In the early morning of the next day, everyone got up early, and the militia team was expanded to forty people at this time, half of the pikemen, half of the sword and shield hands, as for the repaired firecrackers, Xiaochuan found that the sulfur saltpeter that came up last time was no longer usable, but it was a pity, otherwise if ten more firecrackers were recruited, then all the arms of his team would be complete.

Han Gang and the two of them got up early with the group of pikemen, sword and shield bearers, and they ate more food than others, but on the contrary, they had to practice for an hour in the morning and evening, and when they walked, they had to do some queue training while walking, and sometimes there was also combat queue training, which was very harsh.

Han Gang and the two trained attentively, the pair of soldiers lined up in a neat line, carrying out all kinds of drills, if anyone did not move correctly, then Han Gang's stick would be hit, and all kinds of screams were heard in the morning.

After the training, the group set off, walked for a long time, but saw a small walled city, this village seems to be surrounded by a wall, it looks a little magnificent, but the three-story stone city wall is standing more than a dozen artillery, Xiaochuan is a little frightened.

There was a moat outside the walled city, dug more than ten meters wide, and a suspension bridge in the middle was put down.

On the city wall, there is a group of soldiers wearing iron leaf armor, holding various weapons in their hands, standing very majestic, and some of them are holding fire guns in their hands, and there are even many multi-barreled tiger wing guns!

"Did we go to some powerful military guardhouse" Xiaochuan said strangely, but in this wilderness where there is no village and no store, how can there be a guard house established here, and it shows that the military households of the court guard station have fled in a large area at this time, and there is no one in front of him who will flee.

"I've never heard of the Interior Guards being so equipped!" Han Gang glanced at the walled city strangely.

"Yes, this shouldn't be a guard!" Han Tie also nodded, but he couldn't figure out why such a powerful fortress appeared here after thinking about it for a long time.

Xiaochuan looked at Huang Chunsheng, the family had been to Shandong in the early days, and asked him if he knew.

This Huang Chunsheng glanced at this cottage, then nodded and said: "This is a place where local military craftsmen gather, called Tiefeng Village, which was originally a village established by a craftsman surnamed Tie, and later the craftsmen all came to join him, which developed." ”

"There's a craftsman living here?" Xiaochuan was stunned, didn't he say that the craftsmen would accept the control? The Nima artisans are about to make a small fortress and come out.

"You don't know, the blacksmiths in this Tiefeng Village, in addition to helping the imperial court make equipment, are selling weapons every other time, because they are ancestral craftsmen with exquisite skills, and some big families come to buy weapons for the family, and they don't refuse, even if they are thieves, they will sell weapons to you" Huang Chunsheng said slowly.

Xiaochuan was shocked, Nima, how come no one has ever said this kind of thing in the history books, but if you think about it, you can understand that these craftsmen are skilled, where can the court make any money, they don't make extra money, and they will starve to death sooner or later if they engage in part-time jobs, but they get together like this, although this is a place where birds are uninhabited, but such an open sale, it is simply an upright black gun sales group.

"I heard me right" Han Gang plucked out his ears, looked at the magnificent big village in front of him, and said, "Those craftsmen are so openly making weapons and selling them to those bandits!" I now understand why those bandits in Heijiao Village can have such good equipment."

Han Gang immediately shouted: "The local garrison is so conniving at them, aren't they afraid of being big bandits?." ”

Huang Chunsheng smiled, with disdain in his eyes, and said, "Be a big bandit? Do these local officers and soldiers have the guts, or the courage to attack the bandits? Hehe! ”

Hearing Huang Chunsheng's words, several people understood, the local garrison didn't suppress bandits anyway, they didn't see it at all, they didn't see it at all, and they didn't take it as their responsibility to defend the border and the people, and sell weapons to bandits? Hehe, we didn't plan to fight the bandits anyway, what does it matter to us no matter how good they are.

"In that case, if you openly sell weapons, even if you don't suppress the bandits, no one will care about them," Han Tie sighed.

"Yes, it turned out that someone reported it, but in the end, it didn't work, these craftsmen got together and it was different, what? They are making so much money now, who wants to give up this profiteering business, who cares? The imperial court is busy dealing with Jiannu and paying fees, how can they manage this kind of small village" Huang Chunsheng said with loneliness in his tone: "Moreover, the most important thing is that these craftsmen themselves make weapons for the imperial court, and the oil and water in the middle, how many people are worried about it, if they are paid, how many people will have a way to get money."

Looking at a few people, Huang Chunsheng said: "These craftsmen and those officials of the imperial court gave weapons to the border army, how many kickbacks they ate in the middle, and how many people benefited, no one knows, just for this benefit, no one dares to provoke this Tiefeng Village."

Xiaochuan was stunned, but he didn't think that there was such a village in this history, it was just a bug, if he developed it in the future, he must go to this place and collect all these craftsmen.

"But when the old man first came, it was five years ago, at that time, the court was not as it is now, suffering from the construction of slaves and thieves, this village is still somewhat restrained, and now this village is becoming more and more lawless" Huang Chunsheng's tone was lonely.

Han Gang and the others were filled with righteous indignation, but Wang Youcai thought of another aspect and said: "We robbed thousands of silver last time, and this time we can buy some weapons, haha"

Xiao Chuan glanced at him and said, "It's just right, we have almost lost our grain, and this silver is still there, let's see if you can buy something." ”

"Lord, how can we go into such a village that has brought disaster to the country and the people to buy things" Han Gang said loudly, his face full of incomprehension.

Xiao Chuan looked at the indignant Han Gang helplessly and said, "Alas, we don't buy what others will buy, do we?" If we don't buy him to protect these people, then these weapons will not be saved and sold by the bandits, and they will harm people? ”

Hearing Xiao Chuan say this, Han Gang nodded and said, "Yes, that's the reason, then the lord let's buy more."

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