More is inevitable, otherwise Chen Kai would not have spent so much manpower, material and financial resources on this. Just looking at these simple machines made of copper, iron, and especially wood can actually achieve such a production capacity, even if

Having come to this era from an industrialized society, he was also inevitably shocked by this, let alone others.

"Taking the normal working hours of a group of craftsmen as a unit, human forging can only produce two lancets, but using machinery can produce twenty to twenty-five or six lancet blades. This is possible.

It is calculated by the simplest addition, subtraction, multiplication and division by forging speed, the pure labor time of the craftsman minus rest, and the many technical advantages of forging and heating rotation."

"What's more, there are still three shifts, and the production capacity of each hydraulic forging hammer must be multiplied by three. And here, there are ten hydraulic forging hammers running non-stop!"

When there was a shortage of raw materials, these machines could only sit here and gather dust. They were used to train skilled workers, nothing more. But now, with the sufficient supply of raw materials, continuous work has become possible. As is the case

As Ding Youyi said, as long as the raw materials are sufficient, the production capacity of this Hanjiang hydraulic workshop alone is enough to knock out the famous Ordnance Bureau in seconds without even leaving a scrap!

"Chai Yuan is a smart man..."

When Chen Kai invested manpower and material resources into the Shilu Mine, he made it clear that it was an iron ore with extremely rich reserves. When Cai Yuan was ordered to arrive for exploration, what he discovered was a copper mine. From that time on, what was mined locally was also

They were all copper mines. Until the iron ore was discovered a few months ago, Cai Yuan didn't care how Chen Kai knew about the iron ore that even the locals in Changhua didn't know. He gave the order without hesitation, leaving it more valuable.

The copper mine was left alone, and most of the prisoners there were transferred to mine iron ore.

It is inevitable to choose what the superior officer likes. More importantly, copper is mainly used to mint coins, while iron is used to produce weapons. The difference between the two is that given the current situation, such a choice does not matter.

Worth the surprise.

"Hao Shangjiu is also a smart man..."

Last year, Chen Kai confessed to Hao Shangjiu that he had sent people to Guangzhou to alienate people and made threats. Hao Shangjiu had no reaction at the time, but a few months later, as Li Dingguo's army entered Guangdong again, the Qing army launched a full-scale

Back on the defensive, Hao Shangjiu directly relaxed restrictions on ore and metal trade as soon as he got the news.

Now, the ores and metals from the three counties controlled by Hao Shangjiu are continuously supplied to Chaozhou. This is a statement, a relatively obscure statement. To put it bluntly, Hao Shangjiu is not in a hurry to do anything now, but he wants to show his goodwill to Chen Kai

, instead of getting closer, it is still possible to have a closer relationship. After all, his control area is on the side of Chaozhou - the side of the bed, so how can he allow others to snore and sleep.

"As for Feng Chengshi, it doesn't matter whether he is smart or not. The era of hydraulic machinery has begun. Next, the world will become faster and faster. How can it be so easy to catch up if you are too late?"

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The summer harvest in Chaozhou has ended, but according to the tax system of the Ming Dynasty, the collection period of summer tax is until August, and the collection can be completed before August.

At this stage, the increase in grain production is not very obvious. On the one hand, the proportion of farmers who use rice fields to raise fish is still relatively low, and on the other hand, this new planting model has just begun, and many will affect

The yield point is still being explored. However, it is certain that it will be more than normal planting, and it will also provide an additional income from fish farming. It is said that many people who have not adopted this model of rice planting are already interested.

It's just that the summer harvest is over, followed by summer planting and autumn harvest. If you want to make a difference, you have to wait until the slack season.

Chaozhou's agricultural harvest can be expected. In Qiongzhou Prefecture, according to Zheng Shengying's report, it cannot be called a bumper harvest, but it can be the same as in previous years. At least there is no famine.

This is already excellent, especially in such a world. At least it can be called a paradise in troubled times compared to those places where there is war and chaos.

In western Guangdong, which is separated from Qiongzhou by a river, since Li Dingguo's army entered Lianzhou Prefecture in February and March, the Qing army retreated to Guangzhou and its surrounding areas, while the Ming army in western Guangdong relied on Li Dingguo's power to sweep through various areas in western Guangdong.

Prefectures and counties. For a time, Lianzhou Prefecture, Leizhou Prefecture, Gaozhou Prefecture, Luoding Prefecture and the southern part of Zhaoqing Prefecture all fell into the hands of the Ming army. Although Li Dingguo stayed in Gaozhou Prefecture to recuperate, his general Wu Zisheng and Wencun's

Huben general Wang Xing joined forces, and the army reached Xinhui City.

The Qing army retreated from the city, and the siege of the city was already underway. During the siege, the army spent a lot of money, so they simply went to the countryside to recruit men and grain to supplement military supplies.

In a village twenty or thirty miles west of Xinhui City, the largest landowner here is the town's Juren Master. Hearing that the "Western Bandits" were sweeping in, the Juren Master had already fled to Xinhui County with his family, and a large area of ​​rice fields had arrived.

During the harvest season, the tenants seemed a little at a loss, wondering whether it was better to cut the crops or to do less than to do more.

A rebel army received Wu Zisheng's order and went to the countryside to collect food. The officer led a group of ragged Ming troops and arrived. The village elders hurriedly came out to greet them. How could they dare to be careless? The village brewers were brought to them as if they were free of charge.

, and even slaughtered a pig and a dozen chickens for entertainment. The only thing was that the women in the village had already arranged to hide them, and they did not dare to show their faces.

This rebel army has been suffering in the mountains for many years, eating chaffy vegetables, and the birds have long faded out of their mouths. There is wine and meat here, and they naturally order five and six. When the wine is in the mood, they even call the village elders who accompany the wine to find them.

A few women came over and sang and danced to add to the fun.

The village elders were very embarrassed about this. After all, the military discipline of the armies that came from south to north in recent years seemed to be lax. I only heard that the military discipline of the troops of King Xining and Guo Xingye in the east, Chen Fujun, was good. But this group of troops had good military discipline.

They are clearly a group of local rebels from Guangdong, not directly related to the King of Xining, and they are not related to the surname of the country, Chen Fujun. The woman summoned him hastily, and I am afraid that her reputation will not be preserved.

The village elder was hesitating, but the officer did not hesitate at all. Seeing this, he immediately drew his sword in his hand and slashed it on the table. He pointed at the village elder who was old enough to be his grandfather and shouted loudly: "Old man.

, are you looking down on us officers and soldiers?"

When the knife was revealed, the village elder immediately gave in and asked several women from small families in the village to come over and help.

These village girls certainly don't know how to sing and dance, let alone dare not. They just shout out a few folk songs and local tunes, which also attracts the rebels to cheer and blow whistles, which is even more inevitable when they come up to pour wine and deliver food.

They were manipulated by those rebels and took advantage of them.

The village women were doing their work with tears of grievance in their eyes, and some of them would inevitably burst into tears when they returned to the kitchen. However, the rebels outside were still making fists, drinking heavily, and eating large pieces of meat, feeling very happy.

"General, we haven't touched a woman for several years. Let's bring some little ladies back this time to make everyone happy."

The veteran sucked his right hand, and just now he took advantage of a village woman to pour him wine and grabbed a handful of the village woman's plump ass, as if she still had some unfinished business.

At this moment, the veteran's eyes were shining, and the same was true for the officers. However, the military discipline of King Xining was very strict, and the vanguard general Wu Zisheng also implemented this point very well. After thinking about it carefully, he frowned and thought about it.

Come, the veteran relaxed his mind and continued to drink and eat meat.

After a long time, the rebel army was full of food and drinks. The war in Guangdong lasted for many years. The villagers naturally understood what they were doing, prepared food and grass, and just waited for these guys to eat and drink before sending them away with courtesy.

Unexpectedly, this time, the officer was very dissatisfied with the amount of food and grass. Not only did he ask each of their families to provide a large amount of food, but he also asked them to cut all the rice belonging to other families and load it into the truck. He called it a beautiful name, so as not to

Capitalize on the enemy.

Even though no one in the family is here to raise rice, the power is still there. As for the amount each family wants to produce, it is an astronomical figure that is unacceptable.

Seeing this, the village elder had no choice but to come forward and plead. After several pleas, the officers were not hard to talk to. They simply asked them to send some women out and serve them in the camp, otherwise there would be no room for negotiation.

When the village elders heard this, they could not understand. After deliberation, they simply forced several small households in the village to hand over their daughters and wives to deal with errands. In this way, amid the crying of women and the crying of children,

In the middle, driving a mule cart loaded with grain and grass, the rebels set foot on the road back to the camp.

The main camp is located between the village and Xinhui County. The Ming army, with Wu Zisheng and Wang Xing's troops as the core, and various rebels from western Guangdong as the majority, has already completely surrounded Xinhui County.

A large army gathered under the city, and the county seat was naturally closed. Of course, the county's defenders were not the only green camp here. In May, Pingnan King Shang Kexi had already sent his subordinate general Yunlong and right-wing commander Wu Jinzhong into the city.

In assisting the defense, with the vassal soldiers as the backbone, the Green Battalion's confidence also greatly increased, and the defense scored extravagantly.

However, when the vassal soldiers entered the city, the defense was second to none. What they did more was to rob the children of the people, treasures, silks, grain, grass and money. If there was less, they would be whipped and killed immediately. Even if the local government begged for mercy, it would be useless. As for robbing them, they would be flogged and killed immediately.

The rebels outside the city were still hesitant about giving them to their soldiers as wives, thinking that as a long-term solution, those vassal soldiers all had wives and concubines, so they captured the women in the city and threw them directly into the women's camp, raped them day and night, and took their

Master - those Manchu uncles, the demeanor of the Eight Banners disciples have been thoroughly learned.

The Yuan Dynasty poet Zhang Yanghao's "Tong Guan Gu Gu" is famous in ancient and modern times. Not to mention its popularity, these are the years of continuous war. There are very few troops with acceptable military discipline, let alone the Yue Jiajun and Qi Jiajun who have been passed down through the ages.

Compare.

This is where the current fiercest confrontation between the Ming and Qing Dynasties takes place, but the unlucky ones are always the common people. In Guangxin Mansion in eastern Jiangxi, where the main force of the Jiangxi Ming army led by Jiangxi Governor Jie Chongxi was once stationed, the Qing court

In order to wipe out this Jiangxi Ming army that went deep into the hinterland, green battalions from Jiangxi, Fujian and Southern Jiangxi provinces were mobilized to launch an encirclement and suppression campaign. Although Zheng Chenggong rose up strongly with the help of Chen Kai and led all the Qing troops in Fujian,

However, as the Qing army from Zhejiang entered Jiangxi, its collapse was inevitable.

This happened two years ago. In the past two years, Yu Youhan, a Henan swordsman who had been rescued by Chen Kai in Quzhou earlier, after riding his horse to say goodbye to the west, he quickly turned his horse's head and returned in a big circle.

Zhejiang Ground. He was afraid of being betrayed again by the villagers who betrayed him once, so he simply lived in seclusion in Jinhua for a while.

"Yu Zhuangshi, in my opinion, you don't know where you are and what you should do."

"What about you?"

"I know very well that my life is to work hard in the fields, so I don't think about it. But you are different!"

After living in seclusion for a while, I started walking again. It has been more than two years and nearly three years recently. Yu Youhan was walking alone on the road and entered the territory of Guangxin Prefecture. Everywhere he saw was devastated. Within the county town, there were basil and thorns everywhere, and the sky was empty.

Abandoned houses abound, and a limited number of houses have their doors tightly closed. Even the doors of those prefectures, counties, and cities are not all open, and there is no sign of the end of the war.

In contrast, when walking in the countryside, there are occasional villages living together. He inquired and found out that most of these people were those who were ordered to farm on the spot by Governor Cai Shiying after the Qing army broke through the Jianghu Mountain camp. As for the original local people, most of them were here.

The massacre by the Qing army in the three-provincial capital campaign was only to further reduce the civilian support of the Jiangxi Ming army, which was no longer their opponent.

After the suppression of capitals in three provinces, the Qing government changed its policy strategy in Jiangxi. Cai Shiying presided over the restoration of production, farming, and the reduction of taxes. However, among the people, Yu Youhan had not heard of Cai Fujun's virtues. On the contrary, he

Something called a mutual aid club always appeared in his ears.

In Xinhui, war is raging and chaos is inevitable. In Guangxin Prefecture, large-scale fighting has ceased for two years, but the damage to local people's livelihood caused by the prolonged war is not so easy to recover from.

In Fujian, the main wars in this province in recent years have been concentrated in Zhangzhou Prefecture and Quanzhou Prefecture, which were already occupied by the Ming army. In other prefectures and counties, large-scale wars have already begun after the Lu Jianguo started to wreak havoc in Fujian.

There was a pause, and occasionally rebels came to the city, but they were quickly repelled by the Qing army. But this place, which had been peaceful for many years, is now even worse than Xinhui County and Guangxin Prefecture.

At the north gate of Fuqing County, during the day, the gate is tightly closed without any gaps, as if for fear that something unlucky might be let in.

In the distance, the cousin of the county magistrate has just returned from the capital city. On behalf of his cousin, he went to pay tribute to the officials for the benefits of this month. However, if it were not for the county's green camp who assigned a hundred soldiers to escort him along the way, he would have

If you hire an escort in the county town, you may be robbed on the way there, let alone when you come back.

The money was sent over, and on the way back, there were a lot less covetous eyes. When I hurried back, I found that the city gate was already closed, and the days outside the city were almost unbearable, and they were just waiting for the Ming army to open.

The shacks of poor people who came to have a meal at the porridge were crowded and crowded, and even the official roads were crowded.

He was escorted by green battalion soldiers, and those around him looked at them with eyes that wanted to strip them naked. If there was no real pain, they felt the same as when they left. When he arrived near the city gate, an officer was hung up, and then the gate opened.

It opened with a squeak.

The city gate opened wide, and the people outside the city immediately became commotion. Many people ran directly to the city gate, but this was not the first time that the escorting green soldiers had to deal with such a situation. With their spears and waist knives drawn out, they lined up in the city.

Outside the gate, they retreated into the city little by little. Anyone who dared to come forward would be executed directly to prevent these people from taking advantage of the situation and rushing in.

Entering the city, there are many people begging along the street, with straw signs posted among them. There are many people selling their children, or selling themselves. In terms of misery, it seems to be no worse than outside the city.

He hurried back to the county office and explained the situation of his trip. The officials in Fucheng were very happy. It was said that people in Yanping Prefecture who were resisting donations and taxes had robbed the filial piety of the money and killed the entire escort team.

When the Green Camp arrived, all the corpses had been stripped of their underwear and socks.

"If it goes any further, I'm afraid there won't even be any bones left."

When the magistrate said this, the wife and cousin who were standing by all shuddered. However, the journey between my wife and brother to the capital was long, and it always took time to go back and forth, let alone the time to go to the Ministry of Officials to take care of things.
Chapter completed!