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In the early morning, the silence was broken by a loud rooster crow.

Last night, because of exhaustion, the two went to bed early, and when Xiao Ming woke up, Fei Yue'er was still lying on the bed and sleeping soundly, he didn't wake Fei Yue'er but got out of bed by himself.

He still has a lot of government affairs to deal with today, he hasn't come back for a month, and he doesn't know what happened in the fiefdom during this time, and the most important thing is the potato matter.

He must take advantage of this year's promotion of potatoes to the outside world, so that the people of the six states can accept potatoes as a new crop, and the people will be able to plant them next year.

Dressed and washed, and had a simple meal, Xiao Ming went to the Governor's Mansion.

The surprise brought by the potatoes yesterday made Pang Yukun still excited, and when he saw Xiao Ming, Pang Yukun was still smiling, which is rare for a rigid person.

"Don't just take care of the potatoes, this government affairs still have to be dealt with, now immediately notify the army, Bowen Academy, military workshops and other institutions to come to discuss the matter." Xiao Ming said.

Nodding with a smile, Pang Yukun immediately sent people everywhere to inform.

After waiting for half an hour in the Governor's Mansion, everyone arrived one after another, and when they saw Xiao Ming, their faces were full of joy, and the aftermath of Xiao Ming's wedding had not yet dissipated.

After greeting and farting with everyone for a while, Xiao Ming asked everyone to sit down and began to ask about the situation of the fiefdom.

"Niu Dudu, how is the formation of the Youzhou Army?"

Niu Ben said: "In this month, we have strictly screened the slave soldiers, and now we have left 7,000 people to join the Qingzhou Army, and at the same time, the people of Youzhou have joined the army enthusiastically after opening the warehouse and releasing grain, and now the total number of new recruits in the Youzhou Army is 12,000 people, plus the 8,000 people of the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the current Youzhou Army has a total of 20,000 people. ”

After a pause, Niu Ben continued: "Now the Youzhou Army has begun musket shooting training with the assistance of the Qingzhou Army, and the artillery is also being trained. ”

Xiao Ming nodded, "Shanhaiguan is the top priority, Cangzhou's troops can be transferred to Shanhaiguan, and the military town must maintain the size of an army of 50,000 people, and at the same time continue to promote the fortress strategy to further restrain the barbarians from plundering the border of the Great Chongqing Kingdom." ”

"Yes, Your Highness, during this time, there have been barbarian scouts outside Shanhaiguan to investigate, and Guanning Iron Cavalry often enters outside the customs to investigate, but now the weather in the north is getting colder, and the soldiers' military uniforms are still a little thin, and the last general is worried that the cold winter will seriously damage the soldiers' combat effectiveness, so please Your Highness can prepare a set of winter clothes for the soldiers in Shanhaiguan."

Xiao Ming frowned, this is a very serious problem, when the German army invaded the Soviet Union, it was a cold winter that was defeated by the Soviet Union, and when the Ming Dynasty fought against the Manchu Dynasty, it was mostly from the south to the north.

The soldiers in the south could not stand the cold in the north and their morale dropped greatly, and at that time, the Manchus and the barbarians had long adapted to the cold weather in the north, and their fur clothes and felt hats were winter clothes to protect against the cold.

After pondering for a while, he said: "What a coincidence, this time my father gave this king more than 10,000 pieces of cloth, and these cloths were made into cotton clothes by the textile mill and sent to the soldiers in Shanhaiguan. ”

Niu Ben was overjoyed when he heard this, this problem had really annoyed him for a long time, and now Xiao Ming immediately solved it as soon as he came back.

In addition to this quilt, Niu Ben said again: "Your Highness, during this time, the military workshop has delivered another 4,000 flintlock pistols, and now the Qingzhou Army is fully equipped with 20,000 flintlock pistols, and the soldiers are now each hand with one gun, and the remaining flintlock pistols can be handed over to the Youzhou Army and the Cangzhou Army, and that's all the general said." ”

Xiao Ming nodded and looked at Chen Wenlong, "How are the Equipment Division and the Military Workshop doing?" Is there a problem that the imperial court wants to purchase 5,000 arquebuses this time? ”

"Back to Your Highness, there is no problem, now the Instrument Division has divided the lathes, each type of lathe is divided into a workshop, and now the drilling machine is a separate drilling machine workshop, and it has been expanded to six hundred drilling machines, which is enough to produce five thousand barrels a month." Chen Wenlong said.

"Six hundred? So much? Xiao Ming was also taken aback.

Chen Wenlong nodded, "Since the process of hydrogen purification of tungsten ore powder has been adopted, it is now easy to purify pure tungsten powder, so the production of drill bits is also much faster, and we are still trying to use hydrogen to purify other ores, and the construction of the metal refinery is already under construction, and Zhang Liu and other craftsmen are still studying fine metal gears and preparing to make clocks and watches that His Highness said." ”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming had a smile on the corner of his mouth, "Yes, keep working hard, this industrial foundation will depend on your equipment division." ”

"Your Highness, the Huzun cannon of our military workshop has also made progress, a few days ago we successfully used the Huzun cannon to test fire the gunpowder canister, which is three hundred meters farther than the catapult, and can project the gunpowder canister five hundred meters away." Chen Qi said excitedly.

"Five hundred meters." Xiao Ming laughed. "Yes, yes, now you can finally take charge on your own, and when you are gone, the king will go to see your Tiger Cannon."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Qi said excitedly that during this time, he has been studying the production of various types of artillery, and has made progress in the Huzun cannon.

At this time, Xiao Ming asked Song Changping about the production of flintlock pistols, because of the skill of craftsmen and the use of assembly lines, the production of flintlock pistols is also increasing step by step.

This time, Xiao Ming first asked about the situation of the army, which naturally showed his attention, because he would face a series of wars next, and it might be difficult to just include East Asia in his sphere of influence.

After asking about the situation of the army, Xiao Ming looked at Yue Yun, he didn't come to the last meeting, because he was in the shipyard in Dengzhou at that time, and then he said: "Yue Yun, how is the situation in the navy?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, at the end of this year, the general has recruited three thousand sailors, trained corresponding captains, helmsmen, sailmen, gunners, etc., according to the number of warships launched this year, and led them to train on the three Galen ships for several months, once the battleships are launched, the last general can be immediately formed." Yue Yun's voice was steady and heavy, and the tempering of this period of time had made him an excellent admiral.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, he looked at Wang Xuan, and said: "Wang Xuan, you will deploy secret guards to go south to the fief of the King of Chu to collect news about the Dutch, and hand over the Dutch's ships, troops, and the deployment of the Dutch on Ryukyu Island to this king. ”

"Your Highness, is the Navy going to war?"

Yue Yun's expression was excited when he heard this, he had not forgotten the humiliation he suffered at sea, the redwood army of Great Britain, the gray fir army of the Dutch, they belonged to their own sea, rampant and indiscriminately killing innocents.

(To be continued.) )