As soon as Xu Jin sent the eunuch Lai Yi out of the 500 battalion camp, he saw a group of soldiers and horses coming over on the official road, about 500 people, all cavalry, and there was a carriage in the middle of the team, with a big flag with the word "Chen" on the roof of the car.

Eunuch Lai said lightly: "Could it be the governor of Gansu, Chen Jiuchou, Lord Chen?" ”

Xu Jin nodded and said, "It should be." ”

In the past two months, although Xu Jin did not go to the court, he was still very concerned about the major events that happened in the court, for example, a few days ago, the imperial court received an 800-li rush from the border, and reported that Turbo Mansuer (name) led 20,000 soldiers and horses to invade Suzhou and Ganzhou.

As soon as this news came back, it immediately caused a lot of shock, and the little emperor Zhu Houxi immediately convened a court meeting to discuss the matter of sending troops to crusade, but the wish was very good, but the reality was very cruel.

The treasury is out of money!!

It was impossible to support the expedition of the Beijing army, so in the end he could only choose a compromise method and send a minister to Gansu to supervise military affairs, rectify the border troops, and meet the Turbo army.

As a result, Chen Jiuchou, who was both lucky and unlucky, was recommended and promoted to the imperial history of the capital of the Imperial Inspectorate, and was ordered to patrol Gansu and supervise local military affairs, and when he went on the expedition, he was only escorted by 500 cavalry, which was pitiful enough.

Gansu is more than 4,000 miles away from the capital, even if it takes a month to ride a horse day and night, if it is a carriage, I am afraid it will take several months, now it is July, and when it is estimated that it is winter, the side is bitter cold, this trip is undoubtedly quite difficult, maybe there is no return, so the five hundred cavalry escorting are listless.

At this time, the team finally came to the front, passing in front of the gate of the 500 battalions, but the carriage in the team suddenly stopped, and the curtain was immediately lifted, revealing a middle-aged man, and asked: "Is Jing Anbo Xu Ziqian by the road?" ”

Xu Jin arched his hand and said: "It's Xu Jin, dare to ask if it's Chen Yuxue, the governor of Gansu Province, in the car?" ”

The middle-aged man in the carriage immediately ordered the team to stop, then got down from the carriage and bowed to Xu Jin and said, "Chen Jiuchou has seen Jing Anbo. ”

Xu Jin hurriedly returned the salute and said, "Lord Chen doesn't need to be polite. ”

Chen Jiuchou is a scholar of Yuxue, about forty-five or sixteen years old, with slightly dark skin, very high eyebrows, and a little bit of outer eyebrows.

Xu Jin broke the silence with a smile and said, "Lord Chen, is this going to Suzhou?" ”

Chen Jiuchou nodded and said awe-inspiringly: "The Turbo people are not satisfied with Wang Hua, first invaded Hamiwei, kidnapped the king of Zhongshun and asked me for ransom, and the month before was even more intensified, brazenly sending 20,000 troops to cross the Jiayu Pass and invade the two states of Gansu. ”

Xu Jin arched his hand and said solemnly: "Lord Chen's journey is difficult and difficult, Xu Jin wishes Lord Chen a victory." ”

"Chengjing An Bojiyan, that ......" Chen Jiuchou glanced at the five hundred camps a little embarrassed, looking like he wanted to speak.

Xu Jin's heart moved, and he smiled: "Master Chen may as well speak directly if he has something to say, if you enter and exit your mouth, it will enter my ears." ”

Chen Jiuchou nodded and said: "Since this is the case, then the official will say it directly, the official heard that the flintlock pistol supervised by Lord Xu is far better than the firecracker, why don't you make progress now?" ”

Xu Jin had already expected a few points, and said with a smile: "It's a coincidence, the flintlock pistol just passed the test today, and the official is planning to present it to the emperor, and then make it in batches." ”

Chen Jiuchou was slightly disappointed, he thought that the flintlock pistol had been mass-produced and equipped with 500 battalions, and he was ready to ask Xu Jin for hundreds of shots cheekily, and the chances of winning this trip might be greater.

"I wonder how powerful these flintlock pistols are?" Chen Jiuchou couldn't help but ask.

"The maximum shot is one hundred and fifty steps, the effective shot is seventy steps, and the armor can be pierced within forty steps."

Chen Jiuchou's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, and he said excitedly: "Is this true? ”

As the chief envoy of the Ministry of War, Chen Jiuchou is still quite familiar with firearms, and the string of data reported by Xu Jin is obviously far better than ordinary firearms.

Xu Jin said solemnly: "Firearms are the most important weapons of the country, how dare Xu Jin say nothing." ”

Chen Jiuchou hurriedly apologized and said: "This official lost his words for a while, don't blame Jing Anbo, I don't know if I can let Jiuchou see it with his own eyes?" ”

"No problem!" Xu Jin smiled slightly, and ordered someone to take a sample of a flintlock pistol and hand it to Chen Jiuchou.

Chen Jiuchou's eyes lit up suddenly, and he cautiously took the "tall" flintlock pistol, touched the shiny barrel and applauded, and after a while, he touched the butt and plate machine to applaud.

A touch of disdain flashed in Eunuch Lai's eyes, Chen Jiuchou hadn't looked at him since he got out of the car, so it made him very unhappy, if it wasn't for Xu Jin to save face, let alone let Chen Jiuchou touch the gun, he couldn't take a look.

"Lord Xu, how do you use this flintlock pistol?" Chen Jiuchou searched for a while but didn't find the fire gate, and asked a little embarrassedly.

Xu Jin took the gun from Chen Jiuchou's hand, threw it to Xie Erjian casually, and ordered: "Erjian, demonstrate it to Lord Chen." ”

"Okay!" Xie Erjian smiled, quickly took out ammunition from the magazine and reloaded, and then raised his gun to hook the board machine at a bush thirty steps away.

Bang......

A puff of smoke rises, and a branch falls from a bush!

Sizzle......

A burst of inhalation sounded immediately, and the five hundred cavalry escorting Chen Jiuchou were dumbfounded, the speed and accuracy of Xie Erjian's spear were too terrifying, and they estimated that they would not be able to do it with bows and arrows. Of course, this refers to accuracy, although Xie Erjian is fast in loading ammunition, it is still not as fast as bending the bow and arrows, but it is indeed a lot faster than the traditional firecracker.

"Awesome!" Chen Jiuchou excitedly took the flintlock pistol from Xie Erjian's body, tried to aim with both hands of the gun, and said continuously: "Okay, good, great, the flintlock pistol is really much stronger than the fireball." ”

Xu Jin smiled and said, "If Lord Chen likes it, I will give you this flintlock pistol." ”

Chen Jiuchou was overjoyed and said: "Thank you Lord Xu for this, I don't know how many flintlock pistols there are in the five hundred battalions?" ”

Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders and said, "There are only ten samples, and you can only give Lord Chen five strokes at most." ”

Chen Jiuchou couldn't help but be disappointed, ten strokes are too few, even if they are all given to themselves, it doesn't have much effect, however, something is better than nothing, when he arrives in Gansu, he can try to let the border army imitate, so he arched his hand and said: "Thank you Lord Xu for your generosity, if Jiuchou can return safely this time, he will have a good reward in the future!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and said: "Lord Chen is polite, I wish Lord Chen a victorious start and a triumphant return!" ”

Chen Jiuchou rarely showed a hint of a smile, but that sad face, even the smile was with a hint of bitterness, Xu Jin couldn't help but sweat secretly, he really doubted that this kind of person would have good luck, it is estimated that the God of Wealth will take a detour when he sees it, this time he will go out to Gansu, can he win the battle?

Chen Jiuchou was also simply, ordered someone to take five flintlock pistols and some ammunition, returned to the car, and continued to set off.

Eunuch Lai said unhappily: "Hey, this Lord Chen is really honest and unkind, the flintlock pistol that our family worked hard for half a year to make, and they took it away without even saying thank you." ”

Xu Jin said with a smile: "Father-in-law Lai, the so-called lost east corner, harvested mulberry elm." There is no need to worry so much, if Lord Chen makes contributions in Gansu this time, maybe the credit of the War Bureau is indispensable, and the credit of the War Bureau is not the credit of your father-in-law. ”

"Heha, it's better for Lord Xu to think long-term!" Eunuch Lai laughed sharply, but in his heart he didn't think so, Chen Jiuchou only had five flintlock pistols, even if he defeated the Turbo people, how effective could five flintlock pistols be? The credit or something will fall to the head of the war bureau.

Xu Jin didn't bother to explain to this father-in-law Lai, who only had a medium IQ, and watched Chen Jiuchou's team go away, and couldn't help but think of Cai Yue and Li Yingjun, a good pair of "engine oil".

Cai and Li set off for the west in early April, and now it has been more than two months, and it is estimated that they have passed through Shanxi and entered the territory of Shaanxi, I hope everything is well.