Chapter 84: Master of Firearms
Under the moonlit night, at the crossroads, hundreds of people confronted each other across the street, and the situation was about to erupt.
"What is it that will make a group of homeless people in the refugee shack outside the city gather in a flock and gather on a moonlit night?" Liu Jun muttered to himself. Most of these refugees are outsiders, who have been displaced from their homes and are a very vulnerable group of people. They would not dare to do so unless there was a special reason for that.
Zhao Xiancheng and Zhang Tuhu arrived and began to shout and curse, denounce the group of people as rebellion, and prepare to take them all.
The already tense atmosphere became more and more tense, and Liu Jun even heard some of the homeless people on the opposite side shouting, saying that they were simply against his mother.
Liu Jun knows that many times, the so-called rebellion that arises from the revelation is often the result of a rush of brain and blood in this situation. Some people take the lead, and then there are often people who blindly follow, and in the end the situation is unrepentant and embarks on a road of no return.
Zhao Xiancheng and the others didn't care about the voices of the displaced people at all, and they were still gathering people.
Liu Jun couldn't sit back and watch a rebellion happen in front of him, he stepped forward and walked into the long street amid countless onlookers.
"I am Liu Jun and Liu Jiye in Xiwan, the team leader of Nine-headed Bird Township, temporarily acting as the patrol inspector of Hutouguan and managing the Taipingyi. Guys, what can't you sit down and say, do you have to work so hard? Now, who can stand up and tell me what the hell is going on? As long as everyone believes me, I will uphold justice for you! ”
Zhang Tuhu and Zhao Xiancheng glanced at each other, but they didn't expect Liu Jun to stand up at this time. They already knew what all this was for, and Zhang Butcher wanted to stand up to stop him, but Zhao Xiancheng grabbed him, "Don't act rashly, take a look first." "Zhao Xiancheng was tough on the surface just now, but he was actually a little flustered in his heart.
He had a dry stock in the pawnshop, and he also had a share in the counterfeit silver workshop, and he received a large sum of silver from it every year. In the past, some people took counterfeit silver and made trouble, but basically there were no waves. No one expected that today's incident would make such a big fuss. In fact, he was also afraid in his heart, although there was a group of poor people on the other side, they were also a group of homeless people, and if these people were single, they would really do anything.
Especially just now, someone shouted the dangerous slogan of anti-fucking, if it is not handled properly, these homeless people are really fucking opposite, even if the matter can be settled, but in the end, the paper can't contain the fire, and it will eventually cause the investigation above, and his county will be the end.
A group of refugees over there were also a little hesitant, and today's events were all caused by Zhao Shun. When Zhao Shun was fighting with people in the pawnshop, he happened to be seen by neighbors in several shacks passing by. Zhao Shun is usually very popular among those refugees, and he will help everyone if they have any difficulties.
And he is also literate, there are many children in the refugee shacks, and they have no money to send them to school. Zhao Shun would take some time out of his day to give some lessons to the children and teach them literacy and arithmetic. Everyone is very grateful for everything Zhao Shun has done, the child can recognize some words and arithmetic, and when he grows up, he does not dare to take the imperial examination, at least he has some advantages in being sent to be an apprentice or something. Without saying a word, several neighbors ran up to help, and another person ran back to the shack to report the news.
Everyone heard that Zhao Shun's pawnshop was cheated, not only was he cheated of five taels of silver, but now he was wronged, and everyone couldn't help but be indignant. As refugees from other lands who are living here, they are usually at the bottom, and they have been bullied, and everyone swallows their anger and is suppressed to the extreme.
Now Zhao Shun's matter is like an ignition line, detonating the powder keg in everyone's hearts.
A small opening leaked and became a volcanic crater. At the call of some young people, the young men of the hundreds of households in the shack rushed to the county seat with sticks, and the people guarding the gate did not even have time to react, they had already rushed into the county seat.
In the end, Zhao Shun tried his best to restrain and dissuade everyone, so that there were no irreparable consequences immediately. But everyone also confronted each other because of this, and it was difficult to ride a horse.
"Brother Zhao, don't listen to those people, they are all liars and lies. We listen to him now, turn around and arrest us, this dog day is not passable, God won't give us a way to live, let's just forget it, go against the damn, let's go to Xiangyang to vote for the eight kings, vote for Cao Cao!" A few young people have long had enough of this kind of life of being despised everywhere, and the anger that has accumulated in their hearts makes them want to destroy everything.
"Shut up!" Zhao Shun stopped these young people, he knew that that step was dangerous. As soon as you step out, you can't look back. No one wants to go that far until they have to. Besides, he kept his eyes on the young man who came out. When he heard that he was Liu Jun, a glimmer of hope surged in his heart, maybe there was room for today's events to turn around.
"Don't be impulsive, I heard that Liu Jiye is very good, I will go out and talk to him, I hope he can administer justice for us."
"These squire officials are all their own protectors, how can we trust their words."
"Don't try to be happy for a while, everyone is old and young, think about them." Zhao Shun said a word, and then walked out of the team.
Zhao Shun looked at Liu Jun, Liu Jun was also looking at Zhao Shun, this is a man who is not angry and arrogant, a seven-foot man, with a red face, a short steel beard, a tiger's back and a bear's waist, especially those eyes, which are very stable.
"I'm Liu Jun and Liu Jiye, I don't know my brother's name?"
"Zhao Shun, a native of Jinan, Shandong." Zhao Shundao.
"It turned out to be Brother Zhao, can you tell me, what is going on?" Liu Jun asked.
Zhao Shun nodded, and then told the whole thing clearly, without deliberately adding oil or vinegar, nor omitting it, but just stating the facts.
"You said you were a pawnbroker at the pawnshop? Have you ever been to Lu Mansion before? As soon as Liu Jun heard him say that he was using the electric switch, he couldn't help but ask in surprise.
Zhao Shun nodded.
Liu Jun sighed lightly, he didn't expect things to be so coincidental. After he got the Lu Mi gun before, he carefully inspected it, and found that the gun was indeed very well made, and he was looking forward to seeing the man who delivered the gun tomorrow, but he didn't expect to meet it now, and it turned out to be the protagonist of this riot.
"I want to know, where did you get the Rummy Gun and the Switcher?"
"It's a family heirloom, and I built both of these guns with my late father."
Liu Jun was surprised, this Lu Mi gun and the electric gun are much sharper than the bird gun, and the manufacturing process is much more complicated, he didn't expect that this refugee is actually a high-level firearms craftsman. "Will you make a ruin gun and a lightning switch?"
"Both." Zhao Shun nodded, "My father used to be a disciple of Mr. Zhao Shizhen, a master of firearms, and many firearms designed and invented by Mr. Zhao are known to my father." Later, my father taught me how to make these firearms, and although I was not as good as my father, I was not bad. ”
Liu Jun was extremely excited, he knew that he had picked up a treasure. Who is Zhao Shizhen, a master of firearms in the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty, a master who invented dozens of firearms such as Lumi guns, electric guns, thunderbolts, and eagle cannons, and also compiled several firearms monographs such as artifact spectrums. Many of his inventions were made in real objects, and were eventually appreciated by the emperor and ministers, and he also made mass production to equip the army.
The son of a disciple of such a master can be regarded as a true inheritance.
Liu Jun's training team is bent on relying on the sharpness of firearms to improve combat effectiveness, although firearms are said to be expensive and complex to operate, but they also have an advantage, that is, they can form combat effectiveness in the shortest possible time.
Training a good archer is not difficult to achieve in three or five years, and it also requires a strong man with strong arms. And training a bird-gunner, but there are not so many complicated conditions, even if it is a woman, an old man, a child, as long as there is half a year, he can shoot with a gun.
As long as the number of firearms reaches a certain number, the lethality of firearms is also extremely great.
Firearms replace cold weapons, this is the development direction of the trend of the times, Liu Jun not only does not want to go against the trend, he also wants to go ahead of the trend. It's a pity that he didn't know a craftsman in this area before, let alone a master. Almost all of his firearms were purchased from workshops in Guangdong and Fujian through Mei Zhihuan's connections.
The price was amazing, and the cost was only three or five taels of silver, but he had to pay twenty taels. Even gunpowder and lead, he relied on all purchases. Although it is convenient now, the cost is high, and the supply is completely in the hands of others, which is quite dangerous.
Now, a firearms master, or a disciple of a firearms master, is standing in front of him.
It's providential.
After thinking about it quickly, Liu Jun said to Zhao Shun, "Do you believe me, I can help you solve the trouble in front of you." ”
Zhao Shun nodded, "I believe in Liu Gongzi, I hope today's matter doesn't involve my friends, they are all here to help me." ”
"I know, as long as you trust me, then I'll take care of everything."
Liu Jun's way of dealing with it is actually very simple, turning big things into small things and small things into small things.
Although this matter is very clear, it is clear that the pawnshop deceived Zhao Shun with fake silver, not only did he not admit it afterwards, but also wanted to put people in prison and fight against him.
But although the matter is clear, but this kind of thing is not easy to solve, Zhang Butcher and son-in-law Zhao Xiancheng are a family, and those people in the county government have already been fed by them, Zhao Shun did not hold a fake piece of silver without a license, how to sue them.
However, Liu Jun believes that Zhang Butcher Zhao Xiancheng and they don't want this matter to make a big fuss, and it will not benefit anyone.
Liu Jun walked in front of Zhao Xiancheng and Zhang Butcher, and the two of them were also a little upset in their hearts, not knowing what result this Liu Er wanted today.
Liu Jun smiled first.
Zhang Butcher also laughed.
Zhao Xiancheng had no choice but to laugh along.
Zhao Shun, who was in the distance, saw Liu Jun passing by, and didn't say a word, so he laughed first, and the fat man who was said to be the pawnshop owner and a short and fat man who was said to be a county gentleman also laughed, and suddenly felt confused and couldn't understand.