Zhang Han got up and said, "Okay, then take a look." ”

He has no choice, anyway, he came here this time just to get in touch with Dong Ce.

Dong Ce took him out of Anxiangdun, and on the martial arts field, Shi Jin and the others were still struggling to assassinate.

"It's been more than half an hour, right? The soldiers of Shilipu categorically can't do this. Even a layman like Zhang Han nodded secretly, so he had one more evaluation of Dong Ce in his heart - his majesty was well-mannered, strict and harsh.

After the two of them passed the martial arts arena, they walked forward for a mile, and came to a gentle hill, which was full of dense forests, and below the hill was a large clearing, which was blocked by hills on all sides, but it was a very hidden place.

This is a place that Dong Ce has secretly found, and he doesn't want others to know what he has done.

After saying goodbye, Dong Ce went into the forest, and after a while, he came out, with an extra wooden sign in his hand.

Zhang Han went up to look at it, and saw that the sign was about three inches thick, with a heavy wooden board two feet high and one foot three or four inches wide on top, and a four-foot-long stake below, which was sharpened at the bottom.

Dong Ce vigorously fixed the wooden stake **** ground, fixed it firmly, shook it and clapped his hands with satisfaction when he saw that it was not shaken.

"Come, my lord, let's push away!"

Zhang Han nodded as he said, and the two retreated to a hundred meters away from this wooden brand.

Dong Ce skillfully put on a heavy triangular bracket and put the gun on it, behind the barrel is a brass cast grip, about three feet long, the front end is straight, and the rear part is curved, forming a graceful arc, which is more suitable for human hand holding, and there are also a few anti-skid lines cast on it, and a hanging down fire rope shows its identity.

With a soft 'bang', the lid of the primer pot was opened, and a slender and stable hand poured the primer into the primer pot exactly and gently closed the lid of the primer pot. Then the small porcelain bottle containing the propellant is pulled open and the propellant is poured through the muzzle. He put the small porcelain bottle back in the pocket on his waist, reached out and took out a black lead bullet the size of a child's fist from the other pocket, and held it heavily in his hand.

Stuff the lead bullet in, then pull out the throughbar, and pound the projectile and propellant; Put it back on, take the rope out of your pocket, blow it lightly, the rope will be lit, and then fix the rope to the rope clip. Since the lid of the primer pot is closed at this time, there is no need to worry about the spark of the fire rope igniting the primer and causing the fire to go off.

Dong Ce has already tried it a few times, and he is very skilled in operation at this time, the action is done in one go, squatting slightly, clamping the butt under the armpit of his left arm, and then pulling the trigger with his right hand!

The trigger is pulled, the fire rope falls, and at the same time as the fire rope falls, the lid of the primer pot opens.

The primer ignited the propellant, and only a loud explosion was heard, like a large firecracker thrown into the stove, a puff of black smoke came out of the muzzle, and a projectile shot out!

The next moment, a loud bang was heard from the wooden sign a hundred meters away, and immediately a large hole appeared, apparently hit.

Although the butt of the gun was clamped under the armpit to effectively remove the recoil, the recoil of the gun was so great that Dong Ce couldn't help but take a step back, and Zhang Han was also startled. Although he had seen the firecracker, he did not expect such a loud thunderous explosion as the gun.

Dong Ce smiled: "Lord Zhang, go and take a look?" ”

"Let's go."

The two of them came to the front to take a closer look, only to see a gap the size of a bowl burst out on the front of the wooden board that was three inches thick, that is, almost ten centimeters, and this gap had expanded to the size of a sea bowl on the back of the penetrated back, and the lead bullet was sprinkled to the ground with countless flying wooden thorns, a dense layer.

Zhang Han couldn't help but smack his tongue when he saw it: "If this person is hit, it will be heavy armor all over his body, and I am afraid that it will be directly broken." ”

This is natural, according to the practice of later generations, if the caliber exceeds twenty millimeters, it is no longer considered a gun, but belongs to the category of artillery. With such a large caliber, this big gun can almost be regarded as a small cannon.

"That's right." Dong Ce nodded and sighed: "After the humble post came to this Anxiangdun, he received the materials according to the routine, but it turned out that the soldiers had nothing but a small flower gun, and the fire guns in the warehouse, squeezed for I don't know how many years, have long been rusted and corroded, and they are unusable. The bow and arrow have also decayed, but it is good to find this thing, if something happens, the only thing that can be relied on is this lifting gun. ”

He smiled bitterly: "It's a pity, even this lifting gun can't be used a few times." ”

"Aside from those Tartars of Chahar, what unforeseen can we encounter here? Besides, if the enemy comes, hiding in the fortress, what can he do? ”

Zhang Han was a little unimpressed by Dong Ce's words, he looked at Dong Ce, and suddenly said: "Lord Dong is complaining about the inaction of his predecessor Xia Dongrun? ”

Without waiting for Dong Ce to speak, he shook his head and said in a slightly reproachful tone: "Xia Dongrun went back to Shilipu, he was seriously ill, and the things you forced him to do have spread in Shilipu." Everyone was talking about it, and Lord Xu was a little unhappy when he heard it, to be honest, I also felt that it was too much. ”

"I have been thinking about it for the past few days, and I also feel that that day has passed, and I have a lot of regret in my heart, if he sees Lord Xia again in the future, he will definitely make amends." Dong Ce said nonsense, and hurriedly said: "I also know that this kind of situation is not a day's work, and those weapons, even if they have been squeezed for more than ten years, they can't rely on Lord Xia......

Zhang Han looked at him thoughtfully: "Master Dong has something to say?" ”

"Then let's just say it." Dong Ce smiled: "There are still three rounds of lead bullets for this gun, but the gunpowder is only enough to be used once, and there is really a serious shortage." He also had a bird gun under his command, and he also lacked projectiles and gunpowder. In addition, Anxiangdun has eleven dun soldiers, but there are only six bows and twenty arrows. There are only six waist knives, and the spears are complete, but unfortunately some of the spear heads are rusted and rotten. ”

He said earnestly: "Lord Zhang, I hope that your old man can say a few kind words in front of Lord Xu and allocate some weapons and equipment." ”

He added: "Xiaguan can exchange land for property." ”

Dong Ce naturally didn't tell the truth, he kept an eye here, and in order to be pitiful, he almost reported the number of weapons at a six-fold discount. In particular, there are more than 20 large buckshot bullets, and gunpowder is enough to be used five times.

Zhang Han pondered for a moment and said, "What do you want?" ”

"Ten pounds of gunpowder, ten rounds of lead bullets for large guns, ten rounds of lead bullets for small birds, five bows, one hundred arrows, and five waist knives." Dong Ce cautiously observed Zhang Han's face.

In all fairness, Dong Ce's request was not excessive, he just wanted to arm his men - at least a bow, right? But in Daming, which has accumulated deep shortcomings, this is a somewhat difficult requirement. During the Apocalypse, in the early years of Chongzhen, hundreds of thousands of troops in Liaodong were wiped out, and in some of the army, more than a dozen people were evenly equipped with a gun and a knife.

Zhang Han listened and glanced at Dong Ce lightly: "Master Dong, in everything, there must always be a measure. ”

Dong Ce's heart suddenly cooled.

No more play.

When the two came back, it was not early, and the stonemason had already re-engraved the stele, and the names of Dong Ce and others were impressive.

"There are a total of 11 dun soldiers in Anxiangdun, including four guest soldiers, who are paid one or two or five dollars a month, and five buckets of rice in their true colors. There are six people in this army, and they are paid one tael of silver per month. The first chief is a person, and the monthly salary is two or three dollars and five cents. ”

Zhang Han waved his hand, and a member of Xu Ruji's family threw a hemp bag on the ground, and then handed a small cloth bag to Dong Ce.

Zhang Han said: "Master Dong, a total of one stone of rice, ten taels of silver, you can check it." ”

Dong Ce was stunned when he heard this, and when he opened the bag, he saw that the brown rice in the rice bag was mixed with no more than thirty percent, and the silver was not that kind of coarse black and black inferior silver, but high-grade snow-white and bright silver.

This made Dong Ce even more surprised.

At the end of the next season, there is no prohibition from top to bottom. When the money came out of the central cabinet of Beijing City, it had to be scraped by those lawless civil officials, and then when it came to the localities, from the governor, governor, general soldier, staff general, garrison, management officer, and even the lowest level of the first commander, they all had to reach out and take a handful. Basically, it's three or seven points, not to give you seventy percent, but to deduct your seventy percent!

Dong Ce had carefully inquired about Li Gui before, according to the usual practice, the eleven people in Anxiangdun should have a total of 14 taels of silver and 5 cents of silver and 2 stones of grain every month, but what can actually be obtained is less than 5 taels of silver and brown rice mixed with half of the mud and gravel in the five buckets. That's all, and I have to hang up a layer of armor, and when it comes to them, it's nothing.

Why are there so many today?

"Dare to ask my lord, how much is this silver money and food...... " Dong Ce asked carefully.

A family member said: "Dong Erlang, you are really convinced, let's Lord Zhang said good things for you in front of the master, saying that you have just taken office, you have no money and no food in your hands, and you are not good at doing things and being a man, so I gave you more, why don't you thank you soon?!" ”

Dong Ce bowed deeply sincerely: "Thank you, my lord." ”

"Why should Lord Dong worry about it?" Zhang Han had already got on the horse, arched his hand and smiled: "This is another country, wait for Master Dong to return to Shilipu, let's talk again." ”

With that, Yang spurred his horse away.

Dong Ce's hand stopped in the air, and after a long while, he threw the handful of broken silver he was holding in his hand into the bag - this was originally a kickback for Zhang Han.

Looking at the direction he left, Dong Ce's brows gradually twisted.

At noon on the second day, a soldier from Shilipu came to Anxiangdun, saying that he was ordered by Lord Zhang Han to send supplies.

A total of 10 pounds of gunpowder, 10 rounds of lead bullets, 3 bows, 60 arrows, 5 waist knives, and 6 spear tips. and attached a letter written by Zhang Han to Dong Ce, saying that there was no large lead bullet in Shilipu, and he had no way to do it......

This made Dong Ce, who thought that there was no hope, overjoyed, and he also knew very well that this must be the result of Zhang Han's efforts from it.

Although it is a little less than Dong Ce's request, Dong Ce is already very satisfied to be able to get these.

Now there are 12 bows, 80 arrows, 11 spears, 11 waist knives, 1 bird guns, 15 buckshots, 1 gun, 20 buckshots, and 10 catties of gunpowder.

With these materials, Dong Ce will be able to arm his subordinates well, at least no one can even put on a bow, a knife, and a gun, and Shi Jin and the others don't need to borrow the guns of Li Gui and others for drills.

Dong Ce didn't know why Zhang Han was so kind to himself, but it was a fool not to take advantage of it, these benefits made it easy for him to eat, and it was difficult to spit it out! Besides, Houjin is about to attack Xuanda in a big way, whether he can survive in this tide of Jiannu is still two words, what's the use of thinking so much?

What purpose Zhang Han can have, that's all for later.