Chapter 34 Scrap Production Experts

Yu Feng is now living in Lingshan City for more than ten days, and then returning to Zhaojia Village to live for a few days, and the small flag that followed him also took advantage of this opportunity to rotate with each other, he did this, one intention was to let all the soldiers have the opportunity to be stationed in Lingshan City for a period of time, compared with the training intensity of Zhaojia Village, this garrison in Lingshan City is not much different from vacation, it is regarded as a welfare; The other one, these two hundred soldiers, but the biggest foundation of the aftermath at present, he is bound to be firmly in his own hands. In this way, the rotation can prevent these people from being too alienated from themselves to the greatest extent, and only obey the orders of their immediate officers.

It was Liu Shengmin who came out of Zhuangzi, and in Zhuangzi, the one who could claim to be the next person was the Liao people who were taken in by their group of remnants.

Liu Shengmin's face was flushed, and his eyes were full of excitement, "I also asked someone to send a letter to the master, but I didn't expect you to come back today!" ”

"Oh!" Seeing the joy on his face, Yu Feng's heart moved, and he smiled slightly: "Could it be that I asked you to do something!" ”

"The old man is wise!" Liu Shengmin's eyebrows danced, "I finally lived up to the high expectations of the master, the people in our workshop have tried and tested many times, and finally made the fire gun according to the master's requirements!" ”

"Master, this bird gun can penetrate heavy armor and kill people within fifty steps, and light armor can be broken within a hundred steps." There was a table in front of Yu Feng with a new firearm on it, and this was Liu Shengmin's achievements over the years.

For Liu Shengmin, it is not difficult to create a firecracker, but the difficulty is to create a firecracker that his master is satisfied with, but to build it according to his master's requirements, half of this firecracker cannot be hit, and the other half is either a bore or a projectile that can't hurt anyone at all.

In the past few days, according to Yu Feng's requirements, he has created a lot of waste products, and these waste firecrackers have basically been returned to the furnace and destroyed. This fire gun is the cost of a few taels of silver, Zhao Zongqi, who is in charge of the account room in Zhuangzi, is very distressed, this is not as good as raising soldiers, it is purely a waste of money, and he has persuaded Yu Feng a few times in the open and secret, but Yu Feng is unmoved, in this regard, Yu Feng is very stubborn.

Sometimes Liu Shengmin also feels very strange, obviously he is built according to the standards of Liaozhen, and he can start and hurt people, but every time he shows it to his master, his master is quite dissatisfied, and he also puts forward some inexplicable requirements and suggestions, telling him to follow those strange requirements. For example, use a thin slenders to polish the chamber of the gun, and set up two lookout mountains on the barrel of the gun. is only a fire gun in front of him, Liu Shengmin consciously has been improving, but he also knows that this gun is only barely meeting the requirements put forward by the master, whether he can satisfy his master, or not.

Yu Feng looked at the firearm in front of him, until now, the firearm he saw faintly had the appearance of a modern rifle, the caliber of the barrel has been much larger than the first one, and the barrel is still very long, but it has reached a level that he can accept.

"I'll reload the old man!" Liu Shengmin skillfully loaded gunpowder and projectiles, compacted them with a whole strip, and then lit them with a fire rope and handed them to Yu Feng. Yu Feng took the firecracker, his hand sank suddenly, and he fired a shot at the target in the distance.

The target was a door panel sixty paces away, and when the shot came out, the projectile didn't know where it flew, and the huge door panel didn't move at all. Yu Feng frowned and motioned for Liu Shengmin to continue the charge.

A few more shots were fired, until the fifth shot was fired, and the projectile hit the target, and the people lifted it over the door panel to see, but it was very powerful, and the projectile actually penetrated the door panel two fingers thick.

Yu Feng threw away the firearm in his hand and asked a little meaningfully, "How far can the bow and arrow shoot?" ”

"If we make our own bow, there is a head within fifty steps, and we can hurt people within one hundred and fifty steps, master, fighting in battle, or this bow and arrow is the best to use......" Liu Shengmin's? The tremor came up again, and seeing Yu Feng frowning, he wisely closed his mouth.

Yu Feng actually knew that the hit rate of the smoothbore gun was outrageously low, but he, who was accustomed to modern rifles, still felt unbearable in the face of this firearm with a hit rate of only 20 percent at a distance of less than 50 meters. This is also his reference a little higher, taking the rifle three hundred years later as the standard, but as everyone knows, even if almost one hundred and fifty years later, the 1810 smoothbore gun produced by the most advanced Russian Tula Arsenal in Europe at that time was just such a hit rate, he was a little arrogant. Unfortunately, Liu Shengmin doesn't have his vision, his reference is the fire gun of the Ming Dynasty, so he naturally feels that Yu Feng's requirements are a bit harsh.

"If there is an accurate head within a hundred steps of this firebolt, can it be made?"

Liu Shengmin was silent for a moment, turned around and communicated with a few blacksmiths behind him who participated in the production of this firecracker, and replied with some hesitation: "Master, it's not impossible, but in this way, the weight of this firearm will be greatly increased, I'm afraid that it will cost nearly twenty catties, but I'm afraid that the people who use this firearm will never be able to use other weapons!" ”

"Other weapons?" Yu Feng didn't understand, could it be that the firecrackers of this era have a distinction between main weapons and secondary weapons?

Liu Shengmin is now somewhat clear about his master's life experience, although the master may have killed people, but the battlefield of the two armies against each other, I am afraid that I have not experienced it, the things on this battlefield, a person who has read the book of soldiers, I am afraid that it is still unimaginable, and it is normal to not know the use of this firecracker, so he opened his mouth to explain: "On the battlefield, the army is to fight a firecracker, and you have to rush up with a weapon, and the march will move there!" ”

"Do you want to carry other blades?"

"Our Ming military system, originally said that the bird gun hand on the battlefield with a short knife to defend himself, but every time with the foreign enemy, always the enemy did not come to the front is angry, the result of the ammunition is not hit, the enemy did not hit, rushed to the front, the other party is a spear and a big knife, with the short knife can not defend themselves, besides, the fire gun is often bombed dud or something, so the bird gun hands are with spears and big knives, the weight of these things is not light, counting the fire gun is even heavier, in order to facilitate we are all particular about the bird gun can not be too heavy."

The firecracker goes to war with a broadsword and spear, this, it's really ...... Very creative! When Yu Feng heard this, his face could be described as wonderful, obviously the officers and soldiers were cowardly, and they hurriedly released their guns in the face of the enemy, does this have anything to do with the killing of the firecracker? In or, the quality of this firearm is really a bit outrageous, and the officers and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have a serious lack of confidence in the firearm in their hands, so there is such a strange thing.

"Don't care if it's heavy or not, if my sons can't lift it for ten or twenty pounds, then don't follow me, just go back and boil salt." You just have to work hard, and if there is anything you need to spend money on, and if you and your family have anything to lack, come to me, and I will not treat you badly, but this is a big deal, don't slack off. ”

Seeing that Yu Feng said solemnly, Liu Shengmin and all the blacksmiths said yes.

Sent away Liu Shengmin and others, Yu Feng returned to the back hall, and Xue Niang gossip, this Xue Niang is being harassed by those gift-giving salt merchants, and she is naturally overjoyed to see Yu Feng coming, this little Bie Sheng is newly married, the two are in the back house, what are some charming styles, what private words have been said, then it is not known to outsiders. Anyway, it wasn't until dinner time that Yu Feng walked out refreshed, and asked Qiu Shi to come to see him.

This hill was under the hands of Yu Feng, and the days were very nourishing. He was originally a rout left by Kong Youde, and after being broken by Yu Feng, there was no reason to be spared, but because he was quite a bachelor and had the skills of a horse army, Yu Feng also kept him.

was originally a thief who was in danger, but in the blink of an eye, he became an officer and soldier again, and he was also an official position of Xiaoqi. Commanded dozens of cavalry. The official position of this small banner is much larger than his small flag in Kong Youde's army, this is a serious court officer and soldier, besides, in Kong Youde's army, when did the military salary be paid, under Yu Feng's hands, the military salary and use have not been treated badly, and he has a decent identity, Yu Feng was worried that a few of them would escape quietly, and now this situation is that Yu Feng drove him away with a horse whip, and he is afraid that he is unwilling to go. can follow such a Shangguan to have a future, but it is not ten thousand times stronger than being a thief.

"I've seen my lord!" Seeing Yu Feng, Qiu Shi saluted honestly, compared with his body shape, Yu Feng was simply a weak scholar in front of him, but Qiu Shi still didn't dare to have any rudeness, for this adult, he was both respectful and awe-inspiring.

"How's your horse team doing?" Yu Feng asked, although he didn't go to see it in person, but in Qiu Shi's horse team, he has always been very well-informed. At the beginning, the cavalry who selected the horse team were all selected from the most loyal and hard-trained soldiers, and most of these people were from Zhaojia Village. So, if there is any wind and grass in the horse team, Yu Feng is definitely the first person to know. This small-scale cavalry, but it cost him a lot of money, and he really had high hopes, so naturally he would not let the sheep go. To put it mildly, even if Qiu Shi has different intentions and wants to pull people away, I am afraid that these subordinates, who are usually obedient, will immediately turn their faces and cut off his head to ask Yu Feng for credit.

"It's already paying off!" Qiu Shi replied, his eyebrows raised sharply: "Your Excellency wants to use us?" ”

Although the life of Zhaojia Village is better, but when I am used to the wild hills, I still feel a little aggrieved, if I can go out and relive the previous days, then it is called a happy life! Seeing Yu Feng ask this, he keenly felt that Yu Feng seemed to have a meaning from them.

"It's a bit far, but the Inspection Department will give you a certificate to detect smuggled salt, so don't worry about it on the road!"

"Who is the opponent?" Qiu Shi is really very, adults will beat whoever they want, so do you need to say it? Just ask about the strength of the other party.

"It's just a few salt sellers, and they can't be on the table!" Yu Feng nodded: "I called you here to let your horse team go out to practice, the old nest is at home, what can I do, when the time comes, it will not be useful, I will not spend a lot of money to raise a bunch of waste!" ”

"None of my brothers in the team are waste!" Qiu Shi's face was a little red, even if Yu Feng used the method of agitation, he also recognized it, besides, what Yu Feng said was not wrong at all, is the cavalry who has no blood at all considered a cavalry?

"Is it a waste, prove it to me!" Yu Feng threw over a booklet: "This has the name of the person you want to deal with, within a month, I want their trade name to disappear in Shandong, can you do it!" ”

"Your Excellency, just wait to hear the good news!" Qiu Shi picked up the booklet from the ground: "The little one will set off tomorrow morning!" ”