Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 372
Du Cai, the eunuch in the Bank of the Supervisory Committee, also knows his work content very well. He understands that Sun Xin just wants to keep himself from talking nonsense. The official stewards of this work are still active.

Two days ago, he deliberately imitated the bank staff of the Board of Supervisors and found someone to make a few of these clothes, and he and his three officials wore them every day. When outsiders saw it, they thought he was really the Board of Supervisors Officers in the bank.

Sun Xin and Wu Song looked at each other after hearing Pei Ducai's specialist report on his condition these days.

Wu Song was surprised: "Is this man really wanting to join us?"

Sun Xin nodded. This is the only way to explain Du Cai's behavior. He is now working in the Bank of the Supervisory Committee and has been bound to himself. If something happens to him, Du Cai will not be able to please him, but he is The identity of the eunuch sent by Zhao Ji is there, even if he actively expresses himself, it is unlikely to give him a position with real power.

In the afternoon, Sun Xin went into the city with a group to meet Murong Yanda.

When Murong Yanda heard that Sun Xin's regiment was coming, he hurriedly took people to the city gate to greet him. When he saw the majestic guards, Murong Yanda nodded and was overjoyed, and praised Sun Xin repeatedly: "With this heroic army, My Qingzhou City will be safe."

Not only Murong Yanda was delighted, Shi Wanchong beside him was even more surprised when he looked at the guards, so that the Forbidden Army and the Xiang Army who walked by the roadside and were about to rush to Liangshan all looked at him with puzzled and surprised eyes. them.

Shi Wanchong and the Forbidden Army Xiangjun also knew that there were guards in the city.

However, compared with the officers and soldiers of Hu Yanzhuo who were making a fuss in the city, the guards were too silent. The reinforced battalion of Shi Xiu, who lived in the city, just silently guarded the grain depot.

The war is imminent, and the soldiers of the protection army have already canceled their vacations. They have little time for regular exercise and training out of the camp every day. Few of the Hexiang Army had actually seen the Protectorate Army.

At this moment, when they suddenly saw such a neat and mighty team appearing in front of them, everyone suddenly understood that the guards did not seem to be the stragglers they had imagined.

Murong Yanda watched the guards pass by, nodded repeatedly, then pointed to the guns in the hands of the guards and asked Sun Xin: "Their guns are similar in shape to Zeng Suo's muskets, how can they be more effective?" quick?"

Murong Yanda was amazed at the power of this musket when he saw the scene of the guards attacking the Kongjia Village two days ago. In fact, the Kongjia Village was blocked by a village wall, so Murong Yanda only saw the guards enter the village. The scene of sweeping the village with a gun is just a scene. When attacking the village wall, it was solved with cold weapons.Otherwise, Murong Yanda would only be even more surprised by the combat effectiveness of muskets.

But even so, Murong Yanda's eyes were envious of this weapon, which can kill the enemy hundreds of steps away and has a great sound and light effect.

He even wondered if he would have some guns to use in Qingzhou in the future. During the battle two days ago, he also discovered that the muskets of Sun Xin's protection army were better than the muskets of Zeng Suo's militiamen. The rate of fire was much faster. At this time, he saw that the muskets equipped by the guardsmen were all of the same standard, similar to those used by the guards that day, so he couldn't help asking.

Sun Xin explained to Murong Yanda: "Our gun is specially used by the protection army. It has uniform bullets and powder. Our soldiers have practiced this gun for a long time, so they are more proficient in movement. Just play fast."

Murong Yanda nodded, he didn't know much about the effect of submunition powder, but he could imagine that it was because Sun Xin's soldiers were familiar with the training.

Murong Yanda asked again: "How much does this gun cost?"

Sun Xin only said: "The kind of muskets used by Zengtou militiamen should always be more than one."

This price directly made Murong Yanda click his tongue.

But he asked Sun Xin again: "Don't want the kind in Zengtou City, what is the asking price for the rifle you are using now?"

Sun Xin replied with a smile. : "Just this kind of rifle costs five guan."

Sun Xin didn't want to sell the mini-bullet rifle at all, but it was unreasonable to hide it completely, so he asked the Dengzhou Iron Works to offer a mini-bullet rifle at a price of five rounds.

In fact, the cost of this mini-bullet rifle is about the same as that of ordinary bullet guns after mass production. Buying it at this price is definitely a scam.

If there is really a Fu brother who is willing to spend five pennies to buy a gun, Sun Xin will be very happy to send the gun to his house.

It's just that unless the other party buys the guns and goes back and builds a gunpowder factory and a paper case bullet making workshop for those guns, otherwise they will have to go to Dengzhou to buy paper case miniature bullets before each use.

A bullet is not expensive, Sun Xin asked for [-] yuan, and a hundred rounds would be two yuan.

Just using this gun can make the other party bankrupt. Sun Xin believes that even the rich cannot afford it.

Sure enough, Murong Yanda opened his mouth in surprise when he heard the price, Wuguan, this might buy a poor quality leather armor, and a little more money would be enough to buy a cow.

In an instant, he gave up the idea of ​​equipping his Qingzhou government office with muskets. With five pennies of money to buy people's hearts, he was enough to support a servant who was loyal to him, and he was still the kind who knew martial arts.

Those loyal servants can help them block bullets in times of crisis, why not buy them as weapons and give them to use?
The servant can follow him all the time, and he can go to the ends of the world, but the weapons bought by the Qingzhou government can't be packaged and taken away with him when he leaves, right?No matter how greedy he is for money, it is impossible for him to achieve this level.

After watching the guards with muskets pass by, Murong Yanda saw the artillery company of the guards.

There are two artillery companies in this field corps, with a total of more than 60 people serving six bronze field cannons.

When they saw the beautiful bronze field cannon being brought into the camp by chariots and horses, not only Murong Yanda, but also the Imperial Army and Xiang Army on one side couldn't help but stop, pointing at the small cannon and discussing one after another. Stop by and watch.

People generally don't know what this small bronze cannon is for, but a well-designed weapon can be seen just by looking at it.

These six bronze cannons are weapons that have been tested on the battlefield. Now Sunjiazhuang has mass-produced them, and the products produced also have a strong industrial aesthetic. Just look at the smooth cannon body and the light and dexterous cannon carriage As well as the cautious appearance of the guards, the small artillery personnel, everyone can feel that this thing must be a powerful weapon in the war.

Several officers of the imperial army stood aside, pointing at the small cannon and discussing it, and then an extrovert shouted loudly:

"Wu those townsmen, what is on this cart you are pushing?"

The sergeants of the protection army took a look at them, and their faces lit up when they saw their curious expressions.

Artillery is a powerful weapon on the battlefield. They rely on this cannon to be invincible. The soldiers all thought in their hearts: You are just surprised when you see this cannon, and you will know how powerful this thing is when you fight!

The sons subconsciously wanted to brag, but because Sun Xin was standing next to them during the march, no one dared to speak and forcibly held back.

Murong Yanda couldn't help being curious, and asked Sun Xin, "Is this the artillery vehicle that you said in the defense map that can shoot hundreds of steps away and kill bandits in a large area?"

In fact, Sun Xin didn't really want to show the strength of his artillery to the outside world. After all, the bronze cannon is now a big weapon in Sunjiazhuang's battle, and there is no way to form a generation gap for the time being. It is also commonly used in the hands of others.

This problem is not only unsolvable at this moment, but it is still unsolvable even if Sun Jiazhuang climbs the technology tree after decades.

Think about the back room until the Anti-Japanese War era, when Captain Li seized an Italian cannon, it could still directly increase the combat effectiveness of a regiment. This thing was the king of the battlefield in the Army era, and whoever used it would know.

However, Sun Xin had already discussed with the Supervisory Committee at an internal meeting before. Their current production of cannons in Sunjiazhuang is still very low, and this thing is genuinely expensive. If the cost of research and development is added, the cost of a cannon alone will be high. Baiguan.

The subsequent maintenance costs and various usage costs are even more scary.

A cannon must be equipped with at least one gun carriage, two or three of the best draft horses, and a series of ammunition transportation costs.

There is no one who can't play with a small bronze cannon for three to five hundred guan. This is not counting the cost of firing the cannon on the battlefield. The golden ten thousand taels is not just for fun.

The price of weapons at this time is equivalent to the price of a best Hexi horse plus a full set of horse armor and knight armor, which is about the same as an iron pagoda for a bronze cannon.

The iron floating map can be used for long-range attacks, and it is invulnerable to weapons and guns. It is almost impossible to fight except for cutting the legs of horses. In these years, it can basically be equivalent to the role of individual tanks, and its mobility is far stronger than that of tanks.

Now Hu Yanzhuo's Baisheng general Han Tao brought such an iron armored army with his nostrils in the sky when he left the city. They really have such strength. This iron armored army has 3000 people, which is enough to crush them in this era. most of the army.

Of course, this was before they met Sun Xin's Musketeers.

In this way, buying bronze cannons may still be cost-effective, but coupled with the difficulty of artillery training, it can directly eliminate the idea of ​​​​most forces owning artillery.

So Sun Xin didn't hesitate much, and truthfully told Murong Yanda the price of this small bronze cannon, and of course he followed the high price.

When Murong Yanda heard the large number of hundreds of levels, he immediately felt that the price of the musket he heard just now was not too expensive.

He looked at the small bronze cannon in front of him, and murmured to himself.

This thing is so exquisite, he believed it would cost several hundred guan, how much would it cost for such a heavy copper?

(End of this chapter)