novelaction Chapter 147: 2nd Company Captain’s Italian Artillery?
Chapter 147: 2nd Company Captain’s Italian Artillery?
They worked until the afternoon, when the crowd finally dispersed. Jiang Li looked at the spacious mountain temple after the expansion, and couldn't help but teasing Huang Silang, "Lord Mountain God has a bright future. This mountain temple is so magnificent!"
"That statue is also shining with gold. Could it be made of pure gold?"
"How can that be possible? I've seen it. It's carved from bluestone, but it's just painted with a layer of gold powder."
“Besides, I don’t care whether it’s a golden body or a stone body. As long as people worship it, it doesn’t matter whether it’s a wooden statue or a clay statue.” Huang Silang said indifferently.
"I can't believe you're so enlightened!"
"Now that you have become a mountain god, is there anything special about it? Have you awakened any magical powers?" Jiang Li asked curiously.
"I have now become a mountain god. There are gods around the Great Immortal Mountain that bless me with increased magical power. I can sense any disturbance within a ten-mile radius."
"As for magic, in addition to being able to use divine power to heal believers and bless them, I also learned a ground-shaking technique that can move rocks and slightly change the terrain."
"It's a pity that I just consumed too much spiritual power. I'll let you see it again next time I have the chance!" Huang Silang said happily.
Jiang Li didn't ask any more questions after hearing this, but started chatting with it.
According to it, Jiang Li has a very strong luck and if he could go out more often, he would definitely get a lot of opportunities.
Jiang Li took this to heart. At this time, Mao Shanming took a list and reported to Huang Silang, "Your Excellency the Mountain God, the offerings and property offered by the believers have been counted. Please have a look!"
"I won't read it. Taoist Jiang is here too, so you can just read it!" Huang Silang said with a proud look on his face.
"Okay, Lord Mountain God, there are 612 believers going up the mountain this time, and the donations are as follows:
"Two thousand copper coins, four silver dollars, five pieces of linen, thirty catties of rice, six chickens, thirty-six eggs, four hundred and eighty catties of pumpkin seeds, three hundred and ten catties of various coarse grains, one thousand six hundred and forty catties of fruits and grains such as pumpkins and cucumbers, and some wild vegetables and firewood."
Mao Shanming finished reading what was on the list and said nothing more.
Huang Silang heard that there were so many things and he finally didn't need to use any wild vegetables to make up the number. He was so happy that he waved his hand and said, "Keep the rice, chicken, eggs, and pumpkin seeds. The rest can be given to the poor people and the widowed and the elderly in the mountains as usual!"
Upon hearing this, Mao Shanming immediately took the order, said hello to Jiang Li, and went out to organize some people to transport the tribute.
Jiang Li was very pleased to hear Huang Silang's arrangement. It seemed that helping this guy become a mountain god could really be considered a merit.
After looking at the sky, he decided not to stay any longer. He stood up, bowed and said goodbye, then went down the mountain.
As he walked along, he thought to himself, "This Huang Silang has become the mountain god. With his influence, I should be able to control my luck. Tingting has also started practicing. It seems that the situation will be more harmonious in the future!"
Soon Jiang Li returned to the Jiang family. After having dinner with his family, he started talking about Huang Silang becoming a god. Everyone was delighted, and Ren Tingting's eyes were shining. She almost swallowed Jiang Li in one gulp.
Jiang Li could understand her behavior. Nowadays, infertile women have to endure countless gossips. Now that she sees hope, she will naturally be excited.
So he chatted a few words with his family and went back to his room with Ren Tingting, who was full of enthusiasm.
As soon as they returned to the room, Ren Tingting hugged Jiang Li and asked for a kiss. Jiang Li quickly dodged and said, "Don't worry, let's take a shower first. There will be plenty of time later."
Ren Tingting said, "Let's do the work first. We'll have plenty of time to take a shower later."
Jiang Li had no choice but to carry this greedy cat to the bed and start studying the mystery of life.
The bed shook for an hour before it stopped. Jiang Li carried Ren Tingting, who was like a puddle of mud, to take a bath. Then they returned to the room and lay down again. Only then did she regain some strength.
She drew circles on Jiang Li's chest with her fingers and muttered, "Brother Li, do you think I can get pregnant this time?"
"Don't worry so much, just let nature take its course. If it really doesn't work, wait until you have mastered the dual cultivation technique, then we can make up for quality with quantity." Jiang Li said with a smile, holding Ren Tingting's hand.
Upon hearing this, Ren Tingting immediately nodded heavily, and then fell into a deep sleep. She was really too tired.
Jiang Li listened to Ren Tingting's steady breathing in his arms, and simply stopped practicing and fell asleep with his eyes closed.
The next morning Jiang Li got up early to do morning lessons. In the next few days he taught Ren Tingting to practice and collected the blood of the livestock fed with blood mushrooms to continue cultivating high-quality blood mushrooms, hoping to complete the nesting doll work as soon as possible.
In the next few days, he designated the development route of Tengteng County and checked the reports on troop expansion from the company commanders of various towns under his command.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, but once you look, you will find that the company commanders under him have expanded their forces to at least 150 people, and at most 210 people.
There are twelve companies, and the total number of troops has exceeded two thousand. Jiang Li had no choice but to order each company to send the new recruits to Tengteng County and let them participate in unified training.
At that time, we will select a few reserve officers to form a new company to prepare for the expansion to Wuzhu Mountain.
Two days later, all 700 recruits arrived in Tengteng County. Jiang Li took them to a specially arranged training ground and started physical formation training. After a few days, they were assigned weapons and started shooting training.
Speaking of which, since Jiang Li lowered the standards and purchased a large number of domestically-made Hanyang guns, he has no shortage of guns in the past two months.
The purchasing staff also purchased 800 rifles, 30 Czech light machine guns, more than 2,000 grenades, and as many as 100,000 rounds of various bullets.
Jiang Li also bought four of the cannons he had always dreamed of. For this purpose, he even ordered people to get cattle and horses and form an artillery company.
The weapons of this artillery company are four 75mm light field guns.
According to the purchasing staff, these guns were made in France, the M1897 75mm field gun, which is the world's first rapid-fire gun with a caliber of 75mm, a width of 2 meters, a height of 1.4 meters, a length of 2.69 meters, a weight of 1544kg, and a maximum range of 8500 meters.
The end of the gun carriage is equipped with a spade to improve the stability of the gun during rapid firing.
Having said that, you may not have any intuitive understanding of what it looks like. Let me give you an example. When Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, the prototype of the Italian cannon that the second battalion commander brought was this cannon.
The advantage of this gun is rapid firing. It has an additional hydraulic assisted recoil device. Its appearance has allowed artillery to evolve from the frame recoil era to the tube recoil era.
After working for nearly a month, these people finally looked somewhat presentable.
So Jiang Li selected seven officers with excellent grades and good performance from Wang Zhi's officer company, appointed them as company commanders, and started training with their respective 100 men.
The commander of the artillery company was an old soldier named Shen Quan. He had participated in previous battles to eliminate bandits and was a brave but careful person.
Jiang Li even appointed him as the second company commander out of mischievous humor. As long as he makes further progress in the future, he will become the ultimate second battalion commander.