Chapter 490 Fire Gun
Although the reward was not everyone happy, it also satisfied most of the soldiers. Not only that, after this battle, Li Guojun jumped up and became one of the three giants second only to Pei Xiao 2 and running side by side with the Liu brothers. He controlled the most elite support force of the Pei family army.
The upper-level generals obtained the official position, while the lower-level generals obtained the benefits. Large tracts of land were allocated to the soldiers at the grassroots level, and the large amount of white silver was so shaking that the low-level officers could not open their eyes. They were happy to win the soldiers. Since the reward was over, their cracked mouths had never been closed.
After the reward, Pei Xiao2 immediately ordered a banquet to reward the three armies. Flocks of sheep, fat pigs were driven into the military camp, flying frogs, and croaking white geese. Of course, one car after another of the fine wine was indispensable, which pushed the atmosphere of the banquet to its climax.
After the banquet, Pei Xiao2 called Liu Zhizu to the General's Mansion and had a long talk all night. There was no way to know the conversation. He only knew that early on the second day, Liu Zhizu hurriedly returned to Hanzhong and moved his resident from Huixian to Nanzheng.
After one night of drunkenness, on the second day and early, Pei Xiao2 made an exception and ordered the entire army to take three days of leave, except for the necessary left-behind personnel, and then set off for their respective stations in three days.
As soon as the order came to the barracks, the earth-shaking sound of long live came from the barracks. Most of these soldiers were young and middle-aged men in their prime, with their anger rising in their bodies. They had been struggling in the army for so much time, and now they had scattered silver in their hands. There was no need to think about where to go where they wanted to go.
Suddenly, the streets and alleys were filled with soldiers carrying silver and eating and drinking. Qinlou Chuguan in Chengdu was even more popular. Soldiers holding silver came to the brothel, slapped the silver on the table, and shouted loudly that the most beautiful girl in the building was called out.
At the beginning, when the small vendors in Chengdu saw that the soldiers were coming, they were so scared that they fought and almost fled on the spot. When the soldiers had finished getting the goods and wanted to give the money, they all refused to ask for it. However, the soldiers all knew the power of military law. Even if the vendors did not accept it, they would forcibly put it into their arms and slowly left in the hawker's surprised gaze.
As they contacted more, the vendors instantly changed from fear at the beginning to naked greed. They had money and were willing to spend money. What is this? This is the moving God of Wealth. So, when you see the soldiers, you rush forward, as if you serve the God of Wealth, and you will offer the soldiers.
In just 3 days, Chengdu City showed abnormal prosperity. If GDP was counted, the GDP in Chengdu City would rise slowly in the past two days.
However, the soldiers spent so much money without side effects. In less than two or three days, most of the soldiers squandered their money and became the poor bachelor again. However, these dreamy days like gods have made the soldiers more motivated and eager to try out the next war.
After the prosperity, the army began to leave Chengdu in batches and head towards their respective defense zones. The Chengdu city returned to the past scene again. The only one who worked overtime may be Xu Ze, the director of the Taxation Department. How could the merchants not pay taxes to the military government after earning money?
Therefore, Xu Ze, director of the Taxation Department, sent people to go door to door and distributed tax payment notices, especially brothels and brothels. The Pei family army did not have any moral integrity and did not act like the Ming Dynasty. They felt that the money obtained by prostitutes was dirty, so they did not collect taxes. Instead, such places were more important tax places and key places for supervision.
In less than half a month, the money and grain were circulated among the people once, and most of them returned to the military government. It seemed that the military government had not paid anything at all, but it benefited everyone.
In the days that followed, there was nothing that Pei Xiao2 needed to pay too much attention. The people had already completed sowing, so there was no need for more interference. Sometimes, excessive attention was a kind of harm to the people, regardless of whether this attention was kindness or not. It is true that officials did not disturb the people and the people would be rich themselves. This is the truth.
So Pei Xiao2 began to become "lazy". Since she was still in the mourning period, all daily entertainment activities could not be carried out. In the back house, Zhao Xinlan also obeyed the management of the back house. Without any mistakes, Pei Xiao2 locked herself in the room and started reading.
History is a cycle of reincarnation over and over again. There is nothing new under the sun. In fact, in history, I don’t know how many times it has happened. If you grasp these laws, you will no longer be confused when facing similar situations in the future.
While studying, Pei Xiao2 would have time to visit the military weapon surveillance near Chengdu. To be ashamed, he has been in this world for so long, and in the midst of storm, even the future shining muskets have not had time to develop and manufacture. So far, only a few hundred bird guns have been produced and equipped with personal military camps, which cannot form combat effectiveness at all, which is simply embarrassing to their peers.
Now that there is time, Pei Xiao2 naturally wants to make up for this shortcoming.
Military weapon surveillance is located in the southeast corner of Chengdu. Originally, this place was a civilian area in Chengdu. After several wars, the people died and fled, and there were not many left. Pei Xiao2 specially ordered people to buy the houses of the remaining people nearby, and then built a large-scale construction to build a workshop that seemed extremely simple to later generations but in this world, it was extremely advanced.
The craftsmen who followed Pei Family Army to wander here one way, settled down in this workshop, one was producing and one was living. The workshop was very complete. According to Pei Xiao2's plan, there were not only doctors, but also doctors, teachers, educate children to study, and even a small grocery store. This allowed craftsmen to live here all year round without feeling uncomfortable.
After the external conditions improved, the status of craftsmen also changed drastically. In the past, in the Ming Dynasty, if the most miserable type of person ever said was a military household, those who were even worse than military households might be able to count the craftsmen. Somehow, Zhu Yuanzhang, as the founding emperor, particularly believed that the saying that dragons give birth to dragons, phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and rat children can dig holes.
This leads to that if the ancestors were transformed into craftsmen, then their descendants would become craftsmen. Even if this so-called craftsman knows nothing. The craftsmanship of his ancestors was not passed down, and later descendants hated craftsmen, but had no other means of survival. This leads to craftsmen being generally poor and very poor. They were so poor that their whole family had only two days of pants becoming the norm.
Pei Xiao2 fundamentally changed this point. Under his rule, there were no craftsmen, military households. As long as they were willing, they would do whatever they wanted. Not only that, Pei Xiao2 also greatly increased the income of craftsmen and gave them full guarantees. Therefore, craftsmen's enthusiasm for production increased suddenly.
In just two months, craftsmen and other recruited people had already built the workshop. In the next month, the first brand new bird gun was produced in this workshop.
Pei Xiao2 stroked the dark gun body in his hand, with the cold metal texture, and felt emotion: "Address, anyone who participates in the production of this gun will be given 20 taels of silver."
"Yes, the villain will do it now." Li Huamin, who was next to him, hurriedly agreed. What could it make the general happy? What a few hundred silver coins are?
"By the way, I told you last time that the self-generated musket I asked you to build, what's going on now?"
"General Hui can produce it now when production is produced, but the ignition needs to be improved. Now, ten bullets are fired, and only 6 methods can be fired."
"60% excitation rate?" Pei Xiao2 frowned, "It's not too little. The battlefield changes rapidly. I can't joke about the lives of soldiers. This excitation rate must be increased, and at least 90% is considered qualified. You can temporarily hand over other matters to others in the future, and you are fully responsible for this matter. Give you half a year to solve this problem, which will inevitably bring your benefits."
Chapter completed!