.Even so, one person can get more than one or two.

Tie DaPao was so happy that he kowtowed to Li Jianguo on the spot.Li Jianguo helped him up, and said with a smile: "I have more important things to do for you. If you do well, I will reward you a lot, but if you don't do well, I will kill your whole family." Already." He said this with a smile, but Tie DaPao felt chills all over his body.

The joy of getting the money disappeared without a trace. He wanted to say that he didn't want to do it, but he dared to open his mouth, so he could only nod repeatedly, and didn't even dare to say anything.

Li Jianguo said: "From tomorrow, you have to hand in seventy Lumi guns and three hundred rounds of rationed ammunition to this officer every day. I don't want those guns that will explode. Every gun is It must be as strong as the gun in my hand. And each gun must be engraved with the name of the craftsman who made the gun. If there is a problem with that gun, I will slaughter the whole family by name. Can you hear me clearly? "

Tie DaPao's feet softened, and he knelt down on the ground immediately, and said repeatedly: "The villain obeys the order, please rest assured." Although Li Jianguo's request was relatively harsh, it was not impossible.

Li Jianguo smiled lightly and let Tie Cannon stand up. At this time, he was not worried that Tie Cannon would not be able to make seventy Lumi blunderbuss a day. After all, there are more than [-] craftsmen in this craftsman village, and it would be impossible for ten people to make one a day. The problem is that all craftsmen can't be busy making guns, but he still wants cannons.

The ten cannons that Jianghu Village built for Tianjin Wei had already belonged to Li Jianguo.It's just that those cannons are red cannons, which are inconvenient to carry.Let the Iron Cannon organize the staff to see if the red cannon can be made lighter, but the range and power remain the same.

There is also the tiger squatting cannon, although it is a small cannon at close range, it fires shotguns, which can be described as a close-range group killing weapon. This is also indispensable. Li Jianguo ordered another fifty.

At this point in his words, Tie Cannon's face was fine at first, but now his face was ashamed, and he wanted to say something but dared not.

However, Li Jianguo still assigned tasks to him by himself. Those flintlock guns also needed to be improved, and it was best to solve them within half a year.Iron Cannon fell to his knees with a 'thump', and said in a trembling voice, "The villain is punished with death, the villain is punished with death."

Li Jianguo laughed and said: "I know what you are afraid of, do you want to say that there is no way to complete these according to my requirements?"

Tie Cannon's face was covered with cold sweat, and he didn't dare to raise his head, and said, "Your Excellency, you have learned a lot."

Li Jianguo said: "Get up, I will teach you a method so that you don't have to worry about it anymore."

Immediately, he told Tie Da Pao the method of flowing water work.Tie DaPao pondered for a long time, and then said: "My lord, this method is very good, but in this way, it will be more troublesome if the sizes of the objects made by each person are different. Thinking about it, it is better to set a standard."

Li Jianguo sighed in his heart. He was going to propose to be a teacher again, but he didn't expect Tie Cannon to know the importance of unified standards just by thinking about it.Grandpa Mao once said that the wisdom of the people is infinite, so don't underestimate the wisdom of the people.All you have to do is make a request and let them figure out a way.

At that moment, he stopped talking nonsense and directly issued a bounty. For each gun completed, there would be a reward of one tael of silver shared equally among the craftsmen who made the gun.If anyone can solve the flintlock fire problem or create a more powerful musket, 3000 taels of silver will be rewarded.Those who can improve the cannon or increase its power will be rewarded with 5000 taels of silver.Those who can make other firearms that are useful for combat, and approved by Li Jianguo after inspection, will be rewarded depending on their power, with a minimum of 1000 taels to no upper limit.

This series of rewards was released, and the iron cannon was stunned immediately. From the time when the ten generations of ancestors became a craftsman until him, he has never heard of so much money being given to a craftsman, let alone a gift to a craftsman. Silver, the greatest wish for generations is to be able to eat enough, which is the greatest gift from God to them.

At this time, Li Jianguo didn't care about Tie Dapao's stupid appearance, and directly ordered people to write a notice and post it at the entrance of the village of Jianghu. After a while, all the artisan households who knew the news went crazy. real.

At this time, Li Jianguo had already gone to the barracks with the newly made Lumi blunderbuss and the quantitative ammunition packed in bamboo tubes. He was going to give these recruits a shooting lesson today to get acquainted with the power of firearms. .

At this time, the official road from Jianghu village to Lingshanwei was full of people coming and going, and vehicles transporting various supplies were everywhere.There is an endless stream of grain carts everywhere to purchase grain.In order to meet the coming war, Li Jianguo sent people to various places in Shandong to buy grain.These are the grains of some nearby counties.

Whether it is a county town or a rural landlord, as long as there is grain, they will buy it immediately, and then transport it to Lingshanwei for storage.There are also many war preparation materials such as stones, sand, trees, etc., even in the dark night, countless materials are sent to Lingshanwei like flowing water.

Of course, it wasn't that Li Jianguo could suddenly command the heavy soldiers, merchants, and common people as if he was giving an order.That's why he paid a high amount of money to drive so many people to serve him.

This was only a few days ago, and the whole of Shandong knew that the rebel in Lingshanwei had paid a lot of money to buy various materials regardless of the cost.As long as you have the goods, transporting them to Lingshanwei guarantees that you can earn three times the market price of silver.

Originally, everyone in Shandong knew that the imperial court would definitely put down Lingshanwei. According to common sense, no businessman dared to oppose the imperial court, but Li Jianguo made a big move of money. Officials from various counties who are full of loyalty and patriotism are also secretly communicating with Lingshanwei to earn money.

For money, let alone the imperial court, even my own father can sell it.

Therefore, on the third day after the price of Li Jianguo's purchase of various materials was announced, a large amount of materials were transported day and night on the official road leading to Lingshanwei.

Li Jianguo was very proud of the businessmen who were talking loudly, laughing and flying towards Lingshanwei excitedly.He didn't know the way of governing at first, and he didn't have any talents under his command at this time, so he could only use this stupid trick.But looking at it now, his move is not only a stupid move, but a clever one.

Those businessmen and officials who earned money from him, at this moment, still think that he is a traitor?I'm afraid that if the imperial court wants to attack Lingshanwei, these people will be the first to be unwilling, and instead will hate the imperial court for delaying their earning money.Li Jianguo has long been familiar with the greed in this human nature, and he just needs to follow its guidance, and everything will go against him.

He led a group of people and walked slowly among the business travellers, but no one cared about him, because although he was wearing the uniform of a commander, those servants knew this, and those who knew did not want to At this time, he got involved with Li Jianguo.

Seeing that he could already see Lingshan Weibao, Li Kaiguo suddenly frowned, feeling the danger, but in an instant, the supernatural powers in his body worked on their own, and dozens of black lines suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, running along the black What came from the line was a sharp piercing sound.