Chapter 9: The Disciples
"Hahaha! Sixth brother, take a look! Look at what I'm beating! ”
Looking at the target, Wang Jinwu grinned, stretched out his hand and pointed to the position of the bullet with a radiant expression.
Zhu Shencone also felt surprised when he took a closer look, only to see that the center of the target was hit by a shot on the left, and this shot was only a finger away from the center, and it was estimated that it had reached the level of the Nine Rings.
"Good boy, good fight!"
Listening to Zhu Shencone's praise, Wang Jinwu was even more happy, it was indeed rare to be able to hit this level with a musket for the first time, especially since he had seen Zhu Shencone's results before, compared to what Zhu Shencone had just shot, his shot was much more accurate.
For a long time, Zhu Shencone has always pressed Wang Jinwu, and it is the first time that he can win today, thinking of this makes this kid even more proud.
But he didn't feel complacent for long, and then tried another shot, after this shot, the two went to see the target, Zhu Shencone asked where did this shot go? Wang Jinwu was stunned for a moment, he stared at the target for a long time and didn't find the landing point of the second shot, and finally the two of them looked for it together, and then they found it on the stone wall more than half a meter away from the target.
Seeing that the second shot landed so outrageously, Wang Jinwu, who was still proud just now, suddenly stopped firing, he scratched his head with an embarrassed expression, muttering how could this be, he couldn't figure out what was going on.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Shencone smiled secretly in his heart, naturally understanding what was going on.
Although Wang Jinwu has good archery skills, he has never shot a musket, and this first shot was a blind cat that ran into a dead mouse and was lucky, but the second shot was different. Moreover, this musket is a smoothbore gun, and he does not understand the three-point line, so he shoots directly by feeling, and it is normal to have such a result.
After telling Wang Jinwu the reason, Wang Jinwu suddenly realized, saying that he didn't understand the situation when he shot the musket for the first time, and he would definitely not be like this if he fought again.
Zhu Shencone smiled and nodded, immediately reloaded, told him the essentials of aiming, and let him fight again, this time it was really much better than the last time, although it still didn't hit the bull's-eye, but the drop point finally hit the target, if it was a hit, it was not bad to hit two of the three shots.
Then, Zhu Shencone tried a few more times, and after a few more fights, he also found the trick of using this musket, including the suitability of adding gunpowder. The last two shots were eight or nine from the bull's-eye, and I felt satisfied.
Then Zhu Shencone took Wang Jinwu to test the longest distance of the musket, when it reached twenty-two steps, it was still barely able to hit the target, but beyond this distance, the bullet did not know where to fly, even if Wang Jinwu came to aim, but still could not hit the target.
After the test, Zhu Shencone had a complete bottom in his heart, this musket far surpassed the current firecracker in terms of shooting distance and accuracy, and it was almost comparable to the bird's gun.
The so-called bird gun is named after being able to shoot down the bird, its accuracy is the first of the big open fire weapon, and the bird gun hits very far, 160 meters, that is, 100 steps can still be two out of ten, if it is a well-made bird gun, if it is a master to shoot, this accuracy is higher.
Although the range of Zhu Shencone's musket is far less than that of the bird, the accuracy is not bad at all, and the twenty-two steps, that is, the maximum range of 35 meters, is enough for Zhu Shencone. Moreover, after using Zhu Shencone's self-made gunpowder, the musket was also more powerful and ranged than Zhao Da's test shot, which Zhu Shencone was quite satisfied with.
After the test firing, Zhu Shencone put away the musket after cleaning it, which made Wang Jinwu look very itchy.
After a few fights, Wang Jinwu has already fallen in love with this small and powerful firearm, although compared with his usual bow and arrow, the loading and shooting of the musket is more cumbersome, but it can't withstand the strength of this musket!
And if you prepare in advance, you can shoot with a gun, and the power is much greater than that of a bow and arrow, and the advantage within a distance of more than a dozen steps is too great, no matter who the opponent is, you can't resist the musket shot.
"Hey...... Sixth Brother ...... Hey, hey, hey, ....... Wang Jinwu rubbed his hands together like a pig brother, and his eyes couldn't help but look into Zhu Shencone's arms.
"Don't even think about it!" Where didn't Zhu Shencone know what his cousin thought? He clearly wanted to ask for this musket.
It's not that Zhu Shencone is stingy, this musket Zhu Shencone has only just arrived for half a day, and he asked Zhao Da to build this musket It is very useful.
If you wait for Zhao to build a few expenses, it would be nothing to send Wang Jinwu to one, but now it is absolutely not possible.
"Sixth brother, I don't mean anything else, I just ask ......." Wang Jinwu licked his face and approached, looking expectant.
"I have a useful use for this musket, and it is impossible to give it to you. Wait a few days, Zhao Da has already explained it, and he will build a few more expenses in the spring of next year, and it will be okay to send you one when the time comes. ”
"Sixth brother, you are my own brother! Hey...... Hey, hey, hey, ....... Wang Jinwu was overjoyed when he heard this, rubbing his hands and laughing so much that his teeth came out, and he almost danced directly in front of Zhu Shencong.
Looking at his appearance, Zhu Shencone also felt funny, and stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder: "Okay, it's not a short time to come out, it's going to be dark this day, let's go back." ”
"Go back, go back and go back ......." Wang Jinwu nodded again and again, happily followed Zhu Shencone back, and returned to Wangjia Village after a while.
When I got home, my uncle Wang Rong had already returned, and in addition to Wang Rong, there were several other young men chatting in the courtyard together.
These young men are all from Wangjia Village, and one of them is Wang Chuer, whom Zhu Shencheng met before entering the village.
Seeing Zhu Shencone coming back with Wang Jinwu, Wang Chuer and the others hurriedly got up and saluted Zhu Shencone, Zhu Shencone smiled and said that they were all here, and then looked at his uncle Wang Rong.
Wang Rong nodded to him slightly, and Zhu Shencone suddenly understood, and beckoned everyone into the house.
In the house, my aunt had already prepared a meal, and there was a pot of wine on the table, and when I saw everyone coming in, my aunt smiled and went out first, Zhu Shencone asked Wang Rong to sit down first, and then sat on Wang Rong's left hand and beckoned everyone to sit too. Everyone responded, and sat around Zhu Shencone and Wang Rong on the left and right.
"Tomorrow's departure, everyone is ready?"
"Sixth master, uncle has explained to us, and we are all ready." Wang Chuer said with a smile, and the other three men on the side also nodded again and again, saying that although the sixth master can rest assured, they are ready, and it will be absolutely no problem to set off tomorrow.
Everyone is not an outsider, Wang Rong has the highest rank in the audience, and the other two men in Wang Chuer are all juniors of the Wang family, and they all shouted that Wang Rong was called uncle.
As for Zhu Shencone, this is the nephew of his uncle Wang Rong, and it is also the clan of the Ming Dynasty, even if he is the same generation as Zhu Shencone, when he sees Zhu Shencone, he has to respectfully shout the sixth master or sixth brother.
Not only that, but more important is Zhu Shencong's status in Wangjia Village.
Wang Rong of Wangjia Village is the patriarch of the Wang family, and he still has the title of a hundred households, Wangjia Village is a military household, and Wang Rong's hundred households are the largest here.
The villagers of the entire Wangjia Village are either the younger generations of Wang Rong's same clan, or they are related to the Wang family, and even Zhao Da's artisan households are not outsiders, and the grandmother or grandmother among the elders in the family is also surnamed Wang.
But in fact, the real person in Wangjia Village is not Wang Rong, but Zhu Shencong, who is known as the sixth master.
If it weren't for Zhu Shencone over the years, Wangjia Village would have been unable to survive like some remote villages, just a heavy snowfall last winter, if it wasn't for Zhu Shencone to make arrangements early, I'm afraid that less than half of the entire village of Wangjia Village would survive.
In the past two years, Zhu Shencone has done a lot of things in Wangjia Village, Wangjia Village is located in a remote area, and there is no fertile land in the village, even if he can go into the mountains to hunt, but the prey is also numerous, and he can't feed the whole village at all.
More than two years ago, that is, when Zhu Shencone's father and brother had just passed away, Zhu Shencone quietly sneaked out of Pingyang Mansion to Wangjia Village, found his uncle Wang Rong, and the two chatted behind closed doors.
I don't know how Zhu Shencone talked to Wang Rong that night, anyway, since that day, the peaceful Wangjia Village has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The biggest change is that Zhu Shencone took the people of Wangjia Village out of this small village and started a "business" that outsiders do not know, relying on this business, the life of Wangjia Village gradually got much better, and he successfully survived last winter, and Zhu Shencone also made a name for himself through the children of Wangjia Village, and with the help of his uncle Wang Rong, his subordinates recruited dozens of young and strong children of Wangjia Village.