When Chen Shande and the gentry heard this, they couldn't help but secretly rejoice in their hearts, yes, this Shi Jin is a person with great ambitions.

Such a gentleman who has great ambitions, talents to help the world and the people, and benevolence and righteousness in his heart, is worth betting!

Hearing Shi Jin's ambition, Chen Shande not only did not have sarcasm, but scolded Shi Jin, and couldn't help but favor him on the scales.

Although he was optimistic about Shi Jin in his heart, Chen Shande did not show any expression on his face, and he did not respond to Shi Jin, as if the question just now was not him.

The banquet was cold for a while!

Zhu Wu hurriedly raised the wine glass in his hand and shouted, "Come, toast the marshal!" ”

Li Yan and the others hurriedly shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, a cup to the marshal!" ”

Shi Jin also didn't seem to care about what happened just now, raised his wine glass and shouted, "Everyone, please!" ”

For a while, the banquet was lively again.

At the banquet, Li Yan and others frequently toasted Shi Jin, although this wine was not a burning knife, and the degree was only a dozen degrees, but it could not stand the tactics of crowds.

Soon Shi Jin was drunk and unconscious.

Zhu Wu drove Shi Jin and said to Chen Shande and the others: "Everyone, the marshal is drunk, let's take our leave first!" ”

Chen Shande hurriedly stood up and shouted, "Let's send the marshal!" ”

Zhu Wu shouted: "No, our carriage is outside, and there are guards!" ”

Chen Shande was just polite, knowing that it was impossible for the other party to let his people go back. So he smiled and said, "Those two go slowly, next time we will have a banquet for the marshal!" ”

Shi Jin and the others got into the carriage and left under the escort of the soldiers of the Tiger Guard Battalion.

Chen Shande and the others went upstairs to sit in the private room again, only leftovers were left at the banquet, and the lively scene before was no longer there, everyone was thinking, and fell into silence for a while.

Wang Tianfeng, who was more anxious, couldn't help but say: "Old Chen, what do you think Shi Jin is holding a military exercise for today?" ”

Chen Shande put down the tea bowl for hangover, looked up at Wang Tianfeng, and lowered his head again. "Master Wang Zhuang understands what is going on in his heart, why do I need an old man to talk too much!"

Wang Tianfeng smiled without a trace of embarrassment and said: "Old Chen, you have passed through the wind and waves, and you have walked more bridges than the younger generations. It's not like to hear your old opinion! ”

Wang Tianfeng's compliment made Chen Shande feel better, and he said: "This military exercise is nothing more than a warning to us!" Although the method is simple, everyone has seen the power of Shi Jin's newly created artillery, what else is there to say! Go back and tell your own person that you can't go against him anymore today! ”

Zhang Yang in Zhangjia Village, who was also ranked number one in Mizhou, shouted: "Old Chen, although the power of that artillery is huge, didn't he say that it costs a lot of money and can't make much at all!" Why should we be soft! ”

Chen Shande shouted: "Stupid! Not to mention the power of the artillery, the group of tigers and wolves under his command are eating dry food? You should also know that Shi Jin defeated the imperial court soldiers and horses many times with fewer victories before he captured the land of Sizhou. Even if it is not easy to manufacture artillery, as long as it is in battle with the heavy troops of the imperial court, it will suddenly give the officers and soldiers a look. Do you think that officer and soldier can fight again under the power of that artillery? Why can't the court help Shi Jin, if we go against him like this, what will happen to him when we anger him? Have you thought about it! ”

"This ......" Zhang Yang was suddenly unable to refute.

Li Yan frowned and asked, "Then Old Chen means openly supporting Shi Jin!" ”

Chen Shande shook his head and said: "Although this Shi Jin has the appearance of a Ming monarch, and the court is eventful, it is said that he Shi Jin is a person who has another opportunity to win the world." But we are all people with big families, so it's better to be cautious in everything! ”

Wang Tianfeng asked, "What does Old Chen mean?" ”

Chen Shande put down the tea bowl and stood up and said, "When I go back, I tell my people not to go against Shi Jin." If he wants to take inventory of the fields, let them take inventory, and if they want to collect taxes, let them collect taxes. Then he ordered those officials to hurry back and do a good job, and fully cooperate with Shi Jin to manage the state and county. ”

Zhang Yang's face turned bitter when he heard this, and said: "If this is collected according to the new law of his history, we will have to pay too much tax!" ”

Chen Shande walked out without looking back, shouting as he walked again: "That's better than losing your life." What's more, under the new law, we don't have nothing to earn. Greed is not enough to swallow an elephant, be careful of being hurt by greed, and also harm your own family! ”

Looking at the back of Chen Shande walking down the stairs, Li Yan and Wang Tianfeng fell into deep thought.

When Chen Shande and they were discussing their attitude towards Shi Jin, Shi Jin was sitting in the carriage, and he was still drunk at this time.

Zhu Wu sat opposite and asked, "Marshal, where are we going now?" Go back to the house? ”

Shi Jin closed his eyes and said, "Go to the barracks!" ”

Shi Jin got out of the car at the gate of the barracks and walked in.

After a while, Lu Zhishen and Wu Song, who heard the news, rushed over.

"Marshal!"

Shi Jin waved his hand, signaling that they didn't need to be polite.

Accompanied by Lu Zhishen and them, Shi Jin walked into the garrison of the firearms battalion.

Ten artillery pieces were quietly placed in the open space of the position, and as soon as the artillery was finished, the soldiers of the firearms battalion were pulled back to the barracks to take good care of them.

When Shi Jin walked over, Thunder Ling Zhen was loudly scolding his subordinates.

"You stinky boys, this cannon is expensive. Be sure to take care of it, if it is dirty and rusty, Lao Tzu will definitely twist your head off and kick it as a ball! ”

Some of the soldiers of the firearms battalion were carefully cleaning the chambers of their guns with wooden poles wrapped in cotton cloth, and some were dusting off their guns with clean rags.

With a simple smile on their dark faces, they shouted: "General, don't worry, this artillery is a good thing, how dare we be negligent." Be sure to treat them like wives! ”

Ling Zhen laughed and shouted, "Do you coarse men have wives? Nonsense! You have to treat this cannon like your own mother! ”

When a soldier heard this, he also laughed and shouted, "General, you also know that we don't have a wife." Why don't you mention it to the marshal, so that I can get a wife? Those bastards in the cavalry land have succeeded very well! ”

Shi Jin heard it and shouted: "Hahaha, it's not easy to marry a wife, as long as you can make a great contribution!" I'll help you find a daughter-in-law! ”

The soldier turned his head and saw that it was Marshal Shi Jin, and hurriedly shouted, "Really? ”

Shi Jin fixed his head and shouted: "Of course, my nine-pattern dragon Shi Jin has always been a mouthful of foam and a nail, and I will never break my word!" ”

When the soldiers of the firearms camp heard this, they hurriedly shouted: "Marshal Xie, we will definitely work hard to kill the enemy and make meritorious achievements!" ”

Shi Jin shouted: "But you also have to fight for yourself, otherwise you will be robbed of the credit by the soldiers of other troops, and your daughter-in-law will also be snatched away by them!" ”

The soldier immediately shouted with a bare face: "With this artillery, I will see who can snatch my daughter-in-law from me!" ”

The soldiers of the firearms camp also shouted: "Yes, now that we have artillery, I see who can snatch the credit from us!" ”

Shi Jin patted the shoulder of the soldier closest to him and shouted, "Since you have such confidence, then do it well." As long as you follow me, my Nine Pattern Dragon Shi Jin will not treat everyone badly, the field will have it, the house will have the land, and the daughter-in-law will also have it! ”

The soldiers shouted in unison: "Marshal Xie, we will definitely work hard to kill the enemy and serve the marshal!" ”

Shi Jin asked them to continue to themselves, and he approached the artillery.

The cannon was freshly forged, and had just been transported from Liangshan to Mizhou two days earlier. Shi Jin hadn't watched it seriously, so he went directly to be the highlight of the military exercise.

Now Shi Jin carefully observed this artillery.

It was a copper front-loading smoothbore gun with a barrel-shaped barrel that gradually thickened from the muzzle to the tail. In order to prevent the barrel from exploding, the tail of the gun was also tied with an iron ring for five times.

When casting the gun, according to Shi Jin's reminder, at the beginning, there were cylindrical lugs on both sides of the center of gravity of the gun body, and the gun could use this as the axis to adjust the firing angle and change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder. At the same time, a crosshair is provided on the gun body to improve the accuracy of shooting.

The gun was loaded with a wooden gun cart and could be pulled by a horse.

When Shi Jin looked at the artillery, Ling Zhen hurriedly walked over and said, "The last general will see the marshal!" ”

Shi Jin raised his head and said, "No need to be polite! Brother Ling Zhen, how is the performance of this artillery? ”

Ling Zhen stroked the cannon with his rough palm and shouted excitedly, "Marshal, this cannon is a good thing!" It is about a zhang long and weighs 1,000 kilograms. It can fire about 10 kg of iron bullets, with a maximum range of 600 steps for flat fire and more than 1,000 steps for projectile firing. However, if it is projectile, the lethality of this shell is small. Firing a shell requires about five or six gunners to work together. And it can only fire a dozen shells in a row, too many will not work, it is easy to overheat and destroy the gun body! ”

Hearing that the maximum range was only six hundred paces, and that it could only fire a dozen shells in a row, Shi Jin frowned and asked, "This performance is a bit unsatisfactory, can it be improved further?" “()

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