"How much is the output of this musket now?" In the barracks of the Yin Gun Xiaojie Army outside BaL County, Li Laiheng, the new emperor of Dashun, asked with a flintlock musket imitated from the east coast.

This gun is a classic 32-C musket, without a bayonet, the barrel is forged with cooked iron, and all parts such as bolts are cast from molds and then hand-made. Just like the Ming Dynasty, the cost is still relatively high. Moreover, because the strength of the craftsmen in the Dashun court was originally very weak, they only had a certain scale after accumulating over the years. Therefore, both the production speed and quality are far inferior to the East Coast, and may even be inferior to the Qing Dynasty opposite.

However, technical strength and industrial foundation are not something that can be found out of thin air, which requires a long accumulation. If the Qing Dynasty had not taken over Chenyang quickly, BJ Jinzhou-Huangtaiji period had focused on the manufacturing of military armor and equipment. At that time, the blacksmith shops in the suburbs of Chenyang stretched for more than ten miles, and the sound of jingling was endless all day long. Those craftsmen were also captured by various parts of the Northeast and even the mainland. They quickly retained the local industrial strength and attached great importance to it from the government level. They supported the repair and manufacturing of military equipment, and probably did not have the industrial production strength that is now arrogant.

After the bleak operation of the Li Guo era, Dashun finally had a trace of handicraft industry when it was passed on to Li Laiheng, but it was still quite weak and could not be compared with the Qing army controlled areas. This was their innate disadvantage and could not be changed in a short period of time. It was unimaginable that apart from importing from the East Coast people, it was impossible to effectively maintain a powerful firearm unit. Even their ability to repair the existing equipment at hand was very weak. Not that they could not, but that there were too few experienced craftsmen and the apprentices did not grow up on a large scale, so they could only look like birds.

As the saying goes, without a butcher Zhang, you can only eat pigs with hair. What is meant by the current Dashun court. Although they are also working hard to produce themselves and try to get rid of the East Coast people, for a long time in the future, their own production capacity is far from enough. Whether it is muskets, cannons, armor, bows and crossbows, arrows and other weapons, or tents, vehicles, horses, and other materials, they all rely heavily on the imports of the East Coast. Especially after the reform of tactics over the years, the army consumes a lot of supplies, and the supply of materials on the East Coast has never been able to get rid of. This is also the reason why Dashun always tolerates the East Coast people. Nothing else, people have to bow their heads under the eaves!

"It has done its best to produce 300 poles per month." General Guoyi of the Central Camp and the commander of the Silver Gun Jiejie Army Hao Ping replied helplessly: "The number of craftsmen is still too small, and the level of apprentices is too low. Over the years, we have spent a lot of effort on searching and cultivating craftsmen. However, the two lakes lack such talents. Even if there are a few years of war, they have already escaped. We have started from scratch, which is so difficult. In addition, people outside said that this musket was originally made of many equipment, which is light and labor-saving to use, and the effectiveness is improved by more than a few times. There are some people from the East, but they should be used for repair. If we can get one or two pieces and imitate them strictly, we should be able to achieve miraculous effects in the future."

It can be seen that although Li Guo has been elected as emperor for almost a year, the various systems of Dashun are still in the early stages of creation and are relatively rough, which can be heard from the names of his ministers. For example, Hao Ping, who was still used to calling himself "I", "we", "we", and "we", and he was not used to calling Li Laiheng the emperor, and Li Laiheng himself did not care about this. Obviously, the court has not yet been completely used to the official proclaiming emperor and establishing a country. He does not know that the hatred of Nanming for himself not only comes from the key node they occupied Ganzhou Prefecture, but also comes from the fact that they have always believed to be "mud legs", "bandits", and "cannon fodder that drives the kings and ministers" (referring to blocking the Qing Dynasty in front) is now living so well, which makes the monarchs and ministers in Kunming feel so sympathetic!

Well, let's not talk about anything else, let's get back to the topic. Hao Pingyuan was the youngest son of Hao Yaoqi, a peasant general who returned from the Southern Ming Dynasty. He was born brave and powerful, and quite wise. After rushing back from the Southern Ming Dynasty with his father, he entered the Dashun Central Camp and joined the army at home, and then quickly took up the throne with his own efforts. He was very pleased by Li Laiheng. Therefore, he was one of the main generals of the Yin Gun Xiaojie Army, and his future prospects were limitless. This time, Li Laiheng inspected the craft camp in BaL County and also brought Hao Ping with him to accompany him, which shows his favorability.

BaL County is the head county of Yuezhou Prefecture and is also an important military stronghold, so it is naturally equipped with a craftsman battalion organized by hundreds of people as an important part of logistics supply. Li Laiheng wandered around here for several hours and saw many craftsmen and apprentices using simple tools to repair damaged firearms, armor and knives. He remembered that the Dashun army is equipped with more and more firearms, so he asked Hao Ping. Because Hao Ping had been in contact with people from the military department for many years, he was very clear about the production capacity of the gun factory in Changsha. He knew that there were currently 300 flintlock rifles with a monthly production of 300 flintlock rifles per month, it was not impossible to achieve it in one go. There were only so many people to use, and the accumulation of technical strength also took time and could not be achieved overnight.

The output of muskets is so "touching", let alone artillery. At present, the Changsha Guns and Cannon Factory Casting and Cannons Factory can cast some small-caliber artillery (the quality is also very unstable, some are very good, and some are often blown up, which seems that they have not found the trick, and can only rely on luck), and they can't do anything else. Its biggest business is to configure gunpowder and projectiles for the existing existing cannons, and then they can't do anything else. It's also a tragic thing.

They also thought of seeking breakthroughs, such as sending people to secretly go south and spending a lot of money to recruit Portuguese technicians in Macau whose living standards have been greatly reduced. The reputation of Portuguese technicians has always been very famous in China, which may be due to the contribution of Sun Yuanhua in the late Ming Dynasty. But firstly, the journey is long and separated from other forces, and secondly, most of these people have been recruited by other forces. For example, the East Coast people have engaged many people to work in Heishui, and the rest are mostly recruited by FJ Zheng, GD Li Chengdong and the Southern Ming court. How could there be any suitable talents left for you?

In addition, they also took advantage of the opportunity of trade to collect some Chinese hard sailboats along the Yangtze River with the East Coast fleet and recruited technicians in the Ningbo area, but the results were very little. The reason was that there were not many technicians in Ningbo, and even if there were, they would not look down on the military and political groups like Dashun. These people were well treated on the East Coast and were very safe. Why should they follow you to Huguang, which has great uncertainty? After seeing the vast people of Ningbo outside the world, they have gradually looked down on the local buns of Dashun, so this road is also blind.

After the two sides hit a wall, Dashun really had no tricks and could only accumulate himself step by step. Therefore, it can only produce 300 flintlock rifles per month until today, which is also unlucky. You must know that the 32-C type flintlock rifle used by the East Coast was born of a musket invented by the Ottomans. It is a standard 17th-century technology. At most, it is slightly improved. It is actually not difficult for craftsmen of this era, at most it is low in production efficiency. If the craftsmen of Dashun cannot even handle this, then it will be better to rest. In the future, the mainland will fight for hegemony, in addition to the command art of generals, the combat effectiveness and morale of the soldiers, there is also the supply of logistics supplies. If you can't get up, don't mention anything. Could it be that Dashun can learn from the Red Army by seizing anything? Then there must be a transportation captain to come to you to give you equipment!

"I'm still low!" Li Laiheng whispered, and there was no joy or anger on his expression on his face. It took him a long time to hear him say, "Has the people from Zuoying still not come? Where are He Zhen and his son?"

"Master Ci (Liu Fangliang was appointed by Li Zicheng, and his current title was inherited by Liu Zhonggui) said that the old thief of SC Wu Sangui was provoked all day long and should not leave easily. He sent his son to Beijing with generous gifts to accuse him of crimes. He also said that the army would be rectified today and fight with the old thief of Wu in Dongchuan, which would slam his spirit and think that the new king would be congratulated." Hao Ping licked his lips and looked at Li Laiheng. Seeing that he had nothing to say, he continued: "He Zhen, He Daoning and his son also sent envoys from Shangluo Mountain, saying that the road was difficult and the enemy was approaching. Emperor Daxing had been lingering in Changsha for many days when he left. SX Green Camp had occupied many border fortresses on the excuse and could not leave for a moment, so please... Please forgive me."

Li Laiheng was a little silent when he heard this. He Zhen, Liu Zhonggui, Yuan Zongdi, Gao Yigong, Guo Sheng and others are several large and small military leaders in the Dashun military system today. There are also some small military leaders who have returned from the poverty of the Southern Ming Dynasty, such as Hao Yaoqi, Liu Tichun, Dang Shousu, Ta Tianbao and others. Among these people, although Guo Sheng was from the peasant army of Luo Rucai's army, he was always loyal. His wife and family also lived in Changsha as a qualifier. He was extremely obedient and was also a general who could trust. Gao Yigong was old and could no longer get out of bed. His subordinates are currently temporarily taken by his son and are also more obedient to his family. Especially when his adoptive father was alive, the Gao family had repeatedly proposed to return the army to the superiors, but they were rejected by Li Guo and comforted him with gentle words to show trust in the Gao family. Li Laiheng believed that with the old lady (Gao Guiying) there, the Gao family could still trust and rely on.

The problem now lies in the Zuoying and Youying, which is the team led by Liu Fangliang and Yuan Zongdi, two veteran generals in the Shun Army system. These two troops are self-organized and have strong independence. Although they do not oppose themselves, pride and unruly things happen often. Especially the Zuoying, led by Liu Zhonggui, the son of Liu Fangliang, has a 60,000 to 70,000 troops stationed in Yunyang Prefecture. There is a certain geographical inconvenience between them and the main force of Dashun. Over time, they become a little unfamiliar. The signs of self-organization are more obvious than the old man Yuan Zongdi of the Right Camp, which is quite troublesome.

He Zhen and his son were also. Because they had always used Shangluo Mountain Area as their base and the main attack area was also the Qing army controlled by SX, they had always been alienated from Changsha. They also relied on Zuoying, so they had always been close to Liu Fangliang before, had a very good relationship, and were also a disobedient master.

Although Liu Zhonggui, He Zhen, Yuan Zongdi and others may not have any rebellious intentions, these veterans rely on their seniority and are unruly but also very annoying. Especially Yuan Zongdi, who has never been very respectful to him due to his old qualifications (this gentleman was one of the major generals when Li Zicheng founded the Five Battalion Military System in Xiangyang), is quite hateful. If he has the opportunity in the future, he must seize his army, destroy his ambition, and clean up it up well, otherwise it will be difficult to relieve his anger. Of course, he still needs to endure it.

"Although this situation seems to be stable, if you are not careful, you will lose all the money. Many times, I can't sleep well! I don't know how the Emperor Daxing could survive such a critical situation back then. I really can't understand this without sitting in this position." Li Laiheng said a few words in a relaxed manner, then put down the musket in his hand and said to the servants behind him: "Go back, change your clothes, the envoy of the Eastern Kingdom is waiting in Yueyang Tower, right? Xi

I hope he won't be suffocated these days. I have forgiven these many days. I have expressed my attitude. We have benefited in Ganzhou and should give them face. I will be arguing. You said that these Eastern people are full and are not allowed. This is more than the old lady who cares about me. Hey, the old lady hit me with a rolling pin, and the Eastern people use weapons and military funds to block me! That's all, let's let you do it again. Zhu Ming and those who are on their necks will be stored for a few years first, and we will take them off together in the future."

Speaking of this, Li Laiheng had turned around and strode out. At the age of 37 or 38, he was fighting in the army all year round. It was the most energetic sunshine and the most confident moment. He was well aware of the mutual use of each other between Dongshun, and knew that as long as he did not do anything out of his way and did not attempt to destroy the various forces of the Southern Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, causing Dashun's strength to increase sharply, it would probably be within the tolerance limit of the people of the Dongguo. Because they still needed Dashun to be nailed to the front line of Huguang, as the first and most important barrier to block the Qing Dynasty, Dashun was not what they wanted to see if it was too strong or too weak. This level was actually not very sad. He had discovered the bottom line of all parties through the Ganzhou incident and was very confident about it.
Chapter completed!