When Jin Feng walked onto the deck, he happened to see Zuo Feifei demonstrating the musket to Qing Mulan.
Qing Mulan was interested in weapons, and after firing a shot, she couldn't put it down.
Seeing Jin Feng, he quickly came up to him with a musket in his arms and said boldly: "Sir, I want this musket. Tell me how much it costs!"
Qing Mulan has a carefree personality and is vigorous and resolute in doing things, but since Xichuan City was sacked by Gada, Qing Mulan's personality has changed.
Although no one blamed her afterwards, Qing Mulan always blamed herself, thinking that when her brother was away, she should protect Xichuan City and the people in the city.
But she failed to do a good job and let Gada destroy the city, and the people in the city were massacred.
After that incident, Qing Mulan often had nightmares and became much silent.
At this time, it was rare that he returned to his previous appearance. Jin Feng also became playful and asked with a smile: "Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, just tell me how much it will cost!" Qing Mulan said, patting her chest.
"It's not about money," Jin Feng shook his head: "I originally planned to give you a short one, but since you fell in love with this one, just take it."
Jin Feng had a short gun, Qing Mulan knew about it and had been coveting it.
But during the time she was in Xihewan, Jin Feng was unable to mass-produce muskets, so he never gave them to her.
Later, with the ability to produce small batches, Qing Mulan returned to Xichuan, and Jin Feng did not rush to deliver it to her.
Hearing that Jin Feng was willing to give him a short one, Qing Mulan's eyes suddenly lit up.
The spear that she had regarded as a treasure just now was placed directly on the box next to her, then she ran up to Jin Feng and said with a flattering smile: "Sir, I want a shorter one!"
"Have you thought about it?"
"Think about it!" Qing Mulan nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at rice.
The long gun is as tall as half a person, so it is extremely inconvenient to carry. A short one can be hung on the waist. Of course, if there is a short one, it should be shorter.
"Okay, when you get back from Yuguan City, you can go to the village to get it."
"You didn't bring it here?" Qing Mulan's eyebrows suddenly wrinkled.
"I don't know why you are coming here, why are you bringing it?" Jin Feng said confidently.
"Then I'd better use this first!"
Qing Mulan turned around and picked up the spear that she had just thrown away like tatters, and held it in her arms.
"Why didn't I realize you were so realistic before?"
Jin Feng had a black line on his face: "Originally, I wanted to give you one of my short spears. Since you like long spears so much, let's forget it!"
No matter how stupid Qing Mulan is, she knows that Jin Feng is deliberately teasing her. She said with a dark face: "You can't finish what you want to say at once, right? Is it fun to tease me?"
"Interesting!" Jin Feng took out a short gun from his arms and waved it at Qing Mulan: "Come on, give me a smile!"
Qing Mulan, who was still dark-faced, instantly turned into a smiling face: "Brother!"
After saying that, before Jin Feng could recover, he snatched the short gun away from him.
But this time, he did not throw away the long gun. Instead, he held the short gun in his arms and turned around to leave.
But after taking just two steps, Jin Feng grabbed him by the collar and said, "Come back!"
"Sir, you must keep your word. You made me laugh and I laughed. You asked me to call me brother and I did it. I don't regret it!" Qing Mulan quickly held the short gun in her arms, as if she was afraid that Jin Feng would snatch it back.
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"Are you concerned?" Jin Feng glanced at Qing Mulan angrily: "I called you back because I wanted to ask what your brother said about how many people should be sent to reinforce Yuguan City?"
“So that’s what you were talking about!”
Qing Mulan breathed a sigh of relief: "My brother said that as long as Sir needs it, Xichuan City will go all out to reinforce Yuguan City without any reservation. He asked me to come here first just to ask how many people Sir needs? I didn't expect it yet.
When I arrived in Jinchuan, I met you first."
She came over by speedboat and happened to meet Zhenyuan No. 2 on the Jialing River.
Zhenyuan No. 2 did not dare to run too fast at night, and began to speed up at dawn.
If it had been half a day later, Zhenyuan 2 would have entered the main stream of the Yangtze River, and she would have missed Jin Feng.
Jin Feng heard Qing Mulan say this and nodded.
He was quite satisfied with Qing Xinyao's attitude.
No matter what he thinks in his heart, at least he said it beautifully.
Moreover, sending Qing Mulan to Jinchuan to ask for instructions in person also showed his sincerity from the side.
At least they won't send newly recruited recruits to perfunctory themselves.
"Before I set off, my brother had asked Meng Tianhai to mobilize 3,000 veterans of the Wei Sheng Army and gather them at the riverside. He also sent an order to Wei Datong, asking him to send a grain ship to transport the people to the East China Sea as soon as possible."
Qing Mulan said: "If there are no accidents, they should drive out of the Jinma River and enter the main stream now."
"Your brother transferred three thousand veterans of the Wei Sheng Army?" Jin Feng was a little surprised.
Through Qing Mulan's arrival, he had already guessed that Qing Xinyao would probably not be perfunctory, but he did not expect to send three thousand veterans over at once.
The Weisheng Army is considered the most elite team under his command.
Before the expansion, there were only 5,000 people in total. After fighting several battles, there were less than 4,000 people left two months ago, so Qing Xinyao applied to the Ninth Princess to expand the Weisheng Army.
Although the number has reached 9,000 after the expansion, most of them are new recruits.
There is a huge difference between new recruits and veterans.
Many recruits had no problems during training, but when they saw blood on the battlefield, they were frightened.
At least three out of ten recruits would not survive the first war in their lives.
If you are unfortunate enough to be assigned to a place like the forward battalion, the death rate of the recruits will be higher. It would be good if one out of ten people can survive.
The Wei Sheng Army had less than 4,000 veterans in total, and Qing Xinyao sent 3,000 soldiers, which was far beyond Jin Feng's expectations.
"My brother said that the Tibetans won't be able to fight for a while. Even if they do fight, the veterans and the new soldiers can hold on for a while, until Wu... until His Majesty sends reinforcements, so no matter what, the situation in Xichuan will be better than that in Chongqing
Guancheng is better."
Qing Mulan explained: "By the way, Chen Fengzhi is here with Tiehuying."
The Weisheng Army is the elite under Qing Xinyao, while Tiehuying is the elite among the elite, similar to the black-armored team under Jin Feng.
Hearing that Qing Xinyao had even sent out the Iron Tiger Camp, Jin Feng was a little moved and hugged Qing Mulan's fists: "Thank you!"
"Your Majesty will dispatch you, and I and other ministers will naturally go all out. What are you grateful for?"
Qing Mulan waved her hand: "If you have the conditions in the future, remember to get us a batch of muskets. These things are much more convenient to use than crossbows!"
When I boarded the ship, I saw the female workers practicing musketry, which made Qing Mulan extremely envious.
If she had such a musketry team at that time, how could she let Gada attack Xichuan City?
"Don't worry, I will provide it to you in the future!"
Jin Feng nodded and agreed.
Qing Xinyao and Qing Huai are the cousins of the Ninth Princess, and they have always supported Jin Feng unswervingly. Their status in Jin Feng's mind has always been second only to the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau and the Zhenyuan Army.
If muskets can be mass-produced in the future, it would not be a bad idea to provide some muskets to Qing Xinyao and the Tielin Army.
Anyway, the production method of gunpowder is in Jin Feng's hands. Without gunpowder, the gun is just a fire stick, so he doesn't need to worry.