Zhang Han was not a Puritan, but he also did not advocate the premature pleasure of the group, he believed that the spirit of a group in the upward period is very important, even if it is the group hundreds of years later, there can still be considerable unity in the period of struggle, and after gaining power, even if there are very advanced theories, it is also trapped in internal struggle, there is also a lot of corruption and high-level indulgence in pleasure, and even for the sake of children and grandchildren and forget the original intention.

Wang Yikui was a little embarrassed, and quickly explained: "The main wife is set by the family, and the two concubines are my own love, I am a little old, I want to leave more heirs earlier, and I will never marry again......"

"Don't gossip." Liang Xingzheng said: "This time the north is a big strategy set by the adults, I don't know how much resources and manpower will be spent, and the troops of the various divisions will be mainly deployed in the north in the future, and within a few years, it is inevitable to run the north well." That being the case, of course we have to fight for this dominant power! ”

Wang Yikui, Li Laibin and the others all nodded, and Liang Xing said again: "Yang Sisun has presided over the war in the north many times, no matter what the rest think, we must firmly grasp this advantage." ”

……

On the morning of the first day of the new year, Zhang Han had breakfast with his three wives and sat in the public hall waiting for his subordinates to come over to pay New Year's greetings.

This year, he has lived a lot more comfortable, there are three more people in the house, and there are a lot of things and topics, Yu Niang is the first to get pregnant, which makes Zhang Han feel a little surprised, he always feels that Yu Niang is the character of a little girl's family, but he is going to be a mother in a blink of an eye, which is really a strange feeling.

Yu Niang, who has a body, can only press her temperament and honestly settle down in the back house, but Zhang Han promised her to take her to the Acropolis in the third or fourth year of junior high school, and go to the Jade Emperor Temple in the city to incense, begging her to have a child in her womb for safety...... Of course, it's just a matter of seeing, and you can't go to the temple fair if you want to.

Zhang Han kept yawning, the stove in the house was very warm, making him feel that his body was light and fluttering, and he just wanted to sleep...... No matter how powerful Zhang Han is, he can't twist the three mouths of three women, and he can't twist the rules of the times.

Years ago, Zhang Han wanted to pick up the old lady from Xinpingbao, but Chang said that he would not run away if it was cold, so it was better to worship the Buddha at home and wait for the birth of his grandson with peace of mind.

Zhang Han decided that in the new year, after the child was born, he would take the old lady from Xinpingbao.

The first to come to pay New Year's greetings was Wang Yong, and after handing over a box of snacks, there was a stack of reports.

"Very well done." Zhang Han smiled mildly and said to Wang Yong: "They are all bent on serving, even if they have plans for themselves, it is also a good thing in our collective, I don't believe it when I ask you to monitor, it's just that the prevention is slight, the sooner it is prevented, the more our old buddies will be fine." ”

Wang Yong agreed, and when he saw Wang Debang and others rushing over, he retreated.

"My lord," Wang Debang smiled, put down his snacks and said: "The flintlock pistols used by the infantry can produce more than 1,000 pistols before the fifteenth year, and after the first lunar month, it can guarantee the mass production of 300 pistols a month." ”

"Well done!" Zhang Han perked up and said, "The problem of the flintlock pistol bayonet is solved? ”

"There is no way to ...... this," Wang Debang said with some shame: "Even if the bayonet of the Yuannian rifle is measured with calipers and standards, there are still troubles such as different casings, so we can only send additional people to keep polishing them." ”

"Fortunately, we have enough people." Zhang Han said with a smile: "I can't blame you for this, the technical problems can't be solved in one or two clicks, no matter what, our rifle is finally formed." ”

In November last year, the long-delayed rifle was finally finalized, and Wang Debang and the technicians were given generous bonuses and patents, and they received a certain reward for each rifle.

It is also simple to say, it is the most popular front-loading smoothbore gun of later generations, which was finalized by the British in the eighteenth century and used for more than a hundred years, until the breech gun completely eliminated the breech gun.

This kind of rifle has a simple structure, the faucet is pulled up and the fire door is wrenched, the medicine is applied in the primer pool of the gun body, and then the trigger is pulled, the dragon head hits the fire gate, splashes the spark to initiate, shoot, and charge, and then fires, reducing a lot of parts, improving the stability of the shot, and improving the success rate of firing.

After all, every time the trigger spring is pulled, the sparks that are hit will not necessarily ignite the medicine pool, and this will not be solved even after a hundred years.

Zhang Han designated this rifle as the first year rifle, and the length of the gun body, the composition of various parts and components, and the production process are almost infinitely perfect.

Wang Debang said: "For the four-pounder gun, we also set the base number of shells, and according to the number of times each copper cannon can be fired to the limit to complete the battlefield suppression, a certain number of shells and gunpowder are allocated, and they are suspended behind the artillery truck in the form of ammunition trucks, so that the artillery group is finally complete." In this way, two more people have been added to each artillery group, a bombardier and a charioteer, and now there are twenty-one four-pounder guns, and we will step up the casting, and by the second half of this year, there will be more than sixty four-pounder guns, and there will be six-pounder guns and nine-pounder guns that the adults have asked to join the artillery. ”

"Very well done...... That's Joao's suggestion, right? Zhang Han said: "You can give him a heavy reward." ”

Joao refused. Wang Debang said: "He wants to join the merchant group and become an official merchant corps soldier. He said that this army was full of honor, and he was willing to fight for the adults and go north to kill the Tartars. ”

"Hmph, since he thinks so, tell him that I will treat him equally, and if there are Taixi people who are willing to join in the future, they will also be treated in the same way."

"Yes, sir."

After Wang Debang and the others left, it was Sun Jingting and Li Dongxue who came to pay New Year's greetings, and their eyes were dark, and they and Sun Yao and a group of young men from the General Staff Department had not yet started a family, so they simply stayed up all night in the big conference room to catch up with the plan to go north.

Zhang Han praised: "Everyone is really very thoughtful, the situation on the grassland is well understood, even if the plan made in this way is negligent, the probability of success will be the greatest." ”

Sun Jingting said in a deep voice: "No matter what, we must solve the northern tribes within a year or two, truly determine the advantages in the grassland, and not allow any forces to challenge!" ”

……

Lu Dafu was promoted to the captain of the flag a few years ago, and the pace of progress caught up with the old boss Li Shouxin, and now both of them are flag captains, because they are both Lingqiu miners, and during the holiday years ago, the two returned to Lingqiu by car together.

They also contacted Zhang Chunniu, but Zhang Chunniu was transferred from the ranks of soldiers to the barracks, and the two searched for a circle but did not find it, feeling that this fellow villager might be in an unhappy mood, so they had to give up looking for it and return to Lingqiu first.

When Lu Dafu arrived at his home in Lingqiu City, it was already the morning of the first day of the new year, and the ground was full of remnants of firecrackers, and groups of children on the streets of the city were looking for firecrackers that had not exploded on the ground, and then lit them with the incense in their hands, and sporadic firecrackers exploded from time to time in the city.

Lu Dafu felt very unaccustomed to these sounds, in the barracks, these explosions represent training and release, people will be very serious, the sound of gunfire is the most nervous state, he has also participated in the battle, every round of musket salvo is similar to the sound of firecrackers now, whenever someone fires a cannon, he looks around nervously.

The Lu family is in the innermost part of an alley, across the street is Zhang Chunniu's house, the Lu family is poor, so they named him Dafu, but before Lu Dafu became a soldier, it didn't seem to be of any use.

Walking in front of the small courtyards that had just pasted the Spring Festival couplets, Lu Dafu also kept greeting people and worshipping the New Year, everyone respected him very much, and their faces were full of sincere smiles.

Because of the great development of the mine in Lingqiu, the miners made money, related small merchants continued to emerge, all walks of life were greatly developed, and the income of the residents in the city also increased greatly.

There were two juniors standing at the door of Lu's house, and a middle-aged man in his thirties, the three of them were sticking to the Spring Festival couplets, Lu Dafu sighed when he saw it, and scolded: "The three of you are really idle and panicked when you do this." ”

The man turned around, grinned, showed a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said, "The second child is back." ”

"I've seen Big Brother."

No matter what, politeness can't be lost, Lu Dafu bowed his hand and saluted his eldest brother.

Then the third and fourth children also came over and met their second brother.

Lu Sandao: "I thought that the eldest brother would be able to come back a year ago, but it was later than Brother Chunniu." ”

Lu Dafu walked inside and looked at the situation at home.

The situation has been greatly improved, Lu Dafu is already a flag captain-level officer, a hundred taels a year, he has also sent dozens of taels of silver home, the courtyard wall of the house was originally made of broken stone, and it collapsed when it rained, and he had to be rebuilt with muddy water, and now the courtyard wall has been built with whole bricks, and the roof tiles have all been replaced, plus re-pasted, three main houses, two side rooms, all of which have been re-repaired.

Lu Laohan and his wife were making dumplings in the main house, and when they saw Lu Dafu coming in, the two of them hurriedly greeted them.

"Why is my father still so frugal." Lu Dafu said with some dissatisfaction: "I don't see that there are many New Year's goods in the stove, and your second elder has not changed into new clothes, and the brothers are still wearing old clothes." ”

Lu Laohan said in a sullen voice: "You will always settle down in Li Zhuang in the future, your own silver has to be saved up to buy a house to marry a daughter-in-law, and you can't take it all out and paste it to the family, your eldest brother is in his early thirties and has not yet married, this yard and house have been renovated, and there are still a dozen taels of silver left, and some more savings will be enough for him to marry a daughter-in-law to come to the house, how dare he spend it indiscriminately?" ”

The old lady said: "There are also the third and fourth children, and they can't be asked to marry again at thirty." ”

Lu Dafu scratched his head and said, "I have a high salary now, and I can save all this money for a year at most." ”

"Second brother, we can't rely on you to make money, so what has become of our brother?" Lu Da came over and sat down, the third and fourth brothers stood behind him, the brothers were all excited, Lu Dadao: "Zhang Chunniu has been here, let's decide to go with him to be a soldier." ”