Volume 1 The Wolf Smoke of the World Chapter 44 Armament
The ten-day deadline has arrived, and the five beast piles have been walked at least eight hundred times, at this moment Xue Taisui feels that his muscles and veins are extremely happy, and the Kunpeng bloodline seems to have made a breakthrough again, and it has actually been carried to the eighth layer of the open vein, and the secret path of this hundred wrong fist method is really beneficial to the bloodline of the demon beasts.
"Big brother, big brother, I've found a baby, over there in the arsenal." Far away, Wang Baobao had already shouted.
Xue Taisui was not surprised, knowing that this guy could find the treasure at two ends in three days, but when he looked closer, Wang Baobao was covered in soot, and cinders were bubbling out from head to toe and even in the squeaky nest.
"Brother Wang, are you a coal burner or a charcoal seller? It's really black and handsome. Liu'er listened to Xue Taisui's ridicule, and also screamed, lying on the ground with his feet facing the sky, and spreading joy all over the ground like a spinning top.
Wang Baobao smiled, his face flushed, it was really black and red.
Xue Taisui followed Wang Baobao to the arsenal, a separate large tent in the northwest, which was full of coal for fire, but there was a rusty cannon in the corner, and one of the two cannon wheels was missing, and it was paralyzed on one side. Xue Taisui rolled his eyes and glanced at Wang Baobao: "This is the treasure you found?" What is it for? ”
Wang Baobao spread his hands: "I don't know, but the copper coin on my chest is called very happy." He pointed to the treasure money on his chest, the copper coin was still wrapped in green moss, but a few places were translucent but brass, and sure enough, it emitted a pale yellow halo. When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter.
Wang Baobao scratched his head embarrassedly, and then quickly lay on the cannon, rubbing the cannon body with his hands, and a line of clear handwriting appeared, "Shenwu No. 35".
The eighteen warriors were born in the gangsters, and Xue Taisui was a low-level officer in the family army, but he didn't know what this line of handwriting meant. But the money camel next to him opened his mouth: "Xue Tou'er, the old man saw this thing when he robbed the road in Taihang Mountain, the Dayu officials and soldiers of the year were simply the food delivery team of our mountain bandits, and they could be hit at least nine times in ten robberies, but later there were officials and soldiers who used this thing, and the fire came over, and the sky and the earth were cracked, and the officials and soldiers fired a cannon, and the big boss led the brothers to shout at that time." In the following years, whenever he saw the officers and soldiers dragging wheels, they were all allowed to pass to reduce casualties. ”
Xue Taisui slowly put away the ridicule in his eyes, pinched his chin and pondered for a moment, and pulled Wang Baobao and Qian Huozi: "Just give this thing to the two of you, find more craftsmen to repair it, and post notices in the whole county, and anyone who can crack the secret of this cannon will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver and three acres of fertile land." ”
Wang Baobao and Qian Huozi hurriedly bowed down to receive the order.
Xue Taisui turned around and stared at the two of them with sharp eyes: "Remember, you only have three days to figure it out, if no one reveals it after two days, increase the bounty to 10,000 silver, and solve it quickly." Anyway, we have a spar mine, and a lot of silver in the silver vault can be given to us. I can't spend all the money in the treasury, and military law is engaged"
Wang Baobao and Princess Ao Ji looked at the cannon and made a difficulty, Wang Baobao muttered in a low voice: "Big brother, he is the least able to rub sand in his eyes, and the time has been really tight in the past three days." Besides, he has always been a small picker, and his robe has worn out several corners, and he is reluctant to repair it, but this time he asked me to spend silver, this, isn't there any article in it? Princess Ao Ji looked at the cannon for a while: "Don't worry, husband, I think this thing is quite similar to my Dragon Palace Dragon Scale Cannon, but our Dragon Palace cannon must have cannonballs and gunpowder, this cannon has no fuse, no fire door, but it looks like a model, I really don't know what the use of this iron thing is without cannonballs." Besides, the eldest brother has a rough appearance and a thin heart like a needle, so you can listen to him. What kind of robe is not repaired, people are big heroes and informal, forget it, I'll repair it for him tomorrow. Wang Baobao hurriedly shouted: "No, no, what is the mind of the eldest brother, how can you and I know everything?" Don't add to it, you're doing it for his sake, maybe he'll think elsewhere. ”
Princess Ao Ji looked out the window and sighed: "Yes, my mind is unpredictable and moody, but it reminds me of a character from ancient times." Wang Baobao was taken aback: "Ancient? Was there someone like my big brother back then? ”
Princess Ao Ji nodded: "Emperors and generals, for thousands of years, which one is not unpredictable, and there are not a few who are as suspicious as your eldest brother, but most of them have left behind infamy." Wang Baobao hurriedly covered Princess Aoji's mouth with his hand: "Shh, since you are with your eldest brother, don't think twice, step on two boats, and kill people to the end." ”
On the second day, the notices for recruiting and repairing cannons were posted all over the streets, with pictures painted on them, and there were illustrations of cannons, some of which were actually lost to Yuzhou City and Fengqiu City, and the Mabian City in the north was absolutely secret, and no one dared to go there to post notices.
Wang Baobao sat restless in the county office, thinking about how to use this cannon every day. Suddenly, Qian Huozi came to report: "Deputy Wang, someone has unveiled the list." Wang Baobao was overjoyed: "Please!" ”
The person who came was a man of about forty, dressed very casually, except that his right eye seemed to be a little disabled, and he wore a black gauze blindfold. Wang Baobao hurriedly caught up: "Can a strong man fiddle with this cannon?" Dare to ask for your name. ”
The person who came hugged his fists and saluted: "Don't dare, my name is Feng Zhen, I am the captain of the Zhao family's firearms battalion, I went to the people because of the accident, I wanted to have a good old age in Qimai County, I don't want to be disturbed by you again, hehe." ”
He didn't say anything, alluding to Xue Taisui taking the county seat.
Wang Baobao did not dwell on the details, but said generously: "If the strong man can teach our army to use this cannon, he will give it ten thousand taels of silver, and he will never break his promise." ”
Feng Zhen shook his head: "No matter how much silver you have, can you take care of the rice?" Now that there is about to be a spring famine in Qimai County, I plan to help you repair the cannons and hurry out to get food, so that everyone will not starve to death. ”
This sentence hit the death point of the current Xiangyong team, and the soldiers have adjusted from the previous three dry meals to one dry and one wet. Wang Baobao sneered: "There is a strong man of Lao Feng." ”
Feng Zhen nodded: "Lead the way in front of the head." There was a majesty in the words.
Wang Baobao had no official position, married the daughter-in-law of the Dragon Palace, and in the military camp, because he was Xue Taisui's brother, he looked at him everywhere, and looked at him as a deputy head, and felt that the spring breeze was proud, which was far from being comparable in the Wang family. All the stability is given by Xue Taisui, if you don't give this big brother some strength, he really can't live with people.
So Wang Baobao led Feng Zhen to watch the cannon. The wheels of the cannon have long been repaired by craftsmen, and the whole body is polished shiny and clean.
Feng Zhen looked at it again and again, stepped forward and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then spoke: "It's not difficult to fiddle with this cannon, this is a medium-sized Shenmen cannon, and it has only been manufactured for five years, which is enough to be useful, but I have a specific request." ”
Wang Baobao accompanied the smiling face: "Although Feng Zhuangshi said clearly, everything that my Li family's military and township Yongying can do, there is no ambiguity. ”
Feng Zhen looked serious: "This artillery maintenance, use, deployment and other matters must be handled by a special person, I apply to be in your Li Jiajun, this artillery is only for me to use, do you dare to agree?" ”
"This..."Wang Baobao made a difficulty, this artillery is not small in power, and Feng Zhen is a newcomer, in case there is anything wrong, it is difficult to explain to Xue Taisui.
At this moment, Feng Zhen kept rubbing the cannon body with his right hand, as if he was treating his own family and nephew: "Shenwu No. 35, how many wars have been fought in the frontier, I don't want to be buried in a remote county, I have suffered you, I have suffered you." Woooooooooooo I burst into tears.
Kong Mu, the county seat on the side, was originally a subordinate of Qian County, and now he surrendered Xue Taisui, and interjected at this moment: "This cannon is the beginning of the year General Zhao Jinying's expedition to Baixi Pass is unfavorable, and he passed through Qimai County when he returned to the division, and his soldiers forcibly requisitioned 300 stone of grain in the name of borrowing grain, and asked for 50,000 taels of silver, saying that they would repay the debt in the future, and left this cannon as collateral, and now they still keep an IOU." ”
Feng Zhen scolded: "The incompetent, who lost his teacher and humiliated the country, and abused this divine object, is really angry with people and gods." ”
Immediately, he calmed down his emotions and said leisurely: "Yes, the world is chaotic, not to mention the artillery, it is our soldiers who follow the Zhao family army to fight, as long as they are crippled and scrapped, they will not be abandoned, hehe, the characters are all like this, hahaha." ”
He would cry and laugh, which was really confusing.
It turned out that the Zhao family's army was defeated at Baixi Pass, in order to falsely report the soldiers' salaries, deduct military rations, and reduce unnecessary ears and eyes, they actually walked while disarming, and all those with disabilities were immediately eliminated redundant, and ten taels of silver were issued to fend for themselves. What's more, for fear of leaking the news of the defeat, he did not do less to slaughter his own soldiers. Because Feng Zhen was a captain of the firearms battalion, he knew more about the insider, and he had already been targeted by the chief officer, and he broke away from the Zhao family army early on the grounds that he was incomplete.
Wang Baobao didn't know that he had a rough life, and everyone was really impatient when they heard him chatter here.
Suddenly, people outside shouted and neighed, and someone shouted: "Enemy attack, enemy attack, the whole city is on alert!" ”
Wang Baobao couldn't take care of it, and pulled Feng Zhen up: "There is Lao Feng Zhuangshi, hand over the Shenwu cannon to you, and my daughter-in-law will give you a shot." ”
Feng Zhen hadn't figured out what this Shenwu cannon had to do with the fat general's daughter-in-law in front of him, so he just shouted: "This Shenwu cannon is hugely powerful, but the loss is not cheap, the general should not feel sorry to spend money at that time." ”
Wang Baobao immediately stood up and turned around: "How much?" ”
Feng Zhen touched the one-eyed black veil, and said with a smile: "Open a cannon, and a hundred catties of good spar." ”
Wang Baobao sneered, as bright as the sun: "Spart, what we don't lack in Qimai County is this thing." As soon as he turned around, he strode out of the city to prepare for the battle.
[The story is good, thank you for the collection]