The Li family's iron factory gave up the iron pot and the iron needle was manufactured without stopping work. On the contrary, the fire burned more vigorously. The craftsmen left behind in the first round of poaching were generally improved and turned their skills to other handmade productions, such as weapons!

At that time, the iron products in the south were the most famous. Due to the relationship between mineral quality and other supporting conditions, if we talk about daily necessities, it would be better than broad, but when it comes to making weapons, it would be better than broad. Although the Lijia Iron Factory hired a master from Foshan, the iron tools produced were still worse than similar products in Foshan. The craft level of the two regions was the result of generations or even more than ten generations of people, and it would be possible to turn the world around in a year or two. However, when Lijia Iron Factory changed its weapons, it would be better for the right time, place, and people.

At the beginning, the Li Family Iron Factory mainly produced ordinary weapons such as bows and arrows, waist knives, and mainly equipped the Beiyouxi Machinery Corps and supplied the Fujian official army system. However, after Li Baldou invited Japanese sword-casting masters and obtained the bird gun manufacturing skills of the Folang machine, the Li Family Iron Factory began to appear in secret workshops, which imitated Japanese long swords and even bird guns!

The Iron Factory Secret Works imitated the Japanese sword five years ago and the bird gun two years ago. Li Yanzhi attached great importance to this and allocated a large amount of funds to reward the developers of related craftsmen, especially those who can be unique and improve the weapon craftsmanship. Therefore, the production skills of the Lijia Iron Factory are better than those of one year, and the weapons produced are also constantly improving.

Some of the swords and guns produced in the Secret House are kept for their own use, while some are sold through the underworld. Imitation of Japanese swords mainly flows into the domestic market. The gentry and merchants of the Ming Dynasty have a strong atmosphere to collect Japanese swords. If the Japanese swords produced in the Secret House are of the best quality, they will not have to worry about sales. As for the demand for bird guns, it is even greater, especially overseas. If they are exquisitely made and can be used, they can almost sell as much as they are made, and the profit is quite high.

The long swords that Li Yanzhi took out from the Zhige Pavilion Secret Repository were all products of his own iron factory, but the five bird guns were all imported. After they left the city, they walked to the east gate and found the place where the soldiers were killed as the city defense officer said. As a result, there was a pile of blood on the ground and seven or eight discarded weapons. Li Yanzhi asked about the details at that time. Several officers and soldiers who escaped after leaving the city were hesitant. After Li Yanzhi's careful interrogation, they showed some whispers. It turned out that they and the victims were out of the city. After their companions were killed, they were so scared that they lost their weapons and fled into the city. Li Yanzhi snorted and said to himself: "If I were the chief, all of these people would have to be dealt with by military law!"

The murdered soldier fell into the moat when he was killed, but his body was still soaked in the water. Li Yanzhi sent someone to salvage the body, inspect the wounds in detail, and asked Lu Fuli, a student of Geguan, the escort leader, and Lu Yanda, "What do you think?"

Lu Fuli has been an old student who has been in Zhige Pavilion for more than three years and has a deep understanding of martial arts. When Li Liangqin arrived in Fuzhou, he also agreed with his understanding. At this time, he looked at the body carefully and said, "It was the wound caused by the Japanese sword! It seems that it is a Japanese pirate!"

Li Yanzhi said, "The wound was caused by the Japanese sword, but the person who attacked it may not be the Japanese pirates."

Lu Yanda said, "This knife makes it clean and neat, and ordinary bandits are afraid that they don't have this ability. In my opinion, if the perpetrators have not learned our Jingchu fencing technique, they will probably be Japanese warriors." He was the first veteran of the Beiyouxi Craft Corps. Now he is a person who can independently lead a team of 100 people. He knows less theoretical knowledge than Lu Fuli, but his vision is even more mature.

Li Yanzhi's opinion was similar to Lu Yanda, and he murmured: "It seems that there are really Japanese devils!" A little desire surged in his heart, his palms were itchy, and he intended to try the martial arts he had learned for ten years! He also asked the witnesses at that time which direction the group of Japanese pirates were going, but some said they were going southeast, and some said they were going south, but they were inconsistent. Li Yanzhi thought to himself: "Why are these officers and soldiers so amateur? Even if I have not graduated from the Zhige Pavilion, I will not be able to figure out such a key thing!"

He brought people to the south first, and asked Lu Fuli to take people to the southeast. He asked the villagers along the way to ask the farmers and farmers. Soon, news came from Lu Fuli, saying that someone had seen a group of strange people dressed in costumes heading to Gushan in the southeast. Li Yanzhi quickly led people to meet up and arrived near Gushan. On the way, several more bodies were found, but they were all murdered passers-by. Looking at the wound, it was also injured by the Japanese sword.

When Lu Fuli saw his compatriots being killed, he cursed and led the students to follow the knowledge of chasing the enemy taught by Zhigeguan, he took a big stick and pulled grass along the way to prevent the Japanese pirates from ambushing. When he walked halfway up the mountain, a Japanese suddenly jumped out and stood more than ten steps away and shouted. The students and the guards quickly set up a formation. Lu Yanda led ten guards to set up sword formations and shields to squat. Lu Fuli led ten students to open their bows and arrows in the middle. After the archers, five guards held bird guns to wait for the enemy.

Li Yan said straight: "Don't panic! Ask clearly first!" There are students in the Six Art Hall who specialize in foreign languages ​​and dialects. Sometimes foreigners will come to visit. Due to the practical environment, Li Yanzhi has also learned a lot of Japanese dialects in recent years, including Cantonese and Folang Ji language, Japanese dialect and Cantonese, and there is no obstacle to speaking. Even if Folang Ji language is spoken slowly, he can understand 30 to 40%. At this time, he listened carefully, but what Kou said was indeed Japanese dialect, but his accent was very strong. Li Yanzhi analyzed it carefully and understood that he was warning that there was a group of people approaching and asking everyone to be careful.

"It's indeed a Japanese pirate!" Li Yan heard this without any doubt.

Huang Beixing, the leader of the five bird gunners, asked: "Three Young Master, do you want to shoot?" He was a hunter in the Youxi Mountains and was good at using muskets. Later, after Li Yanzhi introduced the bird gun, he became one of the oldest bird gunners among the aircraft.

Li Yan said straight: "Let's go." But he pointed to the Japanese who was shouting on the roadside and shouted in Japanese dialect: "Who are you? What are you doing here!"

The Japanese man heard Li Yan ask in Japanese dialect and was surprised and happy. He took two steps and shouted, "Are you a friend?"

Most of the guards and students couldn't understand what he was saying, so they aimed the arrow and gun, and the swordsman was ready to go! Jiang Yifan also spoke Japanese dialect, and shouted when he saw them, "Stop!" and said, "This is Li Xiaolian, who was ordered to come and wipe out you Japanese bandits!" He was very talented, and he spoke better than Li Yanzhi in both Japanese dialect and Folangji dialect.

The Japanese heard this and cried out, and hid in the bushes.

Jiang Yifan shouted: "Let's hear it! If you don't want to die under the arrows, just walk out and surrender! Otherwise, it will be too late for you to surrender once the bird gun is fired!"

The scene calmed down for a moment. After a while, a head was poked out from the woods. It was the Japanese man just now. He heard him shouting: "Our leader said that we are here to do business, but you Tangren have no credit and don't pay for the goods! Go away quickly! Don't annoy us, and you will die a few more people in vain!"

When Jiang Yifan heard this, he said angrily: "This Japanese slave is so rude!"

Lu Fuli moved his strong bow slightly, aimed at the Japanese man, and shot him at the top of his head. He hit the arrow, which penetrated into his hair, but did not hurt him. This was called establishing authority! The Japanese slave thought he was hit by an arrow, and ran back to the woods. Only then did he realize that he was afraid.

After a while, the sound of leaves sounded, and five Japanese slaves screamed and blew out, waving their swords. A few steps behind them were another group of people, about twelve or three people rushed towards them, and the five leaders exposed their arms, and the long sword shone with sunlight, showing great power. If they met other troops, they might be scared. Once they rushed into the formation, they would slash them randomly. Although ten times more people could be defeated, unfortunately they met Li Yanzhi!

Li Liangqin had studied the sword techniques of Japanese samurai more than ten years ago. Over the years, Li Yanzhi and his subordinates had more dealings with the Japanese. There were even Japanese samurai in Chinese costumes serving in the air force. They had many exchanges and knew the length of Japanese samurai. How could they be scared by them at this time? At a command, five bird gunners fired together, and bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang over the years. One Japanese slave was shot three times at the same time and fell to the ground to death. The other Japanese slave was hit on the shoulder, but he insisted on rushing with injuries. The last shot was empty.

The two sides were only more than ten steps apart, and it was too late to put on lead if they failed to hit Li Yan's order. Without waiting for Li Yan to directly give the order, fifteen people fired arrows together. Two of the Japanese fell down, but one was lucky to be injured. Although the Japanese who had injured his shoulders shot another arrow on their feet, they still jumped up and fought desperately. At this time, the difference between the guards who had been through the battlefield and the top students in Zhige Pavilion appeared. Although Lu Fuli and others had received strict training, they saw the two Japanese pounce.

Within three steps, the white blade may have been added, but it still seemed a little panic. The guards had gone to the battlefield to fight bandits and experienced life and death. At this time, they were calm. Two people had already prepared a big rope to see the uninjured Japanese running in the front. They were right and there was a cat pounce on them. The rope straightened the Japanese knee, and the Japanese fell to eat shit. He struggled to get up, but he was pointed at the vital point by several long swords.

The Japanese slave, who was shot in the left shoulder and shot in the right foot, was one step behind. Although he saw his companion being restrained, he still rushed forward habitually. Although he was injured, his face was ferocious and seemed even more fierce than the uninjured Japanese!

Li Yanzhi had already pulled out a long sword in his hand, and went out from the crowd, swung the sword and hit his wrist, and hit the ground with a snap. The sword was swift and simple, which was the essence of Jingchu's fencing technique! Lu Fuli and others cheered when they saw it! Although the Japanese were brave, they couldn't help but be shocked when they saw this move. They softened their right foot, knelt on the ground, and shouted in their mouths: "Good sword technique! Good sword technique!"

Li Yanzhi smiled slightly and said, "Don't make things difficult for him." Then four guards left to guard the two, but he led the others to chase the remaining Japanese pirates who were running away.

It turned out that although there were eighteen people in this group, the most elite were the five warriors who rushed to the front. At this time, the five vanguards were wiped out. The leader saw him behind him and knew that he would be defeated but not defeated with the group, so he hurriedly took his people to escape.

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Note: There were many private soldiers in the local area in the Ming Dynasty, even more so after the middle and late periods. Most of these private soldiers brought their own weapons, and their weapons were mostly offensive, but the government did not pay much attention to it. For example, during the Chenghua period, the Hedong Salt Gang actually used artillery, crossbows, and chariots that they made (or purchased) when they helped the government forces fight. The government seemed to have a default attitude towards the existence of this type of force, probably because of the relatively insufficient local administrative capabilities and the civil forces were too active, so they could not control it. As long as they did not publicly oppose the government, officials, especially local officials, would not be willing to cause trouble.

In the mid-Ming Dynasty, the system of the garrison declined, and it became almost a common phenomenon that the unit combat effectiveness of private soldiers surpassed that of officers and soldiers. If there were no corresponding channels and opportunities in private soldiers, they would be unknown throughout their lives or conflicts with government troops, resulting in a life-and-death ending, such as private soldiers from Southeast China merchants. If there were corresponding channels and opportunities, they might become a supplement to the government's regular army, such as the wolf soldiers in Guangxi and the white-rod soldiers in Sichuan.

Although Qi Jiguang recruited soldiers and Li Chengliang's iron cavalry were all affiliated with the government army, the private army tasted very strong, which exceeded the scope of the orthodox military system of the Ming Dynasty - the wei sect system, and even conflicted with the wei sect system. In the late Qi and Li periods, these two armies were no longer able to exist as "supplement". The court actually wanted to use it but could not change the wei sect system and could not generally implement the new recruit system. Then the status of these two was embarrassing. Because they had no institutional guarantee, the generals would prosper if they got the person, and if they didn't get the person, they would lose things. If they didn't get the person, they would make great contributions. If they didn't get the person, they would cause great disaster.

Therefore, the recruits eventually declined, and the Liaodong Iron Cavalry and its changing body have been relatively recruiting. However, in the eyes of the Beijing Central Committee, this combat power does not belong to the "safe military" within the garrison system. Although it has made great contributions, the commander is easily jealous of the court. Because it has abnormalities in the distortion of the system, it is difficult to describe the responsibility for the demise of the Ming Dynasty. These are all new recruits, new recruits, new tactics, and new situations have all appeared, and the old system is still rigid and unwilling to die! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!