prosperous age

Chapter 12
After finishing speaking, Father Wei stared at the eldest son, seeing that he was fine except blushing, and knew that this boy had no objection to the marriage.

Thinking about it, the guy is sixteen, so he must have been thinking about this for a long time.

But at this time, Wei Guangde, who still had a bit of modern thinking, asked something desperately, and directly directed the fire on himself.

"Then dad, where's mine? Can I ask uncle to help me find it earlier."

When Wei Guangde said this, he was actually thinking of having fun, but he didn't think too much about it.

But soon, he found that Wei's father's face was not good-looking. He glanced at his mother and elder brother, but there was no change, but Wei's father's face was dark.

"Let me tell you what to say first. I think about these things before my hair grows. Let me tell you that your father expects your elder brother to carry on the family line. You can wait until you get the honor in the exam.

Your task is to glorify your ancestors, if you can't pass the exam even at the age of 30, that's fine, I will admit it.

But as I said before, don’t even think about buying land for money. If you don’t have fame, if you sell those lands, you will lose sooner or later. "

Well, the joke that was said casually, unexpectedly hit the muzzle of the gun, and was said a few words by Old Wei.

Noticing that the atmosphere was not right, Wei Wencai immediately changed the subject.

"Father, what's the situation in Beijing this time? You were so urgent at the beginning, and you won't leave when you get to Zhenjiang?"

Jiujiangwei did not go north in the end, it must be that the crisis in the capital has been resolved, but the family is still very curious about what happened there.

As a personal participant, Wei Daddy should know more things.

"It was said to the public that the frontier soldiers beat the Tartars away."

Father Wei was also distracted at the moment, he picked up the wine bowl on the table and took a sip in silence, the wine spilled on his beard, and he stretched out his hand to stroke it again.

"Father, is this news untrue?"

Seeing Father Wei's movements, anyone who is familiar with him knows that there must be something that hasn't shaken out.

"After receiving the news that they would no longer be transferred to the north, officers from more than a hundred households had a banquet. I heard someone at the banquet say that the frontier soldiers did not dare to fight the Tartars at all, and they always avoided the Tartars. They are Grab enough and go by yourself."

Father Wei's next words shocked his mother-in-law and two sons.

Although they are all children of military households, and know that the military equipment in the south is now weak, it has always been rumored that the northern frontier army of the Ming Dynasty is the first-class and powerful in the world. The Tartars were beaten away, and they had no doubts at all.

Just kidding, what is the basis for the existence of the army?
That is combat power.

If there is no combat power, why would the army come?
I thought it would be fine if there was no combat strength in the South for a long time. As long as the Northern Army's combat strength remained the same, it would not have much impact on the current army.

As far as the current situation in the guard station is concerned, can those dog officials continue to embezzle military salaries even more.

"The frontier army really has no combat power?"

Wei Wencai frowned and asked.

Old Man Wei shook his head, "I don't know, I've heard people say, we didn't go, how could we know about this?"

Having said that, Father Wei still thought about it and continued: "When I came back, I also talked about this matter with your uncle, and he thinks the rumors are probably true.

Even if there is still combat power, it is estimated that it has dropped sharply, otherwise the Tartars would not dare to attack the capital.

In fact, the situation in the guards of various places is similar now. Maybe the frontier soldiers are deducted less military pay, but there are also few farms there, and most of the military food needs to be supplied by the imperial court. Shit battle. "

"By the way, Dad, you said earlier that you didn't allocate battle armor in Zhenjiang, but you did provide equipment. What did you give?"

Wei Wencai will take over the Baihusuo in the future, and the strength of the northern frontier army seems to have little to do with him, and he doesn't want to continue discussing this matter.

But what old man Wei said before, he received money, food and equipment in Zhenjiang, but he didn't have any armor, so it's strange, what equipment will Yingtian give them?
"Bird guns, there are ten bird guns on it."

Father Wei said: "I asked Tang Sanwa and the others to try it, and they said it was okay, much better than the pile of junk in the warehouse."

"Fire guns? What's the use of that?"

Wei Wencai heard that the equipment he was using was a firecracker, so he was not interested.

Since Wei Wencai stopped going to study, he also worked hard in the camp, and he was very familiar with the equipment in the hundred-household camp.

But when it comes to firecrackers, he's not interested at all. It's not as good as Duan Da's bows and arrows, shooting out one after another.

That is to say, archers are not easy to practice, and that thing is not just shooting the arrow out, but aiming at the target.

In addition, after shooting more than ten arrows, the archer's arm has no strength, that is, it has a certain strength, too much is too much.

The firecracker is simple, but the frequency is low, and it is not accurate.

"This batch of blunderbuss is not bad. After listening to Tang Sanwa's words, I asked them to try it. The fire wire is directly clamped on the tap of the trigger. When firing, the fire wire is directly inserted into the fire pool to ignite the powder. The whole thing is holding the gun in both hands so you can aim."

Speaking of this, Father Wei paused for a moment, as if recalling the situation when Tang Sanwa and the others tried the gun, but then he smiled and shook his head and continued: "At that time, I asked the camp to fire a volley, and after a round of gunshots , a row of individuals, I can clearly see Tang Sanwa who is nearby, and the few people behind are all submerged in the smoke, and they will be immortal after the gun is shot."

"Haha, such a big fume."

Wei Guangde was amused when he heard his father say that the celestial spirit is faint, isn't it because the amount of smoke is too large to cover his sight?

This actually has something to do with gunpowder. He is very clear about this. Why smokeless gunpowder is a major technological advancement? Isn’t it because there is less smoke and less residue after use, which makes it easier to clean the barrel.

Although he knew this, Wei Guangde didn't know how to make smokeless gunpowder. Just thinking about it, he didn't have the ability to do scientific research.

"It's not easy to use. It's better to give money directly to that."

Wei Wencai shook his head, he had no idea about the bird gun, "That's all? Is there anything else?"

Wei Wencai was still a little unwilling, and continued to ask his father.

"It's gone. I allocated some food, gunpowder and other supplies, and put them into the warehouse. At the end of the year, I will distribute them to them. This year is not bad. In previous years, I could only get a few hundred taels of silver. I went out for a walk. , earn a lot more."

Father Wei is still a little complacent. In previous years, he also deducted military pay, but he didn't get much, and he couldn't eat them all.

"Has the bird gun entered the warehouse? I'll go and have a look tomorrow."

Wei Guangde is still interested in guns. He heard that he has used ten blunderbusses. Naturally, he has to see it with his own eyes and try it.

(End of this chapter)