When Zhao Ming was separated from Guo Zhong at sea, he told Guo Zhong that after bringing back those Hongmaoyi captives, let them cast firearms for Jintang Island.After Guo Zhong returned to Jintang Island, he conveyed Zhao Ming's instructions to Chen Mingyu and Ma Shiao, and Ma Shiao put these more than 20 Hongmaoyi in the weapons workshop to cast muskets.Now the logistics system of the Ming Dynasty has long collapsed, and the weapons produced by the imperial court are pitifully few and the quality is worrying.Although the Manchu Qing Dynasty was a barbarian, the manufacture of weapons and armor had actually surpassed that of the Ming Dynasty.Of course, this is not the Qing army invented any new manufacturing methods, in fact, the Qing army armor, basically copied the Ming Dynasty's manufacturing methods, the Ming army's equipment is backward, mainly because of official corruption, resulting in the result of shoddy equipment.The Qing army was difficult to defeat, and a very important reason was that the Ming army's equipment was inferior to the Qing army.The Eight Banners were well-equipped, especially their armored soldiers, many of whom were double-layered cotton armor.These armors are specially processed and lined with iron leaves, which not only make it difficult to hurt swords, guns, bows and arrows, but also protect against firearm attacks.The firearms of the Ming army were difficult to penetrate their cotton armor, and they were not opponents in close combat, so it was no wonder that they could not defeat the Eight Banners.If Zhao Ming wants to defeat the Eight Banners, he must create more sophisticated equipment, and the trend of history tells Zhao Ming that the development of firearms will be an important choice.It was difficult for the Ming army's bird guns to break through the armor, so they made more sophisticated flintlock pistols.Therefore, after Zhao Ming caught Hongmaoyi, he would instruct Guo Zhong to let these Hongmaoyi cast firearms for him.At this time, a month and a half had passed since the capture of Hongmaoyi, and Zhao Ming wanted to know if his workshop had made progress and whether he had made flintlock pistols after Hongmaoyi joined.Zhao Ming and Chen Ming met down the hillside, and walked directly to the workshop at the foot of the mountain, which was a row of earthen houses with five tall chimneys emitting black smoke.Outside the workshop, several soldiers stood with spears in their hands, and immediately saluted when they saw Zhao Ming and his party.Zhao Ming waved his hand and entered the craftsman's workshop, and there were fifty or sixty craftsmen outside, who were in full swing to build waist knives and spear heads.Nowadays, the Taiping Camp is extremely short of equipment, and many people have no armor, not to mention, and they don't even have weapons, so they can only hold a bamboo spear.Now Zhao Ming is also considered to be the king master, if the king master enters the Yangtze River with this appearance, I am afraid that not only can not frighten the Qing army, but also disappoint the people and make people laugh at it.Ma Shiao actually put some effort into equipping the Taiping Camp, but the island lacked resources and couldn't make so many weapons.The workshop was able to start work because Cheng Bi had recently bought some iron ingots so that he could start forging weapons.In terms of the creation of weapons, the workshop does not have any bells and whistles, and the most built is the economical and affordable gun head.At this time, in the workshop, the craftsmen were busy, Zeng Hualong saw Zhao Ming coming in, and hurriedly walked over, "Why did the general come?"
”Zeng Hualong was in his forties, not Zeng Hualong, the governor of Denglai, but a blacksmith in Jiangyin City, good at casting weapons, and when he was defending Jiangyin, he had a lot of crossbow arrows to help the rebels defend the city.Zhao Ming glanced at him, rough hands and feet, and his figure was very stout, but his eyes were not wooden, but a little shrewd.Zhao Ming smiled and said, "I'll take a look at the big guy, and instantly see what the weapon is made of." ”Zhao Ming glanced at the workshop, the enthusiasm of the craftsmen was very high, they were the same as the soldiers of the Taiping Battalion, they did not have any money now, and they all relied on the breath of killing and revenge, desperately tempering their weapons.This made Zhao Ming very moved, but Zhao Ming knew that this state of unpaid labor could not last too long, and if the workshop wanted to have a better development, it was necessary to establish a set of reward and punishment systems and give enough money.The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty did not work well for two reasons, one was wronged, and the other was that they made less money.Zeng Hualong saluted: "The workshop just got some iron ingots, and now it's just to make some waist knives and spear heads, and everything is here."
Zhao Ming looked at it, and there was really nothing to see, so he asked, "What about those red hairy yi?"
”Zeng Hualong said: "Those Hongmaoyi are all locked up in the workshop behind!"
”Zhao Ming immediately said: "Take me to see?"
”Zeng Hualong nodded, turned sideways and said, "General, please!"
”Zhao Ming followed Zeng Hualong to the outside of an earthen house at the back, the door was closed, and there were also soldiers with spear handles outside."
General, these red-haired people don't obey discipline and often attack us, so they can only be locked up!"
Zeng Hualongdao.Zhao Ming asked, "Did they make flintlock pistols?"
”When it came to flintlock pistols, Zeng Hualong became interested, he knew that Zhao Ming was talking about the Dutch musket, and hurriedly said: "General, Hongmaoyi's self-generated fire gun is really much stronger than our bird gun, not only does it not need to be ignited, but it also has a longer range and greater power." ”Zhao Ming raised his voice, "Oh~ Has the workshop tested it?"
”Zeng Hualong said: "I have personally studied it.The effective range of our bird guns is only about seventy paces, and some bows and crossbows can shoot so far, so there is no advantage in shooting.Hongmaoyi's self-generated fire gun can shoot more than 60 zhang away, with an effective range of 100 steps, and can break armor within 50 steps, and its performance is really superior. ”When Zhao Ming heard Zeng Hualong say this, he was even more determined to make flintlock pistols, and couldn't help asking: "Did those Hongmaoyi make flintlock pistols?"
”Zeng Hualong shook his head, "General, these red-haired Yi are not cooperative, and they have not made a flintlock pistol so far. ”Zhao Ming frowned slightly, walked to the window and looked at it first, only to see more than 20 Dutchmen inside, lazily making the iron rods in their hands, and some simply sat and lay down to sleep in a daze, and suddenly became angry.Zhao Ming first asked people to transfer a team of soldiers over, then kicked the door open, surrounded by a large group of soldiers, rushed into the workshop, and then roared angrily: "You white ghosts, all stand up for Lao Tzu!"
”Seeing this, the red hairy Yi in the workshop changed their faces, and they were escorted by the soldiers, standing in the middle of the workshop, and several red hairy people wanted to resist, and immediately caused a wave of punches and kicks from the Taiping camp soldiers.Seeing this, Aoi stepped forward, "Your Excellency General, you can't abuse us, we have surrendered, and the company will take the money to redeem us." ”Zhao Ming sneered, "I'll tell you honestly, you're all dead and want to leave here."
From this day on, you are slaves in the workshop, I don't keep useless people here, if you want to live, prove your worth, otherwise I will throw you into the sea to feed the fish!
”Aoi Yi understood Zhao Ming's words and said in horror: "Your Excellency deceived me!"
”Zhao Ming said coldly: "I promise, what I said this time, I will never break my promise!"
”Saying that, Zhao Ming turned his head to Zeng Hualong and said: "Set a task for them every day, if they can't complete it, the quality is not qualified, and the military law will do it!"
”Zeng Hualong shuddered when he heard this, "Yes!"
”Zhao Ming patted him on the shoulder, "China follows the principle of convincing people with virtue.Barbarians are about convincing people.China should convince others with virtue.In dealing with barbarians, China should use coercion to convince people.Barbarians are afraid of power and morality, and they will remain unchanged through the ages.Misuse of methods, harm the people, harm the country.They are barbarians, you don't have to have any scruples, I will be kind to you!
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