After returning to the meeting hall, Zhang Yangquan looked very worried and sat on his chair, lost in thought.
Qin Lingjun exchanged glances with her sister, hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Commander, did Sun Hu rush into you? Do you want me to punish him?"
"How can I be on the same level as him?" Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said, "I just suddenly felt that our village was missing something!"
"What?"
Zhang Yangquan picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said slowly: "Blacksmith!" If there was a blacksmith, he would have been able to distribute medals to everyone just now.
The two women said in unison: "Aren't you the one?"
Zhang Yangquan almost choked on his saliva, and finally remembered that when he first joined the village, he had indeed pretended to be a blacksmith. He forced a smile and said, "I still have to be in charge of the greenhouse, so I don't have time to make iron!"
Qin Lingjun knew that he was a fake, but did not expose it, saying: "Military advisor, speaking of blacksmiths, I also remembered something and have always wanted to discuss it with you!"
Zhang Yangquan hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?"
Qin Lingjun sat up straighter and said: "Lingjun feels that the weapons in the cottage are too complicated to train, so it is best to unify them into one weapon!"
"Which one?"
"Long spear!" Qin Lingjun replied: "The long spear has two advantages. One is that it is long and suitable for defending the stronghold. The other is that it consumes less iron. After one knife is melted, three or four spear heads can be made!"
Zhang Yangquan's heart moved and he said: "You want to melt down all the messy weapons captured in Qingyi Village and turn them into guns?"
In the battle against Qingyi Village, Longtan Village not only harvested money, but the most important thing was that it harvested more than 500 weapons of various types. In addition to swords and guns as the main force, there were also swords, hooks, horse sculptures, Yanyue knives, boring palladium, etc. "What do the military advisor and my little sister think?"
Qin Lingsi clapped her hands and smiled: "I think it's great. Cavalry is also suitable for using guns!"
Zhang Yangquan rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said in a deep voice: "This is a good idea, Master Dazhai, but I wonder if we can make our own guns?"
Qin Lingjun had obviously been thinking about it for a long time, and without much thought, he said: "The tip of the spear is the easiest. You only need to build a cast iron stove in the village. The tassel of the spear is also easy. There are already more than 300 horses in the village. Get some horse hair."
Just hair will do."
Qin Lingsi interrupted: "Now you know the benefits of my treasures!"
Zhang Yangquan suddenly asked: "Is the gun tassel also necessary?"
Qin Lingsi smiled and said: "Hey, brother, you are really good at asking questions. What should I do if there is no gun tassel and it slips with blood?"
Zhang Yangquan coughed and changed the subject: "The gun barrel should be easier, right?"
This time even Qin Lingjun looked at him with strange eyes and said: "Military advisor, the barrel of the gun is the most complicated. First of all, the choice of wood is more particular. The best material is beef tendon wood, followed by sword spine wood, and red edge wood.
and ash cork again."
"Do we have these four types of wood on our mountain?"
"There are a lot of sword spine trees. If not enough, you can go to the nearby mountains to chop them. At that time, people will go and chop some bamboo back, dry the bamboo slices and wrap them around wooden sticks. Finally, wrap copper strips around the head and tail, and paint them
Apply evenly!"
Zhang Yangquan touched his nose and nodded: "Fortunately, there are raw materials nearby, and we don't lack manpower. So, we just need a blacksmith to smelt the gun heads!"
Qin Lingjun hummed and said: "There are more than 3,000 people in the village, and there should be a few blacksmiths inside. Monkey, take people to the village to ask how many blacksmiths there are, and make a record of them all!"
The monkey took the order.
Qin Lingsi suddenly stood up and said: "Sister, military advisor, Zhang Mingjian will not give up after we robbed his stronghold. I will take someone to find out more information!"
"Well, be careful on the road."
Two hours after Qin Lingsi left, Monkey returned to the meeting hall to report and hesitated: "Master of the village, military advisor, there is only one blacksmith in our village..."
Qin Lingjun and Zhang Yangquan were discussing military training. Qin Lingjun frowned when he heard this: "One person?"
Monkey hurriedly said: "There are a few apprentices, but they can only swing hammers and have no real skills."
Zhang Yangquan waved his hand and said: "Just one person, bring him in."
The monkey followed the order and went out, and soon came in with an old man.
The old man's hair and beard were gray, but his steps were very steady and his spirit was very strong. He cupped his hands and said: "Old man Hu Guangcao, pay your respects to the leader of the village and the military advisor!"
Zhang Yangquan felt that the old man looked familiar. After a closer look, he saw that it was the old man who had brought his grandson to join the village. He hurriedly asked: "Mr. Hu, are you a blacksmith?"
Hu Guangcao did not dare to hide anything and said: "The old man, the master of the village and the military advisor, once served as the chief of the Ministry of Industry of the Yuan Dynasty, and was responsible for things related to ironware!"
Zhang Yangquan and Qin Lingjun were both stunned, and looked at each other, their eyes full of surprise and a little incredible.
Qin Lingjun looked at Old Man Hu with suspicious eyes: "Then how did you become a refugee?"
Hu Guangcao sighed and said: "When Tuotuo and Jialu wanted to control the river, the old man objected, so he was thrown into prison. The family spent all their wealth to save the old man's life."
Qin Lingjun's face changed slightly when he heard the name Tuotuo.
Hu Guangcao continued: "Xuzhou was massacred, and the old man's family fled south to seek refuge with relatives and friends. As a result, his son and daughter-in-law died of illness along the way, leaving only the old man and his grandson to depend on each other."
Zhang Yangquan said: "Mr. Hu, can you help the village renovate an iron-making workshop?"
Hu Guangcao has been in the village for more than half a month and has not been able to do much work. He has been worried that he and his grandson will be kicked out of the village, so he hurriedly agreed.
"Although the old man is old, he has no problem teaching a few apprentices. All he needs to do is give the old man ten young disciples, a house, and purchase some items as needed. Within ten days, the iron-making workshop will be ready.
Build it up!"
Zhang Yangquan turned to the monkey and asked: "How many blacksmith apprentices are there?"
"More than twenty people."
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said to Hu Guangcao: "I'll give you more than 20 people. Can it be built within five days?"
Hu Guangcao hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "Okay!"
Zhang Yangquan nodded and said: "Monkey, send those blacksmith apprentices to Mr. Hu. In the past few days, you will also be with Mr. Hu and help him set up his workshop!"
In the next few days, while Shanzhai paid close attention to the activities of Qingyi Village, he began to build the blacksmith furnace.
According to Qin Lingsi's intelligence, there seemed to be internal strife between Qingyi Village and the Red Scarf Army. In the end, Zhang Mingjian won and annexed part of the Red Scarf Army. The current strength is more than 2,000 people.
However, Zhang Mingjian did not seem to have any intention of seeking revenge from Longtan Village, nor did he intend to attack Jiangducheng again, and robbed several villages one after another.
If it were normal, the officers and soldiers would have come to encircle and suppress them. Now that Wang Mengge is leading the troops outside, Jiangdu is empty and he has ignored those villages.
When other villagers saw this, they also went down to rob. The security in the suburbs of Jiangdu suddenly dropped.
At the same time, the village soldiers sent to the north to inquire about the news returned the news, and new changes occurred in the Gaoyou war situation!
Wang Mengge is an experienced soldier. He does not directly compete with the Red Turban Army. Instead, he sets up camp outside Gaoyou City and forms a rivalry with the Gaoyou City defenders.
The Red Scarf Army stormed the camp, but was repelled by Wang Mengge's army and the Gaoyou garrison. They are currently stationed thirty miles outside the city, confronting the Yuan soldiers.