Wang Pin happily agreed, but Zhu Ping'an felt a little uneasy. This guy is not clear about the relationship in the East Palace, since he came to Fengyang, although on the surface he is a picture of giggling and not interfering in any affairs, but in private, he maintains the position of the eunuch as stable as an iron bucket, Lu Zhenfei is usually cautious in dealing with him, not to mention that at present, he is just a commander and a fellow Zhu Ping'an.

A month ago, the Guangdong pig iron contacted by Chen Zizhuang was quietly transported into Fengyang. For that gambling contract, Huang Gongfu and Chen Zizhuang would rather be charged with smuggling pig iron to fulfill their promise to Zhu Ping'an, which shows that they are really taken to heart by Zhu Ping'an's "prophecy". It is also because of the completion of the construction of this route that Zhu Ping'an's arsenal building workshop is finally worthy of its name. This also gradually got rid of the "oppression" of the eunuch mansion.

Seeing Wang Pin leave with the people and horses with a little intention, Zhu Ping'an's heart couldn't help but become more and more hot. Wang Pinqi is not simple, and the purpose of coming to Fengyang is even more difficult to speculate, although he has no ill will towards himself and Lu Zhenfei now, but after a long time, he and his teacher have perfunctory him like this, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will not do anything unfavorable.

The world is sinister, the human heart is sinister, and we have to guard against it.

Look at the sun, it was already past noon, and the musket battalion soldiers not far away were resting, hiding in the shade of the trees one by one and falling asleep, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in his heart again.

"Yue Jinfeng, Zhang Dagou!"

"The subordinates are here!"

"Keep practicing! All the cavalry have been replaced with knives and sticks! If there are those who slack off and retreat, they all knock their heads, and if anyone touches the blade, it will be self-inflicted! ”

The musket battalion suddenly wailed. Even Yue Jinfeng's heart twitched, and the adults seemed to be really angry. The knife stick is the standard weapon of the Ming cavalry, about eight feet long, with a five-inch short blade at the top, the upper horse can be stabbed, the lower horse can be attacked, only the stick is two inches thick, if it is hit on the body, plus the impact of the cavalry, it feels like a fairy to death.

Zhang Dagou was very excited, beckoning his subordinates to get on the horse, it seemed that he liked today's training subject very much, watching the helplessness of the recruits of the musket battalion being abused, and the cavalry was also interested.

Zhu Ping'an looked at the screaming cavalry with a gloomy face, "Whoever dares to show mercy to his subordinates will be punished together with the musket battalion, well done, and you will be rewarded with ten fat pigs at night!" ”

The cavalrymen were immediately ecstatic. You must know that in the Ming Dynasty at this time, pork was a rare delicacy among the meats. A pound of pork is worth two dollars of silver, which is equivalent to eighteen yuan per catty in later generations. The price is better than that of later generations. At this time, the cheapest thing was mutton, which was only half a penny and two cents, which was too far behind the later generations.

Therefore, even if there is meat on weekdays, most of it is mainly beef and mutton, and pork can be regarded as a luxury at this time.

Watching the cavalry tirelessly and continuously impact the formation of the musket battalion with their longing for pork, gradually, the soldiers of the musket battalion also stabilized, and Zhu Ping'an's mood relaxed. Next, it is time to arrange the coordination of the musket battalion and the pike-infantry.

While he was watching intently, Zhang Ergou touched him from behind, "My lord, you haven't had lunch yet, do you want to ......?" ”

Zhu Ping'an was fascinated and just waved his hand.

"King Magfu's dim sum workshop is nearby, look, do you want to go to his place for lunch!" Wang Jinfa on the side hurriedly spoke.

"Dim sum workshop?" Zhu Ping'an was excited, and suddenly thought of something, "By the way, how is King Mafu doing?" ”

Wang Jinfa smiled, "Your Excellency is a noble person who forgets things, two days ago, the King of Mafu sent someone to invite your adult to inspect, I thought that I must have made some good things, and I was anxious to ask for merit from my lord!" ”

"Let's go, let's go!" Zhu Ping'an couldn't wait to stand up. Zhang Ergou finally breathed a sigh of relief and gratefully bowed his hand to Wang Jinfa.

After going for more than 20 miles, I entered the depths of the Phoenix Mountain, and there was no trace of it. Except for the occasional wild beast and the birds of the woods along the way, there was silence all around.

Three months ago, Zhu Ping'an set up this workshop, called "Dim Sum Workshop". In fact, it is a hidden place. What exactly is done, except for Zhu Ping'an, Zhang Ergou, Wang Jinfa, the two leaders of the personal soldiers, and the supporter Mrs. Centaur, even Hong Fatzi and others do not know.

Entering the mountains, it was suddenly much cooler, and the stinky sweat gradually dissipated, and I couldn't help but feel relaxed and happy.

Zhu Ping'an sat on the horse staggeringly, his head drooped unconsciously, Zhang Ergou had already gotten off, pulling the reins of Zhu Ping'an's mount and leading the way in front.

"Boom" There was a loud noise, which suddenly startled Zhu Ping'an's mount, the front hooves were raised high, and he let out a long hiss, and he almost threw Zhu Ping'an off the horse, but fortunately, Zhang Ergou was alert, and his hands were dead on the reins, Zhu Ping'an leaned back and hurriedly leaned forward, which stabilized his body.

"What's going on?" Zhu Ping'an roared angrily.

A group of pro-soldiers drew their blades to guard the surroundings, and one pointed in the direction of the east with sharp eyes, "My lord, look there!" ”

It was about two or three miles away, and through the shadowy jungle, a black pillar of smoke rose into the air in the distance, although it was not very large, but there were traces of a mushroom cloud.

"Quick, get on the horse, go over and have a look!"

Riding along the mountain road, although the road in the mountain is bumpy, there is no slope, and the speed of riding is also extremely fast. But after a cup of tea, everyone came to the front.

This is also the location of the dim sum workshop, in the valley, more than a dozen newly built blue-tiled houses, everyone was stopped by the sentinels guarding the periphery before they arrived, seeing that Zhu Ping'an came in person, he hurriedly let him go, and someone had already notified the king of the horseman.

When they came closer, they saw the appearance of the King of the Grooms, and everyone burst out laughing.

Dressed in a short brown dress, he has long lost his original appearance, his body is covered with black marks, and his face is also black oil, and the craftsmen behind him are also the same. It's like just crawling out of a coal hole.

"King Mafu, what were you doing just now, why is it so loud!"

The king of the horsemen was speechless for a while, his upper and lower lips were excited, and after a long time, his head fell to the ground, "My lord, it's done, it's done!" ”

Zhu Ping'an immediately came to his senses, turned over and dismounted, and lifted the groom king up, "It's really done?" ”

King Mafu nodded repeatedly.

Led by King Mag, the crowd rushed to a leveled wasteland behind the house.

The weeds in the wasteland had been blackened, and the middle patch had simply been burned to the ground, revealing the same dark soil, and the smell of sulfur was unbearable. King Mafu hurriedly took a stack of masks and distributed one to each person.

"He Changshui, hurry, hurry, the adults are here, hurry up and talk to the adults, you are still good at the craft things!" King Mafu hurriedly greeted a middle-aged man who was dark and fat and shirtless.

The man was wearing only a huge pair of sprinkle pants, a red belt tied around his waist, his lines of muscles flashed with oil paint, his face was also pitch black, and two rows of yellow teeth were revealed when he smiled.

This is the deputy of King Mafu, and he is also the craftsman who followed the Zhang brothers from outside the border to Fengyang, and the family inheritance is the craftsmanship of firearms manufacturing, and it is also the best craftsmanship among the craftsmen under Zhu Ping'an. was appointed by Zhu Ping'an with the title of a technical director, but this eight-foot man was moved to kneel for a long time, so he immediately brought apprentices and helpers into the mountain, and stayed here for three months.

"This is the magic machine arrow car in the Ming army at the beginning!" He Changshui pointed to something similar to a two-wheeled cart not far away and said.

This magic machine arrow car originated in the Southern Song Dynasty, originally the Southern Song Dynasty army against the Mongol army, and later the Mongols occupied the Central Plains, and gradually improved, and then used it in the war against the Europeans, and won countless victories. Later, in the 15th century, the Koreans improved it and made it what it is today.

A board was erected on the board car, and there was a hole in the board, on which were densely inserted more than 200 thick iron feather arrows with pipes, which were connected by fire ropes, and had been ignited, and could be fired continuously in an instant. Soldiers operating in the back can adjust the direction and height of the shot by placing stones under the handles behind the cart.

"According to the words of the adults, the small ones will all use pig iron to make all the feather arrows, this thing is not very demanding, as long as the weight is sufficient, increase the amount of gunpowder, fly much farther than bamboo feather arrows, that is, the gunpowder consumes a little more!"

"What is the striking distance after launching?"

"Eight hundred steps to a thousand steps!"

"How's it going?"

He Changshui couldn't help but touch his head a little embarrassed, "It's not easy to control, it's a little difficult to accurately hit a target, it's no problem to hit a large area!" ”

Zhu Ping'an clapped his hands, "That's it!" ”

Receiving Zhu Ping'an's affirmation, He Changshui suddenly grinned. As if offering treasures, he beckoned his helper to move a pile of iron shelves.

"My lord, the thing you said, the villain and others have also come out, so let's assemble it for you to see!" He Changshui kept rubbing his hands, obviously very excited, "This power is ......, I really didn't say it!" ”

In a few moments, everyone assembled the messy iron shelves. In front of it are two iron pipes interlaced to form a lifting shelf. At the back is something that looks like an iron ladder, forming a solid triangle with the two iron pipes in front of it, making it easy to maintain stability in any terrain.

The iron ladder was equipped with rails, as well as the transmitter springs, all of which were painted with black paint, which was supposed to prevent rust, and looked particularly heavy in the sunlight.

The two strong men next to him moved something together, and Zhu Ping'an suddenly looked straight, "Is this a missile?" ”

He Changshui personally got started, and together with the craftsmen, he installed two such things on the shelf, turned around and said to Zhu Ping'an: "My lord, this is the 'dim sum' we made, there are many kinds of fillings, which one do you want to see first!" ”