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On June 22nd, Zhang Zhun brought Ma Yi and several others to Queqiao Bay.

Mawan to the west of Fushan Mountain is Jiaozhou Bay in later generations, which is a natural safe haven. Queqiao Bay and Heilong Bay are both natural ports, less than twenty miles away from Fushan City. Such a distance can be reached in half an hour of running, which is so close.

At present, the sailor team led by Yang Guohua is stationed in Partridge Bay. The original pirate ship is now moored in Partridge Bay. Because there is no weapon, even if the pirate ship goes to sea, it will not be able to fight. It can only be parked in the port for the time being, waiting to go to sea again one day.

Yang Guohua and the sailors welcomed Zhang Zhun's arrival.

After being assigned to the fields, Yang Guohua and his pirates lived and worked in peace. They used to live under Liu Xiang's hands, and were homeless people and had no worries. In fact, the dreams of each pirate are almost the same, that is, to accumulate a sum of money, return to their hometown, buy a few acres of land, marry a beautiful wife, and then live a peaceful life. Now, their dreams have been realized halfway in Fushan: the fields are already there. This has forced them to have a strong sense of belonging to Fushan.

During the chat, Zhang Zhun casually said, "Old Yang, do you want to Jiangnan?"

Yang Guohua hesitated for a moment and said insincerely: "I don't want to."

Zhang Zhun looked at the other person with a bright look, shook his head and said, "Then you are forgetting your roots. You don't even want your own hometown, I believe you."

Yang Guohua was speechless.

It is false to say that they don’t want their hometown. Who doesn’t want their hometown? Especially during festivals, their thoughts are even stronger. Otherwise, what the ancients said, “I am alone in a foreign land and I miss my family more during festivals. For example, on the Dragon Boat Festival just passed, they missed their families very much. However, they are now in this way and have no face to go back to their hometown. Just like many people’s thoughts, they are unwilling to go back before making a name for themselves. They feel that they have no face to go back.

Zhang Zhun said affirmatively: "Don't worry, within five years, I will let you lead a powerful fleet and return to your hometown in Jiangnan in gloriously."

Yang Guohua was immediately overjoyed.

Zhang Zhun spoke firmly, but there was no reason to doubt.

Yang Guohua fully admires Zhang Zhun's ability. Just look at the power of the Hu Ben Gun. Who could imagine that Zhang Zhun could invent such a powerful musket? In terms of power, it is simply not a musket, and the cannon is almost the same!

Yang Guohua said excitedly: "If it was five years, from now on, we would have to train troops."

Zhang Zhun said intentionally or unintentionally: "Zheng Zhilong and the others are not easy to deal with, right?"

Yang Guohua said honestly: "It is indeed difficult to deal with. Zheng Zhilong's men have more than 100 warships, the large ones are equipped with thirty or forty cannons, and the small ones are also prepared to have more than a dozen. There are also hundreds of semi-armed merchant ships, and the ships are also equipped with artillery. The trade between South China and Japan is basically monopolized by Zheng Zhilong. Even Yan Siqi and Yang Tiansheng cannot interfere in Japan's trade."

Zhang Zhun asked with interest: "Zheng Zhilong, Yan Siqi, and Yang Tiansheng... Is the relationship between the three of them very good?"

Yang Guohua shook his head and said, "Of course not good. Especially Yan Siqi, he has coveted Japan's business for a long time, but Zheng Zhilong just doesn't interfere with him. Therefore, he has a lot of resentment towards Zheng Zhilong. Yang Tiansheng actually wanted to interfere in Japan's business, and was eventually turned away by Zheng Zhilong. He also has resentment towards Zheng Zhilong. However, the two of them together cannot beat Zheng Zhilong, so they have to give up."

He briefly introduced that among the three, Yan Siqi and Yang Tiansheng had the closest relationship, and often fought against Zheng Zhilong together, trying to win more benefits for himself as much as possible. However, the three people united to fight against other pirate leaders and safeguard the interests of the three people. The total number of warships of all sizes and sizes owned by the three people was six or seven hundred, and thousands of armed merchant ships. Other pirate leaders were not their opponents at all. Even the Red-haired Ghost (Dutch) warships from the West did not dare to challenge them head-on.

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "I am just trying to tell you that from now on, we must train troops according to the rules. I will come to check once a month. If you have any needs, you can come to me at any time."

Yang Guohua said with some embarrassment: "But without cannons, how can we practice?"

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "There is no cannon for the time being."

The two Folang cannons should be placed at the top of Fushan City. The main purpose is to stabilize people's hearts. The second is the key. Every military household is more at ease when they see cannons on the top of the city. This is completely psychological, but it must be taken seriously.

As for casting cannons by yourself... it's too far...

It takes a lot of copper to cast cannons, but the entire Shandong region is seriously short of copper. Not to mention that there is no copper mine in the nearby Laoshan, there is no copper mine even further away from Dengzhou Prefecture, Qingzhou Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture, and Yanzhou Prefecture. In fact, the entire China is seriously short of copper. Therefore, copper coins become currency.

If there is no copper, the cast cannons are more rigid and tough, and they are not strong enough, and they are easy to explode. The steel these days, no matter how the smelting method is improved, the overall quality of the steel is still not satisfactory. The chamber pressure of the cannon and the chamber pressure of the Hu Ben gun are completely different. As long as there is a problem in a weak position, the consequences will be unimaginable. Historical practice has proved that the most durable artillery is a bronze cannon.

Besides, Zhang Zhun could not bear the cost of casting cannons. It is good to make a 100-steel steel, but the cost is too high. The barrel used to make a Hu Ben gun can barely bear it, but if it is used to make a 100-steel steel, Zhang Zhun could not bear it. The cannon cast with 100-steel steel, probably the cost of raw materials alone would cost thousands of taels of silver. A cannon would be more than a thousand taels of silver, so it would be better to kill Zhang Zhun. Where did so much silver come from?

Yang Guohua said expectantly: "Can we be equipped with tiger guns?"

Yang Guohua and others also participated in the battle of Baisha River, but they did not carry artillery, which was a real micro-subtitle. The lethality of the Hu Ben gun left a very deep impression on them. Yang Guohua firmly believed that even at sea, the Hu Ben gun's ultra-long-distance range was very useful.

In the past few days, artillery battles have become more and more popular. Before the warships approach, they keep firing and firing, but they are still fighting to fight to the death, and jumping to fight. Jump from one ship to another, and use hand-to-hand combat or musket shooting to complete all the opponent's crew. This kind of fighting method did not basically disappear until the 19th century. If there is a tiger gun, it will undoubtedly be like a tiger and greatly enhance its fighting ability.

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said, "The Hu Ben gun is still too long and is not suitable for sea ships to float and fight, so it needs to be improved."

This is also the truth. The current Hu Ben gun is too long and can only be used on land. On a swaying warship, it is not easy for the crew to be stable, not to mention holding such a long Hu Ben gun in both hands. Moreover, loading is also a huge problem. Maybe a wave hits and shakes his hands and doesn't know where the gunpowder will be spread. Besides, aiming is also a troublesome. If you don't aim and concentrate your firepower to queule the gun, there is no such space on the ship. Even if the deck is full of people, it will only be dozens of people.

Yang Guohua thought for a while and said tactfully: "What if it was a short musket?"

Zhang Zhun's eyes lit up slightly, thinking that this proposal was good.

The musket is not only the type of Hu Ben Gun. Short musket is also one of them, and it was widely used in later generations. It is not technically difficult to transform the Hu Ben Gun into a short musket. On the contrary, the short musket is easier to ensure quality because the barrel is only a few inches long, and it is less difficult to process.

At that time, each sailor will be equipped with two to three short muskets, which will greatly enhance the ability to fight on the sidelines. When short wars are connected, the role of short muskets is unquestionable. You can see that after watching the later blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean". Almost every sailor is equipped with at least two short muskets.

Moreover, the current short muskets are all smoothbore guns, with a range of only twenty or thirty meters. If the Hu Ben gun is converted into a short musket, it also has rifle and the range must be about fifty meters. The power is much stronger than that of ordinary smoothbore short muskets. In fact, the Ming Dynasty also had its own short muskets, and there is also a very good name called the Hawk-mouth musket. Unfortunately, the performance is really not very good, and it is still fired by a fuse.

Ji Yuqing's guards are equipped with short muskets. According to technical speculation, they should be smoothbore guns, with range and lethality not as good as those with rifled short muskets. If you can change the Hawk-beak gun to a rifled barrel, use Minnie bullets, and use flint firing at the same time, the performance should be greatly improved.

After pondering for a while, Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice: "This can be considered."

Yang Guohua was overjoyed.

With the help of short muskets, their chances of winning will be greatly increased in the future. The increase in combat power means that more and more enemies will be killed and more rewards will be received from the military field. The future will be brighter and brighter.
Chapter completed!