At the end of September, the heat that ran through autumn and summer finally subsided.

On the Jiangyin wharf, a big ship is lifting anchor, and the river bank is full of people.

"Let's all go back and live a good life."

Li Chuan waved his hand, but he couldn't drive away the bankers who gave him off enthusiastically.

The young master is going to Songjiang to be an official, and the Li family's farmers have all spontaneously come to the dock to see them off, there are sixty-year-old men, and there are also five or six-year-old half-old children, everyone is very reluctant, and they are reluctant to let the young master leave.

With the young master here, everyone can live a good life.

Without the young master, they are worried that the current good life will not last long.

This is what the common people think, and the simplicity reveals their nature.

The big ship gradually moved away, and the villagers stood at the dock for a long time, until they could no longer see the shadow of the big boat in their sight, Li Changyue left with all the families and the villagers with a heavy heart, and silently wished the young master a smooth journey.

The smoke and waves were immense, and the big ship was down the river, and the speed was quite fast.

Li Chuan stood at the bow of the boat, overlooking the clear water and blue sky, and his mind was a lot broader.

When he went to Songjiang, he didn't bring many people, except for fifty family members, he only brought three or five people to serve with him, Li Man's two sons and Su Liang Wuniang and his wife, even if Su Xiaomei and the maid Ping'er were added, there were less than sixty people.

Officialdom is a big net, and you can't do whatever you want.

To be in it, you have to abide by the rules of the game in officialdom.

Li Chuan understood this truth, so he didn't move his family directly, and only brought fifty family members, so why did he have to wait for him to gain a foothold in Jinshanwei before he could bring all the people who were willing to go to Songjiang with him.

Before that, there had already been a wave of people who went to Jinshanwei first to take the lead for him.

Holbach said that profit is all the driving force of human action.

Whether it is a bureaucrat or a businessman, in fact, the most fundamental thing that everyone struggles for is interests.

Western goods have allowed Li Chuan to lay a very large net, and those wealthy businessmen and powerful people who get Western goods can be regarded as a link in his network, but no matter how strong the relationship of interests is, it must be based on equal strength.

Those wealthy businessmen and powerful people are not credible, Li Chuan deeply understands this truth.

Only the first seven agents formed a fairly strong alliance with Li Chuan under the impetus of interests.

Therefore, after he hinted slightly, the seven agents went south first and went to Jinwei Mountain.

There was a gust of river wind blowing at the bow of the ship, and Li Chuan instructed Zhao Tiezhu to move the big boxes out of the cabin.

The big box contained the equipment he bought from Taobao for his family members and put it in the silver vault. There was already a batch of Western goods left behind in the silver vault, which was just used to hide people's eyes and ears and justify the origin of these equipment.

"Open!"

Li Chuan commanded, and a family member immediately opened the box.

"Young Master, what is this?"

Zhao Tiezhu glanced at it and couldn't help scratching his head.

He was familiar with Western goods, but he had never seen these things.

"Open them all."

Li Chuan ignored him and continued to command.

The family members worked together and soon opened all the more than 20 large boxes.

Li Chuan then said: "This is the equipment I got from the Westerners, and I came to get the equipment." ”

The family members all gathered around, looking curiously at the equipment they had never seen before.

While handing out the equipment, Li Wei pointed out the use and use of the equipment.

"Young Master, is this a firebolt?"

Liu Sanmao asked curiously with an M14 semi-automatic rifle in his hand.

"Yes, it's a Western-made firecracker."

Li Chuan took a gun and personally loaded it to demonstrate how to shoot a shot.

M14 is a semi-automatic rifle that is about to be eliminated, the advantage is that the firing range is long, the accuracy is high, the power is great, the disadvantage is that the recoil is a bit large, and the gun body is heavy, the consumption of arm strength is very large, and the time affects the battle.

However, this does not seem to be a problem for the poor ancients, who only have strength left.

As for the problem of high recoil, Li Chuan is really a little painful.

Although he had been prepared, as soon as the gunshots rang out, his shoulders were numb from the shock.

The family members all widened their eyes, watching the young master put the fire gun on his shoulder motionless, and they wondered a little in their hearts, they didn't understand why the young master didn't load after a shot, but just stood still stupidly, is there any trick.

Li Chuan was scolding his mother in his heart, it was not that he didn't want to move, but his shoulders were numb and he couldn't move.

The recoil of this gun was too great, and it was a bit bigger than he expected.

If it is so big, it is estimated that it can crack the shoulder blades of a person.

After a while, the right arm finally regained its mobility.

Li Chuan moved his arms casually, and said, "Lao Huang, you can try it with a shot." ”

This thing probably saw something, and it turned out to be a look on his face.

Huang Tianxiang couldn't think about what happened to the young master just now, so he hurriedly took a rifle, clumsily loaded and bored under Li Chuan's personal guidance, and then opened the scope very unnaturally, and was immediately taken aback.

This batch of M14s is estimated to have been made by Levin himself, and they are all equipped with telescopic scopes.

In Huang Tianxiang's sight, a small bird flying in the sky seemed to be pulled in front of him.

After hesitating, he gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger at the bird's throat.

Bang!

The defenseless Huang Tianxiang immediately stumbled and almost fell on his back.

As for the right shoulder of the gun, he was instantly shocked and lost consciousness.

The family members suddenly realized, and finally understood why the young master was motionless just now.

"Hey, I hit it."

At this moment, a family member sighed and looked at the birds falling from the sky with a hellish expression.

Li Chuan raised his eyes and was immediately stunned.

Fired a shot indiscriminately and actually hit the bird?

"Hah, I actually hit."

Huang Tianxiang didn't care that his right shoulder was still numb and unconscious, and he almost jumped up in excitement.

"I'll try."

Zhao Tiezhu also had a little itchy hands, so he hurriedly fished out a gun and bored it according to the cat and the tiger.

Bang!

A gunshot rang out, and the bullet went into the water.

Zhao Tiezhu grinned and said, "The anti-shock force of this fire gun is too great. ”

Li Chuan asked, "Is there a way to overcome it?" ”

Zhao Tiezhu said: "The problem is not too big, practice more and get used to it." If this is not possible, a thick cushion on the shoulder can also reduce some of the anti-shock force, or a wooden stake can also be used to erect the fire gun to avoid the anti-shock force. ”

Li Chuan was relieved at this time, if he couldn't solve the recoil, it would be a chicken rib.

Huang Tianxiang exclaimed: "The Western firearm is so powerful, it can be fired thirty times with one bullet, the key is that there is no lead and gunpowder, I don't know how the bullet flies out, the little one has never heard of such a powerful gun." ”

Li Chuan said: "So I often teach you not to sit in the well and watch the sky, the West not only has a fire gun without a lead gunpowder, but also a big ship that can sail without manpower and sails, and even in a few hundred years, those Western craftsmen may build a big ship that can fly to the sky, if the Ming Dynasty does not change, it won't be long before those Westerners will drive a strong ship and a cannon." ”

The family members obviously didn't believe it, and regarded it as a myth and legend, and didn't take it to heart at all.

Li Chuan didn't say much anymore, some things couldn't be changed by him in just a few words.

As long as the seeds are sown, there will always be a time for them to take root and sprout.

The family members were in high spirits and were all practicing shooting with great interest.

There was the clever one, so he simply found a piece of wood, tied it with a rope and fell into the water, tied one end to the stern of the boat, and the wood floating on the water as a target to shoot, and rushed to shoot one by one, even if his shoulders were numb, he could not suppress the excitement.