Chapter 265: Breaking News

"Who wants to go to South Camp?"

After returning from the palace, Chang Wei summoned the generals. ReadМ

After briefly talking about the flintlock muskets, they immediately selected their generals.

An army of thirty thousand requires three captains to lead it.

"General, I will go." Bai Shang raised his hand, his eyes flashing.

His Highness King Yan's new firearms army, there is no reason not to do such a good thing.

The power of artillery is obvious to everyone.

Commanding such an army will definitely achieve great military exploits.

"General, and the last general." Qin Shan winked.

"The general will also go." Guan Tong also stood up.

"There are still generals." Wei Qun said with cupped hands.

"..."

Seven of the eight captains who stayed in Yancheng were eager to try.

Lu Chang folded his arms and looked at the other captains, and said to Chang Wei: "If I don't leave in the end, it's better to fight with real swords and guns."

"It's a good thing if you don't go, there will be one less person to fight with us." Qin Shan shouted.

"That's right." Others agreed.

Lu Chang glanced at his mouth and was too lazy to answer them.

Chang Wei glanced at Lu Chang. This kid has always been a thorn in the side and likes to fight in close combat.

It's really not suitable to command an army equipped with flintlock muskets.

Facing the seven people who were going, Chang Wei frowned.

These seven people are all good. Although four of them are his old subordinates, he cannot seek selfishness.

When he was thinking about who to let go, Bai Shang said: "You three are juniors, you can't rob us."

Then he looked at Qin Shan, Wei Qun, and Guan Tong, and said: "The four of us guessing, whoever wins gets to go."

Naturally, the four people in Qinshan had no objection and decided to guess the game.

At this moment, a captain said: "This is not possible. How can there be any juniors in the army? The seniors only need to be able to fight. We don't accept it."

"We are not convinced." The other two young captains said at the same time, standing behind the captain who spoke first.

"Huo An, do you want to fight? That's fine, whoever wins gets to go." Bai Shang raised his arms.

Chang Wei glared at the seven people at this time, "What are you doing? Each of these generals does not exist, right? Bai Shang, are you looking for trouble? In the royal army, only ability is considered, regardless of order."

Bai Shang immediately laughed. They were still afraid of Chang Wei, "General, this is just a joke."

Chang Wei snorted. If he couldn't suppress these thorns, he would no longer be a general.

He immediately said: "All seven of you go to Nanda Camp and I will give you a group of new recruits. Whoever trains well will stay, and whoever trains poorly will get out!"

"Yes, General." Seven people said at the same time.

This time they don't need to rob each other, they all rely on their own abilities.

Lu Chang looked disappointed, "It's a pity that there was no fight."

When Chang Wei heard this, he glared at him. Lu Chang shrank his neck, laughed twice, and slipped away.

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The palace.

Chang Wei and Liu Fu left, and Zhao Xu returned to his study and drew the common formations of the flintlock army.

Although the flintlock muskets are not yet equipped, the formation needs to be practiced in advance.

Then you only need to practice loading and shooting the flintlock rifle.

He is busy.

Suddenly Feng'er hurried in, looking panicked.

"Your Highness, something happened. Chief Chen of the Ship Department of Jinghai County asked to see him. He...he was injured and said he was attacked."

"What!" Zhao Xu was shocked when he heard this.

Chen Shou has been supervising the construction of warships in Jinghai County, how could he be attacked.

Putting down his pen, he stood up and walked out.

At this time, Zhou Yi came towards him and was about to report to Zhao Xu the number of people from Jinzhou who had been transported.

Seeing Zhao Xu's anxious expression, he put down the book and followed him.

Arriving at the front yard of the palace, Zhao Xu saw Chen Shou with a bandage on his arm.

"Your Highness, I deserve to die!" Seeing Zhao Xu, Chen Shou knelt on the ground and cried.

Zhao Xu immediately helped Chen Shou up and said, "Here, what on earth is going on!"

Chen Shou had tears in his eyes, "Two days ago, I was supervising the construction of warships on the coast of Jinghai County as usual. Suddenly a group of pirates came out of nowhere. The soldiers guarding the ship division tried their best to resist, but this group of pirates used A weapon that makes noise and fire."

As if recalling the horrific scene, he said: "The soldiers were killed and wounded by this weapon before they got close. The lower officer's arm was also hit. Because he couldn't resist, he had to retreat."

"As a result, these pirates occupied the coast and burned the keels of the buildings..."

When Zhao Xu heard this, he was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while.

He invested more than three million taels of silver in this shipbuilding company to purchase wood, and it was completely destroyed.

The most important thing is that this wastes time in shipbuilding and delays sea trade.

Feng'er saw Zhao Xu's face turned pale, and hurriedly stroked Zhao Xu's back, his face full of anger.

Chen Shou felt even more guilty when he saw King Yan like this. When he caught a glimpse of the doorpost next to him, he turned around and was about to hit it.

Xu Lie had quick eyes and quick hands and immediately grabbed Chen Shou.

"How can I have the face to live in this world?" Xu Lie was very strong, but Chen Shou couldn't struggle and burst into tears.

Zhao Xu's mind went blank for a while, and then he came to his senses.

He said the pirates used weapons with sound and fire.

Taking a deep breath, he said: "Master Chen, now is not the time to live or die. Do you want to die if you don't pay these destroyed warships to me?"

When Chen Shou heard this, he was startled at first. He knew that King Yan was actually trying to persuade him, and he burst into tears, "Your Highness..."

"Put away your tears first and tell me the whole story." Zhao Xu said.

Chen Shou nodded, turned around, took a stick-shaped weapon from the soldier behind him, and presented it to Zhao Xu, "Your Highness, this is a strange weapon. It was earned by the soldiers at the cost of their lives during the battle."

Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly became sharp when he saw it.

It was obviously a matchlock gun that Chen Shou was holding.

He took it and looked at it carefully. The barrel of this gun was forged by wrapping iron sheets.

The technology of forging this gun barrel is the same as the skills of the contemporary Ming Dynasty.

It is the most basic gun barrel forging skill. In fact, it is to take an iron rod. The blacksmith takes the red-hot iron sheet and wraps it around the iron rod.

The disadvantage of this gun barrel is very obvious, that is, it is easy to explode.

There is still a matchlock hanging behind the barrel.

"The pirates who attacked us shouted that they were the people of the owner of Wufeng Island." Chen Shou added.

"The owner of Wufeng Island, Lu Zheng." Zhou Yi suddenly called out.

Zhao Xu looked at Zhou Yi, "Do you know this Wufeng Island Master?"

"I've heard that Lu Zheng is the biggest pirate on the sea. Even the Liang family has to pay him a toll if they want to trade." Zhou Yi said.

After thinking for a while, he continued, "And this Lu Zheng is from Dasong, but he surrendered to Japan and regarded himself as a Japanese. He has many gangs under his command, and he has also recruited many Japanese wanderers."

The more Zhou Yi spoke, the brighter his eyes became. Until he met Zhao Xu's sharp eyes, he suddenly realized something and closed his mouth.

"Lu Zheng!" Zhao Xu read these two words heavily.

He didn't care who Lu Zheng was. If he provoked him, he would definitely make him pay a heavy price.