Rebirth of The Deer and the Cauldron, Wei Xiaobao Becomes a God

The sword and shield soldiers of the first battalion kept their shields in front of them when going up the slope.

The iron balls from the matchlock rifles shot by the Japanese soldiers all hit the wooden shield wrapped in fine steel. There was no damage on the shield except for the pockmarks of the bullets.

After a burst of matchlock gunfire, the first battalion immediately followed the requirements of military training. The front row of sword and shield soldiers stood up and squatted, and the back row of crossbowmen fired ten arrows in a row. Without waiting for the Japanese musketeers to reload their gunpowder and bullets, the ten arrows fired from the crossbows had turned every Japanese soldier into a hedgehog.

The sword and shield soldiers immediately rushed out to finish off the enemy and cut off the head.

The battle was over in less than three minutes. The First Battalion captured the South Gate without any danger and suffered no casualties.

At this point, all four city gates were controlled by the Tiandi Army.

The Palace

Wei Xiaobao led the second and third battalions and the special forces company of more than a thousand people to quickly occupy the palace and kill all the Japanese soldiers inside without leaving a single one alive.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the battle to recapture Shuri Castle was basically over. Wei Xiaobao sent the Second Battalion to the Japanese homes on the street to clear out the remaining Japanese ronin and the Japanese soldiers who had escaped in the city.

The next day, all the wars were over, the four city gates had returned to normal, and were open to traffic as usual.

Some Ryukyu people who got the news were returning to Shuri Castle one after another. The popularity of Shuri Castle was also slowly recovering.

"Ding Dong"

The long-lost mechanical sound of the system sounded.

"Congratulations to the host for completing the main mission on time. You will be rewarded with a bronze treasure chest."

"Ding Dong"

"Congratulations to the host for adding 26 square kilometers to his territory. You can choose the following treasure chests:

1. 26 Iron Treasure Chests

2. 2 copper treasure chests, the territory balance will be added to the next reward

Wei Xiaobao closed his eyes, and the countdown for his wife's life on the system display disappeared, and two treasure chest options appeared on the screen.

The first time he opened the iron treasure chest, he got all useless junk. Although the second time he opened the iron treasure chest, he got a rare catapult, Wei Xiaobao was not very interested in the iron treasure chest and his eyes were on the copper treasure chest.

After the last system character test, Wei Xiaobao knew that he was selected by Tiandao Company as a test subject. Although he felt uncomfortable, he decided to make the best of it. The system asked me to be a tool, so I would do it, and I would be a powerful tool.

Wei Xiaobao believes that one day he will be able to break free from the constraints of the system and become a man who can conquer the system and the world.

"I choose 2, the bronze treasure chest!" said Wei Xiaobao.

"Ding Dong"

"The two copper treasure chests rewarded for the host's new territory have been distributed. The host has a total of three copper treasure chests. Do you want to open them now?" the mechanical voice asked again.

"Open it now." Wei Xiaobao replied.

"Bang, bang, bang!" three sounds were heard.

"Congratulations to the host for opening the copper treasure chest and obtaining 100,000 kilograms of three-line hybrid rice seeds with a yield of 1,000 kilograms per mu."

"Congratulations to the host for opening the copper treasure chest and obtaining a smokeless gunpowder production line."

"Congratulations to the host for opening the copper treasure chest and obtaining a sea salt purification production line."

Wei Xiaobao stared at the rewards on the system screen. Sure enough, the copper treasure chest was more reliable than the iron treasure chest.

A three-line hybrid rice with a yield of 1000 kilograms per mu requires 2000 kilograms of seeds. Ten kilograms of seeds are needed per mu of rice, and mu can be planted. Ryukyu belongs to the subtropical hot area, with two rice seasons a year. The first season of mu produces million kilograms of grain, and the second season produces million kilograms. As long as the output of phosphate fertilizers produced by Wu Sanniang and Hongshuntang can keep up, the rice yield will increase.

"As long as we have food at home, we don't have to rush to do things." Wei Xiaobao shouted happily.

Wei Xiaobao then saw the production line of smokeless gunpowder.

Today's matchlock guns all use black powder.

Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions of China. Alchemists in the Warring States Period discovered that saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal mixed together would explode, so gunpowder was invented.

Later, in the early Tang Dynasty, black gunpowder appeared, but before the end of the Tang Dynasty, black gunpowder was mainly used for acrobatics and celebrations. It was not until the Song Dynasty that black gunpowder was really applied to the military. By the middle and late Song Dynasty, fire tubes made of bamboo tubes, iron tubes, and copper tubes had been used in the military, and mobile cannons similar to the Hudeng Cannon had also appeared.

Later, the Jin people and the Mongols learned how to use black gunpowder in military firearms and continued to bully the Song Dynasty. Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, black gunpowder made a huge contribution to the Mongols' conquest of Eurasia.

Otherwise, as Wei Xiaobao said, fighting with knives will result in death. Why choose death when you can strike remotely? If there was no contribution of black gunpowder, how many lives would the Mongols have lost in their wars?

Wei Xiaobao knew that smokeless gunpowder is a mixture of nitric acid and sulfuric acid made into nitrocellulose, commonly known as fire cotton, which can be used not only to make bombs, but also bullets and artillery shells.

In 1884, French chemist and engineer P. Vielli created the world's first smokeless gunpowder. By 1890, European countries began to use smokeless gunpowder in the form of bullets and shells for military use.

It is now the 12th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, that is, 1674 AD. The system reward has brought forward the development of smokeless gunpowder by 210 years, making it a definite killer weapon for conquering the world.

The last reward is a sea salt production line. Sea salt is extracted by distilling seawater, but seawater also contains a large amount of toxic minerals. Without a production line, it is impossible to purify sea salt into white refined salt based on the current level of technology.

Now the system has rewarded a sea salt production line, turning the impossible into possible.

Whether in ancient or modern times, salt is a strategic material and is government-run.

In the afternoon, Wei Xiaobao held a summary and commendation meeting for the Shuri siege in the royal palace.

At the meeting, Wei Xiaobao affirmed the heroic fighting spirit displayed by the Tiandi Revolutionary Army in this battle, and recognized the achievement of completely annihilating the remaining troops of the Japanese Ryukyu faction.

In this battle, except for more than a hundred Japanese soldiers who escaped through the East Gate, nearly 6000 Japanese soldiers in Shuri Castle were wiped out, and the enemy leader Tokugawa Kosato was eliminated. In addition, more than 3000 wounded soldiers were killed in the Japanese base camp twenty days ago. The entire Japanese Ryukyu faction's remaining troops were completely wiped out, and there were no Japanese soldiers in Shuri Castle and its surrounding areas.

The spoils of war were quite rich, including 6 red cannons, 15 tiger-shaped cannons, countless shells, 50 catties of grain, 70 taels of silver, 5 taels of gold, and a large number of gold, silver and bronze wares from the palace...

At the summary meeting, Wei Xiaobao also criticized the personal heroic behavior of the third company commander of the first battalion, and warned all soldiers of the Tiandi Army not to seek personal heroism and quick success.

Finally, Wei Xiaobao announced at the meeting that the personnel and factories and workshops of Longyazhai would be relocated to the foot of Longmen Mountain to build a military and civilian production base - Longwei Base - at Longwei, 50 miles away from the north gate of Shuri Castle.

At the same time, it was announced that the Tiandi Army would increase its strength by two more regiments, one as a combat regiment and the other as a garrison regiment.

After the meeting, Wei Xiaobao handed over 100,000 jin of three-series rice seeds to Mao Shiba. Now it was July, the time for sowing and raising late rice seedlings, so he asked Hong Hu Tang and Hong Shun Tang to cooperate and lend seeds and fertilizers to the farmers, in order to return 20% of the income.

In order to popularize hybrid rice seeds as quickly as possible, all farmers who sign contracts can be exempted from agricultural taxes.

The day after the summary meeting, the villagers of Longya Village, led by Mao Shiba, moved to the Longwei Base. Qiu Daoji organized the white phosphorus bomb production plant, fertilizer production plant, steel furnace, water hammer workshop and Zhuge Crossbow production plant to move to the Longwei Base.

The smokeless gunpowder production line that had just been extracted from the system was also placed in the Longwei base.