The Ming Dynasty’s Prodigal Son - Chapter 1302

[1302. Chapter 1238 The weapon of the country]

Fang Jifan strongly disagreed with Zhu Houzhao’s evaluation of the liar. After all, this guy is still too young to be like himself in two lifetimes.

A few days later, 520,000 grains of silver were ready.

The huge amount of money flowing in the market is staggering in terms of inflation.

Now that I have the money, I have to do something.

Taking other people’s money and not doing anything is called fraud.

Fang Jifan is a conscientious person, and the Happy Group has been established and has begun recruiting people in the desert.

Food and shelter are included, which is a fatal temptation for people from various tribes in the desert.

Not only that, there will be huge bonuses in the future. Of course, the premise is that you can carry a knife and dare to fight and kill.

In fact, the people recruited by the Xingfu Group are very complicated. In addition to the Tatars and Jurchens, even the Us Tibetans and other tribes are also taken in. If the Han people are willing to join, they are naturally welcome.

Most of these people are desperadoes in the desert, as long as they are young and can ride a horse.

Not only that, a group of young people were carefully selected by Wang Shouren and sent to the capital.

Fang Jifan has always believed in the power of education. It is not a bad thing to select some smarter people to come to Xishan and provide them with some education.

A total of one hundred and fifty people came, including sixty-seven Tatars, Siberians and other Mongolian tribes, as well as more than thirty barbarians, Jianzhou, Haixi Jurchens, and a small number of Uzbeans and Tibetans. In addition to the people from the Western Regions, there are 29

young Han people who enroll directly and are taught not only Chinese but also military knowledge.

In fact, it is very troublesome to gather so many people together, but…everything…just take your time.

Not only that, Xishan Academy will also send a group of personnel to the desert and come under Wang Shouren’s control. These people will be of great use. They may provide medical treatment or teaching. Language communication is the first step. If If they don’t understand the language, how will they control the various tribes in the desert in the future? They will be assigned to every pasture and tribe…

Xishan Academy is based on new learning, which emphasizes the unity of knowledge and action. Therefore, those who want to go to the desert will actually It’s quite a few.

Fang Jifan held a farewell ceremony for this purpose. Hundreds of students rode horses towards the desert amidst the noise of gongs and drums.

This is responsible for shareholders.

At least the shareholders saw this and celebrated.

It’s stable, it’s stable, it’s stable this time.

The stock market began to rise slightly that day.

Look, Xishan has dispatched all his precious students, and there are still more than 300 people. What does this mean? It means that money must have been invested in the palace. It is said that the Duke of Qi is a bastard who is flattering, observant, and proficient in everything. If he wants to please His Majesty, doesn’t he have to take out everything he has at the bottom of the box?

Now, shareholders are full of confidence and their money has not been wasted.

After a group of desert students went through training, two of them stood out.

One is named Nairentai, a Tatar, and the other is named Zhang Yong.

These two people were smarter than other students and learned things quickly. They quickly established prestige among the one hundred and fifty people.

They practiced during the day and continued to learn bow and horse. After dinner, they began to learn characters or some military knowledge. After more than a month, most people, ordinary spoken Chinese, could not understand the vast majority of people. For most students, this is no longer a big obstacle.

After all, when they were sent, the vast majority of young people were already outstanding and had some background.

Immediately afterwards, Fang Jifan took a group of students to the Xishan Military Research Institute.

This Xishan Military Research Institute has always been unknown.

After all, this thing has almost no achievements except for Huafang’s money.

Occasionally, something is created and unknown to the public.

In the beginning, it was this group of people who were ordered to cast cannons. Most of these people were distant relatives of Queen Zhang. They stayed because of the success of cannon-casting. Fang Jifan gave them something to do, which was to study various weapons.

Of course, the bigger reason why the Military Research Institute is unknown is that it is difficult for them to produce anything groundbreaking.

Most of the gadgets they tinkered with were based on the Steam Research Institute.

In order to study steam engines, all manpower and material resources were used throughout Xishan. The research on materials, machinery, and many principles of mechanics and physics all came from the Steam Research Institute.

When these technologies gradually mature and improve, other research can take off based on this foundation.

For example, in this military research institute, people hope that a fire gun will be more convenient and more powerful. However, this was unimaginable in the past. The reason is that it is limited by materials. The reason is that when the fire gun becomes more powerful, more gunpowder needs to be placed. However, if there is too much gunpowder and the power increases, if the barrel of the fire gun is not thick enough, there will inevitably be a danger of exploding the barrel.

And once the thickness of the blunderbuss tube increases, it becomes… light and impossible to lift.

What’s more, this firecracker has become a ‘big thing’ that two people can carry, and it is quite powerful. Well, one person can operate it, but its power is limited.

As for the materials of the Steam Research Institute, these will no longer be a problem after rapid progress.

There are also many mechanical principles, almost all of which were copied from the Zhizhi Research Institute, with remarkable results. With the deepening of steam research, research on almost all technologies in Xishan is actually taking off.

Now… in this weapons exhibition hall, there are all kinds of firearms hanging in a dazzling display.

There are bird blunderbuss with a long and narrow body, and there are three-eyed fire blunderbuss that are more convenient than before. Under each type of fire blunderbuss, there is a special introduction, including its accuracy, range, power, and the time required for shooting. detailed introduction.

When Nai Rentai, Zhang Yong and others entered this place, they were dazzled by what they saw. These students quietly looked at the weapons displayed one by one. In addition to fire guns, there were also various swords, long hairs, bows and arrows… These weapons, Each has its own characteristics, and the sharp blade glows with cold light under the candlelight.

Nai Rentai’s eyes shone with light. He looked at a sword and couldn’t take his eyes away from it.

Zhang Yong’s interest lies in the fire gun. The long and narrow bird gun is made with great skill.

Fang Jifan could feel the throats of many people rolling.

These are a group of passionate young people who love fighting and killing. Seeing their favorite weapons is like seeing a stunning woman.

Not everyone in this world is like Fang Jifan, who is free from vulgar taste.

Fang Jifan smiled: “Now, Master will give you a question.”

Everyone looked at Fang Jifan.

When they arrived at Xishan, they realized how great the founder of the sect was.

When they were in the desert, they had memories of Fang Jifan, but not deeply. But since coming here, any teacher or student, even the most ordinary farmer in Xishan, or the hawker selling sweet potatoes in the academy, mentioned it. Master, his eyes are shining.

In this closed environment, people are subtly listening every day. What they hear all day long are the praises of their master. Naturally, the seeds have been sown deep in their hearts. Everyone looked at Fang Jifan respectfully. : “Master, please come up with a question.”

Fang Jifan clasped his hands behind his back and said with a smile: “In the future, you ask them to organize troops and march westward. If they encounter the Russians, what weapon is the best.”

Nai Rentai’s eyes shined, He took a bow and arrow from the wall and said, “I’m going to use cavalry to shoot. As long as I have a good enough bow and arrow, I can keep it so that the Russians can escape.”

Zhang Yong pointed at the bird gun with a burning gaze: “This bird If the gun’s recorded power and range are anything to go by, it’s really not a boast. I think it’s more powerful than a bow and arrow.”

“With such a sword…”

“I see…”

Fang Jifan listened attentively to their chatter. .

Finally, Fang Jifan coughed.

Everyone fell silent and looked at Fang Jifan as if they were all ears.

Fang Jifan said with a smile: “I think only Nai Rentai is half right.”

Fang Jifan continued: “The desert is really too vast. Even if one day you cross the yellow sand of the Western Regions and cross the Ural Mountains, you will arrive at The Rus people can’t maneuver quickly in the plains without relying on war horses. “

“In this case, riding and shooting is indeed the most advantageous method of attacking the city.”

Nai Rendai’s face suddenly lit up, and he was really praised by his master. It’s not easy. Master Wang Shouren is such a powerful person. No one in Xishan Academy doesn’t admire him, but… doesn’t the master often say behind his back that he has an ordinary appearance and mediocre qualifications?

Fang Jifan then said again: “But…”

As soon as he mentioned but…,

the expression on the stage changed.

Fang Jifan scolded: “You bitch, do you only know how to ride and shoot? Let me ask you, how many cavalry can be gathered in the desert?”

“This…” Nai Rentai was silent for a moment: “There are one hundred thousand.”

“Yes, one hundred thousand…one hundred thousand warriors who are good at riding and archery, but can they march all the way west with only one hundred thousand people? For an ordinary person, even if he has practiced riding and archery since he was a child, If the qualifications are mediocre and they are still unable to achieve proficiency, I think that among the 100,000 people, there are no longer a few who are just pretending to be a knight. There are 30,000 people who are truly qualified to ride and shoot, which is already amazing. But as for the others, These Jurchen tribes, as well as the Mongolian tribes, have hundreds of thousands of households and millions of people. How can everyone be able to ride

and shoot?” “So, you bitch, you only got half of the answers right. You can ride and shoot ?”

. But to fight on horseback, you also need a weapon that can be used easily without repeated practice. Even a farmer can use a weapon skillfully within three days as long as he can ride a horse. Only such a weapon can be used easily. He is a magic weapon in the westward march, but I am really disappointed that there are so many of you, but not one of you has the correct answer. “

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The operation was successful, but I stayed outside for too long. Come on, there are only two updates today. The remaining one will be doubled over time. Sorry.

(End of chapter)