Hou Wenyong has been feeling a bit depressed recently. He was born as a secretary, and Chief Ma arranged for him to be the top leader of the "most important county". However, he didn't work for long and was transferred by Chief Liu to replace him before he achieved any results. Chief Zhang's position as secretary-general was euphemistically called "people making the best use of people." As soon as Chief Zhang came, Nanhai County had nothing to do with him, and it was completely restored to its original shape.
That day Hou Qing came to his residence to visit his only relative. Seeing that he was worried, he asked him what was going on.
Hou Wenyong carefully told Hou Qing what was on his mind, and Hou Qing comforted him: "Brother, you are still young, so this setback is nothing. If it were in the previous dynasty, you would have become a scholar at your age, which is already the highest score in our Hou family." My ancestors have accumulated good deeds. I have often heard Chief Lin say that to be a man, one must be "wide-viewed and willing to accept, and one who accumulates a lot but makes little contributions". Everyone in the system knows that you are Chief Ma's personal secretary, and it is not a good thing for you to suddenly occupy a high position. .This time, soon after Chief Zhang took office, he arranged for all departments to recruit people to work at the grassroots level. A Liang and I were both on the list. You have never done this when you took office, which shows that your ability and knowledge still need to be improved. Later. If you have the chance, I think you should apply to work at the grassroots level for a few years."
Hou Wenyong was a little depressed and said: "When we first entered the city, there was a lot of waste waiting to be done. There were so many things to deal with every day. I really couldn't spare the time to work at the grassroots level."
Hou Qing shook his head. As a woman, she had to be more careful. In addition, she was much older, so she was much more mature than Hou Wenyong.
Hou Qing said: "Whether you can work at the grassroots level or not has nothing to do with you. Why are you still thinking about this? Look at the top and left of you. They are all chiefs. As a small cadre, how can you coordinate things without the chief Ma to control the situation? These big leaders? If you are too strong, you will offend others. If you are too weak, you will not be able to do things. You cannot develop this kind of just right skills without decades of training. Listen to my sister, calm down and hone yourself. .”
Hou Wenyong felt relieved when he thought that this was indeed the case.
Hou Qing added: "I think you are already quite old. If it had been before, your children would have been able to make soy sauce. They say that when you start a family, you start a family first and then you start a career. If I know it right, I will arrange a marriage for you. .”
Hou Wenyong said: "Sister, I'm not in a hurry. But you, when are you going to get the certificate from Brother Liang?"
A blush appeared on Hou Qing's face, "Just look at him."
A week later, two Dafa boats were moored at Tianzi Pier in Guangzhou. More than ten Nanhai County cadres gathered here, and a team of Nationalist troops from the Ba Dao team were responsible for security.
Zhang Xiao touched the Glock pistol that had just been maintained, and he also had three more magazines on him. Although he was escorted by the National Army, he felt more at ease with this old friend by his side.
Putting the pistol into the holster, Zhang Xiao gave the order: "Let's go!"
"Tu tu tu tu..." The steam boiler on the boat was emitting thick black smoke, like the tail of the boat, gradually drifting away in the breeze. The expedition fleet consisting of two large boats docked at the Foshan Economic Development Zone and visited the young veterans who were practicing here. After replenishing coal, they entered the Shunde Waterway and entered the Jiujiang River near Xiqiao Mountain from the ship lock in the east of Sangyuanwei. Go south.
Since it was two elders who were traveling, and they were accompanied by about a dozen important cadres, in addition to the National Army of the Ba Dao Team, there were also people from the Elders' Guard Bureau who were responsible for security.
Considering that the Senate did not have deep roots in the countryside, the force Zhang Xiao brought with him on this trip was a bit exaggerated. Originally, Zhang Xiao wanted to borrow two experimental 82 mortars from the Fubo Army to accompany him. This kind of weapon has extremely high maneuverability relying only on manpower in the absence of mules and horses. Most of the villages in the countryside are thatched. The mortar shells have good penetration on the roof and green tile roof. The vertically falling shells have extremely high lethality to the unprotected human body and can bypass the wall to kill targets inside the bunker.
However, Zhu Mingxia did not agree, because even if he lent it to the National Army, they would not use it. It was better to bring two 12-pound mountain howitzers, which was enough for the National Army. The biggest threat to people going to the countryside is bandits. The mountain grenade can shoot directly, and can even be used as a large spray gun. It can fire shotguns to repel the attacks of hundreds of bandits. It is very practical.
But when Zhang Xiao explained where he was going, Zhu Mingxia also ran into trouble. The two dragons in Jiujiang are both Zeguo, and there is basically no mobility in the mountains. In the end, it was decided to replace the Nanyang-style rifles in the hands of the accompanying Ba Dao team with a batch of miniguns eliminated by the Fubo Army. The difference between the two rifles was only whether they had rifling, but the shooting accuracy was worlds apart. In addition, the special agents of the Veterans Guard Bureau are equipped with the new Type 1637 breech-loading rifle. Zhu Mingxia patted his chest and promised that with this kind of firepower, even without cannons, they would not dare to move if they encountered bandits.
The mini rifles used by the Army, Navy and Navy sailors for a long time have problems such as excessive caliber affecting ballistic performance, too long barrel (the prototype Enfield P1853 barrel is 99cm long) which is inconvenient to load, and the paper-packed ammunition is susceptible to moisture. The modified Hall's modified rifle also failed to completely solve the aforementioned shortcomings. With the stable supply of copper obtained by monopolizing the Japanese copper trade, designing a new copper-cased fixed-loading rifle became a top priority.
In 1635, two groups in the Ordnance Design Bureau came up with Plan No. 1 (imitation of the Springfield M1873's shutter bolt) and Plan No. 2 (imitation of the Martini-Henry falling bolt). While the Senate was busy with the Guangdong and Guangxi campaigns, both plans produced different prototype guns to adapt to various experimental ammunition. When reviewing the test results, the military believed that Plan No. 2 was superior in terms of rate of fire and reliability, while the Planning Institute favored Plan No. 1 on the grounds that it could be modified with a minigun. As the war between Guangdong and Guangxi came to an end, the Senate decided to vigorously enrich the National Army and consolidate the new areas. Mini guns eliminated from the regular army may be transformed into Nanyang-style rifles and provided to the National Army garrison squadrons, or directly delivered to the National Army mobile squadrons. Plan No. 1 lost its advantage, and Plan No. 2 was officially designated as the Type 1637 breech-loading rifle.
This gun is equipped with 1637 type 10X61mm
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The black powder rifle bullet is fired from a 72cm barrel with a muzzle velocity of 485m/s. The standard warhead is a 338-grain (21.9g) hard lead alloy warhead. It is matched with Metford-style rifling and has good dispersion accuracy within 600 meters. Because some army officers were too obsessed with hand-to-hand combat and worried that shortening the barrel would weaken the stabbing ability, this rifle was issued with a longer stab. However, in most battles, soldiers reported that the new rifle had a faster rate of fire (up to 20 rounds/minute, in actual combat The rate of fire is about 12 rounds/minute), the firepower is fierce, and the probability of hand-to-hand combat is significantly reduced.
The 1637-style rifle was the well-deserved main rifle in the southern campaign, the Northern Expedition, and the continental conquest throughout the 1640s. Its wide range of use and long time are unparalleled among the Australian and Song Dynasty small arms systems. Even when the local troops in Australia and Song Dynasty have completely replaced smokeless semi-automatic and fully automatic weapons, the colonial garrison on the other side of the world is still hand-casting warheads to supply the old and stronger 1637-style rifles in their hands.
Zhang Xiao stood on the bow of the ship, facing the wind, enjoying the joy of being freed from the heavy official duties. Xiqiao Mountain was just two kilometers away, visible to his eyes. In this situation, Zhang Xiao remembered a poem he had seen while sorting out materials. It was written by Zhan Ruoshui when he was giving lectures in Xiqiao Mountain: "The water in Qiao Lake is springing up in spring, and the water around Qiao Lake is like a city. The old man is sitting alone. On top of the woodcutter clouds, the ninety-six peaks stand out and the moon shines brightly."
What Zhan Ruoshui saw in Xiqiao Mountain during the Jiajing period was very different from what he saw in later generations. The reason why Zhan Ruoshui called Xiqiao Mountain "surrounded by the sea in all directions" was because at that time, the development of the Sangyuan area had not yet deepened, and there were large-scale buildings in the area. of waters exist. Jiujiang Yong is the main river flowing from north to south in Jiujiang. It was very wide in the Ming Dynasty. It is recorded that the water is 28 feet wide. In later generations, due to continuous development, the river was silted up and there were more private constructions, so it shrank into a small river.
Unfortunately, more than seventy years have passed since Zhan Ruoshui's time, and the land development within the Sangyuan area has developed greatly. Zhang Xiao can no longer see the vast waters that Zhan Ruoshui saw.
Along the way, various types of civilian boats came and went in the countless forked rivers. Farmers on the shore were working hard with sweat. When the surrounding indigenous people heard the unique noise of the big boats, they all looked at Zhang Xiao's fleet, as if they were on the river. Salute him with your attention. Zhang Xiao couldn't help but wave to them.
"Jiayu, do you know when the mulberry garden was built?" Zhang Xiao asked.
Zhang Jiayu did not expect that Zhang Xiao would ask him this question. He, a Dongguan native, would naturally not know the history of a dike in Nanhai County. He replied with shame: "Ashamed of the student, I really don't know."
"Where's Counselor Huang?" Zhang Xiao turned to Huang Xiyin again.
"Looking back at the chief, Sangyuanwei was built during the Huizong period of the Chinese Dynasty, which has a history of more than 500 years." As the former county magistrate, Huang Xiyin was responsible for building water conservancy projects, and he was very concerned about the important water conservancy facilities in this area. Of course there are.
"National Dynasty?" Zhang Xiao was stunned, thinking that the information he saw clearly stated that it started in the Northern Song Dynasty, how could he create a "National Dynasty" to return Huizong... It took him a few minutes to realize, how dare he love this "National Dynasty" Chao" refers to the "Great Song Dynasty"! In contrast, he, a veteran of the Song Dynasty, still talks about the "Northern Song Dynasty" and "Southern Song Dynasty"!
This consciousness! This level of speech! If he hadn't come with the Senate, if he was really a wise scholar, he would have been sold to others for money.
"That's right," Zhang Xiao said: "Water conservancy is the foundation of agriculture, and agriculture is the foundation of the country. The mulberry garden is divided into two parts: the east and west. In the Song Dynasty... the country, the west part started from Sanshui Fei'eyi to the junction of Ganzhuniu Mountain, and the east part Starting from Jizan's Hanggu Dun and ending at the end of Pengwei on the Longjiang River, it is more than 12,000 feet long and covers 1,500 hectares of farmland. When the mulberry garden was first built, it was just made of mud, and the embankment was four or five feet high. Due to the local terrain in the northwest High and low in the southeast, Mulberry Wai was an open gate in the Song Dynasty. At that time, there was not much sedimentation on the coastal sandbanks downstream and it was easy to dissipate water. Therefore, there were no gates to block water at the Duiliu Port and Longjiang Jiao water mouths in the southeast corner of the embankment, allowing the gate to be blocked. The water from the inner and rivers pours into the enclosure from the outside, venting each other, following the flow of the water, and not competing for land with the water. This is really the wisdom of the ancestors."
