Chapter 66 Insufficient gunpowder in stock, how to solve it!
Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, (The following are hundreds of pine words omitted. Look, I don’t have the number of water words, right?)
Gunshots are everywhere!
On a spacious plain in a small forest near Zhujiazhuang, the sound of gunfire was heard one after another, and the smoke of gunfire filled here for a long time. Nearly two hundred people lined up, following Zhu Zilong's earliest group of salt men, that is, the group of young men from Lingshanwei!
In these ten days, they obtained the first batch of seamless modern steel pipes, the first generation of Ming Dynasty earth flintlock rifles.
Then, the five strong captains led by Ma Xiaosan practiced under Zhu Zilong's request and personally. In the past few days, he practiced his marksmanship here every day.
Because more than a hundred of them followed Zhu Zilong, they are also the best and strongest in terms of welfare and loyalty to Zhu Zilong. Zhu Zilong naturally won’t be stingy!
In addition to having a Ming Dynasty earth flintlock rifle, everyone also had a wrapped fireworks on their waists, and a ten-shot earth pistol was hidden in their clothes and arms.
Of course, there was a helmet on the head, armor on the arms, and all the underwear was changed into anti-sting suits. Ma Xiaosan and several other captains even had a bulletproof vest for each person.
(Note, only when you wear it during your daily practice. Generally, before going home after the exercise, you must hand it back to the farm according to the number of people, and most of it will be locked into the warehouse for Zhu Zilong to manage and control it.)
"Brother (sir) What's this? The flintlock bird gun is really powerful. It can hit more than 100 steps and has the power to hurt people. I think it is the most powerful bird gun in the Ming Dynasty, which is not too much." Ma Xiaosan was the first to praise the bird gun.
Others also followed Ma Xiaosan, with expressions of joy on their faces.
The five small strong captains usually call Zhu Zilong the eldest brother or eldest, while others call him the eldest son. People in the village like to call Zhu Zilong the eldest son, which has different names, but the meaning is the same.
The people outside are even more chaotic. Many people call Zhu Zilong the miracle doctor or the American master.
If these messy names are added together, it reminds Zhu Zilong of Sun Wukong's nickname: (The Monkey King's Battle of the Saint Buddha Sun Wukong) in the Flower and Fruit Mountain Water Curtain Cave of Dongsheng Shenzhou!
Can he also have the full name of Zhu Zilong: (Mr. Zhu Zilong, the genius doctor of Zhujiazhuang, Yantai Prefecture, Wanli, America?)
Embarrassing!
This title is called full, probably not much shorter than the full length of Empress Dowager Cixi or Jade Emperor?
The next second, Zhu Zilong threw this random thought into his mind, twitched the corner of his mouth. He wiped the earth flintlock rifle in his hand, and said to Ma Xiaosan and more than 100 people: "Our flintlock bird gun can still hurt people beyond more than 100 steps. Leather armor can be broken within ten steps, iron armor can be broken in about seventy steps, and iron shields can be penetrated in about fifty or sixty steps. Naturally, it can be regarded as the first bird gun of the Ming Dynasty!"
"However, you should not be secretly proud and careless. You should know that if the enemy comes on a horse, wearing armor and shooting arrows, accidentally poses a great threat to us. Not to mention anything else, if you attack hard in this moment, you may still rush into the gun formation within thirty or forty steps!"
Zhu Zilong poured some cold water on Ma Xiaosan and others at the right time to prevent them from being too arrogant.
After all, empty talk is not only a mistake for the country, but also a military.
Practical combat is the best test!
Sure enough, after hearing Zhu Zilong's words, Ma Xiaosan and others looked at each other, and the expression on their faces became much calmer.
However, the next minute, Ma Xiaosan clasped his fists and said, "Brother, the enemy's cavalry can fight hard to attack close, and we are not elm-wood brains. Of course, we cannot be careless. I think we can set up obstacles in front of the gun array, so that even if the enemy is close, they can only pull the horse and slow down."
As soon as Ma Xiaosan finished speaking, Liu Yihui also stepped forward and said, "The enemy has arrows. I think we can arrange an additional group of long spear-punching shield soldiers to protect the left and right and front. When the storytellers say this on weekdays, I can hear that the famous Jijia Army and Yuejia Army, which used to be famous, seem to do this!"
As soon as these proposals were made, Zhu Zilong couldn't help but look at the two of them more, thinking that they were a bit smarter. He nodded in recognition!
However, another confidant team leader, Li Zilong, one of the five strong men, is born with a muscular man. His personality is very typical!
He pressed his arm on Ma Xiaosan's shoulder with some disapproval, took out a modern modified shooting pistol from his arms, raised it at everyone, and smiled:
"Brother, what can I do if I am afraid of? We have a flintlock bird gun from afar, we have a strong shot in the middle, and even within thirty or forty steps in the short path, we still have this thing. If we don't blow it, we have the American puncture cloak that is invulnerable to swords and guns. If we don't say too much, it's not difficult to fight ten, right?"
This is a good beef, but it is also reasonable and well-founded.
However, Zhu Zilong still rolled his eyes and ignored him. The corners of his eyes twitched, looked at Li Zilong, and replied in a retort: "You, don't know the difficulties of being a boss. Do you know how expensive diesel is? Your outfit is more domineering than Qianhu's long, but the price is only a few hundred taels of silver. There are more than one hundred people here, and there are nearly two hundred people. How much silver do you have? Rather than killing your opponent, it is better to say that they have piled up silver to death!"
What Zhu Zilong said made Li Zilong blush and lower his head on the spot, and the others were also a little embarrassed.
As the fighter jets among Zhu Zilong’s confidants, their more than 100, nearly 200 people naturally know more about internal situations, and they are much more keen than others.
From Zhu Zilong's mouth, they had heard about what the barrel in their hands was made of refined steel. They fired a strong and fixed-earth pistol, not from America thousands of miles away, but just transported it from such a distance, wouldn't it be so scary?
There is also the legend that only a hero can possess invulnerable clothes (spike-proof garments). If you count all of these, you may have more than a few hundred taels of silver in one piece of equipment!
Indeed, think about it carefully, my group of people used money to pile up the enemy to death!
However, after blushing, they thought in a blink of an eye, which official in the Ming Dynasty would have been so deprived of his power to arm his subordinates?
Even the soldiers in the emperor's personal soldiers barracks were not treated so highly, right?
At this moment, a thought of a man dying for his confidant, and a drop of water will be rewarded as a spring of water.
(Of course, another reason is that Zhu Zilong usually pays a high salary and is also kind to their family. Besides, whether his life is good or not and whether it can last for a long time is closely related to Zhu Zilong's good or bad. The so-called loss is all loss, and all prosperity is all honorable, so naturally I will be concerned about it.)
Looking at the expressions of everyone, Zhu Zilong felt that what he had done over the past few days was worth it.
The connection between kindness, interests, family relationships, and the mystery of the combination of kindness and power and oneself is indeed the only way to control one's subordinates!
Not long after!
After the exercise, the people returned home, and those who helped, those who had something to do, those who had changed their posts changed, and each dispersed.
As soon as he entered the village, Ma Xiaosan accompanied Zhu Zilong into the warehouse to count weapons and goods.
After the matter was over, he suddenly said to Zhu Zilong: "Brother, my brothers have increased their skills by practicing firearms so hard. However, the inventory of saltpeter and other gunpowder is no longer enough. It is difficult to find around you. What should you do now?"
Chapter completed!