After saying that, he turned around and said to Li Yangxing, "Send a few smart people to protect Mr. Xu these days, and then clean up the house of Wu Weicheng for Mr. Xu to live in!"

A large number of officials in Dengzhou City, except those who were not dead, were sent away by Kong Youde yesterday. It was useless to keep them. It would be better to put them back and express their attitude to the court. They definitely did not want to stay with the court.

There were no warships from the navy in Dengzhou Water City, but there were still some fishing boats in Dengzhou Port. Although they were all small boats, it was still fine to transport a few people. So they arranged several fishing boats and sent them to Tianjin. Their houses were empty, so they could just accommodate Xu Wenyi and others.

The task this time has been completed, and the construction progress of the salt field is the same as he expected, and he has gained such talent as Xu Wenyi. Although it is not guaranteed that he will definitely be effective, he will most likely not refuse.

As for those pirate ships, although Kong Youde is a little worried now, they probably cannot cause much storm, because Kong Youde judged that they may not have much gunpowder and shells.

Before Xu Wenyi and others landed, the pirates did not fire the artillery. After dealing with the group of pirates who landed, the pirates on the ship had shelled for a while and fired twenty or thirty shells, but that was not a single cannon. Four pirate ships had at least eight cannons, which only cost two or three rounds.

Thinking about it, they chased Xu Wenyi all the way to Dengzhou sea. The artillery battles on the way were definitely indispensable. Xu Wenyi's ship was exhausted, otherwise he would not have abandoned the ship and escaped.

I believe that even if there are still some remaining pirates, there shouldn't be many. If they have exhausted all the shells on the way back, the cannons will become decorations and will be very passive. If they encounter an enemy, they will have artillery, and they will have to be beaten.

Along with the five Folang aircraft, there was also a Bai Zong and his artillery. Kong Youde told him to pay close attention to the sea surface at all times. As long as there were large ships, they would fire the cannon without warning. Then he took Xu Wenyi and his party and set off to return to Dengzhou City.

When Kong Youde returned to Dengzhou, he saw a notice posted at the city gate. Seeing that the handwriting was written by Qin Zhiyuan himself, he also stamped the official seal of the magistrate of Penglai County.

There are not many contents, there are three main items:

First, inform the people of Penglai County that Qin Zhiyuan has become the new magistrate of Penglai and has begun to handle official affairs. In the future, all civil affairs in Penglai County will be subject to Qin Zhiyuan.

Second, the requirements for recruiting county officials are not high. Anyone with innocent wealth and literacy is enough. Those with experience in following officials are given priority.

Third, the announcement of the county's land record archives has been destroyed by the war. Anyone with land at home must take the land deed to the county government for re-registration within seven days. The land that does not come to register within seven days will be regarded as a homeless land and taken back to the government.

Kong Youde was very satisfied with Qin Zhiyuan's efficiency. He was quite capable. He started preparing for what he explained in the morning.

And when he learned that he had sent someone to copy the notice, he quickly sent it to various villages and towns to post it, so that the people of the county could learn about it as soon as possible so as to complete the task of disguised land reform.

Kong Youde planned to hand over this matter to Qin Zhiyuan with full authority, so he would not ask more about it. According to previous speculation, there must be no big problem.

Moreover, Qin Zhiyuan is also a capable person. Through the past month, he can see his efficiency in doing things. Although he was just a private staff member who had no grade before, it was because he was not successful in the imperial examination and did not even pass the imperial examination.

On the 12th day of the first lunar month of the fifth year of Chongzhen, early in the morning.

Kong Youde came to the Firearms Bureau in Dengzhou City, where all the muskets, cannons, gunpowder and projectile lamps in Dengzhou City were produced here.

Kong Youde came here today to solve the big problem of weapons.

Currently, only two musket battalions under his command are equipped with more than 2,000 muskets. Although almost 10,000 muskets were seized after entering the city, they were basically ordinary bird guns.

Although they are all fire guns with strict control and excellent quality, their performance is still not satisfactory because these are all bird guns.

No matter how sophisticated the bird gun is, it is a comb-rope gun. It cannot get rid of those cumbersome operations and there are various conditions and restrictions.

Of course, there are two hundred turtle dove-legged guns, which are the largest internal diameter of the Ming Dynasty, also called the hook gun. The body length is 5.5 feet, the inner diameter is 0.6 inches, the medicine is 1.3 taels, the lead weight is 1.5 to 1.6 taels, and the large turtle dove gun has a bullet weight of 1.8 taels. The gun body is very heavy and needs to be supported by a foot, which looks like a bird's foot. Hence the name.

The power and range are far superior to ordinary bird guns. They are completely different from the style of bird guns and Lumi guns with small barrels. There are more firearms used in pirates, and very few are equipped by the official army.

In fact, it is a bit similar to the Japanese iron cannon, which is a large bird gun. Its power and range are very satisfactory to Kong Youde. However, the problem is that only Guangdong and Macau can make this thing, and the craftsmen in Dengzhou cannot make qualified ones. Even if they come out early, they are inferior products. Not only are they much smaller in performance, but they are also very bulky. It is better to use an ordinary bird gun directly.

As a time traveler, Kong Youde naturally knew the evolutionary history of weapons, so he planned to gradually expand the number of equipment of the musket in the team.

Although the firearm battalion performed quite well in these wars, Cui Yongping, Zhang Dong, and the newly recruited Xiong Wenbin were not very optimistic about firearms.

There is no other reason, mainly because the current muskets are not very powerful.

The firing and accurate head of the musket are huge defects. When the situation is critical, it cannot be used at all. Unless it is used on a large scale, it is difficult to produce results.

The plan to create more advanced muskets was put on the agenda.

So, after dealing with some more important things, Kong Youde arrived at the Firearms Bureau early in the morning.

"Sir, the Firearms Bureau has been rectified." Zhang Lide, the manager of the Military Weapons Bureau, came to report after seeing Kong Youde's arrival.

The Firearms Bureau, Shenji Hangar, Gunpowder Bureau and other important places were previously responsible for it, and there were troops stationed. After the capture of Dengzhou City, the craftsmen and managers of the Firearms Bureau did not resist much and directly surrendered.

Originally, he wanted to keep the members of the Firearms Bureau unchanged and continue to produce, but later he thought that such an important organization could not be so casual. He must send absolutely loyal people to be responsible. Zhang Lide is one of these people. He was a personal soldier under Kong Youde before, and his loyalty was very guaranteed.
Chapter completed!