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Chapter 111 Dilemma Next

In addition to better utilizing the production capacity of hydraulic machinery, the Qing court established the Tianjin General Administration of Machinery Manufacturing, there were also many goals of establishing new institutions to eliminate the chronic diseases of the Ministry of Works.

However, when Liu Cheng came to this scene at the Tianjin factory this time, he saw the Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing General Administration like an infectious disease. The existence he wanted was as good as the hydraulic workshop of the Jinhua Military Industry Department, which was obviously a dream.

"Officials are enslaving craftsmen, and their enthusiasm cannot be mobilized. Yield and production innovation will inevitably be affected. It's ridiculous that these guys are still complacent, but they don't know that the reason why the output increased after the relocation was to use hydraulic resources better and use more hydraulic machinery. If you want to reach the level of the Military Industry Department, you can't even think about it for eight lifetimes!"

Liu Cheng was a trainee in the recruit training camp and had witnessed the production efficiency of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army Military Industry Department. When there was no hydraulic workshop at that time, only one or two governments could support the territory. Later, with the hydraulic workshop, the production capacity was directly enhanced by the strong military strength of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Ming Army, and the absolute crushing on the battlefield since then.

If the new army wants to defeat the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is impossible for the new army to rely solely on the numerical advantage of the cavalry and the Gustav phalanx. Only when the weapons and equipment can keep up will there be greater opportunities.

After lingering in the Tianjin factory for more than an hour, Liu Cheng did not think of reminding him, but he did not say a word until he left.

Although his relationship with Zhang Daocheng is good, he is not as close as Hu Quancai. After Hu Quancai's death, he and Zhu Zhixi, a group of people in the Qing Dynasty who were interested in taking the opportunity to be promoted, were separated from the Nanchang shogunate members left by Hong Chengchou. If Hu Quancai was still alive, even if he did not have the opportunity to visit the Tianjin Factory, Hu Quancai would share the burden for him, at least he would not fall into this situation today, and he could only keep his words in his stomach.

More importantly, the production cycle of weapons and armor, especially those important firearms and iron armor, is indispensable. Chen Wen's attempts in the water conservancy workshop, especially those efforts to increase the enthusiasm of craftsmen, are basically not effective immediately, and it always takes time to show its effect. Even now, Zhang Daocheng can continue to execute it against the opposition, and it cannot increase much production capacity. Instead, it is better to put the knife on the neck of the craftsmen and tell them that they cannot kill their whole family as scheduled. It can stimulate the production enthusiasm of craftsmen.

"I just hope that these corrupt officials will be taken out by the methods that stimulate the enthusiasm of craftsmen to produce. They will all be swallowed up by them. In the end, the court will waste more resources."

I had expected this path to be not so easy, but Liu Cheng never thought that the gap between the two sides was never just on the surface. Many hidden things were constantly affecting the strength comparison between the two sides. It was just that he had not noticed it before, or had noticed it but had no chance to display it.

Riding on the horse with deep brows, Liu Cheng took Goshha back to Tianjin Acropolis. The resettlement work is still going on, but the new army is strict and the distribution principle has been decided long ago. Putting aside the official halls of Liu Cheng and Murima, giving priority to Manchuria, followed by Mongolia, and Han army again. The basic principle of allocating the worst part of the city to the Eight Banners of Goryeo is still there, so it would not cause too much unpleasantness, at least on the surface.

“Yeyuan, can the resettlement work be completed today?

When he returned to the official hall, Liu Cheng immediately learned about Li Zhifang about the situation during this period of departure. Military affairs, no matter how small it is, it is a big deal. The resettlement of the family members of the Right Army of Wuwei is a huge matter that concerns the morale of the army.

Because of this, when he left at this time, Liu Cheng also had the same intention of letting Murima stand out. Because he knew very well that no matter how much he won over the Eight Banners of Manchu and Mongolia, he would not be in the same position as him. He had to make the Eight Banners of the Han army feel dissatisfied with the distribution, and the opportunity for differentiation and win over would really emerge.

"If you go back to the president, in general, the soldiers are placed in separate units in towns, and the Tianjin Acropolis is not small, so they can be properly placed. There seems to be some dissatisfaction among the various divisions of the Han army, but it is not a big deal with the Eight Banners of Goryeo."

The comparison is not as good as the top, and there is more than the bottom. The Han army flag was originally compared with the green camp, but now it is directly compared with the Eight Banners within the Eight Banners. The Goryeo Eight Banners replaced the Han army flag and the Green Camp. Dissatisfaction can always be reduced.

Li Zhifang told the story. After Liu Cheng heard it, he realized the problem of the Eight Banners of Goryeo. However, he never planned to do too much articles on such small things. Many things have been calculated long ago. Now he just needs to do it step by step.

"Send the order and the army will repair it for ten days, so that the soldiers will have time to settle their wives and daughters before heading south. If the court blames the blame, I will take it all."

The Qing court gave the Wuwei Right Army a five-day renovation in Tianjin Acropolis. Five days was indeed enough to complete the resettlement work. Liu Cheng waved his pen and added five more days to come out. After the order was conveyed, there was also a lot of joy in Tianjin Acropolis. Among them, only Murima was a complete alien.

"Mr. The court has an order. After five days of repair, it will go south to the small camp. Why do you change it to ten days?!"

Murima was furious, but Liu Cheng was not anxious. He ordered the personal soldiers guarding the door to come in and pour tea for Murima, and then slowly explained: "Mr. Guarja, we are all the way from the capital. It's okay that the soldiers in the army have not had a day off, which is two days a morning than the established time. The soldiers and the families of the soldiers are so diligent in the king's affairs. As the general, we should be generous and rest for three more days so that the soldiers can be completely at ease. Only by going south can we better train and defend, and be loyal to the emperor. Moreover, the general also sent personal soldiers and horses to the small station to fight for the front station for the army, which is not a matter of one or two days."

Liu Cheng took the teacup and handed it to Murima himself, but the latter's anger did not disappear at all. Not only did he not take the teacup, he snorted coldly, threatening that the matter would be reported to the court and handed it over to the court, so he left Liu Cheng's official hall angrily.

Looking at Murima's figure leaving, Liu Cheng glanced at a smile on his lips and played with the teacup. He drank the tea in one gulp until the moment he had the strongest smile, and then he returned to his usual expression.

"idiot."

Before he could say anything, he was very disdainful. The general was not willing to accept something from outside. However, the army moved to the town and the military situation was not very important. What's more, the court knew very well that the right army of Wuwei moved to the town, and the soldiers were very dissatisfied with leaving the prosperous land of the capital. If they were urged to go on the road, the military spirit would inevitably become more unstable. Instead, it would be better to repair it for two more days.

"President, let's explain it to the court."

"I have to explain it, and the emperor will definitely understand my good intentions."

Liu Cheng and Murima have been like this since the formation of the Right Army of the Wuwei. Liu Cheng is the prince-in-law, and Murima's brother is also Oboi. Li Zhifang was very worried about the two sides. In contrast, Liu Cheng was not like Li Zhifang. He had been in the Qing court for many years and saw much more clearly than Li Zhifang, a subordinate. However, what should be reported should be reported, so as not to really make Shunzhi unhappy, that would be a loss.

Liu Cheng wrote a memorial, saying that it was to safeguard the military spirit for several days. After the memorial was sent out, he personally took Goshha to the areas divided by various departments. He couldn't say he was concerned about his well-being, but at least the inspection was to squeeze local officials to meet the requirements of his soldiers. The Eight Banners in various places were also the same.

After two days of walking, the requirements of each ministries were met one by one. The Eight Banners families in Tianjin Acropolis praised Liu Cheng a lot. Even the Eight Banners whom they usually looked down on him had fewer prejudices and more closeness to him, the Han people who carried the banners in Manchuria. As for the Eight Banners of the Han army, that was even more so.

Whether it is the upper two armies, the lower three armies, the new army, the Han army flag is the absolute main force and the backbone of the battle formation. Fortunately, the upper two armies are at least slightly more soldiers than the Han army's Eight Banners. When it comes to the lower three armies, the Manchuria, Mongolia and Goryeo Eight Banners are not as many as the Han army's Eight Banners, even if there are only more than one thousand people.

The proportion of this was carefully calculated by Shunzhi, Sony, Oboi and others. Although the cohesion of the mixed army was slightly inferior, it had a more obvious effect on the current situation of excessive population reduction in Manchuria and the population proportion at a disadvantage, as well as restraining the Han army and Han army generals, and even the eight banner relatives and noble kings like Jidu and Dorni.

Liu Cheng knew this well and was tolerant of Murima in his personal manner, but in business, as long as the reasons are sufficient, he always argued with the slogan that the slave should do his best for his master.

Murima was very dissatisfied with this, but Liu Cheng had enough reason to convince Shunzhi. Even Oboi had scolded his younger brother in private, without having to target everything. It completely bound Liu Cheng's actions, but it was not conducive to the formation of the combat effectiveness of the Wuwei Right Army.

Over the past period of time, Liu Cheng has been taking a sensation and is more clear about Shunzhi's bottom line. After leaving the capital, although each flag has its own subordinates, there are still many places to do it, which is indeed more convenient than being trapped in the capital. While Liu Cheng was commending this time, Murima's reputation in the Wuwei Right Army began to decline under the propaganda of those who are interested. This is exactly what Liu Cheng hoped to see.

Moving the town is not a marching force. The future is long, and there will always be a chance to destroy the morale of the straight line "inspector" and then he will do more.

"Chen Wen turned against the enemy because the main force of the Ming army in Dalan Mountain was destroyed, and this is not easy to imitate. The key point is still the transfer of interests. Only with the interests can we win over more people. This time, it is a good experience to exploit local officials. However, I still need to do more, I am afraid that Chen Wen will not give me too much time."

Ten days later, after the renovation was completed, the Wuwei Right Army, except for leaving a small number of troops to defend the city, set off and headed straight for the small station.

Tianjin Weicheng is only 50 or 60 miles away from Xiaozhan Town. The local government organized civilians to transport military supplies. The army went down the Haihe River and arrived at the Daying that night. The camp of the Wuwei Right Army was set up between Xiaozhan and Gegu. The Haihe River waterway and official roads were used. One of the small troops would be stationed in Gegu Town to monitor this section of the river.

After all, the right army of Wuwei moved the town not for training. The most important reason was to assist in the defense of Tianjin Acropolis and Dagukou to ensure the safety of the southeastern gateway of the capital.

The work of moving the town was quickly announced, but the training progress inevitably fell a little. However, the cohesion of the army was enhanced by collective marching, which was also considered to be gains and losses. However, routine training should be carried out quickly, and they would have the vitality to fight before the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang started the Northern Expedition.

"The army moved the town, and I asked the emperor for an order. Soon there would be a town's Lumi gun to be delivered, and all of them could be trained. Before this, the divisions were mainly trained in queues. In addition, I asked for bird guns organized by two towns. Each town could start loading in batches, and live ammunition shooting had to wait."

The batch of bird guns that Liu Cheng wanted were all in the arsenal of the Ministry of Works. Many of them were affected by the erosion and maintenance of the years, and there was a risk of explosion. He simply wanted a batch of them to come. He didn't want to shoot live ammunition, so he always wanted to make the musketeers more familiar with the loading process of firearms.

All the generals here know this. They used to complain that they had been implicated by Liu Cheng. After this renovation, a commander who was willing to benefit everyone was popular, and there were fewer such voices. After hearing what Liu Cheng said, he immediately turned to training.

"The president, there are only two towns of bird guns. How to practice it requires a certain plan."

The first town's leadership was Chen Hanjun from Liaodong. When asked the key point here, Liu Cheng nodded and replied: "This matter has been decided. The bird guns of the two towns, the first town, the second town training day, the third town, the fourth town training day, the fifth town and the first town training day, and so on."

Musket training, musketsmen training and loading, spearmen need to train assassination and horse-resistance events. When other towns are training, they will train the queues and formations together. Liu Cheng has a very fine abacus, but even so, different opinions will also emerge.

"President, what about our Wuwei Right Army? Everyone knows it well. The five infantry towns, the first four towns are the backbone of infantry, and the fifth town has a slightly inferior combat power. Why not train our first four towns first? How about the fifth town for the time being?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Cheng glanced at Murima with his own light and saw that he was like the generals of other Manchu and Mongolian Eight Banners. Although he was surprised, he was mostly interested in watching the fun, so he let go of his suspicion about Murima's possible instructing this Han military general.

The first four towns of the Wuwei Right Army were organized by the Han army flag, such as spearmen, and musketeers. The fifth town was organized by the Eight Banners of the Goryeo. They were trained in the camp in the capital. The weak combat power of the Eight Banners was already recognized by the Eight Banners, and their status was even more obvious. They were directly identified by the Han army flag generals. The Meile Zhangjing of the Eight Banners of the Goryeo only showed resentment, but they still dared not refute.

Liu Cheng glanced at him for a week and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The new army expanded, but the time was still short, and it was no longer enough to get into the level of the Imperial Guard.

This is the case with the Right Army of the Wuwei, and the other divisions are the same. Manchus look down on other divisions, Mongolia look down on Han army and Goryeo, and the Han army look down on Goryeo too. This problem was something he had never encountered when he was in the Ming army in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Even during the Imperial Guard, because the soldiers of the Imperial Guard were selected from the Eight Banners Army that wiped out the Yuqi Uprising and had experience in cooperating with combat, there would be too fewer gaps, which were completely different from what he is now.

"What Li Tongdai pointed out is indeed a major disadvantage that has troubled the improvement of the combat effectiveness of the army now. However, as the president of the Wuwei Right Army, this general must take into account both the command of the emperor. The fifth town is also a part of our Wuwei Right Army. If he performs poorly on the battlefield, he will lose face of our Wuwei Right Army. Therefore, the bird gun training will be carried out according to the method of our general, but when the Lumi gun arrives, we will give priority to equip the first town. In addition to training, we must also ensure the production of grain at the small station to eliminate local rebels instead of training. I am afraid it is also indispensable."

Liu Cheng said a lot, maintaining his own power, gaining gratitude from the Eight Banners of Goryeo, and taking into account the appearance of the Han army flag. But more importantly, when the army has combat tasks to maintain local security, there will be many more places to grow. Not only the Han army flag, but also the generals of the Eight Banners of Manchu and Eight Banners of Mongolia were moved.
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