In the morning, Wu Sangui was awakened by loud roaring sounds.
His first reaction was to jump up from the bedside, and then he touched the knife on the weapon rack in his room in his memory. When he found that he touched an empty space, he opened his eyes and realized that he was no longer
In my room at home.
There was light from outside shining into the house. He leaned outside the window and looked outside. As for the door of the house, he didn't even try to open it - since he wanted to close himself, what could Jiang Wan or Miss Xu do?
Might allow him to open the door easily.
Looking out the window, he found the source of the huge roar. It was a row of soldiers setting off firecrackers at a distant target in the school grounds. There were a few officers who were scolding those who fired the firecrackers.
Soldier, he leaned in front of the window with great interest and started watching. After the officer finished reprimanding him, the soldiers were busy in the sky, and the sound of cannons sounded again.
This group of people was replaced, and another group of new soldiers came up, and the sound of firecrackers also sounded from time to time.
"It's so rich!"
He secretly sighed in his heart, what kind of guardhouse is this? The soldiers are fired with live ammunition and firecrackers again and again. Don't those gunpowder pellets need money to buy? It takes a wasteful person to do such a thing.
Isn't it good to use these gunpowder and projectiles in actual combat?
He looked back and suddenly found that there were several soldiers under the eaves, also holding their arms and watching the drills in the school grounds. These should be the guards outside his door!
As if sensing his gaze, the guards turned back to look at him, and even grinned at him.
What is this scenario?
Wu Sangui's heart moved slightly. He walked to the door and pulled it gently. The door opened in response. The guards turned to look at him, but turned away without any reaction and continued to cast their eyes on the school grounds.
He hesitated for a moment, then walked to a few guards and nodded pretendingly: "The fire gun is a good shot!"
"That's not bad. If I were to take the job, I'd be much better than them!" A guard who looked about the same age as Wu Sangui shook his head disdainfully: "Load the pellets and gunpowder. I just counted them all, and they're all about the same size.
It's a hundred breaths, and at this speed, when I'm ready to fire, the enemy will be punched in the face, so what a slap!"
"Oh, how long can it take you to fill it up!" Wu Sangui asked with interest.
"At least the minimum standard of thirty breaths is no problem!" This guard pointed to his companions: "Mei Xiaofei is really amazing. He can complete it within twenty breaths. Among us, he is the fastest and most accomplished.
alright!"
While he was talking, the sound of firecrackers started to sound scattered again. Wu Sangui glanced over there and felt a little itchy in his heart. These ordinary soldiers could shoot firecrackers here with a lot of money, but he, a dignified commander of the family,
Young Master, I have never touched anything like a firecracker.
What kind of health center is this?
"By the way, why didn't I see you Miss Xu?" He asked casually as if nothing had happened: "And your commander, these fire guns and fire gun soldiers should be the most elite combat force in your guard station, drill
Wasn't Shangguan even here to keep an eye on it when it happened?"
"Then it's just Mr. Qianshi!" The young guard next to him pointed at an officer who was teaching the soldiers and said: "As for our commander, he has a lot to do. If he comes to watch this kind of drill every day, what about him?
There’s no need to do anything anymore!”
He nodded: "The firearms camp is in charge of Master Qian!"
"The Lord Qianshi you are talking about, is Miss Xu?" Wu Sangui opened her mouth so wide that it seemed like she could swallow an egg: "She is actually your Lord Qianshi?"
The young guard looked at him strangely and pointed over there, as if he didn't even bother to explain.
"Can I go over and say a few words to her?" Wu Sangui was shocked and suddenly felt that he had many questions to ask Xu Caining. However, he was not sure whether he was being detained and guarded at this moment.
"Wait!" As expected, the young guard looked at him lightly: "Master Qianshi is busy and has no time to talk to you now. Don't cause trouble. If you want to watch, just watch here. If you don't want to watch, just stay in the room.
Go lie down!"
Wu Sangui: "...!"
Well, I seem to be a prisoner, but not entirely a prisoner!
Wu Sangui no longer thought about it, and stayed on the railing with the young guards, watching the rows of soldiers practicing with muskets on the school field. He used to think that military training was extremely boring, but
, but he didn't feel this way today. He even forgot that he hadn't eaten anything until his stomach growled.
The drill on the school field seemed to have finally come to an end. The soldiers were gathered together, and the firecrackers were also collected. He saw Xu Caining saying something in front of the soldiers, but they were too far apart and his ears were closed.
Being tortured by the sound of firecrackers all morning, he really couldn't hear clearly what she said.
However, judging from her posture, she must not be very happy!
He nodded secretly in his mind, it's okay to be unhappy!
As far as he could see with his own eyes, at least two to three hundred people were practicing firecrackers here this morning, and each of them had fired at least three times. This meant that in just one morning, these soldiers had consumed a thousand soldiers.
Propellants and projectiles for firearms of second or higher quality.
He didn't know the price of the gunpowder and projectiles, but the consumption should always be much greater than the consumption of practicing slashing with swords and guns!
"How much does it cost? How do I know about this kind of thing?"
Facing his question, the young guard was stunned for a moment, shook his head decisively, and then pointed behind him: "How about you just ask our commander!"
Wu Sangui turned around and saw the commander of the guard whom he had seen last night, standing behind him and looking at him with his head tilted. He seemed a little confused as to why he, as a prisoner, was standing under the eaves with the guards.
"Sir, he wants to know how much it costs to shoot a gun!" The young guard said directly.
"Less than three coins!" Jiang Wan nodded slightly: "It's not much money!"
"How much money?" Wu Sangui was speechless. This meant that for the drill he saw in the morning, only three hundred taels of silver went out. This did not include the wear and tear of the firecrackers, and these few things in front of him were
A young guard said that this kind of training happens every day.
He twitched the corner of his mouth slightly. There are five or six thousand people in a guard station, even if half of them are fire gunners, forget it, let alone half, even if they are a thousand fire gunmen, this training for a morning is almost a thousand taels of silver.
If you go out, wouldn't that be thirty thousand taels of silver a month?
This was no training for troops. He wondered if this army was built specifically to reduce the burden on the Ministry of War's warehouse because it felt that the Ministry of War had a lot of money?
But having said that, if you really are among this army, even if you are a fool, you can break out an elite soldier with money like this.
"By the way, I didn't ask you yesterday, which guard is the commander of your Excellency!" Wu Sangui bowed his hand to Jiang Wan respectfully. Regardless of whether the other party has the ability or not, he can get so much money and he is not afraid of ruining the army.
What he has on his body is worthy of Wu Sangui’s admiration.
"Nanhaiwei!" Jiang Wan looked at the young man in front of him with a smile: "Haven't you heard of it?"