Chapter 136 135 Small General Cannon

In the evening, Wei Guangde followed his father back home.

"You go and rest, you have to go to school tomorrow."

Father Wei burped and said to Wei Guangde.

Wei Guangde just turned around slightly and turned back, as if he had something to say.

"Is there anything else?"

"Dad, will Weili send troops to Zhejiang again next year?"

Because of Zhang Hongfu's words, Wei Guangde thought that he knew something in advance and couldn't help but ask.

"Who told you this?"

Father Wei frowned slightly.

Wei Li did not receive an order to mobilize troops again to participate in the suppression of Japanese invaders, but because of the results last time, the current Minister of War, Zhang Jingdao, had always wanted Jiujiang Wei to dispatch troops again.

"Don't listen to these rumors, it won't happen."

Father Wei simply denied the rumors of sending troops, so that Wei Guangde would not worry about affecting his studies.

Father Wei also heard about Wei Guangde's tears in Nanchang.

Although it was only spread among scholars at first, it would eventually spread out of the circle sooner or later.

After Father Wei found out, he was even more unwilling to let Wei Guangde worry about him. Now the focus of the family is still Wei Guangde's career.

As for your official position, don't think about getting promoted in the short term.

Now there is only one way in front of Wei Meng, that is, there are thousands of households vacant.

"It's fine if you don't."

Wei Guangde nodded, and then whispered: "From what Hongfu said today, he wants to go to the coast to fight against Japanese pirates."

"Ha ha."

After hearing his son's words, Father Wei didn't say anything. He just laughed twice casually and said, "You are tired today, so you should go back and rest early."

Time flies so fast, and the New Year is here in a blink of an eye.

In recent years, the climate in various parts of the Ming Dynasty has been relatively cold. When scholars like Wei Guangde and others gathered together, it was inevitable not to mention a few words.

I have to say that scholars are still well-informed. Those who can afford to study these days must have rich families.

Among the classmates around Wei Guangde, in addition to the families of gentry and officials, many of their families had people traveling around, and naturally they brought back a lot of information.

Wei Guangde was stomping his feet and standing on the pier by the river. There was a small house here, which was where the garrison flag officer rested. Although there was a brazier in front of him and the charcoal fire was still burning inside, it could not withstand the fire coming from the wall. The cold wind comes in through the cracks.

"It's time for some repairs here."

Wei Guangde said to the general who was nodding and bowing next to him, this is his room, but it doesn't belong to him for the time being.

According to the news sent before, today his eldest brother Wei Wencai will bring his new sister-in-law to Jiujiang Mansion to celebrate the New Year, and his cousin and his wife will also come together.

Two carriages were waiting outside the door, and the carriage drivers could only stamp their feet beside them. It was too cold.

I remember listening to classmates discussing this year's weather when I was in Fu Xue two days ago. In previous years, the temperature dropped and it was pretty good. However, this year's weather, according to some well-informed students, has almost caught up with the temperature in Beijing.

The funniest thing is that a classmate actually said that he had heard from his family earlier that it snowed in Qiongzhou in the south, but he couldn’t remember the specific year.

Qiongzhou, that's Hainan Island, okay, it's snowing there, I'm afraid Dou E is complaining.

Wei Guangde took it as a joke when he heard it. In his later days, how many northerners flew to Hainan in winter, wasn't it just to escape the severe cold in the north?

Thinking of the weather in February these past two years, I thought that if I was admitted to the Juren Examination in the future, I would have to go to the capital to take the exam. It was so refreshing.

I don't know how long it took, but the soldiers outside the door came in and said to him: "Sir, Peng Ze's clipper has arrived and is about to dock."

"Okay, let's go there."

After hearing this, Wei Guangde stood up and said to Zhang Ji beside him, then smiled at the general flag and said, "Thank you very much for today."

As he spoke, Wei Guangde took out a piece of silver from his arms and threw it to the general flag, then took Zhang Ji out and walked to the dock.

When he was blown by the cold wind when he went out, Wei Guangde couldn't help but pull his cloak tightly. Although he was not exposed to the wind, he still felt cold.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw a speedboat docking at the pier. The soldiers next to him got on the pedal. His cousin and eldest brother also left the cabin with their two sisters-in-law.

Wei Guangde was smiling now, standing on the pier and cupping his hands toward the other side.

A gust of cold wind blew by, and the warm hands that had just been exposed from his sleeves were blown by the wind. Wei Guangde felt a biting chill.

Without staying longer on the dock, Wei Guangde picked up his two brothers and sister-in-law and let them get on the carriage.

The entourage loaded up several boxes of luggage and stacked them behind the carriage, and they had no choice but to follow them all the way into the city.

Wei Guangde first sent his cousin Wu Dong to his uncle's house. The two were so close that there was no need to take a long way, and then he took his eldest brother to visit his mother at home.

Although it is approaching the end of the year, the Commander-in-Chief has not closed the office yet, and according to the rules, there are still a few days, so Dad is not at home at the moment.

In the evening, Wei Guangde's family went to his uncle's house for dinner. They also received gifts and then sat down to eat.

Wei Guangde has long been used to it. For people in this era, it is really cumbersome to salute when meeting. It is like in later generations, just say hello and nod when meeting.

"By the way, as for what you were talking about last time, Wencai and I later hired craftsmen from the guards to try out two cannons, and the effect was pretty good."

After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, cousin Wu Dong suddenly said to Wei Guangde.

"What gun?"

Wei Guangde can still drink a little wine now and then, but his family doesn't allow him to drink too much. Wei Guangde didn't react to Wu Dong's words for a while.

"The one you mentioned, don't want the bowl mouth of the bowl mouth gun, the craftsman said that yours is a smaller version of the general cannon style, but the general cannon is for long range, yours doesn't want range, just to increase the shotgun, so the muzzle is thicker, you can put more iron bullets."

Wu Dong said with a breath of alcohol.

"Did you bring the stuff?"

Wei Guangde asked casually. Wei Guangde still remembered those words at the beginning, but they were just casually said, and he didn't remember them.

This time, when his cousin reminded him, he remembered what it was.

"It's on the ship. Ask someone to move it down tomorrow and find a place nearby to try it out. Dad, uncle, you can go and have a look too."

Wu Dong said this, and turned to Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng.

The two were talking about things in the guard post. When they heard what their son said, they didn't pay attention to it. They just perfunctorily said: 'Let's talk about it later. '

"Is that cannon also made of brass?"

Knowing that his father and uncle were not sad, Wei Guangde asked again.

Copper is very expensive these days. To be honest, if it is made of copper like the bowl-mouthed gun, the cost is too high.

"No, it is made of wrought iron."

Wu Dong shook his head and said, "The craftsman said that it can be wrapped in wrought iron and fixed with a few iron hoops. If it is made of copper, where can it be found?"

"Just melt those bowl-mouthed guns."

Wei Guangde answered casually.

"It's easy to think. If the bowl-mouthed guns are gone, what will we do during the inspection in the future?"

The eldest brother Wei Wencai interrupted at this time.

"Use the newly made iron cannon to fire at them."

Wei Guangde said casually.