Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 9

On a hill in the outskirts of Dongning Prefecture.
Zheng Kezang, who was wearing a helmet, directed the crowd to build a simple earth bunker with shovels and make preparations for the test explosion of the grenade.

"I will tell you to squat later, and you have to squat immediately, otherwise, if you are dead or disabled, don't blame my highness for not reminding you." Zheng Kezang ordered, this grenade is not a joke, it is very powerful, and it will kill your own people if it blows up. Oh no.

"Guard Mao, get ready for the fire, I'm going to start lighting the divine thunder." Zheng Kezang told his guard Mao Xing solemnly that this is the first time he has used such a dangerous thing, so be careful, and you can't be a teacher. Die before you win.

After receiving the torch handed over by Mao Xing, Zheng Kezang carefully pulled out the hay lead a little, and then lightly blew on the torch, which had only a few sparks and was quickly ignited.

Seeing that the fire was on fire, Zheng Kezang quickly used the fire to ignite the dry grass lead, then threw it into the camphor forest, and then shouted loudly to the audience: "Everyone squat down!"

Everyone didn't underestimate the power of the divine thunder in Jian Guo's hand, and their lives were the most important thing, so they quickly obeyed the order and squatted down.

With a loud "boom", I saw a puff of white smoke and a large piece of fire rising from the camphor forest. The momentum was very frightening. It was really like a thunder, which shocked these elders.

After the white smoke dissipated, everyone quickly got up and ran to the camphor forest to see what happened, because the explosion was too violent, unlike the effect that a little gunpowder could have.

Eunuch Li and Lao Su stared at the chaotic camphor forest with wide eyes, feeling incredible. They saw that many small camphor trees that had not yet bloomed had been blown down by Dongning Shenlei, and the big trees were covered with fragments and rust. They dare not imagine that if they were blown up among the crowd of Tartars, they would probably not be killed by the blast, but also be driven into their bodies by these fragments and iron nails.

Zheng Kezang was also a little sinister. The iron nails were specially chosen to be rusty. They were blown up on the Qing army. If they survived by luck, they might be infected with tetanus and die.

Eunuch Li looked at the camphor forest in front of him and felt very emotional. If Lord Guoxing had this Dongning Divine Thunder, he would have already swept the world by now.

At least at least, the battle of Yingtian Mansion of Lord Guoxing will not be lost.

At that time, the Zheng army had almost no cavalry, and even if they won the field battle, they would not be able to destroy the vital forces of the Tartars. The walls of Yingtian Mansion were high and wide, and the largest cannon carried by the Zheng army was no more than five thousand catties, which was comparable to the nine-pound cannon of Xiyi. .

In fact, the nine-pound cannon was considered a heavy artillery, but it was not so easy to attack Yingtianfu, the strongest city in the world, because the Yangtze River was shallow at that time, and Zheng Jun's cannons could not be transported to the city, so it was too difficult to attack the city.

Moreover, there were about 17 troops under the surname of Guo at that time, and the number of soldiers with armor was only [-] to [-]. The cooperation of the formation is really lacking.

Zheng Jun's elite veterans were only in the tens of thousands. At that time, there were 4000 Eight Banners soldiers stationed in Yingtian Mansion, and more than [-] Green Battalion troops.

It is difficult to attack and easy to defend. Relying on the tall and strong city walls, it is not difficult to defend Zheng's army.

If the Guoxing Lord at that time had Dongning Shenlei, Yingtianfu must have taken it down. Once Yingtianfu was taken down, the world would not know who owned it.

Old Su next to him seemed more excited than Zheng Kezang, looking at Zheng Kezang as if he saw a treasure. "Your Highness Jian Guo, please let me make Dongning Shenlei." Old Su said excitedly.

"Old Su, how to do Shenlei, did you remember just now?" Zheng Kezang asked.

Speaking of this, Lao Su became confident. He didn’t know anything else, but Dongning Shenlei really had his hands. Guaranteed.

"That's great, now I'm announcing the establishment of a Dongning Shenlei special class, the class leader is Su Laocheng, the monthly fee is two taels a month, and the others are one tael a month, including food and lodging!
If there are major contributors, generous rewards will be given depending on the situation. "Zheng Kezang, who has a big pocket, is crazy about painting cakes, but this is real cake, and the craftsmen can see it and eat it in the future.

Lao Su is not very interested in monthly money now, and he only wants to be Dongning Shenlei. You know, every time he makes a grenade, he can send several tartars to hell.

The life of the tartar is what Su Laocheng wants most.

"Li Banban, you must ensure the supply of the copper, iron, wood, sugar and gunpowder needed for the production of Shenlei. You are solely responsible for the logistics of the Shenlei special class. Don't let me down."

"In addition, if there is not enough manpower, continue to recruit craftsmen." Zheng Kezang seriously explained to eunuch Li Zhongjie.

This so-called "Shenlei Special Class", plus Lao Su, is actually only ten people, and the manpower is really stretched. However, there are not many places that need to use Shenlei at this stage. After all, his youth camp only has a hundred people. Not yet.

As for the rest of the Zheng family's troops, Zheng Kezang can only say sorry. Before Zheng Kezang fully grasped the military power, grenades would never be distributed to them. After all, Nanming knew the essence of internal fighting. What's the matter with blowing up your own head?

No, Zheng Kezang thought about it carefully, he must supervise the grenade workshop well, and not let the bad guys steal the grenade technology.

In this case, he can only arrange some white and black round-the-clock sentry missions for his loyal youth battalion.

Let the youth camp suffer for the time being. After the first batch of training is completed, the expansion of the youth camp's enrollment must be put on the agenda. With more staff, he will have a sense of security.

Suddenly, Zheng Kezang had an idea and called Lao Su back to the Shenlei Workshop, where they had a heated discussion.

It turned out that Zheng Kezang was teaching Su Laocheng the concept of assembly line operation. Such a limited manpower can also have good efficiency.

He and Lao Su are studying how many steps to make Dongning Shenlei, and what to do in each step, so that it will be convenient when the workshop expands in the future. If you find a small worker, you only need to learn one step, and you can get started soon up.

This will also help free up some old craftsmen in the later stage to help him research some new firearms, such as flintlock guns.

This chat lasted until the evening, and many things are easy to understand, such as simple grenades and assembly line operations, which are actually not high-tech, but the predecessors did not find out. After Zheng Kezang's instruction, Su Laocheng suddenly realized and gained a lot.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Zheng Kezang, who didn't like to exploit his subordinates, decided: I won't work overtime today, and everyone should go home from get off work, wives and children to warm up the kang.

Zheng Kezang explained to Eunuch Li again, feeling that there was nothing missing, Zheng Kezang left the small workshop with his guards satisfied.

(End of this chapter)