Wang Dali left for six days, and in these six days, Xiao Ye took out twelve consecutive military crossbows, and Shiguantun's self-protection ability was greatly guaranteed.

Six days later, in the afternoon, Wang Hu's scout team finally found Wang Dali, who had rushed back, in addition to a heavy ox cart, there were also five yellow-faced and thin children, who were also following behind the ox cart.

Five Wang Dali's nephews, was arranged to the water team to recover their strength, now in Shiguantun, Yang Tianshou sorted out the Ming military law, but to read it out in public the next day, once someone makes a mistake in the five small flags, the small flag is the best place to go, those who began to practice a little big waist round craftsmen, are all in the small flag of the water.

Five or six bags of grain were put into storage, and the remaining lead and sulfur were moved into the courtyards of 100 households.

Cowhide and wood have already been stuffed into the stone mill, in 1510 Meng Qiu's night, Xiao Ye, Uncle Kun, Zuo Shi, watched Xiao Liuzi and they poured 200 catties of lead and 1,000 catties of sulfur into the basin thick grinding eyes.

If he didn't feel distressed, Xiao Ye would definitely cry out for injustice, but he could only watch with his eyes as the materials exchanged for silver money were quickly devoured by the stone mill.

Wang Dali, who is not good at trading, obviously lost a lot of money by the stingy Han Baocai, but Xiao Ye has no time to pay attention to it; In the past few days, the scouts have found traces of Tartar infestation in the canyon.

The stone mill rotated quietly for nearly an hour, and Xiao Ye, who had drunk two pots of cold tea, finally saw the pattern he was looking forward to, and the original solemn question mark disappeared, and what appeared in front of him was a long fire gun, but the appearance was a little weird.

In the past, with the light of his father, Xiao Ye also played with the bird gun, which was loaded from the muzzle of the gun, then loaded into the projectile, compacted the bullet and medicine with a bougie, and then ignited and fired, as well as the trouble of worrying about the barrel of the gun with too much fire/charge, which soon made Simon Gale ban his son's adventure.

However, in addition to the complicated filling and pungent smoke, the huge destructive power of the bird gun within eighty steps made Xiao Ye never forget.

Pressing the button, a Dreiser M1841 rear-loading gun with a cold barrel and a height close to Xiao Ye's shoulder, a rotating pull-back bolt with a metal round handle, appeared in the hands of a hundred households in the Ming Dynasty more than three hundred years in advance.

The two square yellow cowhide bullet pouches, which were filled with a total of one hundred and twenty rounds of fixed ammunition, were also taken out by Xiao Ye.

The Dresser M1841 needle pistol, as the world's first widely used military breech-loading rifle, is also the world's first rotary bolt-drawn bolt-action rifle, the firing needle firing rifle rifle, when it came out, eliminated the now widely used arquebus, as well as the flintlock pistol, front loading reload/gun.

Although Xiao Ye didn't know this, his excited hands had already tightly grasped this cold and heavy firecracker. The appearance of the two firearms rekindled his hope of hatred.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao Ye, who had bloodshot eyes in his eyes, selected the four sergeants with the most outstanding archery skills among the two scout flags, and Xiao Liuzi was impressively listed.

On the training ground opened up in the south of Shiguantun, Xiao Ye took out a strange-looking firearm and two sturdy square cowhide boxes, and walked in front of the four sergeants.

"Today, let's work together to figure out the usefulness of this firearm," picking up the spear, several people got together, and fiddled with it for a while, before the clever little six turned the gun handle and loaded the paper bullet casing.

Following the action just now, Xiao Liuzi pushed the bolt and raised the firearm; Xiao Ye and the three sergeants avoided it from a distance. I didn't see the powder pool and the arquebus, so I don't know if this fire gun can be fired, and if it will explode.

You must know that the explosion of firearms is a common thing in the border army, and the shotguns and other firearms in the arsenal of the guard house are not willing to touch them more than the autumn drills.

The mouth of the gun was aimed at the wooden target thirty paces away, Xiao Liuzi gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger fiercely, "Peng," the long rod-shaped firing needle on the bolt pierced the paper bullet case, hit the bottom/fire, ignited the launch/charge, and the projectile was ejected.

The heavy recoil almost knocked him to the ground, and the projectile flew away, but the target was unharmed.

A ball of fire came from the muzzle of the gun, and the breech, which was very poorly airtight, poured out a white gunpowder gas, which blackened his forehead; Fortunately, the gunpowder did not burn Xiao Liuzi's skin, otherwise, this kid would have left a psychological shadow.

"Peng", with the second loud roar, the half-finger-thick wooden board thirty paces away suddenly burst open, a finger-sized hole, with a burnt black and yellow at the edge, which shocked the craftsmen who watched the excitement next to them.

Xiao Liuzi, whose shoulders were numb, trotted away with a gun, ran to the target, and when he saw that there was such an effect, he immediately smiled; The crossbow that he treasured was immediately forgotten.

Looking at the hole that had opened on the target, Xiao Ye then asked people to put the target on fifty steps, eighty steps, and one hundred steps, until one hundred and fifty steps, so that Xiao Liuzi, who was getting more and more accurate and excited about hitting, began to miss the target.

Pull the bolt, load, close the bolt, aim and fire, pull the bolt and exit the cartridge case to clean the magazine, reload again, and soon find out the law of Xiao Liuzi, who became the first rifle instructor, also let Xiao Ye and the three sergeants, under the pleasure of bumping and releasing the gun, their faces and foreheads were smoked black.

One hundred and fifty steps, the effective range of one hundred and fifty steps of the fire gun, was privately called the Shiguan fire gun by Xiao Ye, and it had to be called fire/gun to the outside world.

One hundred and twenty rounds of fixed ammunition were quickly fired out of nearly sixty rounds, and when Xiao Liuzi went to get another cowhide magazine, the sergeant with the gun snapped and pulled the trigger, but he couldn't hear the familiar sound of the gun.

The firing pin is too long, which will cause the firing pin to be damaged by frequent contact with the hot gunpowder, and this fatal shortcoming was discovered by chance during this test gun.

Pulling the bolt to withdraw the paper bullet case, although Xiao Ye didn't see the firing pin inside the chamber, he could feel the high temperature inside with his fingers.

"Perhaps, it's because it's too hot," the gun was damaged, Xiao Ye was not angry, anyway, if he stuffed it back into the stone mill at night, it was a new firecracker, which was not a waste.

When lunch was having lunch in the tunli, the craftsmen and soldiers spread it privately, and the hundred households got a very powerful firecracker, but unfortunately it was damaged, but fortunately it was not blown up, etc., so that the soldiers of Wang Meng Xiaoqi, who were resting at home, couldn't hold it back.

When he went to the door to find Baihu, just when Wang Meng strongly demanded that the saboteurs be severely punished, he saw a brand-new firearm placed on the bed behind the Baihu Lord.

In the afternoon, under the guidance of instructor Xiao Liuzi, Wang Mengxiaoqi's sergeants, except for the two guys who were addicted, each slowly fired ten bullets at a speed of two breaths; As a result, after eighty shots, the fire was still good.

The crosshairs, the door, the eyes, the accuracy of the target, the experience summarized by Xiao Liuzi may have been there a long time ago, but it also made Xiao Baihu take out a three-edged army/thorn and reward him in public.

As the training ground continued to sound the sound of firearms, the Lianfa crossbow became an incidental weapon for the sergeants, and Wang Dali's task became heavier and heavier.

After the eleven Shiguan Fire Guns, as well as the rationed ammunition, were obtained by Xiao Ye, the six patterns of the stone grinding ground dimmed again, and even the handwriting with the question mark could not be seen.

"Uncle Wang, do you think this kind of projectile can be made?" Holding a cartridge ammunition, Xiao Ye found Wang Dali; However, Wang Dali took the ammunition and looked at it over and over for a while, and finally pulled out the round bullet and poured out the gunpowder inside, and then his face showed a trace of solemnity.

"Baihu, it should be possible, but this paper tube is easy to get damp and can't withstand the heavy pressure," looking at the bottom/fire at the bottom of the paper tube, Wang Dali said with a frown.

"If Baihu has gunpowder and kraft paper, I can arrange for someone to try it," Looking at Wang Dali's embarrassed look, Xiao Ye knew that this seemingly simple projectile was not so easy to make.

Now there is a shortage of everything in the hundred households, and with gunpowder, he might as well put it in the stone mill, so it is safer to come, try to do it, eight times out of ten he must be prepared for failure, he can't afford to wait.

With eleven fiery guns, and then eight or nine Tartars, he Xiao Ye could directly kill them while standing, but if it was hundreds, thousands, or even ten thousand fierce Tartars, he wouldn't even have a chance to run.

There is no way, cowhide and wood are easy to find, and the remaining saltpeter, sulfur, and lead are not easy to do, Xiao Ye appeased Wang Dali a few words, and returned home depressed.

Eleven firecrackers, kept one for himself, and divided the rest equally among the two scout squads, all day long I heard the gunfire on the training ground, Xiao Ye didn't stop it, the firecrackers can't wait for the elite soldiers to come if they don't practice, it's the same as the archers practice arrows every day, and they can only rust if they stay in the warehouse, he understands very well.

However, he was already penniless, and it was impossible for Han Baocai, who didn't see a rabbit or an eagle, to give him even a penny on credit.

In desperation, Xiao Yeshang began to take out a handful of repeating crossbows from the stone mill again, and secretly scolded in his heart, "You boys, when the projectile is finished, come and beg me again, okay, go and transport the stone back to exchange it,"

Xiao Ye, who was helpless, looked at the dark clouds in the sky during the day, sat under the big tree, and slowly wiped the fire gun in his hand, he had no choice but to hope that the Tartar would not notice the stone mountain, and it was best to pass by from the bottom of the mountain.

Military crossbows, he only has a large number of military crossbows in reserve, and tries to give himself a chance to protect himself. As for the vanity mirror, it was a reward for the sergeant.

The news within the mountains and tunli cannot be kept secret.

Today, probably from Zuo Shi, I got the rumor that the projectile was insufficient, and the sergeants of the two scout squads, who had collected their firearm projectiles, held military crossbow knives and guns, drilled the drills, and went out on patrol to go down the mountain.

"Baihu, there are people at the bottom of the mountain who ask to see them, Wang Hu Xiaoqi did not let people go up the mountain," a sergeant who rode a horse up the mountain shouted at Xiao Ye at the gate of the tun, and then quickly went down the mountain.

"This kid is too naïve, but he left the horse for Lao Tzu," with a wry smile, Xiao Ye put the fire gun home, took a guard sergeant, and hurried down the mountain.

Descending the mountain road, Xiao Ye saw from a distance that Huang Fugui's henchman Lao Wu was leading the black horse with an angry face, ready to get on the horse and leave.

"Hey, Lao Wu, wait, wait, wait," Xiao Ye, who ran forward with his legs, saw Lao Wu, as if he suddenly saw his relatives, and rushed up in a hurry, startling Wang Hu, who was monitoring the spot, and secretly wondered if it would be a relative of Baihu, I didn't see it last time.

Xiao Baihu's eager expression finally made Lao Wu feel better, and his face was still black when he sat on horseback, "I said Xiao Baihu, the sergeant under your command is too unsympathetic, Steward Huang asked me to come to you, okay, your people won't even let you go up the mountain, is there anything strange on the mountain?" ”

"Where, where, it's not a while ago that a Tartar suddenly attacked on the mountain, and there were heavy casualties in the tunli, these boys were frightened," Xiao Ye explained with a shy old face and a haha; In order to get the firecracker, he didn't even care about his face.

Compared with the face and life, he still values the latter. But the crow's mouth can't talk nonsense.

Out of a bad mouth, Lao Wu was also a lot more comfortable, but he still didn't want to get off the horse, "In this case, Xiao Baihu, Steward Huang asked me to inquire, have you heard the news about the copper-grained glass mirror?" ”

"Oh, it turned out to be called the Copper Pattern Glass Mirror," Xiao Ye nodded suddenly, "Steward Huang's entrustment, Xiao Ye didn't dare to be careless, sent someone to venture out of the canyon and grassland to investigate, and found those Persian merchants in a small tribe,"

"It turns out that it's really a Persian merchant," Lao Wu heard this, and his face showed such a look, "In this case, can Xiao Baihu send someone to lead the way, I, Lao Wu, also want to meet those Persian merchants,"

Hehe, before he finished speaking, looking at Xiao Ye's smiling eyebrows, Lao Wu suddenly laughed at himself, that is a way to make money, cutting off people's money is like killing parents, it is really careless.

If it was in the Shanxi territory, maybe Lao Wu would use other means to make this small hundred households spit out the secret, but this is the territory of Suzhou Wei, and the Huang and Tian families of the six major families are secretly fighting endlessly, and they can only slowly figure it out.

Without waiting for Old Wu Wankou to explain, Xiao Ye smiled casually, "Actually, those Persian merchants have already returned to Persia, and I don't know when the next batch of goods will arrive, and I also ask Brother Wu to go back and explain to Steward Huang,"

Just when Lao Wu was disappointed, Xiao Ye continued, "However, the Persian merchant handed me a small batch of goods, which I exchanged for silver, presumably the Yellow Steward will be interested,"

Xiao Ye's hundred households were in Shiguan, killing eight Tartars, and the news that the Huang Steward had already inquired about it in the Gravel Fort, so Lao Wu came to the door and said, no one believed that the Tartars who robbed several villages in Tiantun would hide those things and then go back to the grassland.

At least a thousand taels of silver, a large number of satin cloth, this is the bottom goods in Xiao Ye's hand analyzed by Huang Steward, but he didn't expect that he would take the lead and trade with the damn Persian merchant.

scolded fiercely in his heart, Lao Wu, who had the task of exploring the bottom of Shiguantun, could only drop his face and asked in a sullen voice, "What kind of goods is it?" ”

"Nine copper-patterned glass mirrors, twenty repeating crossbows," Xiao Ye said with certainty. According to the speed of Lao Wu's return to and from the gravel fort, coupled with the connection with Shanxi, he could take out the things in five days.

"I don't know, what Xiao Baihu needs, my Huang family can bring it by the way," worthy of being a family member of a big businessman, and he also has a talent for business in his head, Lao Wu asked very appropriately.

"Hehe, grain, sulfur, saltpeter, and lead, the more the better," Xiao Ye responded in his mouth, and suddenly felt that he had lost all these transactions.