Guan Tianpei glanced at him and pursed his lips, the various forts were obviously not on the same line, what kind of eyesight was this? He didn't say anything, to see what he could say.

"The younger generation thinks that it is not enough to add a Jingyuan fort on A-Niang Shoe Island, and it is necessary to add a few turrets to the front and rear of the east and west banks to form a 'figure-eight', so that not only the distribution of firepower can be enhanced, but also a cross-fire network can be formed."

"Wait." Guan Tianpei interrupted him and said: "This idea is good, but the imperial court may not allow it, adding forts is not only to increase artillery, but also to increase troops. ”

"Can Guan Junmen not keep staring at Yuan Qi." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "Merchants, salt merchants, tea merchants, silk merchants, sugar merchants, and iron merchants can all pluck their hair." ”

"You kid think they're all as cheerful as you?" Guan Tianpei said angrily: "At the beginning of his tenure, the governor began to rebuild one after another, adding forts, purchasing artillery, and raising funds everywhere, making it look like a flower child. ”

"The imperial court didn't allocate funds?"

"Of course there is, but that's a drop in the bucket, what can it do?"

After pondering for a moment, Yi Zhizhi thought about it and said: "Slowly, slow down for a year or two, wait for Yuanqi to become bigger, this silver Yuanqi will come out, the military gate will report to the court first, build additional forts, and now the court wants to strictly prohibit crows. Smuggling, the defense of Humen attaches great importance to it, and it will be played. ”

Guan Tianpei said suspiciously: "Is this true? An additional fort will cost hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. ”

"Yuan Qi is responsible for purchasing all the artillery, how?"

"It's a deal." Guan Tianpei said happily: "If those businessmen are like contentment, this governor guarantees that Humen is impregnable." After a pause, he said boldly: "Don't watch it today, go back to Humen Village, and the governor will set up a banquet to entertain and be content." ”

Listen to the wine and feast. Yi Zhifen was taken aback, his amount of alcohol was not good, which was the opponent of those generals who led the troops, he hurriedly said: "The military gate is gracious, and if you receive it in your heart, you will be exempted from setting up a banquet." Do not drink alcohol under it. ”

Guan Tianpei smiled heartily: "What's this, drinking is all practiced, and you can drink it after getting drunk a few times." ”

"I'm going to go to the fort tomorrow to investigate." Yi Zhishu said with a smile: "Change the military gate to Xiguan, and invite the military gate to have a good time." ”

Guan Tianpei waved his hand and said, "One yard is one yard." ”

Humen Village is located in Shiqiling on the east bank of the Taiping River, not far from A-Niang Shoe Island, is the location of the Admiral's Mansion, and the warship sailed into the Taiping River. When the sea breeze arrived, it was much smaller, and the speed of the boat slowed down, Guan Tianpei pointed ahead and said, "The front is Humen Town, and Humen Village is in Shiqiling next to it." ”

Yi Zhizu asked casually: "How many troops does Humen have?" ”

"The second battalion of the center and right of the raised standard, with a total of more than 3,580 officers and men."

There are only 3,500 troops in the entire Humen? Yi Zhizhi said: "Didn't you hear that there are nearly 20,000 sailors? Why is Humen only so strong? ”

Guan Tianpei said without thinking: "There are a total of 35 battalions of the Guangdong Naval Division, including 27 battalions of the Outer Sea Division and 8 battalions of the Inland Water Division. 1,500 floods, totaling more than 19,000 people. There are a lot of troops, but they belong to various departments, and what the governor can control is to raise the standard of the five battalions and the five associations and four towns, which are just over 10,000, but they have to spread a net and be stationed in all parts of the province, and Humen has two battalions of troops stationed in Humen. It is already taken very seriously. ”

Yi Zhixiang was speechless for a while, there were not many troops in the first place, and they were scattered and defended everywhere, aren't they all empty everywhere?

The boat docked at the entrance of the town. A group of people from the south gate into the Humen Village, although Yi Zhizhi stated that he would not drink, Guan Tianpei still set up two tables of banquets in the Admiral's Mansion, and called the general soldiers, deputy generals, and staff generals in the camp to accompany them, and a group of generals heard that the young man in front of them was the God of Wealth of the Water Division, and they were all extremely enthusiastic, and took turns to come forward to toast.

On this day, three strokes on the day, Yi Zhizhi got up, although he was drunk and weak, he insisted on going out of the camp to the fort for a field trip, he really didn't want to delay too long in Humen.

Guan Tianpei personally accompanied, a group of generals will naturally not lag behind, on the table, one does not follow the left and right, the first stop is naturally Weiyuan Fort, Guan Tianpei is most concerned about how to improve the hit rate of artillery, as soon as he got on the fort, he asked: "Contentment will operate artillery?" ”

"No, it won't." Yi Zhishu shook his head and said: "The military gate dragged a target boat to the center of the river, let them shoot, and let me observe it first." ”

Isn't this a mess? Can you come up with a way to look at it? Guan Tianpei glanced at him, he didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd, but he didn't think it would be possible for him to joke in front of the generals, and he groaned slightly, so he ordered: "Block up and down, prepare the target ship." ”

There was a muffled sound of "boom", the shell deviated from the target ship and landed on the river, the gunner glanced at Guan Tianpei with a sneering face, and waited for the training with fear, Yi Zhizhi raised his hand and said: "Here is a salvo." ”

"It's all silver." Guan Tianpei muttered before he said in a deep voice: "Volley!" ”

Thirty guns on the "boom boom" fort fired one after another, the ground was trembling, Yi Zhixin stared at the river for a moment, a column of water rose on the river surface, sparsely and chaotically, only one shot hit the target ship.

Not only Guan Tianpei's face was ugly at this time, but Fan Lianping, the chief soldier in charge of Weiyuan Fort, was also a little unbearable, and said curtly: "The distance is too far, and some artillery can't reach it at all, why don't you move the target ship closer?" ”

When the smoke of gunpowder cleared, Yi Zhizhi said: "The artillery on this fort, I just took a look, there are many styles, the length of the cannon body is different, the caliber is different, the origin is different, and the age can be called a long time, and it was made in the thirty-second year of Kangxi, which has been more than 100 years, and it can be called a cultural relic." ”

Guan Tianpei didn't take this stubble, and asked directly: "Is there a way to be content?" ”

"Have you heard of standardization?"

"Standardization?" Guan Tianpei looked dazed, turned his head to look at the generals behind him, and the generals either shook their heads or bowed their heads.

"Standardization, it's easy." Yi Zhizhi said: "The specifications of the artillery are unified, the gunpowder loading is unified, the size and weight of the shells are unified, and the elevation angle of the artillery shooting is unified, so that the artillery can greatly improve the hit rate as long as they obey the command, and all the shells will land in a small area, and a salvo can sink a battleship." ”

The generals couldn't help but look at each other, Guan Tianpei frowned and said: "Contentment is easy to say, but it is difficult to do. ”

"It's not as difficult as the military gate thinks." Yi Zhisuff said with a smile: "No, just a few hundred artillery, the thirteen lines monopolize the sea trade, let them exchange the silver, all of them will be replaced with Western artillery, and then invite a few Western instructors to teach." ”

Guan Tianpei was like a mirror in his heart, what thirteen lines of silver, that is, Yuan Qi out of silver, he was very cooperative and said: "This idea is good, this governor will go to fight with the thirteen lines in a few days." (To be continued.) )