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Chapter 104 Making Money in a Right Way

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    Chapter 104 Hand-throwing thunder successfully!

    With the food transported by the Tang Dynasty caravans, the people of Goguryeo finally got through the food crisis.

    With the arrival of September, the Liaodong Peninsula and the Korean Peninsula have entered the agricultural harvest season.

    In ancient China, people relied on the sky for food. On average, there would be a disaster year every three years. Therefore, people had to store enough food.

    Li Zhen is very lucky. This year is another good year, with a bumper harvest of grain. This will be enough to support the economy of Liaodong.

    In a short period of time, the hometown of Goguryeo in Liaodong no longer has to worry about food and survival issues.

    With sufficient logistical support, Li Zhen has been preparing to send troops.

    Xue Rengui's 20,000 troops have arrived at the border area with Silla, but that's all. Xue Rengui ordered the soldiers to gather food, build city walls, and prepare for defense.

    When the Baekje Allied Forces saw that the Tang Army had no intention of intervening, they gradually relaxed their vigilance.

    At the same time, Youzhou, the Governor's Mansion.

    "Boom!"

    There was a loud noise, and a huge pit appeared on the ground. Sun Qingqi, whose face was darkened by the smoke, got up from the ground, dusted herself off, put her hands on her hips, and laughed.

    The dark little face and the white teeth form a strong contrast.

    "Miss Sun, have we succeeded?" The old craftsman on the side got up from the ground and said excitedly.

    "Yeah, it worked. I didn't expect that the hand-thrown thunder made of yellow gunpowder is so powerful." Sun Qingqi looked proud.

    "I will go and inform the prince right now, and show him the modified musket and bullets by the way." A young craftsman said.

    "I am coming!"

    There was a sound of footsteps behind him, but it was Li Zhen who strode over.

    "My lord, why are you here?" Sun Qingqi smiled.

    Li Zhen said with a smile: "You made such a big noise in the Governor's Mansion, and the whole Ji County heard about it. Can't I come and take a look? Why do you look like this?"

    "Haha, isn't he cuter?" Sun Qingqi laughed, showing her white teeth. When Li Zhen saw his appearance, he was really more cute.

    I couldn't help but feel in my heart, this little girl is getting more and more beautiful, and she has a lively and cheerful personality, which really gives people a different feeling.

    With her, I always feel very comfortable.

    "Succeeded?"

    Li Zhen¡¯s eyes lit up as she looked at the big pit in the distance.

    "It worked. I estimate that the explosion power of such a five-pound hand-thrown bomb should be equal to that of a giant land mine. The power of this yellow gunpowder is really much stronger than that of black gunpowder."

    "Well, how many hand grenades like this can be produced in a month?" Li Zhen asked.

    "With our current capabilities, if we operate at full capacity, we can produce about 500 pieces a month, and we have already produced 300 pieces," the old craftsman said.

    "Well, we will strive to expand production to a thousand pieces per month. Tell us what you need, and I will do my best to satisfy you."

    "Your Majesty, the paper shell bullets for the musket have been successfully trial-produced, and the effect is excellent. With the paper shells, the speed of loading bullets is much faster than before, and the power of the bullets is fixed, and the range can be stabilized at about three hundred steps. It's just that  It cannot be as accurate as a bow and arrow."

    "And this kind of musket has almost no power in close combat."

    Li Zhen nodded. The accuracy of muskets and rifles is naturally much different. However, in close combat, they can attach bayonets. Although the power of melee combat is still not as good as spears after attaching bayonets, musketeers can finally fight in close combat.  It's about having the ability to defend yourself.

    However, the manufacturing process of rifled guns and breech-loaded guns is much more difficult than that of front-loaded guns and smooth-bore guns. It is really difficult to achieve with current technology, so Li Zhencai chose to produce and manufacture front-loaded smooth-bore guns.

    Even muzzle-loading guns are of epoch-making significance in this era. Muskets will definitely change the pattern of war.

    Although qualified gun steel cannot be produced in the current era, the iron smelting technology in the Tang Dynasty was still very developed, so although the quality of the guns produced was not as good as that of later generations, it was still passable. However, the life of the guns was shorter than that of later generations.  a lot of.

    Just because the iron required to produce muskets all adopts Mo Dao's craftsmanship, production is very difficult, so mass production cannot be done in a short time. Sun Qingqi said that only 200 can be produced a month, and this is in a country with sufficient financial resources.  LoveNext.

    And after this month of production, 200 muskets have been produced.

    Li Zhen was overjoyed and asked people to bring out all 300 grenades and 200 muskets.

    Li Zhen gave priority to equipping his own guards with these weapons. He first specially selected fifty soldiers with extraordinary physical strength, each carrying six hand grenades.

    Because Li Zhen wanted to train this guard into an elite force composed mainly of musketeers and grenadiers.

    First use your own guards as a pilot, and then expand the scale of musketeers and grenadiers as the scale of musket and grenade production expands.

    Of course, due to production capacity constraints, it is still too early to say. Li Zhen estimates that it will take some time for muskets to be used on a large scale in the army.

    Furthermore, Li Zhen did not want to expand the size of the Musketeers too much.

    With the current iron smelting technology, the cost of a qualified musket is too high, even higher than the price of a Mo Dao. Even the Tang Dynasty can hardly afford too many musketeers, so the musketeers can only be  An ace unit that plays a key role at critical moments.

    "Little girl, you have worked hard this time and I will reward you heavily. Go back and wash your face well first. You have become a cat with a painted face." Li Zhen said with a smile.

    Sun Qingqi stuck out her tongue, and then said: "Then I'm not welcome."

    "Little girl, my waist has been a little sore these days. I want you to massage it. Why don't you massage it for me?"

    "Hmph! What a beautiful thought. Such a big prince still takes advantage of me. I'll ask my senior brother to press it for you."

    "Let's forget it." Li Zhen laughed.

    Li Zhen felt very comfortable when she came back from Sun Qingqi. She always felt comfortable when she was with Sun Qingqi, a little girl. It would be good if she could always follow him.

    ¡° Moreover, this little girl can also invent and create. She has an exquisite mind and can figure out everything. She is definitely a talent. She must be put to good use in the future.

    "Then Li Zhen looked at the salt production again. Now the salt production equipment is running at full capacity, and dozens of kilograms of refined salt can be produced every day.

    The taste of refined salt is far better than that of coarse salt, and it is also good for the human body. Once it was launched, it immediately became expensive in Luoyang.

    The first batch of refined salt Li Zhen launched a tasting pack. As a result, Cheng Yaojin and Li Ruyi immediately found Li Zhen after eating the refined salt. They stalked and got a lot of refined salt.

    Li Zhen thought, since the refined salt is an exclusive secret, as long as she keeps this secret, she can monopolize the entire refined salt market and earn high profits from it.

    As early as more than a month ago, after the first batch of refined salt was produced, Li Zhen made a sample package and asked people to take it to Chang'an and give it to dignitaries and wealthy businessmen for free.

    Li Zhen believed that with the scented bait she released, someone would soon take the bait.

    As soon as Li Zhen returned from the salt factory, she received news that a businessman named Zou Fengchi from Chang'an asked to see him.

    Another fish is hooked!

    Li Zhen nodded. Recently, some businessmen often come to talk to her about the franchise of refined salt after getting the trial package of refined salt, but she has never agreed. I wonder what is the difference between this Zou Fengchi and others (Remember the website address of this website: www.  hlnovel.com
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