Water Margin farming to become powerful

Chapter 374
Hearing Han Tao and Peng Qi's happiness, Ling Zhen also became interested: "You said that the soldiers brought by Sun Xin are rich and noble, because they are all equipped with armored battles and rode good horses?"

The most expensive equipment he could imagine were swords, guns, armor and good horses, especially good horses, which were really beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Hearing this, Han Tao, Peng Qi and their officers all laughed.

Peng Qi said: "If he equips swordsman armor and even equips his cavalry with horses, we won't talk about him. But now the more than 1000 guards he has entered the city are not equipped with any horses. Instead, they are people. He was holding an iron barrel that was also a blowtorch, called a rifled gun, and had a big copper bump on it, calling him a field gun, and everyone said it was a good weapon capable of destroying a hundred paces."

Ling Zhen couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, he is a great expert in long-range weapons in this era, and he has never heard of such things as rifled guns and field cannons, and he presumably is also the product of Sun Xinwen's stupidity.

He smiled and said, "I don't know what those things look like?"

Han Tao explained to Ling Zhen at the side: "I also went to see that bronze field cannon. It is really beautiful and smooth. I don't know how many good copper materials were spent to make it. It looks like an extremely The deep and long stone mortar is said to be filled with firecrackers and then put a wooden support on which to hold iron bullets. Once the gunpowder is ignited from behind and the powder explodes, the iron bullets can be sent far away. Projecting it out, it is said that it can be shot hundreds of steps away."

After saying this, Ling Zhen's originally playful expression gradually faded away.

Seeing the change in his appearance, Han Tao and Peng Qi didn't know why.

Peng Qi couldn't help asking curiously: "What happened to Deputy Envoy Ling?"

Ling Zhen opened his mouth in surprise and said: "I have also studied a firearm in the capital before, which is to put gunpowder in a bamboo tube, put a round stone on it, and then ignite the gunpowder from the tail to shoot out Stone."

"Although this thing is simple, it can still throw stones dozens of steps away, and it can hurt people if it gets close. However, the strength of the bamboo tube is too weak. If there is a little more gunpowder, there will be a risk of exploding. To hurt people, I was thinking of replacing the bamboo tube with some gold, silver, copper, iron, etc. If it was filled with medicine, wouldn't it solve the problem of the bamboo tube not being fried?"

"I have asked my military craftsmen to make it, but because I don't have much money in hand, the small iron cylinder I made is not too big. But according to what Han Tuanlian said earlier, it is exactly Sun Xin's field cannon. idea."

Han Tao and Peng Qi were very surprised when they heard Ling Zhen's words. They originally thought that the weapons equipped by Sun Xin's guards were just ingenious things, and they were not suitable for battle at all. It seems that there is some truth.

Han Tao asked, "I'm afraid the power of this thing is not great?"

Ling Zhen cautiously said: "If it is as big as what Tuan Lian said, a copper cannon loaded with sub-drugs may really be able to hit the big iron ball hundreds of steps away as he said, but I don't know what his copper cannon can do. It’s too late, it’s really not easy to make this thing, if it can be made, it will definitely be a sharp weapon on the battlefield.”

Hearing Ling Zhen's words, both Han Tao and Peng Qi couldn't help paying attention. Before, they only regarded what Sun Xin did as a joke, but now thinking about it carefully, Peng Qi said:

"The militiamen from Zengtou City in their place before also had that kind of musket in their hands. They said it was the same as the rifled gun used by Sun Xin's men, but the price was a little cheaper. At that time, I They didn't take it seriously, and never asked in detail, but now they have followed General Huyan, and they can't ask if they want to."

Han Tao paid more attention to this, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Murong Yanda saw the power of those muskets when he took them to Dakongjia Village. Why don't we find someone who went out of the city with Murong Yanda? The yamen servant came to inquire."

Immediately doing what he said, Peng Qi quickly ordered a local soldier to find a yamen servant who had followed Murong Yanda to Kongjia Village that day.

Now that their army has not all gone out of the city, all the supplies in the city are still served by the Qingzhou government office, so the local soldiers found the man in the government office, and soon called a man who went to Confucius with Murong Yanda and the others that day. The yamen servant of the family village.

The yamen servants came tremblingly, these days they were harassed by this group of arrogant imperial guards and out-of-town regiments.

These soldiers beat and scolded them, and they were all soldiers from other places. Qingzhou Mansion had nothing to do with him. No matter how many yamen servants are, they will try their best to agree.

The yamen servant thought there was something to do, and he was reluctant when he came, and he was relieved when he heard that the two were just asking questions.

Speaking of the attack on Kongjia Village that day, the yamen servant felt a little excited.

"The muskets held by those guards and soldiers in Zengtou City are very powerful. If you point at someone from a distance, and when you pull your finger, you will spit out a fire dragon. No matter you are standing He was beaten to death even a hundred paces away.”

Hearing his description, Peng Qi, Han Tao, and Ling Zhen were all stunned for a moment. They never expected that the musket under Sun Xin was as powerful as Ling Zhen said.

Ling Zhen quickly asked: "How long does that thing last?"

The yamen servant thought about it for a while and replied: "The militiamen in Zengtou City are very slow in shooting, not as sharp as the guards under Sun Xin. But the guards are really quick to shoot, just a few breaths away. Although it is slower than archery, who can shoot twenty or thirty arrows without shaking? It is rare to carry so many pots of good arrows without shaking hands? That thing is It's better than a bow and arrow."

When these words came out, Han Tao and Peng Qi were not surprised, but when they turned their heads, Ling Zhen was stunned.

Ling Zhen's face turned pale, his eyes were straightened, and he just muttered: "If it is really a good weapon, I knew it, it really is such a good weapon!"

Han Tao hurriedly asked Ling Zhen, "Deputy Ling, is this the musket you mentioned earlier that can kill people from a hundred paces away?"

Ling Zhen came to his senses, nodded again and again, and said excitedly: "This thing must be the kind of torch I studied before, but I didn't expect Sun Xin to actually make a real thing."

Han Tao asked again: "Is this thing really useful on the battlefield?"

Ling Zhen nodded excitedly: "If it can really reach the level I imagined, it will definitely be a first-class weapon on the battlefield!"

Han Tao and Peng Qi looked at each other, and Peng Qi instantly understood what the other meant.

He laughed loudly: "If Deputy Envoy Ling hadn't instructed us, how would we have known the wonder of this thing? Since we have such a good weapon, it happened to be requisitioned for use in the army, how can we give it to such brave men? Isn’t it a waste? I just went to borrow it.”

(End of this chapter)