Chapter 171 Growth
Wu Yifeng did not worry about the letter, but took out a small object from his pocket and placed it in front of Li Junhua. Li Junhua picked it up and saw that it was a yellow and orange cylinder with a pointed top, but in a trance it seemed that he had seen this thing. After thinking about it, he finally remembered that it was a metal fixed-loading bullet.
Because of participating in the Northern Expedition, Li Junhua also knew a lot about the ordnance. Now the Imperial Army is still using the front-mounted flintlock smoothbore rifle that was popularized in the army twenty years ago. After several generations, it has developed, but the price has been reduced, the production speed is fast, and it is more standard. But it is still fundamentally the case, because the cost and large-scale use effect are not outstanding, and rifled rifles are not fully popular, and only hunters are using them in the army.
On the contrary, with the rise of the empire, hunting became a fixed entertainment project for the upper and even the middle class, and overseas provinces also faced indigenous threats, so rifled guns and rear-loaded guns have made great progress, because the reloading speed of rear-loaded guns is fast and can be loaded even when lying on the ground. For a period of time, I wanted to change the clothes, but was opposed by various departments.
Needless to say, the administrative and power departments that approve the money are not paid. They wish the army would not spend money and had to replace the existing equipment before it was damaged. But everyone knows that it is impossible. The flintlock smoothbore rifle is not the rifle machine guns in later generations. There is no problem of rifle wear. As long as it is properly maintained, it will not be a problem for three to five hundred years. It is simply a heirloom. At most, it can be replaced with some flintlock and other parts.
The grassroots military has many complaints about changing the back-loading guns. In the words of the officers: people eat with their mouths (meaning loading ammunition in front). If they cannot give orders from above, let’s change the enema (returning ammunition in the back). As a result, the change of the eddy was incomplete and became the emperor’s wishful thinking. Anyway, even if the flintlock gun was used, the empire would have the advantage over the enemy, so the emperor did not insist in the end.
However, the emperor paid attention to new technologies as always, and there was a lot of demand among the people. Therefore, the improvement and progress of guns have been carried out in an orderly manner. Among the guns used for royal hunting, there were fire hat rifled guns. I vaguely remember that at that time, the emperor said that he used metal to load bullets, and now the samples have been made, but it can be seen from the copper shells and exquisite workmanship that this thing must be expensive and cannot be widely popularized at this stage.
"What else did the emperor say?" Li Junhua asked after playing for a while.
Wu Yifeng shook his head, but his eyes lit up. Since he hadn't said anything, he must have said it before. Li Junhua thought so, and asked again: "When you were by the emperor, did the emperor say anything about this thing?"
"Have you ever been!" Wu Yifeng said, but the clouds and mountains were surrounded by mist. Wu Yifeng thought about it carefully and said: "The Central Army went north and passed through the Yanbei Appeasement Zone. The emperor and the many vassal ministers and guilds in the Yanbei Appeasement Zone. Do you remember that the imperial front only arranged for wrestling and horse racing. During this period, each tribe was allowed to liven up with singing and dancing, but the Mongolian princes and princes insisted on hunting."
"Of course I remember that I was there. A Taiji from Kalaqin also said that the greatest ability of the Mongols is to be good at fighting, and hunting is the entertainment closest to war." Li Junhua said.
"Yes, the emperor was already very tired at that time, but he had to agree with their request. When hunting, the emperor took out the bullet and said that in the future, he would create a kind of gun that could fire hundreds or thousands of bullets in the blink of an eye. That kind of gun could change the military situation in the grassland area. From then on, the greatest ability of nomadic peoples is no longer to be able to fight, but to be able to sing and dance."
Shichahai Villa.
Han Zhiwei was reading a book in the study when she suddenly heard a knock on the door. She stood up with expectation on her face, but the rush of knocking on the door made her clear that the person coming was not the one she wanted to see, but soon, the knocking turned into a kick to the door. Li Junwei's voice came from outside the door: "Han Zhiwei, are you here?"
"No!" Han Zhiwei said angrily, indeed, it was the annoying little fat man again.
"Since there is no one, I'm not polite." Li Junwei said angrily. Han Zhiwei had to open the door of the study and saw Li Junwei standing in front of her with a chuckling. She said unhappyly: "Why are you, the annoying guy?"
"Hate? I hate it! Tell you, I've grown up, no one has ever said I hate it. Everyone I know says I'm cute." Li Junwei shook his head, his fat flesh trembled, and his face was filled with smiles.
Han Zhiwei said bluntly: "You are just fat, not cute."
"I really can't speak, only people like my second brother will like troublesome women like you." Li Junwei was not really angry and fought back.
"What are you here? Didn't you come here just once yesterday?" Han Zhiwei sat on the chair, glared at Li Junwei, and asked angrily.
When Li Junhua went to war, he told Han Zhiwei that she had gone to the north with the army. Because of Pei Yuanqi, she got this opportunity. Before leaving, she said that she would let her younger brother visit and take care of her. At first, Han Zhiwei liked this sweet-mouthed little fat man, but after a long time, she understood that Li Junwei was not only vulgar, but also frivolous in his words. Although there was nothing irregular, Han Zhiwei just didn't like it. She didn't understand why Li Hua, who is also a child of the same family, has such a younger brother.
Li Junwei rolled his eyes and muttered, "Do you think I'm willing to come. I'm eager to come. I'm not here to deliver something to you."
"Why do you always come? Why don't you see Lin Zicheng?" Han Zhiwei asked again. Compared to this annoying little fat man, she hoped to see Lin Zicheng, hoping to learn about his father and others from him. However, since Li Hua left, Lin Zicheng has only been here once, and he still came with this little fat man. He sat down for a while and left.
"Oh, look at what you said, he doesn't come much, he has to avoid suspicion. He is also unmarried. If you get along with you for too much and create a stinky love triangle, how can we brothers get along in the future?" Li Jun said proudly, but what he said was the truth.
After hearing this, Han Zhiwei blushed in an instant: "What are you talking about? Believe it or not, I will tear your mouth apart!"
Li Junwei curled his lips disdainfully, picked up the snacks on the table and tasted them. It felt bad, so he put them back and habitually hid the bitten part inside. Han Zhiwei was even more furious when she saw it: "Lin Zicheng didn't come to avoid suspicion. Why didn't your brother let you avoid suspicion? Look at you, your words are frivolous, vulgar and savage. At a young age, a thief and prostitute must be your robber who deceived Li Hua's trust because of your young age. Li Hua is really inhuman."
Li Junwei was indifferent and said, "I am indeed not a gentleman, but I didn't lie to my second brother. He knew exactly what kind of virtue I was. Do you know why my second brother entrusts you to me, a lustful person?"
Seeing that Han Zhiwei didn't speak, Li Junwei said proudly: "Although I am lustful, I don't like women like you."
"What's wrong with me? Am I not pretty?" Han Zhiwei, who was so ridiculed, asked instinctively.
"Beautiful, very beautiful!" Li Junwei said seriously. Han Zhiwei was very satisfied, but the following words almost made her explode: "What's the point of being beautiful? It's the same when you turn off the lights. You don't have four taels of meat all over your body. You have a weird temper and have a lot of trouble. Only my second brother likes you."
"Get out, Li Wei, I don't want to see you again." Han Zhiwei said angrily.
Li Wei curled his lips and threw the deer-skin bag in his arms to Han Zhiwei: "This is my second brother's letter to you."
"Have you opened it?" Han Zhiwei was even more unhappy when she saw it had already opened it.
"Look." Li Junwei looked as if he were right: "The water is wet and the geese are plucked. Our Li family started out in business. With my hands, how could he not leave anything? To be honest, all the saints articles my second brother learned were used to write love letters, especially that sentence................hehehehehehehehehehehehe, don't hit people, oh, don't hit my cute face..."
Li Junwei was beaten out by Han Zhiwei in a few seconds. When Han Zhiwei closed the door, Han Zhiwei opened the deer-skin bag and carefully read the letter. However, Li Junwei called it a love letter, but it was essentially a letter with a clumsy travel notes.
After Li Junhua settled Han Zhiwei, he participated in the Northern Expedition. He originally wanted to use something at home as an excuse, but he couldn't stand Han Zhiwei's several inquiries. He could only tell half the truth and participated in the Northern Expedition, but he pretended to be Pei Yuanqi's relationship and went in the name of student representatives of the Royal Academy. This is not uncommon in the history of the Imperial War. For example, during the Battle of the Three Emperors, the Empire organized representatives from all walks of life to work in the front line to let the rear know the hard work of the front line and let the soldiers feel the expectations of the people. The effect is very good. However, considering that he lived in Pei Yuanqi's villa, Han Zhiwei did not think much.
Because it was wrong from the beginning, Li Junhua didn't say anything specifically in the letter. The whole article was based on his footsteps and the journey was described step by step. The lonely, bitter and cold winter in the northern desert, the bloody and dirty front-line battlefield, the sadness of marching, the joy of victory and the boredom in leisure were all written on paper. Whenever there was a unique scenery, Li Junhua would always add a sentence "I want to take you here to see it." Whenever he was lonely and helpless, he always wanted Han Zhiwei to be by his side. This heavy letter seemed to have made her personally go to the battlefield, feel the magnificence and cruelty of the war, and feel the sorrow and sorrow in it.
Han Zhiwei felt that Li Junhua had longing for her and even relied on her, but she also felt that the boy's concept was gradually drifting away from her. Once upon a time, the two loved peace, but in this letter, she had clearly felt that the other party had a new understanding that only war can create peace, and only victory can protect peace.
Chapter completed!