Money is not the problem, the problem is the lack of money.

At the beginning, Song Ting heard the princess's wife say that there were 400,000 taels, and he felt that he might not be able to spend it in this life, but at the moment, the cost of an arquebus is as high as 200 taels, even if 400,000 yuan is used to make guns, only 2,000 can be produced, and there are transportation costs and failure rates, and it is impossible to guarantee that 2,000 guns are good, so 400,000 taels cannot be made of 2,000 guns.

What's more, it is impossible for all the 400,000 taels to be invested in making guns, the princess's wife has already discussed with Bai Qiuyan, and will take out 30,000 taels to acquire a time-honored restaurant operation, with Bai Qiuyan as the shopkeeper, plus start-up capital, working capital, etc., at least 70,000 or 80,000 taels need to be invested here; In addition, he had to start a business in the carriage and horse dealership...... As a result, there is even more lack of money!

If he wants to produce 10,000 muskets, it will take about two million taels, which is a large number for the imperial court, but it can't hurt the muscles and bones, and it can still be easily taken out, but he can't take it out.

He didn't believe in the imperial court, and neither did Chen's beard. Chen Dabeard may simply feel that the "six thieves are in charge" has caused the court to be very rubbish, but he is different, he can almost see that Daliang is about to be invaded by the Jin army, and in the troubled times, what he can count on is not the court, but the gun in his hand.

Song Ting regretted a little that he didn't get a little silver from Song Jiang when he recruited An Liangshan, and in the end, all this money was put into the pockets of Tong Guan, Cai Jing and others, and now Song Jiang has no money, and he is still working hard for the imperial court to attack Fang La, a traitor to the faint king of the dog's day!

"If you are short of money, you can only make a 500 expenditure to save your life." With such a decision in his heart, Song Ting didn't bother to think about money, but sent four credible people to Sizhou that night to find a suitable workshop, and first went to do market exploration, and he also needed to find a way to get money and open the workshop.

On the ninth day of October, an autumn hunting activity to test the power of arquebuses was launched, and Song Ting and a group of ten people, each carrying a first-generation arquebus, rode to the Lion Ridge in the north of the official road in Yangzhou City.

Lion Ridge is famous for the mountain range like a squatting lion, the mountain peak is steep, and the evil beasts are all over the place, in fact, it does not belong to the jurisdiction of Yangzhou City, but belongs to the boundary of Chuzhou.

The reason why I went to Lion Ridge is because there is really no good hunting ground in Yangzhou, many hunting grounds have been controlled by the imperial court and the government in recent years, and the prey has long been exhausted, all of which are free-range animals, and there is no sense of accomplishment when I go to hunt in that kind of place. Although Lion Ridge is far away, the jungle is dense and there are many prey, so it is more rewarding to hit the prey.

A group of ten people, namely Song Ting, Lu Junyi, Yang Zhao, Chen Gui, Mr. Zhu, Cao Zhutou, Shi Xianwei, and Han Jiangzong, A Ping, and A Chang, as for why even Mr. Zhu, A Ping, and A Chang were pulled to test the gun, this was carefully considered by Song Ting.

If even an ordinary person can pick up a musket and kill a beast, then it is enough to witness the power of the arquebus. Provided, of course, that they will shoot.

Teach Mr. Zhu, Ah Ping, and Ah Chang to shoot, but it took a lot of effort to teach the boss, and the stupid Ah Ping was even more frightened by the recoil of the gun and fell to the ground, and the projectile didn't know where it went, and he couldn't find it.

Ten men, who knew how to shoot arrows, carried bows and arrows, and each of them carried a musket on his back, and a cloth bag for carrying projectiles around his waist, and each of them carried a gunpowder pot for pouring the end of gunpowder into the chamber of the gun.

After arriving at Lion Ridge, they were divided into two teams, and the hunt began. After passing through the pine forest, the five-member team led by Song Ting marched along the winding path, and there was nothing to gain on the way except for hunting a small hare, so they had to continue to go deeper.

But said that this Lion Ridge, turned out to be a bandit den, there is a nickname known as the "iron lock Hengjiang" Jiangyang thief surnamed Zhang Mingheng, looks strong and stout, fierce and vicious, so that a good iron chain, gathered here three or five hundred minions, self-proclaimed mountain king, often to the village under the mountain ten miles and eight towns to rob the house, kidnap the yellow flower girl, the people every time to report to the government, but he can't take him, suffer from it for a long time.

It was also on the same day that Zhang Heng, the "Iron Lock Hengjiang", gathered more than 100 little minions, with a nine-foot copper chain around his waist, a bow and arrow on his back, and a group of people cried wolf-like ghosts, and also came to the mountain to hunt.

Zhang Heng took his minions to set up a formation, looked for an hour, and saw a big wild boar with a red mane and brown hair from a distance, weighing about 300 pounds, showing its fangs, digging through the soil to find something to eat......

"Hey, look at me! I'm going to shoot this pig! Zhang Heng bent his bow and set up arrows, and after shouting with the minions left and right, he shot the arrows!

With a whoosh, the arrow hit the buttocks of the red-maned boar, but the skin of the big boar was rough and thick, although the arrow hit the butt of the big boar, but the big boar continued to eat like a pig, but moved the pig's butt slightly.

"King! One more arrow! "Left and right.

"Hey!" Zhang Heng does not believe in evil, bends his bow and arrows, and the arrow is on the string, and when he comes with another arrow......

"Bang!"

A bang.

The Great Boar has fallen!

"What a sound! What was that! Zhang Heng heard this sound, but he couldn't tell what the sound was, a bit like setting off firecrackers, but it wasn't.

At this time, I saw three or five people coming out of the dense forest, each holding a lump of wood tied with an iron pipe in their hands, and they came over and prepared to carry the wild boar away.

As the mountain king of Lion Ridge, how can Zhang Heng allow others to hunt under his own territory, and still watch the prey he shoots, and others say to carry it away?

There is simply no royal law...... Oh no, I don't even have him in my eyes!

Want to carry away wild boars? Then you have to ask him if the nine-foot copper chain on the disc around his waist agrees! Ask the more than 100 brothers under his command if they agree!

At that time, Zhang Heng's face darkened, and he stepped forward with his minions and yelled: "Stop Lao Tzu!" Your grandma is a bear! Don't ask who I am! Dare to rob Lao Tzu's things! ”

It was Song Ting who hit the wild boar, and at this moment he was asking Lu Junyi and a few others to carry the wild boar, but he didn't expect to suddenly kill a bandit, and the bandit leader also said that the wild boar was his.

Song Ting didn't talk to him either, he looked for a long time before he found such a big deal, he was almost going to eat fast this day, this wild boar was obviously shot in the head with an arquebus, and what the bandit leader said was his is his? Think beautifully!

"Carry it away!"

As soon as Song Ting said this, the bandits over there bent their bows and arrows, and the bandit leader Zhang Heng said fiercely: "Wild boars stay, let you go!" Otherwise, even people will see Yama! ”

He said this because he was afraid that Song Ting and others had martial arts masters who could use secret weapons, otherwise how could this big fat pig fall for no reason? If it weren't for this jealousy, he would have ordered the killing.

"Carry it away!"

Song Ting was too lazy to bird him, and said again, at this time, the other five people who heard the gunshot also came over and helped carry the wild boar together.

"You dare!" Zhang Heng untied the nine-foot copper chain coiled around his waist, threw it on the ground, waved it for a while, and suddenly the copper chain danced like a flexible snake!

"Leave the pigs, let me go!" Zhang Heng shouted.

Song Ting sighed with joy, "This is the wild boar we shot, why should we give it to you!" ”

Zhang Heng said: "You kid don't go to inquire!" This Lion Ridge is my territory! Everything here is mine! ”

Song Ting smiled: "If I don't give it, then you are going to prepare to rob it, right?"

As he spoke, he poured the gunpowder powder into the chamber of the gun in his hand, and poked the projectile into it, he raised the gun and pouted: "I have to take you away this wild boar today, how dare you drop it?"

"Look for death!" Zhang Heng shouted angrily, "You think you can scare me by lifting a wooden lump!?" ”

"Then let's try it!"

Zhang Heng shouted violently, his eyes widened angrily, and he came over with a copper chain, with a fierce momentum, eager to knock Song Ting down with a whip.

"Bang-"

As the arquebus burned with powder, a projectile shot out with a gunshot......

The projectile hit the center of his eyebrows, pierced his skin, and directly entered his head, leaving a bullet hole!

didn't have time to make any sound, and the famous Jiangyang thief "Iron Lock Hengjiang" Zhang Heng fell in a pool of blood.

"This ......"

This scene is really weird, many minions were stunned, and secretly swallowed their saliva, a lump of broken wood, how powerful is it? Stunned at the same time, he was also scared, and his legs couldn't help but tremble.

"Squat down for me!"

Song Ting pointed to the arquebus, and all the minions were so frightened that they squatted down obediently, not daring to move.

The minions said in their hearts: I am obedient, the big boss is rampant and domineering half of Chuzhou, and it is gone?

What kind of secret weapon is that?

It's scary!

Song Ting was also quite happy all of a sudden, I haven't loaded the bullets yet, and I'm scared like this bird one by one?

"Take us to the cottage!"

As soon as Song Ting gave an order, those minions thought that he was going to replace Zhang Heng and sit on the chair of the big boss, and they all came over to kneel down and pay respects, saying that they were willing to follow the big boss.

Song Ting didn't want such a group of lazy bandits, and he didn't speak at that time, just let the minions lead the way.

After arriving in the village, the captive women were released with some property, and then the minions sent some money and property were dismissed, and the rest was looted by the entire cottage, and the property obtained was more than 50,000 yuan, all of which were packed and loaded into trucks and transported back to Yongtai County.

The nearby villagers heard that someone had brought the bandits' nest to the side, and they all came to watch, and on the way, they saw Song Ting and other ten people escorting the car away, and they all came to give them their belongings, saying that they were grateful for eliminating harm for the people.

Song Ting got 50,000 yuan in the village, so he was naturally embarrassed to ask for the people's property again, and after hurriedly thanking him, he hurriedly escorted the car back to Yongtai County.

(End of chapter)