Hua Zhang said goodbye to Sister-in-law Shen. He felt that he was getting married. He was overjoyed. He secretly thought that it was different to follow the leader of the team. Suddenly a matchmaker came to help him arrange it. He couldn't believe that he would be married in a few months. He hugged his wife. He grinned and walked towards the barracks. Halfway there, he met Jiang Chong who was wandering in the village.
"Jiang Chong! Jiang Chong!" Hua Zhang ran to Jiang Chong and said loudly: "I'm telling you a great thing!"
Jiang Chong was wandering there with a weed in his mouth. When he turned around and saw Hua Zhang, he asked casually: "What's the big deal?"
"A matchmaker came to introduce me to my marriage!" Hua Zhang smiled happily and said: "My father has been worried for two years, but before I was poor, no one took care of me. Now the leader of the team pays me a monthly salary. There was a matchmaker who helped me arrange it."
Jiang Chong spat out the weeds and spat: "With thirty taels of monthly money, of course a money-grubbing matchmaker is eyeing you!"
Hua Zhang touched his head and said: "What do you mean by a money-grubbing matchmaker? She is helping me introduce my wife. Jiang Chong, don't you want to get married as soon as possible?"
Jiang Chong said: "I thought before, but now I'm not in a hurry! Mrs. Shen just found me, and I ignored her!"
"Sister-in-law Shen is also looking for you? Why don't you let her find a wife for you?"
Jiang Chong glared at Hua Zhang and said: "Hua Zhang, you are stupid. Your family is still poor now. There are only three taels of silver in the box at home and there are only two shabby houses in the house. What kind of beautiful girl can the matchmaker introduce to you? Just find one. The ugly daughter-in-law is good for you! But we get three or two months a month. If you are not in a hurry to get married, wait two years and save dozens of taels of silver to buy a decent house, such as a building built by a team leader. A small villa! The conditions are suddenly different! With a small villa, money at home, and such a high monthly salary, aren’t you free to choose girls from all over the country?”
Hearing Jiang Chong's words, Hua Zhang suddenly felt as if he was enlightened. He stood there hesitating for a long time and said holding his breath: "Jiang Chong, what you said makes sense!"
Jiang Chong glanced at Hua Zhang and said: "Besides, think about it, we are the first batch of soldiers of the guard team!" After a pause, Jiang Chong said slowly: "Those rifles you guard the team leader, kill The enemy is hundreds of steps away. When the time comes, making military exploits will be like playing. Do you think the leader of the team will only be a hundred households in the future? I don’t think a thousand households can stop it. When the time comes, the leader of the team will expand the team, and we veterans will I have a chance to become an officer!"
Jiang Chong looked at Hua Zhang and said, "I heard from the platoon leader that his monthly salary is sixty taels of silver! Think about it, if we were lucky enough to become the platoon leader and have sixty taels of silver monthly, we would be able to find many handsome girls. Being a daughter-in-law? How can it compare with your hurry to find an ugly wife?"
Hua Zhang was told the whole story by Jiang Chong, and he turned into a big red face. After thinking for a long time, Hua Zhang blushed and said: "Jiang Chong, you are right! If I hadn't listened to you, I wouldn't have applied for the recruitment management. Where is Mr. Team’s servant! I listen to you! Then I’ll go talk to Mrs. Shen and tell her that I’m not looking for a wife for the time being!”
When Jiang Chong heard what Hua Zhang said, he smiled and said nothing more.
By mid-October, Li Zhi already had one hundred and thirty Minie rifles in his hands.
Li Zhi used these rifles to arm a company of 125 people. The remaining rifles were distributed to several battalion commanders to familiarize them with the weapons. They obtained this magical weapon that can kill people from hundreds of steps away. , soldiers and officers regarded them as treasures, and their morale increased greatly.
Li Zhi asked the company equipped with Mini rifles to only build the city wall for half a day every day, and the remaining half of the day went to the training ground to practice formation and the shooting range to practice target shooting.
Rifle shooting and formation are both easy things to learn. After practicing for more than half a month, by early November, the company's shooting was able to hit the target 90% of the time at a distance of 300 meters, and the formation was also well practiced.
Zheng Kaicheng didn't understand why the soldiers were asked to practice formation.
"Sir, you asked these soldiers to practice walking in unison, looking to the right, and practicing so neatly that the movements of a company are like one person. It seems to have nothing to do with the battle. There must be some hidden meaning!"
Zheng Kaicheng is very good at talking. Although he is expressing his doubts, his questioning sounds like flattery.
Li Zhi glanced at Zheng Kaicheng and smiled: "Kaicheng, you have to know that our troops are different. We use rifles and do not emphasize the bravery of individual infantry, but use arrays to shoot. In this case, do the soldiers
Observing discipline becomes the key to combat effectiveness! I ask soldiers to train in formation, and what I practice is their discipline!"
Zheng Kaicheng raised his hands and said, "Listening to what you say is better than ten years of reading!"
Li Xing stood aside and said: "Zheng Kaicheng, how can you be so elegant! You look like a scholar!"
Zheng Kaicheng was about to explain when he heard Li Zhi say: "Li Xing, don't think others are polite! You still don't know a few words!"
Li Xing held his head high and said: "I am illiterate, but I don't want to take the exam for merit!"
Li Zhi said: "Start tomorrow and find a teacher to teach you how to read. Recognize ten characters every day and learn 1,500 characters in half a year. At least you must be able to understand notices and documents." After a pause, Li Zhi looked to the side again.
The other two battalion commanders Zhong Feng and Li Laosi who were watching the excitement said: "You two also need to learn to read. I will check you in half a year."
"Brother, your demands are getting higher and higher!"
Li Zhi scolded: "Don't be lazy and uneducated. How will you deliver orders and lead troops to fight if you can't read?"
"Okay, I'll learn!"
After hearing Li Zhi's words, the three battalion commanders agreed. Zheng Kaichen could write already and did not need to learn anymore. He stood aside somewhat proudly.
Li Zhi added: "You four battalion commanders should pay attention to observation at ordinary times, or entrust the company commander to observe, and promote those soldiers who are smart and responsible, and have outstanding performance in training and labor to squad leaders. Each squad leader will be in charge of seven or eight people.
The monthly payment will be increased by one to four taels per month."
Li Xing replied: "Okay, big brother! The person who was promoted will probably go crazy with joy!"
Zheng Kaicheng cupped his hands and replied: "Okay! Sir!"
Li Laosi and Zhong Feng hurriedly said: "I understand! Sir" "I understand! Sir!"
After practicing in formation for an hour, the soldiers left the training ground and moved to the shooting range to start shooting training. The soldiers of this company had been practicing for twenty days and fired twenty shots every day. The soldiers' shooting was precise and they could shoot hundreds of meters.
The target outside crackled, and the reloading speed increased from one round in half a minute half a month ago to three rounds in one minute now.
Li Zhi's troops used fixed gunpowder technology.
This technology is simple to say, and it has been widely used in the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. However, in the Ming Dynasty, soldiers put the gunpowder and bullets required for a single shot into a paper bag, and when using it, they first bit the paper bag and poured a little
The gunpowder goes to the gunpowder pool, and then the remaining gunpowder and bullets are stuffed into the barrel of the gun. People do not use paper bags, but put the gunpowder and bullets used for one shot in bamboo tubes, which is called Zaohe.
This loading method ensures rapid shooting of the front-loading rifle.
As a time traveler, Li Zhi would of course use this advanced charging method. He chose thick oil paper to wrap bullets and gunpowder.
Li Zhi and the four battalion commanders watched the shooting range for a while, and they were all excited about the powerful firepower of this company. Zhong Feng licked his lips and said, "Sir! This Mini rifle is too powerful. One soldier can fight a hundred soldiers."
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Li Zhi smiled and said: "What you said is too exaggerated! Do you want to lead troops into battle?"
Zhong Feng said loudly: "Think about it, I used to think that martial arts was the most important thing on the battlefield, but now that I have your mini rifle, I know that weapons and equipment are the most important thing. Bringing such a powerful force into battle will
Even if you face the Tatars, you are not afraid!"
Li Xing also said excitedly: "Yes, brother, we have such weapons and we are not afraid of the Tatars! If the Tatars come to rob again like they did five years ago, we will destroy them!"
