The ancestral house of the Chu family, in the west wing.

Chu Fan picked up Sun Yuanhua's letter, and immediately found that the fire paint on the envelope had been tampered with, and recalled the worried and awe-inspiring look of the postman who sent the letter, and he understood that this letter had been opened and read.

Frowning and opening the letter to look at the contents, Chu Fan smiled, Sun Yuanhua said in the letter that the flintlock pistol had been successfully trial-produced, so he sent him a special one, and the letter also said that Xu Guangqi had recovered, and it was estimated that he should go to Beijing next month, and told him to visit the old man when he arrived in Beijing - such content, Chu Fan wished that Wang Ting would try to peek at it.

Putting down the letter, Chu Fan opened the wooden box, picked up the flintlock pistol and examined it carefully, the gun was more than four feet long, of which the barrel accounted for two-thirds; The wall of the barrel is not thick, about a centimeter or so, and it can be seen that it is slowly wrapped layer by layer; The inner diameter is also more than a centimeter, Chu Fan stretched out his finger and tried it, the inner wall is very smooth, and it seems that the polishing is in place.

After reading the barrel, Chu Fan carefully observed the rear of the gun: the wooden butt was still the old shape of a bird's gun, and it was slightly bent down at an angle to facilitate shooting against the shoulder; The trigger is made of copper, and the lever is hidden in the wood, so it is impossible to see how it is arranged; On the back of the gun, a dragon head with flint stands tall, and in front of it is the lid of the medicine pool of his own design.

Chu Fan tried to pull the trigger, and in an instant, the lid of the medicine pool turned over, and the flint faucet smashed down, drawing a spark on the iron sheet, and all of them fell into the medicine pool, and it seemed that the effect was not bad.

Under careful inspection, Chu Fan found a problem, the lid of the medicine pool was not tightly fastened, and moisture-proof was very problematic, but it was unavoidable in this era, so he could only think of other ways to make up for it - flint faucets are the same, how to prevent moisture is a big problem.

Just as he was thinking about it, a shout rang out from outside the door, "Little Fu'er! "You don't need to ask Chu Fan to know that Liu Zhongwen is here.

Since the day this guy heard that he was going to form an escort team, he ran to Wanzikou Village every day, and as soon as he came, he pulled Chu Fan and said how he was going to practice, which made Chu Fan's head extremely big.

As soon as he entered the door, Liu Zhongwen was attracted by the strange-shaped bird gun, and snatched it from Chu Fan's hand and played with it.

Chu Fan only used one sentence to make him put down the flintlock pistol, "The escort team has been recruited, and it will be here today." ”

Liu Zhongwen's eyes widened and he asked excitedly, "Where is it?" What about people? ”

Chu Fan didn't answer his words, turned around and walked to the desk for a while, took out a thread-bound notebook, handed it to Liu Zhongwen and said, "Hei Niu, I have no opinion on you to take the escort team, but you have to promise me that you will practice according to the method in this book, will you succeed?" "This book is the PLA code of conduct that Chu Fan sorted out.

Liu Zhongwen opened the book curiously, and shouted before he could read a few words, "What are you!" How to stand and how to walk, do you still need to teach this? …… Didn't I tell you how many times, I plan to use Qi Shaobao's method to practice. ”

Chu Fan was furious, snatched the book with his hand, and asked viciously, "You open your mouth Qi Shaobao, close your mouth Qi Shaobao, do you know how Qi Shaobao trains his troops?" ”

Liu Zhongwen rolled his eyes and replied disdainfully, "I can memorize the "New Book of Ji Xiao" backwards, how can I not know...... The brave must not be the first, and the cowardly must not be behind; The guns poked, the guns poked, the knives slashed, and the killings returned him...... Hear only the golden drum with your ears, and see the banner with your eyes, and the two lights at night...... If the banner and the drum do not move, the Lord will not obey what he says. Even if the gods say what they want, they are not allowed to obey it, but they just blindly look at the orders of the banners and ......"

"Stop! Stop! Chu Fan's head hurt as soon as he heard his gushing recitation of "Ji Xiao's New Book", and quickly stopped, "What you said is right, to put it bluntly, it's just four words, and the order is forbidden, right?" ”

Liu Zhongwen nodded without thinking about it, "Yes, you just have to listen to the order." ”

Chu Fan smiled bitterly, "The question is, how do you get them to ban it?" ”

Liu Zhongwen didn't even think about it, "This is simple, if you don't obey, you will be beaten with a military stick, and you will be honest if you go down with a military stick, and my father will do it." ”

Chu Fan rolled his eyes wildly, he was completely speechless to Liu Zhongwen - once the concept of a person is formed, it is difficult to change.

But this escort must be handed over to Liu Zhongwen, and if it doesn't work, this guy must be completely subdued.

Chu Fan rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then said to Liu Zhongwen with a smile, "Black Bull, why don't you do this...... The people have been recruited, we are one and a half, you use your method, I use mine, and after ten days see whose soldiers are more obedient and more prohibitive, how about it? ”

"Done!" Liu Zhongwen replied loudly, and then asked with some doubts, "Isn't ten days a bit too short?" I'm afraid they won't even recognize the banner and the golden drum! ”

"Not short!" Chu Fan said categorically, "My soldiers are not all the same, I have a way to make them obedient." ”

After speaking, he glanced at Liu Zhongwen and said with a smile, "Hei Niu, if you are not sure, you can admit defeat directly." ”

"Who isn't sure?" Liu Zhongwen couldn't be excited, jumped to his feet and glared, "Ten days is ten days!" How do you say if you lose? ”

"If I lose, it's up to you how to practice in the future," Chu Fan said with a grin, looking like a weasel stealing chickens, "But if you lose, you will have to listen to me in the future and practice according to my method, how about it?" ”

Liu Zhongwen stared at Chu Fan suspiciously, and said in his heart that this kid is so sure, could it be that his method can really work?

But think about it again, Chu Fan is a powerless little showman, Liu Zhongwen didn't believe that he could train better than himself!

It's like the truth, it's just that I'm afraid that I won't care, which is obviously a radical method!

Thinking of this, Liu Zhongwen patted his chest angrily and said, "I bet with you!" ”

After finishing it, he patted Chu Fan's shoulder and said, "Little Fu'er, in fact, you don't need to provoke me, I will also lead these soldiers well." ”

Chu Fan rolled his eyes, and was just about to sneer at each other, when he heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the courtyard, Chu Fan opened the door and saw that Chu Qin was walking towards the West Chamber with small steps, "Little brother, the pillar is here, I brought twenty or thirty people, just waiting for you to go." ”

After speaking, he saw Liu Zhongwen behind Chu Fan, and said with a salute, "Brother Liu is also here, my little sister has seen Brother Shi." ”

Liu Zhongwen hurriedly bowed his hand and sang a salute, Chu Fan waited for them to finish being polite, and then smiled at Liu Zhongwen, "Say Cao Cao Cao is here, people are coming, let's go, let's pick people!" ”

Liu Zhongwen pursed his lips, followed behind the Chu family brothers and sisters without saying a word, and came towards the threshing floor.

Before I entered the door, I heard a commotion inside!