Returning the flintlock pistol to Li Zhi, Lu Xiangsheng said, "Look at your cannon!" ”

Li Zhi asked the soldiers to push out the six-pounder cannon and demonstrate shooting on the school ground. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The cannon fired several times and hit a large circle three miles away. It shot straight a few more times, breaking several large planks four hundred meters away.

None of the generals and horses were equipped with artillery, and they had no concept of artillery, and they didn't know that Li Zhi's light cannon had been reduced by more than 100 catties, which greatly improved mobility and reduced the cost, but they all felt that Li Zhi's cannon was commonplace. They all thought that this was just an ordinary small Hongyi cannon. There are more or less military towns on the nine sides of the Hongyi Cannon, but the number that Li Zhi has is indeed amazing. Such a salvo of forty cannons on the battlefield must be very spectacular, no wonder Lao Hui Hui will fall for Li Zhi's trick.

But how much silver does it cost to spend so many Hongyi cannons?

Lu Xiangsheng asked: "How much does this cannon cost?" How did the deputy thousand households have so much silver to make cannons? ”

In the Ming Dynasty, copper coins always weighed six catties, and seven hundred and fifty catties of copper required more than one hundred and twenty taels of copper. Li Zhi's six-pounder cannon was made of bronze and wrought iron, which cost less, and the cost of casting a six-pounder cannon was only one hundred taels.

But of course, Li Zhi will not directly report his family background, but said: "It is very difficult to cast a cannon, the yield rate is only one-tenth, and one will cost six hundred taels of silver!" There are some weaving mills below, and the money earned by these weaving mills is used to support the army. ”

These forty cannons are twenty-four thousand taels of silver!

This sturdy Tianjin soldiers and horses turned out to be all piled up with silver.

Hearing Li Zhi's words, all the generals stared at each other. A small defensive officer actually relied on his own industry, tens of thousands of taels and tens of thousands of taels to raise a military horse! I only heard that there were officers who made money by deducting military salaries, but I didn't hear of people who paid out of their own pockets to support soldiers and horses. This self-paid army for the country, how high is the ideological realm?

This Li Zhi is really an anomaly.

Even Lu Xiangsheng was very disappointed when he heard this number, and secretly said that Li Zhiqiang's method was huge and could not be replicated, and the Ming Dynasty could only have this example.

After watching Li Zhi's performance, Lu Xiangsheng and the generals became interested, and they couldn't find anything to learn from, so they left separately.

On September 25, the eighth year of Chongzhen, the Xuanfeng regiment that ended the battle of Ru 0 Zhou pulled out the camp and drove back to Tian0 Jin.

When they came, the soldiers came on two legs, but on the way back, there were more than 1,000 war horses and pack horses: 200 war horses were captured when they repelled 2,000 Tang horses in Luoyang, more than 300 uninjured war horses were captured when they defeated Lao Hui, plus 1,000 pack horses assigned to Li Zhi by Lu Xiangsheng, there were more than one person and one horse in the selection group, and the march was much easier.

Coupled with Lu Xiangsheng's 10,000 taels of silver loot, this line can be regarded as a full load.

It took two months for the troops to travel north, and they returned to Fanjiazhuang on 21 November.

The people of Fanjiazhuang were extremely happy, and 10,000 people gathered at the gate of Chongwen Gate at the South Gate, setting off firecrackers and beating gongs and drums to welcome the triumph of the soldiers.

Crackling firecrackers hung on the city gates, like dancing elves, welcoming the hero's return.

At the front of the welcoming group, Li Zhi saw Cui He, who kept tiptoeing to look this way.

Seeing Li Zhi riding on a horse, Cui He ignored the maid beside him, and ran to Li Zhi's side. A group of soldiers saw Mrs. Deputy Qianhu rushing over and hurriedly avoided it. By the time Li Zhi jumped off the horse and hugged her, Cui He had already cried into tears.

Hiding in Li Zhi's arms, Cui He snorted and said, "You're finally back!" I'm afraid I'll never see you again! ”

Li Zhi touched Cui He's head with a smile and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm back!" ”

Cui He raised his tearful head and said, "If you are beaten to death, how will I live alone?" ”

Li Zhi comforted: "I won't be beaten to death, only I will beat others!" ”

Cui He stopped crying, wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said, "Did you win?" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, I killed more than 6,000 thieves!" After a pause, Li Zhi said again: "But they divided my battle exploits, leaving me only a thousand first-level battle merits!" ”

Cui He pursed his mouth angrily and said, "They bullied us!" ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Yes, bullying our officials!" ”

Cui He hugged Li Zhi and said childishly: "We will ignore them in the future!" ”

Li Zhi smiled: "Yes! Ignore them! ”

After saying this, Li Zhi jumped on the Wusun BMW. Then he pulled Cui He on his horse and rode to the city with Cui He in his arms.

Cui He is a woman who likes novelty very much, this is her first time riding a horse, she is very happy to sit in Li Zhi's arms, and she burst into tears.

Along the way, the people saw the triumphant defenders, all of them standing on both sides of the road and looking up, as if they were saluting Li Zhi. Instead, a group of children jumped and chased in front of the crowd, and sprinkled wild flowers on Li Zhi's body.

When Li Zhi walked to the deputy Qianhu official hall, he saw that the garrison of the Tian0jin Left Guard, Luo Lizong, was already waiting there. Luo Lizong didn't have the slightest shang, and as soon as he saw Li Zhi, he strode up and said loudly: "I'm here to congratulate Brother Li Xian on his victory!" I also want to congratulate Li Xiandi on his promotion to the fourth rank of commander! ”

Luo Lizong heard that Li Zhi had made great contributions and was about to be promoted, and he felt that Li Zhi's future was limitless, so he had already taken the initiative to change his title to Li Xiandi. Yesterday, he received the news that the selection team would enter the city today, and he had been waiting for Li Zhi in Fanjiazhuang since the morning, and he had been waiting for an hour now.

Luo Lizong felt that Li Zhi's strength was very strong and his future was great, so he seized the opportunity to make friends with Li Zhi now. As a Shangguan, Luo Lizong couldn't be more kind.

Li Zhi jumped off the war horse with a smile and helped Cui He off the horse, and then he was ready to salute Luo Li Zong. But he still just made a move, and Luo Lizong hurriedly supported him and said loudly: "Why does the virtuous brother need a big gift? Don't bother the foolish brother! The virtuous brother has overwhelmed a group of lieutenant generals and generals in the limelight this time, what is the garrison of the foolish brother? ”

Roryzong is the news that he learned from the newspaper.

Di Bao was the official information channel of the late Ming Dynasty, similar to the newspapers of later generations, which conveyed important news of the imperial court and local governments to officials in various places, so officials in the late Ming Dynasty could know the affairs of the world. Luo Lizong read the newspaper that Li Zhi had more than 1,000 levels of military exploits. This more than 1,000-level battle exploits are more than the other deputy generals and generals in the Battle of Ru 0 State.

Luo Lizong knew the practice in the army, Li Zhi could get a thousand heads with a small defensive officer, and the actual victory was bound to be more. Luo Lizong was very shocked when he saw the Di Bao, and re-examined Li Zhi's strength, and became more and more respectful of Li Zhi.

Li Zhi smiled, stood up straight and said, "Brother Luo said he was laughing!" The promotion of the military department has come down? ”

Luo Lizong smiled: "I came down half a month ago. This time the battle of Ru 0 was a big victory, and the Son of Heaven was very pleased, so that the military department implemented the reward as soon as possible. Your orders are with the governor. Originally, I was going to bring it for you, but the governor said that he would let you go to the governor's yamen to get it yourself! ”

Li Zhi knew that the governor wanted to remember his favor, so he smiled and said, "Then I'll go to the governor's yamen to get it!" ”

Luo Li Zong stroked his beard and said: "I will go with the virtuous brother, and I will get a little bit of the joy of the virtuous brother!" ”