Longevity begins with Jinyiwei

And letting the Bingzhan Bureau get these craftsmen is naturally for the research and development and even improvement of firearms!

Compared with martial arts, which consumes resources, money, time and energy, the evolution of firearms is easier to promote and practical for an army.

While his thoughts were flowing, Li Xiu took the firecracker carried by the guard beside him, and walked in front of a group of craftsmen in a few steps.

Seeing Li Xiu's menacing appearance, the group of craftsmen who were already captured by the military power immediately caused a commotion, and many craftsmen fell to their knees and begged for mercy.

"Get up, this general has no interest in your lives!"

Li Xiu wasn't interested in being a corporal, so he scolded directly, and all the craftsmen stood tremblingly in front of Li Xiu like frightened quails, not daring to take a breath.

"You all know how to make this firecracker?"

Asked a question, but no one dared to answer for a while, it seemed that they were worried about Li Xiu's anger, and after a while, an elderly craftsman stood up bravely, and answered with cupped hands: "General Qi, my little one!" We all make firecrackers in Bingzhanju, and the young ones can make this Lumi blunderbuss!"

"it is good."

Li Xiu nodded: "From now on, you will live in the Yongwei Camp. You don't have to worry about basic necessities, food, housing, and transportation, and your money and salary will not be missed at all!"

"I only want you to do one thing, and that is to improve this firecracker!"

With these words, a gleam of light suddenly appeared in the turbid and numb eyes of the trembling craftsmen.

Don't worry about food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, and don't lack money and salary!

A few simple words, for them, is something that they dare not even dream about.

Now, someone told them that this will become a reality?

Seeing the changing expressions of all these people in the world, how could Li Xiu not know what they were thinking. Speaking of which, a craftsman living like this is still living a good life in this era.

Even just outside the capital city, every minute and every second, how many people died due to lack of a bite of food!

This terrible world, Li Xiu had long seen it clearly when he was in the refugee group.

At the beginning, he also thought that princes, generals, and ministers would rather have something to do to overthrow this damn world and rebuild a peaceful and prosperous world.

But by mistake, step by step, he has come to this road with a dark future!

Seemingly evoking a softness hidden in his heart, Li Xiu's slightly blunt tone eased a lot.

Combined with the superficial understanding of flintlock guns in his previous life, he spoke word by word. Between words, Li Xiu also looked at the reactions of the craftsmen in front of him. The old craftsman answered, "Reporting to the general, if the improvement method mentioned by the general is followed, it may be extremely difficult to complete!"

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Xiu frowned. Although he knew a thing or two about the evolution of firecrackers, he was not an expert in the specific situation, so naturally he couldn't say he knew too much.

"Today's firecrackers are all fired with matchlocks. According to what the general said, if they are fired with flint, it is acceptable to spend manpower and material resources to manufacture one or two for the general's enjoyment. If they are produced on a large scale, there are too many restrictions..."

It seems that when it comes to the way he is good at, this old craftsman is a little less submissive, and he talks eloquently, which is quite a bit of a master craftsman.

It's just that Li Xiu was not in the mood to care about the old craftsman's demeanor at this time. After listening to the old craftsman's talk, Li Xiu realized that his previous prediction was after all an outsider's thinking.

As the old craftsman said, there are too many restrictions on the manufacture of flintlock guns, such as the quality of flint, the manufacture of flintlock machines, the quality of gunpowder, etc., are all limited by the current technical conditions.

Just as the old craftsman said, regardless of manpower and material resources, it is acceptable to manufacture one or two for entertainment. In the case of immature technical conditions, large-scale manufacturing will get twice the result with half the effort, and Li Xiu will also bear the cost of financial resources Sorry!

While his thoughts were flowing, Li Xiu looked at the old craftsman in front of him. With just a few words of his own, he could see the pros and cons of the flintlock, even the technical difficulties...

Talent!

"What's your name?"

As soon as Li Xiu asked this question, all the craftsmen were also moved by it, and many envious eyes immediately gathered on the old craftsman.

As if anticipating the next scene, the old craftsman blushed and replied respectfully:

"Reporting to General, the younger one is called Niu Er, and he has been working in the Military Bureau for over twenty years!"

"Okay, they will be your responsibility from now on!"

"It's still the same as the previous sentence. I only want you to do one thing, and that is to study it carefully and make a flintlock gun as soon as possible! And it is a flintlock gun that can be mass-produced!"

After finishing speaking, Li Xiu waved his hand, and several soldiers beside him came with trays, and an ingot of snowflake silver on the tray immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"I will never send hungry soldiers, I will do things for me, and I will never be stingy with rewards!"

"Each person will be rewarded ten taels of silver, and the monthly salary will be doubled according to your previous treatment in the Military Bureau! If the improvement is finally successful, it will give you and everyone a lifetime of wealth!"

No matter how much you promise, it's not as good as sending real money to your hands.

Twelve taels of silver, in the eyes of Li Xiu today, is not worth mentioning, but to a low-level commoner, it can be said to be a huge sum of money!

This is even more true for these craftsmen who are confined to the military bureau and almost become slaves!

With the real money in hand, all of a sudden, the original depression dissipated instantly, and there was a scene of kneeling down and shouting thanks.

Li Xiu didn't say any more. After understanding the technical difficulties of the flintlock gun, Li Xiu's expectations immediately dissipated a lot.

The emergence of flintlock guns is easy, but large-scale manufacturing, and even changing the situation on the battlefield, is destined to be a long way to go. Now, don't hold too much expectation.

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Chapter 1 and Chapter [-]

"General, general! Your Majesty has called you into the palace!"

While thinking, some soldiers led the eunuchs from the palace, and their sharp shouts could be heard clearly from a long distance away.

"General Li, His Majesty let you enter the palace!"

Li Xiu asked: "But why?"

The little eunuch is obviously very clear that Li Xiu is trusted by the emperor, but his attitude is extremely low: "I don't know, after your Majesty and the cabinet ministers discussed the matter, I asked the servant to come and call General Li into the palace!"

"Okay, then I'm going to trouble Eunuch, I'm going to enter the palace with Eunuch!"

After finishing speaking, Li Xiu casually took out a money bag from his pocket, ignored the little eunuch's refusal, and stuffed it into the eunuch's hand.

After more than a month, he re-entered the palace, but there were many obvious changes.

At least, Li Xiu entered the palace along the way, and most of the city gates and guards along the way changed their faces. Obviously, Zhu Youjian has been in the outer court for more than a month. Although there is no movement, there is no less trouble in the inner palace. .

"Brother Xiu!"

As soon as he walked outside the Qianqing Palace, Erwazi's shouts immediately reached Li Xiu's ears.

"The emperor's bedroom, shouting loudly, what a shame!"

We haven't seen each other for more than a month. Although there are many reprimands in the words, the smile on Li Xiu's face clearly shows Li Xiu's mood at this time.

"How can it be, Qianqing Palace is so big, you can't hear it!"

Erwazi smiled innocently, no matter what he looked like outside, in front of Li Xiu, Erwazi still looked like he hadn't grown up.

"How's the time going?"

Glancing at the brave guards guarding outside the Qianqing Palace, Li Xiu asked casually.

Hearing this, Er Wazi suddenly turned bitter, and clapped a bunch of fists together: "Brother Xiu, you can take me back, I'm going to be busy now, I don't have anything to do every day. A wooden stake and a pestle lasts a day, this day is really unbearable..."

"You kid, let's have fun secretly. How many people dream about your errand, and you still despise it!"

Laughing and cursing angrily, Li Xiugang was about to enter the Qianqing Palace, but he stopped when he started walking: "You are worth a thousand dollars now, and you can't be weak in housekeeping. You can't fall down, if there is a war at that time, I will play to His Majesty and transfer you back to the Yongwei Battalion. On the battlefield, you don't have eyes for swords and guns, and no one will convince you if you have no skills..."

Erwazi immediately replied seriously: "I understand, Brother Xiu, don't worry."

"Um……"

Li Xiu nodded and walked into Qianqing Palace without further words.

"Master, see Your Majesty!"

"Ai Qing doesn't need to be polite, come, thank you, and give me a seat!"

I haven't seen him for just over a month, but the youthfulness that still existed in this new emperor has completely disappeared. The so-called majesty of the emperor can already be seen in this new emperor.

The attitude is still the same. At least, it seems that nothing has changed in the past month or so.

After Li Xiu sat down, Zhu Youjian signaled Wang Chengen to back down, then looked at Li Xiu, and asked impatiently, "Does Aiqing know about the Battle of Ningyuan?"

"I saw border messengers on the street this morning, shouting for Ningyuan's great victory. I think it should be a happy event!"

"Congratulations! Ningyuan's great victory, killing countless enemies, and injuring the enemy chieftain Nurhachi, is indeed the greatest achievement of this dynasty!"

After speaking, as if afraid that Li Xiu would not believe it, Zhu Youjian handed the memorial to Li Xiu.

Looking at the ambiguous words in the memorial, what kind of artillery passed by, killing Beiqi was useless, what attack equipment was burned and lost, what killed tens of thousands of enemies, what the Tartars robbed the corpses burned by the artillery bombardment, resulting in specific Beheadings are difficult to count... Li Xiu was also silent.

It doesn't matter whether the military achievements are true or not, but one thing is very clear, if tens of thousands of enemies are killed in a war, the number of wounded will be doubled!

After the Jin Tartars besieged Ningyuan, Nurhachi led more than [-] troops!

If tens of thousands were killed in battle, tens of thousands were injured!

In the case of more than half of the casualties, with the quality of the army of this era, there will only be one result!

That is a rout without any reason at all!

After all, there is basically no army in this era that can maintain its organizational structure and command even when the casualties are more than half. This level is basically impossible!

No matter how confident Li Xiu is, with the quality of today's brave guard soldiers, he can bear no more than one-third of the casualties at most, and more than one-third of the casualties cannot be recovered by manpower!

Of course, with the passage of time, including subsequent battles, Li Xiu also has the confidence to increase this upper limit bit by bit!

And then the Golden Tatars, even if they were elite, they could still maintain normal conditions and retreat in an orderly manner if more than half of the casualties were over half. There are nearly [-] soldiers and civilians, and they can retreat to Houjin's lair in an orderly manner...

Li Xiu would never believe it, if there were such elites, then there would be no need to fight.

After 10,000+ Golden Eight Banners, this level of elite is enough to sweep the world!

Not to mention, the [-] defenders in Ningyuan City can withstand the siege of such an elite army, and they can still achieve such results!

The number one army in the world that day was none other than the [-] defenders in Ningyuan City!

Undoubtedly, anyone who has a little knowledge of soldiers in this report can see many unreasonable things in it after thinking about it.

But looking at Zhu Youjian's overjoyed appearance now, it is clear that no one in the civil and military courts pointed out the unreasonable things in it, as he thought before, he acquiesced that this battle was a great victory, and everyone was happy!

"His Majesty!"

Although he really didn't want to get involved in this matter, but now that he was tied to Zhu Youjian, even if Li Xiu didn't want to, it would be hard to see Zhu Youjian being deceived.

Zhu Youjian was obviously still immersed in this big victory: "What's the matter with Aiqing?"

"The general thinks that a great victory must be a great victory. His Majesty will need this great victory to inspire the hearts of the army and the people soon after he takes the throne!"

Hearing Li Xiu's words, no matter how stupid Zhu Youjian was, he couldn't fail to hear the implication. The original joy stopped suddenly, and a gloomy look emerged, and he said in a deep voice, "What do you mean by Aiqing?"

"In the battle of Ningyuan, it is true that our army won, and it is true that the Golden Tatars retreated!"

"But the military exploits, the general will think..."

As Li Xiu conjectured word by word, Zhu Youjian's face was so gloomy that it almost dripped.

"Aiqing, are you saying that all the civil and military officials in the court regard me as a fool?"

"Your Majesty's lesson!"

"But I need this great victory, and His Majesty also needs this great victory..."

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Youjian took a deep breath, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Don't worry, Aiqing, I understand!"

Chapter 1: One Hundred Thousand Army

The hall was silent, and after a long time, Zhu Youjian seemed to be able to suppress the anger in his heart, and changed the subject: "Then Ai Qing thinks, what should I do to calm the troubles of Liaodong Empress Jin!"

"The problem of later gold cannot be solved overnight, your majesty must not act too hastily!"

"Although the generals of the Later Jin Dynasty are brave, in the eyes of the last general, although the town of Liaodong is not aggressive enough, its defense is more than enough..."

"The general thought..."

Li Xiu didn't say too much. In his opinion, Zhu Youjian's current focus should be in the court. Only when he is really in power, can he look at home and abroad.

Moreover, the inside must be settled first, otherwise, no matter how strong the soldiers are, a group of people who are holding back inside, even if the soldiers are reincarnated, it will be difficult to do anything.

"Ai Qing, I understand what you mean, and I want to know, if one day, I want you to lead an army to conquer Liaodong, what kind of support do you need from me?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Xiu's expression also became serious. He stood up and thought about this question that he had thought about countless times again.

After a long silence, Li Xiucai spoke slowly: "Your Majesty's absolute trust and support, one hundred thousand brave guards, unimpeded, and sufficient supply of food, grass and military equipment!"

"At the end of the day, the head will guarantee that, for a maximum of two years, Ming will never have to worry about money!"

Hearing this, Zhu Youjian immediately showed joy, but soon, he reacted.

If he had been King Xin, he would have been extremely happy when he learned of this military order, but now, even though it has only been a little over a month since he became emperor, it is enough for him to know that if all three conditions are to be met , how difficult it is.