king of war

Chapter 88

Qin Rongshuai stood on the grain pile and shouted at the top of his lungs, while the victims below looked numb and indifferent.

After shouting for a long time, no one took the initiative to sign up. Qin Rongshuai was so anxious that he winked at the plainclothes Ye Buzuo who was hiding in the crowd.

"20 taels a year! If you go, you will get paid!" Immediately agitating among the crowd if you don't charge for one night, "There is also a settling fee!"

"I'm almost starving to death, I can't eat anywhere, why don't I join the army!"

"The settling fee is 10 taels, and a bucket of rice is also given out! You only care about food when you are a guy!"

Shouts came out from the crowd one after another, and the victims began to commotion. Some people were a little moved, but still hesitant, and discussed with each other in low voices.

"Ten taels of settlement expenses! The money will be paid on the spot!" Qin Rongshuai shouted loudly, "Give me two dou of rice! The money will be distributed until all is gone!"

"After this village, there is no such shop!"

"I'm coming!" He jumped out without stopping all night, "Sir, I want to be a soldier!"

Qin Rongshuai was overjoyed, and threw out a piece of silver with his hands, "Come here to make a bet, and get the rice!"

Now some people couldn't bear it anymore, and they also shouted.

"Count me in!"

"I am coming too!"

When the white money and bags of food were sent out, many people couldn't help it. Unfortunately, recruiting troops was not everyone's recruitment.

First of all, young and strong men between the ages of 16 and 30 must be in good health and have no disabilities. Many people have been eliminated and can only continue to go back to get porridge to satisfy their hunger.

But there were too many victims. Although Qin Rongshuai's selection criteria were very strict, he collected more than 2000 people in one morning.

This number made Qin Rongshuai secretly startled. There are so many people in this county alone. The scope of this snow disaster is unknown. What can we do with so many victims?
You can't eat big families one by one, it will cause big troubles.

Later, he thought about it again, anyway, he was not in Shanxi, so what happened here had nothing to do with him.

When the time comes to slap their ass and leave, what can these people do to themselves.

Thinking of this, Qin Rongshuai handed over all the food to the county magistrate, emptied the cart and returned directly to Wang Dengku's compound.

Kicking open the gate of the courtyard, Qin Rongshuai's men swarmed in, scaring Wang Dengku to his knees, "My lord, there is really no grain left, I donated all the food."

Qin Rongshuai said with a smile, "Don't worry, we won't grab food this time, come and go to the ancestral hall!"

Wang Dengku was confused, "Didn't you say you don't want to steal money?"

"I've changed my mind." Qin Rongshuai asked back, "Do you have an opinion?"

"..."

How could Wang Dengku dare to have half an opinion, seeing a group of people evacuate the entire silver cellar, his heart was bleeding.

He gritted his teeth and comforted himself secretly, it doesn't matter, as long as the land is still there, the Wang family will have a comeback day.

When Wang Dengku was lost in thought, Qin Rongshuai turned back with a smile, "Wang Dashan, where is your land deed? Take it out and let me see it."

"Pfft", Wang Dengku spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed on the ground.

……

Now that he has the connections to get things done, Qin Rongshuai followed suit along the way, and everyone who met the big house came to try to persuade him.

It would be fine if it cooperated with the distribution of grain, and Qin Rongshuai could still use Wang Dengku's money to buy it at a low price.

If it is the one that drags three and four, it is the most popular. As soon as Qin Rongshuai leaves, there will be bandits running around at night to grab food.

When encountering Zhuangzi from the Eight Famous Families, they would not even have any hair left.

The looted food was escorted to the nearest county seat, forcing the county magistrate to build porridge sheds for disaster relief.

For a time, Qin Rongshuai had countless living people in Shanxi, and won the reputation of Qin Qingtian.

However, the imperial court provided disaster relief without spending a penny. Officials from all over the country were appraised by the superiors for their timely actions to calm the disaster situation and resettle the victims.

All in all, everyone is happy.

As for banditry in Shanxi?

impossible!nonexistent!Someone must be spreading rumors on purpose!

As for some large households being robbed, it is inevitable in a disaster year, so no one will die.

The local officials in Shanxi were ordered to pay close attention to the case and choose the opportunity to solve the case.

As for officials from North Korea, Zhongshan, and Western origin frantically impeaching Qin Rongshuai, it is irrelevant to be covered by the chief assistant of the cabinet and the eunuch Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies.

Qin Rongshuai recruited [-] miners at the local iron mine in Lingqiu in one go, almost taking away half of the main force of the iron mine, young and strong.

The money given by Xu Guangqi has long been spent, and the rest was donated by various large households in Shanxi.

In particular, the famous Eight Families spent all their wealth to support Qin Rongshuai, which moved him so much that he specially left the house deed to them in return.

It was already February when I rushed back to Tongzhou with the newly recruited Ding Zhuang.

"Reactive work is really good at running the army!" Xu Guangqi was very excited.

Just looking at the new soldiers brought back by Qin Rongshuai, they are all full of energy and strong. Compared with the previous soldiers of the guard, they are completely different.Xu Guangqi even felt that these new soldiers brought to the battlefield were stronger than the veterans at the guard station.

So the old man was happy and decided to drive away all the guardsmen and gave all the remaining money to Qin Rongshuai, telling him to train his troops well.

As for Xu Guangqi, after he accepted a math book that Qin Rongshuai lent him, he thought it was interesting to study mathematics.

After that, Qin Rongshuai started a large-scale military training mode. He summoned Gu Xiangsheng and others who were veterans in Liaodong, and also borrowed several old men from the Qi Army from Lu Wenzhao as instructors.

Coupled with his own subordinates, the entire instructor group was established.

Then there is money like running water, one exercise a day, three days a lot of practice, making these recruits want to die.

The military training was watched by a group of instructors. Qin Rongshuai didn't have to worry too much, as long as he kept the money, he began to study the manufacture of flintlock guns.

With the use of some parts and materials prepared before and the research of skilled craftsmen, the first flintlock gun came out.

Qin Rongshuai discovered a problem after the test firing. Due to the rifling cut in the seamless steel tube, the airtightness in the chamber was very poor, and the rifling did not help much with the stability of the round projectile.

If you want to use a rifled flintlock, you have to use a bullet like the minie.

The bullet is threaded around the body to match the rifling, the recess of the thread is filled with tallow, and the bottom of the bullet has a cork rest.

When firing, the gunpowder explodes and impacts the cork holder, and the cork suddenly expands the bullet after being compressed. At the moment of firing, the expansion of the bullet itself can be relied on to solve the airtight problem.

But this brings another problem. With the current processing level, the output cannot increase.

In desperation, Qin Rongshuai had no choice but to take out seamless steel pipes without rifling to make smoothbore flintlock guns.

Fortunately, the gun barrel, flint, and spring are all prepared by him. The craftsman only needs to assemble these and install the butt, and the manufacturing speed is quite fast.

A skilled craftsman can assemble three muskets in one day, and in less than a month, all 3 recruits are equipped with muskets.

But then gunpowder and bullets became a problem again.

With so many muskets and only one shot a day, the consumption of gunpowder is quite astonishing.The amount of gunpowder provided by the Ministry of War in March is only enough for them to use for half a month.

(End of this chapter)