In addition, about horseback riding, those who seem to be sheep and other horse farm horses are not mentioned, Lao Bai has lived since he was a child, not a pastoral area, but there are many opportunities for military horses and horses, and the neighbors also have three horses, just tell everyone that riding a horse is not so simple.

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Guo Dong looked at the other party's cold gaze and the hand pressed on the hilt, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, but fortunately, at this time, Li Meng in the room raised his voice and said:

"Is it Guo Dong, I called him here, let him in!"

At this time, the two salt Ding were sideways to let him pass, before Guo Dong entered the house, he couldn't help but stop and breathe a sigh of relief, thinking to himself how could Li Meng's salt Ding have such a heavy murderous aura, Guo Dong also saw many Liaozhen border soldiers when he was in Liaodong, Liaozhen border soldiers have always been known as the first in the world, but even those chief military officers' family soldiers don't seem to have such an aura, how to train it.

As soon as he entered the room, Guo Dong was just about to kneel down to say hello, but was stopped by Li Meng, Li Meng's calm expression also became a little eager, and he asked:

"Is that thing ready?"

Guo Dong hurriedly handed over the long bag in his hand, Li Meng took it and opened the wrapper, revealing the instrument inside - a firearm, this is the first time Li Meng has come into contact with a firearm since he came to this era, Li Meng felt his heart beating violently.

However, after the fire hammer in the furoshiki was revealed, Li Meng was not so excited, looking up and down there, he always felt that something was wrong with his impression, were the ancient muskets like this?

The general shape of this gun is not much different from the rifle, but the barrel is too slender, and the caliber of the muzzle is difficult to even stuff the little finger in, looking at Li Meng frowning, Guo Dong asked worriedly:

"Master, is there anything wrong with this firecracker?"

"Is this barrel too thin?"

"It's not fine, it's not fine, it's all like this when I was in Liaozhen, and the villain has also been built, how can I not know."

Li Meng shook his head and shouted outside:

"You two go out of the courtyard and close the courtyard door, and remember not to stand by the door and go behind the wall."

Yan Ding, who was guarding outside, agreed, and when he heard the courtyard door closed, Li Meng walked into the courtyard, Guo Dong took out a small bag, took out lead and fire yao from it, and charged the fire gun there, the whole strip was a bamboo branch, it is estimated that this is in a hurry, and it must be difficult for the iron rod to make such a thin through.

After filling the firecracker, Guo Dong lit the firerope with a flint, and Li Meng put the firerope at the end of the firecracker, lit the primer in the medicine pool, and held it up according to the previous shooting position......

With a "bump", Li Meng aimed at the thick wooden gate in the courtyard, less than thirty steps away, such a big target, naturally hit.

Li Meng didn't feel any recoil, that is, his shoulders trembled, compared to modern rifles and submachine guns, the crux of the problem is that compared to the high pressure he has played*, this recoil is still a lot smaller, and when he looks up at the thick wooden door, he can still find where the lead is.

The lead shot out of this fire gun was just deep in it, and it did not penetrate, Li Meng's face suddenly darkened, what kind of power is this, the lead is less than one-third the size of the little finger, light and fluttering, even if it hits, it is still within thirty steps.

Guo Dong, who was on the side, looked at Li Meng's face was wrong, and explained with some trepidation:

"Master, this thing is not very easy to use in Liaodong, the soldiers are reluctant to call, saying that even the cotton armor of the Tartar can't be pierced, and it is still old and explosive, don't tell the master, or the bow and arrow are the most effective, and a few craftsmen with the villain, there are also ...... who can make bows and arrows."

"How do you do it so finely?"

Guo Dong's words were immediately interrupted by Li Meng, and Guo Dong said with a smile:

"Master, you don't know, this fire gun has to be thin and long to hit far, if there is a guy who can take advantage of it, it can be even thinner."

Li Meng frowned, desperately recalling the European-style smoothbore gun he saw in the military museum in his previous life, and then looked at the firearm in his hand, and finally understood what the problem was, this firearm with a slender barrel should be called a bird gun, although it is a light firearm of the Ming army, it can also be used to fight a bird.

"What's the use of being slender, thick is real."

According to his vague memory, Li Meng casually put his finger on the two-thirds length of the barrel and commanded:

"At this length, the caliber has expanded me several times, this gun is almost half a spear long, what's the use of such a length, just build it according to what I said."

Guo Dong also wanted to say that this was not in line with the rules created before, but he was a slave of others, not to mention that he looked at Li Meng's expression quite anxiously, and he didn't dare to distinguish anything, so he could only think in his heart, if the barrel was thick, it would be easy, and it would take a few days less than the thin pipe.

In October of the sixth year of Chongzhen, Lijiazhuang in Fengmeng Town has been roughly completed, saying that it is a manor, pavilions and water pavilions and other landscapes, but a circle of walls to enclose a house, the wall is not high, and the occupants are nothing more than dozens of Liao families and 150 salt people stationed here.

The salt was trained daily under the supervision of Li Meng, and the Liao people either cultivated in the nearby fields or worked in the salt fields, and those who had the skills were all in their own shops.

Now the salt goods and salt goods are traded in Fengmeng Town, which has become much more prosperous than last year, after all, so many salt merchants and salt sellers here to solve the problem of food and lodging, spend money and consume, in modern terms, it can be regarded as driving the local economy, and the market of Fengmeng Town has gradually become prosperous.

The shops in Jiaozhou City and the like, there are also branches here, after all, there is also a Jiaohe River here, leading to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, the traffic is quite convenient, everything is convenient here.

Li Meng found that although he now controlled the illegal salt trafficking in nearly the two provinces, and his income was considered to be a daily income, the silver money that fell into the bag was spent like flowing water in the blink of an eye, and the clothing, food, housing and transportation of these 750 people were too expensive, and Li Meng felt that the standard set for his subordinates was not high.

He sent people to the Laizhou camp to inquire, and the military salary of the soldiers was 1 tael and 5 yuan of silver a month, a load of rice and noodles, including weapons and other expenses, almost 25 taels of silver a year, and nearly 20,000 taels of silver a year for 750 people, according to the income from controlling the private salt of the two prefectures after July, Li Meng's income was about 32,000 taels a year.

After deducting the salary cost of Yanding, and then there are all kinds of dots, Li Meng can have a net income of 7,000 taels a year, but some of this money has to be invested in the blacksmith shop, although these two blacksmith shops are to undertake some farm tools and simple weapons to the outside world, but the cost is much larger than normal, several times Master Ning and the tent felt that these Liaomin blacksmiths were there to fill their pockets, but they were stopped by Li Meng.