Two days later, at night, Liu Laoshi went out of the house, came to the city gate, and shouted at the city head as agreed: "Cousin, I am your cousin He Bai, there is something going on at home." ”

Zhang Youde at the head of the city walked down from the city, looking at the bulging clothes in his clothes, Liu Laoshi's face was happy: "Got it?" ”

"Naturally, we must do what we promise others to do. You see if it's this thing. ”

As he spoke, he took out a short gun from his arms, Liu Laoshi reached out and took it, a little puzzled: "This thing is a musket?" You didn't lie to me, did you? "It's no wonder that he didn't know it, this kind of musket was not in circulation at all, and many people's perception of muskets was still stuck in the length of the burning stick.

Zhang Youde pouted: "You spent eight hundred taels of silver, if I take that kind of ordinary musket, why do you bother to get a musket from me, this musket is newly developed by Daming, and it will definitely make your eight hundred taels worth it." ”

Liu Laoshi laughed: "No wonder my lord has to let me spend a lot of money to buy a musket, it turns out that there is this kind of exquisiteness, my brother is a particular person, put his heart in his stomach, the eight hundred taels of silver must have been sent to your home, there are many people here, I won't stay more." ”

"If there is such a good thing in the future, remember to think of me."

"Don't worry, I don't know anyone else but you."

Liu Laoshi didn't dare to walk around the city with a musket, so he quickly put the musket into his arms: "Seeing that there is going to be a curfew, I will leave." As he spoke, he hurried in the direction of his home, and was relieved until he arrived at the door of the house, looked back and saw that no one was following him, and walked into the courtyard gate, and turned around and plugged in the door.

When he walked into the house, he said, "Big brother, I got the musket back, and it's no wonder that the people outside have to let us get this musket, I really haven't seen this thing." ”

A man with a masked face walked out, stretched out his hand to take the musket, and looked at it carefully: "It is indeed ingenious, I have never seen such a short musket, did the projectile get it?" ”

"Oh, I forgot about it, there are so many pairs of eyes staring at the city, I don't dare to stay longer."

"Forget it, with this musket, I don't believe those people can't get the projectile, we have to think about how to get this thing out now, the city has long been sealed, we can't just throw it over the city wall."

"yes, this carrier pigeon must not be able to get such a heavy thing, otherwise we will use that dark line."

"It's not a last resort, you can't mess around, the commander explained when he left, that dark line is the last way, let's try other methods first, and then talk about it."

Liu Laoshi looked bitter: "Big brother, it's easy for you to say, the defenders of the city are not stupid, I told them that I was doing things for the officials in the city, and they just got a musket for me, if it is transported outside the city, then no one will survive if it is caught, besides, there are so many eyes in the city, how can he have such great ability in a team, and people will not put their heads on their heads when they help us do things." ”

"Let's hide this musket in a wooden box, let's just say that the family documents are going to be sent to the countryside for urgent use, so that the family can be accommodating?"

Liu Laoshi thought for a while: "This is also an idea, we will definitely not be able to get out of the city, if there are people outside the city, the defenders at the head of the city will definitely be suspicious, I think it is better to find a day, just say that on the fifteenth day of the agreement, we will notify the people outside the city in advance, let them dress up as people, and they can be blinded." ”

"Just do as you say."

"It's just that I can't come forward in this matter, and if I show up again, the defender will be suspicious, after all, I just got a musket in his hand."

"Well, I'll go and arrange for someone else to do this, and the musket will be placed here for you first, and then I will arrange for someone to pick it up."

The masked man turned around and was about to walk out, when Liu Laoshi suddenly remembered something: "Big brother, do you think that our Qing Dynasty can capture Beijing City this time?" ”

The masked man laughed: "If we can attack it, we will be prosperous and rich, and if we can't attack it, we will fall to the ground, and we will never retreat." ”

Liu Laoshi nodded, sighed softly, and after the masked man left, he said to himself: "My ancestors have been selling steamed buns on this street for three generations, and in my generation, I have to find ways to get ahead, and now I understand my father's words, wealth and danger are sought." ”

After two more days, just after noon, a person wearing a hat came to Liu Laoshi's courtyard gate, pushed the door and walked in, came to the house and saw Liu Laoshi sleeping, and laughed: "Liu Laoshi." ”

Liu Laoshi sat up suddenly, looked at the people around him, and muttered: "You scared me to death, why didn't you knock on the door before coming in?" ”

"You slept so dead, who could knock on the door?" As he spoke, he nodded: "The matter is done, give me the musket." ”

"You take this thing away quickly, I always feel like I can't sleep well if I stay here."

"To do our business, you have to be bold enough, you have to practice your courage well, otherwise it will be easy for people to see the flaws."

Liu Laoshi turned over and got out of bed, and took out a wooden box from under the bed: "It's been hiding here。。。。。。 Before he finished speaking, his face changed color, and he quickly reached out and opened the wooden box, only to see that it was empty, and there was nothing left.

The face under the hat of the person who came quickly changed color: "What's going on?" ”

"I don't know, after I got it back, I hid in this wooden box, and I never touched it, and in the past two days, in order not to make people suspicious, I went to sell steamed buns during the day, and the door was locked at home."

The visitor thought about it, walked outside, went up the courtyard wall along the corner, stared at the courtyard wall carefully, and immediately came down: "It's broken, we are being targeted." ”

Liu Laoshi's face suddenly turned pale: "Then what should we do?" ”

"Hurry up, you don't have to pack up anything, follow me and run quickly, when you go out, I will run to the east and you will run to the west, you go to Zhangjia Vinegar Fang, and when the wind passes, I will naturally let people contact you."

Liu Laoshi couldn't think of so much at this time, so he could only listen to this person's arrangement, and the two of them opened the courtyard door and began to run out.

Of course, Liu Laoshi didn't know what this person meant, this person didn't run away when he went out, turned around and took off the hat and continued to walk on the street casually, even if someone saw it, they would think that this person just went to Liu Laoshi's house to string the door, and no one would remember him at all.

And since Liu Laoshi has been targeted, he will definitely not be able to run, and it is good to sell him for a way to live. I don't know how I was targeted this time, and it seems that I will have to be more careful next time.

(End of chapter)