bayedsolid Chapter 283 Improved Hair-Crushing Gun
Chapter 283 Improved Hair-Crushing Gun
Five days later, Lu Bu was the first to bring good news. He led his army to capture Inabayagawa Castle, and Oda Nobunaga committed suicide.
On the other side, Qi Jiguang and Li Yuanba also surrounded Takeda Shingen's Qingjiang City, and capturing Takeda Shingen was just around the corner.
The only thing is that Toyotomi Hideyoshi is nowhere to be found, as if he disappeared out of thin air and no trace can be found.
But it doesn't matter, he is just a lone commander and can't cause any trouble.
Seeing that the situation was settled, Ning Quan decided to return to Xizhou.
Of the four islands of Japan, he has now taken over Kyushu and Honshu. The remaining Hokkaido is a barbarian land with almost no people.
As for Shikoku Island, it is the smallest of the four islands, and the power of the Shikoku daimyo is limited, so it is only a matter of time before it is taken over.
In that case, Ning Quan can leave with peace of mind.
Besides, he has been out for two months, so it's time for him to go back.
After all, Wanyue and others at home are still waiting for him.
Ning Quan also planned to go back and improve the flintlock rifle, prepare for small-batch production and equip the troops.
After explaining things to Li Ji who stayed behind, Ning Quan took Sikong Ruo back to Xizhou.
But before returning to Xizhou, Ning Quan had to go to Tamsui.
After more than a month's sailing, Liu Rengui has now arrived in Australia and sent someone back with the news.
Ning Quan wants to discuss with Zhou Yu how to support Liu Rengui, transport more urgently needed supplies to Australia, and send more immigrants.
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Danshui City is not far from Qieshan City, and Ning Quan arrived in just half a day.
When he arrived at Danshui City, Ning Quan immediately listened to Zhou Yu's report and met with the soldiers who came back to deliver the letter.
"Your Highness, General Liu has successfully landed and settled down according to the location you provided."
"But there were quite a few natives there, and General Liu had a conflict with them right after landing. However, it wasn't a big problem, and General Liu easily dealt with them."
"General Liu is currently establishing a stronghold, but he urgently needs a batch of construction materials. He also requested more immigrants, preferably women."
"General Liu meant to find wives for the soldiers so they could settle down there with peace of mind."
Zhou Yu said slowly.
"Well, that's a good idea. We have plenty of women. Japan is now full of women. You can contact Military Advisor Jia and ask him to select a group of women and send them with the supplies."
"As for supplies, you must immediately organize and gather them as quickly as possible and send them to him."
"By the way, tell Liu Rengui that he is fully responsible for Australia's affairs and can do whatever he wants."
"I understand." Zhou Yu nodded.
"By the way, how's the situation on your side? Have you chosen a target?"
Ning Quan asked.
"I was just about to report this to His Highness. I have already chosen Yamaguchi Yojo."
"Singkayang City is located at the westernmost part of West Kalimantan Island, across the sea from Malacca. If we establish a naval base there, we can effectively control the entire Southeast Asian waterway."
"Also, there are quite a few Han Chinese in Sankouyang City, which will be more conducive to our future development."
"The key is that West Kalimantan is now a no-man's land, and it's all inhabited by indigenous people. This means we don't need to go to war with other countries."
Zhou Yu took out a map and pointed to the location of Yamaguchiyo City.
"Well, this location is good, let's book it here."
Ning Quan looked at the map and nodded in agreement.
Ning Quan then discussed the details with Zhou Yu for a long time and asked Zhou Yu to implement it as soon as possible.
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The next morning, Ning Quan and Sikong Ruo left Tamsui in a flying car.
Two days later, Ning Quan returned to Xizhou.
Ning Quan returned to Xizhou and went straight to the backyard.
At this moment, Li Wanyue and Jin Xiaozhu were chatting in the living room. When they saw Ning Quan and Sikong Ruo come in, they immediately stood up to greet them.
"Husband, sister, you are back!"
"Well, I'm back. How are you guys? Are you all okay?"
Ning Quan smiled and nodded.
"Well, everything is fine." Li Wanyue replied with a smile.
"That's good."
"Hyojoo, you're going to give birth soon, right?"
Ning Quan walked to Kim Hyo Joo, touched her bulging belly, and said with a smile.
"Almost there is still a month left."
"I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. Do you like it?"
Kim Hyo Joo said with a smile.
"It's all the same. I like both boys and girls."
Ning Quan said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Of course it's true. They are all my children, so of course I love them all."
Ning Quan nodded.
"Hehe, then I'm relieved."
Kim Hyo Joo said with a smile.
"Silly girl."
Ning Quan reached out and touched Kim Hyo Joo's head, then looked at Ning Ping'an in Li Wanyue's arms.
Little Ping'an is already over one year old. He looks very strong, with a pink face and is chubby and very cute.
"Come...son, let daddy hold you."
Ning Quan stretched out his arms and hugged Ning Ping'an.
Xiao Ping'an seemed very happy too. He immediately hugged Ning Quan's neck, kissed him on the cheek, and then giggled.
Ning Quan was immediately satisfied.
It turns out that although we are related by blood, we are different!
"Daddy, you're finally back. Xue'er missed you so much."
At this moment, Ning Xueer also ran out from the inner room and threw herself into Ning Quan's arms.
Xueer is only two years old this year. She wears a short pink skirt and has two pigtails on her head. She has a delicate and cute little face that is as delicate as a piece of jade.
Just like a porcelain doll, Ning Quan couldn't let it go.
"Xue'er, Daddy misses you too. You've grown taller and become more and more beautiful. You're even more beautiful than your mother!"
Ning Quan hugged Ning Xueer and said with a smile.
"Hehehe, Daddy is lying."
Ning Xueer immediately giggled when she heard the compliment and seemed very happy.
"Hahaha......"
Li Wanyue, who was standing by, also laughed when she saw this.
"Husband, you should eat quickly. You and your sister must be starving after all this travel."
“Okay, let’s go eat first!”
Ning Quan nodded.
Then everyone went to the restaurant to eat together.
After lunch, Ning Quan played with his wife and children for a while.
Then he listened to reports from Zhuge Liang and others.
In fact, there is nothing much to report. All work in the three counties is proceeding in an orderly manner.
With Zhuge Liang and others in charge, everything was in good order.
In the blink of an eye, another week has passed.
Ning Quan did nothing else during this week and stayed in the workshop all day to study and modify the flintlock rifle.
It is a general trend to equip the troops with flintlock rifles. Even the small country of Japan is equipped with flintlock rifles, so how can it fall behind?
"Your Highness, if this weapon could fire at a rate of five rounds per minute, it would be even more effective than a bow and arrow!"
Li Jing stood by and looked at the flintlock rifle in Ning Quan's hand and said seriously.
"Well, the key is the firing rate and bullet power."
"Prime Minister, how is the research on the Encyclopedia going?"
"Do you think we can do a rear-loading?"
Ning Quan nodded, looked at Zhuge Liang and asked.
The flintlock rifle that Ning Quan seized was a muzzle-loading rifle, and if he wanted to increase the firing rate, he had to change it to a breech-loading rifle.
These technical materials are all introduced in detail in the encyclopedia, but Ning Quan doesn't know how to improve them, after all, he is not a professional.