It was almost dawn, Zeng Aniu got up, washed roughly, and went to the front yard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info At this time, there were already several people in the front yard. Zeng Aniu saw that Mr. Song, Boss Zhang's housekeeper, was also there, so he leaned over and asked:

"Mr. Song, I heard that a head coach was invited to teach us how to shoot today? I don't know where this sect leader comes from? ”

"This sect leader, that's not a mortal." Mr. Song said, "It was Boss Zhang who spent a lot of money to invite from Boss Hai. This sea boss is not ordinary, I heard people say that he was originally a warrior monk of Southern Shaolin, who could make a 100-pound water grinding Zen staff, and his kung fu was superb, and he could also kill seven in and seven out in a million army, and he was brave enough to be brave. Later, he also became the personal guard of Zheng Dashuai, the general soldier of Fujian, and followed Zheng Dashuai, and hacked to death with his own hands, not 1,000 but 800 pirates. Later, he served as a teacher of General Zheng Shao, and General Zheng's martial arts also came from his teaching. Now that Boss Hai is old, Zheng Dashuai asked him to be in charge of this gun business, which is also to let him earn some pension money. The head of the sect that our boss Zhang invited from him is said to have worked in Zheng Dashuai's army, killed Fanren, and also killed the heroes of Jianzhou Tartar. This time, you have to keep up with others, but you have to study hard and be worthy of the wages given to you by the boss. ”

Zeng Aniu heard this, and hurriedly said yes again and again.

This boss is the one who was put in the Spaniard's prison with Zeng Aniu after the Spaniards broke through the wall with cannons. After being released by the Spaniards, the Spaniards of his original grange store and other things were also returned to him, but the floating wealth, such as the silver hidden in the cellar, and the silk and silk at home, were not all returned. The Spaniards just said that those things were stolen by the natives, and they didn't care. Without these money and these goods, Boss Zhang's business was not easy to open, so Boss Zhang went to discuss with Lord Wu, the civil tribune. After hearing the situation, Lord Wu said that it would not be easy for the Spaniards to spit out the money, but he could guarantee that if the Chinese went to recover their property from the natives, and there would be any conflict, the Spaniards would not dare to favor the natives. Boss Zhang can organize a group of people to snatch his property back from the natives together with other bosses who have also been robbed by the natives. Anyway, guns or something, Boss Hai can keep an account first, and then give money to others when he gets the things back.

"Besides, there is no such team training team, will you still be able to sleep after making more money in the future, Boss Zhang?" Lord Wu finally said this to Boss Zhang.

So as soon as Boss Zhang came out of Master Wu, he found a few friends and went to visit Boss Hai - the nominal boss Hai Dafu had not come to Luzon at all, and it was his son Hai Changgui who was in charge of this business here. Boss Hai promised that he could account for their guns, but according to the treaty, each Chinese could only buy one spear, so if Boss Zhang wanted to give guns on credit, he had to find enough manpower first. So Zeng Aniu was recruited by Boss Zhang again.

At this time, it was already dawn, and there were more and more people in the yard, and even Boss Zhang came. Mr. Song opened the courtyard door, and then looked at the door with Boss Zhang, while everyone waited in the courtyard. After a few more moments, the sound of a carriage came from outside. Boss Zhang said: "It's coming, it's coming!" ”

After a while, a carriage stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and a big man jumped down from the carriage and asked Boss Zhang, who greeted him, "But Boss Zhang from Guangfayuan?" ”

"Exactly." Boss Zhang hurriedly replied, "Sir?" ”

Boss Zhang saw that this person was tall, a head taller than himself, but this person didn't have any beard on his face, and he looked like he was about seventeen or eighteen years old. I remembered that Boss Hai said that the one who helped him find it was a good man and veteran who had killed the Tartars, and now that he saw this person so young, he couldn't help but have some doubts.

"Hello Boss Zhang! I am the head Tong Hu sent by Boss Hai. It's specially here to teach everyone to shoot and kill. The man smiled innocently, revealing two sharp tiger teeth.

"It turned out to be a child leader, disrespectful and disrespectful. The head of the sect, please. Although there were still some doubts, Boss Zhang still welcomed Tong Hu in.

Tong Hu followed Boss Zhang into the yard, glanced at the people in the yard, and asked, "Are all the brothers that Boss Zhang wants to hand over to me for training?" ”

"It's all here." Mr. Song hurriedly replied, and then turned to the crowd and said, "Don't give the head of the sect a salute yet." ”

Everyone hurriedly sang a promise to Tong Hu. Tong Hu also raised his hand and returned the military salute. Although he did not wear a military uniform, he had been accustomed to salute for many years.

"There are thirty-two brothers here, I don't know the number, right?" Tong Hu asked Mr. Song.

"Exactly." Mr. Song replied, and at the same time secretly thought in his heart: "These people are standing sparsely, one in the east and one in the west, and this Tong Jiao Tou just glanced at it, and said the number at once, but it is not simple. ”

"This is not the same as the number of people reported by Boss Zhang yesterday, but there are two more." Tong Hu said again.

"Last night, two more brothers joined in, but they didn't have time to tell Boss Hai." Boss Zhang replied.

"Boss Zhang, my brother's carriage carries thirty spears, all of which are fine flintlock rifles. But he didn't prepare the two brothers yet. However, Boss Zhang sent a brother to Boss Hai to record it, and he could bring the gun back. Now, let's let the brothers bring in the guns first. ”

Mr. Song hurriedly took the people and carried three long wooden boxes and a large wooden box from the carriage. The wooden box was very heavy, and several people carried the wooden box into the courtyard and placed it on the ground.

Tong Hu walked over and opened a long wooden box. The wooden box was covered with a layer of grass, and when the grass was removed, a few flintlock pistols appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Tong Hu picked one up, gently shook off the straw stuck to it, and then raised the gun to make a gun aiming action, and then put down the gun and said to everyone: "Brothers, look at it, this is the Beigang two-style flintlock pistol that everyone is going to use, the gun is four feet long, and the empty gun weighs nine pounds and six taels, which can accurately shoot at targets a hundred steps away." Equipped with three. Edge. Stab. A knife ......"

Saying this, he bent down again and took out a bayonet with a whaleskin holster from the wooden box, then shook his hand, pulled out the bayonet, and then put it on the barrel, turned it again, fixed the bayonet, and then made a stabbing motion, then put away the gun and stood up, and said: "This bayonet is one foot and five inches long, and it is made of fine iron." The triangular blade is not easy to get stuck after being pierced and is easy to pull out. And after pulling it out, the bloodletting is very fast, and the general method cannot stop the bleeding at all. It can be said that letting something stab is more fatal than being stabbed with a knife, and basically if you stab it, you can't save it. ”

Indeed, the North Harbor II flintlock pistol is equipped with three . Edge. Stab. The lethality of the knife is indeed amazing, but Zheng Sen has three for this thing. Edge. Stab. The knife is not because it's powerful, it's because it's cheap enough. If you want to use a sword-shaped bayonet, you must use steel to ensure strength and ensure that it will not break easily in a thrust. The triangular configuration of the bayonet is much larger in terms of structural strength, as long as it is made with a little better iron, the strength can be guaranteed. In this way, the cost is much cheaper.

"Very good, now, brothers come over one by one and touch this gun." Tong Hu said.

Everyone weighed the flintlock rifles one by one, and then, Tong Hu asked people to lock the box and carry it in. Because these people are not trained to use guns now.

At this time, it was time for breakfast, so Boss Zhang invited Tong Hu to eat with him. Tong Hu said: "Thank you boss, it's just that the rule in the army is that the instructor has always been to keep an eye on the students to eat, so as to teach them some rules, and wait for them to eat after they have eaten." ”

Boss Zhang listened to it and exclaimed: "Zheng Dashuai leads the troops well, it is really the reincarnation of Grandpa Wu Mu!" Well, Mr. Song, you can let the latter bring the brothers' breakfast first. ”

To say that Boss Zhang also knows that this is the time to employ people, the food he gives is really good, breakfast is hot rice porridge and rice cakes, and some pickles. In this day and age, such a breakfast is really good.

"No meat for breakfast, no eggs, don't know how lunch is? If you don't have these, I'm afraid the training intensity will drop a lot. Looking at this breakfast, Tong Hu thought so. Of course, Tong Hu also understands that not everywhere can be compared with the model army.

"Anyway, they don't want to fight the Tartars in the future, they just want to bully and bully the natives." Tong Hu thought that as long as he learned to put a gun and dared to use a bayonet, he would be able to beat the natives.

Tong Hu was thinking about it, but Boss Zhang came over and asked, "Tong Jiaotou, I don't know when this cannon will be available." ”

"Well." Tong Hu thought for a while and said, "If Boss Zhang wants a new one, I'm afraid it will take a long time, and it may not be available in two or three years." But if Boss Zhang is willing to use the old one, if he places an order now, he can send it from Taiwan in about a month. ”

"What's the difference between the new and the old?" Boss Zhang asked again.

"The new ones are naturally better." Tong Hu said, "It's just heavier, and you have to have several horses, or use a Tessie horse to pull it." Unlike the old cannon, two mules can be dragged and run. And these old guns have not been in use for a long time, eighty percent are new, but they are much cheaper, the boss really wants to buy them, I think it is better to use old guns. ”

The first batch of Jutland horses recently ordered from the Dutch had just been delivered to Jeju Island, and the huge cold-blooded horses were almost dumbfounded by Chinese and North Koreans accustomed to seeing small Mongolian horses. And after having such a horse, some of the infantry of the Model Army were equipped with old three-pounder guns, and even some early six-pounder guns that were not forged and drilled began to prepare to gradually retire from active service, and my Daming has always been very interested in such small cannons, and they are more willing to buy which 18-pounder or even 24-pounder big guys. So these 3-pounder guns and 6-pounder guns were put into the market of Luzon by the Zheng family.