Chapter 061 I have to find a way to train a musket team

Xu Xingxia thought for a while and said, "Zhao Mengji, do you know how to make Lumi guns?"

Zhao Mengji shook his head and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, my subordinates don't understand. All technical information about Lumi guns is kept confidential, only the military weapons bureau of the Ministry of War and the military battle bureau of the inner government. The gun barrel production of Lumi guns has always been confidential. My subordinate's father once participated in the manufacturing, but never told his subordinates."

Liu Guangliang whispered: "Sir, even if someone knows how to make Lumi guns, they are not allowed to be made privately. Once discovered, they will be punished. Our garrison craftsmen can only make firearms such as bird guns, thunder guns and three-eyed guns."

Xu Xingxia nodded and no longer mentioned it. He knew something about the technology of Lumi gun. The most critical technology of Lumi gun is a double-layer gun barrel with a very small diameter, which makes the projectiles come out at a relatively high speed, long range, great power, and high accuracy. Compared with firearms such as the flying bird gun, Thunder gun, and three-eyed gun, the advantages of Lumi gun are obvious. However, the disadvantages of Lumi gun are also quite fatal.

Because the barrel of the gun is very small, it is very difficult to load the Lumi gun, so it must be pounded into the barrel with force, which leads to the slow shooting speed again, and the probability of damage to the barrel is also very high. A Lumi gun with good quality will be scrapped after firing twenty or thirty times. The production cost of a Lumi gun is about twenty taels of silver, and it can only be fired twenty or thirty times, almost one tael of silver once. This kind of consumption, let alone Xu Xingxia, even the imperial court cannot afford it. The Lumi gun has not been promoted within the Ming army, which is not without reason.

Since the court did not have the financial resources to equip the Lumi guns, Xu Xingxia naturally had no financial resources. Instead of equiping the Lumi guns, it is better to use the rifled rifle directly, which is more powerful, has a longer range, and is more durable. Of course, now when talking about rifled rifle, the distance is still very far. At least, before the flintlock rifle was studied, the rifled rifle could not be mentioned.

Finally, Xu Xingxia emphasized again: "Your names must be engraved on all weapons and equipment! Otherwise, I will not receive goods! Not only will I not receive goods, I will also deal with you seriously! I hope you don't have any jokes!"

The four craftsmen felt heavy pressure again. Of course they dared not have a joke. No one would think that Xu Xingxia was just threatening them without substantial actions. Xu Xingxia shot dozens of Tartars' 100-household masters, and every word he said could not be just a threat. They firmly believed that if the weapons and equipment they made failed, the outcome would be very bad.

Fortunately, the profit of the two taels of silver is indeed very attractive and has greatly encouraged the craftsmen. For the sake of these two taels of silver, no matter how much pressure they are, they have to bear it. If you want to get the money, but don’t take responsibility, such a good thing will definitely be without a market for Xu Xingxia. If you don’t do it, I’ll do it.

The four craftsmen did not refuse Xu Xingxia's request. So Xu Xingxia paid 450 taels of silver in one go, first and then the goods. After taking out the silver, his own savings were almost empty. He left three hundred taels of silver for the family, and he brought six or seven hundred taels of rice on his body. Now Xu Xingxia is a little hopeful, so the Tartars will come quickly so that they can kill him and sell it. Damn, it's poor!

The five people continued to discuss for a while and made regulations on some details in the weapons and equipment. Most of the time, Xu Xingxia listened carefully and occasionally made some suggestions. Time passed quickly, and before he knew it, the sun had reached the middle of the sky and lunch time had arrived. Today, on the first day of Niujiaoduan's implementation of a new kitchen and a new canteen, he had long smelled the fragrant horse meat.

As the landlord of Niujiaodun, Xu Xingxia felt it was necessary to invite these craftsmen to have a good lunch and advertise for Niujiaodun to attract more people. He stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, you go to have a meal first. After the meal, you will go back to start work. If you have any good news, come and notify me immediately."

The four craftsmen followed him happily.

The lunch meal was the beginning of Xu Xingxia's implementation of the standard of feeding one pound of horse meat per person and steamed buns and rice. When Xu Xingxia and his group arrived at the canteen, the other soldiers in Niujiaodu were feasting in the simple canteen. It was Yu Lijun and Gao Meng who led the lead. Zhang Quanfu was not there because he needed to be on duty on the top.

Niujiaodun's new kitchen was built temporarily yesterday, with two stoves. The equipment is just a water tank, two large pots, three wooden barrels, four wooden basins, and some other mixed things, which look very simple. Even these simple things were only churned out of the warehousing yesterday. In the past, they were stuffed in the corners and waiting to decay.

The canteen of Niujiaodun is even more simple. It is four long wooden boards, after the surface is cleaned, and the two ends are mounted on wooden racks and used as tabletops. The feet of the wooden racks are pointed wooden stakes, deeply inserted into the soil. On both sides of the wooden boards, there are long benches for sitting people. Basically, four long tables can sit about fifty people. This design is naturally copied by Xu Xingxia from later generations.

The person in charge of the spoon was a soldier named Lao Yang. This Lao Yang really looked like a master, and it was indeed a bit of skill to stew horse meat. So much horse meat was stewed in the pot, constantly bubbled and fragrant. As long as people approached, they would be attracted by the aroma of stewed horse meat. He himself was also happy and had a smile on his face.

"Sir Baihu, please here."

When Lao Yang saw Xu Xingxia appear, he hurriedly came up to greet him.

"No, not bad, Lao Yang, have you put wolfberry?"

Xu Xingxia walked to the big pot, looked carefully, and smelled it again, very satisfied. Of course, the horse meat was not stewed alone. Lao Yang should have added some wolfberry and some radishes. Of course, radishes are not valuable, and wolfberry can be dug at the foot of Helan Mountain. Once these two things were put, the taste was completely different. Xu Xingxia couldn't help but feel her appetite.

"Sir, let it go a little, let it go a little." Old Yang said with a happy smile.

"Okay! It's done well!" Xu Xingxia nodded and praised again.

The smile on Lao Yang's face became even brighter.

The four craftsmen following Xu Xingxia naturally became more appetizing. At Xu Xingxia's greeting, the four of them hurriedly sat down. Lao Yang used a big bowl of stewed horse meat to each of them, and also served half a bowl of aged vinegar. Some people like to dip some aged vinegar when eating stewed horse meat, which is a custom brought by Shanxi merchants. As for steamed buns and rice, they are all in the wooden basin next to them. If you want to eat, do it yourself, and there is no limit on the portion. However, taking it away is not allowed.

"Come on, eat!"

"Take the steamed buns at will!"

"Eat rice anytime!"

Xu Xingxia greeted him generously.

He had prepared enough weight for Liu Guangliang and others, so of course he didn't have to worry about dividing the weight of other soldiers. The entertainment fee was counted on Xu Xingxia's account, and Yu Lijun, Gao Meng and others naturally would not have any objections. On the contrary, they were a little bit admired. It seemed that Xu Xingxia, who had clear public and private distinction and did not take advantage of the soldiers, was indeed too few.

After saying hello, Xu Xingxia buried her head in eating meat. Liu Guangliang and others were also hungry, so they naturally would not be polite, and they all lowered their heads to eat. After putting radish and wolfberry stewed horse meat, it was fragrant and rotten, and melted in their mouths. Everyone was having a lot of fun eating it. I felt that I had never eaten it like this in my life. Some people actually couldn't finish it and started to burp it, but they still couldn't bear to put the bowl and kept it over, saying that they had to hold on.

After eating a bowl of stewed horse meat, Xu Xingxia ate two more steamed buns, and she felt very full. However, Liu Guangliang and other craftsmen ate almost five or six steamed buns, and Zhao Mengji even ate a bowl of rice. It was really impossible to imagine that he could have such a large appetite. In the end, the four craftsmen ate a meal hard before they happily went back.

After dinner, Xu Xingxia paced back and forth on the third floor of Niujiaoduan. The large amount of silver he had just spent just made Xu Xingxia feel that he had to find a way to make money. At present, the best way to make money is of course to start with the Tartars. A Tartar's head has thirty taels of silver, and as long as one kills another 100 Tartars, he will have an income of 3,000 taels of silver, which can last for a short period of time. However, relying on his own strength, it is unlikely that this task will be completed. The Tartars are not fools, and they cannot always rush to the front of Niujiaoduan to die.

What Xu Xingxia is most worried about now is that the Tartars went south in large numbers and used their powerful troops to flatten all Niujiao Dun in one fell swoop. For this reason, he must strengthen Niujiao Dun's defensive power as much as possible so that the Tartars will never return. For the time being, don't count on bows and arrows. There are so many people in Niujiao Dun, but not many people are good at bows and arrows.

The only thing you can count on is the rifled rifle. As long as you get the flintlock rifle and then the rifle is done, you can get a batch of rifle rifle. In just six months to one year, he can initially train the first batch of musketeers. If there is a team of musketeers equipped with rifle rifle, Xu Xingxia can do a lot of things.

Of course, before the invented rifle was invented, archers were still very important, especially those who were good at riding and shooting. Obviously, this was something that Xu Xingxia himself could not train, and could only be recruited from the outside world. In Ningxia Town, it is estimated that there should be more than 1,000 such riding and shooting archers, and there should be a large number in other military towns. The key is how to attract these people to your command and let them play for them.

"By the way, Wang Qinian!"
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