"Sister don't be angry, but the Jia family is not as bumpy as our Feng family, in Beijing for four generations for decades, those family girls are indeed much more knowledgeable about the rules than those in our house who have only been bought back for a few years, no wonder Ziying likes it, doesn't my sister also like Jin Chu'er and Xiangling? ......" Xiao Duan played a round field.

Da Duan's likes Jin Chu'er very much, and thinks that Jin Chu'er is well-informed and sensible, and he will take the initiative to tell himself if there is any situation, this kind of girl really can't pick out two in his own house, that Xiangling is honest, although not as smart as Jin Chu'er, but his generous temperament also makes Da Duan's feel down-to-earth.

"Well, let him go." Feng Tang waved his hand, "But is there a little less girl in Ziying's room?" ”

Since the outer room is not easy to carry into the house, the girls in their own house are not so taboo.

Feng Tang also knew that he was afraid that it would be difficult to come back in a short period of time when he went to Liaodong this time, maybe it would not be necessary to take it for ten or eight years, and the imperial court adjusted the frequency of the general soldiers and governors of other towns very quickly, but this Liaodong has always sought stability and will not be easily replaced, looking at Li Chengliang for decades, he can understand, so he also hopes that his son can renew the incense as soon as possible, even if the concubine is not good, there are two concubines.

"Master, I also said it, but Ziying always refused, saying that if you want to enter his house, you have to pass his eyes to satisfy him." Da Duan sighed, "This kind of thing should not be talked to the master, but Ziying now has a tight idea, and ordinary things are just fine, and he refuses to listen to me and Wanqin in such things, and he has to ask the master to talk to him well." ”

"This kid!" Feng Tang shook his head, his son is too maverick, and he has to make his own decisions about everything, but if it is not so, how can he make these important ministers in the court and even the emperor have blue eyes?

Feng Ziying's dinner was eaten with Wang Yingxiong.

"For the time being, there is no more news back, but it is certain that Banzhou, Shuixi and Yongning are definitely connected, and they are very close, as for the price of food and cloth, it is difficult to say now, there are still ups and downs, but the overall trend is still rising slowly, I also asked my clansmen to step up their investigation, and on the side of the Criminal Department, I also talked to Uncle Fang, let Uncle Fang see if he can go to investigate from the informant on the side of the Criminal Department, and see if there are any other movements in Banzhou,......

Wang Yingxiong took a sip of his wine glass, "But I feel that Banzhou is probably going to ,......be chaotic sooner or later."

"So sure?" Feng Ziying smiled and raised her glass.

"The situation between the Tusi and the officials is the same, and it is the people below who suffer hardship, as long as there are people who fan the flames in it, it is very simple to make a mess, then Yang Yinglong is not an idle person, I wonder if this guy is waiting for the right time." Wang Yingxiong picked up a chopstick quail, put it in his mouth and chewed, "Ziying, this quail tastes beautiful, and there is no restaurant in Beijing that can have this taste." ”

"Hehe, then you can come and sit with me more if you have nothing to do." Jin Chu'er's craftsmanship is passed down from Jiafu, and I have to say that the food culture in this Rongguo Mansion is still of some standard.

"Well, also, Ling Zun is about to go to Liaodong to take up his post?" Wang Yingxiong is in the military department, so he is naturally very aware of these changes.

"Lord Zhang and Lord Chai are urging my father to go to work as soon as possible and settle down the army as soon as possible, and my father is still discussing with the Ministry of War." Feng Ziying nodded.

"Or is it a matter of rations?" Wang Yingxiong put down his chopsticks, "Food and salary are a big deal, but the Arsenal Division has just accepted a batch of firecrackers, three thousand, originally intended to form a firecracker team in Beijing, but the Shenji Battalion has always been not interested in firecrackers, so I put it aside, I know that you have always been very interested in firecrackers, this is just the right time to ask Lingzun to experiment in Liaodong." ”

"Oh?" Feng Ziying was taken aback, he didn't expect Da Zhou to be able to produce firecrackers by himself, "Can the military department produce firecrackers?" ”

"Not really." Wang Yingxiong hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "It is said that Zhao Shizhen, the former Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War, organized craftsmen to imitate Lu Migong, and after taking out the sample, the Arsenal Division commissioned several workshops in Foshan to make it in the same way, all of which were four or five years ago, and it was only completed this year and sent to Beijing." ”

Zhao Shizhen? Feng Ziying seemed to have some impression of this person's name, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

"Let the workshop in Foshan imitate it? Didn't the Ministry of War have its own gunpowder bureau or war bureau in Wang Gongchang? Feng Ziying's attention to the Ministry of War is more about the Ministry of War, and she doesn't care so much about other departments.

"It is said, well, it is said that Zhao Langzhong imitated the Lu Mi Gong in the War Bureau, and it took a year or two to build the Lu Mi Gong with a very poor effect, plus the fire gun made by imitating the Japanese Bird Gun in the War Bureau before, the result was far less effective than the Bird Gun, and the equipment was given to the Shenji Battalion, and as a result, the fire gun exploded continuously, killing and injuring many Shenji Battalion soldiers, and the fire rope burned at different speeds, so it almost caused a mutiny in the Shenji Battalion, Zhao Langzhong was almost imprisoned, or the former Shoufu Lord Shen and the predecessor Shangshu Xiao Shangshu protected Zhao Langzhong, That's why Zhao Langzhong stayed in office,......"

Feng Ziying didn't expect that Wang Yingxiong still had some ability to find out the news, and he actually inquired about all the secrets of the military department.

"So the Arsenal Division simply commissioned an external manufacturer?" Feng Ziying laughed, "It's just that this is too far, and he went to Foshan, and this Zhao Langzhong is not afraid that the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will impeach him?" ”

"It is said that Zhao Langzhong suggested looking for outside, and it was Xiao Daren who ordered it to be customized in Foshan at that time, and Foshan is close to Guangzhou, so it is easy to recruit Xiyi ,......craftsmen," Wang Yingxiong said casually.

"Four or five years?" Feng Ziying couldn't imagine that 3,000 firecrackers could be made in four or five years, what kind of manufacturing efficiency was this?

"In addition to the initial allocation of 10,000 taels of silver to others, there is no silver anymore, Xiao Shangshu is gone, Zhao Langzhong has long been dismissed, and now people are here to ask for follow-up silver,......" Wang Yingxiong said the reason.

"Yo, it turned out to be a bunch of rotten goods that no one wants, and the Shenji Battalion still refuses to ask for it?" Feng Ziying laughed, and he said how could there be an extra pile of fire guns for no reason, it turned out to be such a tortuous story.

"The Shenji Battalion resolutely didn't want it, but this person sent it over, and it was also signed at the beginning, and it was made according to eight taels of silver each, plus the gunpowder made by the Gunpowder Bureau, the price of a gun is already about nine taels and five yuan, which is too expensive." Wang Yingxiong shook his head.

Is it expensive to have a firearm with ten taels of silver? Feng Ziying is also not sure.

In a sense, I'm afraid it's really expensive, compared with ordinary swords, it's definitely expensive, but if it is said that as a hot weapon, if it can change the outcome of the war on the battlefield, the three thousand firecrackers are only more than 30,000 taels of silver, which is really nothing.

Of course, I don't know the level of this kind of firecracker, maybe it is just a few shots and then the color of the bore, let alone ten taels of silver, even one or two silver is not worth it.

"The reason why the Shenji Battalion refuses to ask for it is that the firecrackers are dangerous, the quality is unstable, it is easy to hurt the soldiers, the operation is inconvenient, and the power is insufficient, so what about this batch of firearms?" Feng Ziying asked.

"I tried one or two, it must be much stronger than the previous guns, but compared with the muskets of the Xiyi people, such as the turtledove guns, it is estimated that there is still a big gap, it is said that the main reason is that the quality of the iron is not good, the gunpowder is also worse, and the barrel can't be made so long, which is uncomplaining." Wang Yingxiong shook his head.

Iron can't work, gun barrel can't work, gunpowder can't work, these things can't work, it determines how reliable this kind of firearm can't be, and the firearm itself has to rely on a lot of mechanical training of soldiers to form an inertial memory mode to play an effective role, and the current Da Zhou seems to have basically no training in this regard, how can it be effective?

Three thousand firearms, whether it's too much or too little, depends on how you use it.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, the proportion of muskets used by the border army is not high, and most of them are even worse various muskets, such as three-eyed guns and target guns.

But even if this kind of weapon is compared with the army that is purely cold weapons, the proportion is still much worse.

According to the statistics of the Ministry of War, Liaodong Town estimates that the proportion of musketeers is about 10%, that is to say, there are about 10,000 musketeers in the 100,000 army in Liaodong Town, and nine out of ten of these musketeers use muskets, and the use rate of real arquebuses is extremely low.

If it were replaced by the border towns of Xuanda and the three sides, the proportion would be even lower, at least Feng Ziying would know that the musketeers in Yulin Town were only a thousand people, and they were purely like goods, and the archers were still the absolute main force of long-range strikes.

Feng Ziying groaned for a while.

He knew that Wang Yingxiong meant when he mentioned this, which was nothing more than letting his father take over the three thousand firearms, which was equivalent to solving a problem for the military department, and it was also a support for Liaodong Town, which needed to be deducted from the food and salary supplies that his father asked for from the military department.

He needs to think about it.

He knew that his father was also very interested in the use of this kind of firearm, and he thought that this kind of weapon gimmick was mostly gimmicky, and the actual use value was not great, but his father still valued all kinds of artillery.

Of course, this may be unconvincing with the performance of various muskets in the army, including the three-eyed gun, but Feng Ziying also knows that this is not the reason for firearms, but that the musket has indeed lagged behind this era, and at the same time, within the Great Zhou court, especially the conservative psychology of Wenchen, is unwilling to take risks and innovate, plus this kind of musket does have many drawbacks, and the training in the army is seriously insufficient, so over time, it has led to prejudice against this kind of new things in the army.