Ever since she hid in the camp last night and witnessed the terrifying fighting power of this Dongchang Tiqi team, Li Susu became deeply curious about this team.
His eyes were clear and agile.
On horseback.
The eldest lady of the Pingyao Escort Agency, who had traveled south and north, secretly looked at this team of Dongchang fans wearing brown clothes and pointed hats with curious eyes, and their surprisingly sophisticated muskets, which were full of enterprising spirit.
of young people.
And the young and heroic Master Shen.
She feels...
These fanzi are somewhat different from the heinous Dongchang in folklore.
And there is a huge difference!
This is not the storyteller in teahouses and taverns who likes the common people the most, and is the scoundrel of the court who tries to undermine upright officials in folklore.
This is clearly a group of well-equipped and well-trained officers and soldiers.
Gradually.
She seemed to have seen some clues.
The layers of these Tiqi's seemingly thin brown clothes are actually filled with added materials. They are not single clothes but a kind of cotton armor, which is just different from the standard cotton armor style of the Ming Dynasty's frontier army.
If you look carefully, it's really cotton armor.
It also looks very thick.
Moreover, the horses these people rode were also very strong and well-trained. It was obvious at a glance that they were high-quality Liaodong army horses, and there were excellent muskets placed in the saddle bags next to the saddles.
Compared with his own tattered firecracker, Li Susu couldn't help but pouted her little mouth and muttered in her heart, it was really irritating to compare people to each other.
all of these.
Li Susu felt that her thoughts were a little messy and her perception was reversed. Is this the Dongchang Tiqi or the Shenji Camp pretending to be?
The legendary heroic and invincible Daming Shenji Battalion is nothing more than that.
actually.
She thinks the main thing for these Dongchang Tiqi is good equipment. How much does it cost to equip such an elite Tiqi from head to toe?
This horse, this musket, this cotton armor...
She looked at Shen Lie and secretly admired in her heart: "This gentleman... is really willing to give up!"
You don’t have a few hundred taels of silver to get this thing!
Under Li Susu's curious gaze, the horse team walked leisurely.
There is still a long way to go from Datong Prefecture.
finally.
Li Susu's smart eyes fixedly looked at the peculiar flintlock gun in Shen Lie's hand, and looked at the gun mechanism and the dragon head made of flint.
She couldn't help but feel a little envious in her heart, but she wasn't too convinced. She unconsciously raised her mouth again and muttered in her heart.
"Isn't it just well-equipped?"
As long as you have this equipment.
So can she!
at this time.
Shen Lie was chatting with Li Chaohua when he saw that Miss Li was really curious and kept staring at the musket in her hand with her charming eyes.
Shen Lie simply handed over his flint-haired spear and asked her to take a closer look.
"Why?"
Looking at the handed musket, Li Susu was slightly stunned, and let out a soft cry in surprise, but she still couldn't help being curious, and reached out to take the musket.
Then she lowered her head and said softly: "Thank you, sir."
Shen Lie smiled and said, "No need to thank you, do you like it?"
The words fell.
Li Susu nodded instinctively: "Yes."
Shen Lie smiled slightly again and said calmly: "This fire gun... is given to you."
There was a sudden silence.
Li Susu instinctively reined in the horse, straightened her delicate body on the horse, and looked at the free and open-minded and heroic Master Shen.
Those clear and bright eyes lit up involuntarily.
"Why?"
She still couldn't believe it.
And aside.
Her brother was also taken aback, reined in his horse, and hurriedly refused: "This must never happen... little sister... don't mess around!"
Finished speaking.
He winked at the girl, his expression seemed to say, why don't you return the gun to Master Shen quickly? You can't accept such a precious gift.
This is a self-made firecracker!
This year and month.
Fireguns were contraband under strict official duties of the imperial court, and the control was the strictest in the Gyeonggi area, but when it came to Shanxi and Shaanxi, the imperial court was somewhat unable to control it.
Why?
As the sky is high and the emperor is far away, this place is not peaceful, especially for a large escort agency like Pingyao Escort Agency, which cannot be protected by soft bows and light arrows.
To save your life.
All the major escort agencies have to buy some contraband for self-defense, but it is impossible to buy firearms in the market. You can only buy them at the ghost market.
As a result, these muskets passed down from the West are extremely expensive. The Pingyao Escort Bureau spent a lot of money to get these second-hand matchlock guns!
How much silver taels is this brand new self-generated musket worth in Shanxi? If you don't spend hundreds of taels, you might not even be able to find it.
This is a rare thing that has a price but no market, but Mr. Shen gave it away casually.
This is too generous!
"Little sister!"
Li Chaohua became a little anxious and scolded: "Don't be rude!"
Under her brother's verbal reprimand, Li Susu was a little entangled, holding tightly to this precious self-generated fire gun and unwilling to let go.
It wasn't until her brother was really angry that she reluctantly returned him.
Shen Lie smiled slightly and said casually: "Take it, naturally, what Shen gave away will not be taken back. This gun is the military merit that Shen bought you."
The Tatar horse bandits who were killed by the Pingyao Escort Bureau last night were of no use to the Pingyao Escort Bureau. Those scalps were also recorded in Dongchang's account.
It sounds quite reasonable to say this.
Hear this.
Li Susu looked at her brother eagerly, with that pleading expression, which finally made Li Chaohua's heart soften and she said helplessly.
"That being the case...okay."
The words fell.
Li Susu smiled happily and said, "Thank you so much, brother."
Then.
She gave Shen Lie a grateful look, then lowered her head and started playing with it lovingly, tracing the blue barrel of the gun with her long fingers.
Shen Lie smiled slightly again.
He simply took off a cloth bag hanging from his waist.
Throw it over.
"then."
There were more than a dozen rounds of fixed gunpowder wrapped in oil paper in the bag, so I simply gave them all to her. The fixed gunpowder...
Anyone can do it.
"Um."
Taking the gunpowder bag in her hand, Li Susu's pretty face turned slightly red with anger, but she said cheerfully: "Thank you very much!"
Look at her like this.
Shen Lie felt comfortable in his heart, and he couldn't help but think of Bai Zhenzhen, a standard northern woman with a heroic appearance.
But she is much more straightforward than Little Lady Bai.
As the day progressed, the flow of people on the official road began to become denser again. Directly ahead, a mottled ancient city was visible in the distance.
Straightening up on the horse, Shen Lie murmured to himself as he looked at the big bronze cannons on the ancient city and various defense facilities that could not be seen in the capital.
"Datong Mansion, finally arrived."
Looking at this ancient city with strong military color from a distance.
Shen Lie's eyes flashed with a faint cold light.
In this day and age, this Datong Mansion is amazing.
It is the barrier of the entire Jin Dynasty, the gateway to the north of the Ming Dynasty, the chokepoint between Jin, Hebei and Mongolia, and borders Mongolia to the north across the Great Wall.