Chapter 279: Artillery and Mouth Cannons
"You guys come here!"
Zhang Ke called dozens of soldiers from the shooting range over and ordered: "These two are friends from North Korea, you can show them the method of firearm warfare." ”
"Yes!"
The soldiers agreed without hesitation, and immediately lined up in a neat three-stage firing formation, setting up more than 30 humanoid targets at a position of sixty paces, all of which were dressed in tattered leather armor, just like real people.
Li Shen and Li Zong's eyes widened, staring at each other, the gunshots rang out, the smoke of gunpowder filled, and the soldiers after the shooting did not drag the mud and water at all, and hurriedly turned to the back, and the second row was immediately connected.
The gunshots were dense, and there was no gap at all, and the two North Koreans just looked at it dumbfounded, and they were reluctant to blink their eyes. After a long while, Du Qing couldn't help it anymore and said, "Two of you, the shooting has stopped!" ”
"Stopped? It's true! ”
The faces of the two of them turned red, and they didn't know whether they were ashamed or excited.
Li Zong humbly lowered his head for the first time and begged, "The villain wants to go and see the target, I don't know if he can allow it?" ”
"Please take care of yourself."
After getting permission, the two of them ran away, looking at their backs, Du Qing said disdainfully: "It's worthy of being from a small place, and I don't have any knowledge at all." ”
"You say they're small, but they still think they're the largest country in the universe!"
Du Qing scolded with a smile: "I've seen Yelang arrogant, but I've never seen such a big one." My lord, just drive them away, don't bother to deal with them! ”
"Hahaha, let's do business, isn't it better for the opponent to be stupid! As long as you can squeeze out the oil and water. ”
Zhang Ke had extraordinary confidence in his firecracker, and sure enough, just like Zhang Ke's judgment, Li Shen and Li Zong were not enough to see when they arrived in front of the target.
The buckshot pierced through the leather armor, leaving deep marks on the hardwood, which would have been covered with bloody holes if it had been replaced with flesh and blood.
Li Shen looked cold, and whispered in Korean: "Compared to twenty years ago, the fire of the Celestial Empire is simply incomparable!" ”
"Hmm!" Li Zong nodded with a sigh and said: "I have only seen such a sharp fire gun in my life, I will buy as much as I can, at any cost!" ”
Li Shen asked suspiciously: "My brother Li Gui has five hundred elites in his hands, and it is enough to buy two or three hundred strokes!" ”
"Confused!" Li Zong said without hesitation: "To deal with my uncle, three hundred firearms are enough, but what about Jiannu and Wakou?" Only with a strong military can the DPRK stand firm! ”
This Li Zong's ambition vision is obviously much stronger than Li Shen's, he squinted his eyes, and in front of him there seemed to be thousands of firecrackers, holding sharp weapons, and blasting the Japanese into scum. The mighty Korean army slaughtered on the four islands of Japan, and the ears were full of the wails of Japanese women......
Don't blame Li Zong for wanting to get into trouble, if he has been invaded more than 1,700 times in the past two thousand years, no one can be calm!
They have seen the target and are determined to win.
"Zhang Shaobao, our country is in urgent need of firearms, please fulfill it!" The two men buried their heads in their chests.
"Hahaha, you don't have to be polite, in business, let's just make a fair and reasonable deal. In the first year, I will provide you with 500 firearms, give you 100 training instructors, and teach you the art of firearms. ”
"Good!" Li Zong agreed and said, "Zhang Shaobao is really thoughtful. ”
Zhang Ke had already seen that Li Zong was the real master, and as for his uncle Li Shen, he was more like an errand boy.
"Don't be busy, I'll give you something, what are you going to get in exchange?"
"This, please let Master Zhang know."
Zhang Ke said with a smile: "A well-made fire gun costs seventy taels of silver, and selling you one hundred taels is not too much!" If you add up to bullets, gunpowder, gun oil, etc., it will cost about one hundred and fifty taels of silver. In addition, it is not easy to train a firecracker, you must be the most capable veteran. They went all the way to North Korea, why did they need a tael of silver a day, and the two of them thought it was reasonable? ”
Before the account was settled, Li Zong and Li Zan's almost lay down. One fire gun is 150 taels, 500 is 75,000 taels, plus the training fee, to say less 100,000 taels!
One hundred thousand taels!
It may be okay to put it on Daming, but if it is put on North Korea, it will be fatal!
Li Shen said with a sad face: "Zhang Shaobao, I'm afraid that the treasury of our country does not have so much silver, the Heavenly Empire has always been magnanimous, and you are the number one hero in the world, our country admires it incomparably, everyone worships it, and respects it like a god......"
"That's it!" Zhang Ke said coldly: "I said, this is business, and doing business pays attention to the word equality, and it is useless for you to ask for it!" ”
Li Zong's face turned pale, and he said, "Zhang Shaobao, aren't you a strong man?" ”
"Two, I can't miss a penny of the price, but you don't have to buy something with silver, barter!"
Li Zong's eyes rekindled hope, and he asked suspiciously, "Zhang Shaobao, what do you want?" ”
"Can you pay for it with grain, and rice for fire?" Zhang Ke said in a tempting voice: "Although North Korea is small, it has a bumper harvest year, and there are millions of stone grain savings in the country. ”
Li Shenqing was excited, and he was about to nod in agreement, but Li Zong glared at him fiercely.
"Zhang Shaobao, you also said that our country only has grain savings in a good year, and if we catch up with the famine year, won't it be difficult for us to continue!"
"Childe really cares about the world!" Zhang Ke said with a little mockery: "What are you afraid of in the famine year, doesn't North Korea want to avenge the thousand-year-old feud?" As long as you cooperate with me, the Celestial Empire will be the backing of North Korea, and sooner or later it will help you to level the four islands and destroy the nest of the Japanese invaders! ”
Li Zong's blood was accelerated by Zhang Ke's words, and his little white face quickly turned the color of pig liver, panting like a cow.
"Zhang Shaobao, can you guarantee it?"
"What's so hard about that! When there was a rebellion, my father used to fight with the Japanese, and I don't have a good opinion of those little people! ”
Li Zong's eyes rolled, weighed for a long time, and finally made up his mind.
"Okay, deal!"
After negotiating the general direction, Du Qing took Li Zong and Li Shen down to draw up a detailed strategy.
Zhang Ke was in a good mood and knocked on the door of North Korea, not only had a way to get money, but also could insert a knife in Jiannu's back. It's amazing to kill two birds with one stone!
Humming a little song, Zhang Ke turned around to leave, and suddenly there was a sound of scolding from the side.
"I have heard the name of Lord Zhang for a long time, and it is really treacherous! What was less than ten taels of silver was sold for more than a hundred taels. It's an eye-opener to be so insatiable! ”
Zhang Ke frowned, who is so powerful, he broke the cost of the fire gun in one mouth!
Turning his head suddenly, there was a man in his early forties standing not far away, dressed in a Confucian shirt, his appearance was not good, and he was staring at Zhang Ke angrily.
"Who is not ashamed to speak?"
Mr. Bai, who was in charge of the shooting range, hurriedly ran over and touched the ground on one knee.
"Lord Qiyu, his name is Sun Yuanhua, and he said that he came from Beijing. The lowly position didn't want to let him in, but he had a letter of recommendation from Master Deng in his hand, so the lowly position was ......."
Zhang Ke didn't have the heart to listen to what Mr. Bai said, he was only interested in the three words Sun Yuanhua.
When he asked Deng Wentong to enter Beijing, one of the tasks was to recruit him, but he really didn't expect that people would appear in front of him alive, but the scene was a little embarrassing.
"Lord Zhang, I shouldn't have come to Liaodong in the next place, so I'm leaving." Sun Yuanhua turned around to leave, but Zhang Ke stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Mr. Sun, are you in such a hurry to leave?"
"Of course, adults have skills in making money, and the lower officials have gained knowledge, so I don't dare to stay for a long time, for fear of getting infected with copper stench!"
Sun Yuanhua turned around and left, the soldiers all regarded Zhang Ke as an idol, someone dared to speak disrespectfully, where could they let it go, a few soldiers raised their fists and wanted to fight.
Zhang Ke stopped them and sneered: "Sun Yuanhua, the official thought that you were different from those scholars, but I didn't expect that you were all the way, and it was useless for the country and the family, so let's get out of here!" ”
"You!"
Sun Yuanhua's face turned red, his voice was fierce, and he asked: "Master Zhang, I heard that you are also a scholar, so insulting Sven, you, you must make it clear!" ”
"Hahaha, Sun Yuanhua, you and Xu Guangqi are studying Western studies and making firearms, and you think it's also for the country to defend against humiliation! I thought you were hands-on, eating with real skills, and you didn't like those waste that spit all day long. But at first sight, you are even more pedantic than Confucian, which is really disappointing. ”
Sun Yuanhua clenched his fists angrily, but he also knew that he couldn't beat a group of martial artists, and sneered: "I don't know where to be pedantic, but it is the adults who are clever and clever, and they deceive others around, which is enviable." ”
"Do you know who those two are?"
"Everyone is the same, treat people with sincerity."
Zhang Ke suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, and tears were about to come out.
"Sun Yuanhua, are you willing to deceive people as an official? There are hundreds of thousands of refugees in Liaodong, and everyone wants to eat with their mouths open, shouldn't the official find a way to get food? Two North Korean guys sent to the door, can't they be slaughtered? ”
"A gentleman loves money and takes it in the right way, not to mention that Liaodong is short of grain, you can ask the imperial court, why make more than ten times the huge profits, what is it if you are not a profiteer!"
Zhang Ke shook his head slightly, a man in his forties was even more innocent than a child, and he didn't know how he came over, no wonder he lost his head in a daze, Zhang Ke thought angrily.
"Where did the court food come from? Is it just from the hands of the common people, since last year, the imperial court has increased the salary, and the regular taxes in some places have been collected until five years after the Apocalypse. If you continue to exploit like this, what will be the result, don't you understand in your heart? Morality, benevolence, these things are useful, and the old slave is still herding sheep in Hetuala! ”
Zhang Ke suppressed his anger and sneered: "There are two kinds of literati in the world, one is to do things in a real way, and the other is to scold people every day. They opposed the levy of commercial taxes, but forced the imperial court to attack the Jiannu; They let the emperor practice strict economy, and it became a custom to go to the emperor himself; They snatched a bit of power from the generals, and when they were defeated, they naturally put the blame on the generals. What schizophrenia, how shameless! ”
Sweat flowed down from Sun Yuanhua's sideburns, he really understood Zhang Ke's sharpness, every sentence was inserted in his heart, is it wrong to believe in what he has always believed? Sun Yuanhua hugged his head in pain.
"Mr. Sun, you are an artilleryman, aren't you ashamed to learn from those people to fight cannons?" R1152