Shisanlang and Tao Shiqi and others rode their horses, walked through the grass by the pond, walked to the woods at the foot of the mountain, and entered the bushes on the hill, heading straight to the top of the mountain. While walking, a huge pheasant suddenly flew up from the side and disappeared into the bushes not far away.

Shisanlang said, "Do you see clearly? The chicken is so astonished and looks fat. Come and catch it first, cook the chicken to eat at night!"

While talking, he dismounted the horse, and then pulled out the gun from the horse's back and prepared to fill the medicine and recharge.

Tao Shiqi looked at Shisanlang on the side and saw him tearing open the medicine bag and pouring the gunpowder into the gun barrel. He took out a bullet from the belt and prepared to put it into the barrel. However, the new bullet base was very tightly matched with the barrel and stuck there for a moment.

Seeing Shisanlang being embarrassed, Tao Shiqi smiled and said, "This gun is extremely accurate, of course not anything can be used. You must practice it before you can quickly load the bullets, and it will be fast and ruthless and accurate."

While talking, he took the gun and easily put the bullet into the gun without looking at it, poking it tightly with a thread.

Shisanlang took the loaded gun and said, "So weird! It's so troublesome to use it. How do we cavalry use it?"

Tao Shiqi said: "This gun is originally intended for people with accurate marksmanship, used for sniping and attacking useful figures like officers and flag bearers. Ordinary soldiers just need muskets. As for cavalry, for the sake of ease of use, aren't there any short-barrel guns for you?"

Shisanlang said: "Those guns are shorter and they are convenient immediately, but they are not powerful."

Yao Shouxin on the side said: "The front-line cavalry combat, especially the light cavalry, is used to charge quickly when moving, which is different from the iron armored heavy cavalry head-on attacking the enemy formation. The horses are not accurate at running, and the distance is several steps away in a moment. A short spear is enough."

This is good, but for Shisanlang, it is not enough. His own horse immediately has a saber, an iron mace, and a cavalry, which is the normal equipment of the cavalry. In addition, there is also a special battle axe and a full set of iron armor. The heavy cavalry and light cavalry are equipped with both. Shisanlang chose a good horse, wearing heavy armor, and can also move with the light cavalry.

Everyone filled the gunpowder, loaded the bullets, and saw where the pheasant fell, and slowly surrounded it.

The bushes in this area are not very dense, with a large number of sparse grass in the middle. No one has come here to hunt for many years, and pheasants, hares, etc. are not alert and seem stupid. Not far away, I saw a fat pheasant walking slowly on the meadow in the forest, constantly turning his neck, as if I were observing which direction there was a hunter.

Shisanlang saw the chicken at a glance, picked up the gun and signaled the others to lower their bodies. He raised the gun and aimed it lightly, and with the crisp sound of the flint, a ball of fire came out of the muzzle, accompanied by a burst of smoke. Before the smoke could dissipate, a thunderous sound rang out. The pheasant in front spread its wings, flew not far away, and fell into the bushes.

Tao Shiqi saw it and couldn't help laughing: "Shisanlang, when you used a bow and arrow, you were very proud of yourself when you used a hundred steps to penetrate the sun. Now you have changed the musket and you are very accurate, why is it so useless? Go and go aside quickly and see me hit the bird with one shot!"

After saying that, he held his gun and walked through the bushes with his hands and feet. He walked a short distance and watched the chicken stop in the open space for a walk. He raised his gun and aimed, Tao Shisan pulled the trigger. With the sound of the gun, the chicken cried several times, jumped on the ground a few times, and then fell there and stopped moving.

Tao Shiqi stepped forward and took the pheasant, took it in his hand and returned to the original place, held it in front of Shisanlang, and said, "Did you see it? This gun is accurate, as long as you aim it carefully, there is nothing you can't hit? There is a sight in front, as long as you keep your hands stable!"

Shisanlang said, "What's so strange? I just don't practice well. I'll compare and watch after a few days!"

Tao Shiqi just laughed. For so many years, whether it was bare hands or swords and guns, or later, he was no match for Shisanlang. This guy seemed to be born to fight and fight on the battlefield. Today, he used a new gun and beat him everywhere, which was really happy.

Everyone took the pheasant and got back on the horse, climbed over the hill and walked towards the depths of Fangcheng Mountain.

In the evening, Shisanlang and others returned home with a load. There were already many wild animals in the mountain, and there were few hunters. They took a new gun and went to the mountain with their new guns as if they were picking up prey. In less than a day, everyone beat two deer, a roe deer, a few hares, and several pheasants. The last few followers even brought a wild boar, which they happened to encounter and knocked down with one shot.

The red sun sets westward, Shisanlang pointed to a small village in front of him and said, "Let's go there to rest and ask for tea. There are only people here within a few miles of this area, and then go forward, and there are not even shops. Let's take a break and send someone to inform the three infantry commanders to come to my camp tonight to drink and eat meat. The army has just arrived, and the drill has not yet begun. Let's have a happy few days!"

Everyone said good, and they urged them to come forward together, and sent a few people to inform Yang Wenguang, Zhao Zi and Dou Shunqing, and asked them to go to the cavalry battalion tonight.

When we arrived at a large yard in front of the village, Shisanlang dismounted and said to a shopkeeper at the door: "Go to inform you, we are going to hunt in the mountains today. We are tired from leaving, so we come to ask for water!"

This area was a training ground for the Shisanlang cavalry. The farmer recognized Shisanlang and hurried in to report. Soon, a 50-year-old man took two young men out, came out from inside, and bowed: "Xiaomin Wu Zhen and two dog sons have met the Taiwei!"

Shisanlang pointed to the people around him and said, "These are all generals in the army and have always been familiar with me. When I was tired of leaving, the official gave me an excuse to drink water!"

Mr. Wu hurriedly gave in and said, "Several Taiwei, please use tea in it! In the remote areas, don't blame the common people for being inadequate in hospitality."

Everyone entered the yard, and because the weather was hot, they sat under the big sycamore tree in the yard.

At this time, the flowering period of the sycamore tree has passed, and from time to time, purple flowers like trumpets float down from the trees, scattering around their feet, emitting a faint sweet fragrance.

Wu Zhen directed the shopkeeper and served tea, saying, "Don't blame the Taiwei. The countryside is simple and does not drink round tea, but only drink loose tea. This tea is produced by Xinyang Army. I heard that it is a good tea before the Ming Dynasty, and it is excellent to use the spring water from the back mountain to rinse it."

Yao Shouxin said: "This tea is excellent. We drink it in the military so much, and the officials are willing to do it."

After making tea, several officers and Tao Shiqi sat at one table, and the accompanying soldiers sat at another table, and the prey they were hunting was piled up at the table.

Wu Zhen and his eldest son accompanied Shisanlang and others, and asked his second son to accompany the sergeant. Looking at the prey on the ground, Wu Zhen said: "There are good luck in the grand lieutenants. They have hunters here in the past, but now the Iron Supervisor has been built and they have made a lot of money when they go there. In addition, the train is connected, and hunters from other places often come to sell prey. No one has hunted for several years."

Shisanlang said: "Hunting is really hard, and you can farm safely. Who will do such a chore? In the slack farming period, you go to the mountains to hunt a deer and rabbit to satisfy your cravings. We have nothing to do when we are idle, so we have always been in the hunting army, so we go to the mountains to join the army."

Wu Zhen said it was. Hunting has been a military exercise since ancient times, and hunting in the army is not considered a formal job.

After drinking tea for a while, Yao Shouxin asked Wu Zhen: "Mr., seeing your family business is rich, I wonder what else to do besides farming?"

Wu Zhen said: "I'm not hiding the Taiwei, I'm not far from the road, and there is a small river behind me. The river is very rich, so I opened a workshop. There is a town in the east that specializes in harvesters. The business is good. I'll make some small things for them to make some money to make a living."

Yao Shouxin nodded. In this place, the iron supervisor is not only a member of the staff, and it cannot be paid for the family. There is an iron supervisor there, and there are countless small factories around, recruiting workers in large numbers. Their wages are not comparable to those of farmers who farm. They raise the price of labor, and it is difficult to find people to farm. Where can I make a fortune by relying on my own family? Not to mention that Changping Company uniformly dispatches grain and suppresses grain prices, and farming has no future. Wu Zhen used to be a member of the village, so he couldn't continue, so he sold the land, moved the farmers, and opened a small workshop for making steel parts. The technology of the iron supervisor has spread. His family learned to use hydraulic forging hammers and a small casting furnace, and the business is booming. There are many small factories around him, and he doesn't mess around and will never stop business. Since last year, he cooperated with the small factories in the town to make horse-drawn harvesters for harvesting grains. The business is very stable.

After listening to Wu Zhen’s introduction, Yao Shouxinqi said: “I know the horse-drawn harvester, isn’t it produced by the iron supervision department? There is a lot of land in the south camp, and most of them are purchased, but I haven’t heard of it as private ones.”

Wu Zhen said: "There is a son who has entered the school of the Iron Prison in the town. He is very smart! When he got home, he bought two Iron Prison machines and dismantled them carefully. In a year, he made the same one. However, many parts cannot be made by themselves, so they are like cutters that are not from the Iron Prison, and they will soon break. Fortunately, there are these things sold in the place where the machine is repaired and can be installed as machines."

Shisanlang said: "In this way, you will steal the business of the Iron Supervisor. Will they obey?"

Wu Zhen said: "When we started selling, no one cared about it. Later, when we started doing it, the Iron Supervisor brought people from the yamen, saying that we had copied the Iron Supervisor's machines, which was illegal. Later, after a long discussion, each machine paid the iron supervisor a lot of money, and the business was completed."

To put it bluntly, it is patent fees. Du Zhongxiao formulated many local regulations based on the situation of Jingxi Road, which is one. Local regulations are formulated and implemented in specific places, but are only recognized by the court. Every few years, the court will formulate local regulations, called the one road, one prefecture and one county regulations, and have special departments to compile and manage.

Yao Shouxin knew this very well and asked, "In this way, you can't make a lot of money with a machine."

Wu Zhen said: "The machines produced by the iron supervisor are good, but they are also expensive. Many farming companies cannot afford them. Several companies have established a company to buy a machine, and they use it more and less. When repairing, they have many troubles. The machines we produce are cheaper, except for some key parts, which are all homemade and much cheaper than those sold by the iron supervisor. Even if each machine is paid for some money to the iron supervisor, it is still profitable. Besides, buying our machines is easy to repair."

When doing local business, small private factories will save costs in certain places in a targeted manner, which is worse than the quality of iron supervision production. If it is cheaper, it will always have its own market. This is a common thing. Not only harvesters, but many of the machines produced by iron supervision are counterfeited by small factories outside. The iron supervision does not strictly control it, and at most they are required to pay some fees, and they will not be allowed to manufacture it.

After chatting for a while, Tao Shiqi said, "Every machine you pays money to the Iron Supervisor. How do you pay this money? There is no one here in the Iron Supervisor. You see how much you make it. If you sell too much and pay less, what can the Iron Supervisor do?"

Wu Zhen said: "Why is this so? We, like the factories that make small items, remember to have accounts. Once the accounts are found to be untrue, we will not be able to do it in the future. Besides, we cannot make these key components except for some easy-to-make small items, cutting knives, bearings, etc. used on the machine, and the Iron and Steel Corporation has a way to count the number."

Tao Shiqi nodded. He is an official in the Iron Supervision Bureau, and it is not enough for someone to take advantage of it. As long as the management is in place and you can collect money, it is nothing if you make some money by making small private factories. With these many small factories, the technical quality of the entire region has improved, and it is easy to recruit people.

This is the benefit brought by the iron supervisor to the local area. It is not only the outflow of personnel training, but also the supply of complete sets of parts. Especially the key components, not only can they be made in another place, but they can not be bought. Just like a harvester, there are also capable people in other places who can dismantle the machine and completely imitate it. However, if the key cutting knives, transmission and other parts cannot be bought, they still cannot be made into machines.

For example, the bearings that drive the cutting knife are made of special types of bronze, and lubricating oil can only work normally. If you can't buy these, you will get worn out quickly with other materials. Not to mention cutting knife, not to mention manufacturing difficulties, the materials are made of high-carbon steel. The high-carbon steel from the Iron Supervision Bureau is rarely sold outside, and the price is extremely high, and the imperial court has control. It is analogous to military weapons, and it is impossible for the people to make it.

An iron supervision is still a small matter. The iron supervision drives the industrial development of the entire region and complements each other, which creates the prosperity of this area. If we look at the production value later, the iron supervision is the first in Jingxi Road, surpassing the Henan Prefecture of Shouzhou.

There have been many small private factories opened, and many people have been trained in the iron supervision schools, and many wonderful ideas have emerged in practice. Nowadays, many private machines are not expected by people from the iron supervision. Instead, they have to learn from the people.

Tao Shiqi and others who are skilled will buy some industrial products from the people for research every time. Their manufacturing may not be fine enough, but their ideas can enlighten people's thinking and constantly invent new things.
Chapter completed!