A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 55

After Wang Dou's wedding date was set, the Zhong family was naturally involved. After the news came out, everyone in Jingbian Castle was happy.

Right now, all the military households in the castle regard Wang Dou as the main one. In ancient times, the continuation of the blood source was very important. When Wang Dou is married and has heirs to pass on, everyone can really feel at ease.

In the evening of that day, Wang Dou helped Wang Tianxue, Zheng Jinglun and others clean up the dust.

Wang Tianxue was naturally overjoyed to see that there was wine and meat in the banquet. He was so drunk that night that he didn't wake up until noon the next day.

When Wang Dou sent someone to call him, he was still half awake.Wang Dou's arrangement for him was to heal the illnesses of military households in the fort on weekdays, and to accompany the army during wartime.In addition, a herbal medicine shop will be built in Jingbian Fort, and some medical apprentices who collect herbs and make medicine will be trained in the future.

Now the Ming army generally uses some medicines for healing and healing, but Wang Dou is more yearning for the Yunnan Baiyao of later generations. In addition, he also hopes to research some medical alcohol and military gauze.Of course, this has to be done slowly, Wang Dou first asked Wang Tianxue to select some smart young people in the castle, and spread the herbs first.

As for Zheng Jinglun, Wang Douwan kept him in the fort for two days, and when he returned, he would be accompanied by a night in the fort.

These days, Han and North Korea are training for several nights without closing, and they just choose a smart and witty person to go.From now on, he will be stationed in Wanshenghe to listen to the news in various parts of Zhoucheng without closing the night.Han and North Korea will often go to Zhoucheng to contact this person in the name of buying rice.

For Zheng Jinglun, Wang Dou is not in a hurry to deepen the relationship with each other, he wants to see if this person can be used and supported.If it can be used, he will have a large-scale plan in the future, but the current conditions do not allow it, specifically, the lack of financial resources.

After dealing with these matters, Wang Dou issued an order to formally prohibit private fighting among the military households in the fort, and severe punishments would be imposed for violations.At the same time, Wang Dou is still thinking about the relevant treatment for military households going out to fight in the future. He hopes that in the future, he will form a simple folk custom of fighting public battles, cowardly fighting privately, and congratulating each other upon hearing the war.

The survivors of the first emperor, Fen VI, ruled the world and made great achievements. The main reason was the various provisions formulated by Shang Yang at the beginning, prohibiting private fights, prohibiting private discussions, making administration transparent, and uniting the people in battle to strengthen the army.It is precisely because of this series of systems that the common kings of the Qin State and the good officials of the past made the Great Qin finally win the world.

There was actually an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. The speeches of officials and the public at the end of the Ming Dynasty were too free and chaotic, especially the clear discussions of the folk scholars, which created endless internal friction.Wang Dou would rather all the people under his rule become silent supporters and opponents, rather than dragging countless people down with their croaking mouths.

If possible in the future, Wang Dou will also emulate Qin's [-]-level military merit title system to strengthen and improve the combat effectiveness of the army under his rule.

I believe that in the future, there will be a military household system, a military title system, and people who are eager to fight after hearing the war. In this world in the future, I will not only survive, but also gain my place on this stage.

Wang Dou has decisive power and majesty in Jingbian Fort, and the military households in the fort strictly obey Wang Dou's ban.

At the same time, Wang Dou also detailed the duties of each officer in the fort.

Qi Tianliang managed the army and was in charge of the water conservancy of Tunbao.Zhong Rong manages the documents in the fort, manages the grain and grass warehouses in the fort, and is responsible for handling disputes among military households in the fort.Yang Tong managed a team of soldiers, and was also in charge of public buildings, roads and other chores in the castle.South Korea and North Korea specialize in training nights and are responsible for the reconnaissance and collection of various intelligence.

Han Zhong and Gao Shiyin each lead a team of soldiers, and they also train the sergeants of each team at ordinary times.Due to many events in the castle, Wang Dou had no time to lead his team of soldiers. Zhong Tiaoyang actually led two teams of soldiers. For example, Gao Shiyin and Han Zhong had something to do, and he was also responsible for training the sergeants of each team.In terms of managing soldiers, his ability is not inferior to that of Han and North Korea.

Naturally, Wang Tianxue managed his military medicine shop, and Li Maosen took care of his craftsmen.In addition, Wang Dou also slightly adjusted the management of the women in the castle. Tao Shi has a hot temper and is quick to do things. Wang Dou asked her to manage a group of women who worked outside.Mrs. Liu is in charge of the cooking, cleaning, cleaning and other women in the fort.

After the duties are refined, each will perform their duties in the future.

Most of these management personnel used to be low-level pawns and petty officials. They had never managed anyone, so they were inevitably lacking in ability. However, these were the people Wang Dou could use, and they could only improve slowly.

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In April, Wang Dou asked Li Maosen to make a batch of armor. At that time, Wang Dou transported more than 400 catties of iron from Shunxiang Fort, all of which were good iron that could be made into armor and weapons immediately.

With this batch of iron materials, by mid-July, Li Maosen had led the blacksmiths in the fort to forge twelve pairs of iron armor.

In the early Ming Dynasty, a pair of blue cloth iron armor needed fifty catties of iron. After nine years of Hongzhi, the Ming Dynasty reformed the armor and reduced the weight of the armor. A pair of armor weighed about 35 catties.To make this pair of iron armor, dozens of catties of iron materials are also used.

Li Maosen's method of making armor will save some materials, but after making these twelve pairs of armor, the batch of good iron from Shunxiang Castle has been used up, and even the remaining scraps are carefully collected. Well, the gun head that will be used to make long guns in the future.

Wang Dou inspected this batch of iron armor, and it was indeed solid, thick, sophisticated and practical.

Li Maosen regrets that he doesn't have many raw materials and cannot manufacture armor and weapons on a large scale.

Wang Dou's current stockpile was captured by the Hou Jin army, including the twelve armors in front of him, there are a total of twenty armors.In addition, there are several pairs of cotton armor and leather armor.

More than 41 swords, guns and shields, more than a dozen pairs of step bows and horn bows were seized from the Houjin Army.I also bought thirty long spears and ten three-eyed guns from Dongjiazhuang.Since Li Maosen and the others joined, they have made a total of 74 bird guns, [-] waist knives, and [-] long spears.More than a dozen knives and guns were seized from Siqingliang Bandit Village.

That's all Wang Dou's family background.

Right now, Wang Dou has five teams of warriors, two teams of luggage soldiers, and one team that does not receive at night. There are more than 80 soldiers.

Jingbian Fort has hundreds of households, more than 200 men, and more than 100 middle-aged men. As a fort, the use of this military force is already the limit.This is also because Jingbian Fort is a military fort, so it can combine farming and warfare, and has this mobilization advantage.

Among these sergeants, each team has two sword and shield soldiers, who are also corporal leaders, four bird gun soldiers, and the rest are pike soldiers.The supply team is even more uniform pikemen.The team that does not close at night is more complicated to use weapons, depending on each person's own hobbies and habits.

After each team of sergeants was issued with one weapon, there were even fewer weapons in stock.

For a Tunpu, such a military weapon is enough, but it is far from enough for Wang Dou.

The problem of raw materials puzzled Wang Dou. There were few sources of iron materials, and every catty of iron had to be calculated and calculated before use. Especially forging armor and firearms, waist knives consumed iron even more.

Maybe I can make more spears by myself, and cut wood into poles. A furnace of iron can easily produce dozens of spear heads. In the future, each of the military women in the fort will also issue a spear.As long as there is a steady stream of manpower, let these spearmen train for three months, and then they can go to the battlefield to fight.

However, without the cover of long-range firearms and shields, these spearmen went to the battlefield, but they were in danger of becoming targets in future battles with the Qing soldiers.After all, the bullets are invisible when fired, but the arrows shot by the nomads are only visible. Standing there stupidly and being shot is too much a test of people's psychological pressure.

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It is necessary to make more firearms and knives and guns. Buying iron alone is not the solution. It is better to open mines and practice iron.

Wang Dou's later generations had a better understanding of the history of the late Ming Dynasty, and had a deep understanding of the geography of Hebei and Shanxi. According to his understanding, Baoan Prefecture, later called Zhuolu County, is still rich in mineral resources, such as coal, iron, There are manganese, gold, silver, lead, and zinc, as well as limestone, marble, and gypsum reserves, as well as various pyrite, phosphate rock, zeolite, and sepiolite.

Coal is needed to practice iron, and the coal in Baoanzhou is mainly distributed in Wujiagou, Huzhuang and other places in later generations, with reserves of more than 2000 million tons.

Iron mines are also found in many places in Bao'an. Zhuolu County in later generations has a total iron reserve of more than 3 million tons.However, these places are not under their own control for the time being, and it is very difficult to mine locally.

There is only a hematite mine somewhere in Huiyaobao, and later generations have proven reserves of more than 200 million tons, with a medium to low iron content. Right now, Zhong Dayong is working there as the team officer of Huiyaobao.This is the only place Wang Dou can think of at present.

There is also limestone. In later generations, there are more than 3 million tons of limestone reserves in Taipingbao, Zhuolu County, and most of the ore bodies are exposed, and the stripping ratio is small, so it is easy to open-pit mining.If I want to build a kiln to burn red bricks and lime in the future, there is also a resource there.

In the future, a large amount of gunpowder and nitrate will be used to make firearms. Since May, Wang Dou has selected a group of people from the fort to help Li Maosen make custom-packed paper tube ammunition. The gunpowder and saltpeter purchased from outside consumes a lot. There is no saltpeter mine in Baoan Prefecture, and some local methods such as collecting human and animal manure can accumulate some saltpeter, which will definitely be far from meeting the demand in the future.

How to find the source of this saltpeter is also a problem.

However, the most practical problem for Wang Dou at present is that there is not much money and food left in the castle.

(End of this chapter)