Wang Yingxiong is gone.

However, Feng Ziying fell into deep thought.

To be honest, he didn't look down on the firearms troops of the Great Zhou.

The main guns of all kinds of miscellaneous and inferior quality are mainly guns, the level of training is low, there is a lack of scientific training methods, and corruption is rampant within the army, so it is possible to hope to build a decent musket unit unless it is necessary to carry out reforms and guarantees in all aspects.

Compared with the Jianzhou Jurchens' army, which is dominated by cold weapons, the Great Zhou army is absolutely inferior in terms of the same number of combat power, which is why the 100,000 troops in Liaodong Town, the 80,000 troops in Jizhen, and the 180,000 troops in Jizhen are overstretched and embarrassed in the face of the Jianzhou Jurchens.

Of course, this has something to do with the special geographical location and topographical characteristics of Liaodong Town and Jizhen Town, after all, it is necessary to guard thousands of miles of borders, and each guard station needs garrisons, and it is indeed a little difficult for the two towns to really draw out tens of thousands of elites to fight against the Jianzhou Jurchens.

But this is only one reason, and the overall weakness of the strength caused by various problems within the Great Zhou Army is the main factor.

The use of firearms is an inevitable trend, and the more reluctant you are to accept new things, the more you will suffer in the future.

Now that there is such an opportunity, and in addition to the fact that my father has just gone to Liaodong, the current firearms unit in Liaodong itself is a chicken rib, and even the opposition and resistance encountered by the reduction will be much slighter, and if the means are more clever, perhaps the goal of reorganization and reorganization can be achieved.

In fact, arquebuses may have gradually begun to give way to flintlock pistols in Europe, but on the map of East Asia, arquebuses are still an extremely advanced and even failed to popularize new weapons, and muskets are still flooded in the Great Zhou army, which is the gap.

In the face of the Jianzhou Jurchens, who mainly focus on cavalry and archery, if they can really build a musket force with combat effectiveness in Liaodong Town, they may really be able to change the entire situation in Liaodong.

"So you think I should go and accept these three thousand firearms?"

Feng Tang listened very carefully to Feng Ziying's spending an hour to introduce in detail the difference between the Lu Mi gun and the fire gate gun, as well as the advantages and convenience of the Lu Mi gun compared to the fire door gun, Feng Tang listened very carefully, and even asked a few questions, which made Feng Ziying realize that his father didn't seem to be as disgusted and resistant to this kind of hot weapon as he imagined.

This also lifted Feng Ziying's spirits.

"Yes, the son of Fang Cai also introduced to you that there is an essential difference between the musket that relies on hot iron bars, and one person can operate it, of course, this requires a long time of training to achieve, but it has no special requirements for arm strength archery, and its training maturity time is far better than cultivating an archer, so my son thinks that this should be the most suitable weapon for the current nine-sided, and my son has also heard from some maritime merchants that Japan has already begun to equip bird guns, in fact, it is this kind of Lu Mi guns, The Xiyi people even began to popularize this kind of Lumi gun decades ago, and now they are ready to eliminate this kind of fire gun that we look like is even the latest type. ”

Feng Ziying's words surprised Feng Tang, and the others were just fine, but Feng Tang still trusted his own son's words, "The Xiyi people began to eliminate this kind of Lu Mi Gong, so what do they use?" ”

"Dad should know that it's a self-generated firebolt." Feng Ziying replied calmly: "It's just that their self-generated fire guns are not as short as the one my father gave me, they are as long as this kind of Lu Mi guns, or even longer, and their power and ease of use, my father can imagine how convenient it is." ”

Feng Tang sighed, he had seen the power and convenience of the self-generated fire gun.

This kind of short-handled self-generated fire gun is easy to carry, although it lacks in power, but it is an absolute weapon for killing people within two or three zhang, and it is conceivable that if the barrel is lengthened, the charge is more, and the power of gunpowder is increased, and its lethal power can naturally extend from two or three zhang to twenty or thirty zhang or even a hundred zhang.

However, Da Zhou is obviously unable to make this kind of self-generated fire, not to mention that the other devices that hit the fire are extremely exquisite, and there are also that kind of coil springs, which are extremely difficult and complicated to make, and can only be processed by hand.

"Ziying, I understand what you mean, but can we make a self-generated fire gun?" Feng Tang asked rhetorically.

"It's definitely not possible now, the complex device on the self-made fire gun is mainly processed by watch craftsmen and their apprentices in Xiyi, and we can't even make that kind of clock in Da Zhou, so we have to import it from Xiyi, not to mention this kind of large-scale production at every turn, but in Xiyi, watchmakers are very common, so their apprentices began to enter various workshops after they left the school, including this kind of workshop specializing in making fire guns, in order to make this kind of self-generated fire guns."

Feng Ziying is very clear that even the handicraft manufacturing industry in the Great Zhou has distanced itself from Europe, especially the gap between the more sophisticated processing and manufacturing industry like clocks and watches, and in the sixteenth century, all kinds of simple lathes that provide support for the watch industry and weapons manufacturing have appeared, such as thread lathes and gear processing lathes, etc., and this development speed is faster in the seventeenth century, but he only knows a general history, and he knows nothing about the specific lathe principle and production process.

The leading equipment and technology of the industry and even the lathe have allowed Europe to gradually have a scientific and technological advantage in East Asia after entering the seventeenth century, which is inseparable from the development of natural science in Europe.

Seeing that his son was very sure that he couldn't make a self-made firebolt, Feng Tang also died, and even if he could make it, I am afraid that it would be a year and a half for some skilled craftsmen to make one or two expenses, which is of little significance, as Feng Ziying said, unless there are a large number of craftsmen and apprentices like watchmakers like the Xiyi people, which can be made together, it can be realized.

"Ziying, do you think it's cost-effective for me to accept this batch of Lu Mi Gong?" Feng Tang was a little moved by Feng Ziying's words, but he was worried that making such a big gimmick would eventually become a showmanship, which would definitely damage his prestige a lot, and might even shake his position in Liaodong.

"Dad, I think Da Zhou will take this step sooner or later, it is an inevitable trend for Lu Mi Gong to replace those three-eyed guns, and a fool can see the huge gap between them, the key is whether you can choose a good person to train this batch of Lu Mi Gong soldiers, to be honest, to train an army of firearms, three thousand guns are far from enough, I don't know what the quality of these guns is, but if you want to practice repeatedly, or even conduct live-fire training, there will definitely be a considerable amount of loss, so according to my son's opinion, If you really plan to train an army of gunners that can come in handy and even teach the Jianzhou Jurchens a profound lesson, you will need to buy at least 10,000 gunguns and a large amount of gunpowder. ”

Feng Ziying's suggestion startled Feng Tang, "Ziying, your suggestion is a bit out of line, isn't it?" ”

"Dad, it's definitely not out of line, since you want to do it, you have to do it, and even if it's according to ten taels of silver, ten thousand pieces of silver are only one hundred thousand taels of silver, you have to open your mouth to ask for one hundred and twenty thousand taels of silver before taking office, what is this one hundred thousand silver?" Feng Ziying disagreed, "To put it mildly, if you can really train a firearm army and teach the Jianzhou Jurchens a lesson, I think the reward of three and a half hundred thousand taels of silver should be fine for the imperial court, right?" ”

"Besides, you also know the current situation in Liaodong Town, the Li family and the army attached to the Li family you will definitely not be able to move in a short time, the soldiers brought from Datong and Yulin are limited, and they can only be used as the last hole card, the best way is to use local materials, train the troops, and train the cavalry, or train the infantry army, it is not as fast as training this kind of fire gun army into an army, and for the Jianzhou Jurchens, who are mainly cavalry and archery, once the fire gun army is formed, it is a natural restraint ,......"

Most of them are true, and a few are false, for his father, Feng Ziying naturally can't harm him, but it is necessary to properly cheer him up and boost his confidence.

Feng Tang pondered for a while, "Ziying, are you so optimistic about the Fire Gun Army?" ”

"Dad, I'm really optimistic, even weapons like the Three-Eyed Gun can cause a lot of damage to the Jianzhou cavalry, Lu Mi is much stronger, and training these firecrackers is also to prepare for them to change into self-generated firearms in the future, can't we train firecrackers when we can buy or produce self-generated firearms in the future?"

Feng Ziying's last sentence moved Feng Tang.

Although he is not very optimistic about the Lu Mi Gun, the operation procedures are complicated, the quality is worrying, and the weather has a big impact, all of which make Feng Tang feel a bit like chicken ribs, but the power and convenience of the self-generated fire gun Feng Tang is very optimistic, if he can buy a batch of self-generated fire guns, then the power of this fire gun soldier can really be brought into play in the future.

"In that case, then I'll go to Chai Ke tomorrow and take this batch of Lu Mi guns, but what will I do next? Do you want to continue buying? Feng Tang and the Ministry of War are still arguing, 1.2 million taels of silver is obviously unrealistic, but 800,000 taels Feng Tang feels that it is less, he hopes to get 1 million taels, but the Ministry of War does not agree.

"Well, otherwise, I'll go tomorrow to contact the owner of the workshop who escorted this batch of goods, the iron smelting and processing workshop in Foshan is indeed much stronger than in the north, talk about it again, I will see if I can discuss it with them again in terms of price and quality, so that we are both satisfied, and if I can, I will order again."

Feng Ziying has never been to Guangdong, but he has long heard of the name of Foshan iron smelting industry, and the northland side wants to take the path of coal and iron complex, and some businessmen alone can't rely on it, and more talents in this area are needed, so it is necessary to get in touch.

Since he is a businessman, then he will talk about profits, as long as it is profitable, Feng Ziying believes that no one will give the silver a bother, and with Haitong Money Bank as the backing, Feng Ziying also has this confidence.