Mukden City!

Zhang Tingyu was provoked by Ferdinand to talk about sex, and was trying to ask for advice on what to do to get the three temptations of "power, money, and women" to attract those who did not work in the Guannai bannermen, but was interrupted, interrupting the conversation was only one of Ferdinand's house slaves, however, a few words of this house slave made Ferdinand jump up immediately, and even Zhang Tingyu didn't care about it, and ran out as soon as he slipped away, out of the curiosity of young people, Zhang Tingyu thought for a while and followed.

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"Calligraphy and painting, calligraphy and painting, selling calligraphy and painting!"

The street of Fengtian, of course, cannot be as bustling as Beijing City, but no matter how bad it is, it is Shengjing of the Qing Dynasty, the largest city in the Northeast, so the flow of people is okay. And at the end of this street, on the side, there is a small calligraphy and painting stall, and an old man about fifty or sixty years old is holding a feather duster and gently beating those calligraphy and paintings to dust off them.

"Calligraphy and painting, selling calligraphy and painting!"

The old man dusted off for a while, put his hands together, and shouted at the pedestrians on the street again.

"The ......"

The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the pedestrians on the street hid to both sides! The old man also hurriedly pulled the calligraphy and painting stall to the side, in this Fengtian City, there are people running horses and archery everywhere, and most of these people are hereditary nobles of the Eight Banners, overturning your stall, it is also in vain, don't lose the fee is good! Therefore, after suffering a few losses, the old man has been very careful about this kind of thing.

And just as the old man was laboriously pulling his stall back, the sound of horses' hooves had already reached him, and he stood still.

"Master, this is this old gentleman!"

The stiff Chinese made the old man raise his head, and what caught his eyes were three people side by side: a bearded man, an old man, and a young man! And all three of them are still wearing official uniforms.

"One one, one five, one six......?" Looking at the top and patch clothes of the three people, the old man secretly beat the drum in his heart, and was stunned for a while!

"Dare to ask, is Mr. Dai Zi Dai Wenkai?" The old man in the five-grade official uniform waved to the old man and asked softly.

"How many ...... A few adults, what's the matter with looking for the little old man? The old man asked, and in other words, he had already admitted his identity!

"Lord Fei, did you ask Admiral Ben to come here just to meet this old man?" Now there is only one first-class master in Fengtian City, and that is the Fengtian Admiral, Sabusu! He was handling official business in his Admiral's Yamen before, and was pulled here by Ferdinand, who originally thought it was something important, but he didn't expect it to be just to see such a shabby old man with a vicissitudes of life.

“…… Sathidu! ”

"How?"

"Ask you a question!"

"What?"

"Do you know what 'firepower build-up' is, what is 'cross-fire', and what is 'artillery coverage'?"

"No...... I don't know! ”

"Don't know? Then you will go to the side first, this time, you are called to be a witness! …… Don't worry, I'll give you a satisfactory answer in a while! Old man Fei finished Sabu Su with a few words, and once again faced the old man Dai Zi!

"Dai Zi, the word is open, was born in the eighth year of the former Ming Zhenzhen, that is, the ninth year of Tiancong in the Qing Dynasty, known as Mr. Gengyan, Renhe (now Hangzhou) people. His father, Dai Cang, was a supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, good at manufacturing ordnance, and liked to paint, and was a well-known painter at that time. At the age of 11, he was able to write poems and compositions, especially in the manufacture of weapons, and often studied such books without sleep or food, and was proficient in the principles of manufacturing. In the twelfth year of Kangxi, he was called into the army and participated in the pacification of the "Rebellion of the Three Feudatories". In the leisure time of the battle array, he still did not forget to make weapons, and produced the "Lianzhu Gun" (that is, Lianzhu Huotong), which can fire 28 rounds of ammunition at a time, which is huge, and in the fifteenth year of Kangxi, he recovered Jiangshan City and awarded the rank of Taoist. In the nineteenth year of Kangxi, he was called to leave the army and went to Beijing, where he was proficient in astronomy, calendar, arithmetic, music and painting. He also successfully imitated the Western "Pangut Shotgun" and "Zimu Cannon", which was greatly appreciated by Emperor Kangxi, and was later accused of 'fornicating with the East', was dismissed and exiled to Liaodong, and made a living selling calligraphy and paintings in Fengtian - I don't know if these are right? ”

"Your Excellency, you get these things...... Isn't it that the little old man has committed another crime? Dai Zi's words carried a hint of grief and indignation.

"It's not like that! Mr. Dai, in Lower Ferdinand, is currently the deputy commander of the Fengtian Eight Banners Garrison, and wants to ask Mr. to go out of the mountain to remake firearms, I don't know if it is okay? ……”

"The vice-capital of the five products? Haven't heard of it! In fact, when he just finished asking the sentence just now, Dai Zi had already woken up, even if he was guilty, he would not bother a first-class master to come, and after the verification of Old Man Fei's words, he was relieved! Then, he began to look at Ferdinand, he really didn't expect that there would be an official wearing the wrong official uniform, but since there is also a Mukden Admiral here to testify, presumably this will not be fake.

"Out of the mountains? The little old man is guilty, and the adult must have found the wrong person! With a wave of his hand, Dai Zi continued to dust off his calligraphy and paintings.

"Sir, a firearms manufacturer today, do you want to see your skills lost?" Old man Fei followed closely behind Dai Zi and asked.

"Hehe, lost? How can I have any skills, although Tang Ruowang is dead, but the court still has Nan Huairen, that is the firearms manufacturer, Xiao Lao'er is just a guilty person who lives on calligraphy and painting, my lord, let's go back! Dai Zi smiled bitterly and stepped aside.

"Mr. Dai......" Old man Fei chased after him again.

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"Reckless! Finding someone shouldn't be so straightforward......" Zhang Tingyu stood by the stall, and secretly shook his head when he saw Ferdinand's method of asking for help, and then, he tugged on Sabusu's sleeve and asked in a low voice: "Lord Admiral, why is Lord Fei looking for this Mr. Dai?" ”

"I don't know, maybe it's for firearms!" Zhang Tingyu didn't make a big deal of it when he came to Fengtian, but Sabusu already knew his identity on the way here, and when he heard his question, he replied, "A few days ago, this guy sent someone to find me and asked me to help check this Dai Zi, and he didn't want to think about it, I was in charge of military horses, and I didn't care about government affairs, how could I help him check?" In the end, I found Fengtianfu Yin only to find out that this Dai Zi was in Shengjing, and sent someone to tell him, he actually pulled me along, but he pulled me and asked me to stand aside, what do you say he is? If it weren't for his age, I would have knocked him over with one punch! ”

"Lord Admiral, you must not be reckless! Lord Fei is a man with a high mind, I estimate that the emperor will probably ask him about politics in the near future, you had better treat him well! Besides, Lord Admiral, a heroic character, why should he be angry with an old man? Zhang Tingyu smiled.

"Hehe, Lord Zhang is polite, the key is that this old man Fei is too annoying, just as annoying as his niece and nephew!" Sabsu has not forgotten the last time the Mader sent people to spread rumors about him.

"Lord Admiral, I wonder what you think of the imperial court's ban on Manchuria?" Zhang Tingyu asked suddenly.

"Master Zhang, why are you asking this? …… This one? …… The imperial court naturally has the idea of the imperial court, and we who are soldiers just have to obey the dispatch! ......" Sabu Su was stunned for a moment, and then replied a little vaguely.

"Lord Fei once said that Manchuria should be prosperous, and also put forward several feasible methods, but this seems to be contrary to the original intention of the imperial court to ban Manchuria, I want to ask, does the Admiral want Manchuria to become rich?" Zhang Tingyu asked again.

"This ...... I'm a martial artist, I really don't know! Sabusu replied cautiously.

"I see! Alas, when I came to Fengtian this time, the emperor just wanted the lower officials to ask Lord Fei about planting rice, but now it seems that the harvest is far greater than this! It's just that the imperial court has the idea of the imperial court, and it may not take into account the meaning of the Manchurian locals, and the lower officials can't be here for too long, and they don't know whether they should go around asking about it, so they can mention it to the emperor! ......" Zhang Tingyu seemed to be talking to himself, but his words were caught in Sabusu's ears word for word.

"Ask, ask! …… Who doesn't want their home to be a little more prosperous? Even if Lao Tzu doesn't want to, then General Heilongjiang, General Jilin, who doesn't want to exchange with General Hangzhou, General Suzhou, General Nanjing, and General Guangzhou? Who wouldn't want to go to Gangnam Flower World? …… But can you say this to your face? If Lao Tzu talks nonsense, maybe he will be handed off one day, can you afford to pay for it then? So, you hurry up and ask someone for good! Sabu Su secretly glared at Zhang Tingyu and did not speak, but the desire in his eyes was undisguised.

At this time, Ferdinand had already turned around and walked over to this side, looking at his disappointed face, it was obvious that Dai Zi had not promised him anything.

"Lord Admiral!" Walking to Sabusu and following, Old Man Fei said to him.

"What's the matter?" Sabusu asked.

"I wonder if the musket blueprint that Luo Xin gave you is still there?"

"This ...... I don't know where to put it! Do you want to go back? ”

"No, it's just that since this Dai Zi is a firearms master, he must be interested in a new type of musket, I want to use this drawing to provoke his interest, and when the time comes, it should be much easier to persuade him to go out of the mountain! ......" Old man Fei looked back at Dai Zi, who was dusting calligraphy and painting again, and said gloomily.

"Fei Dutong, I have to remind you, developing firearms without permission is a capital crime, you can't mess around!" Sabsu said.

"Know! Didn't you say that the imperial court was about to go west again? It's always good to have more firearms, this Dai Zi is said to have made a 'Zimu Cupola Cannon' in only eight days for the first time, if he is asked to teach his disciples, with large-scale operation methods, I don't know how many doors can be built in a year! Lord Admiral, think about it, how powerful it would be if hundreds of cannons were fired at the enemy side by side. …… Therefore, even if the court does not allow it, let this Dai Zi pass on his skills, and he must not lose it! …… You don't know, but we have experienced it in the West, a musket team of 1,000 people, lined up in several horizontal lines, one team shooting, one team reloading, one in front and one behind, taking turns to fight, without interruption in between, that killing people is like mowing grass! …… Tens of thousands of cavalry were swept away before they could rush in front of others! ”

“…… Is there such a thing? The cavalry charge was extremely fast, and even if the musket could be effective for a while, how could it be possible to use one as ten? Sabu Suniu's eyes widened suddenly, and his face was not convinced.

"Hmph, of course it's true! The musket has a far longer range than a bow and arrow, and the armor cannot block the bullets, and the rotation of fire without gaps is certainly more lethal than the bow and arrow...... There is also 'artillery coverage', hundreds of artillery, with the adjustment of the barrel height to adjust the firing range, fired again and again, from near to far, just like ploughing, attacking the city and pulling out the village, that is called a devastating and decaying! ……”

“…… A hundred guns? …… During the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Fuyuan general Tuhai and Zhou Peigong went west to conquer Shanxi and fought with the Shaanxi Governor Wang Fuchen, who was self-reliant, and there were only 30 artillery pieces in their hands, which was already the most artillery in the imperial army...... My Qing Dynasty is still like this, is it possible that there are so many artillery pieces in the Xiyi army? ”

"You ......" Old man Fei looked like he hated iron but not steel, "People will make cannons, of course there are a lot of them!" Let me tell you, on one capital ship of the Navy, there are no less than dozens of guns! …… In naval warfare, people now mainly rely on ships and artillery, and the number of troops is no longer the most important! ”

"......" Sabu Su was stunned for a moment, then glanced at each other with Zhang Tingyu, and nodded secretly! It seems that Old Man Fei is right! Although neither of them participated in the war to recover Taiwan, but they also know how Shi Lang led the Qing court sailors to fight with the Taiwanese sailors led by Liu Guoxuan, it is said that the warships used by both sides at that time were imitation Franc warships, with cannon holes on both sides of the hull, so it may not be impossible for the authentic Franc warships to have more artillery!

"You don't know that there are so many artillery pieces in Western armies that they can even carry out 'carpet bombing' of areas occupied by the enemy! ……”

Old man Fei continued to make a lot of nonsense, but although he seemed to be talking to Sabu Su and Zhang Tingyu, when his eyes were looking at these two people, he was looking at Dai Zi who was facing away from them! ……