amaotonovel Chapter 209 Yuan Ya marvels at the world's harmony
Chapter 209 Yuan Ya marvels at the world's harmony
But why do you insist on letting her come?
After all, if you ask others for help, you will be controlled by them!
It's like when ordinary people encounter difficulties and need to "use connections" to smooth things over, gifts are definitely necessary. But without this "guide", who will accept your gifts?
You even have a hard time meeting this "big shot" who can solve the problem, and you have no connection!
Li Jize is the big shot who can solve this problem, and Wang Yuanya happens to be the stepping stone to his acquaintance. Who else should he send if not her?
Soon! The two of them took the boat as usual and arrived in Qingzhou.
They were also asked to get off the boat, take off their weapons with ease, and then were led into Qingzhou by land.
As for those who did not enter Qingzhou, of course they paid the toll and went out to sea under the "escort" of warships.
After walking all the way, Wang Yuanya and Zhang Xiaolan were particularly amazed...
Compared to the last time they came here, this time they saw the huge buildings and water wheels standing by the river.
Both of them were puzzled and asked the guide, "What is that?"
The guide replied, "Factory!"
"What is a factory?"
"A place to forge weapons!"
Wow! Now they understood.
Why were so many new "factories" built in such a short period of time? To put it bluntly, it's because the rebels have a huge demand!
Li Zhenbei continued to provide silver to Li Jize, asking him to make firearms, and naturally, there were more and more factories in Qingzhou.
Zhang Xiaolan rolled her eyes and looked at the factories. Suddenly, she had an idea...
How about sneaking in and taking a look? Maybe we can learn how to forge firearms, and my fellow rebels can build our own factories!
In this way, since they have their own factory, there is no need to let the Qin army take advantage of it for nothing.
But soon, as they got closer and saw the Qin soldiers in front of them carrying muskets, with a small post every five steps and a large post every ten steps, they quickly dispelled this concern.
Are you kidding me?
They all knew that there were good things in the arsenal. How could Li Jize, a "Doctor of Weapons" not know about it? How could he not keep a strict watch over it?
Not only was the arsenal turned into a prison-like closed facility, but most importantly, even the craftsmen working there had to sign confidentiality agreements! Their families were taken to live in the staff dormitories.
Food, clothing, housing and transportation are all solved here!
If you dare to leak military secrets, your entire clan will be killed!
In reality, it's just a sentence to jail, but in feudal society, it's a game of Nine Clans Elimination Chamber, who would dare to take the risk of leaking the secret?
Wang Yuanya withdrew his gaze somewhat unwillingly, and could only sigh, "Why don't our rebels have such talents? Can they make firearms or something like that?"
then……
Zhang Xiaolan next to her reached out and tugged at Wang Yuanya, who was stunned for a moment, looking puzzled.
Until Zhang Xiaolan kept looking towards the "factory", Wang Yuanya also turned around and saw the thick wall outside, and then on the wall...
Oh my goodness! Wang Yuanya was shocked and dumbfounded!
What's going on? What are those circles on the wall? They have barbs on them.
Wang Yuanya, apparently unconcerned about his status as a rebel envoy, immediately asked the guide, "Young man, may I ask what that thing on the wall is?"
The guide was stunned, took a look, and then casually replied, "Oh! Barbed wire! The latest masterpiece from our arsenal. They say that with it, the barbarian cavalry will no longer be of any use!"
what?
When they heard this, they were all shocked!
This little thing can take on cavalry? Are you kidding me?
In fact, the ancients had already studied how to deal with cavalry.
The best way is chariots, chevaux de frise, horse traps and the like.
Let’s talk about the chariot first. This thing is too passive, and how can you catch up with the cavalry if you have to pull it?
In particular, the mobility of cavalry is too terrifying. There are even rare cases where two armies confront each other. They often engage in direct clashes, and you have no time to deploy chariots.
Horse pits, why didn’t the ancients dig trenches to deal with war horses?
Because this thing is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the cavalry is not stupid. They will see where you dig the pit and then go around and attack from other places.
What is really practical is actually the chevaux de frise! Barbed wire is a variation of the chevaux de frise.
But the ancient people's chevaux de frise were actually not very useful, because the real cavalrymen did not use cavalry to charge and kill like those shown on TV.
How LOW! How can you break the infantry into a phalanx with spears?
What makes cavalry more difficult is actually "horse archery", commonly known as kite flying!
With barbed wire and muskets, this problem is perfectly overcome. You can't beat a musket with a bow and arrow in terms of range. If you want to use cavalry to charge, what will you do if someone surrounds you with a circle of barbed wire?
the most important is……
This thing is light and easy to deploy! It is much more solid than chevaux de frise and chariots.
So why didn't the ancients invent barbed wire? Were they just too dumb to come up with this idea?
No! Because according to historical records, in the first year of the Great Qi Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Taizu, the output of pig iron was 10,000 tons!
The entire country produces so little, and you want them to build barbed wire?
Should he get a large knife to chop more effectively, or a barbed wire fence that can only defend but not attack?
Only Li Jize was rich enough to get a large amount of iron ore from the south, bandits, and merchants in the north. In the end, he produced muskets and sold them at a high price.
Therefore, Li Jize, who has a wealthy family and a lot of power, began to study barbed wire!
In the future, with the advancement of muskets, we will definitely engage in trench warfare. In order to prevent cavalry from breaking through and cannon fodder from filling the trenches, barbed wire is simply a magic weapon!
Moreover, because of the hydraulic forging machine and hydraulic winch, it was very easy for Li Jize to make barbed wire.
Wang Yuanya and Zhang Xiaolan stopped talking. They really wanted barbed wire to protect their fellow rebels.
But can Li Jize sell this thing? How much does he need to sell it for?
It’s not that the rebel brothers can’t do it, it’s that they can’t even smelt iron and steel. How can they be so extravagant as to dare to use pig iron to make barbed wire?
Zhang Xiaolan, feeling helpless and helpless, complained, "Li Jize is always messing around with useless things like this. He has all the money and the ability... why doesn't he improve the livelihood of Qingzhou? The people are all sallow... sallow... gulp!"
Just when she was about to complain, Zhang Xiaolan was dumbfounded.
Because it was noon, I saw that on the Qingzhou Road, smoke was rising from every household.
Ah no...
The common people under the banner of their rebel army didn’t dare to say that they could have a hot lunch!
Where did the people of Qingzhou get food to eat under Li Jize's rule?
How could they possibly have the ingredients to cook a hot meal?