Seeing Zheng Xing's solemn face, he opened his mouth and asked, "What's wrong with the third brother?" A sad face. ”

"Fourth, Liu Bao has reacted to some situations, I think I have to discuss it with you. Liu Bao, you talk to the young master. Zheng Yu knows this young man, he is active in his work, he is smart, and he is very good in Zhuangzi.

Liu Bao said a little nervously: "Young master, when I was reinforcing the village gate today, I saw a few people not far from the village sneaking into our village, I know two of them, they are ruffians in the nearby village, the two of them are not from the same village, but they are entangled with a group of people, plus there are more than fifty of them, all of them are young and strong." Usually for the people, when there is a target, they get together and become bandits, covering their faces every time they rob. The surrounding Zhuangzi villages made them afraid of bullying. In the past few days, our Zhuangzi has brought back a large amount of grain, and I am afraid that they will be targeted."

"Why didn't you report to the government, outside the capital division, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, it was so bold?" Zheng Yu asked without answering.

"Useless young master, they have to check whether the target has any background before they start, and then they generally only grab things, at most hurt people, and don't kill people. And they are usually farmers, and the government has no evidence. But afterwards, their revenge is very strong, so as long as they can get by, they generally don't want to get into trouble. Choose to break the bank. ”

"Oh, that's the case, okay, I know, third brother, go get a leg of mutton for Liu Bao."

"Young Master Xie, Young Master Xie." Liu Bao took the leg of mutton and walked away. Zheng Yu asked Zheng Xing to call Zheng Tai and Mr. Gou to his residence for a meeting. He felt that the matter was a bit serious, and if he chose to compromise this time, he would not be bullied to death in the future, and he couldn't afford to lose it now.

Zheng Xing and the three of them arrived quickly, but they didn't expect Liu Bao to follow. Liu Bao repeated the matter to everyone again. Zheng Yu asked. Liu Bao, do the people in Zhuangzi know about this situation? ”

"I shouldn't know, anyway, I only told the third prince and you," Liu Bao replied.

"When do you think these gangsters will do it?"

"It's hard to say the exact time, and I usually start the next day after stepping on the point."

After hearing this, Zheng Yu said to everyone: "The situation is probably like this, let's talk about it, how to deal with it?" Is it to fight or break the fortune and eliminate the disaster? ”

Zheng Xing and Zheng Tai didn't say anything, one word. Mr. Gou thought for a moment and asked Zheng Yu: "How sure is it that the young master can win if he fights?" ”

Zheng Yu calculated the balance of strength between the two sides in his heart, the other party was no less than fifty old bandits, and he was young and strong, plus the 30 new yellow-faced and thin-skinned minors. There are less than 50 of them, and you must know that these villagers couldn't even eat enough a few days ago, and they have just gained a little cohesion in the past two days, but they are still far from close unity. Not to mention the 30 new arrivals, loyalty is an issue. But he used the afternoon and evening time to create some defensive weapons, and it was unlikely that the other party would want to enter Zhuangzi without losing a dozen lives. It depends on whether the other party can bear this casualty.

Zheng Yu thought of this and replied: "Seventy percent"

Mr. Gou didn't speak, got up and went to his room, and after a while, he came back with a box, put it on the table, opened it, and said to Zheng Yu: "What about this?" His intuition told him that Zheng Yu knew this thing.

Zheng Yu's eyes stared at him and he said in surprise: "Musket??" Flintlock musket!!! Uncle Yuanshan, where did you get this thing? As he spoke, he grabbed a musket and played with it. This is a handcuff with excellent workmanship, matching ** pot, lead bullet, deerskin, and all strips.

Mr. Gou said in his heart: "Sure enough, the young master really knows this, it seems that the young master has really encountered a great opportunity." The craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry only knew that this was a fire gun, but they didn't know what it was," he said to Zheng Yu when he thought of this.

"The young master really has insight, this thing is indeed a musket, and an old man bought it at a high price from the hands of the Franco. Will you make it? ”

Zheng Yu smiled and didn't speak. I picked up the medicine pot in the box and shook it, making sure there was ** inside. I poured it into the muzzle, and I guessed that it was almost time to stop, and I didn't dare to pour more, because some people couldn't believe in the quality of steel in this era, and it would not be fun to blow up the chamber with too much medicine. Then he took a buckshot, wrapped it in deerskin and stuffed it into the muzzle, and stabbed it with a stick. Snap the flint trigger and get some ** into the fire hole. Took a flint from the box and clamped it to the trigger.

The three people except Mr. Gou were stunned. Zheng Xing's brothers were even more curious about where Zheng Yu learned this, and later there was an immortal master in this thing, so they were relieved.

Zheng Yu said: "Uncle Yuanshan is optimistic! After speaking, he aimed at a tree with a thick bowl mouth about thirty meters outside the gate, and pulled the trigger. Tom.." With a loud bang, a cloud of smoke rose up. Zheng Yu often shot targets during military training in college, and originally had some shooting basics, plus later became a surgeon. Surgeons and ophthalmologists must have dog-steady hands, otherwise one careless mistake is medical malpractice. There is a foundation, the heart is calm and the hands are steady, and it is really difficult to hit a target thirty meters away.

Several people ran to the tree to take a look, only to see that a large piece of the flesh of the belt had been lifted off one side of the tree, and a deformed lead bead was embedded in the trunk of the tree, which was not very deep. Several people were amazed at the power. If a person suffers like this, he will not die, but he will also be disabled. Mr. Gou looked indifferent, but he was a little amazed by Zheng Yu's marksmanship.

Zheng Yu walked closer, his brows furrowed, it shouldn't be, it was about twenty centimeters lower than the point he was aiming at. Moreover, the lead is not tightly embedded in the trunk of the tree, so it is taken out with a slight pinch. This at least shows a problem, the lead does not have enough thrust after coming out of the chamber, and it falls quickly due to its own gravity. Then it is caused by two reasons, either there is less or insufficient combustion.

This opinion told Mr. Gou, Mr. Gou was really shocked this time, looking at Zheng Yu like a monster, Zheng Yu said: "I can improve this without adding dosage is to burn more fully and have greater thrust." After hearing this, Mr. Gou turned his head and left, he felt that he should be busy with his own go, there is such a person who is against the sky, and the sky can't fall.

While it was still early, Zheng Yu asked Zheng Tai to take someone home to bring all the practice clothes, boots and guys that had been stored in the martial arts hall before, and made a shopping list for him to buy. Tell you to go back quickly. Then he called everyone together for a mobilization meeting.

Unexpectedly, everyone was excited when they heard about this, and they all expressed their desire to protect Zhuangzi to the death. Thinking about the reason is simple, the villagers are afraid of the kind of hard life with a meal but not a meal, and now they finally have hope to get rid of it, how can they be destroyed again. The newcomer is even more, the dark life has finally come to an end, looking forward to a new life, and it is very likely to get rid of slavery, how can you not work hard. The people's will is available, but Zheng Yu knows that shouting slogans is shouting slogans, and if it is true, then it is not certain. It's on your own.

When Zheng Tai came back, he pulled things directly to the glass workshop. Then Zheng Yu purified the materials that were recruited later, the standard ratio of black **, granulated with egg white, and potassium nitrate and other technical information. This thing was only slightly improved in the very mature Ming Dynasty, and there was no difficulty. So Zheng Yu was very relieved to hand it over to Mr. Gou and asked him to do as much as possible.

I went to simply train the Zhuang people in the queue formation, and there was no need to turn left and right, that is, to select 30 people who looked relatively strong, washed and cleaned up, and put on the practice clothes of the martial arts hall. One of them was issued with a waist knife and a spear with an iron head with a wooden handle. Just practice standing in a queue, similar to standing in a military posture, as long as it looks like the military discipline is strict and majestic, to put it bluntly, it is a silver-like pewter gun head, which is used to bluff people. The Zhuang people were highly motivated, and when it was almost dark, they had already practiced decently, and practiced disbanding and assembling several times, and Zheng Yu let everyone disperse when he saw that it was almost over. He also told Zheng Xing to add food to the people who participated in the training. He hurried to the glass workshop.

As soon as I entered the workshop, I saw that everyone was busy, and in order to speed up the air drying, the bellows were used. Zheng Yu looked at the ** that had been done, it was not bad, but I didn't know how powerful it was. I took a section of the ***, lit it and recorded the burning length when I was silently reciting it in my heart for about 6 seconds, and then cut off a hundred roots according to this length. I personally demonstrated and made a clay pot**, which is filled with gravel and is not lethal, but the shock effect is very powerful. Give it to the people at least twenty. I hurried up and made more than a dozen fixed ammunition for myself out of brown paper. When used in conjunction with a medicine pot, it can speed up the frequency of shooting.

Everything was ready, and it was getting dark. After a tiring day, the people went to rest and prepare for tomorrow's big battle. Only the night watchmen were left to guard the entire Zhuangzi.