The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 207 Signal Bomb

Lushun currently has more than 2000 surrendered soldiers, one thousand at the South Pass, and one thousand at the west bank.

The Craftsmanship Bureau has the original iron furnace before it was moved to Pig Island.

Now it is necessary to refine the copper ore into copper material.

This is hard work, and those who transport ore every day are the soldiers.

Ding Yi transported a large amount of goods this time, and many warehouses were also built here. In the current wave of surrender, half of them are building warehouses, and the other half are helping craftsmen smelt copper.

The rubbish produced will be transported to Nanguan Pass and used to build forts.

These residues were built together with the mud and rocks to form a fort, which was quite strong. If a small cannon hit it, it would only leave a white spot, and it would not be able to break through the defense at all.

If the bastion hadn't been built, Ding Yi would have wanted to add a little more to the bastion.

From Nanguankou to the south, many Liao people and auxiliary soldiers are hoarding fields.

This is the best field in Lushun. When Jinzhou City was in the hands of Houjin, the Ming army dared to hoard the land, but hoarding was useless.

Now Ding Yi has built walls and forts to block it, and it has become a very good farmland.

Most of them used to be fields, but they were just deserted. After a little tidying up, some wells were dug, and a few waterwheels were built. Soon, a large amount of fertile land was hoarded.

According to Du Ruhai's report from the logistics department, more than [-] mu can be stockpiled here alone.

Lushun in his previous life had about 11 mu of fertile land, and another [-] mu of various fruits.

Ding Yi is doing a lot of infrastructure construction here, cutting and digging a lot of forest land, and also occupying part of Jinzhou. It is estimated that in a year's time, at most about 15 fertile land can be hoarded.

According to the plan in his mind, this year is to hoard and train troops, and next year when the number of troops exceeds [-], he can occupy Jinzhou, expand the territory, and increase the farmland at the same time.

Once Jinzhou is occupied, he can stock up at least [-] mu more fields.

Let him occupy Jinzhou now, if you can't keep it, it's useless to hoard the fields. Hou Jinbing waits for you to come over before collecting grain, and it can be burned immediately.

Ding Yi ran around all day today, and even went to Pig Island to visit the craftsmen of the Craftsmanship Bureau.

Because of the arrival of copper mines, the artisans of the Craftsmanship Bureau will start to cast field copper cannons and city defense iron cannons respectively.

The navy's artillery has been postponed for the time being. After all, he can't focus on the navy now. That is too expensive and time-consuming.

Zhou Dahu and his wife are studying flintlock guns.

Japan's flint is indeed better than Ming's, but Zhou Dahu believes that the firing rate of the flintlock is still too low. The couple is trying to improve the parts and increase the firing rate.

The couple told Ding Yi that in the short term, the Lumi Gun is still the main force and irreplaceable.

Ding Yi was not disappointed either. Technology develops step by step, and no one can reach the sky in one step. He encouraged the two couples, telling them not to worry and take their time.

Ding Yi went to see other craftsmen in the Craftsmanship Bureau and asked a few questions.

One is that they were besieged in Phi Island last time. They didn't have any flares like fireworks, so they asked if they could do it.

It was quickly confirmed that it can be done, and now the Ming Dynasty has it, but Ding Yi is very demanding, and he told them with the appearance of a modern signal flare, and the craftsmen felt that there was no problem.

Ding Yi was still very satisfied after watching the various constructions on the island all day.

Basically, even if he is not on the island, the various departments on the island are still working step by step and performing their duties.

The development of Lushun as a whole can be described as changing with each passing day.

And because Ding Yi has a particularly bad experience in running a business, many North Korean, Dengzhou, and even Japanese businessmen are used to going to Lushun after running to Phi Island to see if they can find some good goods.

This made his Lushun alley much more lively than before.

If this continues, he feels that in the future, he can replace Pi Dao and become the most lively alley in Dongjiang.

He also rested very early that day, and did not hold a plenary meeting until early the next morning.

Attending the meeting were Ding Yi, Xu Wei, Financial Secretary Ruan Wenlong, Propaganda Department Yao Xinhan, Logistics Department Du Ruhai, Construction Department Zhong Zhennu, Medical Department Zhao Li, and Song Zhe.Gao Weimin, the training director.

Naval Secretary Xilaojing, Ruan Siqing, Ruan Wenyan, Song Fei, Fran, Intelligence Director Zhao Dashan.

Each battalion is garrisoned, and each division has a thousand generals.

In this case, Ding Yi Lushun now has a financial department, a publicity department, a logistics department, a construction department, a medical department, an education department, a training department, a navy department, an intelligence department, and a craftsman bureau, a total of nine departments and one bureau.

In the past two years, as the population and territory have grown, he has to adjust personnel and departments almost every time he meets, so that the Lushun group will become more and more perfect.

In this meeting, it was also a report first, and then a reorganization.

As usual, everyone first listened to the report from the Logistics Department. Anyway, it was all good news, and it was nothing more than a stockpile of supplies.

In the past, everyone was afraid that there would be no food to eat and no salary, but now there is no such problem in Lushun. Every time Ding Yi's population increases, he must increase the grain stockpile accordingly to maintain supply.

But there are too many people, and everyone is afraid when they hear it. Sometimes when they think about it, only someone as strong as Mr. Ding can lead them to do so well.

At present, Ding Yi has 4 soldiers, [-] soldiers, [-] auxiliary soldiers, and [-] civilians.

The monthly consumption of grain and rice is 5000 shi, which is converted into [-] taels of silver, which is [-] a year.

The rations issued are not much, after all, there are only special groups of people such as soldiers, officers, craftsmen and their families. The monthly payment is [-] shi, which is [-] taels of silver.

Everyone's face changed slightly when they heard this, and they had a good memory. They remembered that when the meeting was held in October last year, one stone of grain was worth one tael of silver.

It has only been more than half a year, and the grain and rice have risen a lot.

Everyone felt that it was not easy for Mr. Ding to raise people.

It costs more than 4 taels of silver a year to feed more than 7 people in Lushun.

Du Ruhai said: "Master Ding said that Weiyu is planning something, so the grain in our warehouse is kept at more than [-] shi."

"After eating five thousand, make up five thousand, and always keep it above [-] stone."

Everyone nodded with serious faces. Food is the root of all people. Without food, no matter how much money there is, no strong army has the strength to fight, let alone defend their homeland.

Mr. Ding, what Weiyu's plan is, it really is formidable.

Du Ruhai said again, right now Lushun already has [-] mu of farmland.After the summer harvest this year, all the autumn grain has been planted.

It is estimated that the autumn harvest will be [-] shi, and there will be more warehouses by then, and they will be able to sell.

In this case, Lushun’s stockpiles of grain can almost feed 4 of them for a few months, and save a lot of money for buying grain every year.

Calculated based on summer and autumn, Ding Yi's goal is three shi per mu, and [-] mu is [-] shi. It is almost unnecessary to buy grain, but in fact, it is estimated that the output will not reach this level, and it will be slightly less. Worse.

In addition, his population will definitely increase, so the hoarding of fields will continue, and the purchase of grain will also continue.

Everyone was very excited when they heard that they had so many fields.

Soon, Ding Yi delivered even more violent news.

"Everyone followed me, Ding Yi, running here and there, working hard for the country, the people, and Lushun's family."

"Wait two years, after the [-] farmlands have been collected, I plan to divide the land. The officers will divide the land first, and then select from the meritorious sergeants to divide it. In the future, I will strive to achieve it. Everyone has the land and everyone has a home."

"Dividing the fields." Everyone in this era has dreams of hometowns and fields. Hearing these words suddenly, everyone's faces are excited and their expressions are excited.

Some people even have red eyes.

Zhao Dashan was originally the first to come out to flatter, but now he said in a buzzing voice: "Master Ding, after the land is divided, will our 4 people not be enough to eat?"

Everyone looked at him with contempt, as if they were flattering.

Ding Yi laughed loudly: "The people after the land is divided will not be given food in the future."

"We will store more fields in the future, we must ensure that everyone has enough to eat."

Zhang Jing laughed loudly: "Follow Mr. Ding, Youtian Youliang will be promoted and get rich."

"Follow Master Ding, Youtian Youliang will get promoted and get rich." Soon the meeting room became lively and shouted.

(End of this chapter)