The question of who to go to can only be decided one step at a time.
After all, they are all on the move, and they can't just find whoever they want to join.
What's more, Liu Chengzong and others don't know whether they are lucky or not.
Maybe Li Bei found Wang Jiayin before he was found.
June 20 was approaching the deadline for the county government to deliver grain to Liu Chengzu.
Cai Zhongpan's brother-in-law Chen Ruji is back.
Perhaps because of a tacit understanding, Cai Zhongpan's mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, urged her eagerly on the way. She followed the grain transport team through Yijun County and urged Chen Ruji to get on the road quickly.
A group of more than ten people left the grain merchant team and hurried slowly on the road, arriving at Heilong Mountain ten days in advance.
No one expected that as soon as they arrived at Heilong Mountain, they would not be able to stay there any longer.
Chen Ruji was a little embarrassed and finally waited until Liu Chengzong returned to Heilong Mountain and hurried forward.
He could see that Liu Chengzong now had the final say in the mountains.
Feeling that he was walking a little too fast again, he turned back to retrieve a package, opened his hands and shouted: "Lion, my brother-in-law asked me to give you the gift I brought from Miyuan."
Things have been complicated recently, and Liu Chengzong cannot relax because of the pressure on his heart.
But when he heard that Cai Zhongpan asked Chen Ruji to bring a gift to Sanyuan, Liu Chengzong was still very happy. He took the package with a smile and asked, "Is it a book?"
The shape of the package should be three books.
"Yes, Mr. Kui Xin's Picture of Strange Weapons of the Far West said that it was published in the seventh year of Apocalypse. All three volumes had to be purchased separately. I almost couldn't buy it."
Mr. Kui Xin was the scholar Wang Zheng who summoned the gentry in Sanyuan to form a loyal army. Liu Chengzong heard Cai Zhongpan mention this name and happily accepted the book.
Wang Zheng was a big shot. The Jesuits established their church in Sanyuan and set up a church in his house. The loyal gentry only had more than a hundred armed men, but they had three red barbarian cannons of 1,500 kilograms, which were also cast under his guidance.
Then he looked at Chen Ruji suspiciously: "Brother Chen, are you okay?"
He and Chen Ruji were not close. Now Chen Ruji was standing beside him with a smile, and he must have something on his mind.
Chen Ruji thought for a while and stopped being coy. The two walked to the corner and said, "We are a family, so I won't be polite. I came back from Sanyuan and brought two wanted craftsmen with me. I originally wanted them to stay in Heilong Mountain." Stay.
But I heard what my brother-in-law said about Fourth Master, and I can’t stay in Heilongshan anymore. "
Liu Chengzong felt that this was nothing, so he nodded and said: "Hello, craftsman, let's go to Liujiazhuang. There is a lot of waste there, and the carpenters and masons can use it. We can still live even if we leave."
"They didn't commit any serious crime, but they just didn't finish the work assigned by the government. Their skills can't be used in daily life, so they can only work as blacksmiths."
Chen Ruji was a little confused: "I don't even know how to do carpentry or masonry."
Liu Chengzong was stunned. He paused for a moment before reacting: "Brother Chen, shouldn't you...bring me two military craftsmen?"
The kind that hits armor with bang bang bang?
Chen Ruji nodded slowly: "One person is called He Xin. He and his son were able to drill two of the blunderbuss tubes in the 25th day.
Another person called Shi Chengga. He had a share of the credit for Mihara's three Atlantic artifacts, but Mr. Kui Xin only taught him a set of rules about the width of the barrel. "
Liu Chengzong was stunned, the corners of his mouth slowly raised, and great joy surged into his heart.
To be precise, these two people are really useless.
The former father and son are skilled workers in drilling bores. Cao Yao told him that this is the most difficult part of making a musket. Whether the bore is drilled smoothly or not directly determines whether the musket is accurate and durable. .
A good gunsmith can drill out a gun barrel in a month.
The skill of drilling two blunderbuss tubes on the 25th, as long as the quality is acceptable, there is no doubt that he is an excellent craftsman.
But compared to the former, the latter is more powerful.
The rules about the width of the cannon body that Chen Ruji disliked were actually the secret of the Hongyi Cannon.
It is also the only weakness of Ming Dynasty artillery, module.
This set of modules, combined with China's local casting technology of iron core and copper shell, is equivalent to one of the best quality artillery in the world throughout the seventeenth century.
This is a family of two treasures. Liu Chengzong could not wait to hug Chen Ruji and kiss her fiercely.
"No problem, let them live a good life in Liujiazhuang. It doesn't matter if they don't know how to farm. I will give them food to support them."
Liu Chengzong agreed readily.
These two people are of little use for the time being. Even if he is given a red cannon, he can only throw it into a cave and hide it.
The Hongyi Cannon is too heavy and powerful in the battle to attack and defend the city. This determines that Liu Chengzong has not been able to use it in recent years.
As long as you attack and defend the city, you will inevitably fall into the dilemma of fighting a country with one corner.
Liu Chengzong thought very clearly that without the ability to counter-encirclement and suppression, establishing a base area would be a way to fight against a country in one corner, which would lead to death.
After all, it was not the guest soldiers who were encircling and suppressing the rebels, but the official army composed of local people in northern Shaanxi. They would not get lost on the mountain roads.
After settling his uncle's family, Yang Yanchang successively transported all the weapons into the city, and everyone settled their worries.
On June 22 of the second year of Chongzhen, Liu Chengzong, wearing a crown and official robe, dismounted at Nanguan outside the city.
He handed the red flag to his elder brother Liu Chengzu who was accompanying him.
The two brothers held hands with each other outside the city, just like a normal farewell.
He stood outside the moat and looked at the shacks of hungry people stretched to the ground.
Li Wanqing raised his head in the crowd and watched Liu Chengzong stop on the suspension bridge for a long time and disappear into the deep city gate.
When the undercurrent surges, everything in Yan'an Fucheng remains as usual.
The yamen servants and Minzhuang were listless in the sun. They walked through Wengcheng. In the deserted market, only the waiter at the tea stall greeted the passers-by for a bowl of water.
In front of the closed shop, Guo Zashi was pacing back and forth wearing a bamboo hat. Finally he saw his boss entering the city, and he went back and knocked on the closed wooden door of the shop a few times.
The shop was crowded with people. Nineteen men, including Cheng Yu, were squatting in the corner, leaning against the wall, and sitting at the counter.
As soon as Liu Chengzong came in, everyone stood up. Cao Yao spat out the melon seed peels in his mouth, with a nervous smile on his face: "Lion, shall we start?"
"Where are the weapons?"
"The six of you are under the counter. Feng Rui takes it out." After Cao Yao said that, he raised his hand and pointed to the backyard: "Ours was hidden in the hay cart in the backyard. We pushed it to the steps of the city wall and went straight up to rob the urn city and rob the city gate. building."
Team Cao's chief Feng Lun took out the wrapped large package from under the counter and placed it on the counter with a sound of gold and iron.
The package was spread out, containing more than a dozen weapons of various types.
Cai Zhongpan took out a double-barreled handgun, but his hand when pouring ammunition into it was not very stable. He shook his head in embarrassment and said, "I never thought that it would take twenty people to seize the city's defense."
Gao Xian took out the waist knife, and pulled off two more pieces of cloth to wrap the bow and arrows. One was carried on his back, and the other was wrapped with a wild goose wing knife, and tied to Guo Zashi's back: "Come on, let's carry the bow for your boss." knife."
Liu Chengzong picked up a pair of daggers and axes, weighed them in his hands, and hid each in the sleeves of his official robe.
He looked around at the crowd and said, "Brothers, be careful. Survive. We'll see you outside the city."
The door opened.
The sun slanted into the dark shop, and Liu Chengzong stepped out of the shadows.
From today on, they will wander around in the wilderness until the huge empire collapses.
