To put it simply, these 10,000 Thunderbolt 1646 rifles are intended to be sold to Nanming.
Therefore, in the following time, some trading firms that had a good relationship with the Xinghai Kingdom took on this important task and helped the Xinghai Kingdom transport these firearms to Guangzhou Prefecture one after another.
After Fang Xiaoyue worked hard on development for two months, she finally developed a series of textile machines.
Fortunately, he has so many assistants now.
Once he drew the design drawing, someone immediately took over to make it. After the machine was built, another group took over to experiment. Fang Xiaoyue mainly provided guidance, guidance, and corrected related errors.
After all, as the Xinghai Kingdom grows stronger, Fang Xiaoyue cannot do everything by herself, especially some research work with relatively low technical content. In Zhang Feifei's view, it is a complete waste of Fang Xiaoyue's life.
Taking advantage of this time to train a group of technical personnel is the best way to go!
With the successful development of a series of textile machines, a textile factory was immediately established. After recruiting a group of female workers for short-term training, Xinghai State purchased cotton that had been in stock for a long time and immediately put it into production.
Of course, the output of this newly built textile factory is not very high, and for the time being it can only produce some coarse canvas and fine canvas.
As for the production of other types of fabrics, technicians still need to make certain changes to the textile machines.
But this also means that Xinghai Kingdom has a new industry, the textile industry.
Originally it was just a solution to the problem of canvas used in sailboats, but it turned into a new industry. Only Fang Xiaoyue can probably do such an operation.
The establishment of a textile factory has many benefits for Xinghai Kingdom.
The first is that there are new goods for trade.
Things that had always been painful for Western maritime merchants were solved.
In the past, Western maritime merchants needed to leave a lot of space on the ship to store a batch of canvas to solve the problem of canvas damage during the long voyage.
As I said before, the canvas they use is not produced here.
Therefore, you must bring enough canvas, otherwise, if the canvas is damaged when you get here and there is no spare, it will be tragic.
But here comes the problem. The canvas also used by Western sailing ships is actually very thick and heavy.
If you carry too much spare canvas, it will occupy the cargo space on the sailboat, which will invisibly reduce the profits of maritime merchants.
Now, if the Nanhai Island produces sailing canvas, then Western maritime merchants will be happy to throw the spare canvas into the sea, load the vacated space with goods, and earn more profits.
Two months later, the training of the Nanming New Army was completed. The Second Regiment of the Nanming New Army immediately went to the front line under the imperial edict of Emperor Zhaowu. The instructor team did not leave, but changed their profession and became the Xinghai Kingdom's troops stationed in Nanming Zhaowu.
Military observers of the regime.
No way, neither Emperor Zhaowu nor Xinghai Kingdom wanted the instructor team to return to Xinghai City immediately.
Needless to say, Emperor Zhaowu was worried.
After all, the new army had been trained, and they looked majestic in the subsequent military exercises. The artillery fire shattered the enemy targets set up in the distance.
But Emperor Zhaowu was not the kind of emperor who was raised in a deep palace. He had experienced war. He also knew that no matter how majestic the army looked, the key was to be powerful in actual combat.
In the past, the Han generals in the palace were all tall and bulky. They wore heavy armor, held a fish-edge ax, and poked the sides of the hall. They were so majestic that no one could give a thumbs up.
.
But the question is, can those big Han generals fight?
Emperor Zhaowu knew that those were just fakes and were completely different from the elites who fought on the battlefield.
But if these new troops were sent to the battlefield like this, Emperor Zhaowu would not be disappointed.
This was a bit of wealth that he had saved through frugality. If he went to the battlefield and had a huge defeat like Saarhu, Emperor Zhaowu would probably hang himself.
The Xinghai Kingdom also wanted to see the difference between these new troops and the Qing army. After all, the biggest enemy of the Xinghai Kingdom in the future would be the Qing army. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win every battle.
Although the two parties had different thoughts, the ultimate goal was the same. Therefore, after the Nanming envoy Zhang Sanxu reconciled with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Xinghai State, the two parties reached a new agreement to end their tenure as instructors and turn them into military observers.
Observe with the team and provide corresponding operational opinions to the commander of the new army, etc.
After all, the new Nanming Army has just been established. If the first battle does not go well, not to mention the governor, even Emperor Zhaowu will be greatly affected.
After all, Emperor Zhaowu violated many ancestral family laws.
At this time, the Qing army had basically engulfed most of Jiangxi and Hujian provinces, and its troops crossed Chongzhou, Longyan, and Ganzhou lines, directly threatening the Guangdong hinterland of the Zhaowu regime.
Moreover, several months ago, the Qing army's southern general, Dorobelebolo, sent Guo Bichang, a surrender minister of the Longwu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty, to recruit Zheng Zhilong to Ping'an Fort, thirty miles south of Hu Jianquan Prefecture.
There is no doubt that this is a great benefit for the Qing army.
Zheng Zhilong was a great sea pirate in the late Ming Dynasty. After he came to the Ming Dynasty, he was assigned the post of coastal defense guerrilla, and he grew rapidly. At his peak, he owned thousands of ships of all sizes, and anyone who passed through the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty to trade with Japan and other places
All merchant ships, both internal and external, must spend three thousand taels of silver to purchase the Zheng family's flag in order to maintain peace on the sea.
Therefore, it is recorded in the history: "Each ship was worth three thousand gold, and the annual income was tens of millions, and the city was built in Anping... In Fujian, the Zheng family was used as the Great Wall."
However, Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Chenggong was not willing to follow the surrender and took away 70% of the ships.
But even so, the Qing army also obtained more than 400 ships, and its maritime military power was greatly enhanced.
Under such circumstances, the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty was in danger.
This is why Emperor Zhaowu didn't even want to wait for a moment and asked the new army to set off for the front line immediately after the training.
There were no trains or cars in the area ruled by the Zhaowu regime of the Southern Ming Dynasty. Even the official roads were in disrepair and were in dilapidated condition.
The two thousand new troops had to travel about 300 kilometers to the front line. Although the governor recruited some pack horses, mules and other animals from the merchants, these animals were only used to pull the artillery, and the small soldiers still had to rely on their hands.
Leg march.
The instructors sent by Xinghai Kingdom rode horses just like the officers of Nanming.
Although basically none of these instructors knew how to ride a horse before, riding a horse is actually one of the easiest skills to learn, but it is still a bit difficult to master it.