If you, Li Xuan, want to contain the Ming army, it is not that easy. After all, the Ming army is not stupid. It doesn't mean that you can contain it if you want. You have to do something that can threaten the Ming army, and then they will
Only then will I look at you seriously.
For example, if you go to Zhengtai County and pretend to attack the county, it will definitely attract the attention of the Ming army and contain the Ming army's strength.
But you have to know that people may come out of the city next. Will people like you be able to escape then?
Li Xuan's plan is undoubtedly full of risks for the weak Tang Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to call it a huge plan!
At this time, Li Xuan naturally saw the suspicion and even fear in everyone's eyes, and he said again: "We are not going out now, but we have to wait for the new army to complete its training, and wait for the musketeers to be fully formed before taking action.
I have spoken out today so that you can prepare early!"
To launch a long-lasting large-scale military operation, it will definitely require a long period of preparation in advance. Every time the Ming army outside the mountains entered the mountains to encircle and suppress the Tang Dynasty, they needed to prepare for several months.
And Huangzhushan is no exception. Although they are all bandits, they can prepare faster and some small-scale operations can be carried out. But think of the large-scale military operations that Li Xuan mentioned, with the entire army dispatched.
Preparation work is definitely indispensable.
At least, the musketeers must be well organized first, otherwise the new army of the Tang Dynasty will be nothing more than appearances.
In today's court meeting, Li Xuan once again made a rare decision and directly confirmed the plan to go out to collect grain during the summer harvest and contain the Ming army.
And for this plan, a lot of things have been arranged.
When Li Xuan ordered the tasks one by one, Liu Bagou and Fang Dongquan had not yet fully reacted. Things had changed too quickly. A moment ago, they were talking about the floods and washed-out farmland a few days ago, but
Just a moment later, they were already preparing to launch a war against the Ming army.
However, although many people had doubts about Li Xuan's plan to contain the Ming army, they did not oppose or hinder preparations for war.
Because they were out of the mountains during the summer harvest, containing the Ming army was only one of their plans. The other plan was to collect grain, and they had anticipated and supported this matter.
After arranging everything, Li Xuan did not go back to the harem directly as before. Instead, he left the palace and went to the work department workshop of the Tang Dynasty.
There, nearly forty craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty and an equal number of young assistants were working hard.
Li Xuan was going to the workshop of the Ministry of Work, so naturally he was accompanied by a large group of people. Fang Dongquan, Qian Mengjiu and other civil and military officials went directly with Li Xuan. As for Liu Bagou, the chief assistant, he had many things to do and was in a hurry after going to court.
left.
Before he arrived at the workshop of the Ministry of Industry, Li Xuan could feel the huge changes that had taken place in the workshop recently. First, the area had become larger, there were more houses, and then there were more chimneys.
This place is not only a place where weapons and various production tools are made, but it also carries Li Xuan's hopes for the future!
Only high technology can reverse the huge power gap between the Tang Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, turn the Tang Dynasty, a valley dynasty, into a real country, and turn yourself, the valley emperor, into a real emperor!
Even if this high technology is just a spring!
After all, even in ancient times, playing with high technology was king!
The great powers of later generations are all about using nuclear bombs in waves. So Li Xuan's Tang Dynasty used heavy artillery in waves in ancient times. The effect is probably the same as the great powers in later generations throwing nuclear bombs everywhere.
Flintlock guns and artillery were the key to the true rise of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Xuan couldn't care less. In addition to giving these craftsmen the best treatment, he would also come and visit them whenever he had nothing to do.
change.
Li Xuangang took Qian Mengjiu and Fang Dongquan to the door of the workshop. After receiving the news, Blacksmith Shi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, led many people in the workshop to greet him at the door.
"I respectfully welcome the Emperor!" The leader, Shi Blacksmith, was a little shy when he spoke. This muscular man, who only wore an apron on his upper body, was as awkward as a little daughter-in-law in front of Li Xuan and others.
You can't blame him, because he, a blacksmith, has never interacted with scholars in his life. He can't read or speak Chinese, and this strong man is still a homebody. He hides in the workshop all day long making weapons and muskets, and doesn't see outsiders at all.
He, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, only went to court meetings twice, and each time he went, he did not dare to speak!
Li Xuan was not impressed by his timidity, which was not at all the spirit of a minister of the Ministry of Industry of the Tang Dynasty.
When Li Xuan asked him to be the Minister of the Ministry of Works, he did not expect him to become an official. It was just to give him a name to manage the workshop of the Ministry of Works.
This man's name is the same as Butcher Chen, with only one surname and no given name. When he was a child, his father was made a blacksmith, and he was called a little blacksmith. When he grew up, he naturally took over his father's work and became a blacksmith.
Stonesmith.
Like many people who fell into banditry, he ran into the mountains without food due to natural or man-made disasters in the village. After joining Jiguan Mountain, he became the only blacksmith in Jiguan Mountain.
After Jiguan Mountain was integrated into Huangzhu Mountain, he naturally became the blacksmith of the Tang Dynasty. Later, when Li Xuan wanted to build a matchlock gun, he asked him to lead his people to do it. After the musket was built, Li Xuan started to work hard.
With a wave of his hand, he was awarded the official title of Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
It is a pity that official hats in the Tang Dynasty were not valuable, and there were no salaries, not even official uniforms, and nothing more than a title.
So Li Xuan didn't feel any pain, and Shi Blacksmith, who became the Minister of Industry, didn't take his official title seriously either!
"No need to be polite, I came here today just for a casual look!" Li Xuan waved his hand, telling everyone who was greeted at the door not to be polite.
Then he walked up to the blacksmith and said, "I heard the day before yesterday that you made the new bayonet pattern I drew?"
The stone blacksmith said: "Return to your Majesty, yes, I and my people have personally made several samples of the sleeve bayonet that your Majesty requested through repeated experiments!"
"Oh, let's go and have a look!" What Li Xuan wanted today was not to come alone, but to come with Qian Mengjiu and Fang Dongquan, many civil and military officials, especially several military generals, just to see this new
Made of sleeve bayonet.
Li Xuan estimated that it would be impossible to make a flintlock gun in a short time, so he focused on improving the performance of the existing matchlock gun. However, many of the modifications were technological modifications. If the technology was not improved,