Chapter 14 Graduation Ceremony
After some haggling, Thomas, an Englishman who was impressed by the quality of the Tibetan Immortal Wine, reluctantly said: "Your Highness, the price of a pound of wine is seven coins, but it is still the old rule."
"Well, what's the old rule?" Zheng Kezang asked doubtfully.
Thomas waved his hand and said: "Dear Your Royal Highness, our East India Company does not have much cash in hand. If the amount of hidden fairy wine is too large, we can only use a batch of red barbarian cannons and cannonballs to pay for the money.
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The Hongyi cannon is a cannon produced in England in the late 16th century. It was a high-level artillery piece of that era. It was introduced to China during the Wanli period. However, it is already the late 17th century and this kind of Hongyi cannon has become outdated in Europe.
, but it is still easy to use in Asia.
Zheng Kezang expressed his understanding. If he didn't take away this batch of arms, he couldn't let the British sell them to others. It would be uncomfortable if they were sold to the Qing Dynasty: "Then how much Tibetan Immortal Wine do you want to buy now?"
Thomas thought for a while and affirmed: "If possible, we would like to purchase 100,000 jins."
"That's impossible. The quality of Zangxian wine is excellent. The output this year is very small. I can sell you 40,000 kilograms at most. Any more will be gone. And you have to bring your own barrels to hold the wine." Zheng Kezang pretended to be very determined.
Actually, the annual output of 100,000 kilograms can still be achieved. The only thing is to get more sugarcane bagasse, which is to satisfy the appetite of the British.
The two parties went back and forth, and finally reached an agreement, agreeing that the East India Company would pay half of the payment in advance, and Zheng Kezang would sell 60,000 kilograms of Tibetan fairy wine.
After sending away the satisfied Thomas, Zheng Kezang made a small profit today. He earned the youth camp's artillery by himself. After falling behind, he used it first and used it as a training artillery. It was time to add a new one to the youth camp.
A new training subject - gunplay.
2 months later.
"Your Highness the Supervisor, there should be one hundred people in the youth camp, but there are actually one hundred people. Please give instructions whether to start the assessment!" Liu Lai, a sweaty instructor, reported to Zheng Kezanghui on the rostrum of the school ground.
If you don't have a good figure in this outfit, you still won't be able to wear it with the imperial flavor. You must not let the youth camp relax in the training in the future, and you must maintain your figure.
The summer uniform is a white short-sleeved shirt with an armband embroidered on the left arm. The armband is red with the words Youth Camp on it and a white tiger underneath. It is very domineering. The lower body of the summer uniform is an ordinary pair of black straight pants.
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The queue assessment is actually for free, because they have been practicing queue every day for a while, and the boys in the youth camp have formed muscle memory. Although they cannot achieve the effect of copying and pasting, their queue movements are very standard. Anyone who sees them will praise them.
One sentence: To enforce orders and prohibitions is to be the best soldier among the best soldiers.
"Don't be too happy too early. You still have to maintain training, but you can take it a little easier in the future." In fact, these three months are the recruit period of the youth camp. The training is relatively hard, and then we will let them take it easy.
The results of the shooting assessment made Zheng Kezang happy. Only one or two unlucky ones failed. Zheng Kezang then instructed Chen Wei and others to arrange make-up exams for them. They all had feelings, and no one could run away. The whole family must be in order.
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Therefore, there is no doubt that everyone passed the queue assessment.
Three: Pour the propellant from the muzzle of the gun
Four: Lead bullets are loaded from the muzzle
Five: Pull out the purge strip from under the barrel and tamp the projectiles and propellant in the barrel.
As soon as Zheng Kezang's flintlock rifle and bayonet were in place, the Eight Banners cavalry of the Qing Dynasty had to withdraw from the stage of history in tears.
Zheng Kezang sat in the middle of the school ground, smoking black cigarettes until he became dizzy.
Because it was a matchlock gun, every time the gun was fired, a black smoke would rise, causing a strong smell of gunpowder and filling the school grounds with smoke.
As for the subsequent stabbing assessment, a wooden gun is used to demonstrate the bayonet skills in Zheng Kezang's "Dongning Infantry Drill Code". As long as the movements are in place, you will basically pass the test.
The shooting assessment is divided into eight steps.
Today is the big day of the youth camp - the graduation assessment. As long as you pass the assessment, you can participate in the graduation ceremony. The main assessment contents are: formation, shooting, stabbing, and physical fitness assessment.
Bang...bang...bang...bang bang bang.
That's right, these are the gifts that Zheng Kezang painstakingly designed for them, namely summer clothes and winter clothes.
As for winter clothes, that's great.
"yes!"
Six: Light the Match Rope
Seven: Fix the match rope on the match rope clip
Step 8: Pull the trigger. When the match rope falls, the gunpowder tank cover pops open, and then the primer ignites the propellant and the lead bullet is fired.
Most of the youth camp students who have been training for three months can hit a human-shaped target with a shooting range of fifty meters, a width of 30 centimeters, and a height of 1.7 meters, and can hit one out of ten shots.
"Start the assessment!"
As Zheng Kezang finished speaking, a burst of warm applause erupted in the school grounds.
The training of bayonet skills is to be prepared. After a while, when he has enough brilliant points, bayonet will be arranged on the schedule.
The young men in the youth camp had never seen such exquisite clothes before. They were also very disciplined and everyone lined up to receive them without making any noise.
"Next, I want to give you a graduation gift." As soon as he finished speaking, the people who came to help pushed a pile of clothes over.
"Youth camp students standing here, today I would like to congratulate you. After three months of intense study and training, you have successfully completed your studies. Now I announce that you have all passed the examination and successfully graduated!"
The next step is the shooting assessment. The assessment uses a turtle dove foot fire gun. The target of the shooting assessment is to shoot ten times in one stick of incense. Six out of ten are excellent, three out of ten are qualified, and less than two out of ten are unqualified.
1: Clean the fire hole and gunpowder pool
2: Pour the primer into the gunpowder pool
It is the rule of the youth camp to applaud when the leader speaks, but this time everyone applauded sincerely, wishing they could beat their hands to pieces because the inhuman training before was too painful.
In the shooting assessment, Pan Aqiang, who has amazing athletic talent, has amazing shooting talent. He can hit eight out of ten shots, and he will be a sharpshooter in the future. Qin Zhiguo is also good, hitting seven out of ten shots. It seems that he has been trained seriously.
This is a black dress carefully designed by Zheng Kezang. It refers to the German military uniforms of World War II, combined with the Chinese body characteristics, and uses three-dimensional cutting to tighten the waist and shoulder pads to make the dress fit more closely to the body. In addition, it matches the heroic posture trained by the youth camp students.
It highlights the beauty of strength.
In addition, the white tiger armbands, ribbons, youth camp badges and other embellishments designed by Zheng Kezang himself add a lot of color to the winter uniform, and anyone who sees it will give a thumbs up.
It's a pity that it's summer now. Otherwise, once these clothes are put on, the young people in Dongning Prefecture will be crying and begging to join the army.
A handsome and stylish military uniform is extremely tempting to young people.
"Everyone go to the bathhouse to take a shower and change into new clothes. I have a few more words to say to you."
Chapter completed!