Chapter 67: Talents

When An Yi came out of the stone house of Jiang Shang and his son, it was already noon.

The two siblings ate two bowls of local snacks on the side of the street in Jiangning Village, and then walked in the direction of the threshing floor. An Yi estimated that in the morning, Jin Mingyin's side should be almost finished.

When he came to the threshing floor, the originally noisy and bustling crowd had already dispersed somewhat, and the flint in the open space behind Jin Mingyin was piled up as much as seven or eight small wheelbarrows.

A large number of young people in the center of the venue were surrounding Jin Mingyin and the others in the middle, watching them pound the fire guns in their hands.

"This kind of gun is newly made by me, it is loaded from behind, it is quite powerful, it can easily penetrate the armor within a hundred steps, and within five hundred, it can easily kill a wild boar."

Jin Mingyin was foaming at the mouth of the new gun to the crowd around him who were listening attentively, and as he spoke, he took a punch projectile from the sergeant next to him, filled it into the breech, and held the new gun to the straw man that had just been tied under the big banyan tree.

"Boom!"

As the flames of fire accompanied by a loud bang shot out, the straw man's "head" was shattered by the projectile.

"This thing is much more powerful than the second uncle's bow and arrow!"

"Hehe, if I carry this home, I see the marriage of the two of us, and I dare not say a word...."

"Will.... General, if this hits a person, how big a hole will it have to be blown up? ”

For these young descendants who are not in the army, not to mention the new arquebus in Jin Mingyin's hand, even the traditional arquebus in the hands of the officials and soldiers of the Great Xia Dynasty has not seen much. This new type of firearm, which exudes a metallic glow throughout, is simply a great temptation for them.

Jin Mingyin looked at this group of gossiping young people, felt very disdainful, and did not answer their questions, but waved his hand at a few sergeants on the side,

"You guys, come and line up!"

Listening to Jin Mingyin's order, the sergeant next to him hurriedly stood in a row, then picked up the fire gun in his hand, and followed the direction he pointed to, aiming at an earthen wall on the north side of the threshing floor.

"Ready!"

"Loaded!"

"Put!"

With Jin Mingyin's three commands, those sergeants aimed their firearms, reloaded, and fired them together!

"Boom, boom!"

With a few loud bangs, several large holes were made in the earthen wall they were aiming at. The crumbling lime and gravel from the explosion were still falling down like a stream.

"Collect it!"

When the sergeants heard the order, the fire gun in their hands was put up on their legs, not to mention how neat it was. In addition, they were originally wearing a silver leaf armor, which was even more radiant and majestic under the sun's rays.

An Yi saw that the circle of young people around Jin Mingyin was about to stay, and his eyes were smeared with shock at the power of this firearm, and there was worship for the image of the gun.

Jin Mingyin looked at this group of people, held the gun in one hand, shook it in front of their eyes, and said arrogantly: "How about it, do you want my gun?" ”

"I want it, I want it!"

A group of young people who were eager to catch the gun with their hands were almost gone.

"Good! I'll give you a chance now! Jin Mingyin took the firearm back and stood up like a crutch, "As long as you are willing to participate in my firearms battalion, this firearm will be in hand, and I will teach you to release the firearm by hand." Not only these, but also the revolver guns, small furlong machines, cupola crows, and three-eyed guns in my battalion, you can all have the opportunity to operate them yourself. If you want to join, stand on my right! ”

This series of strange and mysterious words came out, just like when I was a child, before my father went out, he promised himself with that smiling face like a spring breeze: "Son, Dad will come back and bring you the sugar people of Xindong'an, the soap cakes of Hangzhou Mansion, the oily noodles of Datong Town, and the boiled and burned ...... of Tianjin Wei."

Sure enough, he lived up to Jin Mingyin's "speech" of super-level performance, and these "sons" stood on his right side excitedly one by one, excitedly and expectantly planning to join his firearms battalion.

However, the comfort on the side found that these people in the past were relatively young. The younger generation, who seemed to be older and more stable, was not quickly attracted by what Jin Mingyin said, but looked a little contradictory and stood in place, uncertain.

It's time for him to come out and add a fire, An Yi thought, he walked slowly behind Jin Mingyin, and said aloud to the young people who had not yet chosen to join the firearms camp:

"Ladies and gentlemen, those who are willing to participate in the firearms camp today will receive a 'settling-in allowance' of ten taels of silver plus five sacks of grain per person. If two or more persons from each household join the firearms camp, in addition to the 'settling-in allowance', each household will be compensated with twenty taels of silver, on a first-come, first-served basis. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, even if the pile of firewood in front of him was completely lit, there were no more people who hesitated on the spot, and a group of people flocked to Jin Mingyin's right side like a tide, for fear that if they moved slowly, they would be excluded by Anyi's sentence "limited quota".

Jin Mingyin turned his head and looked at An Yi with extremely adoring eyes, he felt that every time An Yi's words came out, he could always be like the bellows in the room, and the emotions of these people who didn't know each other were like the fire under the stove. It seemed that he could always find the right wisp of air to blow into the hearth when he needed it most.

An Yi looked at these enthusiastic crowds, turned to An Xin and said, "Xin'er, go help Ming Yin, count the number of people, and distribute the silver and food to everyone in an orderly manner." ”

"Hmm~"

My sister left in response.

"That..... Ann-sama..."

An Yi turned around and saw the patriarch Hu Gui standing behind him, followed by two young people, a man and a woman. The man has a Chinese face, a little short, half a head shorter than the woman next to him, but he looks very strong, and his arms are quite long, and he stands up straight, and his hands can touch the knees.

The woman has a persimmon face, except for a black mole on the left side of the eyebrows, nothing else is special.

"It turned out to be Patriarch Hu, who are these two behind you?"

Patriarch Hu hurriedly introduced to An Yi: "These two are a pair of children of Xiaomin, Hu Yuhua and Hu Yujuan, uh.... I just wanted to ask the adults.... Forehead.... Do you think the two of them can join General Kim's firearms battalion? ”

As he spoke, he glanced at Hu Yuhua and Hu Yujuan behind him, and the two hurriedly bowed down and said in unison: "Xiaomin has seen Master An." ”

Although An Yi doesn't know Jin Mingyin's recruitment criteria in detail, height is one of the few important requirements he knows, as the saying goes, you can see far if you stand tall, and firearms are the same. Two guns of the same power were shot out flat, and the tall ones could hit the chest, and the short ones could only hit the horse's legs.

"Firearms battalion, I think they may not be very suitable for Ming Yin's requirements, are there any other interests you are interested in besides firearms, or let me ask you two directly, is there anything you are good at?"

The female Hu Yujuan thought about it and said first: "I know words." ”

The male Hu Yuhua frowned, scratched his head and thought for a long time before he said, "I..... I'll go over the wall. ”

Indeed, in the Great Xia Dynasty, knowing words was indeed a specialty for the majority of women who were taught that women were not talented and virtuous. But what's going on with this circumvention of the wall, which can also be considered good at?

Before he could say anything, he was already planning to reject Hu Yuhua's comfort when he turned around sharply and jumped onto a courtyard wall next to the threshing floor.

An Yi roughly estimated that the courtyard wall was at least one or two zhang high, and the flat lime wall had no place to settle at all.

I thought that Hu Yuhua was going to find a place in the corner of the wall to climb and show himself, but he didn't know that he started directly from the front wall, like a gecko, three steps and two kicks....... Climb up!

This kung fu made An Yi's eyes fall out in shock, and when it came to his mouth, he had to swallow back the words that he had to refuse. Although he hasn't figured out where he can use his eaves and wall skills for the time being, it can be regarded as a rare helper for the comfort of being employed.

"Okay, old patriarch, I want both of your sons and daughters, but they can't go to the firearms camp for the time being, so I'll look at the specific situation and make arrangements then." I will also give the silver and food as I just said, you can go to Xin'er to get it. An Yi pointed to An Xin, who was busy registering personnel in the distance, and said,

Patriarch Hu nodded happily, "Don't worry, don't worry, Lord An will just look at the arrangements when the time comes, and there will be no shortage of silver and food at home, so I won't cause more trouble to the adults, I just hope that the adults can let the two brothers and sisters Yuhua and Yujuan follow the long experience and learn things, and the little old man will be content." ”

Whether it is Jiang Shang or Hu Gui, a thousand words are just one sentence, and they pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

An Yi said with a smile: "The words of the old patriarch An Yi understands that as long as they are willing to learn and do, there will be no shortage of gentlemen who are willing to teach them." Feel relieved! ”

"My lord, I know how to read, why don't I help Sister Xin'er over there?"

Hu Yujuan, who was beside her, suddenly interjected timidly and asked An Yidao,

An Yi turned her head and looked at this mediocre-looking girl, she only remembered An Xin's name from her own words, she had a heart! After hearing that you are willing to accept them, quickly enter the role, transparent!

Such a hearted and transparent girl made him very glad that he didn't refuse rashly just now, nodded comfortably and satisfied, and responded: "Go, her name is An Xin, she is my sister, you can just call her Sister Xin'er." ”

Hu Yujuan snorted and ran towards An Xin's side, leaving only his brother Hu Yuhua in place, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while.

"I ..... I.... Adult, the ....."

This brother, who is full of teaching his sister to be tactful, is obviously much worse than his sister in terms of tactfulness.

An Yi looked at his embarrassed appearance, laughed in his heart for a while, and said, "You don't want me, me, me, follow me, and I'll arrange it for you when something happens." ”

"Yes, sir."

After thanking Patriarch Hu again, An Yi took Hu Yuhua and turned to leave.

The old patriarch saw the appearance of his son just now, and when he turned around, he raised his crutch and knocked it on Hu Yuhua's leg. Hu Yuhua turned his head in pain, saw his father's tightly locked brows, and whispered to him: "Be sleek, don't be like a wooden pestle, learn from your sister." ”

Then he snorted, turned his head and walked away with his crutches, leaving only Hu Yuhua, who didn't know what I was wrong with, standing alone in the autumn wind.