The prefect is in the Antarctic Mansion, that is the sky, if you want to pinch him to death, you don't need the prefect to do it at all, just one sentence, this shopkeeper can beat him to death, and he can only hold back a sentence

"The prefect is wise, and the prefect is also for the sake of all the distinguished guests, so that you don't have to go to the capital, in case you meet a rogue, you will lose all your money."

。 Hahaha, you're still very good at talking, and it's really a waste to be a buddy. ”

Hearing the praise of the distinguished guest, the guy's face was filled with a bright smile, and he hurriedly lowered his eyebrows and said with a pleasing eye

"The adult praised it falsely, the villain is just a guy, these things are all heard a lot, and I naturally know, I believe that as long as the adult thinks about it a little, it will definitely be more thorough than the villain, think more,"

I have to say that this guy's words are quite sleek, and this sycophant can really make people feel happy.

Chen Zhang laughed, and continued to talk to his buddy quietly, and then transferred the conversation to the Antarctic Mansion military camp.

The man didn't have much suspicion, but now that the army was in chaos, a merchant arrived at a mansion, and of course the first thing he cared about was the military situation here.

After all, no one wants to live a good life, and if a rogue comes to attack, and then finds that there are no soldiers in this town, and there are no generals to defend, everything they have will be wiped out at that time, and they will be directly robbed by robbers.

If that's the case, it's really a very depressing thing.

Obviously, there are many people who ask the guy about this, and the guy knows some of the information.

When he got enough news, he rewarded the fellow with a piece of broken silver, and then the man left gratefully.

Chen Zhang stretched his waist and looked at Qian Ruxue on the side

"How's it going, have you gotten what you wanted? Got the news you wanted? ”

Qian Ruxue smiled at the corner of her mouth, picked up the tea, took a sip of it gently, and said with a smile

"Yes, my lord, if this guy is right, there should be tens of thousands of officers and soldiers in this Antarctic Province divided into different military camps, among which I want to know the most is the firearms battalion."

"That's right, it's a firearms battalion"

"Oh, why do you want to know about the Firearms Battalion?"

Although Chen Zhang knew what kind of thoughts Qian Ruxue had in front of him and wanted to obtain firearms, it was undeniable that the development of firearms in the Dachang Empire was indeed not too perfect, and there were many problems.

Whether it is gunpowder or shoddy production, when it is really on the battlefield, it is indeed a thousand kills and eight hundred self-losses.

It's very simple, because firearms are not taken seriously, and even the prefect does not take the firearms battalion to heart.

In addition, the low position of the firearms battalion in the army is quite low, which makes the entire firearms battalion have little interest in getting this piece of the pie.

In other words, the firearms battalion was very poor.

Chen Zhang chuckled

"Are you sure it's because firearms are very poor, or do you want to buy firearms?"

"Do you think there is a difference between buying firearms and being poor?"

"Haha"

Chen Zhang laughed and half-narrowed his eyes slightly.

In fact, as Qian Ruxue said, it doesn't make much difference whether it is because Qian Ruxue wants to buy firearms or because Qian Ruxue just because firearms are more convenient.

After all, the goods need to be sold now.

"Well, since you have promised that everything will be handled by you, then everything can naturally be handled by you"

Qian Ruxue's breathing became short, and her eyes lit up.

As Chen Zhang thought, the most important reason why she targeted the firearms battalion was that the firearms battalion was indeed not valued in the military department, and the most important reason was that she really wanted to add a batch of firearms to her Liefeng battalion.

After all, their Liefeng battalion is all women, and when they go up to the battlefield, hand-to-hand combat is too dangerous, and there is not much certainty, in contrast, once there is a firearm, no matter how bad the firearm is, it is better than hand-to-hand combat.

"In that case, let's eat, and after we finish eating, we will go to the firearms camp to have a look, I think the man should know who the commander of the firearms camp is? Where the hell, after all, after taking so much of our money, you have to do something, don't you? ”

As a traverser, Chen Zhang knows very well that there is nothing in this world that cannot be solved by money, and if there is, it can only mean that the money is not spent enough.

There is a famous tavern name in Antarctic Province called Lao Zhang Tavern.

Lao Zhang's Tavern is home-brewed wine, and business has always been quite good, but unfortunately, with the advent of the war, Lao Zhang's tavern business has also become poor.

After all, winemaking is not a simple job, coupled with the lack of food, Lao Zhang's tavern has less and less wine, and can only use other ingredients to make wine, but because the price of wine is relatively cheap, it has attracted many people to come.

For alcoholics, as long as there is alcohol to drink, it is already a matter of thanks.

Who cares about anything else.

Wang Jianhua is the general of the firearms battalion and is in charge of the entire firearms battalion.

In the eyes of ordinary people, as a general, he is in charge of a firearms battalion, which should be a high authority and very remarkable, but in fact, Wang Jianhua knows that he is not a general in charge of a firearms battalion, he can command more than 200 people, which looks very powerful, but in fact, the entire firearms battalion has not been taken seriously by anyone at all.

Even if it's the general's idea of the firearms battalion, that is, your firearms battalion, as long as you don't cause trouble for me, it's fine

As for some of the rewards or materials and the like, there are even fewer of them.

But not to mention the generals, even other soldiers in the same military circles, even spearmen and other soldiers looked down on musketeers at all.

In their eyes, this musketeer was of no use at all, and the only use was only one, that is, to eat, drink, and die, and to put a shot in battle, and then there would be no problems, no effect.

Who's going to do it in the end?

In the end, it was not necessary to rely on archers, spearmen, shields, and card soldiers to fight.

It is precisely because of this that the position of the entire firearms battalion in the army has become very embarrassing, and the most important reason is that the firearms of the firearms battalion are almost all thick and cracked, and they are easy to explode, and in addition, they are of no use at all on rainy days, and the gunpowder will be drenched again.

In the face of various circumstances, it can be said that the firearms battalion is too difficult.

When you can't play a role in the war, you can buy gunpowder to build weapons and make muskets, each of which costs more money than other soldiers, but the benefits are quite poor, and it can be said that the expenditure and income are completely disproportionate.

And how could the general develop a firearms battalion.

Wang Jianhua was drinking cheap wine in the tavern at the moment, drinking one sip at a time, listening to the voices of the people on the side talking and talking, with a trace of bitterness in his mouth,

"Did you hear that? Today, several more caravans have come to Antarctica, and all their goods have been purchased by the prefect. I've heard a lot of good stuff."

"It seems that the prefect is really making a lot of money this time"

"What can I do? Do you want to do this kind of business? The prefect has already spoken, all the goods of the merchants who enter the Antarctic Mansion must be sold to the government, otherwise they are bandits, and what do I want to say is called bandits, it is nothing more than that he has taken a fancy to this piece of meat and wants to swallow it alone."

"Shut up, shut up, there are officers and soldiers here, do you dare to say such things? Be careful to catch you,"

"What are you afraid of? Are you talking about Wang Jianhua? Although he is an officer and soldier, he is a firearms battalion."

"What, firearms battalion, oh, that's fine."

Everyone chattered and talked, and when they heard the firearms camp, they relaxed one by one.

Everyone knows that firearms are already the least popular branch of the military in the barracks, and no good things can be done, although it cannot be said that there are no good things, but it can only be said that there are basically quite few things that are distributed, and they belong to the edge of the edge.

"These damn guys, they dare to look down on our firearms battalion, I'm going to teach them a good lesson now"

Wang Jianhua's pro-soldier next to him gritted his teeth and said.

Although they also knew that their firearms were indeed looked down upon, it was one thing for them to be looked down upon, and it was another thing for others to say that it was another, which really made him feel very angry

"The craftsmen who make the muskets cut corners, and the people who remake and repair them refuse, and the prepared gunpowder is not pure, otherwise our muskets would not always be blown up, and it is not our fault at all"

The pro-soldiers gritted their teeth and complained, but everyone knew that this was the reality.

To support a firearms battalion, no, to be precise, the money for a firearms soldier is enough for a person in charge to train 10 spearmen and 5 archers, this kind of cost performance, if it were him, I am afraid he would make the same choice.

"Alright, alright, stop saying this again, what's the use of saying this? Now let's think about how we will spend the next few days, the supplies for our firearms battalion from the Quartermaster Department have become less recently, and I am afraid that if this continues, we will not even be able to pay our salaries. ”

Wang Jianhua shook his head with a wry smile

In fact, according to the normal situation, in terms of the income of the current prefect of the Antarctic Prefecture, it is impossible to fail to pay military salaries.

But the problem is that your firearms battalion is looked down upon and considered useless, and in such a situation, who would want to spend money to maintain a firearms battalion

You must know that the biggest difference between the firearms battalion and other branches of the army is that the musket needs to be maintained, and it needs to be repaired after it is broken, which is a large expense.

In addition, the usual training is an expense, as well as the production of gunpowder, which is also an expense.

The firearms battalion can be said to be the master of money burning.

If it could, the prefect would like to dismantle the firearms battalion directly.

In such a situation, the firearms battalion can be said to be that the father does not hurt, and the grandmother does not love it. His own people look down on his own people, and the prefect doesn't pay attention to it.

To tell the truth, the military supplies given to them every month are only enough for them to be hungry and hungry.

And as for the maintenance of weapons, gunpowder, etc., it can be said that there are simply very few.