It is said that the group of bandits entrenched in Canglangling has been wiped out, and the person who wiped them out was Lin Dong, the newly appointed chief administrator of Andong County.

As for the process of Lin Dong's extermination of the bandits, there are different opinions. Some people say that Lin Dong was already very skilled in martial arts and he single-handedly attacked the mountain stronghold and killed the bandits until their heads were rolling.

Some people also said that when Lin Dong contacted the Wei Suo Army, he led the Wei Suo Army to surround the entire village, and then attacked with fire and bows and arrows. The bandits were beaten until they could not lift their heads, and were finally killed to death.

Escape.

Some people even said that Lin Dong was a god who descended to earth, rushed to the village and killed everyone he saw, and even razed the entire village to the ground overnight.

In short, this matter became more and more mysterious, and later Lin Dong even turned into a murderous demon without blinking an eye.

I don’t know how Lin Dong would feel after hearing these legends.

No matter what the rumors are, one thing remains unchanged. This is indeed a good thing that makes people happy, especially those villages that have been looted by bandits. After hearing the news, every village lit up firecrackers, which was no less festive than the Chinese New Year.

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While the crowd was celebrating the bandit's suppression, an important piece of gossip spread among the crowd.

It is said that although this group of bandits was wiped out, their leader Cang Lang was not caught. Last night someone saw the bandit leader secretly entering the house of County Magistrate Liu Jingzhong.

At first, the people did not believe it, and some good people naturally refused to give up. After some inquiries and digging, they finally dug out the background of the Canglang boss.

It turned out that this person turned out to be the nephew of the county magistrate Liu Jingzhong.

This news was like a drop of water in a frying pan, instantly igniting public opinion in the county. The entire Andong County was discussing the collusion between the county magistrate Liu Jingzhong and the bandits.

Listening to everyone's discussion, Lin Dong secretly felt relieved. With the foundation of public opinion, the people's saliva was enough for him, Liu County Cheng, to drink a pot. Want to cause trouble for himself? Save it!

Sure enough, at noon that day, the common people, led by several squires who had been blackmailed by bandits, arrived at the county government office. The crowd was furious and shouted slogans to severely punish the county magistrate Liu Jingzhong.

At this time, Liu Jingzhong had just received the news that Canglangling was besieged and suppressed, and he was immediately furious. After asking about it, he found out that it was Lin Dong who had done the good deed.

Good Lin Dong, when I didn’t send troops to encircle and suppress you, I thought I could help you retreat. I didn’t expect you to have such a skill. Good boy, you have some skills. If you dare to touch our Liu family, you must die!

Liu Jingzhong blackmailed the table and said secretly: I didn't send you troops at the beginning. You would have retreated in the face of difficulties, but it's better for you. If there is a road to heaven, you won't take it. If there is no door to hell, you will go to it! What's even more annoying is that you actually moved the county magistrate.

Recruiting local heroes, they destroyed Canglang Ridge in more than a month. This ability is really admirable. Unfortunately, this is not a reason to let you go. This Canglang Ridge is the foundation of my Liu family, and now it has been destroyed.

How do you ask me, Liu Jingzhong, to explain to the Liu family, how to explain to the ancestors? Fortunately, Liu Hu escaped, and his foundation was saved.

What's even more irritating is that this hateful guy actually announced Cang Lang's identity, putting himself at the forefront of the storm. If he doesn't deal with it carefully at this time, he may be killed in an instant.

Liu Jingzhong paced back and forth at home, secretly thinking about countermeasures.

"It seems that the only way to save the commander is to abandon the car." Soon, he made up his mind, immediately went to the ancestral hall and asked for the genealogy. Soon he found Liu Hu's name and crossed it out.

Only then did he feel relieved.

"Lin Dong, if you go against my old Liu family, I will make you pay the price." Liu Jingzhong clenched his fists and said bitterly.

Sure enough, just as he crossed out Liu Hu's name, an official from the county government rushed over and said that he was invited by the county magistrate.

Liu Jingzhong sneered, if I didn't know, you might still be able to catch me, but now that Liu already knows, naturally he won't give you a chance.

Soon, Liu Jingzhong arrived at the county government office. At this time, Magistrate Ma was sitting in the lobby, looking businesslike, and Lin Dong was sitting next to him.

"Master Liu, tell me, what's going on?" Magistrate Ma said, pointing to the angry people outside.

"Your Majesty, I know that Liu Hu has been kicked out of the house by my Liu family a long time ago. He has committed banditry, and my Liu family really doesn't know about it."

Although Lin Dong knew that it was impossible to capture Liu Jingzhong based on this alone, he never thought that Liu Jingzhong was so ruthless. Less than half an hour after the incident, he came up with a way to abandon his car to save the commander.

Magistrate Ma's expression softened slightly and he said, "Is there any evidence?"

"The family tree can prove it."

"Someone, go get the Liu family tree."

An official rushed away and soon brought over a thick genealogy.

Magistrate Ma quickly found Liu Hu's name, but at this time the name had been crossed out with a pen.

"Liu Hu has indeed been expelled from the Liu family. If this is the case, then Liu Hu is no longer a member of the Liu family. I can give an explanation to the people."

Seeing that the genealogy was indeed as Liu Jingzhong said, Magistrate Ma nodded with satisfaction, and then said to the squire who came to make trouble: "Since Liu Hu has been driven out of the Liu family, it is a myth that Liu County Cheng colluded with the bandits.

Now that the matter has been clarified, please come back."

In the Ming Dynasty, being kicked out of a family was a very serious matter. No one would make fun of it. Although everyone did not believe it, they could not find a reason to refute it, so they had no choice but to return in anger.

Lin Dong stood aside and did not speak. At this time, it was meaningless whether he spoke or not.

After the villagers left, Magistrate Ma praised Lin Dong again and immediately wrote a letter asking for credit for Lin Dong.

According to the rules of the imperial court, rural soldiers can be promoted if they make great contributions. This time, Lin Dong eradicated the bandits and ensured local security, which can be regarded as a considerable contribution.

Liu Jingzhong did not show the slightest displeasure about this. Instead, he praised Lin Dong fiercely, saying that he was young and promising and had done harm to the people, so he should be well rewarded.

If Lin Dong hadn't had sharp eyes and saw a trace of hatred in his eyes, he might have been deceived by him.

After the incident, Lin Dong reported to Magistrate Ma that the scale of Xiangyong was too small and the number of people was far from the minimum standard, and he hoped to continue recruiting Xiangyong.

Now the peasant army is making a lot of noise. With an armed force in hand, at least they won't be helpless. Besides, the bandit leader Cang Lang Boss has not been caught yet, so naturally he cannot relax.

Magistrate Ma had no objection at all to this and readily agreed.

Why wouldn't he do something that could be done just by talking and without putting in any effort on his own?

Liu Jingzhong did not object to this. Instead, he encouraged Lin Dong to recruit more people and contribute more to the defense of the place. This made Lin Dong suspicious and wondered what Liu Jingzhong was planning in his heart.

Lin Dong didn't bother to think about it. Now that the army has been formed, it would be impossible to ask him to disband it. In this troubled world, nothing makes people feel more secure than holding an army in their hands.

After receiving the county magistrate's permission, Lin Dong was ready to start immediately and continue to recruit soldiers, expanding the team to about 1,500 people.

However, before expanding the army, there was still one important thing waiting for him to do, and that was to try out those firearms.

After returning to his residence, Lin Dong immediately asked someone to find the firecrackers and bring them to the school grounds.

He ordered people to find gunpowder and lead bullets.

These people all came from mud-legged backgrounds. They had never seen a fire gun before, let alone how to use it. Everyone was a little curious when they looked at the fire gun, but no one stepped forward.

Lin Dong has great expectations for these firearms. Firearms are the main weapons in modern warfare.

Although hundreds of years have passed since the birth of firearms to their maturity, as a time traveler, Lin Dong knows the role of firearms on future battlefields.

Looking at the rusty firearms in front of him, Lin Dong felt mixed emotions.

According to his memory, the earliest type of fire gun in the Ming Dynasty was the Huomen gun. The Huomen gun was like a miniature artillery. It had no trigger and directly ignited the gunpowder at the fuse or fire door. The representative firearm was the single-barreled Huomen gun with three eyes.

Guns, etc. A single-barreled gun is composed of a wooden grip, a gun tube and a fire door. The effective killing distance of a single-barrel gun is about 50 meters. It can penetrate cavalry leather armor within fifty meters, but cannot penetrate iron armor.

And these fire blunderbuss in front of me are probably this kind of fire sect blunderbuss.

Although he had seen pictures and descriptions of this firearm in books before, he was not sure about its true combat power. Today he was determined to try out the power of this firearm.

He personally went into battle, first pouring gunpowder into the barrel, then compacting it with wooden strips, then knocking lead bullets into the barrel, plugging in the firing line, and ordered someone to place a target at fifty paces.

"Come here, light the fire." After everything was ready, he ordered someone to start the fire.

As the fire line ignited, there was a crackling sound, then a bang, a puff of thick smoke, and the lead bullets flew out.

Lin Dong did not stop. After the barrel cooled down, he charged again, reloaded, ignited, and shot.

After several rounds of shooting, the barrel of the musket was bent and could no longer be used.

When the thick smoke dissipated, Lin Dong looked up and saw that the target was intact. It was obvious that the previous round of shooting had completely missed, and the bullet had no idea where it had flown.

Lin Dong was also very speechless about this. It seemed that his expectations for the Ming Dynasty's firearms were still a bit too high.

If such a firearm is used on the battlefield, it really doesn't have much use other than to make a sound.

The performance of the firecrackers reminded him of the ancient Western war model. The two armies stood in a row and then fired at the enemy according to the officer's order. At that time, he secretly laughed at those people for being stupid and standing there to be shot.

Only now did he understand that if he just stuck his head out and fired according to the later war model, he would not be able to hit a person even if all the bullets were exhausted, and he would have to use a knife to chop him in the end.

It seems that in order for firearms to be effective in war, changes must be made.

It's a pity that although he is a science student and has an understanding of mechanical principles and chemistry, in the Ming Dynasty, which had very simple conditions and no industrial foundation, he could only look back and sigh.

Perhaps, what I can do is provide some theoretical things based on current industrial technology.

As for production, let's leave it to those skilled craftsmen.

Thinking of this, Lin Dong couldn't help but feel a little frustrated. Originally, he planned to find someone to make a batch of identical muskets based on the confiscated firearms immediately after expanding his army, and form a firearms unit.

Now it seems that this plan may be shelved.

After the gun test, Lin Dong held a military meeting, and the content of the meeting was to expand the army.

Although the idea of ​​establishing a firearms force needs to be delayed, it does not affect his plan to expand the army.
Chapter completed!