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Chapter 221 Qi Shuai
The mountain wind from Wangjing Tower blows at night, and the [-]-plus-foot high mountain is enough to take a panoramic view of everything around. The surrounding area is dark, only the lights of thousands of houses in the south reflect the hazy red in the distance. Although it is not clear, it is unique. beauty.

Chen Mu didn't climb up to the Wangjing Tower until it was dark. He thought that Qi Jiguang, a general who had made countless contributions, would sit alone in the Wangjing Tower at night, overlooking the Great Wall he built, looking at the capital, drinking a bowl of wine, and expressing his loneliness in the cold.

He thinks too much.

The Wangjing Tower was very lively. Several Qi soldiers watched the north with binoculars all night from the watchtower. Some people stared at the countless enemy towers on the Great Wall and wrote down in their books the illegal border guards who still lit bonfires.

Surrounded by the crowd, the governor and Qi Jiguang, who knew the prime minister's military affairs, came over with his helmet on, looked at Chen Mu with a smile on his face, and said with a cupped hand: "You are General Chen, right? A certain generation apologizes to you, and I hope you don’t mind, General.”

"Qi Shuai's words are serious. Building cannons and sending them to northern Xinjiang to guard the border is what I should do." Chen Mu looked at Qi Jiguang in a daze, and came back to his senses for a moment amidst his doubts. He bowed his hands and said, "Even if Just to be able to meet Qi Shuai, as far as the general is concerned, it is worthwhile."

For Chen Mu, at this glance, the statues, stories and people matched each other.

"In fact, the juniors have always regarded General Wang Shen as his elder brother. He saved the life of the general in Xinjiang, and he has made great achievements in the defense of Guangcheng many times. I respect him very much."

When it came to Wang Rulong, although Qi Jiguang didn't speak, he still looked worried, but only for a moment, he smiled and said, "Is Shuai Yu okay?"

"Okay, Guangxi Wei Yinbao rebelled, and General Yu went to put down the rebellion. I think it's another big victory."

Qi Jiguang nodded. The conversation seemed to go smoothly. He simply handed the binoculars to Chen Mu, pointed to the north and said, "You made this one. The Ministry of War imitated it and assigned it to the generals in Northern Xinjiang. It is very useful. You can often predict the enemy ahead of you—over there." It’s Wala, you see little sparks, it’s the houses of the Mongols on the border.”

"House?"

In Chen Mu's impression, shouldn't all Mongols sleep in felt tents, one tribe after another?
"Yes, the house, it's better here. The further you go west, the more Han people flee to Mongolia. They farm there, farmers, herdsmen, craftsmen, and Tumochuan have built a city." Qi Jiguang shook his head slightly. , Said: "After Zhao Quan, who was in trouble in Bailian in Shanxi, defected there, he helped Tumed manage the tribe, which caused great harm."

"I've heard of you many times. From Wang Rulong, Yu Shuai, and Tan Shuai, they all praised you a lot, saying that you are a skilled military strategist, but everyone said something different."

Seeing Chen Mu put down the binoculars, Qi Jiguang smiled and said: "Rulong said that you are very similar to Qi when you were young; Yu Shuai wrote a letter saying that you marched and fought with strength, and you didn't use any firearms when sailing. The big ship is mostly a wolf machine, only bombardment In the past, you killed all the Japanese pirates; Tan Shuai said that you are very good at making weapons, and you discarded all firearms, and only used blunderbuss and cannons."

Chen Mu was embarrassed to say that.

"Today, Qi is on military affairs, so I can't stay with you for a long time. Tomorrow, I will invite you to have a big drink, and then adjust the artillery." Qi Jiguang said, sitting down with Chen Mu, and said: "If the artillery is used together, the general will need to send a message in the future. Nanyang Wei, send more artillery fire to prepare for the use of Ji Liao."

Qi Jiguang is very interesting.

Chen Mu understands that this is to build relationships first before doing business, and Chen Mu likes to build relationships in the middle of business, because he can do things well, and he can do them well. It doesn't matter if it's serious or not, Junxiong!"

Chen Mu opened his mouth, and Long Junxiong, who was standing beside him, brought two large and small wooden boxes and put them in front of Qi Jiguang. Chen Mu stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Don't worry about it, Shuai Qi. It's not gold or silver inside, but the two hand guns are the same. The secondary lining armor was also made by the Nanyang Guard."

"Oh?"

Qi Jiguang has seen many things in these years. He has seen ordinary people who give gold and silver, and wonderful people who give beautiful maidservants and swords, but he has never seen two wooden boxes like Chen Mu. Two guns.

The wooden box is exquisite, and after Qi Jiguang opened it, there were two exquisite hand guns in the wood carving. The guns were only one foot long, and the carvings were exquisite. A matchlock with flint on the snake rod.

"This blunderbuss seems to be similar to the round blunderbuss of Guangdong Xianjingshi?"

Qi Jiguang knows the goods.

"Yes." Chen Mu cupped his hands and said: "The cost of the round gun is high, and its internal mechanism is complicated, which is twice as high as that of the bird gun. The flint gun is not the case. Its cost is similar to that of the bird gun, except that the inner reed is difficult If it is not suitable for use, the trigger may be light or heavy, and it is not suitable for use.”

"The reeds of these two pistols are made of Southwest Burmese iron. They are of the same size and strength. They are not expensive and can be used for self-defense with Qi Shuai."

As Chen Mu was speaking, Qi Jiguang noticed that Chen Mu also had two pistols stuck in his waist. There was no general who disliked weapons, especially Qi Jiguang, who knew the performance of firearms well. Medicine, the movements are even more proficient than Chen Mu, Chen Mu hurriedly said: "Qi Shuai is not in a hurry, there is this!"

Opening another slightly larger wooden box, there lay the front and rear breastplates without carved patterns, and said: "Please Qi Shuai to look at this armor first, it only protects the chest and back, and the whole pair weighs eleven or two catties, does Qi Shuai have a Beilu bow? "

Qi Jiguang looked at the entire breastplate, stroked the curved face in the middle with his hand, waved his hand and ordered someone to take a bow, and said: "There is a captive bow under it, and our bow is on top, and the bow strength is about the same."

"This is a lined armor. It doesn't protect the arms. It is lighter than the lined mail armor. The Northern Army all have iron arms to protect the chest, abdomen and back. Even as long as the front is not behind, it only weighs eight catties."

As Chen Mu said, he took the bow and arrow, and tried the bow. The bow strength was a bit strong, and Long Junxiong asked Long Junxiong to take the breastplate twenty steps away. He opened the bow and shot an arrow. The crisp sound resounded in Wangjing Tower, and the feather arrow was bounced away.

Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief. He was still very confident in the protection of the breastplate, because the bow strength was different from his usual practice, and he was worried that he would be ashamed if he could not shoot properly.

Fortunately, the sky pays off, practicing bow and horse all day long is still rewarding.

When Long Junxiong brought the breastplate again, only three points of dents were left on it.

Qi Jiguang could see clearly that this dent did not affect the wearing, and even because of the bulging shape of the breastplate, it could not resist the impact on the wearer, and only a thick cotton coat was needed to make the attack invisible.

Under Chen Mu's instructions, Long Junxiong put the breastplate on the [-]th step again. Chen Mu greeted Qi Jiguang with a satisfied smile, and said, "Qi Shuai, the handgun doesn't do much damage at the [-]th step. You can try the bird gun."

Seeing that Lie Xin was happy, Qi Jiguang waved his hands and said nothing. He slowly poured the gunpowder back into the cartridge, and thanked Chen Mu, "It's late at night. Letting the guns scare the soldiers into delaying their rest. Try again tomorrow when you test the guns." Gun, Qi thanked the general for the gift, let’s rest on the Wangjing Tower today, Tan Shuai has other arrangements for the general in the future.”

At night in Wangjing Tower, Chen Mu wrote and drew in his notebook, and he learned a lot.

(End of this chapter)