GBP Chapter 109 Daily Life of the New Group
Chapter 109 Daily Life of the New Group
After thinking about it, Zhao Sheng organized his words and told his idea to Fan Xitong. If this guy still couldn't understand it, it would only mean that he was hopeless.
Fortunately, when Fan Xitong heard what Zhao Sheng said, he understood and said, "I understand what you said. Just tell me how much money you can make."
"I plan to initially invite the Cui, Lu, and Wang families, the three families from Yanzhou, to come in. You will come in as representatives of the royal family and open up three lines, with another line to be built."
"However, the prerequisite for completing this task is to build roads, all of which should be double-lane with auxiliary roads. The Yanding Line and the Jingding Line should be built first, and the principle of charging vehicles on the road should be implemented."
"I estimate the initial investment to be 500,000 taels per route, for a total of one million taels for the two routes. With toll collection, the highway is expected to pay back in three to five years. However, you should emphasize the strategic significance of this project, not the toll collection."
"Also, there's the crazy profits from transportation, including the income from the post stations. A conservative estimate is that the investment will be recovered within two years."
Zhao Sheng knew that Fan Xitong wouldn't understand all this for a while, so he said directly: "I'll write a plan for everything I've said and have someone copy it for you."
Fan Xitong also knew that, except for the Jingzhao Wei family, the other six families would not play with the royal family, and this time they did not include the Wei family, which in disguise meant that the right prime minister did not include the left prime minister.
I guess Zhao Hengzhen must be happy about this when he knows about it. He can make money and it is beneficial to the national defense strategy, so he will definitely do it.
For these six families, with the participation of the royal family, the rest of the things will be much easier.
Outside Jing County.
A team slowly walked towards the city. It was Zhao Sheng, his personal guards, and a new regiment of cavalry returning to the city after training.
On the training ground, the soldiers of the new regiment are training hard.
Some were practicing rock climbing, others were climbing trees, and some were crawling under a low bamboo frame. The supervisors next to them kept asking them to keep their bodies low.
Zhao Sheng held his forehead with his hand when he saw this. This was an optional training in the manual, which was designed to protect one in case the enemy had hot weapons or was attacked by bows and arrows.
In short, this training is a bit too early, and I don’t know what Ma Biao thinks about this.
"Captain Ma, you did a great job with the training. I just wanted to ask you, what do you think of the Underground Stake Advance Project?"
If you can't find the reason, go find the person who created the doubt.
"Prince Consort Zhao, this isn't in your training syllabus, but I think it won't be difficult to arrange it."
Looking at Ma Biao's smiling face, what else could Zhao Sheng say? Mainly because he didn't read the above explanation, or rather, he didn't read it carefully enough.
"Well, Captain Ma's training is good. I've seen it, and it has everything you need. You've seen the single-plank bridge and the trench crossing. They're all there. Practice well!"
Zhao Sheng emphasized the last four words, giving a feeling of being entrusted with an important task.
The new regiment is equipped with three battalions like other regiments, namely the Long Ji Battalion, the Shield and Sword Battalion, and the Crossbow Battalion.
The training programs of the three battalions require every soldier to be proficient in the other two. As for the muskets, they are equipped in the crossbow battalion.
Because minerals such as potassium chloride and red phosphorus are common in Dingzhou, and because of the emergence of these products, it has become easier to make a grenade fire.
In the later period, the grenades were improved and the amount of explosives stored in them was increased.
Therefore, in the training outline of the new regiment, the throwing of grenades and the use of fixed-powder bullet guns were put on the regular schedule.
The new regiment will be built into a team to carry out special tasks. It is very likely that it will fight alone or cooperate with other troops to achieve miraculous results.
"Hey, that guy who throws bombs pretty far is pretty good. Which battalion is he from?"
"Report to the Prince Consort, the commander of the Shield Blade Battalion is named Ma Damo. He came from the Western Regions, and his father is from our side."
"Ma?"
Fan Xitong suddenly interrupted and asked.
Ma Biao did not feel disgusted by Fan Xitong's interruption, but nodded and said, "Yes!"
When Zhao Sheng saw Fan Xitong suddenly ask this, he felt a little curious. Since he had asked it himself, he didn't want to continue asking.
When Fan Xitong saw Ma Biao answered yes, a barely perceptible smile appeared on his face, but it only lasted for two breaths before disappearing.
"Um...the battalions that were arranged like this before for the convenience of forming a formation will be replaced in the future. Battalions one to three, no one can tell which battalion will be the sword and shield."
"Yes, I'll remember that."
"Yeah!..." Zhao Sheng nodded.
"How's your firearms practice going? And your regiment will be adding a battalion later, primarily responsible for artillery operations. Let's tentatively make it four battalions!"
"Yes, I will arrange recruitment immediately."
"Huh? Have you forgotten the recruitment system of the new regiment?" Zhao Sheng remembered that he once said that the new regiment recruited people from the Princess Mansion or Dingzhou County.
When asked this question, Ma Biao suddenly remembered that the new regiment's soldiers were rationed.
"I just remember being excited and forgetting about it for a moment."
Ma Biao felt a little embarrassed and his face turned red.
During lunch, several officers were arranged to drink with Fan Xitong. However, Zhao Sheng had something to do in the afternoon, so he did not drink.
Near Pingshan, blacksmith Lu was with some craftsmen.
When I saw a group of people coming and walking on the main road, I knew they had passed the security check.
"My dear Prince Consort, I haven't seen you for a long time."
Blacksmith Lu has always refused to tell his name. If you ask, it can be Blacksmith or Old Lu.
Mr. Zhao always respected him and called him Master Lu.
"Master Lu, have you been having a good time these days?"
Master Lu's hand was held, and Zhao Sheng asked kindly.
"Okay, you should ask my older brother behind me."
It was only then that Zhao Sheng noticed a strange face. The man had gray hair, a long face with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his lips were protruding and thick under his high nose bridge. If it weren't for his fair skin, he would have thought this man looked a little strange.
"My name is Xiang Qingxuan, a bronze sculptor!"
He was so absorbed in watching that he only reacted after the other party had finished speaking.
"Oh, hello, Mr. Zhao!" Mr. Zhao said two words randomly in a trance.
"Hey, you said you were a bronze sculptor just now?" Zhao Sheng, who was fully sober, suddenly remembered and asked.
"Yes, do you have any questions that I need to answer for you?"
"Oh, is that so? Then can you carve iron?"
"No problem. Now the gears behind our wheels are carved by me."
"Oh my god, this is awesome?"
Only then did Zhao Sheng remember that when he customized this revolver, he was originally making a pistol. The revolver was made of copper, and a drill was made using water flow for drilling holes.
At that time, the wheel gear inside was made using the inlay method to combine the two bodies into one. This not only required strict precision, but also the control of concentric circles.
Later, large roulette wheels required a rotating wheel, and they actually adopted a shaft-driven pulley design, and the technology came from the old man named Xiang.