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Zhou Tong said with a hint of horror in his eyes: "I didn't meet the bandits at all this time, when I arrived, everyone was dead, more than thirty people, men, women and children were all killed, and there were no living mouths." The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info blood stained the entire official road red, and corpses were scattered everywhere. Finances and livestock were looted. ”

"Well, it seems that we will be more auspicious when we go to Ji'an this time, you told Li Yu about this."

"It's not time yet."

"Then don't tell. Tell me about your arrival in Lijiazhuang. ”

Lijiazhuang is located in the south of Ji'an Mansion 50 miles, Taihe County east 30 miles. And when you go east, you go into the mountains. There are bandits in the vicinity, but there have been no robberies yet, most likely because the locals are colluding with the bandits. Zhou Tong rode a fast horse for two days to arrive, and after entering Zhuangzi, he easily found where Li Yu's house was. A three-entry courtyard, now lives a family in charge.

Tong continued: "The person in charge was very happy to hear that Miss Li was going back. But her wife was reluctant. His family now lives in the main house, and the other houses are empty. The whole house feels like a mess. I make it imperative for them to be less

Move out before you arrive. And they agreed. As for the ancestral tomb of the Li family, because there is patriarch Zhang Luo, it is very good. Heaven and earth are rented out, and it is still the second housekeeper Zhang Luo, and the rent is also collected by the people in our house, so these

No problem. ”

"Okay, did you tell Zhou Hong about these things?" After getting the affirmative statement, Zhou Jin asked Zhou Tong to call Zhou Hong. Zhou Jin's previous preparations were relatively sufficient, and now he needs to arrange specific things.

Because Zhou Hong went to order nails in the morning and didn't return to the house until noon, Zhou Jin didn't see Zhou Hong until after lunch.

As soon as he entered the house, Zhou Hong said, "Young Master, Liu Quan has changed the crossbow according to your requirements." And let Zhongwei try it, and the effect was good, but Liu Quan felt that the bamboo was too brittle, and the crossbow arm was replaced with elm. ”

Zhou Jin didn't have any special intentions about what materials to use, so he didn't object to Liu Quan changing the materials: "It doesn't matter. What it looks like now. ”

Zhou Hong took out a crossbow from a cloth bag and held it in front of Zhou Jin: "That's it, it's very light." But it's very lethal. ”

Zhou Jin took the crossbow over, and it was really light, the crossbow arm was no more than thirty centimeters extended, and three thinner skids were tied inside the crossbow arm. The pulley block has been improved according to what he said, and the cushion beads have been added, which makes it easy to rotate. Zhou Jin tried to turn around, and it was full in just one circle. The launch tube was examined, and four rifling wires were engraved into it.

"Not bad, what's the range?"

Zhongwei tried, and punched through three inches of wood in eighty steps. And he said that this is better than the army's crossbow, and it shoots more accurately. I saw that the young master was unconscious, so I asked Liu Quan to do it in batches according to this specification first. ”

Zhou Jin felt very uncomfortable when he heard him say this, and he couldn't dampen his enthusiasm, but he had to give a warning, and after a little thought, he said, "Have you discussed it with Zhongwei?" ”

Zhou Hong heard him ask, and muttered in his heart, what is the problem with letting me do it first, and said softly: "No." ”

"Weapons are sharp weapons, and there are many powerful weapons that you don't know, so you must consult with others in the future, and don't make rash decisions." Zhou Jin said.

When Zhou Hong heard him say this, he immediately understood what Zhou Jin meant, and regretted his recklessness: "I don't dare to make a decision in the future." "It's not that you're doing it wrong, it's just that you're going to be careful and thoughtful. You've done a great job this time. ”

When Zhou Hong heard Zhou Jin say this, his heart was a little more steady: "Fourth master, I understand." ”

"How's the training going?"

"The order is forbidden, and some of the marching essentials have been taught, and now it's a matter of repeating the training."

"How much did you make of the crossbow?"

"Three or four."

"Give them use it first, and operate it skillfully. When they are completely done, let them train their coordination and shooting accuracy."

"Yes."

Zhou Jin thought to himself, he couldn't rely on this kind of close-range weapon, and he had to prepare long-range strike capabilities, so he said: "After the small size is done, you ask Liu Quan to make a large one, so you don't need nails, use long arrows." It is mainly used against long-range targets. ”

Zhou Hong now knew that long arrows were difficult to aim, as for why he didn't understand. Like most people, he only knows the results. And the long arrow is troublesome to make, so I thought that if I changed the long arrow, it would be difficult for these people who didn't have much training to hit the target, so he said: "Young master, why don't you use nails." After changing to long arrows, the hit rate is not high. ”

Zhou Jin didn't consider hitting this kind of large-size thing, at such a long distance, he thought it would be a waste to kill a person, and it was difficult to aim, and if he hit, it would also scare the cat and kill the mouse. This weapon is mainly used as a deterrent: "Regardless of the hit, you find a way to tie fire oil, gunpowder and the like to the arrows." The purpose is to shoot out and burn a piece to death. ”

"Young master, gunpowder is estimated to not have much ability to blow up."

Zhou Jin thought to himself, too, at present, they are all **, and there is not much harm. **It's quite powerful, toluene nitration can be obtained, not a complicated process. But in this era, toluene and nitric acid cannot be purchased directly. And it's too troublesome to make these things, Zhou Jin doesn't have time to get them now: "Then you can get the oil oil." ”

When he was about to let Zhou Hong do things, Zhou Jin thought of his own question: "Also, you have to prepare a carriage and horses, you find someone to make a bigger car, this time I may have to climb to Ji'an." ”

"Young Master, your injuries are recovering quite quickly, and most of them will be healed by then."

Zhou Jin looked at his back and buttocks, and said helplessly: "This is not accurate, let's prepare first." You remember to ask Liu Quan to use the method of bundling cushion beads and multiple planks to the wheels. ”

"I remember."

When Zhou Hong left, Zhou Jin thought to himself, do you really have to find time to synthesize something**,** or something like that to defend yourself. Thinking of this, Zhou Jin patted his head and remembered that he had to isolate cyclosporine for Huang Shuanghui to treat her anemia. The current conditions can only be separated from the soil.

So the next few days were prepared to isolate the soil fungus, as well as some special clay pots. But now Zhou Jin can only lie in bed, and the medicine can only wait for Ji'an to come back before starting.

In addition, Zhou Jin began to ask Zhou Hong to prepare leather armor and equip everyone with it, so that they could have some protection.

He didn't need to do these preparations personally, and he had just enough time to seriously recite books related to the imperial examination such as Zhu Zi's commentaries.

Two or three days later, Zhou Jin was already able to get out of bed and move slowly. He first went to see the results of Meng Changjiang's training, and after coming to the courtyard, he let them practice. Twenty people work in pairs, with tacit understanding, and there is almost no interval between launches.

After practicing a group, Meng Changjiang pointed to the two who were not tall and said: "Fourth master, this slightly fat one is called Liu Erzi, and this one is called Zhang Qi, theirs is the most accurate shooting among these twenty people, and they can shoot wherever they want to hit within a hundred steps." And this Zhang Qi is also a monkey spirit, he doesn't need to stop when he shoots, and no one else can. ”

Zhou Jin smiled and said, "Oh! Is this shot a moving target? ”

Meng Changjiang replied: "Back to the fourth master, yes!" ”

"That's remarkable. Zhou Hong, the big crossbow made by Liu Quan was used by this Liu Erzi. Zhou Jin thought for a while and said, "Zhao Erzi, what is this name, how about I give you one?" ”

Zhao Erzi was so happy that he immediately knelt down and saluted: "Please give the name of the fourth master." ”

"Look at your fat, you must be a blessed person, just call Zhao Ruifu."

Zhao Ruifu thanked him and said, "Fourth Master." ”

When Zhang Qi saw that the original Liu Erzi had a normal name, he felt envious in his heart, and also followed the salute and begged: "Fourth master, also give me a name." ”

Zhou Jin is very happy to do this, there is no harm, why not do it: "Okay, look at you monkey spirit, you will be called Zhang Sicong." Since you can shoot on the move, you'll be responsible for ambushing the perimeter of the team in the future. ”

"Fourth Master Xie."

After Zhang Sicong got up, Zhou Jin said to others: "You have trained very hard, so that you can not only complete the escort task, but also make it."

You live. We're going to have to go in two days, and you've got to hurry up and train. This time, we carried a lot of luggage, and it is estimated that we will be targeted after Linjiang Mansion, so don't leave anything to chance. If you train well, you will be able to survive, and maybe there will be a gain, and this harvest is something that you will experience yourself. ”

After Zhou Jin finished speaking, he turned to Meng Changjiang and said, "Zhongwei, I have been training strictly these days, and on the last day, let them rest for half a day." But they can't be let out. Got it! ”

The day before departure, the carriage customized according to Zhou Jin's requirements had been seated. Zhou Jin went to take a look, there was no problem that the car could seat five or six people, and the outer wall of the car was also ordered with iron sheets at key points. There is space for people to sit outside the carriage, and Liu Quan's idea is to be able to take care of the front and back. Zhou Jin put forward his idea after reading it.

"In the back position, you load the big crossbow you sit on, and push it to the roof of the carriage, so that people can stand here and shoot."

Liu Quan looked at the position, thought for a while and said, "No problem." I'm going to do a good job tonight. ”

At four o'clock the next day, it was time for Zhou Jin to take Li Yu back to his hometown. Zhou Tong drove the special carriage to the flower hall of the second hall, and the female relatives who went to Ji'an this time will get on the carriage directly here. The rest of the luggage has been loaded into the car and is waiting outside the gate of the Zhou Mansion.

At this time in November, the sky is still dark, and I can only argue the way.

Li Yu wore a light red jacket and skirt today, a fiery red cloak, and the beads sent by Zhou Jin around his neck were particularly dazzling at this dawn. In particular, the three relics really glowed with a faint white light, and under their brilliance, the other beads seemed to glow as they moved, as if the Buddha's light was shining.

Zhou Jin, who came out with her, saw everyone's eyes, and his heart was proud at first, but when he looked sideways, he became helpless. He didn't play with the beads seriously, he bought them and gave them to Li Yu, he didn't expect an exaggerated effect. But I'm glad I know it now, wait for her to accept it, otherwise I don't know how many thieves will be attracted to it.

Under the instructions of Zhou Pan and Chen Rong, Zhou Jin's convoy left the gate of Zhou's mansion. The team consisted of more than thirty people, five on horseback, and six carriages, three of which were pulling various boxes.

On the fifth day of November, the convoy had passed through the city of Linjiang Prefecture. Zhou Jin and all the female dependents sat in the car, but they didn't look lonely and bored. Just as Zhou Jin was about to subdue Li Min, the car suddenly jerked violently. Zhou Jin was accidentally flashed, and the old wound was suddenly torn, Zhou Jin could bear it, and screamed out and went straight to the sky.

When Zhou Hong heard the owner's shout, he immediately stopped the convoy, turned back to the carriage and asked, "Fourth master, are you okay?" ”

Zhou Jin held back the pain and replied, "It's flashing my old injury, it's okay." How did this road suddenly get worse? ”

"Fourth master, you have already entered the mountains, and after this mountain range, you will enter the territory of Ji'an Mansion."

"If you enter the mountain, let's rest first, eat your stomach, and pass through this mountain non-stop." Zhou Jin was climbing on the couch at this time, enjoying Li Yu's massage.

After the pain was gone, Zhou Jin got out of the car and looked at the front of the mountain road, only to see that the front of the road was a canyon, with high mountains and dense forests on both sides. It's almost early winter, the climate is dry, and there is not a single wind. The forests on both sides were very quiet, and Zhou Jin looked at it and muttered in his heart, isn't this kind of place a good place to ambush. At this moment, birds and beasts suddenly flew in the woods on both sides.

Zhou Jin had never seen real bandits, and in this sudden situation, he thought there were really bandits, so he shouted loudly: "There is an enemy!" Get ready for battle! ”