On the way back to Duoyan Department, Yun Zhao sighed for a long time. He had seen all kinds of people in the Ming Dynasty, but he had never seen a fool. .
From this, he came to an experience - when the end of the world comes, only smart people will be left in the world.
Even in a desperate situation, the Great Lama Morgan not only has to work hard to survive, but also has to live with dignity and not lose face. If possible, he even has to fight back to see if he can You can't turn bad things into something beneficial for him.
However, one thing Yun Zhao was sure of was that after Morgan saw the power of muskets today, he really wanted to buy a gun.
Unfortunately, Mongols, Uzbeans, and even Jiannu are not Yunzhao’s target customers.
Never!
In the past five years, the Yun family has finally built a qualified flying bird gun in Yushan, among which the continuous-fire short gun is the most outstanding.
Although Yun's short gun can only be fired twice at a time, these two firings are continuous without gaps.
The Yun's craftsmen are also planning to install a few more barrels on the short gun to achieve the purpose of more consecutive firings. However, basically few people can use the short gun made according to this idea. Able to hold and fire with one hand.
Only a reckless person like Yun Yang would make himself two six-barreled muskets for some unspeakable purpose... After making those things, Yun Zhao couldn't wait to find one. Drill into the cracks in the ground.
The short Gatling gun can only fire six times in one hand, and then it takes a long time to reload. If there is no chance to reload, this thing becomes a completely useless weapon. Used waste.
Tang Ruowang, the miraculous priest who was boasted by the Manchus, was not good at artillery or even muskets. He only knew some superficial knowledge of physics.
As for Deng Yuhan and Luo Yagu, they were even more unbearable. Their knowledge of astronomy far exceeded the study of physics and chemistry.
If it weren’t for Deng Yuhan’s creation of a rudimentary version of the telescope, Yun Zhao’s large investment in these three people would have been a complete failure.
However, those Western slaves Xu Guangqi bought for Yun Zhao shined brightly on Yushan!
They were very powerful in making artillery pieces for Yun Zhao!
Although it is still a very crude artillery piece, this has already made Yun Zhao very satisfied. The most terrible thing is that these people have made some improvements to the shells of these artillery pieces, using chain bullets and grape bullets on pirate ships. All copied.
Although these artillery shells only rely on the power of gunpowder to push these projectiles out and cause damage to the enemy, they can be used in close combat, especially when the enemy is in dense formation or when cavalry is charging. Causes a lot of damage to the enemy's vitality.
What surprised Yun Zhao the most was that these guys actually developed a new type of explosive bomb.
Owned by the Ming armyThe blooming bombs of Yushan are different. (Let me explain here, there were already blooming bombs in the late Ming Dynasty). The blooming bombs made in Yushan are similar to a spherical hand grenade, but they are pushed farther by the gunpowder. There is more gunpowder in the iron ball. There are also more small projectiles inside the iron ball.
Although less than 40% of the ten cannons can actually hurt people, this is a rare surprise for Yun Zhao.
In order to research this thing, more than ten of Yun Zhao's Western slaves were accidentally blown to death.
However, after Yun Zhao threw away a large amount of money, none of these people cared about their own lives, and they all used the spirit of desperadoes to continue researching bombs with greater lethality and higher explosion rates.
So, in this atmosphere, Yun Zhao obtained grenades and landmines again!
It was only after these things were studied by craftsmen and slaves that the abilities of people like Tang Ruowang, Luo Yagu, and Deng Yuhan were slowly discovered.
The ability of these people is not in invention and creation, but in sorting, summarizing, and summarizing. It is because they summarize and record all the procedures that the Yushan Gun Making Workshop continues to have new weapons. Being created continuously.
Yun Zhao is satisfied with the development of the past five years. What makes Yun Zhao most satisfied is the army trained by Yun Fu.
After five years, the army owned by the Yun family has not increased, but has continued to decrease. More bandits who are not suitable to be soldiers have returned home to participate in labor. The old bandits who used to live in the mountains have They went down the mountain one after another and received a small piece of land from Yunshi to support themselves.
Sweet potatoes are the biggest gift Xu Guangqi gave to the people of Lantian County. After adapting to the climate of Lantian County, this thing expanded outward like its vines.
With this thing, people can finally make full use of a small piece of cultivated land.
Potatoes and corn became valuable and became daily food for people in Xi'an.
Nowadays, when you leave Xi'an City and cross Baqiao, you can see endless cornfields planted on both sides of the road.
In the spring of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Yun killed the giant bandit Guofeng in Qianxian County and captured 300 rogue bandits.
In the autumn of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the Yun family wounded the giant bandit Gao Yigong in Fufeng and captured 451 rogue bandits.
In the winter of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the Yun family met with the giant bandit Liu Zongmin in Wugong and made a contract that the rogue bandits were not allowed to enter Lantian County, and the Yun family was not allowed to leave the county to fight the rogue bandits.
Since then, no thieves have invaded Lantian County.
In a place, with enough products and a large enough population, a large number of merchants will naturally appear.
The business between the Yun family and the Huang family of exchanging grain for salt is still going on, but the transaction partner has changed from the Huang family to the Wang family.
During this process, the merchants in Zhangjiakou keenly discovered that as long as the grain purchased from Lantian County was sent directly to the border village without arriving in Zhangjiakou, it would be fine.If the food leaves Zhangjiakou, a huge disaster will be waiting for them.
After several attempts, Hong Chengchou’s robbery of grain could no longer be concealed. In the end, Lu Xiang was promoted to the governor of Xuanda, which was a matter of course.
Without the fact that Hong Chengchou had covered up the prosperity of Lantian County, more and more people were paying attention to Lantian County. Yun Zhao resigned from the post of magistrate of Lantian County, but was promoted to Xi'an by Shaanxi Chief Minister Huang Yao Zhuo. The governor of the government is temporarily acting as the magistrate of Lantian County.
Yunzhao resigned three times for this reason, and finally had to hang the seal of the main hall of Lantian County in the Lantian County government office.
According to recent news from Yunxiao, the main seal of Lantian County is still hanging there. No one has taken it away, and no new officials have been stationed in the county government office.
The big seal was taken off and wiped by the Lantian County Registrar every day, and there was not even a trace of dust on it.
Lantian County seems to be better off without Yun Zhao.
There is no shortage of taxes paid every year, and they rise every year.
On the seventh day of November in the winter of the ninth year of Chongzhen, two old government officials guarding the county government office in Lantian County were sitting on chairs with their backs to the south wall and were drowsy by the warm sun. Sparrows were pecking at the grain next to the screen wall of the county government office. The prisoner who was chained in big shackles was leaning against the screen wall to bask in the sun. Another prisoner whose buttocks were badly beaten was chained and lying in the sun. Butt, I hope my injury will heal soon.
There are wooden signs stuck behind their neck collars. There are words on the wooden signs, one has the word "steal" written on it, and the other has the word "cheat" written on it.
A thin middle-aged man wearing a thick cotton robe put his hands in his sleeves, slowly approached the two prisoners, carefully looked at the wooden plaques on their necks, and then raised his head through the door. Looking at the empty county government lobby, he coughed lightly.
The two old government officials raised their heads together, and when they saw it was Mr. Dong Heng, they rested their heads on their arms again.
Seeing that no one was paying attention, Mr. Dong Heng frowned and crossed the threshold, about to enter the county government lobby.
An old government servant said lazily: "If you have nothing to do in court, you will receive thirty sticks."
Mr. Dong Heng stopped and said: "You are so slack..."
Not waiting for Mr. Dong Heng to finish speaking, another old government official said: "Lantian County is like this. When the county magistrate was here, we would lean on the south wall to bask in the sun together. Who do you think you are? How dare you You are running wild in Lantian County."
Mr. Dong Heng smiled, looked at the two old government officials with his hands behind his back and said, "Oh? It turns out that it is the rule of your county. The student wants to see the county magistrate to discuss something. Can you let me know?"
The old government officer looked at the few copper coins handed over by Mr. Dong Heng with disdain and said: "The county has already stipulated that anyone who makes noises to him for nothing will be paid five taels. You want to get away with just a few copper coins?"
Mr. Dong Heng was stunned again, with a hint of anger on his face. He raised his foot and stamped on the ground, suppressing his anger and said: "What if the people have grievances? ?”
The old government official didn’t seem to see Mr. Dong Heng’s angry face.He continued lazily: "If people have grievances, they should first go to the district chief, grain chief, and village elders. If the neighborhood chief, grain chief, and village elders cannot solve the problem, they will report it to the county government.
The county magistrate's time is precious. There are so many big things to deal with, how can he find the time to deal with the small things that the villagers are arguing about?"
"Where are you, the county magistrate?"
Mr. Dong Heng realized that it was unwise to tangle with these old policemen, so he went straight to the topic again.
"My county magistrate? His old man went to be a bandit when he had nothing to do..."