Chapter 073 Weapons and Equipment

After the silver was spent, Zhao Wenxuan's Ming Dynasty officers and Lin Zimo's righteous bravery were recruited one after another. The people of Pingnan County and Gui County are more willing to join the brave than the army. The reason why they are willing to participate in volunteerism and are enthusiastic is very simple, which is two words: profit-seeking. After all, people die for money and birds die for food; that's why there is no profit.

The silver obtained by the officers and soldiers is not only less than that of Yiyong, but also the date of distribution is still very untimely. In terms of silver money, the eyes of the people are bright. After all, it is clear that their master Lin Zimo took out a lot of silver and land to comfort those soldiers who were disabled and killed in battle after defending Pingnan County. For them, this is an additional layer of protection. Even if they hang their heads on their belts, they will willingly rush to do it.

Chu Erlang was promoted by Lin Zimo as the leader of the first 100-person team. His plan to make Gao Xiang the leader of another brave 100 team failed. He and Wang Qiang are both on the left and right of Lin Zimo. Even if he is only a doorman of Lin Mansion, he is very willing to do so. The two people's thoughts are actually very simple: the scholar dies as a confidant.

From the beginning, Lin Zimo's idea was to let Gao Xiang and Wang Qiang complement each other's shortcomings in order to better improve their martial arts. However, it really echoes the old saying: a foot has its own length and an inch has its own shortness. Gao Xiang's close martial arts really showed no sign of progress, and Wang Qiang's bow and arrow skills have not improved at all. In the end, Lin Zimo let them return to what they were good at.

Just night, Zhao Wenxuan and the four officers and soldiers who followed him came to Lin's house with one object in their arms. Lin Zimo, who saw his intention, immediately asked Ji Xiaojuan to call Wang Qiang and Gao Xiang to the front hall. The two of them quickly walked into the front hall and waited for their master's instructions.

"I followed my brother's intention and specially asked Wang Qiang, the best blacksmith in Pingnan County, to make a good knife and a pair of superior lock armor with more than ten pieces of fine steel." Zhao Wenxuan, sitting on the chair, drank two mouthfuls of tea, motioned his two soldiers to put things in front of Wang Qiang, and said calmly.

Wang Qiang, with bright eyes, picked up the special knife, waved it a few times, and then looked at it carefully. He said with a feeling, "Good knife, it's really a good knife. This is the first time in my life that I can use such a good knife.

He put down the knife in his hand and knelt down to Lin Zimo. Excited, he said three 'thank you, master', so he knelt down quickly and kowtowed three times. Wang Qiang doesn't need to test that pair of lock armor, and he will definitely not be ordinary. Wang Qiang, who couldn't calm down for a while, stood up and took the knife in his hand again to watch it carefully.

"Your lock armor is the same as Wang Qiang, and the weight is 25 catties." Zhao Wenxuan once again motioned to the other two soldiers and brought the two things to Gao Xiang's eyes and said, "This good willow bow was also made by me to find the best archer in Pingnan County for you according to my brother's intention."

Gao Xiang took this pair of bows and suddenly felt its benefits. He is very excited when he loves bows. That day, in order to buy a good bow, he decided to take risks with Lin Zimo. Gao Xiang, who did not lose his life, took a closer look at its workmanship and believed that the price of this pair of bow should not be less than 1,000 taels of silver.

He holding the bow in his left hand stroked his "beauty's face" with his right hand and said, "Good bow..."

He was so excited that he did the same thing as Wang Qiang. He knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully to his master to express his gratitude. Ji Xiaojuan standing next to her was extremely incomprehensible. After all, she didn't see where these things were good. I can't understand the excitement of the two men in front of me.

Lin Zimo spent a total of 3,000 taels of silver for them in order to arm his two beloved generals well. He did not feel distressed, but felt that it was worth it. After all, good things should fall into the hands of shipers. I think Gao Xiang and Wang Qiang are not short of skills, but lack a good weapon and a good set of equipment.

Zhao Wenxuan, who stood up, put a box he brought on the table next to Lin Zimo and opened it: "Brother, this is two special steel daggers made according to your meaning. In addition to slightly increasing the width and length of the white blade, the blacksmith also added a blood tank in the white blade.

Lin Zimo, who took out the two daggers, got on his hands and said with satisfaction, "Not bad. Thank you for your hard work."

"My brother is talking there. This is a small thing, and I don't feel any hard work. Zhao Wenxuan, who was responsible for all the processes, said without credit: "Big brother is the hard work, and I'm just fighting."

"Don't be so modest. I know your hard work." Lin Zimo, who put down the two daggers in his hand, smiled and said, "Tonight, I'm going to fight with you for 300 cups. If you don't get drunk, you won't come back."

"I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman." Zhao Wenxuan smiled and said, "Look, our two brothers are going to fight against the wine marshal for 300 rounds."

On the surface, Lin Zimo did not order any weapons and equipment for him. In fact, Zhao Wenxuan's silver guns and armor are not rare in the world, but they are all ancestral things. Lin Zimo knew what these two things meant to him, so he didn't mean to change them. Then again, Zhao Wenxuan never wears armor to kill the enemy, and the production process of the long gun in his hand is higher than the skill of the best blacksmith in Pingnan County.

After listening to their words, Ji Xiaozhen hurried out of the front hall and ran all the way to the kitchen to send a message. Lin Zimo and Zhao Wenxuan, who got up together, left the front hall talking and laughing, walked through the familiar cloister and walked into the dining room. Before the dishes were served, the wine was on the table first. The two brothers drank a bowl first, which was regarded as warming up in advance.

"I will give you the military training of 600 people. You must train them strictly. Lin Zimo turned the gossip to the point and said, "I want them to become an invincible brigade in the world. Since the world is not peaceful, we have to grab some capital in our hands. As long as we have a strange soldier in our hands, we will have the right to speak.

"Brother, please rest assured. I will train them well." Zhao Wenxuan understood the meaning of his words and said, "As for some of the outstanding people among them, I will definitely pay more attention and select them and hand them over to Wang Qiang and Gao Xiang. Wang, Gao and Gao are really the right-hand man of his brother.

Lin Zimo suddenly shook his head and said with emotion, "The world is difficult. If we two want to defect to the ground, we can only build achievements in the chaos, otherwise it will be difficult to stand out. It is our duty to protect the people, and it is also your dream to realize your personal ambitions. There is also the corruption of officials in the Ming Dynasty, which is not something you and I can turn around.

"Brother is right." Zhao Wenxuan was deeply empathetic: "The corruption cured by officials is not a day or two, but a long-term ill."

When they saw someone coming in, they immediately did not continue the discussion, but returned to the chat again. Ji Xiaojuan led the two old mothers to bring the stir-fried wine dishes to the table. Before leaving, she couldn't help looking at Lin Zimo more. After all, she prefers to read books rather than martial artists who dance with knives and guns.

After seeing the servants of the family leave, Lin Zimo continued: "In the training of the sergeant, you must step up. After I came back from your county, I always had an ominous feeling. The last rebel who was repulsed by us will definitely come back for revenge. If they really don't say anything to put up with it, I'm afraid they will have no face to live on the border of Guangxi.

"I'm also worried about this." Zhao Wenxuan expressed his inner worries and said, "Although we have 600 people, most of them are novices who have never fought and killed the enemy. It is still quite difficult to rely on them to resist the attack of two or three thousand rebels. I can't guarantee that we can kill them head-on, but it's not a big problem to defend Pingnan County.

"The urban fortifications in Pingnan County still need to be strengthened to the maximum extent." Lin Zimo showed a little helplessness and said, "When I think of these things, I will immediately think of silver. Oh... It seems that I'm going to be a scoundrel again."

Zhao Wenxuan clearly knows that relying on the money distributed by the court alone, he does not know that he will not be able to really cash it until the year of the monkey. If Lin Zimo hadn't taken out a sum of money to comfort the officers and soldiers he led last time, I'm afraid their morale would have been lowered again. They want money without silver, ordnance without ordnance, and food without food... The way the government authorities above to deal with them is always full of promises first and there will be no follow.

Lin Zimo drank the wine in the bowl and said, "This time, I'll let you kidnap someone. Do you want to do it?"

"Don't say that it's just kidnapping a person, that is, let me kill this person's whole family, I will do it." Zhao Wenxuan replied without hesitation, "Brother, just say it in detail. Wenxuan did what you wanted.

"It's okay to kill people, after all, we are looking for money. Only when you are kind can you make money. Lin Zimo smiled humorously and said his plan, "You send a few clever confidants to keep an eye on Wang Fugui's house. Let them figure out the time, route, how many people are around him, etc., the more detailed the better.