Zhu Ci Nao was in Qiongzhou City. Looking at the 400 flintlock soldiers of the Southern Army, he gasped.
" Elite, absolutely elite!"
"Yes, Your Majesty! These were definitely elites! However, their flintlocks had limited ammunition!”
He was reminded by Pu Zhenguo's words.
Zhu Ci Xin immediately opened the blacksmith shop.
Level 3 Blacksmith Shop unlocked gunpowder technology and built a gunpowder factory.
He checked the resource list map. The saltpeter, charcoal, and sulfur needed for gunpowder were widely distributed on Qiongzhou Island.
The gunpowder factory could produce 10,000 flintlock gunpowder and 10,000 pellets in a day.
He deployed 20 teams of farmers to build the gunpowder factory, and the 20 teams of farmers were responsible for collecting the materials needed by the gunpowder factory.
After arranging all the tasks, Zhu Cishan personally summoned the 400 flintlock soldiers.
All of them cupped their fists and bowed to Zhu Ci.
"Long live Your Majesty!"
Zhu Ci Xin was in a good mood as he patted the chain armor of these soldiers.
The chain armor was resistant to slashes and was very strong. Moreover, it was easier to maintain than the scale armor. Moreover, it was more flexible and had a large defensive area. Soldiers would be more agile when wearing it.
The most important thing was that the chain armor was very quiet and had a strong concealment ability. Unlike the scales, which made rattling sounds when they moved.
"When you fight, what tactics do you usually use?”
"When attacking, use three strikes! Our flintlocks are more stable than muskets! They could also rely on the defensive trenches to defend themselves!”
Zhu Ci Xin heaved a sigh of relief. These guys were clearly much stronger than the Wei Army.
Zhu Ci Xin picked up a flintlock gun and walked to the top of the city wall of Qiongzhou.
"How far does this gun go?"
"300 steps, effective range 260 steps!”
Zhu Ci Xin weighed the flintlock in his hand and pulled the trigger at a wild bird on a tree two hundred steps away.
Bang ~
White smoke came out of the gun, and the wild birds in the distance fell to the ground.
"Alright, we have the flintlock unit! What else do I lack?"
"Artillery!" Pu Zhenguo thought for a moment and said. We don't have artillery!"
Zhu Ci Xin frowned. There was no artillery in the barracks.
The town center needed to build a siege equipment factory.
In the siege equipment factory, one could build all kinds of cannons and siege equipment.
Building the siege weapon factory required 1000 units of gold.
Sixteen days had passed since May 10th, and the gold had increased to 2500 units.
Zhu Ciao arranged for five groups of farmers to build siege weapons factories in Qiongzhou City.
The construction of the machinery factory was very fast. It would be completed in three days.
Five groups of farmers were dispatched to Qiongzhou City to start building the siege equipment factory.
30,000 households of commoners and natives still lived on the island. As long as they didn't violate the laws of the Ming Empire, Zhu Ci Xin didn't intend to harm them.
As for the war, Zhu Ci Xin did not plan to let these 30,000 households participate. They only needed to produce and farm.
In order to let the people of Qiongzhou City have land to grow, Zhu Ciao had no choice but to arrange for the farmers recruited by the system to guide these people to reclaim the wasteland.
The reclaimed land was rented out to the people, and they only needed to pay 10% of the production to Zhu Ciao.
The commoners were very happy because they were all slaves of the governor of Dong Maiguo. They cultivated for twelve hours a day and handed over all their food. The governor only provided them with one meal a day.
Therefore, these commoners were very thin and weak. Many of them died at a young age.
Zhu Ci Xin had brought them hope. Every citizen would be given 50 mu of land.
Their enthusiasm for farming suddenly increased.
Paddy, potatoes, and sweet potato seeds were all purchased from Zhu Cishi's town center market.
The people and the town center of the entire Qiongzhou Island formed a benign economic development.
In order to allow the commoners to better communicate with the peasants and soldiers of the system, Zhu Ci prepared to issue currency.
In Dong Maiguo's warehouse in Qiongzhou City, he had seized 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of copper.
As for the silver mines mined by the system, one unit of silver was one tael of silver, and one unit of copper was one tael of copper.
Zhu Cixi did not plan to store the silver and copper he had seized into the system.
100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of copper were to be used to produce silver and copper coins.
The Level 3 town center could already be used to build a mint.
The Mint required 1000 units of gold to build.
In order for Qiongzhou Island to become an economic entity. Zhu Cixi gritted his teeth and spent 1000 units of gold to build the mint.
Twenty groups of farmers were arranged to build the mint. They would then become employees of the mint.
The mint would be completed on June 1st.
After finishing all this, Zhu Ci Xin heaved a sigh of relief.
"Pu Zhenguo, you are responsible for leading 1300 soldiers to guard Qiongzhou City! I brought 400 flintlocks back to the town center to take charge of the work!”
Pu Zhenguo bowed.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I promise to complete the mission!”
Zhu Ci Xin waved his hand and brought the remaining farmers and soldiers to transport the 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of copper. It took them three days to return to the center of the town.
When they returned to the city center, it was already May 30th.
Food increased to 4 million units.
It was time to recruit more soldiers.
Only with enough soldiers could Zhu Ci Xin have a sense of security.
The southern army's musket, the southern army's three-eyed musket, requires 4000 units of food for each soldier. 4 million units of food can be used to recruit 1000 people.
The Conqueror's Bird Musket and the Conqueror's Three-Eyed Musket each recruited 500 men.
A thousand soldiers, all wearing chain armor and carrying weapons, walked out of the forest.
The Empress had been following behind Zhu Ciyao.
"Your Majesty, another army has come to seek refuge! What was going on recently? Why are there so many troops coming to seek refuge with us?”
"Zhen is the orthodox of the Ming Empire, of course they have to come and seek refuge with Zhen!”
As Zhu Ciao explained, he arranged for the peasants to transport 100,000 taels of silver and 100,000 catties of copper to the Mint Bureau next to the town center.
Please set the coin type and face value!
Zhu Ci Xin frowned.
Currently, one tael of silver could be exchanged for one thousand copper coins in the Ming Empire.
Zhu Ciyan was prepared to make silver coins with a face value of 1,000, 500, 100, 50, and 10. (The contents are 50 grams, 25 grams, 5 grams, 2.5 grams, and 0.5 grams of silver.) 1 copper coin (0.5 grams of copper)
After setting the type and value of the mint, the twenty teams of farmers inside would make the coins according to the settings.
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