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What entertainment was there in the 17th century?

Listening to operas in the theater garden, listening to books in the teahouse, or playing games on the Qinhuai River between fat fans, is nothing more than some entertainment, but these entertainment are not suitable for dignitaries, maybe ordinary officials can still swim between the flower boats on the Qinhuai River, but if they are prominent, they naturally can't go to those places.

For Zhu Mingzhong, who was an envoy to the Jianghuai Economy, life in the 17th century may have been a bit boring, but on the other hand, he could also enjoy pleasures that could not be enjoyed in the 21st century, in addition to power and beauty, he also liked to hunt.

In the 21st century, hunting, not to mention that the ordinary people do not have the right to hunt, even if there is, those animals are also protected animals, and picking up a few bird eggs can give you criminal detention, let alone hunting. What's more, even if you want to hunt, you have to have prey to hunt.

However, in this era, although there are no imaginary century-old giant trees on the mountains around Nanjing, such as Qixia Mountain, they are also lush and green, and there are fierce beasts such as wolves and wild boars in the mountains, and the deer deer is more common in the reeds and sandbanks along the river.

Because of this, after arriving in Nanjing, when he returned to his parents' home with Zheng Ling, Zhu Mingzhong took the opportunity to invite Zheng Chenggong to go out of the city to hunt together, in this era, perhaps this is the only entertainment that can make people feel comfortable. As for Zheng Chenggong, who is the king of Yanping, he usually lives in a simple place in the palace and does not have any entertainment activities, but after a little thought, he agreed.

The next day there is a good scenery in the suburbs outside Nanjing, the sky is blue, the sun shines abundantly on the fields after the autumn harvest, the birds are singing on the willow trees, the willow branches are blown by the breeze, among the reeds, a deer is walking cautiously, looking around vigilantly from time to time, this kind of deer meat has always been the favorite of the people of Nanjing, because its meat is fresh and tender.

Suddenly, after a gunshot, the musket fell to the ground violently, and blood flowed from his neck, and only then could there be a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the bird in the willow tree was suddenly startled.

"The general is good marksmanship!"

Seeing that Zheng Chenggong hit the prey with another shot, Zhu Mingzhong sincerely admired, although when he was in Jiangbei, he often went out to hunt, and every time he harvested a lot, although in Jiangbei because there are no mountains and forests, he can only hunt some pheasants and ducks and some birds and birds, hares and other prey, which can be regarded as quite experienced, but compared to Zheng Chenggong, this marksmanship seems to be a little worse.

"Marksmanship?"

Slightly stunned, Zheng Chenggong said with the gun in his hand.

"It's your thread!"

As he spoke, Zheng Chenggong touched the body of the fire gun in his hand, and the body made of walnut wood was shiny in the sun.

"Although the bird gun can shoot down the bird, but after all, it is a bit exaggerated, even if it is the spontaneous gun in Jiangbei, there is no accuracy in two hundred steps, but this rifled gun is not to say that it is two hundred steps, even if it is three hundred steps, four hundred steps can hit the prey, Chengren, your rifled gun is made well, it is far and accurate, even if it is a divine soldier, it is only like this!"

This rifled gun can be said to be Zheng Chenggong's favorite thing, but it is still a gift from Zhu Mingzhong, compared with the ordinary rifled gun, its surface is more exquisite, and the gilded pattern can be said to be extremely exquisite.

"Although the rifled gun is accurate, the production is too small, the price is too high, and the reload is too slow."

Zheng Jing, who was following his father's side, listened to his praise of Zhu Mingzhong, and immediately spoke.

"What Shizi said is that the rifled gun is indeed insufficient, especially the loading is too slow, and it even needs to use a hammer, that is, hunting to be used, if it is on the battlefield, it will outweigh the losses."

Regarding Zheng Jing's rebuttal, Zhu Mingzhong just smiled slightly, and then explained too much.

"That's true, this rifled gun is too slow to load, although it hits far and accurately, but it is really unbearable to use on the battlefield!"

Zheng Chenggong, who agreed with Zhu Mingzhong's words, did not know that rifled guns were now used in the Loyal and Righteous Army—each battalion had a rifled gun squadron under the direct control of the battalion commander. And the dress of this squadron is not the dark red military uniform of the other soldiers, they wear green military uniforms, so they have a certain camouflage effect on the battlefield. They don't need to shoot in a platoon, but as skirmishers, and they don't need to rely on brightly colored uniforms to identify friend or foe like other units. So, for those rifled squadron soldiers, they only need to hide on the battlefield and shoot at "high-value" targets at long distances, as well as interfere with the enemy's artillery use so that they can't get to the muzzle to reload. In other words, the use of them is basically to borrow from the snipers of later generations, of course, they cannot shoot targets five or six hundred meters away with their optical sights and excellent sniper rifles like snipers of later generations, but they can shoot targets of about 300 meters or even 400 meters. It is enough to interfere with the use of enemy artillery, after all, artillery is undoubtedly a great weapon of destruction for infantry in this era.

Suddenly, there was a rustle of reeds, and this time, a flock of wild ducks flew up from one of the reeds. The men who had been riding on their horses immediately drew another gun from the saddle, a short-barreled smoothbore flintlock that fired a shotgun in a paper bag and was used to hunt small animals such as mallards.

All salvo!

Almost as soon as the gun was picked up, the crowd immediately opened fire as they pleased! After a shrapnel was fired, at least a dozen ducks were shot down from the flock of mallards.

Then a burst of dog barking sounded in the smoke of gunpowder! Then dozens of hounds ran towards the reeds, and soon a dozen mallards were in their mouths.

For a whole morning, Zheng Chenggong was there enjoying the fun of hunting, for him who had not personally led his troops to fight for a long time, this may be the best kind of entertainment, enjoying the hunt, he even understood why Zhu Mingzhong likes to hunt, when hunting, he can put down everything and concentrate on hunting prey, unlike in the mansion, thinking about such and such problems.

Near noon, the group was close to the harvest field outside the city, and enjoyed the game on the spot, which of course did not require Zheng Chenggong and Zhu Mingzhong to personally animals, among the accompanying guards, there were also cooks in the house, and when the chef was preparing lunch, Zheng Chenggong said to Zhu Mingzhong.

"Chengren, let's go, you and I will go to the riverside and have a look."

Seeing Zheng Chenggong walking towards the river, Zhu Mingzhong followed behind him, maintaining a position about one step behind him.

"Chengren, when you come to Nanjing this time, do you want to be a lobbyist for Cangshui?"

Coming to the riverside and looking at the slowly flowing Yangtze River, Zheng Chenggong stared at the north before continuing.

"It's because of Li Ziyuan!"

Zhu Mingzhong first nodded, and then shook his head.

"It's not for Li Ziyuan, Li Ziyuan and his people operate both ends, for the sake of selfishness, and do injustice, it's not once or twice, his character is despicable, and the younger brother disdains him."

When mentioning Li Ziyuan, Zhu Mingzhong's tone was full of contempt, even if such a long time had passed, he still couldn't forget Li Ziyuan's betrayal of him, after all, that betrayal almost trapped him in a dead end, almost killing him. Moreover, Li Ziyuan's betrayal at the beginning could even lead to the collapse of the great cause of the Ming Dynasty, and now Li Ziyuan betrayed Zhang Huangyan at the most critical time, which just shows that this person's character is inferior and completely ignores the righteousness of the world.

"Oh,"

Although he didn't look back, Zheng Chenggong could still feel Zhu Mingzhong's dissatisfaction with Li Ziyuan, with his back to Zhu Mingzhong, the corners of his lips couldn't help but lift lightly, revealing a smile, after all, as we all know, since Zhu Mingzhong seized Jiangyin, it can be said that it has been smooth sailing, although there have been several dangers, but with those vicious battles, he has achieved immortal achievements.

But Li Ziyuan is precisely his biggest failure!

Li Ziyuan was his right-hand man, but at the most critical time, he betrayed him. How could Zhu Mingzhong not be annoyed, but despite being annoyed, he couldn't do anything, after all, now Li Ziyuan is also a Ming general, and he also has nearly 100,000 elite soldiers under his command, and he is a fierce general under Zhang Huangyan, even if Zhu Mingzhong is annoyed by it, he can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"Brother, now is the critical time for my Ming Dynasty, but Li Ziyuan turned his back on his brother and defected to his brother, isn't it just hiding evil intentions, one is trying to take refuge under his brother's door, so as to seek self-reliance, as for these two, what he did was to provoke the contradiction between his brother and Shao Sima, in order to make a profit from it!"

In fact, even if Zhang Huangyan did not send Luo Lun to Qinghe, Zhu Mingzhong would also intervene in this matter, but originally he wanted to write to Zheng Chenggong and persuade him to think twice for the Ming Dynasty, but Luo Lun's visit made him realize the seriousness of the problem, so he finally decided to come to Nanjing and lobby Zheng Chenggong in person.

Because it is a family relationship, in private, Zhu Mingzhong will call him his brother, instead of calling him "prince" or "general" like before, after all, Zheng Ling is his sister, and Zhu Mingzhong is his brother-in-law.

"What you mean is that the reason why Li Ziyuan voted for me is to provoke my relationship with Cang Shuizhi."

Zheng Chenggong said quietly, in fact, many people, including Wang Zhongxiao, had already told him that it was not so simple for Li Ziyuan to turn his back on the master, and the power would intensify the relationship between him and Zhang Huangyan, and even lead to internal commotion.

"Li Ziyuan's character is inferior, his betrayal of his younger brother was for self-reliance, and today's betrayal of Shao Sima is also for self-reliance, the reason why he took refuge in his brother is to use his brother's momentum to force Shao Sima to allow him to stand on his own, and this will inevitably lead to conflicts between his brother and Shao Sima, and even lead to the collapse of the overall situation of cooperation between the two sides, and the more so, the more beneficial it is to Li Ziyuan, after all, for him, only by taking advantage of the chaos can he take advantage, if his brother and Shao Sima are completely monolithic, how can he profit from it?"