With the ambition to change the world, in the early months of the second year of the Republic, Zhao Xuening worked at his desk at the White House in Seoul, writing furiously, working overtime every day to deal with official duties, and completely sketched out the development blueprint of Lanfang.
The production farm system was the basic agricultural system implemented by Zhao Xuening in the administrative regions of Lanfang, including Borneo. It was also the basic population management system. He arranged the population directly under the control of the Lanfang regime to carry out agricultural production on the land controlled by the Lanfang regime. .
Although Borneo is very large, most areas are primitive areas. Under the tropical rain forest climate, except for a few volcanic areas with fertile land, the land in Borneo is barren, difficult to develop and utilize, and of low value, so it has not been developed.
Zhao Xuening is well aware of all this, so he focuses on developing land that is currently considered valuable, concentrates manpower and material resources, and settles the main population on these valuable lands to build farms and carry out collective agricultural production.
They mainly grow rice to increase their food reserves, and others also grow corn, cassava, pepper, fruits and vegetables.
Because the land is fertile and the climate is suitable, agricultural production output can be greatly increased as long as there are corresponding production scales, production tools, and production management methods.
Before Zhao Xuening established the political power to manage Borneo, Borneo's agriculture was fragmented, unsystematic, and output was low.
After Zhao Xuening managed Borneo in the name of Lanfang Company, the agriculture in Borneo began to develop in a collectivized manner. Due to the increase in industrial production capacity and the investment of a large number of iron farm tools, agricultural output soared significantly with three crops a year. , and soon got out of the food dilemma.
Under this premise, Zhao Xuening resettled a large number of people around other cities controlled by Lanfang, set up farms, and promoted this production and living model. While producing, he expanded, gradually expanding the power of Lanfang Company.
On the eve of the founding of the Lanfang Republic, the entire arable land in Borneo basically began agricultural production under this management model, and the production efficiency was greatly improved, and the agricultural output was considerable.
In this case, even without the participation of other forces, the Lanfang Group controlled by Zhao Xuening is still a regional overlord with strong agricultural production capabilities and certain industrial production capacity.
After that, Zhao Xuening planned to promote this production management model on other islands, gradually place all controllable populations under production management, and gradually increase the number of people controlled by the Lanfang regime, and gradually enhance Lanfang's comprehensive national strength.
For now, Zhao Xuening has decided to set the actual control area into six administrative states, namely Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Guinea and Sulu.
Under the state, with a city or town as the center and many surrounding farms as the basic units of production and social life, such a state forms an administrative region.
An administrative district is managed by an administrative district chief and a number of farm chiefs.
In this way, a simple three-level management system is actually formed at the local level, which is directly connected to the central management system in Seoul to build a civil affairs management system from farm to district to state to the central government.
The practice in Borneo has proved the feasibility and stability of this system, so the next step is to vigorously promote and improve it.
Due to the lack of capable manpower, he was often tortured. He had to go to work early in the morning and could only finish work in the dark and midnight at night. He could only sleep five or six hours a day, which made Anne very worried.
Of course, no matter how tiring it is, there are some things that he has to personally deal with, such as land and population statistics, and the establishment of farms. These are related to the foundation of the entire Lanfang country. They are the lower limit that must be met and must not be careless. .
Furthermore, it is a matter of technological development, which is related to the upper limit of Lanfang's future development and cannot be taken lightly.
Among them, the deconstruction and replication of carronade guns is something that Zhao Xuening pays special attention to. If the carronade cannon can be copied in Lanfang and its power is strengthened, it will be a great reinforcement for the Lanfang army and navy, especially the navy. It's a great reinforcement.
After Abel Klimans recovered, he devoted himself to work enthusiastically.
He had a pretty good relationship with Albert, the Undersecretary of Industry, perhaps because of the sympathy between technicians. The two did not have any unpleasantness because of the gap between Scotland and England, which surprised Morris.
Zhao Xuening does not pay attention to these. What Zhao Xuening is mainly concerned about is whether their work progress can meet his expectations.
What is gratifying is that the process of this work is relatively smooth.
Albert successfully copied the industrial equipment used by Carlon Company to produce artillery and mastered the corresponding technology. With Abel's help, he even led an entire technical team.
In three months, this technical team clarified every detail of the production of carronade guns, and then looked for technical difficulties one by one and overcame them one by one. The work results were very outstanding.
Zhao Xuening was very happy and gave each of them a big red envelope and a generous bonus.
In March of the second year of the Republic of China, the first imitation carton gun produced by the artillery factory affiliated to the Ministry of Industry in Lanfang was successfully produced and successfully test-fired.
The experimental results proved that this imitation carronade cannon is even better than the original carronnon cannon. Part of the reason for this is that Abel made some technical adjustments during the imitation process.
The main reason is that Zhao Xuening invested a large amount of metal resources in Abel regardless of the cost. Abel let go of his hands and was not restricted by the cost and profit constraints of the Caron Company, and dedicated the perfect form of the Caron Cannon to the company. Zhao Xuening.
Zhao Xuening personally tested the cannon. After trying it on land, he boarded a battleship to test-fire. He found that the effect was indeed very outstanding. He was very satisfied, so he ordered the mass production of carronade cannons. He would give them to the main force of his navy within three years. The battleship completed the installation of carronade guns.
At the same time, Zhao Xuening also made two demands.
He hopes that the technical team headed by Abel can conduct research on two new types of artillery, one weighted and one light, based on the carronade.
The lightweight model needs to further reduce the weight of the carronade gun, increase its flexibility, and develop a carronel gun suitable for army field use. Zhao Xuening very much hopes to equip his army with such a powerful artillery to enhance the army's field firepower.
The heavy model is also very important. He hopes that while maintaining the large caliber, the heavy carronage can also increase the range and the power of the shells, so that it can complete difficult tasks better, faster and more sharply.
These two requirements made by Zhao Xuening were actually considered in order to fight the Qing army in the Qing Empire itself in the future.
The Qing army in this era was far from the degenerate state of lax armaments, civilized and aggressive military tactics sixty years later.
For the Qing Empire, the Qianlong era had begun to decline, but the inertia of strength was not over yet. Not to mention the navy, at least at the army level, the Qing army was still powerful.
The strong force of the Qing army created by the past years of war will not decline so much, and the powerful generals produced on the battlefield are by no means useless.
Even if it takes another ten years, Fukang'an will be able to lead a Qing army across the Himalayas on the plateau in the cold first month of the first month and reach the Nepalese mainland. No matter what the outcome of such an ultra-difficult and ultra-high-intensity military operation, The mere fact that it could be launched was enough to prove the strong military and logistical strength of the Qing army at that time.
Fortunately, there are not many such strong Qing troops.
But in general, the decline of the Qing army takes time, and Zhao Xuening cannot wait until the Jiaqing era to bully the Qing army that is completely degenerate and weak. He has to directly confront the Qing army at the end of its peak period or at the beginning of its decline period.
No matter which country they are in, local garrison troops are weak. After defeating the main force, the principle of tens of thousands of soldiers can be applied to any country, but before that, the country's standing elite army must not be underestimated.
If the Qing army of this period is used as an opponent, then Zhao Xuening must take into account the advantages of the Qing army and the various needs of fighting in the Qing Empire's homeland.
The first advantage of the Qing army is its large number of people, strong combat effectiveness, and large number of cavalry. In terms of land warfare, the Qing army in this period was definitely a powerful force.
Although the Qing army stayed at the state of the seventeenth century in terms of firearms, this does not mean that the Lanfang army, which used sophisticated firearms and equipment in the eighteenth century, would have a crushing advantage over the Qing army.
The advantages of firearms are not that great yet.
The effective range of the flintlock muskets currently installed by Lanfang's army is only 150 meters. Even if it can cause a huge blow to the Qing infantry at a distance of 150 meters, it will be a short-term hit for the cavalry. .
The battle will inevitably enter the stage of hand-to-hand combat.
As for hand-to-hand combat, the Qing Army with its Solon Battalion was an expert.
Moreover, the Qing army not only had Manchu cavalry, but also Mongolian cavalry, which could use spears, sabers, and crossbows.
At this moment, the combat effectiveness of the Qing army's cavalry has not degraded to the level of incompetence it had when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China. Now that their cavalry really wants to go on the battlefield, it is still very oppressive.
Lanfang could not compete with the Qing army in terms of cavalry, and no matter how it was organized, it was impossible to have the scale of the Qing army's cavalry, so Zhao Xuening did not put much effort into the cavalry.
This also means that once they face a head-on battle, Lanfang's army will inevitably withstand a huge deterrent from the Qing cavalry.
Facing these fierce cavalry, the cavalry could not be fully suppressed unless the muskets were advanced to the point of being rifled and paired with defensive fortifications such as trenches and barbed wire.
But in a short period of time, Zhao Xuening could not get these equipment anyway, unless he could open the door of time and space, travel back, and then travel back again, then there would be no problem.
Therefore, at present, he can only focus on artillery and strive to defeat the Qing cavalry before they can intimidate the infantry.
Enhance the power of the artillery, enhance the effective range of the artillery, enhance the flexibility of the artillery, use powerful artillery fire to counter the advantages of the Qing cavalry in the distance, and continue to use intensive fire from the artillery to resist the cavalry. Only in this way can we make The Qing cavalry could not give full play to their strength.
In addition, heavy artillery is also indispensable.
Because there are a large number of cities in the Qing Empire, if these cities are to be conquered, the huge help of artillery is indispensable. Therefore, an enhanced version of the carronade must also be developed and equipped.
All in all, before breaking out with Old Man Shiquan, Zhao Xuening plans to do his best to organize an army of 100,000 people, mainly Chinese, equipped with world-advanced muskets and artillery, and conduct rigorous and sophisticated training to turn it into an army. Completely golden modern army.
Then, challenge the proud and complacent old man Shiquan and the peak Qing army under his command that has not completely degraded.
"Artillery is of great significance to Lanfang in the future, and it can even be said to be ranked first, so no matter what, we must have the strongest and best-performing artillery in the world.
No matter what you need, whether it is steel, bronze, even gold or silver, you just give me a report. I will give you everything I can give you, regardless of the cost, and I must overcome all technical problems! "
Zhao Xuening held the hands of Albert and Abel tightly, placing all his hopes on the two of them and the technical team.
The two technical experts felt Zhao Xuening's strong desire and deep trust, and were deeply moved by it. So they jointly swore to Zhao Xuening that no matter what, they would risk their lives to develop the strongest and most excellent artillery for Zhao Xuening, and go to the world. All the bastards are blown to pieces and sent to hell.
