"In addition to these fire sticks, do you think we are the only ones in your eyes?" Under the dim light of a simple house, a young mother sat there sulking with her son in her arms, shedding a tear from time to time.
I don’t know why my mother is crying. She tilts her little head and looks at her mother in distress.【】
"Okay, you don't know that I'm very interested in firearms, so why are you still complaining endlessly? Can't you just let me be quiet for a while?"
Opposite the mother and son, there was a young man holding a pipa-shaped iron instrument. He was taking it apart, changing parts from time to time. When he felt dissatisfied, he took it off again. He only turned a deaf ear to his wife's complaints and did not do anything about it.
I want to understand the hardships and hardships of my wife, but I just feel that my wife is too wordy.
"What kind of firearm is it? It's just a fire stick. You've been working on it for twenty years. Do you plan to keep working on it for the rest of your life?"
The husband's words made the wife's grievances well up in her heart, and she choked up and said: "Do you know how much silver is left at home, and how much rice is left in the jar... My father-in-law is like this, and so are you. I really don't know what time in my life I owe you the Dai family.
, now I am suffering from this..."
The young man is Dai Zi, and the father-in-law mentioned by his wife refers to his father Dai Cang. The reason why he says this is because Dai Cang is also good at ordnance manufacturing. It was under the influence of his father that Dai Zi fell in love with mechanical manufacturing and became obsessed with it.
Studying firearms. So Dai’s wife even complained to her father-in-law. If it weren’t for him, how could her husband be so obsessed with Lao Shizi firearms?
Dai Zi is holding the pipa-like iron weapon in his hand, which is the "serial gun" he invented five years ago. The design of this weapon is very clever, its shape is very similar to a pipa, and it can shoot two rounds in a row. It not only solves the problem of
The old-style firecrackers were ignited with match ropes and were easily affected by wind, rain and moisture. At the same time, they also absorbed the advantages of Western firearms that can shoot continuously. They are easy to use and can improve combat effectiveness. They were more than 200 years earlier than the Europeans invented the use of machine guns. Their power and superiority exceeded those of the time.
Similar firearms of the world's powerful countries. However, Dai Zi did not dedicate the "Lianzhu Gun" to Kangxi, but "kept the weapon at home" because he once had a strange dream, and the dreamer scolded him, saying that God is good at life.
, if you dedicate this instrument to "disseminate it in the world", there will be no living people in your descendants.
After waking up from the dream, Dai Zi recalled what the dreamer said and was worried that the dream would come true, so he hid this "artifact" he was proud of at home and did not show it to others. Later people knew that Dai Zi
Zi once made a fire gun that could fire twenty rounds in a row. It was Ji Xiaolan, a favorite minister during the Qianlong period of later generations, who got the real body of this "serial gun" after Dai Zi, and tested it himself before he knew how powerful it was.
His "Yuewei Thatched Cottage Notes" recorded it in detail. Only then did the world know Dai Zi's abilities.
When Geng Jingzhong rebelled against the Qing Dynasty, Prince Kang Jie was ordered to conquer. When he was passing by Zhejiang, he heard about Dai Zi's talents, so he recruited him into the army. After the peace of the San Francisco Han Dynasty, he was awarded the official position of lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, so his neighbors
People generally call him Dai Shishang. But the Shishang is not a Shishou, but a minor official from the sixth rank. Although Kangxi knew that he had the ability to develop firearms, he only asked him to cooperate with Nan Huairen in building cannons, and for him
The fire guns he made were kept in a high cabinet and were not produced on a large scale. Dai Zi inherited the inheritance from his ancestors, so he lived in Beijing only on his salary. In addition, he had no other income. However, he believed that the salary given to him by the court was enough to support his family.
How can a person compare with wealth and honor in his lifetime? Why should he be dissatisfied with a simple life? So after listening to his wife's words, he raised his head with some dissatisfaction and said reproachfully: "Isn't my monthly salary given to you?
What can you say if you didn't spend it randomly? Do you have to be well-dressed and well-fed to be satisfied?"
When his wife heard what he said, she became even more angry. She put her son down from her lap, pointed at Dai Zi and asked, "How much money can you get from your salary? Do you know how much rice is now and how much vegetables are?"
How much does a kilogram of pork cost? How much money does it cost for us two to pull some fabrics and make clothes? You won’t know how hard it is for me to do this until you can’t open the pot at home!”
His wife's words left Dai Zi speechless. Apart from going to the Hanlin Academy for formalities every day, he spent the rest of his time studying his favorite firearms. He really didn't know much about the common things about food, rice, oil and salt. But he was silent for a moment,
But he was a little happy and said: "The emperor asked me and Nan Huairen to supervise the construction of the general cannon. When the cannon is completed, the emperor will definitely reward me, and then my family's life will be easier."
"No matter how hard you work, the credit belongs to the foreign priests. Why does the emperor take you to heart?" His wife shattered Dai Zi's fantasy with one word, because before that, Dai Zi said the same thing at least three times, but every time
When it comes to rewards for meritorious deeds, he has never been rewarded.
"Don't talk nonsense!" Dai Zi couldn't tolerate his wife's bad behavior in becoming emperor. He turned cold and was a little angry. Seeing him like this, his wife knew that he had said it, but she refused to give in. She snorted slightly and hugged her son again.
His legs wouldn't move away from him. While the two of them were just frozen like this, they heard someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard.
"Is Master Dai at home?"
"Who?" Dai Zi and his wife were stunned at the same time. Who was calling the door so late?
"Go, who's coming to see me at such a late hour?" Dai Zi ordered his wife. The wife reluctantly put down her son, secretly wondering why you didn't go, and got up to open the door outside the courtyard.
"You are?"
When she saw a carriage parked outside the courtyard and four or five rough men standing there, Dai's wife was a little surprised. She had never seen these people before and had no idea what they were doing.
"We are from the Ministry of War. We have something to ask Sir Dai to come over. Is Mr. Dai here?" Deqiu explained in accordance with the commander's instructions.
When Dai's wife heard that it was someone from the Ministry of War who was looking for her husband, she hurriedly said: "Here, wait a minute, I'll call you right away...what are you doing..." But before she could turn around, her head hurt, and then her whole body went limp.
He collapsed and lost consciousness in an instant.
"Bamboo Lady?" Hearing the noise, Dai Zi stretched his head out of the door. He was startled when he saw his wife being carried by a strong man on his shoulders, and several other strong men staring at him.
"you?!…"
Before Dai Zi could speak, Ge Feihu forced himself in front of him and shouted in a low voice: "Go in! If you dare to scream, I will kill you!"
"Heroes, don't mess around. Just take whatever you want, and don't hurt my wife and children." Dai Zi took a breath of air, thinking that a robber was coming to the house. He didn't dare to say anything at the moment, took a few steps back, and grabbed his son.
He was held in his arms, not daring to move.
"Dai Zi?" After Zhao Qiang entered the room, he glanced at Dai Zi, who was obviously too panicked.
"Yes, I am Dai Zi." Dai Zi was even more panicked when he saw that the other party knew who he was. The robber must have been careful when he came, otherwise how would he know who he was.
Zhao Qiang ignored Dai Zi's panic, but when he saw the iron instrument that looked like a pipa, he was immediately overjoyed. He quickly walked over and picked it up, holding it in his hands and observing it carefully.
After a while, Zhao Qiang asked Dai Zi casually: "Is this a serial gun?"
"How do you know?" Dai Zi was shocked, how come the other party even knew this? Except for his wife and best friend, no one else knew about the serial shooting, so why did he also know about it?
Upon hearing the confirmation, Zhao Qiang suppressed the surprise in his heart, gently put down the serial gun, and shook his head at Dai Zi: "How do I know Mr. Dai? There is no need to ask. I am here to ask Mr. Dai to come out of confinement this time."
"Get out of seclusion?" Dai Zi was startled: "What are you doing out of seclusion?"
"You don't need to know this." Zhao Qiang calmly picked up another album of pictures drawn by Dai Zi.
Seeing that these robbers were not rummaging around the house or asking for money from him, but were instead interested in his albums and serial guns, Dai Zi was shocked: Could it be that they came for firearms? But they didn't know anything about them.
You can take them away, but you must not go out and follow them! Dai Zi had a vague feeling that these people may have a lot of background, and they must not be related to those rebellious people.
"You can take whatever you want in this room, but I won't leave the house with you!" Dai Zi said firmly.
"Master Dai, now it's not a matter of whether you agree or disagree, but that you must come with us." Zhao Qiang turned to Dai Zi and smiled: "I think you don't want your wife and children to be harmed."
Dai Zi's face turned pale when he heard this, and his lips moved around to protect his wife who was thrown unconscious on the bed. He was so frightened that he hugged his son tightly and sighed: "Okay, I'll go with you. Don't hurt my wife and children."
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"He who knows the current affairs is a hero." Zhao Qiang smiled and ordered Deqiu and Ge Feihu to "search the yard and take away everything related to firearms."
"yes."
Ge Feihu and the others were busy rummaging through the yard. The serial guns, albums and several other firearms developed by Dai Zi were all moved to the carriage. When they were almost done searching, Zhao Qiang gave Ge Feihu a look.
Feihu came over understandingly, smiled, walked up to Dai Zi, looked at him maliciously and said: "Master Dai, I'm sorry, if you scream in the dead of night, we can't bear it." After saying that, he took out a hemp rope and a
A ball of linen comes.
"Tie them up, I won't scream." Dai Zi didn't struggle at all. He knew that he couldn't resist. Even if he shouted "help" now, by the time the neighbors were awakened, his family would have been attacked by these strongmen.
He was completely killed. So he stood there and allowed the other party to tie him up. He also opened his mouth cooperatively and allowed him to stuff a ball of linen cloth into his mouth, and then he begged Zhao Qiang.
After Ge Feihu tied up the man, Deqiu glanced at Dai Zi's wife and children: "Commander, these two ladies?"
Dai's wife has seen her true face. Keeping her alive may be a disaster, but she can't kill innocent people like this, not to mention the child is still young. Zhao Qiang thought for a while and said to Deqiu: "Knock them out and take them away together." He turned to Dai.
Zi: "Master Dai, please worry. Your wife and children will be fine. I guarantee that nothing will happen to you. I'm just asking for your help with some small things."
Seeing that the other party wanted to take away his wife and children, Dai Zi became anxious, but because his mouth was blocked and he could not speak, he could only protest with his voice "Uh uh oh ah". But it was obviously in vain.
Soon he was hit on the back of the head, and then he and his wife and children who were knocked unconscious were put into the carriage.
"Commander, do you want to set a fire?"
After everything was tidied up, Ge Feihu was going to set a fire in the courtyard and finish everything off.
"It's not like robbing a house, why set a fire?" Zhao Qiang glared at him angrily: "By setting a fire, didn't you tell others that something happened to Dai Zi's house? Idiot, we will leave the capital with our people tomorrow and wait for them to find out.
When Dai Zi disappeared, we were all outside the customs. Even if it was found out that it was us, there would be nothing we could do!"
"Yes, yes, the commander-in-chief is right, my subordinates are confused!"
Ge Feihu suddenly realized, and quickly gave up the thought of setting fire. He looked around and found that no one was watching. Zhao Qiang and the others also squeezed into the carriage. Soon, the carriage disappeared into the black.