Unit 367 changed its outfit

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The successful development of the flintlock pistol made Li Zixiao excited for a long time.

He knew that soon a new era would come, and from then on, he would change the way of warfare that had been fought for thousands of years.

Whether it is the elite Eight Banners elite cavalry, or the chaotic army of Li Zicheng, who is about to sweep the Central Plains and has many soldiers, Li Zixiao has a way to deal with it.

Li Zixiao immediately asked Tie Pingliang that the manufacturing speed of this flintlock pistol was told that it was almost half slower than that of ordinary new bird guns.

After all, these flintlock pistols have a lot of changes to the old arquebus, and they are more cumbersome to polish the flint.

However, even the manufacturing speed of the flintlock pistol, which is only half of that of the new bird gun, is already very satisfying to Li Zixiao.

In this way, they can build more than 200 flintlock pistols in a month, and if Li Zixiao wants to reload all the White Dragon Army Bird Gunners with flintlock pistols, he will have to wait at least a year later.

"No, it's too slow, give up the production of the previous new type of bird guns, and now your armor workshop, concentrate all your efforts to speed up the production of this flintlock pistol.

I'll only give you half a year, and I'm going to see all the birds and musketeers in the army before the New Year, and each of them has a flintlock pistol.

Later, I will ask Old Master Wei to allocate another 3,000 taels of silver to you as a reward, and the craftsman under your command will give them a reward if he produces quickly and produces well. ”

Li Zixiao was in a very good mood, and his eyebrows fluttered and he commanded Tie Pingliang.

"Yes, my lord, my subordinates have written it down, and I will do my best not to disappoint my lord."

After Li Zixiao left Baihuzhai and returned to Xuzhou, he immediately sent people to Huai'an and Yangzhou to give orders to the thousands of households in the local health centers.

Because of the successful development of the flintlock pistol, Li Zixiao felt that he needed to revise the plan he had made before.

He was able to speed up the pace of his action plan a little, and he was determined to have a showdown with Qiu Guangming, and intervened in the guards of Huai'an and Yangzhou.

Xuzhou, he is determined to win, whether it is defense or civil power, he must control it, if Qiu Guang knows the current affairs, he obediently serves himself.

Li Zixiao can also continue to appoint him and keep him in the post of Xuzhou prefect.

Because, during this period of time, Li Zixiao found that Qiu Guangming, although he was a little greedy, his ability was not bad, and he arranged the spring ploughing in the past in an orderly manner.

Such an experienced internal affairs talent is exactly what Li Zixiao is urgently lacking at this time, otherwise Li Zixiao will have a Qian Guangyuan internal affairs talent under him at this time.

And to be honest, when Qian Guangyuan was dealing with some internal affairs, he was not as mature as Qiu Guangming, after all, Qiu Guangming had been an official for more than ten years and had experience.

A year and a half ago, Qian Guangyuan was still a down-and-out wandering scholar, and in the blink of an eye, he was entrusted with the important task of governing Yongcheng County by Li Zixiao.

This makes the accumulation of Qian Guangyuan's premise insufficient, and the means to deal with affairs are still lacking, which is also one of the reasons why Li Zixiao asked him to follow Qiu Guangming to do things.

As for the defense of Huai'an and Yangzhou, he was also in charge, and Li Zixiao only had the right to transfer the officers and soldiers of the guards of the two prefectures, but he had no right to appoint, depose or transfer any officers and soldiers of the guards.

The meal has to be eaten in one bite, Li Zixiao only plans to take care of the territory of Xuzhou at present, and then stretch out his hand to Huai'an and Yangzhou to test the temptation.

Li Zixiao didn't expect to take control of the two prefectures immediately, he only needed to get the thousands and hundreds of households in the two prefectures to agree with his order.

There is no need for them to really carry out Li Zixiao's orders, what Li Zixiao wants is a name, which will allow him to prepare for the smooth takeover of the two mansions in the future.

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After returning to Xuzhou, Li Zixiao sent someone to send a letter to Qiu Guangming, and then asked the intelligence bureau under Zhang Fugui to keep an eye on the Qiu family's every move.

Afterwards, Li Zixiao hurried to the barracks to inspect the work of his team changing clothes.

Because as Li Zixiao's weapon workshop started day and night, they created enough weapons, shields, armor, arrows, etc.

This also made Li Zixiao speed up the redress of his White Dragon Army soldiers, and more than two-thirds of the White Dragon Army soldiers under Li Zixiao were still equipped with the armor of the Ming Army in the past.

Those armors that have been used for many years, or even more than ten years, are almost as tattered.

At the beginning, the conditions in his hand did not allow it, otherwise Li Zixiao would never let his soldiers wear such armor to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

When Li Zixiao arrived at the camp in the north of Xuzhou City, Wei Hong was presiding over the change of equipment of the troops.

"Report, Qin Yu, the commander of the third team of the Tiger Battalion, led the eight people of the whole army to change the equipment and ask for registration."

A man with a swarthy face and a very strong body came to the dress-up registration office at this time and shouted loudly.

Sitting behind the table, the clerk in charge of registration felt that his ears were buzzing, and he quickly nodded, picked up his pen and began to register.

The other clerk is responsible for keeping a record of the names of each non-commissioned officer of the corps, and the position, position, and rank of each member.

A document next to it is registered, and all the soldiers of this Qin Yu army are registered in the register.

In another paperwork, he took a dozen strips of white cloth and began to write the names of the members of the team on them in turn.

"The three teams of the Tiger Battalion are the first banner and the first soldier of the first army, Zhang Sheng."

"I, it's me!" A simple man ran over with a smile and answered.

"Zhang Sheng, this is your equipment, take it back."

A clerk handed him the strip of white cloth with Zhang Sheng's name and position written on it, along with a brand-new cotton armor, a brand-new iron-clad shield, and a sharp steel knife.

Zhang Sheng excitedly took the equipment, walked to the next table, and handed over a wooden card to the clerk behind the table.

On the front of the wooden plaque is written Wang Sheng, a soldier of the White Dragon Army, and next to it is written 'Number 033119 belonging to the three teams of the Tiger Battalion Jia Shijia Banner Jia Wu Sword and Shield Soldiers'.

On the back is a simple description of Zhang Sheng's face, five feet tall, with a short black beard and a black mole on his right cheek.

There is also a line of small words on the side, where the White Dragon Army soldiers are based on this card, those who have no cards, those who are lost, those who borrow and those who borrow, are engaged in accordance with military law.

Zhang Sheng received the wooden card, but he couldn't read the words on it, but he still understood the meaning of the document, and this sign was his identity card.

Those who have lost or lent it to others, or even those who do not usually carry it on their bodies, will be beaten with a board if they are discovered, and those who are serious will be expelled from the camp.

Let Zhang Sheng hurriedly hold this wooden card like a baby.

ID card, this is the policy that Li Zixiao has just implemented in the White Dragon Army, mainly because Li Zixiao hopes to use this to facilitate the officers and soldiers of the White Dragon Army, receive salaries, death pensions, and rewards for military achievements.

Not only in the army, but also among the people in Yongcheng County, in fact, Qian Guangyuan had already promoted the ID card policy proposed by Li Zixiao two months ago.

In this way, it is more conducive to the management of the surrounding villages and towns by the county.

At this time, behind a table in front of him, the middle-aged clerk saw Zhang Sheng grinding, and shouted impatiently: "Hurry up, what are you rubbing, don't you see a large group of people behind!." ”

"Yes, yes." Zhang Shengwei ran away embarrassedly.

In troubled times, having soldiers is the right to speak.

The White Dragon Army is in the hands of Li Zixiao, the most elite force under his control at this time, and he doesn't feel distressed about how much money he spends on the White Dragon Army.

Accompanied by Wei Hong, Li Zixiao came to a row of long tables below and watched the clerks register and distribute armor, iron helmets, long knives, shields and other equipment.

Zhang Sheng had just finished receiving all the equipment at this time, and he watched Li Zixiao walk in front of him, and his hands trembled a little with excitement.

"Hello General."

In the White Dragon Army, at this time, Wei Hong, Zhou Dazhu, Qi Wei, Liu Chong, Luo Chao, etc., were all called generals, and the White Dragon soldiers called Li Zixiao 'general'.

In fact, with Li Zixiao's title of a Pingyuan general at this time, a small staff general, he can't be called a general at all.

But Li Zixiao was actually quite happy when he heard his subordinates call him 'General' like this.

"Hmm."

Li Zixiao nodded to him, then walked to the table and said to the clerk in the back: "What is the main equipment he received, introduce it to me." ”

Hearing Li Zixiao's inquiry, the clerk behind the table hurriedly stood up.

In fact, most of these documents are, those who have just joined the White Dragon Army have just joined the White Dragon Army, and there are very few documents that can read in the White Dragon Army before.

And with Li Zixiao's northern expedition to defeat the Tartars this time, he made a lot of achievements, which attracted many young heroes to vote, of course, they are still mainly down-to-earth scholars.

With these literate and account-settling scholars, the clerical positions in the White Dragon Army that are in short supply have been supplemented, otherwise this outfit change alone would be enough for Wei Hong and them to be busy.

"Returning to the general, this brother is the sword and shield hand of the Tiger Ben Battalion Infantry Army.

According to the regulations of our dressing, the main equipment he received was an eight-pound iron-clad shield, a hundred steel knives, a pair of new cotton armor, a bright helmet, a three-edged military thorn, and a pair of boots. ”

I have to say that Li Zixiao is still very well prepared for the soldiers' change of clothes this time.

In order to build this piece of equipment, it took Li Zixiao nearly 100,000 taels of silver to create weapons and equipment equipped with 10,000 people.

If this is the imperial court, it is estimated that it can build equipment for 50,000 people, after all, cutting corners and saving a lot of money, and the imperial court seems to have been more than ten years, and no army has changed equipment.

In the past, Li Zixiao's equipment for the soldiers was mainly purchased from some secret channels, and most of them were ordnance from the hands of some officials in the imperial court.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was rotten, and the armament was wasted, and these officials dared to do anything for the sake of money, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country were all pediatrics, let alone stealing and selling some ordnance and equipment.

This is mainly because of the unprecedented prosperity of the Ming Dynasty's commerce. It can be said that in this era, as long as there is silver, there are few things that cannot be bought. 、

Just like Zheng Zhilong, who was entrenched in Fujian on the southeast coast of China at this time and dominated the southeast coast of China, he was known to be rich and rivaled the country, with a net worth of more than 10 million taels of silver, far exceeding the annual financial income of the imperial court.

The Zheng family has a fleet of thousands of ships, and the annual maritime trade volume is as much as millions of taels, and even profits can exceed one million per year.

The fleet that the Zheng family spent a lot of money to build was even an extremely large maritime armament, that is, the navy, and many ships had dozens of cannons.

It is precisely because of the smuggling of sea trade that the Zheng family made a fortune and became rich enough to rival the country, and then it was easy to form a maritime armed force that was stronger than the Ming national naval army at this time.

This is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty at this time, and the court is about to be pants. The people were also poor.

But on the other hand, many officials, gentry, landlords, maritime merchants, and salt merchants are rich and wealthy, and even their private armies far exceed the elite of the imperial court's army.

It is precisely for this reason that in this era, especially in coastal places such as Guangdong and Fujian, there are many underground military workshops.

Not to mention swords, guns, bows and arrows, even Hongyi cannons, they are constantly manufactured.

This white dragon saber and shield soldier named Zhang Sheng, in addition to receiving an iron-clad shield, a long knife, cotton armor, an iron helmet, a three-edged military thorn, and a pair of military boots.

There is also a backpack, two sets of training uniforms, a pair of training boots, a rain lily, a cowhide belt, leggings, a felt blanket, a water bottle, etc.

In addition, there was a satchel, a grenade bag, two grenades in wartime, and a dry food bag, which was accompanied by ten days of dry food in wartime. In addition, there is a set of fire sickles and flints, and a sapper shovel.

In short, Mr. Zero has a lot of equipment, and even Zhang Sheng himself is almost unable to take it after receiving so many things.

At the same time, he was also wondering why he had to equip so much equipment with just one sword and shield soldier.

In the past, the Ming army issued a spear and a pair of tattered armor to arm a soldier, which was very different.

"General, do you really want to divide so much equipment, it's all this sword player? Is it ......" Wei Hong next to him asked again.

Since Li Zixiao personally formulated such a costume change plan, he almost shocked the eyes of many of his generals, making Wei Hong and others shout in their hearts: The boss is really willing to spend money on us!

"The White Dragon Army is taking the route of elite soldiers, and if you want to benefit your work, you must first sharpen your tools." Li Zixiao nodded and said.

Although these things seem like a lot, they are not too heavy when fully equipped.

Li Zixiao instructed his tailors to make a heavy backpack that could fit tents, blankets, boots, and rain lily into it, and there was also a satchel, which could also hold a lot of things.

Dry food bags can also be worn crossbody, and water bottles can be hung on a belt. If he is fully armed, Zhang Sheng's weight may reach thirty or forty catties.

Li Zixiao believes that it is better to bring more and carry more weight than to only carry rudimentary weapons to fight.

And the bird guns of the White Dragon Army, this time they can't change the flintlock pistols for the time being, and they still use the new bird guns, but they still have a share for everyone, relatively light leather armor, and other backpacks or something.

Every soldier in the White Dragon Army has a lot of equipment, but what really costs more money is the brand-new cotton armor, iron helmets and weapons.

The rest of the backpacks, blankets. Clothes and the like aren't worth a lot of money.