The military rebellion in the northwest subsided, and there was still a lot of money in the national treasury, so Bailang began to spend money to increase the salary of an official - Lao Zhu Baba was good at everything, but the stinginess of this old farmer was really hopeless. People did it for him, Lao Zhu's family
Even if we don’t follow the example of the Song Dynasty in giving high salaries, we still have to pay the minimum income, and we also have to provide retirement benefits. Bailang is not stingy, he is prepared to pay half of it from internal funds and from the treasury of the household department.
, give money to all officials for their retirement.
Now outside and inside the mouth, Bailang came up with the method of planting grass and then harvesting and crushing silage, and began to promote animal husbandry - mainly feeding cattle and sheep. Cow dairy products, cowhide, beef and bones are all useful, and sheep wool is also very useful.
. As for horses, it is not very suitable for feeding this, but it is okay as a supplement - what Bailang wants is not a Mongolian horse, but two different kinds of horses.
One is a war horse for cavalry. Either they try to introduce Marwari horses from India, or Bailang has to try to get horse breeds from Central Asia and Arabia and spend time cultivating Don horse-type war horses; the other is a draft horse.
Horses are used to pull logistics carts and artillery carts. Of course, they can also be combined into one to breed a dual-purpose horse - such as the French Patches horse. As for the infantry, Bailang is preparing to form firecrackers.
Although the young inventor Bai Lang once forgot a lot of knowledge, when he became a master above the interior scene, he retrieved it bit by bit from his mind. So it was no problem for him to get a flintlock gun -
—That’s why he still had to burn a large amount of wrought iron, build a hydraulic boring machine, and the most troublesome high-carbon tool steel. The spring of the fusilier mechanism was fine.
The artillery must be made of bronze. The technology of the iron artillery is not up to par, so Bailang is going to take his time - now he will first get the two to three thousand fusiliers. Since he used a lathe to forge the wrought iron from the beginning,
The gun bore is drilled out from the center of the hexagonal tube, so the strength of these muskets is still very good. In addition, the fixed load of ammunition-the bamboo tube is used to calibrate the weight, and the lead is added. Bailang feels that after training, the soldiers will be at least one minute.
Should be able to fire two shots.
Taking into account heat dissipation, one shot per minute is enough. If you use a close range volley, you should be able to defeat the Jurchens rushing over - after all, these soldiers are also equipped with half-length chainmail and helmets, and in addition to a bayonet in their hands,
There is a serious waist knife. And the artillery firepower equipped for these people is even simpler - considering that the opponent is Jurchen savages or Mongolian Tatars, then the classic Napoleon 1841 six-pound bronze field cannon is enough.
Bai Lang really remembers these things. It is enough to equip 3,000 people with twelve six-pound cannons. Each cannon has five gunners, plus three spare gunners and auxiliaries, as well as grooms and transporters.
The two artillery companies have nearly 200 people for artillery shells and gunpowder. Bailang also brings more than a thousand cavalry equipped with three-eyed muskets and logistics troops. The entire establishment has nearly 10,000 people, which can almost be called a division.
These equipments all take time to produce - Bailang simply plans to use a boring machine to drill holes for the six-pound cannon, so there is no need to pour them. In the spare time in the past few years, let him, a little inventor, do it - and
Bailang felt that things like steam engines were too troublesome. Now making guns and drilling holes, hydraulic machinery was enough. He improved the furnaces and methods of making iron.
In short, Bailang at this time was regarded by his ministers as a craftsman emperor who was not doing his job properly, but they wished for it - Bailang at this time was not so frightening, and he would not talk all day long about dragging so and so out to chop down so and so.
This period was also the time when children appeared in groups in the Ming court - one after another during this year, three children were born, two princesses and a prince.
So far, no children have died in infancy, and the prince seems to have many children.
The change of equipment is proceeding in an orderly manner. The new hydraulic machinery is quite easy to use. The firing rate of the flintlock gun has reached 70%, which is considered usable. Of course, it would be better if it could be increased to 80% - Bailang ordered not to put those things in the gunpowder.
The messy things are saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal, and they are crushed into very small particles. The garrison of the three major battalions is filled with the sound of guns and artillery all day long. Bailang has spent tens of thousands of taels of equipment on these thousands of people.
silver.
Hundreds of flintlock guns have been damaged, but there is no problem with the artillery. Tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder have been consumed. Finally, the soldiers have been trained to a certain extent. "Unfortunately, they are still not those lobster soldiers who can fire at extremely close range."
——With the current level of social development, even if it can be trained, it will probably be a one-time army." Before the initial industrialization, line infantry tactics could only be the three-stage attack that had been available in the Ming Dynasty.
It's just that Bailang has a bronze six-pound cannon, so he can start attacking the opponent's formation at a distance of one thousand meters, and then ensure that his soldiers will not collapse and follow orders even if they are released at a distance of 25 meters.
Fire - Of course, this is done while standing still, so fighting on the move may not be that good.
"That's enough. It's enough to kill those Jurchens. We just need to equip them with cotton armor. It's a good time to send troops in winter." Although Bailang still didn't get the war horses and draft horses he wanted, the Mongolian horses he had on hand now were almost enough.
. Now we began to allocate grain and grass supplies, first transport them to Shenyang, and then go to conquer the Jurchens. At this time, Nurhachi did not have many strong men under his command, and his sons were still young.
"There will be no Huang Taiji." Bailang is going on an expedition now, and no one in the court can oppose it. He leads these ten thousand men on the expedition, and takes Li Chengliang's three sons as guides. He walks from Shanhaiguan to Liaodong, and Bailang sends people
Let Nurhaci, the commander of the Jianzhou Left Guard, immediately bring his men to report on their duties, "Save your head, otherwise I will directly massacre your entire clan." Bailang's order was very simple.
At this time, Qi Jiguang was also in Liaodong. He had almost completely dismantled and reorganized the original troops in Liaodong. Although the old man was sitting on the fence, he was the most outstanding military strategist in the Ming Dynasty after all, and his methods were still sophisticated. His Zhejiang troops were stuck at key points, leaving Jianzhou
Zuowei could only attack the savages, but could not take action against the Ming Dynasty's territory and some Jurchens who had surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. Now Bailang arrived and brought new troops, and sent an envoy to ask Nurhachi to surrender immediately.
Bailang seriously thought that this old boarskin would definitely disobey and would come for a sneak attack. Of course, it was more likely that he would give up Hetuala and continue to escape into the old forest - but what Bailang never expected was that this old boarskin actually brought
His son and his subordinates came like this, and they appeared in front of him unarmed.