Kai Fu Han

Chapter 101 Misfortunes Never Come Alone
"Actually, I came here this time on the entrustment of Guo Zhizhou and the gentry from various counties. I came here to discuss whether I could redeem the militia men you captured last time." Luo Cheng asked.

Liu Xinqi knew that Luo Cheng was definitely not just here to hang around. The two were now in an awkward position. Luo Cheng represented the landlord gentry class and belonged to the surrender faction, while Liu Xinqi belonged to the loyal Zhao faction. The two were naturally in opposition.If nothing happens, Luo Cheng will not come to Liujiabao easily during this time.

"Some gentry have talked to me alone about this matter before." Liu Xinqi replied: "The Liujia Fort in Baishiwan is undergoing large-scale construction recently, and there is an extreme shortage of labor. Although I used the captured young men to work, I also They come from a poor family, so I didn't make things difficult for them. Not only did they have enough food and clothing, but they also received monthly salary. When the construction of Liujiabao in Baishiwan is almost complete, I will naturally let them go home without any need for ransom."

What Liu Xinqi said is true, but the monthly salary is only a promise and has not been actually paid. It will only be recorded in the account and will be paid together when they are released home.

Moreover, Liu Xinqi was really kind to these captives. When they were released at the end of the year, most of them would be willing to drag their families to join the Liu Family Fort, and that would be the time when these gentry felt distressed.

"In that case, I'm relieved. I think those gentry will be very satisfied with your answer, and their families will feel at ease," Luo Cheng said.

"Don't worry, we will let them go home at the end of the year at the latest." Liu Xinqi promised.

In fact, we had already arranged for literate members of the clan to write family letters for these prisoners, and then arranged for them to be sent back to their respective homes, but it was only delayed due to the typhoon.

The three of them chatted for a while, and Luo Cheng asked again: "Can your magic be used by Luo Gao?"

"No, my immortal magic was given by my ancestors and can only be used on the people of Liujiabao. I have also tried it on outsiders. Not only will it not succeed, it will also cause me great harm." Liu Xinqi replied, and said Little lies.

"Gao Yuan is not from Liujiabao, but he has received immortal magic." Luo Cheng continued to ask.

"What you don't know is that Gao Yuan has already sworn to his ancestors to join the Liu Family Fort." Liu Xinqi explained.

"I see."

The few of them changed the topic again and continued chatting until noon. Then they had a meal of dumplings in the cafeteria together before Luo Cheng just said goodbye and left.

"I feel it's not far before Luo County Lieutenant joins Liujiabao." Liu Lizhen predicted after sending Luo Cheng away.

"Of course that's a good thing. This relationship is too embarrassing now." Liu Xinqi said.

In the afternoon, Liu Xinqi continued to study the musket. Currently, the musket has been developed to version No. 12 (1.11).

The No.11 version is already a mature matchlock gun, with an effective range of seventy steps and a killing range of fifty steps through a half-inch (1.6 cm) wooden board.

Version No.12 is intended to add flint to the firing process of the musket, replacing the match rope.

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On April [-], Liu Xinqi was using the first version of the flintlock gun in the yard. This flintlock gun was very unsatisfactory. Because the elasticity of the spring plate was too poor and the impact force was insufficient, the success rate of firing was less than [-]%.

"We still have to continue researching steel with better elasticity..." Liu Xinqi said to Liu Zhimu halfway when he saw a member of the Liujiabao tribe walking in with a familiar person. Liu Xinqi had recently attached a sufficient number of general cards to the tribe, and the intelligence attribute The improvement was huge. After thinking about it for a while, I remembered that this was a servant of Luo Mansion.

"Master Luo asked me to report to you that Zhao Guojian, the new Emperor Yan, fled to the south without fighting in response to the Jin State's offensive. The situation in Dengzhou Prefecture may change, so you should be prepared." The servants of Luo Mansion said to Liu Xinqi.

"Thank you, Mr. Luo, for me." After saying that, Liu Zhimu took out a tael of silver and handed it to the servant.

"Thank you, Patriarch Liu. If you don't reply, I will go back now."

"Go back."

Just as the servants of Luo Mansion left, another soldier came in from the door. This was a soldier from Li Cang's third team. "Patriarch, a Jin Kingdom warship was found on the sea north of Changdao, and it was wandering around Changdao in the distance."

"It's true that misfortunes never come singly. Let's go to the port."

Liu Xinqi put down the flintlock gun in his hand, explained Liu Zhimu's follow-up research direction, and then rushed to the port with the soldiers.

After arriving at the port, it was discovered that the state-level flagship and three county-level sand ships of Li Cang's third fleet had begun preparations for sailing. Li Cang directed the sailors on the shore to carry supplies to the ship.

Liu Xinqi stepped forward and asked:

"What's the situation now?"

"We have just sent two boats out to sea to check the situation. Nine soldiers from the third team are on board. If there is only one boat, we should be able to capture them back."

After adding more than 200 workers from Laizhou to Liujiabao, the reputation value increased by 1241. Counting the new population, the reputation reached 1248. Liu Xinqi directly recruited twelve general cards at that time and obtained nine one-star cards and three three-star cards. Zhang Erxing.

Originally, considering that there was not much demand for general cards in the near future, these cards were reserved for first aid use in case of war.

Now that Jingyan has fled south and Jin warships have appeared on the sea, Liujiabao's living environment has deteriorated rapidly, so he can only use them first to increase his combat power and take the initiative.

"Since there is no definite news yet, I feel relieved that you are here to keep an eye on me. I have gone to the Liu Family Warehouse No. [-] beforehand. If there are any changes, please send someone to notify me in time."

"Don't worry, as long as it's not a large fleet, I can handle it. Not to mention Gao Yuan's second fleet, our Liujiabao maritime combat power is not small." Li Cang replied.

Liu Xinqi came to the militia station at the Liu Family Warehouse No. [-]. Liu Lizhen was training the militiamen here. The [-] strong men from the clan who had been recruited before had not been disbanded after the victory of the uprising. They stayed at the Liu Family Warehouse No. [-] for training, and on the one hand they improved them. Combat strength, on the one hand, to prevent officials from Laizhou City from jumping over the wall.

In the empty courtyard of the warehouse, Liu Xinqi saw Liu Xinbao's four teams of soldiers helping Liu Lizhen train the militia. These soldiers all had military knowledge attached to their general cards and were powerful in force, so they were natural instructors.

Liu Xinqi looked at the training situation for a while and was very satisfied.

At present, Liujiabao's military training code has gradually changed during training and has been revised several times. It is now divided into four types: sailor code, infantry code, archer code and cavalry code.

The 300 people on site were divided into 150 infantry, [-] archers and [-] cavalry.

During the training process of these clan soldiers, they saw Liu Xinqi coming in and did not stop or make a commotion. It seemed that the order and prohibition had been initially achieved.

"What are you doing here?"

Liu Lizhen came over and asked.

"You pick out twelve of them who have excellent training, and I will cast spells for them. There will be a war in the clan in the near future, and we need to increase our combat power." Liu Xinqi arranged.

Liu Lizhen responded and went to pick someone.

Liu Xinqi found Liu Xinjun, one of the three teams of soldiers.

(End of this chapter)