Win the Ding 1617

With the Ottoman Empire spanning the three continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, the purely rich and handsome people in front of them, England, which was originally a remote corner, showed a very wretched look.But just as the emissary of the rebel armed parliamentary army in the Kingdom of England, Winstanley became a fighter among the 24K pure dicks in the eyes of the civil and military officials present.

Among the people present, although most of them were shocked or shocked by the Ottoman envoy's generosity, or had a strong interest in Ottoman's firearms and horse breeds, there were also many people who were quite interested in staying where they were. Waiting to see what this emissary from a small barbarian country from a remote corner has to say and how it will end.

However, since he was able to be sent by the parliamentary army as an envoy, and was introduced as a confidant by Cromwell, Winstanley was by no means an ordinary person!

From the day he intended to go on a mission to this mysterious and rich land, he paid attention to collecting and sorting out all the information that could be collected about this land and this political system.Thanks to the English East India Company, which was severely beaten by the Southern Cantonese Army at the mouth of the Pearl River, and thanks to the blessings of those English merchants, in their diaries, letters, and official documents left in England, Winstanley has outlined a clearer picture for Winstanley. The image of the Southern Guangdong Army.

From these materials written with various papers, colorful inks, and handwriting, either neatly or with claws and claws, Winstanley was pleasantly surprised to discover a secret!

That is, the Nanyue Army is extremely happy with all kinds of novel species from all over the world!From all kinds of stallions, mares, all kinds of cattle, sheep, seeds, and other animal and plant varieties, peppers, tomatoes, corngrass, potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, etc. are all on their welcome list.

In order to encourage merchants to carry these species when importing, the Southern Guangdong Army even offered a magic weapon of tax reduction and exemption. Anyone who brings stallions, mares and other species of animals and plants on the list when entering the customs can obtain a certain amount of tax reduction.This is described in the reports and letters of several British merchants.

Therefore, Winstanley thought of a species that could be dedicated to Duke Li, the commander of the Southern Guangdong Army as a strange species!Native large white pigs from Yorkshire in northern England!

Sounds very earthy, doesn't it?It's more solid for Weinstein's role as a local turtle and dick, right?but.wait!As a person who has made his own mark in the history of human thought, how can he not understand the morals of the world and the hearts of the people?With this hand, he just scratched the itch of the Nanyue Army and Li Shouhan, just like Grandma Liu brought all kinds of new melons and vegetables to Jiamu when she entered Rongguo Mansion for the second time.Although the money is not much, it is very appetizing to the recipient.

(Speaking of which, the unkind author makes some digressions. As a person living in the society, it is inevitable to have human relations. Behavior of asking for help. But, remember one thing, giving gifts to others also requires some thought Don’t use numbers to deal with things easily. You should know that the numbers you can come up with may be just a drop in the bucket in the eyes of others. At that time, if you don’t talk about your own pain, you won’t be able to leave any impression when you deal with it. Therefore, gift giving It's really a science. Especially when poor people who are asking for others give gifts to others, they really need to spend a little time and study the other party. If Grandma Liu is also focused on giving some expensive and decent gifts The gift, even if she sells all the house and land, may not be worth a piece of decoration in Jia Mu's room. Just like this, it may not be able to catch Jia Mu's eyes. , Going to the garden and other good things!)

When someone drove a carriage to transport dozens of local large white pigs from Yorkshire to the gate of the courtyard, the civil and military officials who wanted to see what kind of tribute this English soil turtle brought couldn't help laughing in unison.

"This is obviously the ballast on the bottom of the ship when sailing at sea! By the way, it can also improve the food for the brothers, some fresh meat to eat!" An official said very disdainfully.

Under the illumination of the lights, dozens of large white pigs that were carefully raised along the way appeared in the eyes of everyone.Although the sea has been bumpy for several months, however.Under the meticulous care of Winstanley at all costs, these descendants of Marshal Canopy quickly regained their vigor after arriving in Guangzhou.

("Is it easy for me! In order to transport these pigs. I risked the mutiny of almost all the sailors and asked them to compress the space for transporting other goods as much as possible. This is a desperate business that almost cut off their money!" Wen Although Stanley doesn't know what cutting people's wealth is like killing their parents, the path of human society is the same.)

When the general manager read out the name of the gift presented by Winstanley quite maliciously, the audience burst into laughter.

"Gerald Winstanley, the special envoy of the Parliamentary Army of the Kingdom of England, presents twenty pairs of large white pigs produced in Yorkshire, England!"

Civil and military officials had expected to fly into a rage.Or the color will change, and Li Shouhan, who won't give this English turtle a good look, listened to the interpretation of the officer, and with the help of the light, he saw the group of pigs in the cage that showed the demeanor of Marshal Canopy very well. They actually got up and left their seats, and led a group of high-level officials excitedly to the front of the car carrying the pigs.

Others don't know, but he knows the meaning of the big white pig native to Yorkshire!Whether it is listening to grandpa and uncles talking about the army's agricultural and sideline production at home, or occasionally talking about it among the prisoners who raise pigs and grow vegetables in prison, the ears are always scratched by a name.

"Big Yorkshire pig!"

The Great Yorkshire pig, also known as the British Large White pig, is named for its pure white coat and large body.Known for well-developed back muscles and plump thighs.It has excellent performances such as strong adaptability, high fecundity, fast growth rate, high lean meat rate, good meat quality, and strong physique.The offspring of its hybrids have low requirements for feed. Therefore, in places where the level of protein feed is not too high, it is appropriate to use large Yorkshire pigs as hybrid male parents.But what really makes it famous all over the world is its comprehensive cost performance.If you don’t believe me, look at this set of figures: the slaughter rate is 76%, the meat search rate is 58^-63%, and the body weight can reach 156 kg at 90 days old.For every 1 kg of weight gain, 2.96 kg of feed is consumed.It was bred in the Yorkshire area of ​​England, hence the name Great Yorkshire pig.

In the 50s, it was a larger fat pig.

However, in the late nineteenth century, with the development of British production and the improvement of living conditions, people's need for fat in pork was greatly reduced. Breeding and matching, so that large white pigs can quickly develop towards lean meat.

Many countries imported Large White pigs from the UK.Combined with the specific local conditions, large white pig breeds suitable for the country have been bred successively, such as Soviet large white pigs, American Yorkshire, Japanese Yorkshire and so on.

But few people know that this offspring system breeds large Yorkshire pigs like a big tree.But it only has one-half of English blood.The other half of its genetic pedigree comes from China. This elegant gentleman in the pig world with a tender white body is a cross between a large white pig native to England and a smaller and fatter Chinese white pig. A typical hybrid!

After walking around the pig cage a few times, Li Shouhan couldn't help smiling.The current Southern Guangdong Army.The demand for meat is at an outrageous level.The soldiers and horses everywhere are invincible, although in the eyes of others, they rely on exquisite firearms, sufficient military pay, strict military discipline and heavy training.However, they don't know that in addition to these factors, there is another problem that is easily overlooked, that is, adequate nutrition!If you don't eat well, you won't be full.Well, those above are castles in the air!

Although there are countless ships fishing for fish, shrimp and seafood at sea, on land, there are also large-scale farms raising chickens, ducks and pigs to provide a large amount of fish, poultry, eggs and meat for the army, factories, and forest farms in mining areas.However, the gap in demand for meat has always existed.

For this, the officials thought hard and couldn't figure it out.In comparison, the current standard of food in the Southern Guangdong Army, even an ordinary soldier's food, is better than that of a small landlord in the interior.Why are the soldiers still shouting?

this problem.Even Li Shouhan couldn't figure it out.

In fact, the reason is also very simple. The fat and protein provided by products such as fish and shrimp are smaller than those of pork, beef and mutton, and they are digested quickly.That is what the common people call the bad time.It is also a catty of meat. An adult can easily eat a catty of fish and shrimp, or even a catty of chicken, duck, and mutton. Try eating a catty of beef or pork?

Although the Nanzhong area is rich in buffaloes, this guy is the main force in opening up wasteland and plowing fields and pulling carts.No one is willing to kill it to eat meat.Even though the Nanzhong region has long had special beef cattle farms in order to meet the demand for beef, how long does it take for a beef cattle to grow from a calf to be edible?How much effort does it take to keep them thriving and not getting sick?Therefore, except for the descendants of Bajie, there is no suitable choice for those who want to sacrifice their lives for the huge meat demand.

You must know that it takes more than a year and a half to feed beef cattle with synthetic feed. In the non-industrial era, you don't even think about eating meat after two or three years.And on the basis of no modern synthetic feed, the longest time for pigs to be slaughtered is only one year, right?

"Find a suitable breed, successfully mix and breed, and cultivate Laozi's own Yorkshire pigs. Let this baby pig with a high litter size, high slaughter rate, and a high ratio of meat to feed exchange provide enough for Laozi's army and people. meat!"

After carefully looking around the pig cage, he confirmed that the big white pigs in front of him were the original Yorkshire pigs. Li Shouhan nodded in satisfaction.With the current breeding and mating technology of the Southern Guangdong Army, it is not difficult to cultivate new varieties in a short period of time, and to popularize the varieties in several large breeding farms.

"My lord, shouldn't the envoy of England deserve a heavy reward for presenting this thing?" Although he didn't know the origin of these pigs that kept bumping their noses against the cage posts in front of them, Li Shouhan smiled. A flower, Li Peilin knew, it must be a good thing!The importance to the Southern Guangdong Army is no less important than corngrass, vaccinia and teardrop tree!

"Today's reward is a bit abrupt. Let's just have a feast. If you have any needs in the future, please tell the official of the Rites Department!"

Although Winstanley couldn't understand what Li Shouhan was talking about, he could guess from the changes in the expressions and attitudes of the officials in charge of ceremonies towards him that the Duke in front of him liked the present very much!Several members of the mission following Winstanley also discovered this, exchanged glances with each other, and knew that this bet was right!When I came, I complained all kinds of things, and I was thrown back to my hometown in England!

On the other side of the courtyard, those who watched and appreciated the firearms presented by the Ottomans were greatly disappointed!

The firecrackers decorated with gold and silver threads and various gemstones and tortoise shells are certainly dazzling and praiseworthy.However, everyone in the Southern Guangdong Army also had some knowledge in their eyes.Regarding these prosperous and magnificent things adorned on the firecrackers, let's not say that they are indifferent or point to the end.These precious stones and filigree decorations on the firecrackers.Although it is eye-catching, it does not improve the performance of the firecracker itself.

Influenced by Li Shouhan, they were concerned about the coefficient of performance, manufacturing process, and cost of these firecrackers.As well as the installation cost of a large number of equipped troops, as well as the corresponding tactical requirements of weapon changes for the army.

Among the Ming army, the Lumi blunderbuss was also a weapon that was extremely expensive and could not afford to equip it!According to Xu Guangqi and Xu Xiangguo's calculations, the official cost of a Lumi gun. 150 taels of silver.

Such a cost naturally puts the Lumi Gun in an embarrassing situation.It is difficult to build and the cost is high, so it is naturally not easy to install it on a large scale.

Someone picked up an original Lumi gun and carefully observed the fire gun.The all-metal structure of this Lumi gun is made of metal from the barrel to the body.Only the breech is made of good hardwood.In this way, the gun body is naturally heavier.

"So heavy? How far can it hit?" Xiao Zhengchun, the standard commander of the Ninth Mixed Brigade, frowned and asked Tong Shi.

"My lord, according to the military attache of the mission, this kind of firecracker is dedicated to the royal family of the Sultan, and it is the most finely crafted. The range can be 150 paces. The accuracy is extremely high!"

"Its essence lies in the double-layer gun barrel, the barrel body is one piece, no number of sections, and the inner and outer gun barrels are connected in opposite directions, so there is absolutely no chance of bombing! Within a hundred steps, it can break through heavy armor! "Seeing that someone is interested in their firecrackers, the military attache in the Ottoman mission is naturally quite proud.

That Xiao Zhengchun was originally a son of a wealthy family in Fujian, who lived in Hua'an County for generations.His family has a large scale, and has been engaged in overseas business operations for generations, making him extremely wealthy.There used to be a folk song saying, "Burst the Xiao family courtyard, and Hua'an County will be lost." It happened that Zheng Zhilong, the general of Fu, surrendered to the Southern Guangdong Army, and the Xiao family, who had been a sea merchant for generations, also brought hundreds of large ships of his own to join. Southern Guangdong Army.This young master Xiao Zhengchun from Hua'an County.He became a standard commander of the Ninth Mixed Brigade.

Although he was born as a son of a son, Xiao Zhengchun is a person who has seen the world quite well.You will never be fooled by a few words from the Ottoman officer!

He curled his lips, expressing his disdain for the Ottoman military attache's boastful words.He has his own comments on the Lumi gun in his hand.

In the eyes of the officers of the Southern Guangdong Army, Lu Mitong had many flaws.First of all, this firecracker is too long. The total length of the Lumi blunderbuss is five to seven feet, and seven feet is 2.1 meters in later generations.Such a long muzzle gun is very inconvenient to load.

Moreover, the manufacturing method is extremely complicated. According to the manufacturing process learned from the Jiazhan Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of War, it takes decades of experienced craftsmen to make and polish the two barrels that can fit closely together.

Especially the last casing, which is almost forced to drill down, requires a rather complicated and sophisticated machine platform. The machine platform is complicated in technology and is almost two people high. Only this kind of complicated machine platform can guarantee two gun barrels The axis is consistent, and then slowly drilled in bit by bit.In short, making Lumi guns is very labor-intensive, and requires very high requirements in various fields such as technology, equipment, and raw materials.

The barrels produced in this way can only be used by a small number of troops and princes and nobles for hunting. How can they be popularized?

What's more terrible is that it does not use custom-packed paper tube ammunition, but assembles priming powder, propellant powder, and lead separately, and has its own storage and transportation.When fighting, life and death are between breath and breath, how can we achieve accurate loading?If the loading is not in place, it will inevitably affect the launch, and the tactical requirement for concentrated firepower is fatal!

"With such a long barrel and no thorns, how can we fight with bayonets? Could it be that we can't rebuild spears, swords and shields?" Xiao Zhengchun discussed and joked with his colleagues in a low voice about the various disadvantages of the Lumi blunderbuss.

"That's right! After the first round, you have to reload the propellant, primer, lead, and tamp it with a stick before you can fire the second round. Once the soldiers are not well trained and their hands and feet are not good, and they are more nervous, they may not be loaded. How long!"

"By the time you're done loading, I'll already be firing another volley!"

Several officers commented mercilessly on this original genuine Lumi gun from Ottoman.

Cannons and rockets make the first round of strikes, and after breaking up the enemy's formation and morale, the firecrackers step forward to fire a volley, and then use hundreds, thousands or even more firecrackers to focus fire, three rounds The volley shattered the opponent's fighting spirit.Perhaps in less than three rounds, the gunfire soldiers will all go to the guns under the command of the officers, and use bayonets to solve the final battle.

Except that there were no or very few cavalry to attack, it was completely the three-axe tactic of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di's cannon blasting the cavalry, and the cavalry charging with firecrackers.

Relying on such tactics, the Southern Guangdong Army swept across the entire East Asian continent. (~^~)