Transactions are transactions, Xiao Ye saw that this rich kid could bend down to communicate, so he took the opportunity to propose to give away the fire gun, which made Huang Changzu very happy, face, he looked at it very important, once he didn't talk about business, he was still quite proud.

The matter of the fire gun can't be hidden, it's better to take it out generously, if you want to buy it, the price is not up to him.

As for the telescope, Xiao Ye didn't mention it, this object is still a little sensitive, and he doesn't do anything that is profound.

"Hahahaha, okay, Brother Xiao," laughed heartily, for Xiao Ye, who was quite a little angry, Huang Changzu was quite satisfied, his eyes flashed, and he stood up, "Brother Xiao and I fell in love, if I am lucky, I, Huang Changzu, am willing to marry Brother Xiao as Jinlan, and I don't know, what does Xiao Baihu want?" ”

His words made Xiao Ye stunned for a moment, and also made Yang Tian, who rushed over, speechless.

Only the Huang steward who was standing next to him waiting, the corners of his eyes were jumping, the third young master's Jinlan brothers, which one was not eaten to death by him, Taiyuan Mansion was already famous.

"What, Xiao Baihu doesn't look down on me Huang Changzu?" Xiao Ye's very sluggish face, that stupid expression, made Huang Changzu's face unhappy, and also made Yang Tianshou secretly shake his head.

"No, which, I'm a small hundred, how can I be able to climb up to you Young Master Huang?" Scratching his head in embarrassment, Xiao Ye didn't have much surprise, but cautious and dignified, but it made Huang Changzu happy again. If he is not surprised when he is happy and does not panic, his brother should be like this.

"What is high or not high, because of the person, the identity of the family is not among them," with a wave of his hand, Huang Changzu ordered Huang Guan to prepare incense and candles, pulled Xiao Ye, and simply went to the Land Temple, and directly with Xiao Baihu, under the witness of Yang Tianshou and Huang Steward, he planted incense in front of the land god and worshiped as brothers of the opposite sex.

The exchange of birthday eight characters, the ghosts and gods in front of the incense oath, the Ming Dynasty people are quite solemn.

Xiao Ye's heart was still very excited, he didn't expect that he would have an extra brother; Huang Changzu is three years older than him, and he deserves to be the eldest brother. Huang Changzu, who is a veteran worker, easily pulled Xiao Ye into his camp.

As for whether it was true or false, he immediately had an advantage in the Shiguantun yellow plaster transaction; This point made Yang Tianshou very unoptimistic about Xiao Ye's indecency.

Eating soft or not hard is a hard wound for Xiao Ye.

At this time, Xiao Ye knew that Huang Changzu had two brothers of the opposite sex in Taiyuan Mansion, both of whom were children of rich families who were doing business at home, and now they were in charge of the newly established battalion in Weiwu Town, which was ruled by Taiyuan Mansion.

And he turned out to be Huang Changzu's fourth brother.

In the small courtyard of Xiao Ye's house, holding the ice and ice fire, Huang Changzu excitedly fiddled for a while, if it wasn't late, he would have dragged Xiao Ye to fight the gun. This kind of weapon with a slender shape, which is very different from the fire gun he has seen before, he is also full of curiosity in his eyes.

"Fourth, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, let's go to fight the gun, I heard that you used the fire gun to fight against the tartar, it is quite rewarding, and you have to know a thing or two for your brother," Unlike Huang Changzu, who looked curious, Xiao Ye explained very carefully.

"The fire is dangerous, Brother Huang must be cautious, the gentleman does not stand under the dangerous wall, if you have to use it, remember not to fire continuously, the wound of the explosion, there are injuries in Li Langzhong," Xiao Ye's kind words, Huang Changzu just nodded, I don't know if I listened to it.

Xiao Ye had the goods he had exchanged from the Persians, and now he had three things, and this time he went up the mountain, and the surprise of meeting the yellow plaster, he had already gained a lot.

Steward Huang had already sent Lao Wu to the training ground to set up a tent, the stone house in Tunli was overcast, Young Master Huang couldn't stand it, Xiao Ye personally sent the eldest brother he had just recognized to the tent, and then bowed down and retired.

Xiao Ye repeatedly promised that in the future, he would get the goods from the Persians and supply the eldest brother first, so he got rid of Huang Changzu's retention and hurriedly walked to his father-in-law's house.

"Xiao Baihu, this big family, it's not easy to get rid of it, even you have to go around," in the small courtyard, Yang Tianshou shook a fan in his hand, sneering and teasing Xiao Ye.

"Look at Huang Changzu and his people, he likes to hunt strange people and has a unique vision, and it is reasonable for the Huang family to prosper in business, but it smells too coppery," the sarcasm in his words made Xiao Ye's face red, today he is also a businessman, talking about goods and prices with his eldest brother, but his father-in-law sees it all.

"Father-in-law, Xiao also knows what Huang Gongzi thinks, but he still disappointed his father-in-law by carrying a family feud," Changing the respectful look just now, Xiao Ye bowed his hands solemnly.

Xiao Ye desperately wanted to catch up with the family, and subconsciously kept his distance, what he thought in his heart, Yang Tianshou also faintly felt, but he was still quite dissatisfied with Xiao Ye actually taking out a fire gun to exchange for an unrealistic friendship.

"Is the fire gun a sharp weapon for guarding the mountain in Shiguantun, or is it better to be cautious," Xiao Ye could only nod again and again with a light reproach of concern; It is not easy to build a firecracker, and Blacksmith Wang has already asserted something, especially the projectile, he does not believe that the Huang family can imitate a device with the same power; If that's the case, as long as the raw materials continue to be used, and the speed of two a day, you can also arm the five small flags as soon as possible.

If you have strength in your hands, then you can have hope for revenge.

If you are forced by Jiang Jie, it's a big deal, pull the stone mill and run into the grassland, go to the lake and start again; The large number of Han slaves on the grassland, the number is bound to be quite large, and it also quietly opened his eyes.

As long as the military households have food and pay, they are already grateful, and as long as the backbone is there, he is not afraid that the team will disperse.

"Brother Xiao, you have already tied up your crown, and you haven't taken the word yet," Xiao Ye's cautiousness, Yang Tianshou was very useful, and instead proposed Xiao Ye's font number.

"Already, Ximen Xiao Ye, the word devours the knife," gritting his teeth viciously, Xiao Ye replied softly, he could hide the family feud deep in his heart without moving, how many sleepless nights he endured, he didn't count. The scene of the stone mill devouring the head knife was already deeply rooted in his heart.

"The devouring knife is too sharp, strong and easy to break, let's call it the stone road, the solid stone pavement, it is also the meaning of maintaining my Ming border pass," Yang Tianshou looked at this increasingly old and spicy child gently, and secretly worried, "In the new year, you will marry Mei'er, and you will also have my heart."

"Ximen Shidao, yes, the son-in-law wrote it down," with a happy face, Xiao Ye hurriedly gave the old man a bow.

In the dim stone house with the oil lamp, Mei'er added tea twice, and when she saw her father and Brother Xiao talking in a low voice, she went back to the inner room to rest.

In the early hours of the morning, Xiao Ye took out two more Dresser M1841 pistols and four full cowhide boxes from the stone mill, and carefully put them into the arsenal; Now, the Shiguan fire gun has been stored separately in a side room, guarded by guards day and night.

Two taels of silver per month, three stones of grain and guards, and small flag treatment, even the Huang family is difficult to support in large quantities; Xiao Liuzi even got the monthly salary of the general flag, but due to the secrecy of military regulations, they couldn't boast to the outside world, and they also explained that their families were not allowed to spread it.

The next day, Xiao Ye and Huang Changzu stood on the high ground outside the training ground, watching Lao Wu under the guidance of Xiao Liuzi, holding the Shiguan Fire Hammer, and Peng Pengdi kept fighting; One hundred and fifty paces away, the thick plank target was beaten to sawdust.

Huang Changzu, who was shaking a silk fan, would not go to danger easily, but his eyes were also shining and moving, "Shiguan Huogong?" This fire hammer that the Persians have brought in is really sharp,"

The barrel and receiver of the firearm are precisely made, and the projectile is also exquisite, and he would never have thought that Shiguantun could make it when he was killed.

Envy is envy, but Xiao Ye can find a Persian caravan on the grassland, that is a blessing, Huang Changzu's eyes are hot, and he also understands why the price of firecrackers is outrageously high; "Fifty taels a piece," the purchase price given by Third Brother Xiao, even if it is discounted, is twenty-five taels of silver, and the price of the projectile is not among them.

It seems that I still went back and asked the craftsmen in the family to study it carefully to see if it could be imitated.

"If it weren't for the coincidence that I helped those Persian merchants, I wouldn't dare to use these firearms, they are too valuable," Xiao Ye frowned and complained, Huang Changzu didn't believe it, but soon, he hesitated.

The materials were delivered, the training ground was cleaned up, and the Huang Jiawei and pack horses had already descended the mountain.

A team of ten people with small flags, holding three-foot sticks in their hands, and a column of five people, holding up in front of the wooden sticks in front of a formation; A hundred paces away on the opposite side, a group of scouts rode healthy horses, brandished scimitars, and drove forward with strange screams, rushing straight towards the small formation of ten people.

The glittering blades, the bowl-sized hooves, and the rumbling tall horses rushed to less than twenty paces in front of the infantry formation, but they still did not slow down, and the gravel and dirt splashed by the horses' hooves could even hit the face; In the two columns, someone finally couldn't help but retreat.

"Drink," said the reins of the horse's head, and as he passed the horse, the horse team quickly divided into two columns, and ran over from both sides of the formation, and the smoke and dust billowed and shouted incessantly.

"You, you, come out," the guards who were watching on the side, in the dark face of Xiaoqi, pulled the three sergeants who couldn't help but take two steps back, pulled out of the infantry formation, pressed them on the spot, picked up the wooden stick and beat them hard, and after the fifteenth army stick, they kicked them into the infantry formation.

After Yang Tianshou was attacked by the Tartars, he felt that the army formation was not suitable for the defense of the mountain, and he made a mistake in talking about the troops on paper, which caused the loss of the sergeants and craftsmen on the mountain, and after the injury was healed, he did not ask to continue the exercise, but instead worried about the fortifications, and talked to Wang Dali for a day.

His main daily activity now is to read and write with children in the private school, and he lives a relaxed life.

But Xiao Ye didn't let go, learned from the lesson, and after discussing with a few old military households, he came up with a training method.

Twenty guards, usually not so many people are not needed at all, in view of the terrifying momentum of the Tartar horse, he came up with such a method of drilling; Let each sergeant get used to the Tartar horse team impact first, so that the fire gun can show its maximum power.

The Warlord has become a duty of the guards.

Every day, a team of small flags has to face the repeated impact and intimidation of the scout team from morning to night, and at the end of the day, one by one, they are like crawling out of the dirt pit.

For a whole morning, a team of small flags was tortured by the constant impact of the horse team, and the wooden stick in his hand gradually became more stable under the beating of the military stick, which also made Huang Changzu, who was watching the excitement from a distance, lose interest.

With such a desperate style of fighting, Huang Changzu sympathized with the sergeants like cannon fodder, and then dispelled the idea of lowering the price of firearms; If the firearm is easy to obtain, the third brother will not train the sergeant spear against the horse team.

Well, next time I come to bring some iron spears and spears for the third brother, it's only a hundred and ten.

His attention turned to the mould filling field, the name he had just heard was very strange, and so was Xiao Ye, but Wang Dali and the craftsmen called it so and went with them.

Two teams of 20 craftsmen from small banners, under the command of Wang Dali, began to build a mill on the edge of the mould field near the back of the hill with dried yellow plaster stones; That's right, a mill for grinding stones.

Yang Tianshou, who didn't understand the mystery of the stone mill last night, proposed that Xiao Ye move the stone mill out of the yard, even if it is to build a small courtyard, and put a stone mill in the hundred households, wouldn't it be a joke for outsiders to see it.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Ye responded. In the big night, no matter how careful Wang Dali is, the black rumbling will inevitably be noisy, and the father-in-law is a scholar and can't stand the noise.

Let the guards call the blacksmith Wang, Xiao Ye told him that tomorrow the stone mill will be moved to the mould filling yard, and the wall will be built and placed, "Even if you let the oxen pull the stone mill during the day, you can do it, I don't mind, but the craftsman needs to rest at night, and the hour can't be too late." ”

Wang Dali, who was overjoyed, nodded again and again, he also let the work of reversing the day make the daytime confused, so he gathered the old craftsmen overnight and prepared to build a mill.

After discussion, he actually made two wide and strong iron hoops for the stone mill, hooped the stone mill under the plate, helped the wooden frame, and it was not a problem for the two bullocks to pull up and run, but it was not a problem to transport it out of the small courtyard and tear down the courtyard wall, and then repair the courtyard wall.

The hanger has appeared in the Song Dynasty, the long wooden pole is supported on the tripod, lifting the heavy stone, lifting the weight is light, it is easy to put the stone in the dug foundation pit, the prepared yellow gray mud is covered, and the second piece is hung up.

Under Huang Changzu's relishful observation, a mill without a roof, a mill with a length and width of 100 steps, appeared in front of him in less than a day, which can be regarded as a live drill for him.

Next to the mill is a row of roofed stone houses, which were used to store yellow stucco.

"Third brother, this yellow plaster is too easy to use, too fast," Walking into the stone mill with no roof and no window frames, Huang Changzu circled around twice, and the coarse and solid walls were enough to make him applaud again and again.

"To borrow the words of the eldest brother, I think the output of yellow plaster will be more in the future," Xiao Ye smiled faintly, pointing to the mountains in the distance, where the laboring craftsmen were working on one boulder, making another stone mill,

Covering people's eyes and ears, he had to let Wang Dali go to two larger stone mills, or this large and somewhat excessive mill would provoke onlookers.

By mistake, he didn't expect that the stone powder that had been ground by the new stone mill was poured into his own stone mill, and the powder that flowed out was more than one percent faster, and the craftsman who discovered the secret was rewarded with a jar of ale wine by Xiao Ye.

At this point, Xiao Baihu's personal guard team, the scope of the guard and guard has been expanded, and this mill has also been encircled.

Leaving Xiao Ye with a jade pendant engraved with the word "Chang", Huang Changzu left Shiguantun in a hurry, and left with a team of pack horses, and he took away three thousand catties of yellow plaster, which was given by Xiao Yebai this time.

Compared with the meeting gift given by Huang Changzu when he came, a hundred stones of grain, the yellow plaster was still not given in vain.

Those Tartar heads, Huang Changzu happily accepted them all, this is a gift to deal with those thousand households; With a head of ten dollars, Steward Huang handed over the silver ticket to Xiao Liuzi on the spot.

After the Huang family horse team left, under the smoky sunset, Xiao Ye stood coldly on the edge of the training ground, staring at the queue of small flags with firearms in his hands. At the foot of the stone mountain, the scouts were scattered, closely monitoring the direction of the gravel fort and the Shiguan Canyon.

The roaring horses rushed forward with their swords, the swords glittered in the sun, the sound of horses' hooves was deafening, and the infantry stood still, when the cavalry who shouted loudly crossed the sides, "reload, raise the gun," the flag officer shouted loudly, and raised the muzzle of the gun.

One hundred and fifty steps away in front of the ten-man squad, there were more than 50 jagged wooden bars and planks, "Forward, aim, fire," a suona sounded, the sound of guns roared, and the smoke of gunpowder surged.

In the loud shouting of the small flag, a column of five sergeants in two rows, the front row walked in a neat pace, and at the same time pulled the trigger, the footsteps paused, the back row had already passed through the gap in the front row, and the sound of guns roared again.

The rear row cleared the reload, rotated the bolt and stepped forward, crossed the front row, raised the gun and continued to shoot.

"Peng, Peng, Peng," in the deafening sound, Xiao Ye's legs and stomach trembled slightly.

The two columns of sergeants who were slightly dragging their feet, the sound of guns continued to roar, and after firing five shots at intervals, three sharp suona, the gun was on the shoulder, and the crossbow in the waist was held in the hand, and in the hoarse sound of the small flag, the short arrow was shot out impressively.

In the sound of whizzing arrows, Xiao Qi, who had approached the target thirty paces away, hit the target in front of him to a pulp, and it was full of cold and shining arrows.

A few scouts who were still laughing and watching the excitement just now sat on horseback, already sweating like rain, and each of them closed their mouths tightly; Looking at the hundred households who guarded the ring again, their hearts were overjoyed.