Sergeant HD beckoned the gunners who had been studying artillery with him to come up, unfold the guns on the spot, and prepare them to be loaded.

It's just that when he was loading, he saw that he took the grenade directly, but Zhou Li on the side smiled: "There are so many people here, it's a bit inappropriate to use a grenade for the test gun, let's use a solid bullet!" ”

After saying that, he asked his subordinates to directly bring a few solid shells!

Lin Ziran glanced at him, this person was really slamming the door, and he couldn't even give up a grenade!

Zhou Li is so shameless, what else can he do, naturally he uses solid shells, anyway, Lin Ziran will not pay for the grenade test by himself, a dozen yuan, and a few random ones are not dozens of yuan.

Gao Gao commanded the artillery to complete the loading, and then personally aimed at the target in the distance, and at the same time explained to everyone: "The distance we have set is 1,500 meters!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to an abandoned wooden house in the distance: "The specific target is the house opposite!" ”

After aiming in person, he said to Lin Ziran, who had quietly retreated more than ten meters and was still hiding behind a carriage full of grain: "My lord, you are ready!" ”

Lin Ziran said loudly: "Now that you're ready, let's start!" ”

Only then did he order: "Open the gun!" ”

With a loud bang, a cloud of white smoke came out of the muzzle, but no one paid attention to the white smoke from the muzzle, but all looked at the wooden house 1,500 meters away.

Then Lin Ziran saw that the cannonball hit the abandoned wooden house directly!

Depend on!

It can really hit!

This smoothbore cannon can do it!

Then Lin Ziran stepped forward, looked at the artillery, and then continued to say to Gao Gaocai: "You try a few more shots, and by the way, try another one!" ”

Zhou Li on the side had a smug look on his face: "What's the matter, Zhou didn't lie, the barrel of this cannon is processed and cast after thousands of tempering, and its performance is much stronger than the old cannon before!" ”

Lin Ziran coped: "Well, it's good! ”

I thought to myself, Lao Gao, there are not many opportunities for free live-ammunition training, you have to seize it, otherwise you will have to use training bullets to train again.

There was a word of chat, and the high-definition side was already working at the same time with the gunners, and in just a while, it was several shots in a row.

At first, Zhou Li didn't react, but soon he hurriedly said: "This cannon has been almost tried, okay, move all the ammunition back!" ”

The first sentence was said to Lin Ziran, while the latter sentence was said to his subordinates.

When his subordinates heard this, they snorted, and immediately moved the ammunition away, which made Lin Ziran feel a pity, if only he could delay Zhou Li for a few more minutes.

Not to mention, it can save hundreds of Hengyuan in live-fire training funds!

However, Zhou Li reacted, and he naturally didn't force it, so he immediately said twice: "Manager Zhou, don't be surprised, you also know that we are much poorer, and it is rare to have the opportunity to shoot live ammunition, so we have two more shots, don't be surprised!" ”

What else can Zhou Li say, naturally it is not strange.

However, in his heart, he had already secretly paid attention to it, and when he turned around, he counted the hundreds of Hengyuan ammunition money into the next transaction.

I have been in the shopping mall for more than 20 years, and I have dealt with countless large and small feudal towns and bandits, and I have never suffered a loss!

After finishing the test gun, Lin Ziran personally inspected the other military supplies, but except for a small number of Fuyuan muskets, the others were consumable military supplies.

Mainly ammunition, for example, a five-kilogram howitzer has more than 500 rounds.

And then there's the big boxes of fire hats, which look inconspicuous, but it's not easy to do.

Because of the relatively high technology content, only the Luo'an Ammunition Factory controlled by the Cheng family can produce this thing on a large scale in the huge Luo'an County, but Lin Ziran doesn't expect to be able to purchase it on a large scale through formal channels.

If he didn't go through Hongxiang Commercial Bank, he Lin Ziran would have to purchase fire hats in large quantities, so he would have to purchase them from the state city, and the price would definitely not be low.

However, if you purchase through Hongxiang Commercial Bank, the price is lower than the market price!

To be honest, Lin Ziran has not been able to figure out how this Hongxiang firm obtained the source of goods, because the price at which Hongxiang firm sold itself was often the same as the ex-factory price of the ordnance factory, and some of them were even lower than the ex-factory price, and it was impossible to obtain the goods through formal channels anyway.

Although he didn't understand, Lin Ziran didn't bother with it, he didn't care how Hongxiang Commercial Bank got the goods, as long as they were cheap and easy to use.

For example, these two artillery pieces are only 420 yuan for a brand new one, which is already very cheap.

The ex-factory price of the Nanhai Machinery Bureau, and the ex-factory price of large-scale purchases in major feudal towns, are about 380 yuan, well, this is the ex-factory price, excluding freight, you have to ship it back yourself.

In addition to guns and ammunition, a large part of the military supplies brought this time belonged to clothing.

Mainly marching tents, military uniforms, marching blankets, shoes, lunch boxes, water bottles and other messy things.

These things may seem inconspicuous, but they are not bargains.

With so many ammunition and military supplies combined, the value of the materials escorted by Zhou Li this time was at least 13,000 Hengyuan.

If it was according to the past, if the two sides paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other, Lin Ziran would have to prepare a lot of gold or silver coins for him in advance!

Although there are several large banks in Nanhai Prefecture that issue paper money and get a certain degree of recognition, the circulation range is not wide, most of them are only concentrated in Luohai City and other areas with developed commerce, and no one is recognized in this place in Luo'an County.

As for the direct issuance of banknotes by the official yamen of Luo'an County, it is even less recognized.

In the eyes of contemporary people, the banknotes issued by the official domain are basically no different from waste paper, and the credit is not as good as the banknotes issued by private banks.

Truth be told, it's a hassle to trade with a large amount of precious metal currencies every time.

But now, Lin Ziran doesn't have to directly deliver a large number of gold and silver coins to Zhou Li, because he can directly use kerosene as payment.

Every time the caravan of Hongxiang Commercial Bank came recently, it was to transport all kinds of military supplies or ordinary supplies, and when it left, it was to transport a large amount of kerosene.

The transaction between the two sides has slowly turned into a barter mode, because in this way everyone saves a lot of trouble.

While the people under both sides were delivering the goods, Lin Ziran and Zhou Li continued to drink tea and chat.

After taking a sip of hot tea, Zhou Li glanced at the refinery outside, and then said, "Lord Lin, the production capacity of your refinery is increasing a little slowly, I saw that your refinery is so big last time I came, why is it still so big now!" ”

Lin Ziran knew how much this Zhou Li knew his own details, even if he had never told him about the output of the refinery, but people could judge it from many channels.

And what Zhou Li said is not wrong, this kerosene production has not increased for a while!

It's just that!

Why did Zhou Li suddenly say this?

Without waiting for Lin Ziran to ask, Zhou Li said: "Lord Lin, you still have to hurry up to increase production, now this kerosene business has begun to pay attention to the headquarters of our commercial bank, for which our Hongxiang Commercial Bank has begun to spread the sales channels of kerosene to the entire Nanhai Prefecture, not to mention the far, just say that it is near, we will be able to supply kerosene to Guang'an County from next month!" ”

"But the current kerosene production capacity is still too little for the huge market!"

"I can't hold this money in front of me, this feels uncomfortable!"

Speaking of this, Zhou Li slowly turned around, and then slowed down his speech and said to Lin Ziran: "Lord Lin, you and I have been friends for a long time, so I am not afraid of your jokes, Lord Lin, I am only a small role in our Hongxiang Commercial Bank, and my energy is limited!" ”

"If the production capacity of kerosene cannot be increased for a long time, I am afraid that my side will not be able to suppress it!"