Kai Fu Han

Chapter 144
"Moreover, this flintlock gun makes a huge sound and sparks when it fires. It is a great deterrent to the enemy, especially the cavalry. War horses that have not experienced targeted training will be frightened by the sound of the gun. Control, then the cavalry will be a living target."

After Liu Xinqi said so much, he took a moment to let everyone collect their thoughts, and then continued:

"Actually, there are already seven versions of this flintlock No.20. The first musket used a matchlock to ignite. Not only was the speed slower, more than [-] breaths per shot, but the shooting distance was very short and the power was very low. The disadvantages A lot. Today’s flintlocks are much better than the matchlocks of the past.”

"What I mean by this is that since the flintlock gun is much more powerful than the matchlock gun, if we continue to research, we will definitely be able to develop a musket that is more powerful than the current flintlock gun."

"The musket will inevitably eliminate all weapons currently on the battlefield and is called the king of weapons."

Everyone was thinking about Liu Xinqi's words. Liu Xinang reacted the fastest and asked: "What is a 'three-stage strike'?"

Liu Xinqi explained to him the three-stage attack method.

To be specific, a team of three people formed a team, with the musketeer at the front shooting first, then retreating to the back of the team to concentrate on loading ammunition, and the No. 2 soldier stepped forward to fire.The three of them reloaded and fired alternately, which tripled the shooting efficiency of the original shooting that would take ten breaths or even longer!
In addition to this basic three-stage attack, you can also evolve into three-stage attack, shooting while advancing; three-stage retreat; four-stage attack, six-stage attack, and so on.

"I understand, it does work."

Liu Xinang nodded, seemingly convinced.

"Can I try it?"

Liu Xinqi took the flintlock gun from Gao Yuan, handed it to Liu Xinang, and then taught him step by step how to clear the chamber, charge powder, reload, cock the hammer, etc. It took three or four times the time to complete the preparations.

Then Liu Xinang raised his flintlock gun, as if he were using a crossbow, and brought it close to his eyes to aim and shoot.

"stop!"

Liu Xinqi quickly shouted to stop, and then instructed him to raise the musket forward.

The three wooden boards outside the door have been erected.

Liu Xinang pointed the muzzle of the flintlock gun at the wooden board and pulled the trigger.

The impact of the flint on the hammer produced a spark that ignited the gunpowder.

Boom!a sound.

Liu Xinang was so close this time that he was startled by the sound.

Seeing that the three wooden boards outside the door had been knocked down, Liu Xinang put down his flintlock gun and went out to check.

Three planks were shot through.

"This weapon is indeed sharp."

After coming back, he praised.

Seeing Liu Xinang trying it, and other interested people planning to try it, Liu Xinshi had already taken the first step to hold the flintlock gun in his hand.

"After the meeting, everyone can go to Liu's warehouse to try it out. Now we will continue the meeting."

Liu Xinqi stopped him.

Liu Xin put down the gun in his hand and sat back in his seat.After gesturing for everyone to continue, Luo Cheng spoke:
"Currently, Xinghan League manages too many things, and the management tentacles have penetrated into towns and villages, resulting in a very heavy workload for officials. The previous implementation of the "Xinghan League Grain Storage Law" has reached its limit, and most officials have been working for nearly No rest for a month.”

"Can we organize another recruitment of officials to alleviate the current shortage of officials?"

Liu Xinqi replied:
"We can increase it appropriately, but not too much. Our current financial situation should be very bad."

Speaking of this, Liu Xinqi began to draw a pie:

"You can tell everyone that Xinghan League will definitely have greater development in the future. We will all be veterans by then. As long as we don't make mistakes and don't relax our learning and progress, we will definitely have a bright future in the future."

"Okay, I'll report it to you for approval after I've made a plan." Seeing that his suggestion did not receive strong affirmation like the previous ones, Luo Cheng silently sat back in his seat.

At this moment, Liu Xinqi's mother, Chief Financial Officer Lu Congxue said:
"Currently, Xinghan League has only 27 taels of silver remaining. Based on the current expenditure, it was estimated that it could last for about eight months. Now, according to what you said, with so many new large expenditures, it is estimated that it will not be able to support even half a year. It’s here. Should we suspend the implementation, reduce expenditures, and wait until the financial situation is better before starting?”

At present, the Xinghan League has recruited many officials, and the army has expanded to 1 people. These people need financial support.The construction of Baishiwan is currently mostly supported by finances, so it costs a lot.

After expropriating many gentry and landowners before, I thought that the finances would be better, but now it seems that it is not enough to support even one year.

Liu Xinqi knew it himself.

The reason for this situation is that I took too big a step.

The current social productivity is very low, and industrialization is basically zero, which is not enough to support so many officials, soldiers and workers.

This is also the reason why Liu Xinqi did not take the opportunity to counterattack and occupy the five counties after defeating the five county coalition forces.

If Liu Xinqi only intends to be a feudal warlord, he can naturally have no scruples.But Liu Xinqi came from later generations and had his own bottom line. At the very least, the people under his rule should be able to live a life of food and clothing, so he did not dare to "eat" too much for fear of dying.

"What mother said makes sense. I am aware of the current financial situation." Liu Xinqi replied, "I just didn't expect it to be so serious."

"However, Xinghan League is currently at a critical moment of rapid development. We must not cut back on expenditures, otherwise it will greatly slow down the development speed of Xinghan League. It may even be defeated by external attacks because of too slow development."

"Actually, you only consider cutting costs, not increasing revenue. At present, many of Xinghan League's products are very valuable to the outside world. As long as the market is opened, there will naturally be a steady stream of money coming in, and then we can be free to develop. "

"What's there?" Lu Congxue asked.

"There are many, such as artificial colored glaze, swords and armor, steel products, etc., and there are also salt fields that will start production soon. The salt will also sell well."

Luo Cheng intervened at this time.

"I can understand the sale of artificial glaze and salt. Can swords, armor, and steel products also be sold for sale? Wouldn't that increase the combat power of external forces? If they confront us, we will not be the only ones who suffer, and the gains outweigh the losses. "

Liu Xinqi smiled:

"Of course we can't sell the best swords and armor. We are now able to produce fine steel and sell second-level iron products, such as iron swords, iron knives, iron armor, iron farm tools, etc. We will soon replace them with flints. When the gun is fired, in front of the flintlock gun, the iron armor is not much different from leather armor or cloth armor, so selling some for money will not affect it."

"In order to ensure that our equipment forms a continuous advantage over the surrounding forces, before we fully replace the flintlock guns, we can only sell these iron products to forces that are farther away and have no conflict with us. For example, Korea, Japan and Nan Zhao and others.”

(End of this chapter)