Chapter 814 Results

"Hahaha, this, this is really a double blessing. If it weren't for the war, I really want to go back with His Highness to see the new firearms. Read М" The generals were excited, and Chang Wei laughed.

They thought that the muzzle-loading rifles they were equipped with were already the pinnacle of muskets.

Unexpectedly, Wang Ying came up with a new musket.

This really surprised them.

"Don't worry, if the production goes smoothly, we will fight and deliver new muskets, and train to use new muskets in the war." Zhao Xu said.

Now, his royal army is mainly facing the army of the Dasong clan.

Rifled guns are indeed enough.

But when Jiangnan is unified, rifled guns may not have much advantage.

After all, with the industrial strength of the West, it can be assembled on a large scale to modify rifled guns. At that time, they will soon be equipped with the rifled guns used by the royal army.

Furthermore, in this war, although the mercenaries were not as powerful as the royal army, they were much stronger than the powerful families.

In the future, they will face the regular army of the Western Land.

Although he believed that the royal army could still win against the regular army of the Western Land.

But the price paid would inevitably be high.

In this way, the cost of his foreign strategy would increase greatly.

Therefore, it is necessary to continuously improve the level of firearms of the army and maintain the advantage.

He briefly introduced the characteristics of the breech-loading gun to the generals, and the generals became more and more excited and eager to try.

However, although they wanted to equip the breech-loading gun immediately, they also knew that it would take some time from the birth of the first breech-loading gun to mass production.

The matching steam engine, lathe, and craftsmen all need to be prepared.

Moreover, the bullets of this breech-loading gun also have to be produced from scratch, and the primer needs to be installed at the bottom of the paper shell bullet.

After a day of rest in Jinling City, Zhao Xu went to Niutoutan Ferry the next day to prepare to take a steamship back to Yanzhou.

Before leaving, he ordered Chang Wei to send people to transport the silver and gold in Jinling City to Yanzhou and deliver them to the Royal Bank.

At present, he placed all the wealth obtained through war in the vault of the Royal Bank for simultaneous expenditure or as a reserve for issuing Songyuan.

At the same time, he told Chang Wei that there was no tricky tactic that would win, so he had to take steady steps.

Relying on Jinling City, he advanced step by step, first taking the southern part of Ningzhou, then conquering Zhejiang Province, and then heading to Jiangzhou and Haizhou, eating up the territory of the powerful families bit by bit.

"Woo woo..."

The steamship blew its whistle and went downstream, preparing to enter the canal and then go straight to Yanzhou.

Chang Wei and other generals saw him off on the shore and saluted Zhao Xu in unison.

Zhao Xu stood on the deck, saluted everyone in return, and then looked at the rolling waves.

After an hour of sailing, Zhao Xu arrived in Yangcheng.

At this time, he saw the soldiers of the royal palace escorting the soldiers of the powerful families on the shore, and he couldn't help but smile softly.

There is no doubt that these powerful families are the soldiers captured during the Niutoutan Battle.

According to his order, the soldiers of the palace are taking them to see the development of Jiangbei.

Thinking of this, he ordered the steamer to dock and prepared to check whether his strategy is useful.

Because he changed into casual clothes before departure, like a rich businessman.

In addition, the steamer attracted most of the attention of the people on the shore.

So his appearance did not cause any waves.

It was not until he approached the soldiers of the palace that he was recognized by the soldiers.

Seeing the King of Yan suddenly appear beside him, the soldiers of the palace were surprised and hurried to salute. Zhao Xu immediately waved his hand and signaled them to pretend not to know.

Then, he followed the team of twenty soldiers and continued to walk north for a while.

Not long after, a fortress standing in the countryside appeared in front of everyone.

Zhao Xu then whispered to a soldier, "Why did you bring them here?"

The soldier said, "Your Highness, after capturing these soldiers at Niutou Beach, we divided them into teams according to their surnames and where they came from. This team of thirty people all have the surname Su and come from Sujia Village near Yangcheng. They are all from the same surname of Su Mian, a wealthy family in Yangcheng."

Zhao Xu understood and nodded secretly, agreeing with their approach.

After walking for another quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu and his party arrived at Sujia Village.

Seeing the familiar village, the soldiers of the powerful family were obviously excited, and some even cried in suppressed voices. The closer they got to the village, the slower they walked.

At this time, the people in the village noticed the soldiers of the palace and the detained prisoners.

Especially the naughty boy at the entrance of the village, shouting and calling friends.

"Mom, Dad is back." At this time, a naughty boy screamed and pulled the woman next to him.

The woman had already been stunned, and besides her, many people were also stunned.

Then, some villagers rushed out of the crowd and rushed to the detained captives.

Some of them were the captives' wives, some were the captives' parents, and they cried.

"Now, you can go home and gather here tomorrow morning. Don't try to escape, otherwise you will be killed without mercy." The leading soldier said at the right time.

Zhao Xu nodded. It was superfluous for them to say anything else. Just let them hear it from their relatives and see it with their own eyes.

"Thank you, thank you..." The captives were grateful.

From the time they were captured until now, they have not suffered any abuse.

Whatever the palace soldiers eat, they eat.

Just this point touched them a little.

After a thank you, they were taken back by their relatives.

The palace soldiers guarded the important roads in the village to prevent them from escaping.

"Shuanzi's mother, did they make things difficult for you and your mother during the time I was away?" A captive man returned home and asked the woman while holding her hand.

"Yes, they made things difficult for you." The woman heard this and still wiped her tears.

The man was furious, "I knew they sent us back with bad intentions, just to humiliate us, hum, they are too much, what did they do to you?"

"Puchi." The woman burst into laughter after hearing this, "They gave our family six acres of land, and Shuanzi has to go to school every day. I, a woman, take care of everything at home. You said it's not a danger to me, why?"

The man's anger was frozen, his face flushed, he hesitated, "You said our family now has six acres of land?"

"That's right, Shuanzi's public school is free, and during your time away, Shuanzi has learned a lot of words and can do accounts."

After that, the woman said to the naughty boy beside her: "Come, show it to your father, show it."

The naughty boy laughed and said: "One plus one equals two, two plus two equals four... ninety-nine plus ninety-nine equals one hundred and ninety-eight."

The man was stunned and couldn't believe his ears.

Whether it was the arithmetic in his son's mouth or everything his wife said.

Then, he seemed to have become mute, and he came to the yard and squatted there all night. No matter how the woman persuaded him, he refused to go back to the house.

When daybreak came, he returned to the village entrance on time as requested by the palace soldiers.