Villager of Daming

Chapter 113 The Firefold Technique Is Nowhere To Be Found (Part [-])
'Moo!Moo! 'Accompanied by the sound of cattle, the villagers began to prepare for transplanting rice seedlings.

The wheat has just been harvested today, and the fields for rapeseed and ramie have been harrowed by oxen.

Horses and donkeys used to plow the ground, but now they are not used.

Horses try not to enter the paddy fields, as the horseshoes get soaked in water and the horses get sick, including donkeys, but it’s okay to plow once in a while.

Theoretically, water buffaloes are the best for farming paddy fields. They are strong and like water.

The village does not buy buffaloes because the buffaloes are used for other work, especially walking and pulling carts. The local summer is hot, and the buffaloes cannot bear the high temperature for a long time.

Another point is that buffaloes are particularly aggressive with their own kind, and the advantage is that they are stronger than scalpers.

Now the cows are raking the land, and the rice seedlings will be planted tomorrow, and the villagers who have finished harvesting the wheat will stay for another day to help them plant the rice seedlings and go home to deal with their own land.

Zhou Zong led people to work together, Zhu Wentian took his friends to hide behind the mountain temple to practice guns, the flintlock gun was made, and there is only one at present.

Zhu Wentian made a lot of gunpowder and projectiles. The projectiles of lead bullets are almost the same size.

Flint is selected, cut into the same shape and specification, and can be replaced at any time.

He reloads the gunpowder in the front, hits it, then loads the lead bullet, hits it, loads the gunpowder in the back, closes the fire door, takes aim, fires, snaps a shot, and hits the bullseye of the paper target.

"Quite! Hehe!" Zhu Wentian was satisfied.

"Okay! Brother Hanhan is amazing!" The friends clapped their hands and cheered.

"You all come and try." Zhu Wentian changed the target paper one meter away in front of the gun, and gave the gun to the next friend.

Everyone tried one by one. After a dozen times, the hole in the lower fire door was simply cleaned, and the firing could continue.

This is a long gun with a longer range than a pistol. The barrel is not rifled, and the bullets do not use Minie bullets.

The main reason is that there is too little time, and we have to leave immediately after planting the rice. The prince got married on the twelfth day of April, and today is the seventh day of April.

After transplanting the rice seedlings tomorrow, I will take a boat to Nanjing early the morning after tomorrow. I will go to the place to check the etiquette with the etiquette officer, and I will be arranged to live in a certain inn.

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On the night of the eighth day of the lunar new year, many people in the village suffered from insomnia. The friends tossed and turned, thinking about going to the big city, and the village elders were also thinking about it while lying down.

The head of the village is reciting the etiquette over and over again, afraid that he will forget it when he gets nervous.

Only Zhu Wentian was snoring in the sacrificial hall, he had nothing to worry about, he just had to go through the etiquette once, not to mention that with his status, no one would take anything against him.

On the morning of the ninth day of the ninth day, everyone had a hasty meal, put on new clothes, new shoes, jewelry, congratulatory gifts for the prince and princess, gifts for His Majesty, Empress Ma, Concubine Sun, other harem women, and kings.

So we need three ships, otherwise we can't hold so many people and things.

Zhu Wentian took a bag and took care of a box. Inside the bag was a change of clothes and shoes, and in the box were silver ingots.

When going out this time, everyone brought 1000 taels of silver, and if there was anything to buy, they would buy it and bring it back to the villagers.

The chief had a long strip wrapped in cloth in his hand, and he sat on the boat, muttering about etiquette.

Zhou Zong was on the same boat as Li Chang, so he looked at the long thing on Li Chang's leg: "Zhu Li Chang, what is this?"

"Sticks, sticks with holes." The Lieutenant replied naturally.

"Where's the box under your feet?" Zhou Zong was very suspicious.

"Pellets of lead, stuffed into the holes of sticks, and powders of sulfur, saltpeter, and charcoal."

The chief said Xie Bu, he couldn't carry it with him at all times, this is a firearm, who is he going to assassinate?

When he opened it, an unpretentious flintlock gun appeared in front of Zhou Zong.

Zhou Zong: "..."

He wants to curse, what kind of stick?Did you make the pistol?
When he saw the real thing, he frowned again, what gun?I haven't seen it before, is this what I brought you?
He knew what a pistol looked like, a barrel, hold it, put the fuse first, then put the medicine, put the projectile or arrow, light the fuse, hold it up and wait, the fuse burns inside, and shoots out with a bang.

Why do you see something different now?The elders in the village didn't learn it?It shouldn't be!Quite simple.

He reached out to pick it up and fiddled with it: "This gun... what is this?"

"Gunstock, this is the hammer, this is the trigger, it is the medicine tank, the cover, the plug rod, the flint, the fixed medicine bag, the medicine tank medicine bag, the lead bullet..."

The chief does not need to ask each other one by one, he explains every part and extra things in full.

After the lecture, he took the gun and started to operate it, loading the gunpowder and bullets step by step, without pointing the gun at anyone.

"The butt of the gun is on the shoulder, just pull the trigger, don't point it at anyone! Here." The chief carefully handed the loaded weapon to Zhou Zong.

Of course Zhou Zong understood the danger of firearms, so he also took them carefully: "Where is the fire?"

"Didn't I tell you to hook directly, flint is fire, you find something to hit."

Li Chang kept his eyes on the muzzle of the gun, ready to dodge at any time.

Zhou Zong started to grope around, Zhu Taiyi and others were on the boat, seeing him looking over, they put their hands in front of them and waved them again and again.

"Uh... the boat pulls towards the shore, hurry up." Zhou Zong stood up with a smile, and there was a tree on the shore in front of him.

The boat leaned against the shore first, about two or three meters away. Zhou Zong jumped from the boat to the shore with a gun in his hand, ran forward, reached the tree, raised the gun and pulled the trigger at the tree.

'Boom! A puff of smoke came out, Zhou Zong was startled, he quickly glanced at the tree trunk that was hit, turned around and jumped from the shore to the boat that just came over.

"Zhou Sheren deserves to be a knife-wielding man, with good skills." The head of the village praised, and the others who were not targeted nodded one after another.

"Is this the gun you made with those three hand guns?" Zhou Zong was trembling with excitement.

He had seen the smoke just now, and he had seen the holes punched in the trunk, and he had smelled the smell of burning gunpowder.

He dared to swear that he never used fire to ignite the powder twister, but just hooked the hook with his finger, and the lead bullet was thrown out.

The chief smiled and nodded: "It is too difficult to imitate the pistols sent by Zhou Sheren, and I have no choice but to explore by myself from part of the knowledge I have learned about pistols.

This blunderbuss has too many flaws, it is better than the handguns of the imperial court, I think it can be used to guard the village against bad guys. "

Zhou Zong, Zhu Taiyi and the others, together with the boatman in charge of the ship, were speechless, the Li Chang is bad!so bad.

After more than ten breaths, Zhou Zong laughed angrily, and he said twice: "The hand gun is really not easy to imitate, but it is difficult for you. Can I ask, you think the fire used to light the fuse is not easy to imitate, right? ?”

"Is... right? Hmm! The torch is not easy to pierce. How did you make the folds of the fire? Generally, the village uses a scythe to light the fire, and there is flint in it.

Then we thought, yes!We don't know how to make fire pleats, so we put flint on it, crack it, and the fire comes out. "

While trying to think about how to make it up, the head of the village rounded up the words, sweating on his forehead.

"Yes, bang, bang, hey hey hey!" Zhu Wentian estimated the time beside him, and it was time for him to speak out.

　I was sick yesterday and slept for a long time. Now I am in good spirits. I will work hard to make up for yesterday. Thank you for your support. The farmer bows!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)