prosperous age

Chapter 40
"There are barbarians among the pirates?"

Wu Zhankui was a little surprised, "Didn't you say they were all Japanese and Han pirates?"

At this time, for the folks, the robbers and pirates from the sea are all Japanese pirates, and it is difficult to distinguish the true identity of the people among them, but for the people in the army, the news from all aspects is more accurate, so whether it is Zhang Qing , or Wu Zhankui, or Wei Meng, in fact, they all know who the so-called Japanese pirates are mainly.

In fact, the pirates in the Ming Dynasty were initially dominated by the remnants of Zhang Shicheng, and there were also some Japanese pirates. Therefore, most of the so-called Japanese pirates were actually Han Chinese, and a few were Japanese pirates.

But today, when Wu Zhankui heard that there were barbarians among the Japanese pirates, it was a bit beyond his expectation.

"The barbarians love wealth, and it is not uncommon to participate in Japanese pirates rather than share the spoils. They are all overseas barbarians and have not received Confucian education."

Zhang Qing said disapprovingly, but his idea was also in line with reality.

"By the way, nephew, if a batch of these bird guns are allocated to you, how much will your combat power of a hundred households be improved?"

What Zhang Qing said next was to Wei Meng, because in the entire Jiujiang Guard, only the Bengshan Hundred Households took away ten bird guns. This was decided by the people in the Ministry of War before allocating the batch of firearms.

"Uncle Shi, I'm not very clear about the bird gun. Only my two incompetent sons have nothing to do with it. I heard from them that the bird gun is really good. I think it should work."

Wei Meng gave his own answer after thinking for a while.

"That's it."

After writing the desk, Zhang Qing frowned his white eyebrows slightly, "Then you all should make a total calculation as soon as possible. If it is feasible, I will pay out the batch of bird guns in the warehouse in the next year."

"Father-in-law, how many bird guns are there?"

Wu Zhankui asked at this time.

"Because it's just a trial installation, there are only 190 rods, and ten of them have already been allocated to you, so there are only [-] bird guns handed over by the Armament Bureau."

Zhang Qing pondered for a while when he said this, "After returning, it was directly sent to the warehouse, and there was no allocation.

If it is really easy to use, then I will ask Shigui to take the bird gun away in two days, so that others will not worry about it.

In addition, you two have to practice hard after a hundred years of control, and you must be fully prepared for everything, and don't take chances.

Even if the Northern Expedition is canceled in the end, the necessary preparations must be prepared.

This time Weili will reorganize ten hundred households for training, and [-]% of the food will be allocated, so you don't have to worry about the logistics. "

"Seventy percent of the salary, no problem."

Zhang Shigui asked inadvertently on the way to send Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng out of the study to the courtyard where they lived.

Hearing these words, Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng's heart skipped a beat, and most of the good mood they had heard about giving [-]% of the food and wages disappeared in an instant.

The three of them stopped, and Wu Zhankui looked at Wei Meng. As far as leading soldiers, he has a thousand households separated by one floor, so he has nothing to say at this time.

"For those soldiers, there is [-]% to [-]% of the salary, and the life of the family can live on."

After hesitating for a while, Wei Meng still said, in fact, the food and salary he pays is less than [-]% of the standard soldier's income, but the military households in the fort can also live on.

"That's it."

After getting the answer, Zhang Shigui continued to walk away, leading Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng to the small courtyard, but his pace was a little slow after passing through a corridor, and he said after Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng got closer, "Then Let’s give out [-]%, and we will share the rest with three.”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shigui said to Wu Zhankui again: "You are responsible for this matter, I will greet Wei Li, and let Old Wei take care of the military training."

"Uncle, what happened to ten hundred households?"

Wu Zhankui asked while nodding.

"Those few were scared to death when they knew that they might go to the north this year, so after they discussed it, they said that they would train two hundred households from each of the five thousand households as the main soldiers for this expedition.

Old Wei's Baihusuo just happened to be ready-made. Don't you still have a trusted Baihusuo in your hand? "

Zhang Shigui walked forward slowly, and said, "There is also the matter of the bird's gun. You can discuss it when you go back. They are very familiar with the bird's gun, not to mention their literary talents. Listen to what they mean. We will sum up tomorrow. Today It's too late."

Zhang Shigui sent them back to the small courtyard where they lived, and then went back to his own courtyard.

This small courtyard is a courtyard in name, but in fact it is divided into the east courtyard and the west courtyard. Everything is good.

However, Wu Zhankui and Wei Mengke did not go back to the house to rest. Although they rushed from Zepeng to Jiujiang early in the morning, they were exhausted, but they still found an empty room, and then called the servants to call the two brothers Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde. Come over, Wu Dong was also called to listen together, after all, sooner or later, he will come into contact with this kind of military affairs.

Fortunately, several people did not sleep, and soon arrived at the empty room.

"Don't think about the mother-child cannon. Those cannons are expensive. Only the Jingying and Border Towns have them. We Jiujiangwei can't get that cannon."

After seeing all the people arrived, Wu Zhankui directly talked about the mother-child cannon that had been discussed before.

Hearing that only Beijing camp and border towns were equipped, Wei Guangde and the others understood. When they heard their father talk about this kind of artillery before, the little fellows thought it was powerful and could be fired continuously. , It is much stronger than the current firearms.

"That cannon, it's actually called the Flang cannon, it was invented by the barbarian people, and our Ming Dynasty Northern and Southern Military Weapons Bureau has only a limited number."

Wu Zhankui continued.

"Then uncle asked us to come, is there any other errand?"

Wei Guangde wondered, since they can't get it, they can't get it, why are they called?
He talked about it all night when he was in Zepeng, and finally he remembered what his father had mentioned before, the mother-child cannon he saw in Zhenjiang, and said that the cannon fired extremely fast, so he made such a suggestion.

Now that he has been rejected, he has no other options.

"Guangde, tell me, can that bird gun restrain the Tartar cavalry?"

At this moment, Father Wei asked.

"Bird gun? Impossible."

When Wei Guangde heard his father ask him something, he shook his head and said without thinking.

Just kidding, although I have never been a soldier, the information explosion in later generations has seen a lot of things on TV or the Internet, and I know a lot of news.

To end the cavalry, it must be the emergence of machine guns, and it is possible to suppress the cavalry charge under continuous firepower.

(End of this chapter)