The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 418 Responding to Qian Qianyi

Dorgon then waved his hand vigorously, and told Cai Shiying: "Head the order, buy these fans and lamps in large quantities immediately, and disassemble the good steel to make new reeds as soon as possible!"

"Your Majesty, I obey." Cai Shiying paused, and then said, "Your Highness, it's just...these toys from the Southerners are extremely expensive, just like the wind-up fan, which costs 40 taels a piece, and the fine steel it carries is only [-] taels. Not enough for two guns."

In other words, the flintlock made by the Qing court is only one item of steel for the reed, and each one costs more than 20 taels of silver.Including the cost of making the gun itself, the price is close to 30 taels!

But Dorgon said without hesitation: "Don't hesitate to buy as much gold and silver as you can!" He sneered in his heart, but it was nothing more than money. Make it up immediately.

Cai Shiying was overjoyed, "Your Highness is wise." Then he continued to ask for credit, "By the way, Minister Qian also recommended a missionary from the Yi people named Qiao Weili. This person is also the old master Tang, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, who is good at making firearms. One is also very thoughtful.”

The Master Tang he was talking about was Tang Ruowang, and this Qiao Weili was the missionary Zhu Linmi helped in Qingliu County last year.

Dorgon was also extremely generous, "Promised him an official position and asked him to follow Tang Ruowang to supervise the manufacture of firearms."

After discussing the battles between Monan and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, Jierhalang cupped his hands again and said: "Lord Ninth, Prince Su and Tong Dutang must also send some people there, otherwise..."

Dorgon rolled his eyes at him, "Where are there any adjustable soldiers right now?"

Fan Wencheng continued from the side: "It's not that there are none."

"You mean..."

"Send the Beijing camp and Shengjing defenders to help."

Dorgon frowned tightly. It is true that there are nearly [-] Eight Banners elites in the important towns of Jingying and Jianzhou, but these are the last strength to defend their hometown.

"There is no need to adjust," Fan Wencheng said hastily, "Five thousand in Sichuan, four thousand in Jingzhou, and another thousand to Shandong to suppress the rebellion. I reckon that I can last at least another four or five months.

"But if these enemy forces are allowed to grow bigger, I'm afraid it will shake the country..."

Dorgon naturally knew that the loss of Haoge's side meant that the bandits would go straight to Shanxi, Shanxi and other places.Without Jingzhou, Henan is in the pocket of the bandits.Not to mention Shandong, if the rebellious army cannot be suppressed, the capital will be shaken.

He hesitated for a while, and could only sigh: "We will transfer [-] Beijing battalion, [-] Shengjing garrison, [-] Jilin and Heilongjiang garrison, and distribute them to various places for assistance."

……

"Congratulations, Mr. Qian." Cai Shiying greeted with a smile from a long distance away.

Tang Ruowang and others beside him immediately bowed their hands and saluted, "Master Qian has made a great contribution this time."

"The Holy Majesty personally issued an edict to award the award, Mr. Qian is really extremely honorable."

At noon, Dorgon sent someone to make a decree to praise Qian Qianyi, and rewarded him with a lot of things, because the latter solved the chronic problem of the low firing rate of the Qing army's flintlock in one fell swoop.

This is something that even Tang Ruowang can't do anything about.Therefore, Qian Shilang has now been ordered to assist Cai Shiying in charge of the Military Weapons Bureau. At the same time, Qiao Weili, who was recommended by him, has also become the deputy envoy of the Military Weapons Bureau and has been reused.

Qian Qianyi had a smile on his face, but the scene of that day emerged in his heart, and he couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat behind his back.

A few days ago, his concubine Liu Rushi brought a stunning woman home, saying that she was her good sister when she was in Qinhuai.He didn't think much about it at the time, but unexpectedly all the servants and guards in his house were restrained that night, and Liu Rushi's sister put a dagger on his neck.

Later, another man who claimed to be Qianhu from Jinyiwei North Township of the Ming Dynasty came. He first said that His Royal Highness, the assistant prince of the Ming Dynasty, believed that Qian Qianyi still had his heart for Daming, and then said that he knew that Lord Qian was in prison and was in dire straits, so he could help him at any time. relief.

Liu Rushi, his concubine, still chimed in and said that he would go west with the master.

Qian Qianyi was most afraid of death, so he softened at that time, and hurriedly said that his heart was in Daming, and he was willing to do his best.But Jin Yiwei only asked him to go to Cai Shiying tomorrow, saying that he could make firearms.

The next day he found Cai Shiying, and before he could speak, he broke out in a cold sweat in shock - standing next to the latter was Daming Jinyiwei who was in his house last night!
Only then did he realize that his life was in his hands at any time, and when he got home, he found out that Liu Rushi had replaced all the servants.He didn't need to introduce him to know that these people must be Jinyiwei from Fujian.

Opponents are all-pervasive, and there is a wife who "collaborates with the enemy", Qian Qianyi had no choice but to give up resistance.In addition, he was originally a prisoner because he was afraid of death, but in fact he still had some feelings for Daming, so he officially started an internal response.

According to what the female Jinyiwei named Huiwen said, the task assigned to him by the assistant king of the Ming Dynasty was to point out some "technology tree" of the Qing army.

In fact, he was extremely uneasy, because he didn't know how to make firearms at all, and even the Qiao Weili he recommended was not good at this.

They memorize the words taught to Jin Yiwei by the assistant king of the Ming Dynasty every day, and when they encounter specific problems, they hand them over to the "apprentice" behind him, who is actually a gunsmith from Fujian.

"Oh, that's right," Cai Shiying patted Qian Qianyi's shoulder and said, "The Regent has asked the Ministry of Households to allocate 30 taels of silver to buy the playthings of the southerners. If Mr. Qian hadn't seen the torch with his eyesight, who would have thought of this thing?" There is such fine steel inside?"

"30 taels!" Qian Qianyi wiped off his cold sweat and forced a smile, "Okay, that's good..."

Qiao Weili was arguing with Tang Ruowang in German, Gao Xiang and Wang Yingshi listened with wide-eyed eyes, and several Slavic-looking people kept nodding along with the interpreter.

"No, no, the number of spearmen is too small, absolutely not."

Tang Ruowang pointed at Gao Xiang and said, "But he said that the army doesn't even have a single spearman, but the fighting power is amazing."

Qiao Weili followed Zhu Linming's instructions, pretending to be disdainful and said: "He is just a defeated general, and he only saw the enemy's formation on the battlefield. If you can copy elite troops in this way, then why do you need professional officers?"

He said and glanced at the Slavs beside him.This is a team of Luocha Kingdom, that is, the Russian expedition team. They were spotted by Tang Ruowang and invited to help the Manchus train their troops.Many of these people have been military officers before, so they can be regarded as professional counterparts.

Kolotov nodded immediately and said: "Mr. Qiao Weili is right! Even the most radical Swedish army has at least one-third of the spearmen, but this Mr. Gao only keeps one-fifth. As far as I know As far as I know, there is no army in the world that does this."

Another Raksha man next to him continued: "That's right, in our Raksha country, the number of spearmen is even more than half."

To be honest, even Tang Ruowang himself was not at ease with the number of spearmen set by Gao Xiang. No matter how he looked at it, the "bayonet" installed on the muzzle of the gun would not be able to deal with the cavalry.

(End of this chapter)