Chapter 1689 The Firearms Controversy

When Zhang Jing and his party were about to leave the pigsty, there was another rumbling sound of gunfire without warning, followed by a burst of compact gunfire. Although everyone knew it was artillery and firecrackers, they were instinctively startled when they heard the sound of guns and artillery, just like ordinary people who suddenly heard firecrackers.

Of course, it was just a small shock. It didn't even work for half a second, and everyone recovered quickly.

However, at this moment, I heard someone making a fuss, "Ouch!"

"What's the matter?" Everyone looked at that person, isn't it just the sound of guns and guns, and it's worth your fuss?

"Look, these pigs are not afraid at all?" The man pointed to the heartless pigs in the pigsty, eating swill, and said to everyone.

"Oh, it's true. Aren't these beasts most afraid of Lei Zhentianwei? Why are they so calm? Is this a new breed?"

Everyone also found out at this time, and they were all surprised.

"Oh, these pigs and chickens, ducks and geese were also frightened to jump and jump at first, but now they are used to it. The mules and horses in our camp are the same, and they are all used to the sound of artillery fire. .

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and explained to everyone.

"Uh, even beasts are used to it. It seems that your camp has been practicing firearms very frequently recently."

Master Huang said dumbly.

"Nephew, such intensive firearm practice, damage and consumption of gunpowder are all a lot of money. I know that you have earned some money by selling knives and medicines, but you can't afford such consumption?"

Wei Guogong couldn't help shaking his head, and said with some heartache, the money spent for Zhu Pingan's heartache.

Hearing the secret method of knife and medicine, everyone looked at Zhu Ping'an, and several officials couldn't hide their fiery eyes.

During this period of time, the Mystic Knife Medicine was very popular. Many people exaggerated its curative effect and rushed to buy the medicine, but it was still hard to find the medicine, and the Zhejiang Army only sold it once a month. I heard that every time the Zhejiang army sells medicine, there are crowds of people outside the camp

Zhu Ping'an must have made a lot of money.

"Uncle, we can earn some money, and we don't know how to make medicine. We are middlemen, that is, second-hand dealers. We get medicine from Miao Man, and most of them belong to them. We only earn a few hard-earned money. As far as our army's military expenditure is concerned, it's just a drop in the bucket. Zhu Ping'an said seriously, pulling Miao Man over as a target to divert everyone's attention. barracks.

Nowadays, the imperial court's finances are tight and military expenditures are difficult. If it is known that the Zhejiang Army has money, it will be even more difficult to apply for military expenditures.

Cry out when it's time to cry, and a child who cries gets milk. This has been a consistent truth since ancient times.

Zhu Ping'an's explanation was convincing, and everyone's pink eye disease immediately improved.

"Since you didn't make a lot of money, you shouldn't practice firearms like this. You don't need to spend money to practice cold weapons. This firearm practice is a gold-eating beast. One shot is money, and one shot is even more money." , and firearms are easy to break, this is a bottomless pit." Wei Guogong shook his head and said regretfully.

Duke Wei felt distressed for Zhu Pingan from the bottom of his heart. Because of Zhu Pingan's help several times and the relationship with Marquis Linhuai, Duke Wei regarded Zhu Pingan as one of his own.

"Uncle, the Japanese plague is getting worse and worse, and the battle to suppress the Japanese is about to start. In order to improve the combat power of the soldiers as soon as possible, we can only intensify the drills. Although it costs a lot of money, we can't take care of it at this critical moment of defending the family and the country. We can only restrain ourselves." Tighten your belt, try your best to save some here, squeeze some there, and manage to survive."

Zhu Ping'an replied with a wry smile.

Everyone immediately thought of Zhu Pingan's pioneering practice of raising pigs, feeding chickens and growing vegetables in the military camp, and being a second-hand dealer to resell Miao Man's secret knife and sore medicine. All these actions are to save money and squeeze out money to practice firearms.

"Hey, Master Zhu, firearms are the supporting role, and cold weapons such as bows, crossbows, knives and swords are the protagonists. You can use cannons and blunderbuss in long-distance battles, but once you engage in battle, you still need to rely on cold weapons. How can the enemy give you time to reload firearms? It's just a fire stick, and it won't kill the enemy if you use it to smash it. Master Zhu, why do you bother to spend money on training firearms? Traditional cold weapons should be the main training."

An official sighed, shook his head slightly, and preached to Zhu Pingan with a face of disapproval.

"Thank you for your reminder, my lord, but I think that the future will be dominated by firearms. If you practice and use them, you will be able to control the situation of the battle and be invincible."

Zhu Pingan said with confidence that no one in this world knows the importance of firearms better than him.

"Practice and use it, enough to control the battle situation, invincible in the world? Hehe, Mr. Zhu's tone is too loud. Firearms can only be used before meeting the enemy, and cannot be relied on as the main weapon of war. After receiving the station, you have to rely on cold weapons."

It's okay for young people to be vigorous, vigorous, and self-confident, but it's okay to be arrogant.

Several officials couldn't help shaking their heads.

Zhang Jing also shook his head imperceptibly. The lethality of firearms is not trivial. Firearms can and should be taken seriously, but they should not be relied on. As everyone said, firearms are used before engaging the enemy, and after engaging the enemy, you have to rely on cold weapons to slash and kill. It is cold weapons that determine the situation of the battle. Only by making full use of cold weapons and properly playing the special auxiliary role of firearms is the kingly way of war. Blindly emphasizing and using firearms is not the kingly way of war. This is going astray and taking the wrong path, and you will suffer big losses in the future.

Zhao Wenhua was also a little disappointed at this time. Zhu Pingan's understanding of firearms was too extreme, he was still too young, and he was too unstable in doing things.

Thinking of this, Zhao Wenhua couldn't help but look at Hu Zongxian, and couldn't help but rejoice and chuckle in his heart. Hu Zongxian is still rich in experience and stable and reliable in his work. Zhu Ping'an left and Hu Zongxian came, which is really profitable.

In the future, when Zhu Ping'an was recovered by training, Hu Zongxian had to be the main support and Zhu Ping'an was the assistant.

Hu Zongxian couldn't help but shook his head at this moment. He also disagreed with Zhu Pingan's assertion about firearms.

Firearms can only be used to a limited extent, and wars should still be dominated by cold weapons.

This has been proven by history.

The Shenji Battalion specializes in firearms, mainly artillery and firecrackers. Does it pay enough attention to firearms, but how did it perform in the Tumu Fortress Change? However, in the duel between the Shenji campfire weapon and the saber, it was completely defeated and completely destroyed.

I don't know why Zhu Ping'an is still so obsessed with firearms.

(end of this chapter)