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Chapter 47 Heavy Gun

Zhang Han does have the power to transfer Wang Bai away. Just when Yu Dayou was conquering Guangxi, the other generals of Guangdong and Guangxi were often ruthless about the war and disobeyed the orders of the Governor's Office, which made him very angry at that time.

The old man asked the court to issue an order, so that Guangdong and Guangxi would take over the power of the governor during wartime like the three northwest sides, and the governors from both places would completely obey the orders.

Now is wartime.

Chen Mu told Zhang Han about the pirates in Haojing and the old man was amazed that the war was indeed thrilling.

If there were no cannons to launch a cannon to help, and no rockets would block the enemy, Chen Mu would take the lead, in Zhang Han's opinion, this battle would be in danger.

Because Chen Qianhu did not tell Zhang Han that his Rockets were different from other people's Rockets, they were all called Rockets anyway.

He became more and more confused. After Chen Mu finished speaking, he asked: "According to you, although the foreign ships are good at fighting and have a good weapon, even if they have not taken the fort, if you train the troops of the two thousand households for half a year, they can still defeat them."

In Chen Mu's opinion, this is certainly not the case!

War is not a chess game. No one can eat it. It always needs to adapt to local conditions. It is different from having a turret and not having a turret. Field fighting is different from attacking mountains. It is different from fighting near the sea or fighting on land.

What's more, there are also things like baggage, food, silver pay, and equipment. If you don't have any of them in place, your combat power will not be improved.

But how did he explain this to Zhang Han?

He said: "What the Governor said is."

Because Chen Mu knew that Zhang Han must have his purpose for this matter, and his purpose must be related to other umbrellas. When it comes to what Chen Lin said, it is not difficult to imagine what Zhang Han was thinking.

"Then can anyone else?"

Chen Mu thought about it and bowed and said with certainty: "Okay!"

But then he issued several names.

"General Yu from Guangdong, General Qi from the north, and Tan Butang from the Ministry of War are better; those who can attack more than a thousand Japanese pirates alone will be not difficult to supervise a thousand troops to win five hundred wild." Chen Mugong bowed and said, "But the guards are very difficult."

In fact, Chen Mu's words were somewhat reserved. There were not many Franchise's sailors who could be called professional soldiers. The land combat power was slightly higher than that of the Japanese pirates, but it was absolutely twice as strong. The reason why he said this was just to not leave a huge impression in the governor's heart.

"Why is this?"

"I was the first to lead Xiangshan. There were only 120 flag troops, all of which were old, weak, sick and disabled. The strong ones were less than three points. There was no spare force in farming and garrisoning. How could I train every day to prepare for the enemy? What's more... there are many corrupt people."

This sentence has some meaning behind the scenes, but Chen Mu must say that the guards would do whatever they want on weekdays, but now the knife is cut on him, so it is impossible to sit and wait for death. He said: "The flag army is poor and has rewards for killing the enemy, so it is not easy to defeat when fighting bravely. If the guards easily get greedy for money, who is willing to fight with their lives?"

"The old guards were corrupt, and even if the court deployed their troops, most of them would be greedy for them, in exchange for some old and ragged military weapons. Originally, there were only four or five hundred people in the four thousand households of Guanghaiwei, and only six or seven hundred were the five thousand households of the Nanhaiwei, so the troops were insufficient. They had to use weapons far inferior to the enemy to fight against the foreign countries. Where can they win?"

Chen Mu reminded Zhang Han that some time ago he had personally visited many thousand households and offices in the vicinity of Guangzhou Prefecture and knew that there were several thousand households in the area. Now, when he thought it was true, the look at Chen Mu was even more commendable.

There are less than 700 people in five thousand households, and there are less than 1,000 people in Xiangshan, and there are not many people in one thousand households. Is the combat power not high?

"You said that weapons are very different from those of the sages?"

"Absurd!" Zhang Han couldn't understand, "Spikes are all spears, swords are all knives, guns are all guns, how much difference can there be between the weapons!"

Even if it is a bird gun, since defeating Franjimen for the first time, the entire Ming Dynasty has been making bird guns. It is almost the same in the north, but in the south, especially in Guangdong, bird guns are a very common object.

Chen Mu was not discouraged. He scolded Zhang Han as if he had not heard of it. He patiently said: "The spears are all spears, but the spears of the Guards are pig iron spears, which are hard and crisp. Many stabbed them on the steel armor and would break them. The swords are all steel swords, but the swords of the Guards are all veteran weapons of their fathers and generations. After being sharpened for a long time, they can't help but chop them; the biggest difference is on the gun."

Chen Mu said, bowing, "This time, Beizhi came to Guang and brought a few of the battles in Haojing. They were all bird guns and placed outside the yamen to be guarded by someone. If the governor is not in a hurry, please take a look at the Beizhi, you will know the difference at first glance."

Zhang Han is not in a hurry. He was transferred to Guangdong and Guangxi this year to be the governor. He has no foundation and no connections. Among the military officers, Chen Mu is the only one who promotes and trains the family, and he is considered his own person.

Now that I have been invading the situation, the geography of Xiangshan is extremely important, he came to listen to Chen Mu's thoughts on Xiangshan all afternoon.

"Take it in."

Chen Mu got the order and asked his family soldiers to send the order. After a while, he sent a large box containing three bird guns.

"Please look at the military gate. This is our Ming Dynasty bird gun. When Bei Yi came, he passed by Xiangshan Station and received it from the warehouse. The ones who took over the thousand households were retained. Many of the thousand households were of this kind. Can military gate be placed on the table?" After Zhang Han nodded, Chen Mu didn't want to take it for a while, so he took a cloth from the long box and spread it on the study table and put the old bird gun on it, introducing: "The first batch of bird guns made in the Ming Dynasty were about the same age as Bei Yi."

Chen Mu couldn't help laughing as he said, "It's old, but it's still useful after trying it, but it's not accurate. The workmanship was very good back then. The muzzle was about three or four minutes wide, one finger wide, three cents heavy lead, and can shoot a hundred steps, sixty steps to break light armor, and thirty steps to break iron armor."

After hearing Chen Mu's explanation, the boss Zhang Han curled his white beard and curled his mouth, and his face showed pride, saying, "Bird guns are originally Western barbarians, but now they are a long-standing Chinese skill!"

In the past, China would do good things and teach others.

Now, others can do good things, Chinese studies.

In the future, I will be good things I know and I will not let them do them.

This is not someone’s fault. Just like Zhang Han’s proud smile, most people in this era don’t know what the outside world looks like.

"This is the profit that Bei Zhi seized in Haojing. It is also a gun, which is also fired by a fuse, but it is even heavier. The bird gun is less than ten kilograms, which costs twenty kilograms. The gun barrel is thicker and has a larger diameter, and it weighs one or two kilograms of lead."

Chen Mu said, putting a large gun and the lead of the bird gun side by side, saying, "The gun is extremely heavy, and you need to use a rack to shoot flat. You can also shoot more than a hundred steps. The lead is ninety steps through the long sign and breaking the iron armor. The small flag under the command of the gun is still lying down and unable to get up."

Zhang Han's expression changed. He held the gun and watched for a long time. Finally, he raised his palm and pressed it down, saying, "Go out to test the gun later. It's really like you said - I'll send it to Beijing quickly!"

"And this, please see the military gate. The guns are the same as bird guns, but there is no fuse." Chen Mu said, and took out another rotor to fire the musket and demonstrated to Zhang Han: "Let's get on the clockwork, pull the trigger flint and rub against the anvil and start a fire. There is a cover outside. Needless to say, the ambush at night, it is used even on rainy days."

As he said that, Chen Mu put down the bird gun and bowed to Zhang Han, "Military, I also think that these two guns need to be sent to the capital immediately. Choose a skilled craftsman, especially make suitable spring steel."

He didn't know whether it was a good or a bad thing for the Ming Dynasty to send the gun to Beijing. The better firepower seemed to have a counterproductive effect on the rule of the feudal dynasty.

If you can't do it well, a gun sounded outside the palace gate, announcing a new era of the great revolution.

He has his ideas.

After careful consideration, he made up his mind to Zhang Han: "It is best to be able to adjust some skilled craftsmen to Xiangshan, even if it is just the skilled craftsmen in Guangzhou City, I will ask for my orders and I will supervise it!"
Chapter completed!
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