When Yan Jizu proposed to introduce local gentry to Liu Pei, Liu Pei was naturally overjoyed! Because Liu Pei also needed the help of these gentry.

Because in normal history, the Qing army finally entered Shandong this time. Liu Pei estimated that it was very likely that the Qing army would come to Shandong according to the historical route. So Liu Pei needed to mobilize the local young and strong guard the city. What's more, your Liu Pei army was dispatched, and you also needed the young and strong as a civilian. These things require the support of the local gentry and wealthy families.

So as soon as Yan Jizu spoke, Liu Pei immediately agreed. And Liu Pei specially invited a banquet for more than a dozen local gentry.

At the banquet, Liu Pei not only released a large number of orders, but also promised that these orders would be more or less in the future! This made these people extremely excited! After all, having money is better than anything else!

After all, these agricultural and sideline products are not consumed in the local area. At present, there are almost no people who can eat big fish and meat. So no matter how much livestock they raise and how much grain they produce, it will be useless if they can’t sell them.

Now that Liu Pei's army is the gold-swalking beast, the meat and eggs produced by farmers have become popular, and the gentry can still benefit from it, so naturally the favorability of Liu Pei has increased sharply.

Liu Pei promptly summarized the training of young and strong people, and these gentry agreed. They all said that as long as the spring plowing is over, they would definitely assist Liu Pei in the training!

In their opinion, although this general officer who likes to practice is a bit strange, it is just to seek official positions. Anyway, those young and strong men are idle after the spring soaring, and they can save a bite of food when they go to Liu Pei to practice.

After a while, the relationship between the two sides became better and better, which made Liu Pei less restrictive in the local area. So Liu Pei unexpectedly opened up the gap between the local gentry with the help of military supplies. The gentry benefited and Liu Pei won the people, allowing Liu Pei's plan to progress steadily.

With the end of the spring sowing, the Qingshang around Jinan Prefecture finally got free. So under the organization of the gentry, Liu Pei organized 30,000 young and strong men to participate in the training.

These 30,000 young and strong people were all investigated by Liu Pei,

The farmer was born. Liu Pei made an ambush here, and the 30,000-year-old young man will be Liu Pei’s goal to expand his army in the future!

After being trained, these 30,000 young and strong men can assist in the army's battle. They are familiar with the life of the military camp. Give them a few more meals of meat. In the future, with just one wave of Liu Pei, these young and strong men will gather under their command and will be able to pull up a large army in an instant.

Liu Pei's training in youth and strength is equivalent to an additional expense. This expense will naturally be handed over to the sailors to purchase supplies. Instead, it will make the gentry more profitable. With this dependence, the gentry will naturally support Liu Pei's all exercises.

On this day, Liu Peigang negotiated a business to buy wasteland with a gentry in Jinan. He received a report from the guards that a batch of ordnance had been transported to the military camp outside Jinan City and asked him to go for inspection.

Of course, Liu Pei knew what kind of goods this batch of things was, which was the new side van and artillery he had been looking forward to for a long time. So Liu Pei immediately rushed to the military camp to see it.

As soon as Liu Pei entered the camp, he saw two large cars parked in front of him. The most amazing thing is that these two large cars are four-wheeled carriages. Liu Pei knew that the Academy of Sciences had launched a new shock absorption device with sufficient strength.

You should know that it is easy to make an ordinary steering device. But it is difficult to use it on a side van. First of all, a side van is not a big car, it is very heavy. Moreover, many side vans also need to be loaded with cannons, which puts high requirements on the steel quality of the steering device.

Liu Pei carefully observed the two four-wheeled trucks. These two trucks were very different from the Ming army's side vans.

The Ming army's side vans were mainly tall. They could be like a city wall when connected! And these two side vans were one-third shorter than the Ming army's! In other words, they were only as tall as the shoulders of one soldier.

However, the vehicle looks very sturdy. The whole car is like a wooden box on four wheels. There is a thin layer of iron on the right side. There is also a cannon door left on one of the big cars, and there is nothing on the other.

Liu Pei waved and said, "Who was sent by the Academy of Sciences? Let's explain it."

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A young officer stepped forward excitedly and saluted Liu Pei and said, "Report to the Grand Marshal, the experimental unit of the Academy of Sciences, Captain Zhao Tiannan pays tribute to the Grand Marshal!"

After returning the gift, Liu Pei said, "Now explain to us why the difference between the side vans and the Ming army is so big?"

Zhao Tiannan said to Liu Pei and the surrounding generals: "Yes, my new car is indeed very different from the side vans of the Ming army. The important reason is that our combat methods are different. The main killing output of the Ming army is still mainly cold weapons, supplemented by a small number of bird guns, bows and arrows, and artillery. So what they need is a set of walls that can block the enemy outside. Our troops are different! Our troops can be said to be a full firearm unit, but only supplemented by a small number of cold weapons. So

Firepower output is particularly important to us. So the generals and generals can see that the relatively low-rise models are conducive to the deployment of our muskets and other firearms. Moreover, our side van is much wider than the side vans of the Ming army, so that there is enough height and width to hinder the enemy's overturn. Moreover, the right side of the vehicle is covered with a layer of white iron sheet, which can effectively prevent the attack of enemy rockets! Even if their rockets shoot through the iron sheet, it will be difficult to ignite the car!"

After saying that, he reached out and opened the gun door and said, "This is a special cannon car. It is planned that there will be one cannon car for every three cars on average. This cannon car is specially used to carry the Fran cannon we just copied. And since our Fran cannon is made of all steel, it weighs 30% lighter than the original Fran cannon. At the same time, there are eight sub-guns."

With Zhao Tiannan's introduction, Liu Pei and others also circled the car twice. It has to be said that the Academy of Sciences was very thoughtful. Not only did each car use heavy materials, but there was also an additional baffle connected by hinges. It was usually folded and was no different from ordinary car panels. After it was put down, it could directly cover the wheels and the bottom of the car.

Each car is also equipped with six pickets, which can be nailed directly into the soil to fix the large cart, so that it cannot be washed away or dragged away by the enemy. Moreover, there are iron rings at the beginning and end of the vehicle, which can connect all vehicles to form one!
Chapter completed!