The great hero of the Silk Road, starting from a farm farmer

Chapter 219 The alchemists who escaped from Beixiang brought important military information, and they also had firearms!

It takes a long time for any technology or invention to be discovered and matured. Finding the direction of ignition powder and new explosives does not mean that the Yungu Army will immediately have new weapons available.It is still unknown when a new type of firearm that can be used on the battlefield will be produced. Song Yingkui only hopes that with the help of mechanical research institutes and industrial schools, the time period can be shortened as much as possible.

As long as the standard breech-loading guns are equipped into the army, the Yungu Army will truly have the confidence to sweep the world, instead of surviving in the cracks like now.

In Song Yingkui's view, he mainly relied on two things to control the world, one was weapons and the other was means of transportation.Weapons alone, without solving the problem of mobility, are still not enough.Especially when facing an opponent with all cavalry, no matter how hard you rely on two legs, you can't outrun four legs.

Originally, facing the production conditions of this era, it seemed impossible to rely on technical means to solve mobility problems.Song Yingkui was thinking of turning all his staff into mules and horses to deal with it. At any rate, it was easier to recruit mules and horses in the northwest.But after careful calculation, the cost was unbearable. The cost of raising a mule and horse was greater than the cost of raising a soldier.Soldiers can usually do other things, and the mules and horses raised in the army can only be used purely for military purposes.

The production organization method of farming is not like that of nomadic herders, and they cannot serve the people in their spare time and as soldiers in war like the nomadic regime. They must have professional armed forces and specialized weapons.

But, it all depends on people. After thinking hard, I really thought of a way to solve the mobility of infantry through technical means at this stage.That is to use bicycles as vehicles to solve the problem of insufficient mobility of infantry.If all infantry personnel are issued bicycles, their mobility will be at least doubled, which will be almost the same as that of cavalry. In addition, the endurance of humans is stronger than that of horses. In long-distance and large-scale battles, The medium mobility is basically the same as that of the cavalry, and may even be stronger.

Adding a folding gun to the rear of the bicycle was the development goal designed by Song Yingkui for Yun Gujun.Unfortunately, these two pieces of equipment are not available yet.The Machinery Research Institute has developed a bicycle prototype, but it is not yet practical. It is estimated that it will take three to five years before it becomes fully mature.Climbing the technology tree is so troublesome. It not only requires the correct technical path, but also takes time.

wait!When the breech-loading guns and bicycles can be mass-produced on a small scale, when the Yungu Army comes out of Lintao to conquer the world, we will see which army in the world will be the opponent of the Yungu Army.

It's good to be energetic when you have a goal and a route. Ever since there were signs of igniting the gunpowder, Song Yingkui has been full of energy in everything he does during this period, and there are a lot less things that he doesn't like.

“What is left in the spring plowing work is mainly potatoes and other autumn crops. All towns and villages must do a good job in scheduling new seeds. Counting the cultivated budding taro seeds, at least half of the taro fields must be replaced with new seeds. After the real new taro seeds are cultivated next year, the old taro seeds will be completely replaced, and then a batch of new taro seeds will be rotated every year, so that there will no longer be fear of bad seeds.

Nowadays, there is a lot less farming work. The previously planned construction projects of water conservancy channels and roads must be started. The administrative office must make good personnel deployment. The progress of the project must be fast, but the farming work must not be delayed. Infrastructure and agricultural production must be coordinated and promoted in an orderly manner. conduct! "Summoning the heads of the main townships and the administrative offices to the City Lord's Mansion, Song Yingkui held a work scheduling meeting to set the tone for the main work that has been carried out this year. "Sir, there are many people in our fifth battalion this year. We have planted vegetables in the paddy fields, but our town government has tried to persuade us to do so, but it doesn’t work. What should we do? Liu Wenbu, the current mayor of Wuying Town, who came to attend the meeting, reported a new situation they had recently faced.

"People in Wuying want to grow vegetables? This is a good sign. It means that our people's lives have improved and they are starting to eat fine vegetables and live a more refined life. My opinion is that I do not encourage people to use their good fields to grow vegetables. If you don’t stop it, it will be left to the people’s volition. Of course, the agricultural tax should still be based on registered tax grains, and vegetables cannot be used as food.” When Song Yingkui heard that the people in Wuying began to grow more vegetables, Song Yingkui knew that this was the beginning of citizens’ consumption awareness. Looking up is a relatively good consumption phenomenon.Wuying has a large non-agricultural population, so it is understandable that the demand for meat and vegetables is greater.

After being reminded by Liu Wenbu, Song Yingkui realized that some winter vegetables such as Chinese cabbage should also be planted appropriately in the official farms in Hezhou to improve the food supply structure of the army.Nowadays, meat accounts for a large proportion in the Yungu Army, and the grain and meat structure is quite reasonable. If we pay more attention to the supply of vegetable fiber, the nutritional mix of the soldiers will be reasonable.By the way, starting from next month, we need to increase the purchase of eggs, so that the soldiers can eat one egg every day, and meat products including lunch meat and tofu can be eaten every two days. pause.

The energy consumption of the army is high, and food must be provided as much as possible.For this era, Yun Gujun's food should be considered top-notch in terms of sumptuousness.Precisely because food and other supplies are well guaranteed, many people now hope that their children can serve in the army, especially young children, for no other reason than to serve in the army to eat well for a few years and grow up well.

"Sir, there is another matter for you to decide in the Fifth Camp. In the past two years, some people whose household registration is not under our control have settled in our Fifth Camp to do odd jobs to make a living. These people have not moved their families here. It is said that it is not cost-effective to farm in the land of Hezhou. They earn the money of our fifth battalion and support their families elsewhere. What should we do with these people?" Seeing that Song Yingkui's attitude was better today, Liu Wenbu started the topic, Another incident that bothered him was reported.

It was expected that migrant workers would gather in the fifth camp. Song Yingkui's attitude towards these people and Song Yingkui was still to let them go, as long as they did not commit any crimes.As for them just making money without making any contribution, how much money can they make by working?It's just a matter of making a living through labor force. At any rate, it can be regarded as providing labor force for the development of Wuying's industry and commerce. There is no need to compete on this matter.

The situation is great and the energy is high. This year under Yun Gu’s rule should be a year of great development and construction.

However, there are always uncontrollable factors that can break a beautiful situation.On the fifth day of April in the sixth year of Jingli, the third uncle who guarded Guanying Town sent back an urgent message.He said that an alchemist who had escaped from the north came to his place and brought with him a piece of important military information.

What important military information can an alchemist bring back?With an attitude of preferring to believe what he had rather than what he didn't have, Song Yingkui hurriedly asked the alchemist who had escaped from Beixiang to be brought to Fuyang City.After careful inquiry, I found that it was indeed more important. Beixiang also had firearms, and they were gathering troops to prepare for a military operation against the Yungu Army.

(End of this chapter)