Steel Dynasty - Chapter 305

[Chapter 305 Pig Soldiers]

Under the warm sun, soldiers of the Qingzhou Army farmed diligently.

A beautiful idyllic picture made people’s hearts clear for a while, but in the blink of an eye, Xiao Ming’s eyes were filled with a layer of haze.

In such a barbaric era, for this rare peace, he can only defend it with blood and fire.

This time the seeds sent by the King of Chu filled the cabins of five merchant ships, and he only spent half the price of an artillery piece to purchase the cotton seeds for these five ships. In addition to the cotton, the thirty artillery pieces also cost the King of Chu five dollars. The price is more than 100,000 silver taels.

The astonishing trade surplus between industrial products and agricultural products made Xiao Ming realize the huge profits brought by industrial products, which further strengthened his determination to dump industrial products to Great Chongqing in exchange for various raw materials.

After keeping some of the seeds, Xiao Ming asked the soldiers to transport the remaining seeds to other slave plantations.

At the same time, he and Niu Ben went to an open space outside Guanzhuang. On this land, a very long shed was being built. Under the shed were red brick walls, each of which formed a four-meter-long and wide shed. lattice.

“Your Highness, this is the pig farm of the Qingzhou Army.” Niu Ben introduced to Xiao Ming, his face even more bitter than when he was growing cotton.

After giving food to the Qingzhou Army, the Qingzhou Army now once again takes on another important task – raising pigs.

Pang Yukun burst out laughing when he saw Niu Ben’s look, “Your Highness, look at Governor Niu, how long his face is. He probably thinks that his soldiers are wronged now.”

“Isn’t this wronged?” Niu Ben said, “This Even if you don’t grow food, you will understand why we have to raise pigs. There are no soldiers raising pigs in Dayu.”

Xiao Ming said sternly: “Old General, you are wrong to think this way. Is it possible for soldiers to have a full stomach? Is it enough? Next, we need to let the soldiers eat meat. Only when they eat meat can they be more powerful. Why do we let the army raise pigs? It is very simple. The current Qingzhou Army is not an ordinary Chongqing army. If there are logistics soldiers, the logistics soldiers will be responsible for raising pigs for the soldiers. Otherwise, what else will the logistics soldiers do? Can’t they just recruit civilians during the war?”

Niu Ben was speechless by Xiao Ming’s series of questions.

Now that the Qingzhou Army is recruiting troops, some soldiers have been directly classified as logistics troops. This is a group of soldiers who do not fight and are only responsible for the army’s food, procurement, and transportation.

After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: “Moreover, the Qingzhou Army will soon be equipped with flintlock rifles. The Qingzhou Army will also take a different path. The army must be regularized and divided into divisions of labor.”

“Fuilinlock Army. “

Gun?”

Niu Ben was shocked when he heard this. He had already heard the news that the military workshop was producing a brand new weapon.

But Xiao Ming has not told him about this matter until now. Now that Xiao Ming has said it, the time has come.

“Today I asked the old general to come here to talk about the logistics. From now on, farming and raising pigs will be the responsibility of the logistics army. The main body of the Qingzhou Army will only be responsible for training in the future. The second thing is the flintlock. It is also the matter of the logistics army. The Qingzhou Army is prepared.”

Niu Ben asked, “So what is this flintlock gun?”

“This is a powerful long-range weapon.” Xiao Ming then explained the specific appearance and power of the flintlock gun. The method and so on told Niu Ben.

Niu Ben was stunned when he heard this, “Your Highness, you mean that the swordsmen, archers, and spearmen will all be eliminated, and only the musketeers and cavalry will be left in the entire Qingzhou Army?” He

nodded slowly, and Xiao Ming said, “That’s right. “

After the flintlocks are installed, there is no need for these arms to exist.”

“Your Highness, this is absolutely not allowed. Abandon close combat and only retain long-range shooting. If the formation is broken by cavalry on the grassland, the remaining soldiers will be destroyed.” His Highness must be killed if he is to be killed,” Niu Ben said anxiously. He could not understand Xiao Ming’s decision at the moment.

Pang Yukun had the same idea. He frowned and hesitated to speak.

When a new thing appears, it will inevitably be blocked by the old things. Xiao Ming has already made a calculation in his heart. He said: “I don’t like to talk, I only like to do. When the flintlocks are installed in the Qingzhou Army, you You will understand.”

Niu Ben and Pang Yukun stopped talking. Since Xiao Ming was so confident, they could only equip the flintlocks he mentioned.

He held up some flintlocks a little to let Niu Ben breathe, and then he continued to talk about the pig farm.

There is no such thing as professional breeding in Dayu State. Now Xiao Ming is going to popularize modern agriculture in the feudal land.

“Pang Changshi, what happened to the piglets in this pig farm?”

“Back to Your Highness, we bought a thousand piglets from the private sector, and also bought fifty adult sows and fifty adult boars, so At first, the piglets produced by this sow are probably enough for the pig farm.”

Xiao Ming looked at a general behind Niu Ben. This general was the captain of the logistics battalion, named Chen Feng.

After waving his hand for Chen Feng to come over, Xiao Ming said: “Captain Chen, these piglets and adult pigs are yours. You can’t raise them to death for me.”

In this era, the common people did not have large-scale breeding at all .

Xiao Ming explained the essentials of pig raising to Chen Feng in detail as he walked.

The most feared thing among modern pig farmers is swine fever. When encountering this disease, the pigs in the entire pig farm will soon be infected with each other and die. The same is true for poultry plague.

So what he and Chen Feng were talking about were ways to prevent swine fever and how to tell if pigs had swine fever.

“This pig house must be cleaned every day. If any pigs get swine fever, they should be burned and buried immediately…”

As scientific knowledge about pig raising came in, Chen Feng nodded frequently, and he quickly understood the entire pig raising procedure.

After all, he used to farm and raise chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs.

“As for the feces from the pig house, it is uniformly connected to the septic tank next to the pig house, which becomes the fertilizer for Guanzhuang. Of course, it is also possible to raise some chickens and ducks next to the pig house. Chickens and ducks sometimes feed on pig manure. It can be put into Guanzhuang to eliminate insects. After all, cotton is grown in Guanzhuang, and chickens and ducks do not eat cotton. “

Xiao Ming’s theories made Chen Feng dumbfounded. If Niu Ben hadn’t called Xiao Ming your highness, he really doubted that the person in front of him was King Qi, and that prince would understand this.

Pang Yukun and Niu Ben smiled bitterly on the side.

They also completely lost their temper. Not only was the King of Qi a master of astronomy and geography, he now even knew everything about such nonsense, and he seemed to be more proficient in it.

This teaching gave Chen Feng a basic understanding of modern farming, which made Xiao Ming feel at ease.

The pig farm is the key to Qingzhou’s breeding industry. In the future, these logistics soldiers will retire and return home as pig-raising experts. At that time, with their experience, this modern pig-raising experience will be spread among the people.

After staying in Guanzhuang for a while, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun left together. Pang Yukun kept his head down in thought on the way.

When Xiao Ming saw it, he couldn’t help but ask: “Are you still wondering why I know how to raise pigs?”

(End of Chapter)