"Sir, we should not agree to this condition. If Mr. Qian knew about it, he would definitely not pay." Looking at the backs of Li Xiao and Ao Canghai leaving happily, the quartermaster kindly reminded Shi Kefa. If the rich men in Jiangnan don't

Buy it, Shi Kefa couldn't sell it for so much money even if he boiled the bones into oil.

"Mr. Qian will definitely pay." Shi Kefa didn't say much, but said something meaningful.

The quartermaster was a little crazy. This was a transaction with a total amount of 2.7 million taels of silver. No matter how rich the wealthy people in Jiangnan were, they would not squander such a large amount of money for history.

Li Xiao and Ao Canghai gave Shi Kefa a lot of suggestions. Shi Kefa summoned the captains that night to make improvements according to the suggestions of Li Xiao and Ao Canghai. The most important thing was the trenches. Not only did they have to dig trenches, but they also had to dig some anti-cannon holes next to the trenches.

, with rough wood for support inside. Because the shape of the anti-gun holes looks like cat ears, these anti-gun holes are also called cat-ear holes.

Although Shi Kefa didn't know the purpose of the cat's ear hole, he heard Li Xiao's words very solemnly, so he asked his men to dig carefully. Winter is still more than a month away, and the soil is still soft. If it's November

In the month after the ground freezes, the soil on the ground will be as frozen as stone, making it difficult to dig a hole.

The trenches dug now only need to be poured with water when the ice freezes. It will become an indestructible city wall, which is no less hard than a cement wall.

After seeing Shi Kefa's position, Li Xiao felt much more relaxed. Shi Kefa still had a few tricks up his sleeve. The Jiangnan Forbidden Army under his command could be regarded as the essence of the Liao army's tactics. If the Tatars attack Liguan Town this year, they will definitely collapse.

A front tooth. And Shi Kefa's Nanjing Forbidden Army will grow into a strong force because it has been tempered by actual combat.

As for competing against Li Xiao, Li Xiao thought it was impossible. He would give up the prosperous Jiangnan and fight for the remote Liaodong with himself, and he would only do this if his head was filled with sand.

It has to be said that Li Xiao somewhat underestimated the ambitions of the Jiangnan plutocrats.

Li Xiao was very happy to bring back 15,000 taels of silver. The thing that troubles him most now is money. Another 300,000 refugees have arrived in the capital. It is already autumn, so they can only be resettled in a hurry. Want to

It is absolutely impossible to grow things in the ground.

If you don't want these people to cause trouble, then you have to take care of the food. Feeding these 300,000 mouths will cost a lot of money. Sun Chengzong is also very busy at these times. The refugees are comparable to the Han family who were returned by the Tatars before.

Slaves and immigrants within the customs are much more difficult to control.

The Second Division detached a regiment from its tense troops, specifically to suppress the troublemaking refugees. Hundreds of grinning heads hung on the simple walls of Jinzhou City to warn those who were ready to make a move.

Li Xiao believes that appropriate repression is understandable, as long as there is no massacre. These refugees are used to being lazy, and if they are not managed with an iron fist, they will definitely cause big troubles. It is possible to create a leader who can fight against him.

They are all hooligans, how can they be so easy to control? Fortunately, there is Sun Chengzong, an old fox who has been matured for a long time, otherwise Li Xiao would really not be able to handle it.

In the past few days, I have been waiting for news from the court. Ao Canghai's division is ready to attack the Shandong Peninsula at any time to rescue the masses of people who are under the iron heel of the Japanese pirates!

No news from the court came, but good news from Mr. Yu came.

The steam engine finally started to show some signs of success, and the engineering team on the island was recruited by the old fishermen to build houses. This machine was as big as half a football field, and Li Xiao had a headache after seeing it.

This is not what I want. The original plan to build a railway was shattered almost in an instant. Whose locomotive is as big as half a football field!

Primitive things are a bit bulky, Li Xiao understands. But this damn thing is too bulky. If you want to put this thing on a ship, I guess the ship will have to be several times bigger than an aircraft carrier!

"How's it going? This was made last night. This is the high-precision barrel you want." The old fisherman proudly held a bullet and a shiny black barrel.

This old guy, Yu Lao, creatively mixed tungsten metal into the phosphorus-added steel. This greatly improved the heat resistance of the gun barrel, and at the same time, the gun barrel became so black and shiny.

The shape of the bullet is very similar to the bullets of later generations, because he was worried about the power of nitrocellulose. Li Xiao used a large-caliber nine-millimeter bullet, which has a large caliber and sufficient charge. The disadvantage is that the caliber is too large, resulting in a heavy weight. It can be carried by a single soldier.

The number of bullets is naturally greatly reduced.

Weighing the bullets, he looked at the gun barrel again. Finally, his efforts to tinker with the steam engine were not in vain. At least Mr. Yu used this thing as power to build a stamping machine and a barrel boring machine.

Especially the barrel boring machine, the processing accuracy of this thing is much better than that of manual processing. This ensures the biggest problem in customizing ammunition, accuracy!

As long as the accuracy of these two things is guaranteed, it won't be long before I can use breech-loaded firearms. Although front-loaded guns and breech-loaded guns are both called guns, they have revolutionary significance. For Li Xiao,

In my mind, a front-loading gun can only be called a gun, and a breech-loading gun can be called a gun.

After using fixed-loading ammunition, the shooting accuracy of firearms, especially the firing speed, will be revolutionary. As long as the fixed-loading ammunition is completed on the assembly line, Maxim's incredible artifact will also appear in Li Xiao's team.

Whoever's army is equipped with Maxim in these days will definitely mean that it is invincible. There will be no problem in fighting from Liaodong to London and Washington!

"Develop the rest of the components as soon as possible. With the steam engine as power, it shouldn't be difficult." The design of the magazine is a bit complicated for Yu Lao, and the manufacturing process is still a big problem. Li Xiao now just wants to have a single-shot model.

Shooting is a stable and reliable firearm. The advantage of such a firearm is that it has a simple structure and is easy to process, use and maintain.

"As long as these two things are available, the remaining problems will not be big." Mr. Yu is very confident in himself and Yu Nao Inatomi. Mr. Yu has been studying machinery all his life, and Yu Nao Inatomi specializes in firearms. Yi Meng

Zhai's call was not for nothing. With these two guys joining forces, Li Xiao would not have to worry about not having access to good firearms.

As for the future, Li Xiao can also use breech-loading artillery. As long as you have a boring machine, you can process gun barrels.

Finally there is good news, Li Xiao thinks he can have a good sleep. The day to go to Shandong is getting closer and closer, and it will be difficult to get a good sleep at that time!

The lights-out horn was blown, and all the lights in the barracks were extinguished. Only soldiers standing guard and patrolling were walking around the camp.

"Damn it, I'm on guard again." Li Hu muttered. The first sentry every night was his. Watching others sleeping, but he could only watch others, which made Mr. Hu very unhappy.

"Master Tiger!" a voice sounded not far from the watchtower.

"Password!" Li Hu immediately took up the gun and pointed in the direction of the voice.

"Master Hu! It's me, Yan Rong!" Yan Rong was startled and hurriedly jumped under the angry wind lamp to let Li Hu see clearly that it was him.

"Why are you here? You are not allowed to approach the sentry post when you are on guard duty." Li Hu scolded Yan Rong sternly. Women just don't know what to do. It is very dangerous to approach the sentry post in such a dark sky. If you encounter someone who is nervous, just give him a shot.

Guns are life-threatening things.

"People are worried about you. The clothes you sent home have been washed. Seeing that no one came to pick them up, I asked someone to find out that you are the first person on duty every day. So I boldly came to find you!"

Only then did Li Hu notice that Yan Rong was followed by Xiao Hong, who was carrying a parcel. No need to ask, he knew that these were the dirty clothes Li Hu asked someone to bring home.

"They said you are working very hard here. If you don't tell me about it, forget it. Brother is not a stingy person. You are his younger brother. Why don't you get an official job? Why bother yourself?

Do you have to work so hard?" Yan Rong stood on tiptoes and stroked Li Hu's dark face.

Li Hu's face used to be dark, but not this dark. The past half month of training has made Li Hu miserable. Especially the two-hundred-foot obstacle course, which not only required jumping over walls, but also climbing mud pits and crossing water.

The balance beam walk across the pond involves jumping up and down, which is extremely demanding on physical strength.

Half a month ago, when Li Hu first came to work for Hei Niu, Li Hu would feel like a fish that had landed on the beach. He could only lie on the ground, wheezing and panting. Then

It feels like my physical strength has been drained, and I am too lazy to move a finger. Especially when I am short of breath, my stomach hurts so much that I can hardly move.

However, physical strength will improve as long as you are willing to exercise. Li Hu's physical foundation is already good, but he has not been trained.

After training now, although Li Hu is still a little out of breath, he can move around freely. Sometimes he is punished by the black bull for running two laps, and there will be no breathing problems!

"Yes! Master, you have worked too hard. Look at you, you have lost weight and become darker in the past half month. The slave family feels distressed when they see you!" Xiao Hong, carrying a huge package on her back, looked at Li Hu miserably.

"Young ladies, what do you know? I just can't let my eldest brother look down on me. No man in the Li family is a man. If my second brother can be the leader of the navy, I can also be the leader in the future.

Master, leave your clothes and go home. You are not allowed to come here in the future. People will see the joke."

Li Hu pulled the baggage and pushed Yan Rong and Xiao Hong out.

"Master!"

"Go home, you are not allowed to come here again, you hear me. If you come to the watchtower in the dark at night like this, I will beat you up." Li Hu roared, and Yan Rong and Xiao Hong immediately did not dare to say anything anymore, as if they were angry little daughters-in-law.

Help each other and leave.

"Women are trouble!" Li Hu spread out the baggage, and the clothes exuded a faint scent of soap.

"Master Tiger! I'm here to pick up the whistle. What is this? Is there something delicious?" Gouzi, who was picking up the whistle, saw the package in Li Hu's hand and his eyes lit up.

"These two stupid bitches don't know how to bring something to eat. Even if they bring a chicken, they will eat fish all day long without feeling like a bird in their mouths!" After listening to Gouzi's words, Li Hucai

I found that these two stupid women didn't bring any food.

Seeing that there was no food, Gouzi was also disappointed. He silently took the blunderbuss, stood at the sentry post and began to perform the duties of a sentry.

Li Hu carried the package back to the barracks. The pitch-black barracks was full of snoring. He took a deep breath. Many guys didn't wash their feet. The smell in the barracks was suffocating.

I went back to my bunk without taking off my clothes. I took the package as a pillow and fell asleep!

Dimly, Li Hu saw a roast chicken appearing next to him. The excited Mr. Hu grabbed the roast chicken and was about to bite it.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the black bull's thunderous roar echoed throughout the dormitory.

"Emergency gathering! Emergency gathering!"

Li Hu opened his eyes fiercely. Hei Niu was running around in the dormitory with a lantern in his hand. There was a chaos in the dormitory. This person was looking for clothes and another was looking for socks, and the noise became a mass.

Because he had not taken off his clothes, Li Hu folded up the quilt and packed his backpack three horizontally and two vertically. He stuffed a pair of cloth shoes into the backpack and ran to the yard.

"Squad leader, why are you gathering?" Li Hu went out and saw Hei Niu waiting impatiently. There were not many people on the playground now, so Li Hu came out quickly.

"You're quite fast, hurry up and finish the fight. We're going to Shandong to fuck that bastard Chen Hailong." He held a lantern in his hand and shone Hei Niu's face from below. This guy looked particularly sinister!

"Are we going to Shandong? Is there a war?"

"The imperial court's decree has arrived. The ship is already waiting at the pier. Let's set off tonight. You idiot. If you dare to harm our family members of the Liao Army, I will make the idiot Chen Hailong pay with his blood." Hei Niu gritted his teeth and looked abnormal.
Chapter completed!