Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 307

In the past, almost all the flintlock guns of the Protecting Army were hand-made by Tang Long with a few apprentices in a short process. With the expansion of the iron workshop this time, the area and manpower of the entire Sunjiazhuang Iron Workshop have decreased. The number has doubled, and finally four relatively qualified industrial assembly lines have been pulled out, which can produce the first batch of finished products with uniform standards.

At the expanded meeting of the Supervisory Committee on the second day, Sergeant Kou participated in the inspection of the newly-made Mini rifles made by the iron factory, and finally decided on three types of guns.

In order to facilitate the manufacture of ammunition, the three types of guns all use the same caliber of ammunition, and the caliber is divided into two. The three types of guns are: the long rifle with a bayonet used by the infantry, and the one used by the cavalry after cutting the barrel length in half. carbine, and short pistols for artillery commanders.

Among them, the handcuffs of the artillery commander and the rifles used by the infantry are given priority to manufacture, and this is their only defensive weapon for the artillery and infantry who are close.

At the request of Lehe, Sun Xin agreed that if the productivity of the carbine is insufficient in the short term, he can give priority to assigning the better-looking flintlock guns to the cavalry for use.

The tactics of the artillery and infantry in Sunjiazhuang have basically been determined, but the cavalry has not yet determined a major combat method.The reason is that there is too little combat experience. Whether it is fighting against the horse bandits of the dangerous god Yu Baosi or defending Dulonggang, they all rely on artillery and musketeers to fight down. The cavalry has never had experience in large-scale charge operations.

They could only deduce future combat methods based on the current combat mode of the Protectorate Army, and even had heated discussions on whether to equip long-range weapons.

After seeing the musketeers of the Protectorate Army inflicting damage to the enemy from a long distance, the cavalry of the Protectorate Army knew that they definitely did not need to play the role of light cavalry who could kill infantry from a long distance like the nomadic cavalry at this time.

For the enemies that can be seen within sight, the Musketeers will line up and destroy them one by one.

In this case, long-range firepower is of little significance to cavalry, and many cavalry think that they only need to practice the ability to chop and sprint on horseback.

But in the end, Sun Xin still decided to equip the cavalry with short-barreled lances. Even though in actual use, his baby cavalry would only appear on the flanks of the musketeers, and might be used as the pursuit unit in the final stage of the battlefield for a long time.But this also means that the time for the cavalry to meet the enemy is shorter, and of course long-range weapons that can cause more damage in a short period of time cannot be given up.

Zhou Tong also agreed with Sun Xin's judgment.

The future cavalry combat mode is to accompany the musketeer attack.

The cavalry took advantage of their fast movement to attack from the side of the formation. First, they fired a full round of guns at the enemy, and then roared and waved their sabers to pass through the enemy formation. Time turns the horse's head and kills back again.

In this case, the cavalry is mainly used to break up the enemy's formation, and the number of enemies that can be killed is actually not many. It is quite effective if you can give the enemy a round of cavalry in person.

Sunjiazhuang Iron Works began to work overtime in accordance with the new refitting requirements, and at the same time, the Supervisory Committee University was built more and more beautifully.

University students sent from various managerial associations came to Sunjiazhuang one after another to gather together.

To Sun Xin's surprise, Zeng Daguan's attitude towards his own Zhuangzi seemed to have changed a lot after returning from Sunjiazhuang.This time, the student sent from Zengtou City was Zeng Daguan's fifth son, Zeng Sheng. Zeng Sheng is now 15 years old. In terms of Zeng Daguan's family's style of training children, he should really go to battle. age.

Sun Xin also had some doubts about whether Zeng Daguan sent Zeng Sheng to study military affairs at Supervisory University to show his goodwill, or simply to test his own reality. Good thing, on the day when Zeng was promoted to Sunjiazhuang, Sun Xin specially hosted a welcome banquet at his home.It's just that Zeng Saihua has just returned to the Liao Kingdom, so only Hu Sanniang and Sun Xin are the couple to entertain him.

The official start of the university will be in the summer, and Sun Xin has no plans to give the students any winter and summer vacations. The university schedule he has formulated can be described as strict. All students are like long-term workers. There is only one period from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year in a year. Go home and have a look. In the other days, except for taking leave, I will study on the supervisory board for me-every day they stay in school, the supervisory board will spend a lot of money outside.

Now that the students have arrived but the school has not yet started, Sun Xin first let them have pre-school education in the Supervisory Council University. The so-called pre-school education, apart from the necessary ideological work and cultural classes, is the main activity is to arrive a few days earlier than them. The students from Sunjiazhuang participated in the fiery labor practice - the construction of the school building.

Most of the [-] students of the Supervisory Council University are activists and peasant backbones of the Supervisory Council, so it is difficult for Sun Xin to know everything about the University.

Soon he received news from the university. To his surprise, Zeng Sheng and the group of students from Zengtou City he brought were evaluated as having a good style.

According to the information Sun Xin received, Zeng Sheng performed exceptionally well no matter he was in cultural class or when he rolled up his sleeves to work in the field. times of praise.

Sun Xin was watching the students kicking forward and standing in line. During the interval of the introductory training, he saw Zeng Sheng sneaking towards Sun Xin.

"There are some problems with the batch of students sent by the rich men. For example, the nephews of Mr. Zhao are always disobedient to the instructor's command, and they are incompatible with the guards."

Before he asked Zeng Sheng for questioning, Zeng Sheng came to make a small report first. Sun Xin was a little surprised, "Got it."

Zeng Sheng looked around and no one noticed him, so he slowly went to the sideline to drink a glass of water, and then went back to continue training.

Sun Xin looked carefully and found that the kettle was brought by himself. This hard and simple style is really not bad for the peasants and soldiers of the protection army. Compared with the rich kids sent by other villages, this kid is much better It seems that he really wants to study hard in his own university.

Sunjiazhuang's affairs are almost busy, and Sun Xin is also thinking about the future development direction.My brother is working on the alliance with the imperial court, and Sun Xin is also thinking about whether he can succeed, and Dulonggang is stable, but Zengtou City needs to further establish a good relationship.

Liangshan was defeated once, and now they are slowly accumulating experience. Although they have not conquered Dulonggang, Liangshan's power in other directions is still growing, and they have to prepare for this in Shandong.

Early the next morning, Sun Xin set off for Zengtou City as planned.

In Zengtou City, after Mr. Zeng came back from Sunjiazhuang, he actively trained his own Zhuangzi's standing army.

He was really shocked by the industrialization level of Sunjiazhuang. This time, he bought more than 50 muskets from Sunjiazhuang and sent his youngest son Zeng Sheng to Sunjiazhuang to study at the Supervisory Council University.

But Zeng Daguan, who was thinking about Zhuangzi's future development plan at this time, was a little unable to concentrate. The eldest son Zeng Tu came back from the outside and was surprised to see the changes in his own Zhuangzi. He was in his room with his third son Zeng Suo. Talk positively.

Daguan Zeng had difficulty concentrating when he was older, and with two sons around him arguing, he couldn't think even more.

The eldest son, Zeng Tu, asked: "Daddy, Sunjiazhuang can really buy all the hundreds of thousands of catties of hemp yarn in our warehouse at one go? Why is the output of our factory in Zengtou City suddenly so large? How about the little-known Sunjiazhuang?" They can buy so much yarn at once, what is their origin? Why is the foundation so thick all of a sudden?"

Senior Officer Zeng looked down at the account book that came up with the statistics, and said casually: "Since you are back, Zeng Tu, you will be in charge of training the rivets in our village carefully. Your younger brother Zeng Sheng's appearance is just the first thing."

"Daddy, our Zhuangzi is almost completely eaten by that Sun Xin now, how can I not be in a hurry? I'll see, let's carefully distinguish how to fight for power with that Sun Xin, otherwise our Zhuangzi may not have a surname in the future. Once."

Zeng Suo on the side nodded silently. Since his father came back from Sunjiazhuang, he didn't know what kind of demon he was. He was scolded by his father when he mentioned this topic several times. He can only follow his elder brother to say this.

Officer Zeng looked up, and said in a bad mood, "Compete with others? Now our hemp yarn factory in Zengtou City is operated by others, and the things we produce are sold through other channels. Millions of catties, why are you arguing with others? What's the benefit of winning against us? Will you help sell this hemp yarn?"

Hearing his father's tone, the third son couldn't sit still for a while, stood up and said: "The more we are like this, the more we are controlled by others. The goods we produce are cheap and good in quality, why can't we sell them? Why bother?" It must be someone else? The money was earned by Sun Xin, and we became his long-term workers!"

As soon as he said this, Zeng Tu who was beside him pulled his sleeve to make him sit down, and Zeng Suo sat down angrily.

Mr. Zeng couldn't help feeling helpless when he saw it in his eyes. He knew what his two sons were thinking, but since he went to Sunjiazhuang, Mr. Zeng had also seen many things clearly.

The difference between his own Zengtou City and Sunjiazhuang is not made up by driving away Sunjiazhuang's manpower in Zengtou City. On the contrary, the more he does not contact Sunjiazhuang, the slower his Zengtou City will develop.

He said earnestly to his two sons: "Let's not think about destroying other people's business. We should strengthen ourselves first. Now we can benefit from the joint factory with his Sunjiazhuang. If we don't join forces with them, where will we be in Zengtou City?" Is there a chance to get so much profit? In the four months of this year, this factory has earned us tens of thousands of guan in Zengtou City, and nearly [-] guan in a year. If we don’t rely on other people’s channels, how can we sell these goods?”

Zeng Suowen said in a low voice: "Most of the profits of this factory will be shared with Sun Xin, or else there will be [-] guan in our hands."

But Zeng Tu immediately realized the key to the problem: "Then how did Sun Xin sell millions of catties of hemp yarn a year? Didn't he steal someone's business?"

(End of this chapter)