Chapter 409: Subordinate progress

ps: Three shifts tonight, but you still have to pay back what you owe, and start to make up tomorrow. ≈≠=≥≠≥≈≤≥≈
In the early morning, a loud broke the silence.
Last night, because of exhaustion, the two went to bed early. At this time, Xiao Ming woke up and Fei Yue'er was still sleeping soundly in the bed. Instead of waking Fei Yue'er, he got out of bed alone.
Today he still has a lot of government affairs to deal with. He hasn't returned for a month. He doesn't know what happened during this period of time in the fief, and the most important thing is the potato.
He must take advantage of this year's external promotion of potatoes to allow the people in the six states to accept potatoes, a brand new crop, and the people can plant it in the coming year.
Dressed and washed, and simply ate some food, Xiao Ming went to the Dudu Mansion.
The surprise brought by potatoes yesterday made Pang Yukun still in excitement. When he saw Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun still smiled, which is very rare for a rigid person.
"Don't just care about potatoes, this government affairs have to be dealt with, now immediately notify the army, the Bowen Academy, the military workshop and other institutions to come to the discussion." Xiao Ming said.
Nodded with a smile, Pang Yukun immediately sent someone to notify him.
After waiting for half an hour in the Dudu's Mansion, everyone arrived, seeing that the faces of everyone in Xiao Ming were filled with joy, and the aftermath of Xiao Ming's wedding had not yet dissipated.
After chatting with everyone for a while, Xiao Ming asked everyone to sit down and start asking about the fief.
"Dudu Niu, how is the formation of Youzhou Army?"
Niu Ben said: "We have strictly screened the slave soldiers this month, and now there are 7,000 people left to join the Qingzhou Army. At the same time, the people of Youzhou joined the army actively after opening the warehouse and releasing grain. Now the new members of the Youzhou Army join the army. There are a total of 12,000 people, plus the 8,000 of Guanning Iron Cavalry, and now the Youzhou Army has a total of 20,000. At the same time, Lei Ming selected key personnel from Guanning Iron Cavalry to serve as lieutenants at all levels. The Bowen Academy also selected a group of outstanding His long history stationed in Youzhou Army to assist the school lieutenants in affairs."
After a pause, Niu Ben continued: "Now the Youzhou Army has begun gun shooting training with the assistance of the Qingzhou Army, and the artillery is also training. It is expected that in half a year, this group of Youzhou Army will be able to partially switch defenses with the Qingzhou Army. "
Xiao Ming nodded, "Shanhaiguan is the top priority. Cangzhou's troops can be transferred to Shanhaiguan. The military town must maintain an army of 50,000. At the same time, it will continue to promote the fortress strategy to further restrain the barbarians from plundering the border of Great Chongqing. Plunder."
"Yes, Your Highness, during this time there have been barbarian scouts outside Shanhaiguan, and Guanning cavalry often enters outside the customs for investigation, but now the weather in the north is getting colder and the soldiers' uniforms are still a bit thin. I will worry about the coming of winter. His combat effectiveness was severely damaged, so please prepare a set of winter clothes for the soldiers in Shanhaiguan."
Xiao Ming frowned. This is a very serious problem. When the German army invaded the Soviet Union, it was lost to the cold winter of the Soviet Union. When the Ming dynasty fought against the Manchus, most of the troops were transferred from the south to the north.
Soldiers in the south were not able to withstand the severe cold in the north, and their morale dropped sharply. At that time, the Manchus had adapted to the cold weather in the north as early as the barbarians now.
After pondering for a while, he said, "It's a coincidence that the emperor father gave me more than 10,000 cloths last time, and these cloths were made into cotton clothes by the textile workshop for soldiers in Shanhaiguan."
Niu Ben was overjoyed when he heard this. This problem really annoyed him for a long time, and now Xiao Ming solved it immediately when he came back.
Except when he was in the clothing, Niu Ben said: "His Royal Highness, during this period, the military workshop has delivered another 4,000 flintlocks. Now the Qingzhou Army is equipped with 20,000 flintlocks. The soldiers are now armed with one shot. The flintlocks can be handed over to Youzhou Army and Cangzhou Army, the last general said only this."
Xiao Ming nodded and looked at Chen Wenlong, "How are the Equipment Department and the Military Workshop? This time the court is going to purchase five thousand matchlocks. Is there any problem?"
"Back to Your Highness, there is no problem. Now the Equipment Department has divided the lathes into one workshop for each type of lathe. Now the drilling machine is a separate drilling machine workshop, and it has been expanded to 600 drilling machines, enough to produce five thousand in one month. Only a barrel." Chen Wenlong said.
"Six hundred? So many?" Xiao Ming was also taken aback.
Chen Wenlong nodded, "Since the process of purifying tungsten ore powder with hydrogen, it is now very easy to purify pure tungsten powder, so the production of drill bits is much faster, and we are still trying to use hydrogen to purify other ores, and metal refineries The construction of the building is already underway, and craftsmen like Zhang Liu are still studying fine metal gears, preparing to make the clocks that His Highness said."
Hearing this, Xiao Ming put a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Yes, keep working hard, this industrial foundation will depend on your equipment department."
"His Royal Highness, the Tiger Cannon in our military workshop has also made progress. A few days ago, we successfully used the Tiger Cannon to test fire a powder can. Compared to the catapult, the range is 300 meters farther, and the powder can can be projected to 500 meters. Outside." Chen Qi said excitedly.
"Five hundred meters." Xiao Ming laughed. "Yes, yes, now you are finally able to be alone, and you will see your tiger gun after the meeting."
"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Qi said excitedly. During this period of time, he has been studying the production of various types of artillery. At present, he has made progress on the tiger gun.
At this time, Xiao Ming asked Song Changping about the production situation of flintlocks. Because of the skill of the craftsmen and the use of assembly lines, the production of flintlocks is now advancing step by step.
This time, Xiao Ming first asked about the situation of the army to express his importance, because next he has to face what may be a continuous war~EbookFREE.me~ It may be difficult to just bring East Asia into his sphere of influence.
After asking about the situation of the 6th Army, Xiao Ming looked at Yue Yun. He did not come to the last meeting because he was in the shipyard in Dengzhou at that time. At this time, he said: "Yue Yun, how is the situation of the Navy?"
"His Royal Highness, at the end of the year, three thousand sailors will be recruited, and corresponding captains, helmsmen, sailmen, gunners, etc. will be trained according to the number of warships launched this year, and they will be trained on the three Galen ships. Months, once the battleship is launched, the final officer can immediately become an army." Yue Yun's voice was steady and heavy, and the tempering of this period of time made him an excellent navy general.
Xiao Ming nodded in satisfaction. He looked at Wang Xuan and said, "Wang Xuan, you will deploy the secret guards to go south to Chu King's fief to collect information about the Dutch, and bring the Dutch ships, troops, and Ryukyu Islands. Leave the defense of the Dutchman to this king."
"His Royal Highness, is the navy going to fight?"
Yue Yun looked excited when he heard the words. He did not forget the humiliation he suffered at sea. The Sequoia Army of Great Britain and the Ashwood Army of the Dutch, they belonged to their own oceans to run wild and kill innocent people.
(To be continued.)