Chapter 104 New Military Rank Promotion System
Because Wang Jian knows your Majesty's character very well.

Since the weapons displayed by Zhao Yi are so powerful, Your Majesty will definitely ask Zhao Yi for these weapons.

Deploy these weapons to the north to strengthen the northern Hun defense line.

Especially in early spring, the Huns would launch a war because their winter food reserves were about to be exhausted.

If successful, they could plunder various supplies from Daqin and bring them back to replenish their own side.

Even if it fails, it will only result in the loss of some people, and it can also solve the food crisis.

With these weapons, the Huns would no longer be able to cross the Qin's defense line and enter the Qin's interior to plunder.

But at the same time, these weapons are too dangerous, and if they are lost, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, Your Majesty will only hand over these weapons to people he trusts.

At present, the only generals who know about Zhao Yi’s existence are himself and Zhang Han.

If Your Majesty wants to form a new army with Zhao Yi's three new weapons, then the commanding general can only be chosen between yourself and Zhang Han.

Ying Zheng came back to his senses from the shock of the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon.

He turned to Zhao Yi and asked, "Zhao Yi, how many rifles, machine guns, and flying thunder cannons do you have now?"

Ying Zheng wanted to know how many new weapons Zhao Yi had.

This way he would know how many people he could form as an army with new weapons.

Zhao Yi stroked his chin and thought for a while, then replied: "There are now 100 rifles, 10 hand-cranked machine guns, and 5 flying thunder cannons in the village."

Wow, this kid has so many new weapons hidden, but he was only given a hundred revolvers when he was exposed before.

What a cunning guy!
Ying Zheng was once again thankful that Zhao Yi had not rebelled before, and that he had no intention of turning against Zhao Yi.

Otherwise, with such armaments guarding Shahe Village, it would be impossible to capture it even if he sent a large army.

It can be said that Shahe Village, which is now guarded by so many weapons, is the safest place in Daqin.

Even Xianyang, which was guarded by 100,000 imperial guards, was not as safe as Shahe Village, which had only a few hundred people.

There is no way, because Zhao Yi’s weapons are really too powerful!
Especially the hand-cranked machine gun and the flying thunder cannon, which can defeat a hundred or even a thousand enemies at the same time.

Ying Zheng felt that the previously implemented military merit promotion system might need to be changed.

The Qin Dynasty now implements a twenty-level military merit promotion system, which was formulated by Shang Yang with the aim of improving the combat effectiveness of the Qin army.

In order to reward military merit, Shang Yang stipulated that all soldiers, regardless of their family background, would receive rewards according to the size of their military merit.

As long as the Qin soldiers captured the head of an enemy soldier, they would be awarded the first-class title of "gongshi", one hectare of land, a house and a servant.

The more heads you kill, the higher the reward and title you will receive.

Because once equipped with these weapons, the Qin soldiers can easily kill the opposing soldiers, and the outcome of the battlefield has been decided before it begins.

Ying Zheng felt that there was no army in the world that could defeat an army equipped with Zhao Yi's new weapons.

Not to mention defeating it, even competing with it is impossible.

If there are, they can only be the heavenly soldiers and generals in Zhao Yi's stories.

Therefore, we definitely cannot use the previous military merit promotion system anymore.

Ying Zheng needed a new military merit system to be used in the armies equipped with new weapons, but this matter still had to be left to Shang Yang.

No! What if Zhao Yi also has a military merit promotion system that matches him?

Thinking of this, Ying Zheng asked tentatively: "By the way, Zhao Yi, do you have a military soldier promotion system suitable for your new weapons?"

In fact, Ying Zheng asked the right person, Zhao Yi.

Because Zhao Yi actually has a complete modern military soldier promotion system. After all, he had been in the army in modern times.

Zhao Yi nodded and said, "Yes. Its name is the three-class and ten-level military rank promotion system. It divides military rank promotion into two types: soldiers and officers..." Then Zhao Yi briefly explained the modern military rank promotion system to Ying Zheng and Wang Jian.

After listening to it, Ying Zheng and Wang Jian praised it repeatedly.

"Your military rank promotion system is great! It's very fair and just!"

"Yes, sir, this military rank promotion system is a perfect match for the soldiers with new weapons. It will greatly boost the morale of the soldiers!"

In fact, this is normal. Zhao Yi's military rank promotion system has been improved through modern processes.

Separating the promotion of soldiers and officers and adding military academy examinations would allow soldiers to be promoted to officers.

It is far better than the current twenty-level military merit system where promotion is based solely on killing the enemy.

Ying Zheng wrote down what Zhao Yi said about the three-class, ten-level military rank promotion system.

The next time I meet Li Si, I will ask Li Si to formulate a military rank promotion system that is in line with the Qin Dynasty based on Zhao Yi's military rank promotion system.

Suddenly Ying Zheng remembered that he had not asked Zhao Yi a key question.

That's how fast these new weapons are being produced.

This is related to the speed at which Qin conquers the world!

So Ying Zheng continued to ask: "Zhao Yi, how many of those new weapons you mentioned can Shahe Village produce every month now?"

Zhao Yi recalled, and then said: "Currently, due to the impact of the production of rails and other metal parts, we can only produce thirty rifles and one machine gun per month."

"On the contrary, the Flying Thunder Cannon can be produced at a rate of fifty per month because of its simple process. However, the production speed of the propellant bullets cannot keep up."

"The village can produce 20 packs of propellant powder and 3,000 rounds of rifle bullets every month."

After hearing this, Ying Zheng thought that the production speed was not slow.

Especially the Flying Thunder Cannon, which can produce fifty per month.

The production speed is too fast!

You know, Shahe Village alone can produce so much now!
When the military equipment craftsmen from the Qin Dynasty come to help with production, the output can be increased several times.

After Ying Zheng and Zhao Yi revealed their identities, Zhao Yi agreed to release the technology of Shahe Village.

All that’s needed is for Ying Zheng to send someone over to learn.

The factory site that Ying Zheng had chosen earlier also came in handy.

New assembly plants are also being built day and night.

The ordnance craftsmen who had no work to do due to the suspension of material supply were also on their way to the sand dunes.

In addition, Zhao Yi was not worried about the problem of leaks at all.

In Zhao Yi's opinion, Ying Zheng's military equipment craftsmen were just assemblers and had no access to the most important technical links.

In addition, Zhao Yi was very clear about the current technological level of the Qin Dynasty. Even if the design drawings were leaked, people outside would not be able to understand them.

Even if you understand it, you can't produce it.

Because the smelting technology outside the Qin Dynasty was simply not capable of producing the metal parts needed to make guns and cannons.

Also, propellants and gunpowder are things that cannot be produced at the level of this era.

All Zhao Yi has to do is ensure that the key source technology is not leaked.

Before, Zhao Yi was only so cautious because he didn't know the truth about his father abandoning his wife and children.

But now there is no such problem.

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(End of this chapter)