After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, only to see Bishop Wu ask with a smile on his face: "I don't know what kind of mold you use to cast firearms?" ”

He replied: "The cast cannon has always been based on mud, and recently there is a saying that there is an iron mold, but unfortunately it is not very successful. But what they are anxious about now is not a cannon, but a bird's gun...... This thing was still cast more than ten years ago, but it was time-consuming and laborious, and the texture was not good, and the pipe was very heavy, and since then it has been mainly forged. ”

"Alas, you are also businessmen, how can you encounter a tendon?" Wu Sijing sighed and said, "We don't have to care which one is advanced and which one is backward, we just make an example for the government." ”

Everyone became more and more puzzled, but when they saw his confident appearance, they bowed deeply: "I want to hear it!" ”

"Since they have been unkind to us, we can only be unjust to him. As far as I know, most of the officials of this country know nothing about firearms, and are very easy to be deceived, and you can lie that the method of casting is the most convenient, and if the other party is not gullible, first start work for twenty years, and then take out an old gun from the storehouse, and falsely claim that it is newly cast; Seeing that it was built so quickly, he must persuade the court to agree. At this time, on the pretext that "there were many craftsmen needed to make guns, and the funds were insufficient," he asked the government for the cost of making molds, repairs, and washing, and only took a few pennies in a few days. After a long time, after a few months, the compensation received is not more than ten taels? At that time, once the captives enter the border, they can take advantage of the panic psychology of the imperial court to raise the price, wouldn't they be able to make a lot of money from him! ”

When everyone heard this, they were very excited, and their beards stepped forward to clasp his hand: "Old Bishop, you are really our savior!" ”

Wu Sijing felt that his hands hurt, and he quickly broke free, and said with a smile: "I only hate this Heavenly Empire, and I can't treat people fairly, so I am angry and want to fight for you." Now that you have an idea, why don't you hurry up and find Ye Yongjia? Don't miss it. ”

The crowd replied categorically, "Let's go!" ”

Ye Yongjia was still sitting by the window and thinking, but he suddenly caught a glimpse of a few figures, so he slowly tilted his head and turned his eyes over.

"Lord Ye!" The fat merchant led by him knelt down at the door with a pair of teary eyes; Seeing this, the other three also hit their knees on the ground, and pressed their heads tightly to the floor, only the beard showed dissatisfaction, as if unwilling.

"You ...... What's wrong? Ye Yongjia rubbed his eyes and was not in a hurry to get up.

The fat merchant raised his head and said: "Just now Master Li said something excessive, and we became angry, and I couldn't bear it, which annoyed the old man." In hindsight, I regretted it...... I beg Lord Ye to forgive us for our crimes and forgive the four of us extrajudicially! With that, he choked up.

"I don't blame you, there is also a problem with Lee's attitude towards participating in politics. As long as your heart is sincere, it doesn't matter. Get up. Ye Yongjia waved his hand, and they stood up respectfully, and made two more deep bows.

"Is there anything else you guys are up to?" Ye Yongjia's expression seemed to be soothed.

Master Lao asked, and the villain thought about it for a while, and was willing to ...... Agree with the strategy proposed by the imperial court. The fat merchant wiped the corners of his eyes and said word by word.

"You guys?" Ye Yongjia looked at the three people behind him, and they also nodded frequently.

Seeing that all the businessmen looked pitiful, Ye Yongjia naturally let down a little guard, but his face was still cold: "You can understand the court hard." But Li Gong's plan is still too much, and I will try my best to help you and others. ”

"Master Xie......"

"In order to repay the kindness of the adults, we are willing to cooperate with the government to discuss a casting method with you." The beard took a half step forward and secretly raised his eyes to look at him.

"Just say."

"It is advisable to cast shotguns in clay molds, which is my Western practice of making guns, and I am accustomed to it. Using this method, the construction of firearms must be speedy, and it is a true plan. Ask Ye Gong to go to the emperor and order the craftsmen to learn this method in order to facilitate the war. ”

Ye Yongjia pondered for a moment, but frowned slightly: "Isn't it?" ”

"Huh?" These words frightened his beard and eyes, and his body almost froze.

"I only know that cannons need to be cast, and I've never heard of shotguns being made like this."

"Haha......" Beard laughed dryly, and turned back to look at everyone, "This is what you don't understand." In the past, I didn't cast guns in the West, but I used forging, but recently I learned that this method is very wonderful, so I have followed suit. ”

"My lord, there is a reason for this," the fat fan merchant continued, "This forging seems to be concise, but once the multiple iron pipes are connected, the adhesive is not firm, and it will not be stable when the gun is fired, and it is easy to explode." Have you ever seen a shotgun? ”

Ye Yongjia has carefully read Jian Wensheng's book of war, how can he not know the appearance of the bird? But now seeing that they were talking intermittently and stumbling, I couldn't help but be vigilant again, so I deliberately pretended to be confused: "I've seen it on a merchant ship before, but I haven't seen it really, and I forgot it today." ”

'That's good, that's good...... ' Rubbing his beard, he let go of the apprehension in his heart and smiled: "Then you will listen to us." If you still have doubts, I will assure you that in less than twenty years, you will be able to make a good gun! ”

"Good, good!" Ye Yongjia shouted excitedly, "You have this wonderful method, you can ensure that I am forever solid!" Ye went back to the county government and went to the court! ”

Several people stayed until the evening, and Wu Sijing proudly walked out of the inner courtyard to see off the guests. After sending off the four merchants, he led Ye Yongjia to a good horse and urged him to set off quickly, so as not to live up to the expectations of the merchants.

Seeing that he was in such a hurry, Ye Yongjia secretly snickered: "It seems that this must be his idea." He rode his horse down the dirt hill, and went straight down the earthen embankments, over the stream at the edge of the field, and disappeared into the distant night.

"Cai Shilang!"

Ye Yongjia staggered open the door, and hurriedly stepped forward and patted Cai Xianqing on the shoulder. "You haven't slept yet, have you?"

"I can't sleep if I don't sleep, and I'm having supper with Li Shenzheng." Cai Xianqing put down the cup and chopsticks in his hand and said with a laugh.

Ye Yongjia looked up and saw Li Wenshou really sitting opposite, the two of them were around a Nanmu table, with a plate of big fish, a shrimp yuan and a dog meat on both sides.

He hadn't even eaten dinner, his stomach was so empty that he just stared at the fish that glittered in the lamplight, and swallowed his saliva.

"Let's eat together." Cai Xianqing gave up his seat to him.

"No need," Ye Yongjia waved his hand, then turned around and sat on the edge of the bed, no longer looking at those dishes, "You guys eat well." ”

"Without me, I will make a mess, and the adults will make some fame?" Li Wenshou had a sarcastic tone.

"Not to mention some famous halls, I'm afraid I've already figured out the details of them!"