Song Dynasty Iron Armored Army

Chapter 393 Grain and Honeycomb Cannon
The purpose of introducing pony at the beginning was to be used by families without strong men. The pony is short in stature and docile in temperament.It can pull a pony cart, and it is no problem to transport two or three hundred catties of goods, and it can carry more than 100 catties of things.It can be used by women and children to ride.

However, pony horses belong to the non-mainstream after all. As far as Cangzhou is concerned, the mainstream is still horses, cows, and donkeys. As for mules, which cannot be bred, they are improved products of horses and donkeys.

Five miles south of the short horse farm is the Dashi horse farm. This kind of big rabbit-like horse is relatively short in stature, but its speed is very fast, especially for short-distance sprints, its speed is unparalleled.

Dozens of big food horses are moving around in horse clothes on the racecourse.

The one used here is the crossbreeding of the big food horse and the Yanyun horse to produce the second generation big food horse.The horses produced did not enter the cavalry, but were carefully trained by horse trainers, and then sold to rich merchants as high-end luxury goods. Occasionally, individual horses were given as rewards to meritorious generals.

Liu Zhuang asked puzzledly: "The horses we ride don't need to keep warm, why does this horse need to wear quilts?"

The breeder said: "The Dashi country is hot all year round, similar to our Guangdong. Therefore, the skin of this kind of horse is relatively thin, and it is far less frost-resistant than grassland horses, Xixia horses, and Yanyun horses. It is troublesome when winter comes. For things, you need to wear thick horse clothes to keep warm, and if it snows heavily, you can only stay in the stable."

Chai Lin said: "That's not all. Grassland horses eat all kinds of weeds and corn stalks. Big food horses are much more troublesome. They need peanut seedlings, alfalfa grass and oats to raise well, so cavalry can't promote this kind of horse. Otherwise, you will be exhausted."

The promotion of corn, sweet potato and peanut is now showing great power.

These three crops not only have high grain yields, but also can feed people.

The production of straw is very large, which is a good feed for raising horses, cattle, donkeys and other livestock.

Especially sweet potato seedlings and peanut seedlings are the most nutritious, not to mention livestock eating them, people can eat them in times of famine.

In early winter, all kinds of forage are piled up everywhere in the fields.

While storing grain, Chailin also paid attention to storing fodder.Not only each cavalry battalion has a hay depot.

The Cangzhou Army built [-] fodder storage points near Chaijiazhuang, Dinghai Port, and Yantian.These are the high-quality forages collected by the seed business from the farmers. They are mainly peanut seedlings and sweet potato seedlings. All of them are dry and good forages.

At the same time, farmers also hoard fodder themselves.

Now there are a lot of large livestock, each family feeds each family, and the straw is not wasted at all. The straw and forage must be returned to the field through the belly, and the fertilizer will be returned to the field through the livestock.

Wangjiagou, Wang Damao's house.

Wang Damao is now the deputy battalion commander of the reconnaissance battalion. He can be regarded as a mid-level officer. He still has an annual income of several hundred guan, but his family lives in a very low-key way.

Wang Damao's father is a craftsman in the construction team. Now he is building houses in Yangma Island. He is a small foreman with a monthly income of more than [-] yuan.

Wang Damao Niang and her two younger brothers are farming at home.

Now this life is rich and rich.

Wang Damao's family has two strong donkeys, two donkey colts, a large rubber-tyred carriage, and fifteen sheep in the sheep pen.

Twenty acres of land are planted, and the land in Wangjiagou is all hillside.In the past, it was difficult for this village to even marry a wife. Now it has become richer, and the biggest influence is sweet potatoes and peanuts.

These two kinds of crops are too ruthless, and they are very suitable for hillsides. As long as there is enough fertilizer, there is no suspense about high yields.

This year, the ten acres of flowers planted at home produced six thousand catties of peanuts. In addition to the seed money and so on, the net profit was ten thousand yuan.

This is not counting the peanut seedlings, which weigh more than 6000 catties. They are piled up on the ground and covered with straw thatch.

As for sweet potatoes, the output is even more incredible. The yield of dried sweet potatoes per mu is about [-] catties, and ten mu yields a total of [-] catties of dried sweet potatoes.

There are also more than 8000 catties of fodder for sweet potato seedlings.

Wang Ermao said: "In previous years, there was no food to eat, but this year there is too much food to worry about. Dried sweet potatoes can only be beaten into sweet potato flour to make steamed buns. It weighs more than 5000 catties, and it will take until the next year. Just raise a few more. Pigs, let’s export pigs next year.”

Niang said: "What do you know about your child's family? The Chai General Soldier just issued a notice the day before yesterday, asking all households to stockpile grass and grain to prepare for the famine year."

Wang Ermao said: "Didn't the Liao soldiers retreat, why are they fighting again?"

"The Liao soldiers retreated because our Cangzhou army had strong horses and plenty of money and food. But the Liao soldiers retreated, and there may be Jin soldiers and Xixia soldiers. In short, we can't be careless. Tomorrow, we will clean up the cellar and store a thousand catties of Chinese cabbage and five hundred catties. Soybean." Niang said.

Sanmao said: "What about the forage, the forage can't be stored in the cellar."

"Hoarding fodder is not about putting fodder in the cellar, but saving fodder as much as possible in winter. From today on, donkeys and sheep are not allowed to eat forage at home, and go to barren slopes to eat hay, saving sweet potato vines and peanut vines. If the cavalry is requisitioned, we will hand it over immediately," said Niang.

"Okay." Wang Ermao said.

Mother said again: "I have become rich in the past two years, and I must not forget the habit of hard work. Both of you work hard, and whoever gets a wife should not count on your brother's money or your father's money."

"Ah, then what shall we do." Wang Sanmao's face was like a bitter melon. "

"These two donkeys are not for sale anymore. After you have fed them carefully, they will become big donkeys in two years. A donkey costs more than ten yuan, and the bride price will come out."

There are still weeds and weeds in the fields. When I have nothing to do, I drive donkeys and sheep to graze in the wilderness and exercise my body.

Although the people who are afraid of poverty suddenly become rich, they still cannot change the true nature of poverty.

Almost every household stores grain, corn, wheat, soybeans and other grains that are easy to store are the first choice, and every household stores grain in cellars, houses, and underground holes.

Of course, this is not groundless.

Daoist Lingyun sent a secret letter, and the officials were very angry at the Cangzhou Army's occupation of Hejian Mansion.

War could break out at any time.

They have not been idle all winter. Cangzhou Prefecture and Hejian Prefecture have a total population of 40. Although they are not expected to fight, self-protection is always necessary.

Holding various types of weapons, several exercises were carried out.

Not to mention the iron rods near Chaijiazhuang, they drove the big carriages, joined the baggage team, and followed the baggage team to escort the grain and grass.

Don't think that this is a simple supply team, but it is not.

There are iron rings at the front and back of each carriage. Once the enemy unloads the animals, the iron chains will be pulled between the carriages to form a simple defensive wall.

The coachmen are equipped with horn bows, feathered arrows, and short spears.

These all require training.

Chai Gang also put his heart into it, and cooperated with the Hussar Battalion and Hengdao Battalion to carry out several material transportation exercises, mobilizing more than [-] coachmen on the list.

If it is really necessary, if all the staff are mobilized, [-] carriages and [-] mules, horses and livestock can be mobilized.This does not include the donkey, which is relatively small and the cattle are relatively slow.

When Chai Lin was amassing grass and grain in Cangzhou, the imperial court sent an army of [-] Tong Guan to Taiyuan Mansion to wipe out Tian Hu's army.

Today's Tian Hujun is not as strong as before without Bian Xiang, Sun An, Qiao Daoqing, Ma Ling and others.The Western Army was in full swing, and the Tianhu Army fought together.

In the reconnaissance camp, Chai Meng called Lei Zi, a veteran of more than two years, to the study. This is the Lei Zi who smashed the fruit shop in Chaijiazhuang two years ago on the pretext that the watermelon was not ripe.

Lei Zi was an old fritter, and before he reached the door, he said, "Battle Commander, what do you want me to do? Don't assign me any tasks that are not difficult."

Chai Meng didn't speak, Lei Zi came in to see that Chai Lin was sitting behind the desk with Chai Meng as his companion.

"My lord, Battalion Commander." When Lei Zi saw Chai Lin, he quickly saluted and stood up.

Chai Lin smiled and said, "Is this melon sure to be ripe?"

Lei Zi said, "I don't know what to do with me."

Hahaha.

Chai Lin said, "Sit down, there is an important task to assign to you, and no one else can handle it."

Lei Zi asked, "My lord, what is the mission?"

"Go to Tokyo City and become a rich businessman in three years. Open restaurants, drive cars, whatever you need to do." Chailin said.

Lei Zi doesn't know why, but it's inconvenient to ask more. The more information you know, the more dangerous it is, even if it's the same for superiors and subordinates. You can only know if the superiors want you to know. The superiors don't want you to know. Knowing is dangerous.

"Don't be nervous. This task is very simple for you. It is to open a few restaurants and open a car dealership. At critical moments, all the guys in the car dealership and restaurant will be replaced by elite soldiers." Chailin said.

Lei Zi said: "Combining the inside and the outside, take Tokyo City?"

Chai Lin smiled and said: "If I want to take Tokyo City, why do I have to put in so much effort? Just send the navy over there. Thousands of cannons will fire at the same time. What kind of city walls can't be taken down. I sent you there mainly to protect Tokyo." City, when the Jinbing takes Tokyo City and we counterattack, we can try our best to keep some important buildings in the city and the lives of the people in danger."

Lei Zi said: "I understand, don't worry, my lord, I promise to complete the task."

Chai Lin said: "Go, I will meet you in Tokyo City and help you complete the preliminary work."

"Yes." Lei Zi turned and went out.

The work of the intelligence port is like this. It seems ordinary and ordinary, but any inconspicuous job may be fatal.

Lei Zi left, and Chai Meng said: "Brother, I can't figure out what to do so hard. After two years, we will have a strong army, and we can just take Tokyo City."

Chai Lin sighed and said: "If you do that, you will not escape the mouth of the world, and you will inevitably be accused of being a traitor and a traitor. But it is different if we take it from Jin Guo. We are the heroes who saved the Song Dynasty. , ten thousand people responded."

Chai Meng expressed his understanding, it was like when the old Zhao family won the power of the Chai family, hundreds of years have passed, there are always people talking about it, bullying the orphans and widows is not a glorious thing.

The result that Chai Lin wants is that the savior usually appears in front of everyone and saves a dying Song Dynasty from Jin Guo.

After Chailin went out for reconnaissance, he came to the weapons testing ground next to him. The simple mountain field on the spot has now become a tight testing ground, surrounded by red brick walls and barbed wire.

Geng Gong was dressed sloppily, with a pair of sheepskin wool slippers on his feet.

Seeing Chai Lin smile, he said, "Master, look at the honeycomb cannon I researched."

Chai Lin saw that it really looked like a honeycomb. It was composed of ten thick-walled steel pipes with a length of 1.5 meters and a diameter of [-] millimeters.There are five cannons on one floor, two floors above and below, which looks like a rocket launcher.

"Each one is an independent small cannon, with a thick wall at the rear and a thin front, and weighs [-] jin. When combined together, ten cannons can be fired continuously to form dense firepower, which is a sharp weapon against cavalry." Geng Gong said.

"It looks bluffing, let's try the effect." Chailin said and blocked his ears.

Geng Gong took the torch and lit it, and he heard bang bang bang, ten cannons fired one after another, the effect was really shocking.

Due to the long barrel, it can hit the iron sand to a distance of 150 meters.

The solid iron egg can hit about 300 meters, the range is still not to be said, and the rate of fire is also very powerful, almost ten shots in a row.

"It's good, but it's too troublesome to reload." Chailin said.

Geng Gong said: "When this honeycomb gun is used, it does not consider reloading. We have enough steel, money and food, so it is naturally covered by firepower. If we use [-] guns together, after one round, the [-] cavalry on the opposite side will be scared. Soldiers They are also human, they run away when they get scared, so there is no need to pretend for a second round. Of course, if it is a city defense war, you can pretend for a few rounds, anyway, there is plenty of time.”

The design concept of the honeycomb gun is mainly to deal with the intensive cavalry impact and maximize the firepower.

Chai Lin nodded and said, "It's fine, but this thing is not difficult, and the enemy can easily imitate it."

"Unless the enemy has our steelmaking technology, if it is made of pig iron, the ten cannons will cost at least three thousand catties," Geng Gong said.

Dian Zhengnan next to him said: "Brother, this thing is powerful, take out one for me alone, how majestic it is on your shoulders, if anyone wants to make trouble, then he has to weigh it."

Geng Gong said: "It's simple. Take one out alone and make a handle with wood. Even if it is a large firecracker, it is a bit heavy. It is estimated to weigh about 110 kilograms."

"No problem. I can handle it," Dian Zhengnan said.

Chai Lin said: "Well, they are all steel. If they are wasted, they can be reused. Let's make [-] of them in stock first, and then make more after they are used. Let's make him one from Zhengnan. The weight is lighter, and it should be controlled at eight. About ten catties."

"Okay, I'll make it out of fine steel for Brother Zhengnan, it won't be too heavy." Geng Gong said.

The firepower of the honeycomb gun is still very good, but due to the problem of loading, it is destined not to be used on a large scale.

Chai Lin was about to leave, but Geng Gong said, "Master, don't go first, there is another treasure you haven't seen yet."

"Oh, and baby, what baby?"

Geng Gong said: "The [-] ballistas I made for Hengdaoying last time had a good reaction power but a slow rate of fire. This time I made another ballista, still using a wheelbarrow as the site, but the crossbow The arm is relatively light, the upper body is fast, and the original arrow slot is a bamboo tube."

As Geng Gong spoke, he easily put the ballista on the Xuan, pulled a small melon on the slot, and pulled the trigger.

With a whoosh, the little melon flew a hundred meters and exploded in the air.

"This." Chailin didn't know what to say.

"Is this weapon very good? It has a simple structure and can throw small melons where manpower cannot. It is comparable to a small cannon." Geng Gong said.

"Make [-] sets, and I will arrange Hengdao Battalion to test it, and make more if it is suitable for use." Chailin said.

"Also, more, don't worry." Geng Gong took out a weapon similar to a wheel firecracker, and said, "This is a continuous crossbow I made. It is powered by a rubber band and can shoot sharpened chopsticks. The rate of fire is very fast, ten shots in a row."

Chai Lin took it over and tried it out, chug chug, pull and hit, the speed was really fast enough, but the shooting range was not flattering, only a short 20 meters.

"The first two are not bad, but this one has a bad review. This is not a hand crossbow used by the reconnaissance battalion. It can only fire in bursts, and it doesn't have the ability to penetrate armor at all." Chailin said.

"I knew there would be a bad review, hey." Geng Gong said sadly.

"If you really want to make Liannu, you can use steel crossbows to make some Zhuge Liannu, which can also be used for city defense with a range of 30 meters," said Chai Lin.

Geng Gong said: "That can't be done, I am an inventor, and I can't make what others have made."

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