I am the carpenter king

Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi glanced at each other, with a bit of helplessness on their faces, Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Then what about the second possibility? After all, Jiannu lost 3 people in Zunhua City last time. I'm afraid I won't take a risk this time? They are only here to plunder, not to attack us, the risk is too great!"

As if realizing that he had lost his composure, Lu Xiangsheng glanced at the two people gratefully, nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Since the purpose of building slaves is only to plunder, it is actually much simpler. The best place for them to plunder is North Korea. Less risky, much easier to loot."

Sun Chengzong and Xiong Tingbi looked at each other, and they smiled together, obviously they had thought of this a long time ago.

After pondering for a moment, Lu Xiangsheng looked at the two of them, and said hesitantly: "It doesn't matter what Jiannu does, what matters is what we do!"

Nodding in satisfaction, Sun Chengzong looked at Lu Xiangsheng with a smile on his face, his eyes full of satisfaction.I am more and more satisfied with this disciple. Not only is his martial arts superb, but his resourcefulness is also very high. This is a true combination of both civil and military skills.

"It's actually very simple. There's nothing to say when soldiers come to block water and cover them with soil. Military affairs are sometimes very simple. The last time we built slaves and marched into the Mongolian tribes, we had no one in our hands. Now that we have a strong army, there is a lot of room for change." There are a lot!" Xiong Tingbi supported the crenel of the city wall with his hands, his eyes were full of expectations, and his hands were trembling because of too much force.

"Since Saarhu, Ming's army has been in a slump, and a lot of land in Liaodong has been lost. The bigger the slaves, the stronger the Mongol Tartars, and the faction inside the court is also fighting against dissidents. It has come to a critical autumn of life and death!" Sun Chengzong's face With emotion, but with a hint of excitement in his tone.There was a hint of relief in the voice.

Nodding in agreement, Xiong Tingbi also said with emotion in his tone: "Yes! I have been in Liaodong for many years and came all the way from Sarhu. God's feeling."

Standing indifferently, Lu Xiangsheng thought of his parents again.Never afraid of death but died in the hands of traitors.Generals cannot die on the battlefield, or the greatest sorrow.Father's death was not worth it, and I'm afraid he died unwillingly.

"My heart is full of ambition to serve the country. I have never had the opportunity to display it before, and I have never imagined that today, Liaodong will once again be strong." Sun Chengzong looked in the direction of the capital with a slightly excited expression.

Nodding his head slowly, Xiong Tingbi agreed quite a bit: "I was escorted to Beijing that day. At first, all thoughts were lost, but I didn't expect to be able to return to Liaodong later. The emperor's kindness can only be repaid by death."

"The emperor ascended the throne when he was weak. As soon as he ascended the throne, he eradicated cronies, clarified the court, purge officials, and selected talents to appoint talents. This old man sincerely admires him. I believe that in time, the emperor will be able to rejuvenate the Ming Dynasty! This old man will definitely do his best. As soon as possible Sweep the acupoints at Rili Court and put down Jiannu!" Sun Chengzong added with a trace of determination on his face, "I believe that this day is not far away!"

"Nowadays Liaodong has a strong army and horses. No matter where Jiannu goes to plunder, it is an opportunity for us. In the battle of Sarhu, Kaiyuan and Tieling fell. This made Jurchen and Mongolia one. This time we must take Kaiyuan Take it back with Tieling." Xiong Tingbi's eyes shone with hatred, obviously he couldn't let go of the Saarhu battle that year.

Although the two people spoke without any trace of murderous intent and their tone was very gentle, Lu Xiangsheng still had a feeling of enthusiasm.He shook the hilt of the sword in his hand firmly.I wish I could compete with Jiannu at this time.

"By the way, Fei Bai, has the cavalry equipment arrived? The Ministry of War has sent an official letter a few days ago, saying that a new batch of muskets is coming. These are used to equip the cavalry, and they will arrive in a few days!" Sun Chengzong turned his head. Looking at Xiong Tingbi, he frowned and asked.

"My lord, the things have arrived. There are [-] pieces. It is said that they are new-style muskets owned by the Imperial Firearms Factory." Even though he said this, Xiong Tingbi did not have the slightest happy expression on his face, but a trace of worry.

Seeing Xiong Tingbi's expression, Sun Chengzong's face flashed with doubts. Emperor Tianqi admired this new type of musket very much. It is said that it is much better than the previous shotgun. Is there any problem?

After pondering for a while, Sun Chengzong smiled indifferently, and said in a soft tone: "Feibai, what do you say! Could it be that something is not easy to use? It is easy to explode?"

Gently shaking his head, Xiong Tingbi quickly waved his hands and said with a little helplessness: "Of course not. I heard that the firearms factory adopts a production method called an assembly line. Each craftsman is only responsible for making one part. If If the build is unqualified, there is no way to assemble it later, and the firearms factory pays the craftsmen wages by piece. The more builds, the more wages the craftsmen pay, so the previous situation will not happen again!" Obviously Xiong Tingbi He knows the firearms factory very well, and this is also the news he inquired about carefully.

Nodded, Sun Chengzong naturally knew about these things, but why did Xiong Tingbi look like this?Then he opened his mouth and said, "Then why does Fei Bai have such an expression? It doesn't matter if you have something to say!"

After pondering for a while, Xiong Tingbi shook his head with a wry smile, and said with a little helplessness: "My lord, I asked someone to bring a few guns and put them below. Why don't my lord go and have a look with me?"

Although he was curious, since Xiong Tingbi didn't want to say anything, Sun Chengzong couldn't force him, so he nodded and walked down the city.

Without stopping at all, they came to the school military field, where someone had already prepared it. There was a target in the distance, and ten black muskets were placed on a wooden shelf on one side.

This is a kind of musket that no one has seen before. It is five feet long and reaches a person's jaw when standing upright.The pitch-black gun barrel exudes a cold light, and it looks like a delicate musket at first glance.

After seeing these new muskets, Sun Chengzong immediately understood why Xiong Tingbi hesitated.Such a grown musket is not suitable for equiping cavalry at all. According to the fire rate of the musket, cavalry battles are only a matter of an instant. After firing a shot, the musket becomes a fire stick.

Glancing at Xiong Tingbi, Sun Chengzong didn't say anything, turned his head to look at Lu Xiangsheng, and said with a smile: "Jiandou, go try it and see what's different about this new musket."

Lu Xiangsheng's face was naturally eager to try, he nodded, and strode towards the gun rack.An official on the side saluted Lu Xiangsheng respectfully, and reached out to hand over a loaded musket.

Reaching out to take the musket, Lu Xiangsheng was slightly taken aback, the musket seemed much lighter.The original firecracker weighed about fifteen catties, and the musket in my hand only weighed ten catties.

Flipping the musket in his hand up and down, Lu Xiangsheng frowned again. There is no matchlock on this musket, let alone such a thing as lighting it.Looking at an official on the side, he asked, "What's your name? What is your official position?"

The man saluted respectfully, and said with a smile on his face, "Zhang Mao, the head of the Ministry of Military Affairs, is now working in the firearms factory." As if seeing Lu Xiangsheng's doubts, Zhang Mao continued: "My lord, this new style You don’t need to ignite the musket, you just need to pull the trigger!” Zhang Mao pointed to the position of the trigger and took a step back slowly.

Gently nodding his head, Lu Xiangsheng slowly picked up the musket and lightly pulled the trigger at the distant target.

With a clear gunshot, a hole appeared in the target in the distance, and Lu Xiangsheng stood there blankly with the gun in his hand, his face full of shock.

Sun Chengzong on the side came over, patted Lu Xiangsheng on the shoulder lightly, and said with a smile: "The emperor said that the range of this new musket is twenty feet. I didn't believe it at first, but now I finally believe it. With this With the new muskets, my Ming army is more capable of fighting!"

Looking back at Zhang Mao, Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Boss Zhang, isn't it much easier to load gunpowder with this new musket?"

"My lord, yes, this kind of musket is much easier to load!" Zhang Mao took a musket, took out a bullet wrapped in fur from the belt he wanted to see, and loaded it along the muzzle. go in.

After fiddling with it a few times, Zhang Mao smiled and said to Sun Chengzong: "My lord, this is finished loading. Compared with the previous bird gun, this kind of broken hair gun is loaded twice, and the bird gun may not be loaded once!"

Smiling and brought the musket over, Sun Chengzong fumbled for the barrel lightly, nodded in satisfaction, and said to Zhang Mao: "Master Zhang, I think this kind of broken-hair gun is more suitable for infantry. Assembling cavalry?" Sun Chengzong did not mention Emperor Tianqi, no matter what the reason is, it is better to let the Ministry of War take the blame.

Hearing Sun Chengzong's question, Zhang Mao was taken aback for a moment, then with a bit of embarrassment on his face, he said helplessly: "My lord, this is indeed a musket for infantry. As for the writing of the Ministry of War, it is a Mistake. Because the firearms factory had to cast the artillery used by warships, the quantity was huge and the task was heavy, so the casting of muskets was somewhat negligent. The muskets originally cast for cavalry were cast into muskets used by infantry, and the muskets originally sent to Liaodong were [-] The cavalry used the hair-breaking guns, and the infantry used the hair-breaking guns to equip the Beijing camp. Now only [-] infantrymen have been sent to Liaodong with the hair-breaking guns, I hope the adults will not be offended."

Nodding slowly, Sun Chengzong didn't say anything. The advantages of this kind of musket are very obvious, and it is not bad to have [-] guns.Xiong Tingbi turned his head to one side, and Sun Chengzong said with a smile: "Feibai, I will leave this matter to you. Select the sergeants in the army and form a Shenji Battalion of ten thousand people. With this Shenji Battalion, the old man The confidence is even greater!"

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely not disappoint these good guns!" Xiong Tingbi said with a smile on his face, with a glow of excitement. (To be continued..)