Reborn Wu Dalang

Chapter 170 Artillery

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In this era, Confucianism is popular all over the world, and those in power believe that "the people can let them know what they want", so the establishment of a "library" was an outrageous thing in the Song Dynasty, and those corrupt Confucian officials would never allow such a thing occur.Tool: No advertisements, full text, what's more, it's a pity that in Korea, everything is up to Wu Dong.Although Li Gang can be regarded as a Confucian scholar, he stayed in Liangshan for many years and was influenced by Wu Dong's political thoughts. On the contrary, he was in favor of right and wrong.

In fact, he is very familiar with Wu Dong's political thoughts, one is "military state" and the other is "democracy", and the two go hand in hand.And to be "democratic", it is certain to open up the wisdom of the people.And building a library and allowing all the people to go in and read is a shortcut to open up people's wisdom.

"It's not enough to have a library alone if the people are illiterate. I have already planned to set up a literacy class in Incheon City to allow the people to go in and learn. In the vicinity of Seoul, a literacy class can also be set up to teach the people characters. If possible in the future, it will be extended to the entire Goryeo." Wu Dong said.

"Extend to the whole of Korea? Are all Koreans also literate?" Li Gang asked in surprise.

"Not bad!" Wu Dong nodded.

"But...if all Koreans are literate, might they oppose us in the future?" Li Gang said.

In Li Gang's view, it is feasible to open up the people's wisdom, but it is not necessary for the Koreans. The brainwashing education for the Koreans is very good now. If the brainwashing continues, it will be enough to keep the Koreans loyal to Liangshan.On the contrary, after opening the people's wisdom to the Goryeo people, the Goryeo people may understand the fact that they are the ruled. At that time, these Goryeo people may rise up against the rule of Liangshan again.

"No! As long as we firmly grasp the content of the good books, they will gradually be assimilated by us Han people and become part of the Han people. In the future, we must implement the same policy as the Han people for the Koreans, so that we can Really let them return to their hearts." Wu Dong said.

The reason why the implementation of "strike the local tyrants and divide the land" before, and implement the kind of brainwashing education similar to the nature of pyramid schemes, is mainly to extinguish the Korean people's sense of resistance so that they can rule this place faster.But this kind of rule only gets a group of "foolish people", which is not good for Liangshan's future development.

Only by developing the wisdom of the people, emphasizing both democracy and the military, is the way he wants to govern.

Standing on a city wall that has already been built in Seoul, looking at the land in the distance, Wu Dong felt a little emotional in his heart. He didn't know what the future of such a political path would be, but he believed that it would definitely be better than it is now. , at least it will never let China fall into the hands of foreigners, and it will not let China decline more and more under the influence of corrupt Confucianism.

In the middle of the night, Wu Dong, Li Shishi and others stayed in the village near Seoul. The people welcomed Wu Dong very much. The whole village came to pay their respects to Wu Dong.

The next day, Wu Dong did not return to Incheon City, but went west and south all the way to inspect the situation in the rural areas of Koryo.

After the land revolution in Goryeo, everyone has land. This year, their labor enthusiasm is particularly high, and the harvest is also particularly good!This place is very similar to the Han Chinese villages around Incheon City, except that they have to carry out the education of "recalling bitterness and thinking about sweetness" every night, thanking Liangshan for the kindness and Wudong for the kindness.

In the rural areas of Goryeo, there are portraits of the "great leader" Wu Dong everywhere, and people can often be seen kneeling there, which is also a unique scene in the rural areas of Goryeo.

Today, Liangshan's notice in Korea has been completely stabilized. Ordinary people in Korea live and work in peace and contentment, and will no longer oppose Liangshan.There are still some rebels in Goryeo, but those rebels are not popular, even ordinary people in Goryeo do not approve of the actions of these rebels.

After inspecting for several days, Wu Dong was very relieved to feel that everything in Korea was in order and very prosperous.

In fact, Li Gang is mainly responsible for the civil affairs in Korea. Wu Dong now appreciates Li Gang's ability very much.

"Li Gang is the prime minister's talent! It's overkill for him to govern a mere Koryo." Wu Dong secretly thought.

But there is no other way, Liangshan has no bigger territory now.As for Hedong and Liangshanshuibo, they are too far away from Koryo, and there are various forces of the Song Dynasty, Khitan, and Nvzhen in the middle. With the current communication conditions, it is difficult to manage the three places in a unified manner.

"I don't know what's going on with Hedong and Liangshanbo?" Wu Dong secretly thought.

The information from the two sides is naturally being sent to Goryeo, but the information is only a general description of the situation. If you want to know the situation in those two places in detail, you need to go there and investigate in person. Unfortunately, there is no such thing in Wudong now. time.

"Husband, do you still want to go to the military supply camp?" Li Shishi asked suddenly when he was halfway to Incheon City.

"Of course we're going! The Quartermaster Battalion is currently developing artillery, and I don't know how it's going." Wu Dong said.

"Cannon? Is it the super weapon that you said can kill thousands of people with one cannon?" Li Shishi asked curiously.

"Hmm! I thought it would be very difficult to develop a cannon, but the difficulty is not as high as I imagined! Ling Zhen is in charge of this matter, and I believe it has achieved results." Wu Dong said.

That Ling Zhen is also a member of the heroes of the Water Margin, known as "Thunderbolt".He was originally a gunpowder expert at the imperial court, and he came to Korea at the beginning of this year. At that time, Wu Dong gave him the task of developing artillery.Some time ago, when Wu Dong came back from Dongpu, Ling Zhen said that the artillery was about to be developed, and now many days later, there should be some results.

Everyone headed towards the military quarter camp, which was a "battalion" in name, but actually had a large establishment.The number of craftsmen in the entire military camp has reached 3!Except for a small part who came from the Duzuoyuan of the Song Dynasty, the rest were hired from all over the Song Dynasty, and there were also some craftsmen from Koryo and Dongying here.Of course, the current technology of Goryeo and Dongying is very backward, far inferior to that of Song Dynasty, and their craftsman level is quite limited.However, the craftsmen of Korea and Dongying have some special skills. The people of Korea are good at building ships, and the people of Dongying are good at making knives.

There are countless houses in the quartermaster camp, and various clanging sounds are constantly being made inside, obviously those craftsmen are working.

"Now the Quartermaster Battalion can produce 5000 bows and crossbows a month. If we speed up, we can even produce 7000 crossbows." Li Shishi said.

She had been in charge of the military supply camp before, so she knew the situation of the military supply camp very well.Nearly half of the 5000 craftsmen in the military supply camp are responsible for the production of bows and crossbows, because bows and crossbows have now become one of Liangshan's main weapons.[-] a month, and [-] to [-] crossbows a year are enough to meet Liangshan's needs.

"Quantity is important, but technical improvement is also very important! Shishi, we need to increase rewards." Wu Dong said suddenly.

"Increase the reward? This...husband, the current reward is already very high! As for the bow and crossbow, as long as someone can make a little improvement, it will be 50 taels of silver. Isn't that enough?" Li Shishi asked in surprise.

50 taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to eat and drink for several years, but Wu Dong has to increase it, no wonder Li Shishi was surprised.

"It's not enough, it's far from enough, and it needs to be improved! After I go back, I will discuss with you the issue of the reward system, and then we will implement it immediately! We must encourage those craftsmen who can innovate and invent, and let those craftsmen I understand that as long as you can improve or improve a certain technology, or discover some principles that others cannot discover, then you will be able to obtain wealth that ordinary people cannot obtain in a lifetime." Wu Dong said.

"Okay." Li Shishi nodded, but he still didn't agree with Wu Dong's statement.

The status of craftsmen in the Great Song Dynasty was extremely low. Even if the imperial court was a courtyard, the status of craftsmen was not high, and their income was very low, and they could not even support their families.Now the military supply camp in Liangshan has taken great care of the craftsmen, and the living standards of the craftsmen have surpassed that of ordinary people.So continuing to increase the rewards, Li Shishi found it difficult to accept.Of course, as a woman, she was indoctrinated with the "Three Obediences and Five Virtues" since she was a child, so she would not argue with Wu Dong casually.Since Wu Dong thought it was good, she agreed.

When he came to the southernmost row of houses in the quartermaster camp, Wu Dong entered the largest house, and finally saw Ling Zhen here.

Ling Zhen was concentrating on artillery, when Wu Dong suddenly came to him and said, "Ling Zhen, how is the artillery development going?"

"Ah? Commander-in-Chief, why are you here? See Commander-in-Chief!" Ling Zhen hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Get up!" Wu Dong laughed.

"Governor, we have already made the barrel of the artillery. I wanted to go to Incheon City to invite you to watch the firing of the artillery, but I was told that you went to another place. It is best if you come now. We will launch it today. She artillery." Ling Zhen said.

"Is it enough today?" Wu Dong was overjoyed.

"Of course it's fine! It's mainly about making the cannon barrel. As long as the cannon barrel is done, everything else will be fine!" Ling Zhen said with a smile.

Everyone followed Ling Zhen forward, and when they came to the back yard, they found a huge cannon barrel, which was exactly the same as those "cultural relics" artillery that Wu Dong saw in later generations!

The huge cannon barrel, at least five meters above, is all made of brass, covered with a piece of red cloth, which looks mighty and extraordinary.

"Commander, more than 2000 catties of brass were spent to make this cannon barrel. This thing is extremely precious." Ling Zhen stroked the cannon barrel with his hands.

"Good stuff!" Wu Dong was also stroking the cannon barrel with his hands, his heart fluttered abnormally.

"Governor, do you want to test the cannon now?" Ling Zhen said.

"Wait a moment." Wu Dong said.

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