Cheng Xiaolian specially found three guys who had just become artillerymen, the kind of old guys who have been gesturing with their fingers all their lives, I am afraid that they have become accustomed to inherent thinking, even if they hold the telescope made by this for a while, they will be afraid that it will be difficult to turn around.

Three people in their thirties came to Cheng Xiaolian, Yang Youcai handed them the barrel of a telescope, and they quickly wiped their hands on their clothes twice, knowing that this telescope is a precious thing, and if it is broken, I am afraid that they will lose a lot of silver.

"Now that the army of the Zhou Dynasty in the city has used smoke to fascinate everyone's eyes, I have come up with a method, you first use telescopes to measure the specific distance, and then adjust the artillery to attack, is it difficult?"

The three of them glanced at each other, and one of them mustered up his courage: "Your Majesty, it's not that we don't help, we can't use this thing, we have to get the master of the firearms battalion to use it?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian frowned: "Why is this?" ”

"This is the rule of the apprentice world, this newcomer's own master will not tell us how far the finger is than in the past, but only teach us the relative position of the finger and the corresponding position of the artillery, which is used to attack the opposing army."

Yang Youcai laughed: "It turns out that your line of work is also afraid that the disciples of the church will starve to death Master." ”

"Actually, it's not exactly, the disciples are just getting started are impetuous, want to learn the best skills, if you teach him all this, the disciple will inevitably be arrogant, our line of work is the most taboo mentality fluctuations, you must know that doing this is to rely on the hand to be stable and quiet, if the hand is not stable and the heart is not quiet, the battlefield will be troublesome, delay the general's major affairs, this artillery team will be punished. After three or five years of doing this, Master felt that he could teach you specific things and then teach you. ”

Since ancient times, Chinese craftsmen have this sense of crisis, outside the life is afraid that the apprentices of the church will starve to death to the master, and the military camp is no exception, everyone is in the army to eat, if you stand out, your master may be driven out of the barracks because of the replacement and old age, so the so-called three years is to examine the character of the person, after all, the artillery is different from other arms, as long as the artillery is good, the sixty-year-old military camp will also give you a bowl of rice to eat.

Saying that, the gunner added: "Of course, there have been many battles over the years, and it won't take the masters three or five years, and they will have to decide their successors in a year and a half." We also have our own rules in this industry, but as long as the master has not done anything angry and resentful, but if the apprentice does not respect the master, he will become the enemy of everyone, these artillerymen in the army are always ready to deal with a person, that person must not stay long, even if he escapes to other soldiers, those gunners know that this is because the master and the ancestor ran over, and they will not accept him. ”

Cheng Xiaolian nodded, in this era, the master of heaven and earth is a teacher, and the master's status is very high, and in everyone's opinion, the master has taught the craft of eating, if you don't respect the master's virtue, there will be a problem, and you can't have a deep friendship.

Regarding these concepts of the ancients, Cheng Xiaolian doesn't know whether there are more benefits or disadvantages, and the master can naturally take advantage of the apprentice with the protection of this identity, but the relationship between the master and the apprentice is quite stable, so he responded to the sentence of being a teacher for one day and a father for life.

When Cheng Xiaolian said this idea, the master clapped his palm: "Your Majesty is gifted and intelligent, and we stupid people can't think of such a good method, our brains are muddled." ”

It's no wonder that they, the status of craftsmen in this era is not high, before Cheng Xiaolian appeared, they were barely able to feed the whole family, and their social status was not high, how could they have the energy to study the telescope, a precious thing transported from the West, so the jumping eye method was used to measure the distance until hundreds of years later in the modern army, and this method has never been circulated in the army of Westerners.

Cheng Xiaolian laughed: "No wonder you, you can't earn much silver after working hard, where do you have the effort to spend the money to support your family on this kind of thing, okay, don't talk much, can you see if this thing can be used?" Saying that, Yang Youcai handed the three finished telescopes to the three of them.

The three of them looked at it for a while: "I don't know Your Majesty, what is the scale on this for?" ”

"The distance is measured as your fingers, and you always have to compare the size of something in the distance, how far this scale is, I don't know now, you have to spend time studying it."

The three of them have been artillery crews for so many years, and their brains are not stupid people, so after thinking about it, they immediately showed a surprised face: "Your Majesty, with this thing, as long as you can't see anything outside, you will definitely be able to determine the enemy's location." ”

"Okay, a few of you take these to the city to give it a try, if it can be used, the army will rush to make a new batch tomorrow." As he spoke, he remembered something: "Don't worry that this thing will make you gunners lose their jobs, if you can play this thing well, you can still eat with this." ”

The three of them nodded again and again, and if they gave them a few more guts, they didn't dare to spoil the big things in the army, the job is important, but the head is even more important.

Early the next morning, before Hu Guozhu's army arrived on the battlefield, the artillery at the head of the city began to bombard.

Hu Guozhu was stunned for a moment: "What happened in the city?" ”

"Probably those artillerymen are holding back crazy, taking advantage of no one to bombard a few shells, it's not a big deal, we are so far away from them, no matter how powerful their artillery is, it is absolutely impossible to bombard us."

"Our fire wasn't extinguished yesterday, was it?"

"The fire is kept, as long as it is filled with firewood, it can smoke, and I dare not burn too much at night, for fear that the smoke will be too big and blind the eyes of the brothers."

"Well done, continue to attack the city today, there is news from our side, the Ming Dynasty army in Shanxi is making every effort to recover Shanxi, and is ready to rush here, we have to hurry."

Soon the war drums in the army sounded, and the troops of the Zhou Dynasty appeared on the battlefield again, and the artillerymen tried a few shots in the early morning, and had already figured out the use of this thing, and after reporting to Cheng Xiaolian, the craftsmen in the army had already begun to make this thing, but there were only three artillery pieces in this first battle.

However, these artillerymen are all full of momentum, artillery has never been a thing to win by quantity, as long as it is played well, one shot can determine the trend of the battlefield, and this time the target of the Nancheng artillerymen is Hu Guozhu's handsome banner.

Because of the smoke, Hu Guozhu also involuntarily advanced his position a little, in his opinion, unless the artillerymen in the city could see him, it was impossible to hit his position at such a distance, so he was relieved to boldly appear in the position under the city.

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