Liu Chengzong rejected Lazun's proposal, but pretended that Taiji would still stay in Cowan.
Because heavy snow closed the mountain road to the south, Huoluo Chibe's pretense could only stay in Juerwan for the time being.
For him, whether the proposal is accepted or rejected is expected. After all, Liu Chengzong's army seems to be quite capable, and there is really no need to attach himself to Xiao Lazun.
When you go back to Lazun, prepare for war. He is just a messenger.
After all, Taiji is not afraid of a sudden attack by Liu Chengzong. After all, the terrain over Xiaohetao is much higher, and what is most likely to happen next is nothing more than fighting for some Xifan tribes in the bordering area.
Besides, if it really didn't work out, he would just take the tribe out of Xiaohetao and go nomadic elsewhere, as long as he didn't play with his younger brother.
During the reinforcement of the Chinese army's headquarters, Baoyan also provided some advice to Liu Chengzong, so the treatment Liu Chengzong gave Baoyan Taiji was not too bad.
They divided two huts, and the five of them, the master and the servant, had enough to eat and had coal to burn, so they lived reasonably well.
Taiji's attitude is also very upright. He doesn't ask for anything if he can. He hunts when he needs to with his followers every day, runs and plays in the river valley when he needs to, and goes back to his den when it gets dark. He doesn't add anything to the lion.
Trouble.
It doesn't hurt to occasionally be lied to by Chen Shifu, and occasionally to spy on military intelligence.
But what puzzled Wei Yan was that for many days afterwards, the entire camp with the smallest number of people among the five camps was studying the Sixteen Dharma, and seemed to be caught up in a strange craze.
In the old land of Tubo, there are many feudal landowners who use this set of laws, but Taiji has never seen anyone who can find fanatical emotions from this set of laws.
What’s so crazy about this thing?
After wondering for a long time, Bai Yantaiji learned from Chen Shifu that the camp with the smallest number of people was Liu Chengzong's cowardly Xue army.
Master Chen is just talking nonsense.
In the Lion Army, Master Chen is just a non-staff member, and he still doesn’t know how the Lion Army operates.
His main job every day now is to use his status as a lama apprentice to attract the smartest young people from the seven tribes of Riyue Mountain to learn Chinese in his lair.
Liu Chengzong promised him to open an academy for him next year in Juerwan or Haibei to teach Chinese.
The prospects for students are much better than being a young monk in a temple. If you learn Chinese, you will be the pioneer of the Lion Army. If you still have time to learn Chinese, you will become a local official in the future.
Master Chen was thinking about what he could do. Hearing what Liu Chengzong said, Qinghai will set up floating officials in the future. If his disciples and former officials are all over Qinghai, wouldn't the old Chen family in Xining become powerful?
Now there are seventeen students enrolled, and the conditions are a bit tough. Master Chen's dormitory has been turned over to sleep, but only five people can be squeezed in.
There was really no room left, so Liu Chengzong added two felt beds to his military tent. The four children studied with Master Chen during the day and slept in the tent at night.
In addition to teaching Xifan dolls, Chen Shifu's other task is to occasionally chat with Baiyan Taiji who comes from Bajiao City.
Because he is the only one in the battalion who doesn’t understand the Lion Army.
Therefore, when he was sent to tell the story about Taiji, Chen Shifo had no psychological burden at all. He was very sincere and answered every question he asked. Anyway, the answers he gave were basically wrong.
But he was almost right about being timid about Xue Jun.
The fanaticism in the Chinese military camp comes from the battle formations recorded in the Sixteenth Method. These reserve officers spend all day outside studying how to quickly defeat Zangba Khan's army.
Liu Chengzong spent most of his time hanging out with the officers in the Central Military Camp.
He needs to get to know everyone in the Chinese Military Camp. Future generals will have experience in serving in the Chinese Military Camp, study tactics, and become familiar with the commander. This is his original intention of establishing the Chinese Military Camp.
Not long after the winter started, my teacher came to me with great joy to report that the two styles of the new bird gun had been prepared.
The Ordnance Bureau by the river is in full swing. It covers a large area, but it is not dense. At present, it is just a collection of simple workshops.
When Liu Chengzong arrived at the Ordnance Bureau, he saw an infantry battalion soldier carrying a five-rod bird gun out. During this period, he was experimenting with new bird guns, and the old lightweight bird guns fired with three-cent lead bullets were not stopped.
According to my report from my teacher, in this month and a half, including setting up the workshop, they made 230 light bird cannons.
The average cost of each gun is two coins of silver and seven dou of gold.
The cost was very low, but this low cost did not make Liu Chengzong very happy, but made him realize his own problem.
They were brought from famine areas. The craftsmen of the Lion Army have two standard food supplies. The apprentices have twelve kilograms of fried noodles and three dou of millet per month, and the master craftsmen have twenty-four kilograms of fried noodles and six dou of millet per month.
Even as an apprentice, he had enough food and was given some rice to buy and sell in exchange for non-staple food.
The master craftsman can even make do with this income to support three more people.
In the fifth year of the severe drought in northern Shaanxi, people had to work in exchange for food rations to feed three more people. Except for Liu Chengzong, one had to earn seven to eight taels of silver in northern Shaanxi in order to exchange for this food.
It is equivalent to half a year’s income of a goldsmith in a normal year.
But when they come to Xining, this is no longer the case. They can buy their food and work for only one or two or five yuan of silver.
In the past, three or six bushels of grain were enough to exchange them with local people for all the daily necessities they needed, but now this grain is not enough.
How can this still bring happiness?
Liu Chengzong came out of northern Shaanxi and knew very well that under the extreme conditions of commercial collapse, the value of materials increased with the degree of scarcity, and money could not bring much happiness.
Food can bring great happiness to people.
But in Xining, without money, there is no happiness; without performance, there is no enthusiasm.
Liu Chengzong asked his master Chengwo: "How many craftsmen do we have now?"
"There are more than 800 craftsmen of various types, and the remaining 1,200 are apprentices." After I finished speaking, I saw Liu Chengzong's shocked look and explained: "Many of them come from Pingliang, and there are many skilled craftsmen who we can't use."<
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"Is there anyone who has a skill and cherishes it?"
"Haha, Marshal, I don't even have enough to eat. Why do I care about whether I care about myself or not?" Shichengwo shook his head and said: "They are all in Shanxi, Yan'an, and Pingliang. Either show your skills."
Teach it or get lost."
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Having said that, the master said: "But teaching apprentices is not easy. The masters in the camp are willing to teach, but the disciples may not learn well. The camp allows the masters to have requirements for accepting apprentices."
"That's what it should be."
The two of them talked and walked to the edge of the river. Master Cheng and I set up a straw shed here. There were three muskets on the table, and a square wooden target and armor were placed far away on the other side.
The three-rod muskets were of two sizes at first glance. The muzzle of one blunderbuss was a light bird blunderbuss that used to shoot three-dollar bullets. The caliber could not even fit a finger into it. The caliber of the other two blunderbuss was much larger. Liu Chengzong looked at it as having at least
Seven minutes wide.
Overall, the appearance of the three-rod blunderbuss is quite different. Speaking of the blunderbuss alone, the light bird blunderbuss is less than three feet, while the other two rods are one four feet five inches and one five feet.
However, the gun rests of the last two shots are rather strange. The handle of the original light bird gun has been abandoned. Instead, it is a gun holder. It doesn't even reach the shoulder, which is a very strange thing.
Shi Cheng, I am a craftsman who has made red Yi cannons. When I introduced Liu Chengzong, it was like introducing artillery: "These two newly made heavy guns, the short one uses one, two and five qian projectiles, and the long one uses two liang, and the caliber ratio is seven."
Ten times."
Liu Chengzong pointed to the gun holder and asked: "What is this used for? It doesn't look like it can reach the shoulder."
"Shoulder?"
Shicheng and I were stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Yes, Marshal, you can reach it on your shoulders!"
Then he explained: "The new gun barrel is too long and heavy. The lighter of the two guns weighs seventeen and a half pounds. It is heavy in the front and light in the back. The original handle is not stable for shooting, so we use heavier wooden blocks as counterweights." Having said that, I was still immersed in the joy brought by Liu Chengzong's casual words, and said to myself: "It can reach my shoulders, it can, it can reach my shoulders."
"I'll draw it for you later."
Liu Chengzong smiled and said something, then continued to point at the gun and asked: "Tell me, how much powder is it loaded with, how powerful is it, and how far is its range?"
"With a normal charge of one tael, it can penetrate two layers of armor at eighty paces. It can kill people if it exceeds one hundred and fifty paces, but the aim is inaccurate."
Liu Chengzong laughed while listening. He is an expert in archery and knows best what it feels like to aim at an enemy more than fifty steps away... When facing a situation where the arrow cluster is larger than the target, all he relies on is a feeling.
It's not metaphysics, but the intuition brought about by long-term practice. If the intuition can hit, then it means it can hit.
He picked up a lead bullet that weighed one to two and a half cents and weighed it in his hand. Although it was not too big, just a ball with a diameter of just over two centimeters, it was heavier than an egg. Even if he were to throw the ball, it would still be heavy.
It can smash people's brains into pieces.
Shichengwo nodded to him and said: "So I think this thing does not need to be loaded with powder. If you pack two ounces of gunpowder, it will only make it fall ten steps later."
As I said that, I took out a long piece of folded paper, on which densely packed equal-width squares were drawn, like the planned squares on a map, with distances and a falling trajectory marked on it.
This surprised Liu Chengzong and asked: "How did you measure the ballistics?"
"Ballistics?"
Shicheng I repeated the word, and then explained it very seriously while making gestures, saying: "To measure the distance, two hanging ropes are two hundred steps long, and a piece of square paper is hung at every step. The scale is rubbed on the paper, and the rope is pulled
If the square papers are straight, they have the same height. Just put a blunderbuss through 200 pieces of paper and connect them one after another and you will know."
Liu Chengzong closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his eyes and gave a thumbs up to Shi Chengwo, praising: "You are so smart. You need to write this thing down. Master Shi can compile a book, forge cannons and blunderbuss, it's amazing!"
I was a little embarrassed after being praised by Liu Chengzong, so I smiled and said: "Commander, this is not a villain's method, it was He Xin's idea when he saw the papermaker drying paper."
"Then it's called He's ballistic measurement method."
Liu Chengzong raised his hand and slapped it on the table: "Sanlang, ask Cheng to deliver thirty taels of silver. In the afternoon, we will gather the craftsmen and reward the silver in public."
I looked astonished when I was a teacher, and then said: "Commander, why does Bao always have an official position? This is just his job, so there is no need to mobilize the troops like this, right?"
However, Liu Chengzong thought very seriously for a moment and then said: "Mr. Shi, you used to be a great craftsman who made cannons, and now you are President Qian. I know that for each of us, official positions are not only power but also honor, and the ability to
Obtaining an official position is the greatest recognition."
"But this is invention and creation. We must encourage invention and creation. I want all craftsmen to know that everything we use is not created by craftsmen. Those who are useful and meritorious will be rewarded."
Liu Chengzong said: "Invention and creation are merits. According to the law on the snowy mountains, a craftsman's life is only worth a straw rope. Here, craftsmen can not only have enough food and clothing, but also get rewards and official positions."
"One day I will let everyone in the world know that there are people in this world who do not respect craftsmen, farmers, and soldiers. They are the three pillars of my life, and I respect them!"
Having said that, Liu Shishi is still a lame man. Although there are many people under him who can farm, they are all soldiers and there are no farmers.
Sanlang took the order to find a carrier. Liu Chengzong picked up a seventeen-and-a-half kilogram bird gun. The tail of this gun still needs to be modified, but it is already as high as his chin. When he finalizes the specifications of the gun holder, it will be possible.
The height of the heavy gun may be as high as his body.
I have proven that although the caliber of the other gun is larger and the barrel is longer, the increased power is limited. Compared with the increase in manufacturing difficulty and time-consuming, it is of little significance.
In order to stabilize the shooting, we decided to add a wooden fork as a support to make aiming easier.
Therefore, the final blunderbuss tube was of this type with a bullet weight of one to two and a half cents, which took half as much time to manufacture as the light bird blunderbuss.
And unfortunately, soldiers who use this heavy gun can no longer wear armor.
Using pre-loaded ammunition in wooden tubes, light bird gun soldiers can easily carry fifty shots of ammunition, but this kind of bird gun weighs three ounces of ammunition per round, and carrying fifteen pieces weighs nearly three kilograms.
Including the heavy gun itself, it already weighs over twenty pounds.
This is an embarrassing weight.
If it is lighter, soldiers can wear cotton armor inlaid with iron plates.
If it is heavier, Liu Chengzong's specification requirement for carrying the gun is that it is less than 40 kilograms. It is usually mounted on the vehicle with the team and used by two people. As a supplementary firepower, it will not bring too much burden to the soldiers.
But the huge power prevented him from giving up, so Liu Chengzong decided to finalize this heavy gun and use it as a heavy musket for individual soldiers in the future.
At the same time, he also wanted to make me a request for a light musket: "This one is too heavy to be used by the whole army, so we need to make another one that uses six coins of ammunition, within twelve kilograms, three feet five to four feet
A long light gun, more powerful than a bird gun, and a lighter musket than a heavy gun."
Compared with the smooth finalization of the heavy gun, there was a slight problem in the production of the lifting gun, so that it had to be delayed for another two months.
The craftsmen had never made such a long blunderbuss tube, and the caliper was not clamped tightly when drilling the blunderbuss hole, so that the tube was drilled a little crookedly.
They do not drill the gun barrel. The gun barrel has a gun hole when it is forged and fitted. It just needs to be drilled and straightened. This is directly related to the accuracy of the gun, so it is the most technically demanding process.
If the drill is crooked, the thickness of both sides of the gun wall will be uneven. The accuracy of the shot is secondary. When the charge is large, the chamber is prone to explosion.
Liu Chengzong didn't say anything about this. This is not something that can be obtained by force. He can only encourage the craftsman to continue working hard and strive to see him carrying the gun as soon as possible.
But while he was playing with the heavy gun and waiting for the money to be transported, Shicheng and I presented him with a two-foot-square blanket.
The blanket feels velvety and soft, with a blue unicorn pattern in the middle, gaps decorated with silver, and a circle of golden light around the edge.
"This is a seat rug woven by craftsmen for the Marshal. It uses cotton as the warp thread, camel hair and wool, silver thread for the interior, and gold thread for the exterior."
After Shichengwo introduced it, he smiled and said: "In the past, the Shaanxi Weaving Bureau made crafts for Beijing and the royal palace. The weavers and gold and silversmiths were all recruited during the Pingliang chaos. They wanted the commander to see their craftsmanship."
Liu Chengzong took the seat rug and looked at it again and again. In his eyes, this glittering golden blanket was not a handicraft, but a luxury product.
With a smile on his face, he put the mat aside and smiled at Shichengwo: "We can also set up a weaving bureau, with the backing of force, the output of skills, and the wealth from both ends of the world can be wiped out!"
