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Chapter Eighty-Eight: Sales

"There are a total of 30,000 catties of red copper and 50,000 catties of wrought iron." Zhu Eighty-one originally wanted to hand over all the materials, so he didn't hide it, and reported to Sesame Li like a few treasures. However, the last general did not build yì and minted all this batch of copper materials. In this battle, there are many problems with the current grenade, and the power is not as great as originally thought. And the bronze cannon, which is the kind of large-scale firearm that the general had introduced to the chief manager before he came out, played a very crucial role! ”

"Really?! Better than grenades? How to use it?! When Sesame Li heard this, his interest was immediately aroused, and he took his eyes off the chicken bus and asked loudly.

"The chief manager, Changshi, and a few brothers, please come with me!" Zhu Bayi made a gesture and led everyone to a clean straw shed. Jumping off the mount, he pointed to the three bronze cannons inside, and vigorously sold, "This thing, if you use solid buckshot, within five hundred steps, no matter how thick the armor the opponent wears, it will be a death." About fifty steps, it can be replaced with chestnut-sized buckshots, loaded with thirty each time, and a cannon can be blasted out, and even people with armor can be beaten to a pulp! ”

"Shhh When Sesame Li heard this, he immediately took a light breath of cold air, turned his head to Zhao Junyong, and asked solemnly: "Strategist, how far can the bomb thrower in our hands throw a two-pound flowering mine?!" ”

"The farthest is almost 500 paces!" Zhao Junyong thought about it and responded a little unwillingly, "But the scale of the bomb throwing vehicle is much larger than this bronze bell." It's just that this bell has to be made of at least 500 catties of copper, and I'm afraid there will be a waste when casting."

"The copper water wasted during casting can be recycled and remelted for copper smelting!" When Zhu Bayi heard this, he immediately added something. "Boss, Changshi, brothers, look at this again"

As he spoke, he took out a few pieces of rotten stainless steel armor from the wooden box next to the copper cannon, and placed them one by one in the setting sun, "This one was hit by a solid bullet." You see, it was this position that was smashed in the first place. All the nail pieces were folded inward, and the internal organs of the Ah man wearing this armor were all shattered, and all of them squirted out of his mouth. This one, it was sprayed at close range with a trumpet buckshot, you see, it was full of holes, and the whole person became a sieve on the spot! And this one, this is a vest woven with steel chains, and after the buckshot hits the ground, it jumps up and sweeps the side"

In order to motivate the Xuzhou army to accept firearms as much as possible, he strictly forbade wiping off the blood and minced meat when ordering his soldiers to collect armor from the corpses of enemy soldiers. After a day and a night, the smell of the armor had begun to stink. Sesame Li was smoked into nausea for a while, but he insisted on reading all the armor, and then said categorically: "Okay, I'll listen to you." After returning home, the 30,000 catties of cooked copper will be handed over to the workshop of your left army to make artillery. What is missing other than copper ingots? You just make a list and send someone to find Lao Zhao to get it. Lao Zhao, we must fully support Brother Zhu in this matter. After all, he's the only one of us who has ever fought a field battle with a Tartar cavalry. ”

"Yes!" Now that Sesame Li has made a decision, of course Zhao Junyong can't have a hard top with him. Nodding his head, he whispered yes. Looking at Zhu Eighty-one's gaze again, it began to become cold again.

The various types of bomb throwing vehicles specially used to throw grenades were jointly driven by his henchman Li Mubai and Mr. Shi Su, the commander of the left army. And the main credit has to be attributed to Li Mubai, and Mr. Su can only be regarded as a hand for the former. As a result, hundreds of bomb throwers have not yet been able to play a role on the battlefield, but they are about to face the fate of being replaced by copper cannons, how can he be willing to accept this result?!

Moreover, with the equipment of the bronze cannon, the left army, which was already very important in the Xuzhou army, may be even higher than the other battalions. In the long run, this may not be a good thing for Xuzhou Jun and for Sesame Li himself! If Zhu Bayi is always as ambitious as he is now, in case in the future, with the growth of strength, this son's ambition will become bigger and bigger

was thinking about it gloomily, but he heard Zhu Eighty-one say loudly, "This batch of iron materials, the last general will also have a Jianyi." The last general has been thinking about making fire guns out of wrought iron for some time ago. Before leaving, I had already obtained a few samples, but the range was a little short, and it was very troublesome to operate, so I didn't bring them out. This encounter with the Argentines showed that their cavalry and archers were very strong, and if they wanted to fight them purely with foot soldiers, I am afraid that spears and firearms were the best choice. ”

"The range is short, how short is it?" Sesame Li was already a little used to constantly hearing new things from Zhu Eighty-one's mouth, thought about it, and asked with a smile.

"You can hit more than 150 steps at most, but if you want to break through the iron armor, you have to take less than 50 steps. On the right head, there is no guarantee after fifty steps! Zhu Eighty-one recalled that he saw the real thing of the iron fire gun before he came out, and replied truthfully.

Compared with the bronze big lifting gun in Lian Laohei's hand, the fire gun fired by drilling holes in the iron rod is definitely a chicken rib. Zhu Eighty-one himself once wanted to throw away this thing first. But after yesterday's actual battle, he suddenly realized that he must equip his soldiers with muskets as quickly as possible. So as not to be poked there and smashed by the opponent's cavalry as a target during a defensive battle.

And the cost of equipping bronze guns is really out of the current bearing capacity of the Xuzhou army. The fact that it takes two people to operate the gun also severely limits the future of this object. Therefore, with the current conditions, the original iron pipe fire gun can only be picked up from the garbage heap again!

"Then it's better to have a bow and arrow!" Sesame Li listened to Zhu Bayi's introduction, felt a little disappointed, frowned, and responded in a low voice.

"yes, we have so much iron, wouldn't it be nice to make more clusters of arrows?!" Zhao Junyong immediately took over the conversation and added loudly. "I've seen the water hammer of your left army. Use it to hit arrow clusters, and you can form a dozen at a time! ”

"Training archers takes a lot longer than training firecrackers!" Zhu Eighty-one couldn't tell the other party that he had learned about the future trend of weapons and proposed the concept of muskets replacing bows and arrows, which could only be explained vaguely.

"Not necessarily!" Zhao Junyong finally found an opportunity to suppress him, shook his head, and denied with a smile, "Brother Zhu, you really think bad this time." I've never seen that firebolt of yours, but it's probably similar to the kind of handcuffs used by the Tartars. Each time, you have to charge, crush the egg, and ignite before you can aim. There is time to fire once, and it is enough for the archer to shoot five arrows! And the archers are on the battlefield and most of the time they do not need to aim at all. According to the military order, it is enough to throw the feather arrow into the designated area. Your firecracker, but it can only shoot flat, and it's hard to aim accurately! ”

"Yes, yes! Brother Zhu, we have made bows and arrows accustomed to it. Your firecracker, like artillery, first familiarize yourself with it, and then teach us how to use it! Mao Gui also came over and smiled and gave Zhao Jun a help.

"Yes, how good the bow and arrow are, easy to learn, and save materials!"

"Didn't Brother Zhu seize another batch of bows and arrows this time? After going back, everyone divided one point and organized a few more archery teams to come out. Intensify training, isn't it?! ”

The other senior generals of the Xuzhou Army originally had no concept of fire in their hearts. Hearing that Mao Gui and Zhao Jun were not optimistic about the future of this thing, they also poured cold water with a smile.

When Sesame Li heard this, he smiled and said, "It's still the old rule." The Zhu brothers' left army began to be equipped with firearms from now on. The iron needed to craft the firebolt is to be collared in the vault. Zhao Changshi's side is open to supply. The other brothers, for the time being, use bows and arrows first. When the left army has used the firecracker, and summed up a specific charter, it is not too late for everyone to learn to use it slowly! ”

"Yes!" The generals smiled and bowed down together to receive the order.

"Well, then!" Zhu Eighty-one had no choice but to accept this compromise solution. Anyway, the current output of iron fire guns can't go up, and after the hydraulic drilling machine used, it is only about a dozen per day. In addition, it is necessary to repeatedly determine the amount of charge and the size of the projectile, so as to avoid frequent explosions and insufficient lethality of the projectile. In a short period of time, it is not bad to be able to equip the left army with a few hundred-man teams, but it is indeed impossible to supply the entire Xuzhou army openly.

Seeing that his expression was a little depressed, Sesame Li looked around and deliberately diverted the topic, "Brother Zhu's camp is so neatly arranged, what is placed in a place, you can see it at a glance after you come in." And it doesn't delay everyone walking inside. It's not like me, it always looks like a wet market! ”

"Yes, yes, what is the secret of Brother Zhu, can you teach us?!"

"Teach a lesson, hurry up and teach a lesson, you are not allowed to hide your smuggling!" Mao Gui, Peng Da and others also laughed and praised loudly.

Zhu Eighty-one refused to be greedy, thought about it, and responded with a smile: "This is all the method that Ivanov under the command of the last general thought of." He used to be a centurion in the imperial court, and he painted a scoop according to the gourd, so he moved some good things over!! ”

"Well moved! Well moved! The rules of the Tartar court are not all bad. There are some rules that are applicable, we can learn some if we can, there is no harm! Sesame Lee turned his head to look at Ivan, a veteran ruffian with a smile on his face, and shouted encouragement.

"Thank you, Boss, for the compliment! The last general will definitely do his best to assist the governor, assist you, and achieve a great cause! Ivanov immediately responded excitedly as if he had eaten two hundred pounds of honey.

"It's good that you have this mind. Although it looks different from us, the ancients seem to have said that those who enter China are Chinese. As long as you have one heart with everyone, everyone will not treat you as an outsider! "Sesame Li has seen him many times, and knows that he is the virtue that this mud can't hold up to the wall. He waved his hand again and added with a smile.