Chapter 136 135 Small General Cannon

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

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

Dad Wei burped and said to Wei Guangde.

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

"Is there anything else?"

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

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

"Who told you this?"

Dad Wei frowned slightly.

The guards had never received the order to mobilize troops to participate in the suppression of the Japanese. It was just that because of the last record, the current Minister of War Zhang Jing, who had always wanted the Jiujiang Guard to send troops again.

"Don't believe these rumors, this won't happen."

Mr. Wei simply denied the rumors of going to the army, so as not to worry about affecting his studies again.

Mr. Wei also heard about Wei Guangde crying in Nanchang.

Although it was only spread among scholars at the beginning, it would sooner or later become popular.

After Mr. Wei found out, he was even more reluctant to let Wei Guangde worry about him. The focus of his family is still Wei Guangde's career.

As for your official position, don’t want to continue to be promoted in the short term.

Now there is a way in front of Wei Meng, and there are thousands of households vacant places.

"It's good if not."

Wei Guangde nodded and then whispered: "Today, he heard Hongfu's meaning, he wanted to go to the coast to fight Japanese pirates."

"Ha ha."

After hearing his son's words, Dad Wei didn't say anything, but just laughed casually, "I'm tired today, so you can go back and rest early."

Time flies very quickly, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

In recent years, the climate in various parts of the Ming Dynasty was relatively cold. When Wei Guangde and others gathered together, they could not help but mention a few words.

I have to say that scholars are well-informed. Those who can afford to read these days will definitely have wealth at home.

Among Wei Guangde's classmates, in addition to the gentry family, it is also a family of officials. Many of their families have traveled around the world, so they naturally bring back a lot of information.

Wei Guangde was standing on the dock by the river. There was a small house here, where the garrison chief officials rested. Although there was a brazier in front of him and the charcoal fire was still burning inside, it could not resist the cold wind that came in through the gaps in the wall.

“It’s time to repair it here.”

Wei Guangde said to a nodded and bowed to the general flag beside him, this is his room, but it does not belong to him for the time being.

According to the news sent before, his elder brother Wei Wencai would bring his new sister-in-law to Jiujiang Mansion for the New Year today, and his cousin and his wife were together.

Two carriages were waiting outside the door, and the coachman could only stamp his feet beside him. It was too cold.

I remember when I was in the prefecture school two days ago, I heard my classmates discuss the weather this year. The temperature drop in previous years was quite good, but this year, according to some knowledgeable students, it almost caught up with the temperature of the capital.

The funniest thing is that some classmates actually said that they heard from their family members that it had snowed in Qiongzhou in the south, and I can’t remember the specific year.

Qiongzhou, that's Hainan Island. Well, it's snowing there, I'm afraid Dou E is calling for justice.

Wei Guangde just used it as a joke when he heard it. In the later years, how many northerners flew to Hainan in winter just to avoid the severe cold in the north?

Thinking of the weather in February of the past two years, thinking about the fact that if I pass the imperial examination in the future, I would have to go to Beijing to take the exam. It was so sour.

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

"Okay, let's go over."

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

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

When he was blown by the cold wind when he went out, Wei Guangde couldn't help but pull the cloak on his body again. It was tighter. Although he didn't get into the wind, he still felt cold.

Soon, Wei Guangde saw a clutch leaning on the dock, and the soldiers next to him took the pedal, and his cousin and his elder brother and his two sisters-in-law also left the cabin.

Wei Guangde was smiling at the moment and stood on the dock and bowed to the other side.

A gust of cold wind blew, and the slightly warm hands that had just appeared from the sleeve were blown by the wind, and Wei Guangde only felt a biting chill.

Without staying on the dock for too long, Wei Guangde picked up two brothers and sister-in-law and asked them to get on the carriage.

The entourage carried several boxes of luggage, piled them behind the carriage, so they could only follow them all the way into the city.

Wei Guangde first sent his cousin Wu Dong to his uncle's house. The two were very close together, so there was no need to take a detour, and then he took his elder brother to the house to pay homage to his mother.

Although it is close to the end of the year, the commander's office has not yet been enshrined. According to the rules, there are still a few days left, so my father is not at home now.

In the evening, Wei Guangde and his family went to their uncle's house for dinner, and then sat down to have a meal.

Wei Guangde has long been used to it. People in this era, it is really complicated to meet and pay tribute to each other. It is like later generations. Just say hello and nod when they meet.

"By the way, what you said last time, Wencai and I later found a craftsman from the guard and tried to make two cannons, and the effect was OK."

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

"What cannon?"

Wei Guangde can drink some wine occasionally now, but his family doesn't let him drink too much, so Wei Guangde didn't react to Wu Dong's words for a while.

"Just the one you said, don't have the bowl mouth gun, the craftsman said, yours is a general cannon style that is reduced in size, but the general cannon needs to shoot far, and yours does not have the range, just increase the shotgun, so the muzzle is thicker and you can put more iron bullets."

Wu Dong said, breathing alcohol.

"Did you bring something?"

Wei Guangde asked casually, and Wei Guangde still had an impression of what he said at the beginning, but he just said it casually, and he didn't remember it in his heart.

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

"On the boat, I'll ask someone to move down tomorrow and try it out nearby. Dad, uncle, you can go and have a look."

Wu Dong said here, then turned to Wu Zhankui and Wei Meng and said.

These two people were talking about the matter in the ward station. They didn't care when they heard what their son said, but just said perfunctorily: "Let's talk about it then."

"Is that gun made of brass?"

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

Copper materials are so expensive these days. If they are made of copper materials like bowl guns, to be honest, the cost is too high.

"No, it's hard to make one."

Wu Dong shook his head and said, "The craftsman said, it's enough to wrap it with a few iron hoops outside to fix it. If you use copper material, where can you find it?"

"Will you just melt those bowl-mouthed guns?"

Wei Guangde replied casually.

"I thought it easy. The bowl and gun are gone. What should I do when the inspection is in the future?"

The eldest brother Wei Wencai interrupted at this moment.

"Give them a new iron cannon."

Wei Guangde said casually.
Chapter completed!