"Hahaha! Sixth brother, look! Look what I hit!"
After looking at the target, Wang Jinwu grinned and pointed at the location where he was shot, looking very energetic.
Zhu Shenzui was also surprised when he took a closer look. He saw a shot hit to the left of the center of the target. This shot was only one finger away from the center, which was estimated to be about the ninth ring.
"What a good fight, boy!"
Hearing Zhu Shenzui's praise, Wang Jinwu was even happier. It was really rare to be able to hit this level with a musket for the first time, especially since he had seen Zhu Shenzui's results before. Compared with Zhu Shenzui's previous shot, Yes, his shot was much more accurate.
Zhu Shenzui has always been on top of Wang Jinwu. It was the first time that he could win today. The thought of this made the boy even more proud.
But he didn't feel proud for long, and then he tried another shot. After the shot, the two of them went to look at the target. Zhu Shenzui asked where the shot went. Wang Jinwu was stunned. He stared at the target for a long time and couldn't find the landing point of the second shot. In the end, the two of them searched together, and then they found it on the stone wall more than half a meter away from the target.
Seeing that the second shot hit such an outrageous target, Wang Jinwu, who had been so proud just now, suddenly stopped firing. He scratched his head with an embarrassed expression, muttering about how this could happen, and he couldn't figure out what was going on. thing.
Seeing him like this, Zhu Shenzui smiled secretly in his heart, naturally he understood what was going on.
Although Wang Jinwu was good at archery, he had never fired a musket. The first shot was like a blind cat hitting a dead mouse, but the second shot was different. Moreover, this musket was a smoothbore gun, and he didn't understand the three points and one line, so he fired directly based on his feeling. It was normal for him to have such a result.
After telling Wang Jinwu the reason, Wang Jinwu suddenly realized it. He said that he didn't understand the situation when he fired a musket for the first time, and he would definitely not be like this again.
Zhu Shenzui nodded with a smile, immediately reloaded the bullet, told him the key points of aiming, and asked him to shoot again. This time it was much better than the last time. Although he still missed the target, the impact point was finally within the target. , if you are hitting someone, hitting two out of three shots is not bad.
Then, Zhu Shenzui tried it a few more times by himself. After a few more shots, he also figured out the tricks of using this musket, including the appropriateness of adding gunpowder. The last two shots were almost inseparable from the target, and then I felt satisfied.
Then Zhu Shenzui and Wang Jinwu tested the maximum distance of the musket. When it reached twenty-two steps, it could still hit the target, but beyond this distance, the bullets would fly to nowhere, even if it was Wang Jinwu. I came to take aim, but still couldn't hit the target.
After the test, Zhu Shenzui was completely convinced that this musket was far superior to the current fire blunderbuss in terms of shooting distance and accuracy, and was almost as good as the bird blunderbuss.
The so-called bird gun is famous for its ability to shoot down flying birds. Its accuracy is the highest among Daming firearms, and the bird gun can hit an extremely far distance. It can hit 2 times out of 10 at 160 meters. If it is a well-made bird gun, If it is shot by an expert, the accuracy will be even higher.
Although the range of Zhu Shenzui's musket is far lower than that of the musket, its accuracy is not bad at all, and the maximum range of twenty-two steps, which is 35 meters, is enough for Zhu Shenzui. Moreover, after using Zhu Shenzui's homemade gunpowder, the musket's power and range were stronger than those tested by Zhao Da, and Zhu Shenzui was quite satisfied with this.
After the test firing, Zhu Shenzui put the musket away after cleaning it, which made Wang Jinwu feel very itchy.
After several rounds of shooting, Wang Jinwu already fell in love with this small and powerful firearm. Although the loading and shooting of the musket was more cumbersome than the bows and arrows he commonly used, he could not resist the fact that this musket was so powerful!
And if you prepare in advance, you can draw a gun and shoot, and the power is much greater than that of a bow and arrow. The advantage within a distance of more than ten steps is too great. No matter who the opponent is, they can't resist the musket fire.
"Hehe...Sixth brother...hehehe..." Wang Jinwu rubbed his hands together like a pig, his eyes wandering towards Zhu Shenzui's arms.
"Don't even think about it!" How could Zhu Shenzui not know what his cousin was thinking? He clearly wanted to ask for this musket.
It's not that Zhu Shenzui is stingy, Zhu Shenzui has only just acquired this musket, and it is of great use that he asked Zhao Da to build this musket.
It wouldn't be a big deal if Zhao Duoduo made a few of them and gave one to Wang Jinwu, but it was definitely not possible now.
"Brother Six, I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask..." Wang Jinwu licked his face and leaned closer, looking expectant.
"I have a use for this musket, so it's impossible to give it to you. Just wait a few days. I've already told Zhao Da that he will make a few more in the spring of next year. I can give you one by then. .”
"Brother Six, you are my brother! Hehe...hehehehe..." Wang Jinwu was overjoyed after hearing this. He rubbed his hands and laughed so hard that his teeth came out, and he almost danced in front of Zhu Shenzui.
Looking at his appearance, Zhu Shenzui also found it funny and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "Okay, we haven't been out for a long time. It's going to be dark today. Let's go back."
"Go back, go back, go back..." Wang Jinwu nodded repeatedly, happily followed Zhu Shenzui back, and returned to Wangjiacun a moment later.
When I got home, my uncle Wang Rong had come back. Besides Wang Rong, there were several other young men chatting together in the yard.
These young men are all from Wangjia Village, and one of them is Wang Chuer, whom Zhu Shenzui met before entering the village.
Seeing Zhu Shenzui coming back with Wang Jinwu, Wang Chuer and others quickly stood up and saluted Zhu Shenzui. Zhu Shenzui said with a smile, "We are here," and then looked towards his uncle Wang Rong.
Wang Rong nodded slightly to him, and Zhu Shenzui immediately understood and directly greeted everyone into the room.
In the room, my aunt had prepared the meal and put a pot of wine on the table. Seeing everyone coming in, her aunt smiled and went out first. Zhu Shenzui asked Wang Rong to sit down first, then sat on Wang Rong's left hand and invited everyone to sit down too. . Everyone responded and sat down around Zhu Shenzui and Wang Rong.
"We are leaving tomorrow, are you all ready?"
"Sixth Master, uncle has told us that everything is ready." Wang Chuer said with a smile. The other three men on the side also nodded repeatedly, saying that Sixth Master, don't worry, they are already ready and will set off tomorrow. Absolutely no problem.
No one is an outsider. Wang Rong is the senior one among the people here. The other two men, Wang Chuer and Wang Chuer, are junior members of the Wang family. They all call Wang Rong uncle.
As for Zhu Shenzui, he was the nephew of his uncle Wang Rong and a member of the Ming Dynasty clan. Even people of the same generation as Zhu Shenzui had to respectfully call him "Sixth Master" or "Sixth Brother" when meeting Zhu Shenzui.
Not only that, but more importantly, Zhu Shenzui's status in Wangjiacun.
Wang Rong of Wangjia Village is the patriarch of the Wang family, and he also has the title of Hundred Household. Wangjia Village is a military household, and Wang Rong's Hundred Household is the largest here.
All the villagers in Wangjia Village are either descendants of Wang Rong's clan or related to the Wang family. Even Zhao Da's craftsmen are not outsiders. One of the elders in the family, one of the grandmothers, is also named Wang.
But in fact, the real decision-maker in Wangjia Village is not Wang Rong, but Zhu Shenzui, who is known as the Sixth Master.
If it hadn't been for Zhu Shenzui, Wangjia Village would have been as hard to survive as some remote villages. It was just a heavy snowfall last winter. If Zhu Shenzui hadn't made arrangements early, I'm afraid the whole Wangjia Village would have survived. Less than half of them.
Zhu Shenzui has done a lot of things in Wangjia Village in the past two years. Wangjia Village is located in a remote area, and there is not much fertile farmland in the village. Even if he can go hunting in the mountains, there are countless preys, and he cannot make a living on this. village people.
More than two years ago, when Zhu Shenzui's father and brother had just passed away, Zhu Shenzui quietly sneaked out of Pingyang Mansion and visited Wangjia Village. He found his uncle Wang Rong and the two had a good chat behind closed doors.
I don’t know how Zhu Shenzui chatted with Wang Rong that night. Anyway, since that day, the peaceful Wangjia Village has undergone earth-shaking changes.
The biggest change is that Zhu Shenzui led the people of Wangjiacun out of this small village and started a "business" unknown to outsiders. Relying on this business, Wangjiacun's life gradually became much better, and it successfully survived last year's crisis. In winter, Zhu Shenzui also made a name for himself through the children of Wangjiacun, and with the help of his uncle Wang Rong, he recruited dozens of young and strong children from Wangjiacun.
