The Prosperous Era of Longwan

"There are also barbarians among the Japanese pirates?"

Wu Zhankui was a little surprised, "Didn't they say they were all Japanese and Han pirates?"

At this time, for the people, the robbers and pirates from the sea were all Japanese pirates, and they could not distinguish the true composition of the people among them. However, for the people in the military, the news from all aspects was more accurate, so whether it was Zhang Qing , Wu Zhankui, or Wei Meng, all of them actually know who the so-called Japanese pirates are.

In fact, the pirates of the Ming Dynasty were originally composed of the remnants of Zhang Shicheng as the main force, and there were also some Japanese pirates. Therefore, most of the so-called Japanese pirates were actually Han Chinese, and a few were Japanese pirates.

But today, Wu Zhankui heard that there were also barbarians among the Japanese pirates, which was a bit beyond his expectation.

"The barbarians are fond of wealth. It is not unusual for them to participate in the Japanese pirates and share the spoils. They are all overseas barbarians and have not received Confucian education."

Zhang Qing said disapprovingly, but his idea was also realistic.

"By the way, my dear nephew, if I allocate a batch of these guns to you, how much can your hundred households' combat power be improved?"

Zhang Qing's next words were addressed to Wei Meng, because in the entire Jiujiang Guards, only Bengshan Baihu Station took away ten bird guns. This was decided by the Ministry of War before allocating these firearms.

"Uncle Shi, I don't know much about the gun. I only have two incompetent sons at home who can mess with it. I heard them say that the gun is really good, so I think it should be possible."

Wei Meng gave his answer after thinking for a while.

"That's it."

Zhang Qing, who was behind the desk, slightly wrinkled his white eyebrows and said, "Then you can make a calculation as soon as possible. If it is feasible, I will allocate the batch of bird guns in the warehouse after the new year."

"Father-in-law, how many guns are there in that batch?"

Wu Zhankui asked at this time.

"Because it's just a trial installation, there are only 200 guns. Ten of them have been allocated to you, so the weapons bureau handed over only 190 guns."

Zhang Qing paused for a moment as he said this, "After I came back, I sent it directly to the warehouse without disbursing it.

If it is really useful, then I will ask Shigui to pick up the gun first in two days, so that others will not worry about it.

In addition, the two of you who can control the hundred households should also practice diligently after the new year. You must be well prepared for everything and don't take any chances.

Even if the Northern Expedition is ultimately cancelled, the necessary preparations must be made.

This time Weili will reorganize 100 households for training, and the food and salary will be allocated at 70%, so you don't have to worry about logistics, money and food. "

"Seventy percent of the food and salary, no problem."

Zhang Shigui asked casually as he sent Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng out of the study and headed to the courtyard where they lived.

Hearing this, Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng felt a sudden shock in their hearts. Most of their good mood when they heard that they were going to be given 70% of their food salary disappeared instantly.

The three of them stopped and Wu Zhankui looked at Wei Meng. As far as leading troops, he was one level away from a thousand households, so he had nothing to say at this time.

"For those soldiers, if they have a salary of 30% or 40%, the family's life will be manageable."

Wei Meng hesitated for a moment and then said, in fact, the food and salary he distributed was less than 30% of the standard soldier's income, but the military households in the fort could still live on.

"That's it."

Zhang Shigui got the answer and continued to walk, taking Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng to the small courtyard. However, he slowed down a bit after passing through a corridor. He waited until Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng got closer before saying, "Then Just give me 40%, and the rest will be divided among the three of us.”

Having said this, Zhang Shigui said to Wu Zhankui: "You are responsible for this matter. I will say hello to Wei Li, and let Old Wei do the training."

"Brother, what's wrong with ten hundred households?"

Wu Zhankui nodded and asked aloud.

"Those few people were scared to death when they knew that they might have to go north this year, so after discussing it, they said that they would train two hundred households in each of the five thousand households to serve as the main force for this expedition.

Lao Wei's Baihu Station happens to be ready-made. You don't have a trusted Baihu Station in your hand, but there are just two of them, which are the main soldiers of your right army's Qianhu Station. "

Zhang Shigui walked forward slowly and said, "There is also the matter of the blunderbuss. Let's discuss it when we get home. Not to mention literary talents, they are very familiar with blunderbuss. Listen to what they mean. We will make a summary tomorrow. Today It’s too late.”

Zhang Shigui sent them back to the small courtyard where they lived, and then went back to his own courtyard.

This small courtyard is nominally one courtyard. In fact, it is divided into an east courtyard and a west courtyard. It is a layout of two small courtyards. The Wu family and the Wei family both have their own small courtyards, which are also prepared by the Zhang family for their relatives and friends. They have the same household items. Everything is complete and everything is good.

However, Wu Zhankui and Wei Mengke did not go back to the house to rest. Although they rushed to Jiujiang from Zepeng early this morning, they still found an empty room and asked their servants to call the two brothers Wei Wencai and Wei Guangde. Come over, Wu Dong was also called to listen together. After all, sooner or later, he would be exposed to such military matters.

Fortunately, several people were awake, and they soon arrived at the empty room.

"Don't think about the mother-and-child cannon. Those cannons are expensive. Only Jingying and border towns have them in service. We Jiujiang Guards can't get those cannons."

After seeing everyone gathered, Wu Zhankui directly talked about the mother-and-son cannon that had been discussed before.

Hearing that it was only equipped with Jingying and Bianzhen, Wei Guangde and others understood. When they heard their father talking about this kind of artillery before, several little guys thought that this artillery was powerful and could be fired continuously. , which is much stronger than current firearms.

"That cannon is actually called the Fo Lang Machine Cannon. It was invented by the Yi people. The number produced by our Ming North and South Ordnance Bureau is still limited."

Wu Zhankui continued.

"Then uncle called us here for any other errands?"

Wei Guangde was wondering, since he couldn't get it, he couldn't get it, so why did he ask them to do it?

They talked about it all night when he was in Zepeng. In the end, he remembered what his father had mentioned before about the double-comb cannon he saw in Zhenjiang and said that the cannon fired very fast, so he made the suggestion.

Now that it was rejected, he had no other choice.

"Guangde, tell me, can that blunderbuss restrain the Tatar cavalry?"

At this time, Father Wei asked.

"Guns? Impossible."

When Wei Guangde heard his father asking him, he shook his head and said without thinking.

Just kidding, although I have never been in the military, there is an explosion of information in later generations. I have seen many things on TV or the Internet, and I know a lot of news.

To put an end to the cavalry, it was the emergence of machine guns. Only with continuous firepower could it be possible to suppress the cavalry charge.