The famous scholar Mr. Zhang Pei once said that there is no shortage of smart people in the world, let alone people who think they are smart but are not actually very smart, especially those who stand on the dry shore. They often think they are very smart.

clever.

Previously, Zhu Jinsong sold part of the captured matchlock gun to Chen Tailai. Meng Lianggu and all the handlers, large and small, did not object. Because the matchlock had too many problems, these handlers looked down upon it, and Meng Lianggu's equipment

They were all flintlock guns, so they sold them and no one objected.

But Zhu Jinsong planned to sell the flintlock gun to Chen Tailai, and Meng Lianggu's big and small leaders were a little reluctant. They all felt that Zhu Jinsong must have some serious illness, otherwise it would be impossible to make such a decision.

Of course, Zhu Jinsong could guess what everyone was thinking. After all, the power of the flintlock gun was there. Zhu Jinsong himself used the rifled flintlock gun made by Meng Lianggu to kill Qian Deafangou's son-in-law Nawang.

Dorji and Zuodu Yushi Asiha, it is normal for everyone to have this kind of worry.

Someone brought two flintlock guns with similar appearance. Zhu Jinsong said: "Look, what are the differences between these two flintlock guns?"

Liu Huaiwen took a glance, and immediately lost interest in taking another look: "The flintlock gun on the left has rifling in the barrel, and its range is lower than the one on the right, but its accuracy is higher. The one on the right has rifling.

The range is longer, but because there is no rifling, the accuracy is lower."

When it comes to familiarity with firearms, apart from Zhu Jinsong, the big boss in Meng Lianggu, Liu Huaiwen is the one who knows the most among the big and small handlers in the room. Now what Liu Huaiwen said,

The rest of the leaders no longer had the desire to observe anymore.

Zhu Jinsong hummed, looked at Liu Huaiwen and said, "Aside from the rifling? What else are the differences between these two flintlock guns?"

Liu Huaiwen hummed, clicked two pots of dry smoke, and said: "The biggest difference between these two types of flintlock guns is the ammunition."

"A rifled flintlock gun, the barrel can be equipped with a bayonet, and it uses Menglianggu bullets. After firing, there is no need to clean the barrel like a captured flintlock gun. There is no need to consider the amount of powder, and it is easier to load the bullet.

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"A flintlock gun without rifling cannot be equipped with a bayonet, and the ammunition used is gunpowder plus projectiles. Every time you reload, you must pay attention to the amount of powder charged, and the gun chamber must be cleaned every time it is fired."

Zhu Jinsong hummed again, then took a machete from the guard behind him and put it on the table: "If the flintlock gun runs out of ammunition, or it encounters rainy weather, is the flintlock gun more powerful, or

Is the sword powerful?"

To all the key people in the room, Zhu Jinsong's question was completely unnecessary.

The great thing about the flintlock gun is that it removes the burning time of the matchlock, making the shooting interval shorter, but it does not solve the problem of the fear of moisture in the gunpowder.

If it is cloudy and rainy, the advantage of the flintlock gun over the matchlock gun will no longer exist. Even the flintlock gun and Meng Lianggu bullets made by Meng Lianggu cannot completely solve this problem.

For example, when the Tatar Qing attacked Burma, the Tatar Qing soldiers used matchlocks and the Burmese used flintlock rifles. The Tatar Qing relied on rainy weather to even out the gap between the two, thus forcing Burma to negotiate peace.

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To put it bluntly, if you really fight in rainy weather, whether it is a matchlock gun or a flintlock gun, this thing is not much more effective on the battlefield than a fire stick.

The solution to the problem of burning fire sticks without ammunition is very simple. Either let the soldiers carry more ammunition and add a bayonet like Meng Lianggu's flintlock gun, or let the soldiers carry an extra large blade.

Just being asked by Zhu Jinsong, all the big and small leaders in the room also came to their senses.

It seems that there is no problem in selling an unrifled flintlock gun to Chen Tailai?

After all, although Chen Tailai occupies most of Yanzhou Prefecture and a small part of Caozhou Prefecture, his current focus is entirely on winning over the gentry and scholars. The soldiers are equipped with a small number of matchlock guns and more with long swords.

spear.

It's not that Chen Tailai didn't want to equip his soldiers with flintlock rifles, but that Chen Tailai had no way to buy them, let alone the skills to make them himself.

If you sell a flintlock gun without rifling to Chen Tailai, on the surface it will indeed increase Chen Tailai's strength, but in the long run, when you can buy a flintlock gun with money, Chen Tailai will still spend real money.

Let people make it themselves?

By the time Chen Tailai got used to making things worse than buying them, as long as Meng Lianggu cut off the supply of gunpowder, the flintlock gun in Chen Tailai's hand would become a fire stick. Even if Chen Tailai's army was equipped with big blades, the big blades can't compete with flintlocks.

Shooting range?

Seeing that all the gunmen, big and small, had figured it out, Zhu Jinsong then said with a smile: "How about it, no one objects to selling the unrifled flintlock gun to Chen Tailai now, right?"

All the leaders, big and small, nodded wildly, but Liu Huaiwen remained silent and kept banging the pot.

Of course there is no big problem in selling unrifled flintlock guns to Chen Tailai. The only problem is that the production at Baizhangya is simply not enough to supply in large quantities.

If you want to mass-produce flintlock guns without rifles, you have to expand the scale on Baizhangya. Expanding the scale means more equipment and manpower, and both equipment and manpower require money.

So Liu Huaiwen, Meng Lianggu's chief housekeeper, had a headache.

Plus it hurts.

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Chen Tailai has been very busy recently.

After taking over most of Yanzhou, Chen Tailai first visited Duke Yan Sheng of Qufu.

Chen Tailai’s original intention was to invite Yan Shenggong Kong Xianpei to come forward and call on the scholars in the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty, but he did not want Kong Xianpei, the Shenggong of Yan in the Qing Dynasty, to be loyal to me in the Qing Dynasty. Even in the face of Chen Tailai, he would either come forward to call on the scholars in the world or starve.

Despite the threat of death, I, the Holy Duke Qingyan of Tartar, still solemnly declare that even if he, Kong Xianpei, is starved to death or beheaded, I will never help the rebel Chen Tailai.

It was only then that Chen Tailai realized that he had been tricked by Zhu Jinsong.

When they first agreed to separate the two families in Yanzhou, the one named Zhu said that he would give him all the territory west of Surabaya, while the one named Zhu wanted to send troops out of Tai'an to fight the Tatars with him.

At that time, I secretly laughed at how stupid the man named Zhu was. After all, as long as he could persuade Yan Shenggong to come forward and call on scholars all over the world to fight against the Qing Dynasty, he would be able to gain fame and righteousness to a certain extent.

Now it seems that the man surnamed Zhu probably expected that it would be very difficult to deal with if Yan Shenggong did not cooperate, so he gave up all the territory west of Surabaya to himself.

However, what makes Chen Tailai despair is that now the deal is done, the territory west of Surabaya belongs to him, and the family of Yanshenggong Mansion also happens to be under his control, but he can't beat or scold him. They are simply the other's mother.

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It was not that Chen Tailai had not thought about actually killing Kong Xianpei or starving the whole family to death in Kong's house, so as to satisfy their loyalty to the Tatars, but when he thought of the consequences of doing so, Chen Tailai couldn't help but

Feeling guilty and having no other choice, Chen Tailai had no choice but to step aside when his subordinates tried to persuade him and temporarily let Mr. Yan Shenggong's family go.

Of course, it is not without benefits to let Yan Shenggong's house go. After all, Chen Tailai's reputation among Yanzhou scholars has improved a lot, and some frustrated scholars have indeed defected to Chen Tailai.

Chen Tailai first took the opportunity to accept these scholars, then listened carefully to the opinions of these scholars, and then summed up a set of Chen Tailai-style anti-Qing routines.

First establish a foothold in Yanzhou and Jining, and then expand the territory.

Chen Tailai has already thought about it. As long as he takes the banner of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and then occupies Jining, Yanzhou, the benevolent people in the world who want to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty will respond to him and find an orphan from the former Ming Dynasty royal family to offer him as a sacrifice.

After the great cause of Qing Dynasty and Ming Dynasty was successful, let him die suddenly.

Simply perfect.

Based on the premise of establishing a firm foothold first, Chen Tailai first sent people to contact the Bagua sect and prepared to divide Caozhou between the two families. Then he stepped up his efforts to lead the gentry in Yanzhou and Jining to establish peasant associations.

That's right, they led the rural sages and gentry from Yanzhou and Jining to form farmers' associations.

Although Chen Tailai wanted to imitate Zhu Jinsong in organizing a peasant association at the beginning, under the hard persuasion of those scholars, Chen Tailai finally realized clearly that his foundation was a group of rural sages and gentry rather than the poor and crying people.

Mudlegs, so Chen Tailai’s version of the farmers’ association was spearheaded by the rural sages and gentry.

In addition, Chen Tailai began to study the autumn tax of the 49th year of Qian De's life under the advice of these scholars.

These scholars analyzed it very clearly. If you want to rebel, you need an army. If you have an army, you need food and wages. If you want food and wages, you have to spend money. If you don't have money, why do you want to start a Maoist rebellion?

The good thing is that Zhu Jinsong has already swept through the Jining Prefecture Government Office, the Yanzhou Prefecture Government Office, and the county offices in every county under Chen Tailai. Even if Chen Tailai wants to imitate Zhu Jinsong now, he won't be able to make much profit.

Then these scholars suggested that Chen Tailai first waive the spring tax of the forty-nine year of Qian Deaf to win people's hearts, and then collect the autumn tax of the forty-nine year of Qian Deaf.

Chen Tailai calculated that what these scholars said is indeed correct. The exemption of the spring tax of the 49th year of Qiande was a favor of the governor, and the collection of the autumn tax of the 49th year of Qiande was for the purpose of fighting against the Qing Dynasty. There is nothing wrong with it!

As for the people of Jining and Yanzhou who have paid taxes to Qian Deaf for decades...then the Tatar government collected it, what does it have to do with me, Governor Chen?

These messy things are easy to say, but it is very troublesome to actually do it. Fortunately, there are these scholars who come to seek refuge, so Chen Tailai does not have to be in a hurry.

Fortunately, with the help of these scholars, Chen Tailai actually collected the autumn tax for the forty-nine year of Qian Deaf. After all, the gentry of Yanzhou Peasant Association and Jining Peasant Association have preserved their family property and even gone one step further.

Actively helping Chen Tailai collect taxes is considered a duty.

After getting money, Chen Tailai became even wilder.

Chen Tailai planned to have a chance encounter with Zhu Jinsong in order to avenge his previous betrayal in the Yan Shenggong Mansion. However, after the hard persuasion of those scholars, Chen Tailai realized clearly that the most important thing at the moment was to fight back first.

Qing, you can leave the little trouble between yourself and Zhu Jinsong until later and study it slowly.

Therefore, when Zhu Jinsong sent someone over to offer to sell flintlock guns to Chen Tailai, Chen Tailai happily agreed: "I will take as many flintlock guns as you Meng Lianggu has. After all, we are allies against the Qing Dynasty."

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"However, your head of the family has previously acted with me and thrown the hot potato of Duke Yan Sheng's Mansion to me. Shouldn't there be an explanation for this matter?"

Of course, the manpower sent by Zhu Xiaosong understood the meaning behind Chen Tailai's words, so they just said calmly: "Each flintlock gun will come with ten extra bullets."

Chen Tailai curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Twenty percent, let's forget this matter. From now on, our two families will join hands and work together to become bigger and stronger, drive away the Tatars, and create glory together!"
Chapter completed!