Rise From the Humble

Zhu Ping'an ordered the Zhejiang Army to practice equestrian, mounted archery and chopping from now on. At present, the main focus is on equestrian skills, supplemented by mounted archery and chopping. It is not expected that they can master mounted archery and chopping in a short period of time. But everyone must be able to ride a horse.

Of course, mounted archery here refers to muskets, not bows and arrows.

It is easy to give orders but difficult to practice.

First of all, the newly purchased horses, mules and horses were not used to the sound of firearms. As soon as the firearms were set off, the horses and mules were frightened, neighing and running around. It took a lot of effort to calm them down.

In order to help them adapt to firearms as quickly as possible, Zhu Pingan ordered the soldiers to practice firearms near the horses so that they could adapt to the movement of firearms as soon as possible.

This is how the horses in the previous army adapted.

In addition, it is not easy to set off firecrackers on horseback. Firstly, the existing firecrackers of the Zhejiang Army are too long and not suitable for shooting immediately, which is not very convenient. Secondly, loading firearms on horseback is too difficult, much more difficult than on the ground. .

In fact, Zhu Ping'an knew that the musket suitable for immediate shooting was not a matchlock gun, but a flintlock gun. However, the technology is limited.

Zhu Ping'an could only impart the limited knowledge he knew about flintlock guns to the equipment battalion, develop their ideas, let them avoid detours, and develop the flintlock gun as soon as possible, but there was no chance of it in a short time.

The trigger alone is a formidable chasm, not to mention the hammer, spring and flint.

However, with the right path, their research and development speed can definitely be greatly accelerated.

The future is promising.

When the Zhejiang Military Academy was filled with dust and the soldiers were sweating profusely in the cold winter, their uncles Zhu Shouren, Hu Wei and Xia Qiang were somewhat proud of the spring breeze.

At noon, when they reluctantly left the camp and were about to queue up for food while holding their noses, a soldier came from a distance carrying a food box.

At first, uncle Zhu Shouren and the others thought they were delivering food to Zhu Pingan. After all, Zhu Pingan was the top coach of the Zhejiang Army, and it was only right to enjoy this privilege. As for being the last in line to eat from the pot, there was no need.

"Haha, Brother Zhu, if you come to us, it will still have an impact on Mr. Zhu. Look, Xiao Zao is here."

Hu Wei smiled slightly and whispered to his uncle Zhu Shouren.

"This is a good start." Xia Qiang also smiled, "In the future, Mr. Zhu will adopt more of our opinions."

"It would be great if we also had this kind of treatment." Uncle Zhu Shouren said with some regret, "It's really cheap to queue up to eat with those big soldiers. They don't know Chinese characters, but they can still be in front of us."

"Yes, it would be great if we had this treatment." Xia Qiang couldn't help but nodded, his eyes full of yearning.

He was not yearning for a meal, but for the power and status behind the meal.

"There will be such a day." Hu Wei patted Xia Qiang's shoulder and said slowly and confidently.

"Let's go quickly. My nephew has a small stove, so he won't have to wait in line. I don't want to eat any more leftover soup."

The uncle shook his head and urged.

"Let's go." Xia Qiang and Hu Wei nodded and walked forward quickly. They didn't want to eat the leftover soup from the big head soldier.

They walked forward quickly, and when they were about to meet the soldier opposite who was carrying a food box, the soldier stretched out his hand to say hello to them. He took two quick steps with the food box in his hand and said, "Secretary Zhu, Secretary Hu, Secretary Xia."

Secretary, um, yes, this is a good title, at least it has an official name. After hearing this, the uncle felt as if he had drunk fine wine. It was so beautiful that he could not help but smile at the corner of his mouth, and nodded with a smile.

The same goes for Hu Wei and Xia Qiang.

The three of them nodded and continued to move forward without any intention of stopping. They were rushing to queue up. They had just experienced the morning experience and it was hard for them to jump in line again.

The soldier carrying the food box saw that they had no intention of stopping, so he couldn't help calling out to them, "Secretary Zhu, Secretary Hu, and Secretary Xia, what are you doing? Aren't you going to eat?"

What this means is, if we don’t eat, we eat air? ! We don’t have the treatment of a wise nephew/Master Zhu.

"Go to the kitchen and line up for food." The uncle and the three of them felt that the soldier's words were a bit confusing.

"Secretary Zhu, Secretary Hu, Secretary Xia, why are you waiting in line? Your Excellency asked me to deliver food to you. My Excellency said that you are different from us. You are in a special situation. You have to use your brain to think about the problem. And You have to prepare for the exam, so from now on, let us deliver all three meals a day to you."

the soldier explained.

"Ah?! Is this a meal for us?" The uncle and the three of them couldn't help but open their mouths in surprise.

"Yes. From now on, the three clerks don't have to queue up for three meals a day. We will deliver them to you on time."

the soldier repeated.

"Did you hear that? This is a meal for us." Uncle Zhu Shouren and the three of them looked at each other and couldn't help but look surprised.

They were just thinking about when they would get this treatment, but they didn't expect it to happen so soon.

"Thank you, thank you very much. I won't bother you anymore." Hu Wei was the first to react, nodding and thanking the soldiers.

"Ahem, then let's bring it up to the tent." The uncle coughed, and his clothes suddenly became more elegant.

The three of them returned to the tent again. After the soldier who delivered the meal left, the three of them couldn't help but look at each other and laugh.

"Master Zhu specially asked people to deliver food to us. He must have recognized our abilities and gave us this treatment." Xia Qiang opened the food box, looked at the food in the food box, and couldn't help but said excitedly.

"This is natural. As the saying goes, gold will always shine. The three of us are real gold that is not afraid of fire. It is only right that we were discovered by my nephew." Uncle Zhu Shouren nodded without humility and agreed.

"It must be our answer last time that impressed Mr. Zhu, so he gave us attention and treatment."

Hu Wei analyzed.

"Definitely." Xia Qiang followed, and then said regretfully, "Unfortunately, the book Master Zhu just read and the military attache who explained to us failed to inspire us. Otherwise, Master Zhu could be impressed again."

"It doesn't matter. As long as our ideas are correct, there will be many opportunities. Let me tell you, my nephew likes to read books. When he was a child, when he went to the hut, he would always hold a book in his hand to read. My nephew came back to the account at noon. I’m sure I won’t let go of the book, and when we go to my nephew’s handsome tent in the afternoon, we will definitely gain something.”

Uncle Zhu Shouren said nonchalantly.

In the afternoon, before they went to Zhu Pingan's handsome tent, another good thing happened.

This afternoon, the Zhejiang army distributed pay, and they also received one or two and a half taels of silver as pay, as well as five taels of silver as settlement allowance.

This made them even more excited, and they were even more certain that Zhu Pingan recognized their talents and value and treated them with such courtesy.

More and more proud of the spring breeze.