After ascending the throne, Li Xin also began to busy himself.
After all, the imperial court's administrative team had not yet been established, and the newly acquired provinces also required administration, so Li Xin needed to be busy with various affairs.
Everything was causing Li Xin some distress.
Fortunately, with Zhao Bingzhang's help, and the original administrative structure of Dongning was still intact, a lot of time was saved.
Li Xin decided to move the administrative structure of Dongning directly to the capital to unify the administration of the provinces under his command.
As for the newly acquired provinces, Hedong Province, Heluo Province, and Daiyue Province were under military control, with the governors-general being Wang Zhong of the Shenyong Army and Liu Zheng of the Shenwu Army, respectively.
Zhili Province, on the other hand, was directly governed by the new administrative structure of the Forbidden City.
I wasn't too worried.
As for the officials at the prefectural and county levels, the original model of the Great Gan Kingdom was not followed. Instead, the Dongning model was adopted, with some administrative officials transferred from Dongning and Liaodong to take over these provinces.
In addition, numerous militia forces had already emerged in Zhili, eastern Hebei, Daiyue and other places.
Among the militia, some scholars and students who had risen through the ranks were also promoted. These officials had all handled matters such as land redistribution and tax exemption at the grassroots level, and were quite familiar with local administrative affairs.
With them on the team, the grassroots administrative team was gradually established.
Since the start of winter, all provinces have become busy.
Li Xin even transferred Yu Maocai, the governor-general of Liaodong, to the capital to take full charge of the construction of the official structure of various provinces, prefectures, and counties.
Yu Maocai was very excited to be promoted again in such a short time.
However, Yu Maocai now has ample experience.
After all, the administrative structure in Liaodong was built by Yu Maocai himself, relying on some officials transferred from Dongning, members of Liaodong's own militia, and some newly recruited scholars.
These three parts constitute the entirety of the Liaodong administrative structure.
After entering the capital, Yu Maocai also transferred his experience from Liaodong to provinces such as Zhili, Daiyue, Heluo, and Hedong.
In addition to having Zhao Bingzhang, Yu Maocai, and others in charge of administrative affairs, Li Xin also handed over the military training plan to Wei Dahai and others.
Upon entering the capital, although the mountains were blocked by heavy snow in winter, preparations naturally had to be made for the battle against the grassland bandits in the coming year.
The recruitment of new soldiers is carried out by each army in its garrison area.
Wei Dahai was in charge of recruiting new soldiers in the capital.
With military and political affairs now handled by designated personnel, Li Xin finally had some free time.
However, Li Xin was not idle, as he was surrounded by powerful enemies who were watching him closely.
To break this deadlock as soon as possible, it is essential to develop one's own strength.
Li Xin now commands modern equipment such as steam engines, railways, muskets, and cannons.
Steam engines, steam locomotives, and railways have already begun construction in Dongning and Liaodong. However, the newly occupied and acquired areas have not yet been extended to these regions, which are areas to be developed in the future.
The steel, manufacturing, and arms industries in various parts of Liaodong were also developing rapidly.
However, it will also be launched simultaneously in the vicinity of Beijing!
Based on my impression, the area around Changli and Yuguan has abundant coal and iron resources.
This place can also be transformed into a new steel base!
Li Xin also made arrangements.
New weapons such as muskets and cannons have replaced swords, spears, bows and arrows, becoming standard equipment for all armies.
However, the muskets used nowadays are still flintlock muskets.
Although flintlock muskets are far superior to broadswords and spears, they are ultimately subject to significant limitations.
In severe weather, such as rain or snow, flintlock muskets are easily rendered ineffective and useless.
This is a weakness that the enemy is unaware of for the time being.
But one day, they will discover this weakness.
If the enemy specifically chooses to attack during rainy weather, then it will be dangerous.
Therefore, Li Xin decided to take advantage of his spare time to upgrade and modify the muskets and cannons.
Since the basic chemical experiments were carried out in Dongning two years ago, with the help of Lixin Intelligent Technology, we have been able to manufacture chemical products such as three acids and two alkalis, as well as more complex chemical products.
In Dongning, a chemical workshop was even built specifically for the mass production of three acids and two alkalis.
Inside the laboratory, the technicians were testing new products such as mercury fulminate, nitrate, and glycerol, based on the information given to them by Li Xin.
Although mercury fulminate, nitrate, and glycerol have not yet been successfully tested, this does not prevent Li Xin from upgrading and replacing firearms and artillery.
For this upgrade, Li Xin plans to skip the pinnacle of muzzle-loading rifles like the Minié rifle and adopt a breech-loading rifle instead!
Rotating pull-back needle gun!
This is another groundbreaking product!
In one fell swoop, the rifle completely replaced cold weapons and became the absolute protagonist in war!
The bolt-action needle gun that Li Xin chose was a new type of bolt-action rifle designed by combining the strengths of the Dreiser M1841 needle gun, the Chassepot rifle, and the Mauser 71 rifle.
The bullets used are still cardboard-cased fixed cartridges.
After all, no large-scale copper mining area has been found in Dongning yet.
Brass cartridge cases are still somewhat difficult.
The new bolt-action rifle is 1.3 meters long, has an 11mm caliber, and is equipped with a 30cm bayonet.
The reason for using the 11mm caliber is that both the Chassepot rifle and the Mauser 71 rifle are of this caliber.
This approach was determined based on Dongning's current industrial strength.
If we wait until mercury fulminate, nitrate, glycerol, or even yellow powder and smokeless powder are developed, and large-scale copper mines are discovered that can manufacture brass cartridge cases, then perhaps when we develop a new type of rifle, we will use a smaller caliber 7.9mm bullet.
However, due to limitations in technology and industrial capacity, only 11mm bullets can be used at present.
After more than ten days of reference and drawing, Li Xincai compiled the drawings and production steps of the new rifle into a small booklet.
On the cover of the booklet, Li Xin pondered for a long time before writing down a few large characters—
Yan Ning Type 1 breech-loading rifle!
It was named according to the historical naming principles for firearms.
Yanning, naturally, also takes its name from the idea of continuing the production of flintlock muskets in Dongning.
After finalizing the new rifle, Li Xin also transferred specialized technical personnel from the Dongning Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau and the Liaodong Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau to the capital.
Li Xin plans to establish the Capital Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau in the capital.
Once the new Ordnance Bureau is established, it will be specifically responsible for the production of the Yanning Type 1 breech-loading rifle.
This will also be another new era!
After putting the booklet down, Li Xin stretched.
Just then, a series of crisp footsteps sounded outside the door.
As soon as Li Xin looked up, he saw a beautiful figure walking in.
Ning Xiaoqian?
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