Iron Dynasty

Under the warm sun, the soldiers of the Qingzhou Army worked diligently.

An idyllic and beautiful picture made one's mind clear for a while, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ming's eyes were covered with another layer of haze.

In such a barbaric age, for this rare peace, he could only defend it with blood and fire.

This time, the seeds sent by the King of Chu filled the cabins of five merchant ships, and he only used half the money for the cannons to buy the cotton seeds for these five ships. Besides the cotton, the thirty guns cost the King of Chu five The price of more than 100,000 silver taels.

The astonishing trade surplus between industrial products and agricultural products made Xiao Ming realize the huge profits brought by industrial products, which made him more determined to dump industrial products in Dayu Country in exchange for various raw materials.

After leaving some of the seeds behind, Xiao Ming asked the soldiers to transport the remaining seeds to other slave plantations.

At the same time, he and Niu Ben went to an open space outside Guanzhuang. On this land, a long shed was being built. Below the shed were red brick walls. lattice.

His Royal Highness, this is the pig farm of the Qingzhou Army. Niu Ben introduced to Xiao Ming, his face was even more bitter than when he was growing cotton.

After letting the Qingzhou army grow food, now the Qingzhou army has once again undertaken some other important tasks - raising pigs.

Pang Yukun suddenly laughed when he saw Niu Ben's appearance, His Royal Highness, look at the Governor Niu, how long his face is drawn, he now thinks that his soldiers are very wronged.

Isn't this wrong? Niu Ben said: This kind of food will never be understood. How come we have to raise pigs, and there are no soldiers who raise pigs in Dayu Kingdom.

Xiao Ming said sternly: Old General, it's wrong for you to think this way. Is it enough for soldiers to have a full stomach? Next, let's make soldiers eat meat, and soldiers who eat meat will have more strength to train. Why let the army Raising pigs? Very simple, the current Qingzhou Army is not an ordinary Dayu army. Our Qingzhou Army has logistical soldiers. The logistical soldiers are responsible for raising pigs for the soldiers to eat. Otherwise, what are the logistical soldiers doing? Can't it be?

Niu Ben was speechless by Xiao Ming's series of rhetorical questions.

Now the Qingzhou Army is recruiting, and some soldiers are directly assigned to the logistics force. This is a group of soldiers who do not fight and are only responsible for the army's food, procurement, and transportation.

After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: Moreover, the Qingzhou Army will soon be equipped with flintlock guns, and the Qingzhou Army will also embark on a different path. The regularization and division of labor of this army must be done.

Flint gun?

Niu Ben was shocked when he heard the words. He had already heard the news that the military workshop was producing a brand new weapon.

But Xiao Ming has not told him about it until now. Now that Xiao Ming has said it, the time has come.

I asked the old general to come here today to talk about the logistics. In the future, farming and raising pigs will be a matter of the logistics army. The main body of the Qingzhou army will only be responsible for training in the future. The second is the matter of the flintlock gun. The Qingzhou Army has preparations.

Niu Ben asked, Then what exactly is this flintlock gun?

This is a powerful long-range weapon. Xiao Ming then told Niu Ben the specific appearance, power, and usage of the flintlock gun.

Hearing this, Niu Ben was stunned, His Royal Highness means that sword and shield fighters, archers, and pikemen will all be eliminated, leaving only musketeers and cavalrymen in the entire Qingzhou Army?

After nodding slowly, Xiao Ming said, That's right, after the flintlock guns were installed, there was no need for these arms to exist.

His Royal Highness, this is absolutely impossible. Abandon melee combat and only keep long-range shooting. In the grasslands, if the cavalry breaks through the formation, the remaining soldiers will only be slaughtered. Your Highness must have three or four. Niu Ben said urgently, he Now it is impossible to understand Xiao Ming's decision.

Pang Yukun also thought the same way, he frowned and hesitated.

When a new thing appears, it is bound to be obstructed by the old thing. Xiao Ming has already made up his mind, he said, This king doesn't like to talk about it, he just likes to do it. When the Suifa guns are installed in the Qingzhou army, you guys You will understand.

Niu Ben and Pang Yukun stopped talking, since Xiao Ming was so confident, they could only put the flintlock gun in his mouth.

After mentioning some flintlock guns for Niu Ben to breathe, he continued to talk about the pig farm.

It is said that there is no professional farming in the Great Yu Country. Now Xiao Ming wants to popularize modern agriculture in the fiefs.

Pang Changshi, how are the piglets in this pig farm?

His Royal Highness, we bought a thousand piglets from the people, and we also bought fifty adult sows and fifty adult boars. In this way, the piglets produced by this sow are estimated to be enough to raise pigs. Field used.

Xiao Ming looked at a general behind Niu Ben. This general was the captain of the logistics battalion, and his name was Chen Feng.

After waving his hand to let Chen Feng come over, Xiao Ming said, Chen Xiaowei, these piglets and adult pigs are yours. You can't feed this king to death.

In this era, people have no experience in large-scale breeding at all. Xiao Ming explained to Chen Feng the essentials of raising pigs in detail while walking.

The most feared thing in modern pig farming is swine fever. When encountering this disease, the pigs in the entire pig farm will soon infect each other and die, and the same is true for avian plague.

So what he and Chen Feng talked about was how to prevent swine fever and how to tell if a pig has swine fever.

This pig house must be cleaned every day. If any pigs have swine fever, they will be burned and buried immediately...

The scientific knowledge of pig raising came in, Chen Feng nodded frequently, and he quickly understood the whole set of pig raising procedures.

After all, he used to farm and feed chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs.

As for the excrement of the pig house, it is uniformly passed to the septic tank next to the pig house, which becomes the fertilizer of the official village. Of course, some chickens and ducks can also be raised next to the pig house. Chickens and ducks sometimes feed on pig manure, and also It can be put into Guanzhuang to remove insects, after all, cotton is grown in Guanzhuang now, and chickens and ducks don’t eat cotton.”

Xiao Ming's set of theories made Chen Feng dumbfounded. If it wasn't for Niu Ben calling Xiao Ming his highness, he really doubted that the person in front of him was King Qi, and that prince would understand this.

Pang Yukun and Niu Ben smiled bitterly.

They also lost their tempers completely. This King Qi has a good knowledge of astronomy and geography, but now he even knows this kind of shit, and he seems to be more proficient.

This general teaching gave Chen Feng a basic understanding of modern farming, so Xiao Ming felt at ease.

Pig farms are the key to opening up the breeding industry in Qingzhou. In the future, these logistics soldiers will be retired from the army, and they will all be pig-raising experts when they return home. At that time, with their experience, this modern pig-raising experience can be spread among the people.

After staying in Guanzhuang for a while, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun left together. Pang Yukun kept his head down and pondered on the way.

Xiao Ming couldn't help asking when he saw it: You are still wondering why this king knows how to raise pigs?