Begging in late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 155 Mass Production

Puffs of thick smoke came out from outside the city walls of Yan'an Mansion. If it weren't for the loud voices of people, one would think that the city had been slaughtered.Many people in the peasant army are only willing to have a bachelor, without the burden of family affairs, easy to move, and not deadly in war, but Song Qingshu is willing to have a family, which has made many people laugh and be soft-hearted. Now, this advantage is revealed come out.

It's really like the **** of later generations. Hundreds of blast furnaces are whistling black smoke outside the city. Thousands of men, women, old and children are busy working in them, messing up all the iron in the city. , Iron hoes, the iron-faced beasts used in the yamen for pretense, even the big iron nails on the city gates, and the iron door knockers of every household were brought, and they were all thrown into the blast furnace for steelmaking.

On the other side, more than 200 middle-aged men from the peasant army changed careers and became blacksmith apprentices. They all followed the example of Liu Zongmin and the blacksmiths who came from the government office. On the ground, after repeated forging, a handful of sabers that Song Qingshu wanted were knocked out.

However, these sabers have changed a bit since they were originally designed. Originally, Song Qingshu wanted three-edged swords, but three-edged swords are too much a test of skill. Two-edged, but a few blood grooves are ground on the spine of the knife, and then the forging technique of later kitchen knives is used on the outside, and two steel sides are clamped on the outside of the cast iron knife, and it still looks murderous after grinding. Many old masters are amazed, Apart from being too small, this knife is really better than the official army's knife, sharper, and stronger!

Not only the knives, but also the bird guns on the side are also improving.

In fact, the structure of the blunderbuss and flintlock guns of the army is very similar. Just replace the bird's beak with the matchlock in its mouth with flint, and then install a windshield on the fire door that was originally filled with guns. The iron cover and the flint trigger device can be converted into flintlock guns, but this thing is definitely a handicraft. The only old locksmiths in the entire Yan'an Mansion have been detained, sweating profusely Playing with it again.

For the non-stop peasant army, the time of rest these few days is as precious as gold. The peasant army who has not been assigned to work also seizes the time to sharpen their knives, take out the tattered clothes and quilts to dry, and put them on the ground. The rations given to him were ground up, and in case there was no time to cook when he escaped in the future, he could soak them and eat them.

However, Song Qingshu showed that he didn't care about these things anymore. The knife had already formed, and he only cared about the output every day. The transformation of the firecrackers was too urgent. At this time, his thoughts were all on another matter, which was also crucial to the peasant army. on things.

First!
Fighting the officers and soldiers in Huangtupo, obviously I had the upper hand, but the officers and soldiers died fifty or sixty, and my subordinates were killed or injured as many as 200, and some seriously wounded could not be rescued at all, so they had to be abandoned. Why, the officers and soldiers Equipped with cotton armor, cloth face armor, and iron sheets fixed with foam nails inside, the peasant army slashed through it with a knife and chopped off some skin.

And fighting with or without armor is definitely two mental states. In the past, you have to be careful. Since getting the armor from Yan'an Mansion, Song Qingshujue has become more courageous in the battle, so Tian Boguang said yesterday that he has a way to do it. A, Song Qingshu absolutely attaches great importance to it.

But seeing him today, Song Qingshu was a little dumbfounded.

In Tian's old house, Tian Boguang dug down almost half a foot, and then he took out an heirloom box from under his bed. The smell is also rushing towards his face, but Tian Boguang carefully took out a pair of armor from inside like a treasure.

However, it is different from the legendary Mingguang armor soft hedgehog armor, this armor and that armor, this thing is also a long time ago, Song Qingshu went up to pick it out curiously, but in the end, he picked it up and twirled it on the phone, Song Qingshu was very angry It’s not that I’ve lost my temper, it’s absurd, what is anti-knife, anti-gun, anti-bullet, isn’t this thing a common paper shell in later generations?
Seeing Song Qingshu's disdainful look, Tian Boguang immediately jumped up and shouted as if he had been wronged so much.

"Don't underestimate this piece of paper! This thing existed in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Song Xianning fought against Xixia year after year. The largest one issued [-] sets of paper armor. During Jiajing and Wanli years, the Southern Army fought against Japanese pirates. Qi Jiguang Grandpa Qi also equipped a lot of paper armor in order to fight against the Japanese pirates' firecrackers and big bows. My grandfather Tian Jingyuan once served as the supervisor of the Jiangnan Ordnance Factory, so he knew how to make Qi's army paper armor. Grandpa wore it!"

Holding the set of paper shells, Tian Boguang held his head up with a proud look on his face, and said proudly: "Don't treat the treasure as rags and miss the good weapon!"

After staring at this guy in astonishment for a while, Song Qingshu simply stretched out his finger: "Go with me."

Seeing Song Qingshu turn around and leave, Tian Boguang immediately stayed there in astonishment. After a while, he hopped and hugged his baby A and chased after him, shouting while chasing: "Master, where are you going? Wait a minute!" So-and-so!"

Although there is a shortage of supplies, most of the people are putting all their effort into production, but with more than 2000 starving people from each battalion, as well as the remnants of himself after fierce fighting, there are more than 500 people under Dian Dengzi's command, Song Qingshu still hurry up let them train
The place is in a maze full of scarecrows, practiced by Mr. Xing and Scarface himself. Scarface once lived in the Liaodong village. Song Qingshu can see the kung fu taught by Mr. Xing, even if Mr. Xing is sure It is enough for these peasant troops to benefit from not teaching others with all their money.

At this time, thousands of strong men are training in full swing, but the training content of the two armies is different. The more than 300 people under Song Qingshu and Dian Dengzi are all holding long wooden sticks, and they are rushing forward to assassinate , aiming at a large group of scarecrows, stabbing and roaring furiously with scarred faces.

"Stab! Stab hard! These are the officials who want to kill you, kill your whole family, take away the last bit of food from your family, and let your mother, brother and sister starve to death! Hurry up, according to the throat Stab! Stab in the chest! Kill fiercely! You are not as fast as an official dog, and you are the one who gets killed!"

Thousands of men who were irritated by these words were all red-eyed. The 1.5-meter-six long sticks were like spears, stabbing the scarecrow's vital parts fiercely. Some scarecrows burst due to excessive force, and they had to be replaced with new ones .

On the other side, those recruits are old man Xing, Er Lengzi and Xiao Luobo, who taught how to use knives from the Xing family class. There are all kinds of knives, but in these crops, everyone is trying their best to hold their knives high, and chop them down fiercely according to the requirements of Old Man Xing.

There are also some small leaders transferred to the new army as officers, such as Zhao Erdan, etc., their eyes are red when they use knives, because before the training, Song Qingshu personally explained to them clearly that now it is different from farming. At that time, if you were lazy and killed by the officers and soldiers, your family members, parents and brothers would also fall under the swords of the officers and soldiers.

Regardless of whether it is for yourself to live or for your family, then kill it!
This end was instructing a small officer how to hold a gun and use force. He suddenly saw Song Qingshu leading more than a dozen people over. Scarface let the peasant army practice, and ran two steps to meet him. In front of people, Scarface has always been ranked Strict, courteous, full of majesty to the leader of Song Qingshu, this time too, he stroked his chest in a very standard way, and saluted cleanly with his scarred face: "I have seen the leader!"

"Have you heard of paper armor?" Song Qingshu didn't hesitate, and asked directly. The scarred face was stunned, and he nodded immediately.

"I've heard that there are quite a few people in the southern army who use it again, but the weather in the north is bitter and cold, so we don't use it too much. Besides, the elite of the world come from the north, and the paper armor is probably only used by weak scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. "

It turns out that he is really ignorant, but Scarface's words made Song Qingshu not have much confidence in paper armor. Looking at holding that set of armor, he is still stupid Tian Boguang who was standing there, and Song Qingshu who was out of breath simply waved at him.

"You, put on your armor and stand beside the stake!"

In a daze, Tian Boguang followed suit, not to mention, the paper armor was somewhat similar to real armor, and when he put it on, he really looked like an official.

On this end, Song Qingshu waved at Little Luobo casually, and the little Luobo, who had already tacitly understood, immediately ran to the ordnance room, took out a pair of high-quality gunpowder, a modified flintlock gun, ten meters away, picked up the gun and Song Qingshu easily I glanced over.

Tian Boguang, who thought he was doing something, was almost terrified for a moment, and wanted to kneel down as soon as his legs gave way. Unfortunately, before he begged for mercy, Song Qingshu had already slammed the trigger, and with a plop, the guy fell to the ground like an onion.

Last night, Tian Boguang went to his own place to have a good meal. After drinking a few cups, he became angry with the book, and even pointed at Song Qingshu's nose and yelled at him for being unfaithful and treacherous. Now it is the second year of time travel. How can Song Qingshu, who has been influenced by the end of the world, be willing to suffer such a loss, since he can boast?We are like mules and horses that come out for a walk.

Fortunately, a scholar is still very important to the peasant uprising army. Song Qingshu didn't aim at the weak point, but at the shoulder. Seeing this guy fainted, Song Qingshu, who didn't care much about paper armor, was even more disappointed. Shaking his head, he waved his hand casually and said, "Drag this guy to the foreign monk, let him have the operation to remove the bullet."

The two strong men in the army immediately went to drag, and Song Qingshu also threw the gun back to Xiaoluo, intending to go back to supervise the production and see if he could get some armor along the way, but at this moment, the strong man who was carrying the man suddenly He hesitated and shouted to Song Qingshu from behind.

"Boss, big boss, this guy, is he not injured?"

Missed?
Walking over annoyed, Song Qingshu's eyes suddenly widened.

The shot was indeed aimed right, hitting Tian Boguang's shoulder, but the seemingly weak paper armor actually blocked the shot of the firecracker. The heat of the gunpowder tanned the shoulder armor, but the round lead was solid. It was firmly stuck in the middle of the paper armor, and did not get into the flesh!
This thing is really useful!

Looking at Tian Boguang who was foaming, Song Qingshu, whose eyes lit up for a moment, stretched out his hand to the little carrot next to him.

"Bring the knife!"

(End of this chapter)