"Success, success!" Seeing Zhu Yunfei, Zhang Tianfu and Li Hu waving excitedly at the bottom of the hill, they shouted and rushed down the hill.

"Good boy, did you really succeed in this hard work?" General Zhang Tianlu also had a look of surprise on his face at this moment.

"Yunfei, you can do it." Zhang Tianfu and Li Hu trotted to Zhu Yunfei.

Looking at the crater caused by the explosion on the ground, the two of them had smiles on their faces.

At this time, the general Zhang Tianlu and the guard Wang Zhu followed closely and walked up to Zhu Yunfei.

"General Zhang, Guard Wang, can this gunpowder pot of mine be able to capture the eyes of these two people?" Zhu Yunfei looked at Zhang Tianlu and Wang Zhu and asked with uncontrollable joy.

The reason why Zhu Yunfei was so relaxed in front of the two of them.

Apart from the fact that they have known each other for many years, the main reason is that their immediate boss is his cousin Cao Bianjiao.

With Cao Bianjiao's current age and reputation, his future is still very bright.

You must know that Cao Bianjiao is only in his early thirties, and he is already an official in the army of Songshan Dongxie, and he is one of the most powerful generals in the Ming Dynasty.

Even Hong Chengchou, the governor of Jiliao, regarded him as the number one general under his command. Together with Wu Sangui, Ma Ke and others, he was collectively known as the eight general military officers in Liaodong.

You must know that the original owner called the two of them by their first names when they met before.

Seeing Zhu Yunfei and others looking excited, Zhang Tianlu saw the explosion of the gunpowder can and the small pit on the ground.

But he still had some doubts about the true power of this gunpowder pot in actual combat.

"Yunfei, although this gunpowder jar has exploded, can it continue to explode stably, and what is its true power? Should we try again?"

Zhang Tianlu was not deliberately looking for trouble. As a senior general, he naturally looked at affairs and considered things from a long-term perspective.

"What General Zhang Shen said makes sense. You might as well catch two live sheep and try the power of the gunpowder pot." Guerrilla General Wang Zhu also nodded in agreement.

"Just give it a try." Zhu Yunfei replied confidently.

"I'm going to catch the sheep." Seeing that Zhu Yunfei agreed, Li Hu immediately galloped up, mounted his horse, and went to the city to buy sheep.

Not long after, Li Hu bought back two goats from Lianshan City.

"Tie them under that tree and I'll drop the bomb." Zhu Yunfei picked up a gunpowder can and ordered.

"Okay." Li Hu and Zhang Tianfu agreed, pulling the goat and tying the rope to the tree pole.

"You guys stand back." Thirty meters away, Zhu Yunfei lit the fuse of the gunpowder can in his hand, looked at the burning line of fire, and threw it out calmly.

"boom!"

There was a loud noise, and the tree trunk as big as a bowl was ignited in the explosion.

The two goats tied to the tree pole were directly blown to the ground.

One was killed on the spot and fell to the ground in a bloody mess.

Although one of them was not dead, his body was covered in blood and flesh. One of his legs was blown out more than ten meters away, and it was obvious that he only had one breath left.

On the ground, a small pit was also exploded again, and the dirt and rocks in the pit were blown away more than ten meters.

The first fire bomb exploded just now. Because there was no reference object, no one could feel its power yet.

But the damage caused by the explosion of the gunpowder can to the two goats in front of me was indeed real.

"Oh my god, if this was a living person, he would definitely die." Li Hu looked shocked.

When Zhang Tianlu and Wang Zhu saw this, their eyes lit up. This gunpowder jar was more powerful than a musket and easier to operate. If it was used on the battlefield, it would definitely be a sharp weapon.

"Brother Tianlu, do you want to try again?" Zhu Yunfei calmed down now and looked very calm.

"No need." Zhang Tianlu nodded, with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"General Zhang, you said that if we report the manufacturing process to the court, will His Majesty give us promotions?" Wang Zhu swallowed his saliva and said suddenly.

"Wang Shoubei, stop dreaming. The imperial court can't even pay military salaries. How can it possibly spend extra money to make these things?"

Zhu Yunfei glanced at Wang Zhu, who looked like an official, and turned to Zhang Tianlu.

"Brother Tianlu, now we can only spend our own money to make a batch of gunpowder cans to use as our trump card. As for reporting to the court, I think we should wait until the Songjin Battle is over and the Superintendent will report the update.

To be appropriate.”

"What Yun Fei said is reasonable. If we report it, it will be a report beyond the level of the leader. Not only will it offend Superintendent Hong, but it is also unclear whether this official document will reach the heavens."

Zhang Tianlu also deeply believed in what Zhu Yunfei said.

Although he was a third-rank general, he was nothing in the eyes of the civil servants in the imperial court.

"Wang Guards, how much military pay does our company still have? We might as well use some of it."

After Zhang Tianlu thought about it, he also thought that it was obviously more in line with the interests of the people to spend their own money to make a batch of gunpowder cans first and then present them to the superintendent Hong Chengchou.

"By the way, how much money does it cost to make one of these gunpowder jars?"

Zhu Yunfei had already calculated the cost issue, and immediately replied: "If you do it on a small scale, it costs fifty cents per piece, and if you do it on a large scale, thirty-five cents is enough."

Upon hearing the price quoted by Zhu Yunfei, Zhang Tianlu frowned and gritted his teeth.

"I still have one hundred and fifty taels of silver left. I'll go back and ask Tianfu to give it to you later."

Zhang Tianlu naturally understood the significance of the current Songjin battle.

The imperial court's 135,000 troops have been fighting against Jiannu outside Jinzhou City for nine months. Although there is a chance of victory for each other, as long as they fight steadily and steadily, they will be consumed by Jiannu step by step.

With the power of the whole country to establish slaves, plus the Han people in Mongolia and Liaodong, the population is only two to three million. If such a long-term confrontation continues, it will inevitably be defeated.

Zhang Tianlu could see this clearly, but now within the Ming Dynasty, the courtiers who were high up in the temples were obviously unable to sit still.

Not long ago, the supervisory army sent by the imperial court personally rushed to Songshan City and urged the governor of Jiliao, Hong Chengchou, to launch a decisive battle against Jiannu.

Although the Ming Dynasty's army gathered together, the actual number of soldiers and horses in each town was uneven, and confrontation could stabilize the war situation. Once the whole army fought decisively, the outcome would be unpredictable.

"I have sixty taels of silver..." Wang Zhu opened his mouth, but under the glares of Zhu Yunfei and Zhang Tianlu, he could only grit his teeth and said.

"I will also take it all out. In addition, I can also find a way in the garrison mansion's warehouse to spend 5,000 yuan to support you."

"Wang Shou Bei, you are really grand." Zhu Yunfei patted his shoulder and smiled appreciatively: "I will definitely repay you twice as much in the future."

With money, Zhu Yunfei has the confidence.

At that moment, he immediately called Li Hu and Zhang Tianfu, rode up, prepared to take the money, and began to mass-produce a batch of gunpowder cans.

"Brother Tianlu, is there something different about Yunfei?"

Wang Zhu looked at the backs of Zhu Yunfei and the others as they rode away, and said hesitantly.

"Well, after this injury, his temper has indeed calmed down a lot. He seems to have matured." Zhang Tianlu still liked the changes in Zhu Yunfei.

For nearly a month, Zhu Yunfei led a group of craftsmen to work overtime in the barracks to make gunpowder cans.

To be precise, it is called Fire Thunder Bullet. Because Zhu Yunfei thought the name of the gunpowder jar was not domineering enough, he gave it a new name.

While Zhu Yunfei and his craftsmen were busy making fire and thunder bombs, Zhang Tianfu and Li Hu were doing another thing, which was training soldiers and horses.

Zhu Yunfei and Zhang Tianfu were both rank 6, 1,000 generals in the army, but they each had 500 cavalry in their hands.

Li Hu's military position is Deputy Chief Qian, that is, Zhu Yunfei's adjutant. Therefore, it is reasonable for him to train on Zhu Yunfei's behalf.

Zhu Yunfei not only asked the two of them to step up the training of the thousand cavalry under his tent.

Zhang Tianfu was also assigned a task, which was to find a way to obtain more detailed information on the enemy and our forces on the Songjin battlefield.

Because of his lack of historical knowledge, Zhu Yunfei had no idea how the Ming army was completely defeated in the Battle of Songjin.

Therefore, he needs to know the situation of the two armies to find the reason for the failure.
Chapter completed!