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Chapter 1603 There is a successor

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    Li Jiyi, the 15-year-old eldest son of the emperor, grew up drinking milk.  Three large bowls of milk a day are enough for every meal, and the nutrition is very balanced.  Therefore, he looks taller and stronger than an ordinary 20-year-old boy.  I saw Li Jiyi wearing a big-brimmed hat, gray-green private uniform, carrying a sheepskin backpack, holding a rifle with a bayonet, standing upright like a javelin.  In the entire first association, no one knows except Zhang Sanzheng, the eldest son of the emperor is among the teams of the soldiers.  There was no way Zhang Sanzheng could hide it. He had held an important position in the Guards for a long time.  From the beginning of the team to the guards' compartment, Zhang Sanzheng was by Li Zhongyi's side. How could he not know the emperor's eldest son?  Li Zhongyi raised his chin at Zhang Sanzheng, and Zhang Sanzheng immediately understood the order, "Everyone has it." "Bang." More than ten thousand pairs of military boots were knocked together almost at the same time, which was heart-stirring.  "The first team of the first battalion of the first bid comes out." "Fire training." "Three rounds of rapid fire, release." Following Zhang Sanzheng's command, Li Zhongyi's eyes followed his son's figure to the shooting scene.  In the monocular telescope, Li Zhongyi could see clearly that his son's reloading speed was obviously faster than others.  Hehe, when the flintlock guns were first produced, Li Zhongyi took a few back to the palace and used them as toys for his sons.  There is no young man who doesn¡¯t like to play with weapons, and Li Jiyi is no exception.  As a result, after long-term exploration and practice, the average gunman can only fire four rounds in one minute, but Li Jiyi can fire five rounds.  Li Zhongyi could see clearly that white smoke emitted three times from the muzzle of Li Jiyi's gun, which showed that there was no empty shot.  The biggest disadvantage of muzzle-loading guns is that when you are too nervous, it is easy to reload the ammunition multiple times, or forget to load the ammunition, or load the ammunition without using a iron to compact it.  Reloading ammunition multiple times can easily cause the chamber to explode and injure yourself.  Therefore, during training, the requirements are extremely strict.  Li Zhongyi¡¯s instructions to the martial arts hall made it very clear: Sweat more in peacetime and bleed less in war.  In this era, it is impossible to successfully train a qualified crossbowman for more than ten years.  Then, with the emergence of the flintlock gun, not only was the gun powerful, it could easily break through heavy armor within a hundred meters.  Moreover, within three months, one can pass the training.  In terms of the cost of war alone, it takes only three months to produce a group of qualified riflemen, which will definitely eliminate the crossbowmen.  Zhang Sanzheng was Li Zhongyi¡¯s confidant. Otherwise, he would not have been appointed as the governor of the first town.  Under Zhang Sanzheng¡¯s deliberate order, the shed where Li Jiyi was located was ordered to move around in chaos.  From the various displays of individual military skills to the line attack of firing volleys, the requirements for qualified soldiers in the drill were reviewed one by one.  Li Zhongyi nodded frequently. His eldest son had a standard military posture and skillful shooting movements. He didn't make any mistakes even once. This was already extremely rare.  It can be seen that Li Jiyi is indeed cruel and has very strict requirements on himself.  In front of Li Zhongyi, Zhang Sanzheng made an objective and fair evaluation and promoted Li Jiyi to the position of shed director.  Li Zhongyi smiled slightly, Zhang Sanzheng, this kid, has completely wiped out his temper.  Zhang Sanzheng did this in public, which not only convinced the public, but also made Li Zhongyi believe that Li Jiyi relied on his own true ability rather than relying on nepotism.  Through the monocular telescope, Li Zhongyi clearly saw that after his eldest son returned to the team, he raised his chin high and grinned.  Li Zhongyi knew in his heart that his son's smile was actually directed at him.  When it was the turn of Li Jixiao, the second son of the emperor, Zhang Sanzheng played a new trick and actually ordered the shed where Li Jixiao was to start target practice fifty meters away.  "Bang." Li Jixiao pulled the trigger, and Li Zhongyi's heart tightened involuntarily. He quickly moved the telescope and looked at the target opposite.  I saw a bullet hole on the outer edge of the big black circle on the target.  The front-loading smoothbore gun is not a breech-loading rifled gun. Its accuracy is extremely poor, and there is almost no accuracy at all.  However, Li Jixiao happened to play a new trick and actually hit the target with one shot. This is considered a talent.  Good soldiers are all fed by bullets or cannonballs.  The First Association¡¯s live-fire training takes place almost every day.  According to Army Code of Conduct, each active infantry soldier must fire at least 100 rounds of ammunition.    If it weren¡¯t for the breakthrough progress made in the manufacturing process of gunpowder, and the output of artificial saltpetre production increased dozens of times, it would really be unbearable to bear such a huge consumption.  Once again, in front of all the officers and soldiers, Zhang Sanzheng promoted Li Jixiao to the post of shed chief.  In this regard, even if Li Zhongyi wanted to find fault, he had nothing to say.  However, Li Zhongyi felt a trace of nervousness on the face of his eldest son Li Jiyi, and he couldn't help but smile.  ¡° Letting two sons enter the new army at the same time is to start a fierce competition between them.  "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, who will end up in the end depends on the true ability of the sons.  After the First Association has officially formed an army, the next step is to prepare for the establishment of the First Town.  Today¡¯s newly formed army has the strength of a town equivalent to an army.  After full strength, the total strength of the first town will reach about 30,000.  This is also based on reality.  During the Northern Expedition, when 30,000 troops marched, not only was the logistical pressure n times less than that of a 100,000-strong army, but the power of a volley of more than 20,000 flintlock muskets was enough for the Khitans to drink several pots.  According to Li Zhongyi¡¯s plan, when the time comes, it will only be necessary to dispatch the army from two towns to attack the Khitan Kingdom against seasonal forces.  As long as this happens once a year, the Khitan people will be worn down and thin in a few years.  When the Jin Kingdom rose, Wanyan Aguda destroyed the Liao Dynasty in ten years.  Li Zhongyi also planned to spend five to eight years to completely resolve the long-term military pressure on the Northern invaders.  Just when Li Zhongyi was thinking about letting the officers and soldiers of the First Association see blood.  News of a large-scale peasant rebellion suddenly came from the Goryeo Kingdom.  Over the years, the food and other materials used by the Li Han Empire to support its troops were basically provided by the farmers of the Goryeo Kingdom.  Only by taking resources from outside, the farmers within the Li Han Empire could become richer and richer.  The problem is that the Goryeo Kingdom only has a few million people, but it supports the 300,000 imperial troops of the Li Han Empire. It is imaginable how severely they were exploited.  Li Zhongyi has also been mentally prepared for a long time. With such a heavy burden, the farmers and gentry of Goryeo will explode one day sooner or later.  Now, the Army's First Association is training into an army. Hey, it's not a bad idea to try the sword on the mobs of Korea!  So, with Li Zhongyi's order, the entire war machine of the Li Han Empire started running quickly and accurately like a clock with full wind.  There was nothing else, except that Queen Mother Xue was a little unhappy when she heard that her two eldest grandchildren were going to participate in the counter-rebellion of Goryeo.  Queen Mother Xue pulled Li Zhongyi and said, "Dalang and Erlang were still young, and they were sent to the battlefield like this. If swords and guns don't have eyesight, how can their mother and concubine survive?" Li Zhongyi smiled and comforted Queen Mother Xue,  He said: "Mom, they are both in the staff department, and they are with Zhang San. There is no danger at all." A typical lie with open eyes.  Empress Dowager Xue tightened Li Zhongyi's hand and said angrily: "Don't lie to me. The army is out on an expedition and the fighting is dangerous. No matter where you are, there is a possibility of losing your life." It is naturally impossible for Li Zhongyi to tell the truth to my mother.  He said with a smile: "Mom, don't worry, Jiren will be protected by heaven. Your son and I started to lead the army at the age of eighteen. Over the years, we have fought in hundreds of battles in the north and south.  But I was unscathed, which shows that the Buddha has been blessing me. "This is true. It is also Li Zhongyi's good luck. In so many years of war, he has never been seriously injured.  Under Li Zhongyi¡¯s persuasion, Empress Dowager Xue had no choice but to nod and agree, but she also put forward a condition: before the two grandchildren set off, they must return to the palace to stay for a few days and talk more with her grandmother.  The old lady relaxed, Li Zhongyi had no objection to it.  So-called, ten years of army, a hundred years of navy.  As the army team has made great progress, the naval shipyard personally presided over by Lin Renzhao has been fully launched in Mingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River.  Regarding shipbuilding, Li Zhongyi still fell into a misunderstanding. He really wanted to see British sailing battleships. He thought about skipping sailing cruisers and directly entering the era of battleships all day long.  As a result, it slowed down the progress of shipbuilding.  Professional matters must be led by professional talents.  After Lin Renzhao took over the shipbuilding business, he did not immediately start shipbuilding operations in Mingzhou. Instead, he used the huge sum of money allocated by the emperor to buy teak from the Angkor Dynasty.  Lin Renzhao has been the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy for a long time. In the shipyards of the Southern Tang Dynasty, among various shipbuilding materials, only the teak produced in the Angkor Dynasty was stronger and more durable.  Every other line is like a mountain.    Li Zhongyi doesn¡¯t know yet at this time.  Compared with the sailing battleship made of European oak, the hull of the sailing battleship made of Burmese teak is heavier, but the structure is also stronger and more durable, and the cost is dozens of times lower.  Lin Renzhao said in the memorial that in the initial stage, instead of being too ambitious, it is better to be down-to-earth and build a cruiser with three decks and two gun cabins.  In the Angkor Dynasty, the large teak forest stretched as far as the eye could see and was inexhaustible.  "Things are rare but valuable. If there are too many teak trees, they won't be very valuable."  Lin Renzhao placed a deposit and ordered teak from Angkor at a high price from shipping merchants. The main cost was the cost of shipping.  Lin Renzhao is down-to-earth and conscientious in his work, and he is also an expert among naval experts. He is a real expert, not a bricklayer. Li Zhongyi is naturally relieved to leave the construction of the navy to him.  However, Li Zhongyi also gave Lin Renzhao a golden idea in his private message.  You can buy a large number of Angkor teak saplings and plant them in Qiongzhou or the southeastern coastal areas with a suitable climate.  After a few decades, these teak trees will be used in large quantities, and the empire's shipbuilding costs will drop sharply.
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