In fact, the girders also have firearms.

Whether it is the official history or the parallel universe, gunpowder is the greatest invention of China.

In this timeline of the Liang Dynasty, the use of black powder is very mature.

Among the firearms thrown, there are thunderbolt fireballs, fire thistles, earth-shaking thunder, etc., in fact, it is equivalent to the fire gourd made by Song Che, which combines iron nails, asphalt, gravel, arsenic and other poisons with paper or hemp, wraps the outer layer with gunpowder, and then coats it with pine resin.

Among the long-range firearms, there are rockets, crossbows, etc., and the principle is also very simple, tying gunpowder to arrows and delivering them to the enemy with the help of flying arrows, but after all, it is powered by ejection, and then bundled gunpowder, the accuracy and killing distance of the arrows will inevitably decline;

There are even "artillery", but unlike modern iron pipe cannons, they are actually just trebuchets that use the principle of levers to throw stones, with a range of 50 to 200 steps, which is simple to operate but requires great manpower;

Although firearms have been used on the rise, their efficiency is too low, and it is cold weapons that really dominate the battlefield.

The Chuzhou Ordnance Institute, the proportion of hot and cold weapons is about 28 kai, firearms mostly produce rockets and crossbows, and cold weapons are knives and guns.

"Blacksmith Wang, I have improved and upgraded the musket, and I am going to place a buckle on the head of the gun, so that I can use bullets in long-distance combat and bayonets in close combat, and I have also designed two more bayonets, one is a spike for killing enemies, and the other is a sickle for hooking horses' feet, do you see if you can achieve it?"

Song Che handed over the blueprint to Blacksmith Wang.

The so-called "one inch long and one inch strong", the musket itself is very long, and the addition of a bayonet is completely comparable to a spear, plus it is all cast in iron, which is a little heavier, but it can take into account both melee and long-range.

"Mr. Bai, don't worry, as long as you can design it, our brothers will rack their brains to give it to you."

Again, craftsman, eternal God!

After two days of rest, the army left for the front.

In this march, in addition to the 3,000 Yangzhou soldiers, there were also 800 logistics to escort the ordnance baggage, which was in charge of Tong Tao, the ordinary secretary of the Chuzhou Prefecture, and several salt merchant teams.

According to common sense, official salt is not allowed to be smuggled, but due to the shortage of salt in various places, the official family is fighting, and the transportation capacity is insufficient, so this cup of soup is simply distributed to private salt sellers.

The government issues a type of certificate called "salt citation", which allows the holder to reasonably and legally transport and sell salt.

Salt is a surefire commodity, and many salt merchants take the risk of going to the front line to purchase salt and then ship it to various places for sale.

Today coincides with the Yangzhou army going to the front, of course, the salt merchants will not miss the opportunity of this free bodyguard, the most famous among the salt merchants, the largest team is the "Chu's" firm.

The whole team of the Chu clan had six carts, accompanied by thirty men, and it is said that the leader of the team was a woman, sitting in the carriage at the front of the caravan, a woman, who had the courage to brave the fire of war to go to the front line to buy salt, and her courage was better than that of most men.

Unlike the empty carts of other salt merchants, Chu's cart was full of goods, and it was supposed that there was something to be transported to Yancheng.

"General Bao and Master Tong have worked hard, this is the fruit specially prepared for you by my wife, please smile."

Two little guys, holding two plates of pastries, one for Bao Dayou, and one for Tong Tao.

Tong Tao took the pastry with a smile: "Go back and help me, thank you Mrs. Chu." ”

"Oh? It's quite careful, how does your wife know that I haven't eaten enough this morning? Bao Dayou also happily took the pastry, and when he just wanted to eat it, he thought of Song Che on the side, and handed it over:

"Mr. Bai, this pastry looks good, you can try it first."

"Hey, his mask doesn't leave his face, and he can't bear it, I'll taste it for him to see if it's poisonous." Jiang Yuntian was not polite at all, and he grabbed the pastry and was about to stuff it into his mouth-

"Brother Jiang."

"What?"

"Be careful with your teeth." Song Che reminded.

"Pastries are all teeth? No wonder you're eating soft rice. Jiang Yuntian had no worries, and took a bite down, "Ouch! "I really burped my teeth.

He opened the pastry and saw that there was a silver ingot of white flowers stuffed into it.

Song Che squinted and smiled: "If you don't listen to Mr., you will suffer in front of you." ”

Jiang Yuntian scolded: "Damn, do this kind of thing early in the morning!" I really thought it was inside the fruit, but I didn't expect it to be such a big stone inside! ”

Tong Tao pretended not to notice it, and unknowingly took the pastry into his pocket.

Bao Dayou smiled bitterly: "Then you say, should I eat this pastry or not?"

"General Bao, haven't you been bribed?" Jiang Yuntian went straight and asked.

Tong Tao over there glanced at a not very welcome look.

The military generals who lead the troops to fight are rough people, where are the civil officials who understand the sophistication of human feelings.

Song Che remembered that when he went to the Yangzhou military camp before, he was inserted by the guards for the crime of "bribery", and Bao Tongzhi never liked to collect money.

"It doesn't matter if you eat the pastries or not, I think you can check the goods of the Chu family, the other salt merchants are empty, but his family is fully loaded, so they were allowed to enlist in the army, and the goods were not checked, the front line is a place of right and wrong, everything should be careful."

Xu was also in the salt business because the Yang family had been in the salt business before, and Song Che had a little bit of a problem with these salt dealers.

War money, the water is very deep.

"The whole army stops advancing!"

Bao Dayou called off the army, and pointed to the Chu family caravan: "Surround them and check the goods!" ”

"Hey......" Song Che wanted to stop it, but it was too late.

Check it, there is a clear investigation and a secret investigation, but the bad people have also sent silver, so they should save some face for others.

This group of people who lead troops to fight is still not detailed enough.

Bao Dayou personally led the troops to the Chu family's caravan, threw the pastries into the carriage and said, "Don't make these useless things, I don't eat this set!" ”

Guy Chu said schemingly: "General, my wife gave you pastries to thank the army for accompanying the escort, and there is no other intention——"

"Then why are the carts empty, but you are full of goods?"

"These truckloads are full of grain and oil—"

"You are not a team of grain guards, what are you doing transporting grain and oil? You can stuff money in pastries, and you might be able to borrow food and hide things! The last time the Japanese invaded Yangzhou City, they wrapped their weapons in kelp, concealed the search, and caused a tragedy. ”

"General, our Chu family is a well-known businessman in Chuzhou, how can it be a widow-"

"The Yang family is still the richest man in Jiangnan, doesn't it also collude with the Japanese to assassinate the imperial court officials?"

"General—"

"Da Chun, we are innocent and not afraid of investigation." A word of persuasion came out of the carriage, and then another apology: "The people's women are clumsy, and they have polluted the integrity of the general, and I also ask the general Haihan, next time the Chu family is a businessman, he will take the initiative to inspect the goods."

Hearing this female voice, Song Che frowned slightly, why is it so familiar?