War is cruel.
War is also an accelerator pump for human progress.
Compared with history.
Qianlong is quite progressive now.
Not only did he begin to seek progress in weapons and equipment, he also began to actively contact Europe.
Although this kind of contact was strictly restricted by Qianlong to high-level exchanges, it was forbidden for Han people in the private sector to have the opportunity to contact the outside world.
But Qianlong himself knew that this kind of ban was useless - there were more than 18 million Han people in Guangdong who were no longer under his control. This was a place that he could not control for the time being.
Now the Han people have obtained the best muskets and artillery in the world.
It would be useless if the Qing Dynasty did not make progress.
If you don’t make progress, you will die.
Today’s new coating force is part of that progress.
Now the coated march looks very impressive.
Groups of line infantrymen carrying flintlock rifles walked out of a very neat queue.
Accompanying the queue were large-caliber mortars and sub-cannon mounted on four-wheeled carriages.
The mortars were placed at the back of the queue.
The sub-cannons are on both sides and can fire cannons to form crossfire.
In front of the line of infantry were skirmishers who imitated the skirmishing tactics of the Ming army.
However, these skirmishers were elite archers selected from the Eight Banners Jianrui Battalion - in Fukang'an's view, shooting arrows with the Eight Banners Jianrui Battalion's archers could also disrupt the enemy array.
The elite archers who can draw strong bows are definitely not inferior to the skirmishers of the Ming army.
On one side of the infantry formation are the cavalry of the Eight Banners of Mongolia.
The cavalry is the greatest weakness of the Ming army.
Fukang'an believed that the cavalry would have the final say in future battles with the Ming army.
Boom boom boom.
With the firing of the mortar.
Wooden shells the size of human heads were thrown out from behind the infantry line.
It hit more than two hundred steps away.
Immediately there were dull explosions.
In order to increase the power, these shells are also filled with iron nails to increase fragmentation damage.
After the "mortar" completes its launch.
Fan Baoyi, who was in the infantry line, began to get nervous.
Because the next step is three strikes.
That is, the front row shoots, the back row loads, and after the front row completes shooting, the back row passes over the front row and shoots forward.
By taking turns and shooting in this way, the horizontal team can shoot while moving forward.
It sounds easy.
But it is quite difficult to do.
It's easy to make mistakes.
Especially when I'm nervous sometimes.
The shot was fired even before the stabbing rod was drawn out.
Then he would have to be pulled out and whipped.
Moreover, this flintlock gun is not very easy to use, and there is a certain probability that it will not fire.
If you are shooting alone, it is easy to find whether there is a fire or not.
But if it is in the military formation.
It's about firing a volley.
At that time, there was a roaring sound from both sides, and sometimes I didn't even know whether I had a fire or not.
If you reload without igniting the fire, it is easy to cause an explosion accident....
As far as I know, there are several people who were injured or even died due to the explosion.
So the training of this new coated army is really not easy.
Not only is training dangerous, it's also extremely hard.
If you don't do your job a little bit, it will hit you with a whip.
Moreover, the Eight Banners men who are officers do not have very good tempers (how can they have good tempers when they are under such strict control).
But Fan Baoyi was happy in his heart.
Because there are not many places in this coated army, it is already very difficult to get in by yourself.
After all, he has done well in the Coating Army, but he can carry the flag.
Fan Baoyi was born as a domestic servant of Fan family in Jiexiu.
He is the Jiexiu Fan family, one of the eight famous families in Shanxi.
Back then, he helped the Qing Dynasty enter the Pass and made great contributions.
However, in the past few decades, Jiexiu Fan's family background began to decline.
This Jie Xiufan originally ran a copper mine and sold salt.
By the time of Qianlong's reign, copper mining had dried up, and Fan's salt industry was in recession due to various reasons.
In the forty-eighth year of Qianlong's reign (1783), the Qing government dismissed Fan because his "losses were getting deeper and deeper, so much so that he had miscarried money and missed classes the previous year, and was in arrears with official duties." His "losses reached as much as 15.6 million taels." Fan held an official position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Household Affairs and other yamen, and ordered the strict interrogation of Fan Qingji's brothers and the seizure of their family property.
At this point, the Huangshang Fan family finally ended its prominent official and business history.
Without the status of officials and merchants, Jie Xiu Fan became history.
The servants of the house were scattered.
Fan Baoyi lost his iron job as a slave in Jiexiu.
But he was lucky.
Now he couldn't be a slave to Jie Xiu Fan, but he successfully joined the Baoyi Army and became a slave to the Eight Banners men of the Qing Dynasty.
The fake coating is now the real coating.
Fan Baoyi, who has received a class jump, is full of energy and is waiting to be rewarded for his meritorious service, raise his flag and become a naturalized citizen, becoming a glorious Eight Banners master.
A slave who does not want to be his master is not a good slave.
If you don’t want to be a wrapper for the Eight Banners, you certainly won’t be a good wrapper either.
And now Mr. Qianlong, who has 50,000 yuan of good wrappings, also has a smile on his face.
"Okay, it looks like something! The military formation is rigorous and the cannons are sharp! Such a rigorous elite is enough to be used in Guangdong!"
Qianlong, who was watching the military training in the distance from the observation tower of the military camp, said with a smile.
During this period, there was constant good news for the Qing Dynasty.
First of all, a small civil unrest caused by the White Lotus Sect bandits in Hubei was quickly suppressed by the Huguang authorities.
Next was the Ganzhou camp, which had a small-scale battle with the Ming army. The results this time were not so ugly.
Although the casualty ratio is still not very good, it is much better than before, and it can even be fought back and forth.
Then there is the Baoyi Army.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs successfully produced a vehicle-mounted mortar named "Thunder Cannon" and a five-thousand-jin long-barreled cannon named "Jingyuan General Cannon", both of which fired wooden shells.
The wooden-supported shells were made with the help of craftsmen in England and France.
Now there is the Thunder Cannon nearby and the Jingyuan General Cannon far away.
Another 50,000 coated troops were trained.
In addition, the Qing Dynasty already had the absolute advantage of cavalry.
What if he fights Ni Ming again this time?
It will definitely not be so passive.
"He Shen, the Ministry of Internal Affairs must hurry up and manufacture firearms and gunpowder! I estimate that there will be a war with Ni Ming this winter!"
Qianlong put down the telescope in his hand and said.
He Shen, who was accompanying him, said hurriedly: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will keep an eye on the people below and get ready."
"The Thunder Cannon and the Jingyuan General Cannon are both good, but they consume too much gunpowder. After this battle, it will be a waste of money."
Qianlong said with some distress.
Forget about fighting.
Training is also quite expensive.
"Fortunately, we have friendly countries like Britain and France to help us. Otherwise, based on the cost of producing gunpowder in the past... we really wouldn't be able to fight this kind of war."
Fukangan on the side shook his head and said.
"You still have to spend the money you should. As long as you can wipe out Ni Ming and take back Guangdong, it's worth spending tens of millions of taels of silver."
Of course it's worth it.
Guangdong is a small cow that can provide the Qing Dynasty with less than 10 million silver every year.
Not to mention tens of millions of taels of silver.
Just a few hundred million.
Then it has to be smashed down!
If you don't have money, you'll have to suffer. If you let the Han people be patient, you'll have money.
Said.
Qianlong has stepped down from the high platform.
With the help of several eunuchs, he mounted a docile mare.
They rode slowly past in front of the new coated troops who had lined up and were waiting for Qianlong's review.
The newly-coated army is obviously ready.
When Qianlong came on horseback.
They all shouted together.
"Protect the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty!"
"Protect the Qing Dynasty and destroy the Ming Dynasty!"
The neat shouts made Qianlong feel the rare joy this year.
For such an elite, fifty thousand is still a bit too little.
But it is already usable, enough to block Ni Ming in Guangdong.
Wait for another 50,000 coated troops to be trained.
Form an army of 100,000 coaters.
Until then.
Why worry about immortality if it goes against the light?
It's already August.
Wait until September after the autumn harvest.
The new troops can move south along the inner core to replenish the Ganzhou camp.
Winter begins in October, and the weather in Guangdong is dry, which is perfect for fighting.
At that time, we can try to take back Nanxiong Prefecture.
Stick a knife on Ni Ming's head.
Keeping them awake at night makes the soldiers and civilians frightened.
There is only one province in Guangdong in the Ming Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty included Jiangnan, Huguang, Sichuan, the Central Plains, Manchuria, Inner and Inner Mongolia, etc.
In the Qing Dynasty, there were bright kings at the top and famous generals at the bottom. The place was peaceful and the seas and rivers were clear.
There are no signs of national subjugation.
This is to use the power of the world to conquer a corner of Guangdong.
There is no reason to be invincible!
.............
Just when the proud Emperor Qianlong was inspecting his precious coating army.
King Zhu Ming of the Ming Dynasty also walked at the foot of Lianhua Mountain in Panyu County, Guangzhou Prefecture.
Accompanying him were Queen Luo Xiangmei, who had given birth two months ago, and Luo Fangbo, the right prime minister of the cabinet.
Luo Xiangmei gave birth to a son two months ago, named Zhu Yichi.
There is finally a candidate for the successor to the feudalism of the Ming Dynasty.
And according to Zhu Daohua's idea, the emperor's succession system still uses the relatively stable and conservative eldest son.
In the system of the future Ming Dynasty envisioned by Zhu Daohua.
He does not need a brilliant successor.
Because talent means hard work, and the hard work...Zhu Daohua plans to finish it in his own generation.
And Luo Xiangmei after giving birth.
Shi Xianggu is also pregnant.
So Luo Xiangmei followed Zhu Daohua all over Guangdong after her confinement.
Having just inspected the horse farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture and the training of the 11th Brigade of the Ming Dynasty Army, he returned to Guangdong by boat and paid a private visit incognito at the foot of Lianhua Mountain in Panyu County to observe the public sentiment.
The reason why the 11th Brigade of the Ming Army was placed in Qiongzhou Prefecture was because the 11th Brigade was the only cavalry brigade.
The population of Qiongzhou Prefecture is relatively small, with a population of about one million. There is still a large area of undeveloped land, and there are also a large number of flat areas, which are suitable for large horse farms and cavalry training.
Currently, the horse breeding farm in Qiongzhou Prefecture is still in the breeding stage, using horse breeds brought back from the West and Mongolian horses bought from North Korea, Japan and other countries in the north.
War horses are not available yet.
But this does not mean that the Ming army's cavalry cannot be used.
Due to the huge trade surplus in East-West trade, China's export commodities, including tea, porcelain, silk, etc., are basically in a monopoly position in the market.
And China basically does not need to import any goods.
The direct consequence of this is that silver flows into China in large quantities and stays permanently in China.
And now the Ming Palace still has goods that need to be imported in the international market - such as war horses.
This allowed businessmen from the West to see business opportunities.
Rather than transporting silver directly to China, they hoped to transport batches of goods--in history, this was opium.
Now no Western businessman dares to transport opium to open China's door.
And the Ming Palace needed war horses.
As a result, many Western businessmen discovered a business opportunity.
It means sailing from Europe, loaded with goods, unloading the goods in India, and then buying Indian fine-bred war-horses. They went to Batam Island, sold the war horses to the Ming Dynasty, and then bought tea, porcelain, lacquerware, etc. from Eastern merchants. Silk, etc. returned to Europe.
Forming a large triangle of trade.
through international trade.
The Ming Dynasty accumulated a number of horses enough to support a cavalry brigade for training.
The 11th Cavalry Brigade was established accordingly.
Of course, these cavalry were not trained according to the Mongolian light cavalry - King Zhu Ming did not have talents who knew this.
So I took the training manual of the European Shock Cavalry, modified it a little, and used it.
Zhu Daohua chose to believe Napoleon in this regard - Napoleon believed that cavalry did not need too many skills, including archery and close combat. Napoleon believed that the Mongolian cavalry was of little use in the current battlefield.
The cavalry only needs to do one thing: impact!
Therefore, the cavalry of the Ming Army is completely a shock cavalry.
Equipped with breastplate, lance, and scimitar.
They walked in a dense queue and charged into the formation.
And after having a cavalry that can be used.
Only the Ming army had the capital to plot north of Guangdong.
As for conquering the Central Plains.
That would require at least 20,000 to 30,000 riders.
The goal in the next stage is to take Jiangnan and Huguang.
Preparations in this area are already in full swing, including training the army and preparing enough local administrative officials.
The foot of Lotus Mountain at this time.
Most of the surrounding farmland has been harvested.
However, Luo Fangbo, who was following Zhu Daohua, had a worried look on his face.
"Your Majesty, after this year's autumn harvest, many tenant evictions occurred. Many landowners took back farmland and hired people to grow sugar cane, garlic, etc."
Luo Fangbo said.
Drive out tenants.
It has been a very immoral thing in all dynasties.
But now it’s all over Guangdong.
There have been many tenant evictions this fall.
The reason is also very simple.
Due to the industrial guidance of the Ming Palace, life-sustaining water was put into mass production.
Both the sugar and pharmaceutical industries have experienced great development.
This has pushed up the prices of cash crops such as sugar cane and garlic.
On the other hand, cheap rice from Annan and Lanfang poured into Guangdong, causing the price of rice to drop again and again.
This caused many landowners who previously mainly gave their farmland to tenant farmers to farm and collect rice rent to lose money - the land tax in the Ming Dynasty was not a physical tax, but had to be paid in Ming yuan.
No one does business that is losing money.
Therefore, many landowners began to evict their tenant farmers and prepare to plant cash crops instead.
Since this time.
Conflicts and group incidents arising from tenant evictions occurred one after another.
This is currently the biggest headache for the two prime ministers in the cabinet.
Driving out tenant farmers in all dynasties was very politically incorrect.
But our King Zhu Ming doesn’t seem to care much about expelling tenants...
After the endless coma, Shi Yu suddenly stood up from the bed. If you want to read the latest chapters, please download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads. The website has not updated the latest chapter content, but the Xingxing Reading APP has updated the latest chapter content.
He took a big breath of fresh air, his chest trembling.
Confused, confused, and all kinds of emotions came to my mind.
Where is this?
Afterwards, Shi Yu subconsciously observed his surroundings, and then became even more confused.
A single dormitory?
Even if he was successfully rescued, he should be in the ward now.
And my body...how could I not have any injuries at all?
With doubts, Shi Yu's eyes quickly swept across the room, and finally his eyes rested on a mirror beside the bed.
The mirror showed his current appearance. He was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and he looked very handsome.
But the problem is, this is not him! Download the Star Reading app and read the latest chapters for free without ads.
My previous self was a handsome young man in his twenties who had been working for a while.
And now, no matter how you look, this appearance is that of a high school student...
This change made Shi Yu stunned for a long time.
Don't tell him that the operation was successful...
The body and appearance have changed. This is not a matter of surgery or not, but magic.
He turned into a completely different person!
Could it be...that he traveled through time?
In addition to the mirror placed by the bedside, which was obviously not feng shui-friendly, Shi Yu also found three books next to it.
Shi Yu picked it up and took a look. The title of the book instantly silenced him.
"Essential Animal Breeding Manual for Beginner Breeders"
"Postpartum Care of Pet Pets"
"Evaluation Guide for Interracial Beast-Eared Girls"
Shi Yu:? ? ?
The names of the first two books are pretty normal, but what happened to the last one?
"cough."
Shi Yu looked solemnly and stretched out his hand, but his arm soon stiffened.
Just when he was about to open the third book and see what it was about, his brain suddenly felt a sharp pain, and a large number of memories came flooding back.
Icefield City.
Pet animal breeding base.
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Beastmaster?
