Iron Dynasty

In the dim night, the businessmen who came to visit Xiao Ming left one after another.

Xiao Ming asked Luluo to hand over the bill written down by Li Kaiyuan to Li Kaiyuan. These businessmen are only verbal promises, and there is still a question mark on whether they can be realized.

However, he didn't care that they would breach the contract, because the introduction of the membership system gave these businessmen no reason to use the banner of vassal kings and princes to please people.

And by using this system, he not only standardized the status and code of conduct of businessmen in the chamber of commerce, but also obtained a lot of benefits for his fief.

News of the membership system spread quickly among businessmen.

In order to get the distribution rights of glass in advance, many businessmen donated money to the chamber of commerce to obtain the qualification to get the goods in advance.

And those businessmen who do not have sufficient funds can only look at the chamber of commerce and sigh, hoping to accumulate slowly and one day to become a member of the chamber of commerce.

In a short period of time, the swarms of merchants brought a lot of donations to the Chamber of Commerce, and some materials began to enter Qingzhou.

His Royal Highness, your trick is really powerful. Just one member made these merchants spit out a lot of money. I didn't expect that the Cao family in Jiangnan could not sit still this time, and directly donated a bronze member.

At the Tuojiang Wharf, Li Kaiyuan looked at the continuous flow of cargo ships entering the wharf, and said excitedly to Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming did not expect that the glass this time would catch the big fish of the Cao family. For so long, the Cao family had kept a distance from Xiao Ming, but he did not expect to be calm this time.

The Cao family used to despise those petty profits. Now that the glass is out, and the membership system promises to sell technology, the Cao family is naturally tempted. Xiao Ming said.

A bronze member needs to donate a lot of things. This time, the Cao family made a lot of money, which made Qingzhou's treasury a lot fatter.

However, the Cao family's business is all over the world. If he gets the glass in advance, they will definitely make a lot of profits in the short term. Li Kaiyuan said.

We don't care about this. No matter what, they will always give money to the goods they take from us. The more we sell, the more we earn. Xiao Ming was in a good mood during this time. Once again, membership provided him with a lot of money and labor.

The construction of Qingzhou can continue to trot forward, otherwise it can only move forward.

This time Xiao Ming came out to see the donated materials and the training of the Qingzhou Army.

After chatting with Li Kaiyuan for a while on the pier and instructing him to organize merchant ships to sell glassware as soon as possible, he rode to Qingzhou Camp.

In this short period of time, the production of the iron and steel workshops has not stopped. On the contrary, due to the skilled craftsmen, the production speed has been greatly improved. Now the Qingzhou Army plate armor has been delivered, and there are 3,000 sets of weapons. In another month or two, the Qingzhou Army estimates You can achieve a set of plate armor for each soldier.

In addition to the plate armor, the workshop also delivered a thousand swords, five hundred sets of crossbow arrows, and some shields and knives.

When they arrived at the Qingzhou camp, Xiao Ming could hear Lu Fei and the soldiers inside.

He went in and saw that Lu Fei was leading the soldiers to practice the battle formation.

In ancient wars, the ability to fight was basically reflected in the battle formation, and the individual's role in this hand-to-hand combat was very small.

So there is a huge gap in combat effectiveness between soldiers who are trained to form battle formations and those who wander.

An intensive and disciplined battle formation of 5,000 people is enough to easily defeat several times the number of enemies. In many cases, it is from this that less wins more.

At this time, Lu Fei asked the soldiers to practice the square array, which is the most basic array method. At the same time, there are also circular arrays, cone arrays, goose arrays, etc. On the battlefield, the generals will understand that they can change at any time according to the changes in the battlefield situation. battle formation.

And this time is to reflect whether the general is an excellent general.

However, this time, Lu Fei was practicing square formations at any time. Xiao Ming glanced at it and found that this square formation was not for ordinary battles.

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, Lu Fei shouted Stop and walked towards Xiao Ming.

His Royal Highness frowned, is there any problem with this battle formation? Lu Fei asked with a bow.

Xiao Ming's feudal six states, the identity is the governor, the military commander of the six states, and the identity of the feudal king also allows him to manage all the government affairs of the fief.

And Lu Fei was only the captain of Qingzhou, and could be said to be Xiao Ming's direct subordinate.

Therefore, in military training, Xiao Ming has the right to command.

The former army crossbowmen, the middle army spearmen, the latter army swordsmen, this kind of battle formation is used to deal with the cavalry. Xiao Ming said.

Your Highness also understands battle formations? Lu Fei asked strangely.

Xiao Ming pouted and said, This king is proficient in any battle formation, so Colonel Lu should not underestimate me.

Lu Fei looked surprised, So, Your Highness will also train?

Now Xiao Ming doesn't dare to brag. Knowing the battle formation and training the soldiers well are two different things.

He said carelessly, I'll tell you about this when I have time. This time I'm here to check the soldiers' equipment.

Speaking of this, Lu Fei suddenly became excited, His Royal Highness, look, these soldiers are wearing plate armor, but this momentum is enough to make the enemy shudder.

In the school field of the military camp, 5,000 soldiers are neatly arranged in ten square formations, and the visual effect is similar to the collection of school inter-class exercises.

But the difference is the plate armor on the soldiers, and the cold-lighted weapons in their hands make them look murderous.

Seeing these soldiers armed to the teeth, a sense of pride rose in his heart.

In the future, he will no longer need to be afraid of the Qingzhou nobles, and he will not need to give in for the sake of them. The powerful Qingzhou army is enough to crush any nobles who dare to threaten him.

Well, it is indeed mighty, but it's not enough. We must keep up with the training. We can't waste such excellent equipment. Xiao Ming said.

These plate armors were forged from the highest quality steel in the iron workshops and forged with hammers, and he was confident that the level of these plate armors would not be inferior to the quality of modern seventeenth century plate armors.

Even because of the maturity of technology, the quality of this batch of plate armor will be higher.

Your Highness, leave this training to me. If your Highness is not satisfied after three months, Lu Fei will come to see you, but Your Highness, the second batch of new troops is about to enter the camp, what do you think of this equipment? Lu Fei rubbed his hands together Hehe laughed.

Xiao Ming is helpless, this Lu Fei is now inseparable from his line in three words, he will need equipment when he sees him, he said: There will be no less than one piece of equipment, every soldier will have it, and there will be a thousand more in the future. A warhorse, you leave a part of your soldiers to build a cavalry.

A thousand war horses? Lu Feile couldn't close his mouth, and said bluntly: Your Highness, where did you get so many war horses, now I am most in need of horses, and I was at a disadvantage when I fought with the barbarians in the past. The cavalry is on, the barbarian cavalry runs fast, shoots the bow and arrow accurately, we can't catch up, we can't hit, and the casualties are heavy.