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Body 347 [Salt Law Reform]

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    Luo Rucai escaped completely, not only giving up Lu'an, but also giving up all the territories.

    Gushi, Shangcheng, Guangzhou, Guangshan, Xixian, Luoshan, Xinyang, these counties were all thrown to Zhao Han.  He led the elite old battalion, engulfed a large number of new thieves and civilians, and ran across the Huaihe River to the hinterland of Henan.

    Li Zicheng's main force has already left and gathered at the Shanxi and Henan borders, trying to attack Beizhili with all his strength.

    The situation in the hinterland of Henan is very complicated. There are dozens of rebels, large and small.  On the surface, they belonged to Li Zicheng, but secretly attacked and robbed each other. Luo Rucai was going to annex those forces.

    Head-to-head with Zhao Han?

    Luo Rucai's gang name is "Cao Cao", and he will never fight if he can't fight a tough battle, and he will be like a mad dog when he has to fight.

    "Captain, a letter from the front line."

    There are several letters, one is written by Hu Dinggui.

    This kid admired Lu Xiangsheng very much, and in those few pursuit battles, it was Lu Xiangsheng who made the decisions on whether to retreat or advance at critical moments.

    Moreover, Lu Xiangsheng was very face-saving, so he told Hu Dinggui first and asked Hu Dinggui to give orders.  As a result, most of the cavalry soldiers thought that Hu Dinggui was directing the battle, but did not realize that Lu Xiangsheng was the one who made the decision.

    The cavalry pursuit battle is a test of command ability, and Hu Dinggui still seems too immature.

    If Lu Xiangsheng hadn't been in charge, Luo Rucai might have killed him in a hand-to-hand fight if he was not careful.

    Lu Xiangsheng also wrote a letter back, mainly summarizing the tactics of the dragoons:

    First, the dragoons belong to the horse-riding infantry, and they must not use cavalry tactics, nor can they go head-to-head with traditional cavalry.  We must always keep a distance from the enemy, and would rather miss the opportunity to ensure our own safety.

    Second, there must be at least fifty dragoons in order to guarantee combat effectiveness, because there are too few troops, and the volley of firecrackers is not powerful at all.

    Third, if the enemy is traditional cavalry, the best shooting distance for dragoons is around 60 paces.  If the distance is too far, the hit rate is too low; if the distance is too close, it is easy to be entangled by enemy cavalry.

    Fourth, replace the self-propelled (flintlock) muskets as soon as possible, as the matchlock guns seriously affect the combat effectiveness of the dragoons.

    Fifth, the policy (spurs) can be installed on the leather boots, which is more conducive to the control of the dragoons on the horses.

    Lu Xiangsheng definitely has a super talent for commanding. The first time he led the dragoons into battle, he automatically learned what style of play to use.

    When he pursued Luo Rucai, he didn't separate his troops to bite or fight desperately, but always kept a certain distance.  The enemy is fast and we are fast, and the enemy is slow and we are slow, which is completely different from the traditional cavalry pursuit.

    It is useless to separate out a small number of troops to entangle them. One shot will lose combat effectiveness.

    Luo Rucai was also very sensible. From the beginning to the end, except for trying to charge for hand-to-hand combat, he never thought about dividing his troops and breaking up the rear.  He only has 2,000 cavalry, and after he went out by hundreds of people, it was purely to deliver food. He collapsed after a round of volley, and he would be eaten a little bit instead.

    Clever hunter, cunning prey.

    Zhao Han put down the letter and asked someone to ask Song Yingxing about the development of the flintlock gun.

    Song Yingxing was not in Nanjing, but still stayed in Jiangxi, and wrote back that he was improving the production technology of springs, and at the same time trying to reduce the misfire rate of flintlock guns.

    Percussive flintlock guns existed as early as the middle Wanli period, and have been promoted and used by France.  Following the assassination of King Henry IV of France, French generals refused to use flintlocks because of their high rate of misfires.

    Due to the stimulation of the Thirty Years War, Europe has picked up the flintlock again in recent years.

    However, improvements must be made. If the misfire rate can be successfully reduced, the flintlock can completely replace the arquebus.

    European countries are improving, and Song Yingxing is also leading people to improve. The research and development processes in the East and the West are actually similar.

    In addition, the same is true for dragoons.

    In a few countries in Europe, dragoons have already appeared.  And the war horses are similar to the Datong cavalry, they are all low-quality horses that have been eliminated, and the real good horses are used to form traditional cavalry.

    Even the establishment is similar. The number of European dragoons in a regiment is around 1,000-1,500, and that of Datong dragoons is 2,000.

    Charge, fight, mount and shoot Dragoons don't know these things.

    It is to ride a horse and run, then dismount and shoot, continue shooting if there is no danger, and immediately ride a horse and run when there is danger.

    The only exception is the Swedish dragoons, where musketeers merged with dragoons, and cuirassiers merged with unarmored cavalry.  So there appeared a strange cavalry equipped with light armor and cavalry swords, who could charge into battle on horseback and shoot muskets on horseback.  This thing can no longer be regarded as a dragoon, it can be regarded as a light armored musketeer.

    ? Swedish Multifunctional Light Armor Cavalry.Come on.

    Zhao Han has already formulated a policy here, because Guangdong also produces salt, and intends to transplant Guangdong's new salt law.

    Zhao Han said to these salt army envoys: "First, I will abolish the Zao registration, and there will be no Zao households in the future;  According to the region, the salt farms were turned into salt-making factories, and the kitchen households were turned into salt cookers."

    Tian Yang was dumbfounded when he heard that, and after careful consideration, he asked, "Whose owns the salt factory? Is it owned by the government? Or by merchants? So what if the factory exploits workers?"

    Zhao Han explained: "The land of the salt farm is owned by the government and leased to franchised merchants. Merchants build their own factories, make their own equipment, and be responsible for their own profits and losses, but the period is only 30 years. After 30 years, the land of the salt farm will be leased again. As for  For salt cookers, the government will set a minimum monthly salary. If the workers are not satisfied with the treatment, they can leave at any time to find other livelihoods. I will not tie you up to death in the saltworks.¡±

    "Workers don't have to pay regular lessons, nor do they need to pay salt money?" Tian Yang asked.

    "No need." Zhao Han shook his head.

    Tian Yang asked again: "The licensed merchants open salt factories, can we salt soldiers do the same?"

    Zhao Han said with a smile: "I will give you three franchise quotas, and you will allocate them yourself. You can also join a joint venture with multiple people to jointly own a franchise quota."

    Although the salt factory is privatized, the land of the salt factory is in the hands of the government, and salt cannot be boiled without a suitable land.  Even if salt can be boiled, the cost will rise sharply, which means that the government can still control the salt industry.

    ? If the exploitation of workers is excessive, or if tax evasion is found, they should be fined and jailed.  The 30-year period is up, and there is no need to get a franchise license in the future.

    In addition, the salt introduction system was abolished and changed to a salt monopoly system, with monopoly dealers in every region.

    ? Once it is discovered that the monopoly is evading taxes, it will be dealt with as a sale of private salt.

    Every link of the factory, transshipment, and retail of salt must be registered and reported to strengthen the government's control over salt.

    Although there are still loopholes to exploit, it is more advanced than the salt introduction system.  Because the Yanyin system is too rigid, it leads to two evil results: one is that Yanyin becomes futures; the other is that illegal salt is flooding everywhere.

    Really, Yanyin became a piece of futures paper in the middle of Ming Dynasty.

    The most profitable people are not salt merchants, but the dignitaries who speculate in salt futures, or financial dealers who are related to the dignitaries.

    Zhao Han set out his own conditions, especially the three quotas for opening factories, and the rebels in the Jianghuai salt fields quickly surrendered.  Before surrendering, there was an internal strife, nothing more than a fight for three concessions.  The genius remembers the address of this site in a second.
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