After these peasant uprisings spread across most of Henan, they immediately began fighting each other for territory, land, and food for others.
While all this was happening in Henan, groups of able-bodied men and their families had already arrived in the capital from Liaodong.
Li Qin looked at the 50,000 strong men from Liaodong in front of him; these men were all from his hometown.
Their dependence on him is the highest.
After the arrival of these 50,000 strong men from Liaodong, Li Qin immediately began to select Liaodong officers and veterans to train them, with the veterans mentoring the new recruits.
Once they've trained enough, I've heard that Henan is teeming with rebellious troops. It'll be a good opportunity to send them there and let them see some blood.
Once they have seen blood, they can serve as auxiliary soldiers, following him on his westward expedition to Shanxi, or remain to guard various places.
He is now gathering the provisions and supplies needed for the western expedition.
With Henan descending into chaos and the Huai River basin becoming a flood-prone area, his only remaining target is Yang Zhiyong in Shanxi.
During this period, he has been making relevant preparations.
He has also brought the artisans who can make cannons under his control.
They're working day and night to make cannons for him right now.
Li Qin also asked them about the muskets and described what they looked like.
He actually discovered some craftsmen among those artisans who could make firearms.
According to the craftsmen, they learned how to make cannons from some foreign barbarians. As for the muskets he mentioned, they had also learned from the barbarians and could make them.
Among these artisans are now some foreigners from overseas.
Then someone pulled over several Haiyi craftsmen with blond, black, and red hair.
Li Qin was also very pleased to see the Haiyi craftsmen in front of him.
As expected of the capital, the heart of Great Wu, it's a place where all sorts of people gather.
Li Qin then ordered them to immediately begin manufacturing muskets.
This would allow him to build an army that uses firearms.
Although the muskets are very primitive now, their power is far inferior to that of bows and arrows.
Moreover, it is also affected by the weather; it is not easy to use on rainy days.
However, he has an advantage that archery cannot match: the training time is short.
A skilled musketeer can be trained in just a few months, but a skilled archer takes at least a year.
Moreover, it has another advantage: it does not require high physical strength from the troops, unlike archers and crossbowmen who have to exert themselves by pulling the bowstring.
If some of the newly trained troops were equipped with muskets, the training time could be shortened.
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