Cub Nursery

border town.

Ever since the cubs from the nursery hall were evacuated, and Hu Sai, Zhao Feiyue and others followed suit, the border town has completely quieted down.

The people in the two textile workshops are quiet and quiet. Brother Huan gets up early every morning to go to work in the workshop, and holds a meeting with the stewards to decide the output tasks that the textile workshop needs in the near future, and then determine the personnel deployment.

As long as the brother has a body, he will be directly allocated to the work that requires little effort. He will also contact the doctor for regular consultations, and there will be additional subsidies for nutrition. These expenses are included in the profit of the workshop. Need to do ledger.

"The cubs don't know what's going on." Brother Ming said.

"If they are all in Qiyuan County, there should be no troubles. Master Jia will protect them." Brother Huan said, "And I have received definite news that Master Yan is also in Qiyuan County. If that is the case, we Don't worry about it."

Brother Ming's eyes lit up, "Really?"

"Really." Brother Huan lowered his voice, "It's the news from the camp in the border town. All the officers and soldiers above know about it, but the news hasn't been released yet."

"Why don't you let him out?" Brother Ming was a little dissatisfied, "Master Yan is a good person, since he is safe and sound, it is a great thing, and he shouldn't be hiding it. Brother Huan, don't talk to the soldiers at Daying from now on. Going back and forth, they are befriending you because they have taken a fancy to the textile workshop behind you. You have to understand that although the textile workshop is said to be from the border town, it is only owned by us textile workers, and has nothing to do with the border town camp!"

"Isn't it just thinking about the output of the textile workshop over there? The money is to be left to build the school. The drawings of the cubs have been prepared for us, and we have helped prepare everything. If you embezzle this money, welcome Brother, you will not be my son from now on."

Brother Huan hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on. I won't deal with them. The news came from General Yang. Daddy, don't you worry about General Yang?"

Yang Qiong has been guarding the outer city wall. It has been several years and he has not withdrawn. He has also experienced several monster sieges. He has gathered a group of Taoist soldiers under his command. Now he is also a powerful force. There are many people under his hand.

As for the other generals in the border town camp, they are not the same as Yang Qiong.

When Yan Xun and the cubs were there, they were almost in harmony with them. When Yan Xun and the cubs were not in the border town, brother Huan was no longer in conflict with Daying in the border town.

"That's fine." Brother Ming assured Yang Qiong Neng, "Didn't those ant marching monsters say how to arrange it?"

"That was arranged by Lord Yan from the very beginning. Except for Dahei, all the rest of the ant marching demon belonged to the camp of the border town. The Taoist soldiers arranged by the racecourse over there were also from the camp of the border town. I asked before." Brown pig, he said that the camp in the capital seems to be windy and the ants are marching demons, and there are still noises up there, like uneven distribution or something." Brother Huan said.

Brother Ming frowned, "It's good to be the same as before, since it's from the border town camp, don't divide it up, do you have to make it your own private soldier?"

"Father, you don't understand. The marching ants are monsters after all. When the cubs were here, there was no need to worry about the marching ants at the frontier camp. But now that the cubs are not here, if something happens to the marching ants, Then it won’t be easy to say.”

"There are difficulties, we can't control them, just live our own lives."

Brother Huan made up his mind to guard the textile workshop. If you want money, cloth, food, etc. at the camp in the border town, you can do it according to the regulations left before. If any general asks him for food in private , money, he will never agree.

After saying this and that, Brother Ming was relieved, but he was still a little dissatisfied with Daying in the border town.

It's just that Brother Ming seems to have forgotten that when there were no cotton fields and mulberry fields in the border town, the camp in the border town had always arranged for them to work directly, but now that there are textile workshops, the camp in the border town wants to arrange them again, but It won't work.

It was rare for Brother Huan to rest for half a day today, so he simply rode out on an iron donkey and dangled on the concrete road.

It's cold, wearing heavy clothes, and eating a lot all day, Brother Huan always feels that he has not only grown taller, but also gained weight.

Just as Brother Huan was approaching the outer city wall and was about to find a chance to talk to Yang Qiong, another Taoist soldier ran down.

The soldier was Yang Qiong's confidant. Seeing Brother Huan standing by the side of the road, he hurriedly said: "Don't be outside, go back quickly. The monsters attack the city, the border city is under martial law, and it is in a state of war!"

"Monster attacking the city?" Brother Huan was taken aback, "What kind of monster?"

"I don't know!" The Taoist soldier had already rode away quickly on the iron donkey, and when he heard Brother Huan's words, he turned around and shouted.

Brother Huan couldn't care less about seeing Yang Qiong here, so he also rode back on the iron donkey.

In the past, the monster siege had nothing to do with them. At most, they were all hiding at home, basically unable to help.

But it’s different now. Almost every household in the military households in the border towns has people working in the textile workshops. When the monsters attacked the city, the textile workshops stopped working non-stop. Do the military households in the border towns need to help the camp in the border towns by helping to process food? Cut fabric, treat the wounded, and more, or worst case scenario: get ready to evacuate!

All these things need to be arranged, and the border town railway station is closer to the textile workshop. If you want to use the train, Brother Huan and the others still have to come forward.

It's just that the monster who attacked the city this time turned out to be a stranger, so it depends on Brother Huan's ability to adapt quickly.

Brother Huan came back riding an iron donkey, and the news of the monster attacking the city had spread.

"Don't panic, stay at home first. I'll go to the textile workshop to see. We don't stop working now, and we will make a decision after we see the situation. But today we temporarily stop working, and we all go home to check the doors and windows, and warn our children not to go out in leisure time." Huan The elder brother said loudly, "In the future, the gates of the cement building units will be closed at night, so don't go out for a stroll if you have nothing to do at night, and be more cautious in everything."

In less than half an hour, the state of the entire border town changed.

The Dao soldiers stationed on the outer city wall were replaced by energetic Dao soldiers, while Yang Qiong still guarded the outer city wall.

"General, all the blue cotton cloth left by the nursery school has been made into breast shields." The soldier said as he took out a waistcoat sewn with blue cotton cloth, "This is yours."

"I don't need it." Yang Qiong shook his head.

The soldiers didn't insist either, thinking that Yang Qiong had the battle umbrella that the cubs entrusted to him a few days ago, but he still had something to say, so he leaned closer and whispered to Yang Qiong, "General, the next way The soldiers are a little uneasy."

"Is it because there are not enough shirts?" Yang Qiong asked.

The soldiers nodded.

The last time the copper-clawed hyena monster and the Guiyuan insect leaf monster attacked the city, the battle in the border city was very tragic, and all the green cotton cloth was consumed. Even then, they could not defeat these monsters. A chance to breathe.

Without the green cotton cloth, the cubs in the nursery sent some blue cotton cloth, which is better than the green cotton cloth, but the quantity is also very scarce, and can only be sewn on the back of the chest to be used as a heart mirror, so not everyone has it , it is really rare and pitiful; and the guns and ammunition are different from before, because Yan Xun has donated the workshop, the workshop belongs to the court, and the workshop has been on the right track, so now the guns distributed by Daying in the border city are all made by Sent from the imperial court.

"The quality of the guns is still very good, and the shells are sufficient." The soldiers said, "There are also new shoulder guns and signal flares, etc., and there are large-scale defense guns..."

"What about the quality of the gun?" Yang Qiong asked with a bad face.

The gun and ammunition workshop is nominally owned by the imperial court, but in fact it belongs to the emperor himself. Although he can’t make bullets by himself, the bullets made by the cubs are easy to buy, and the price is extremely low, and the bullets only want to have ensure.

Just gun barrels and other parts...

The soldier was a little embarrassed to say: "There are many inferior products. The frontier camps have to check these guns and ammunition again. Some of them will explode in the first shot and cannot be used at all, and some will not work after three or four times. , It will also explode the chamber. The ones assigned to our outer city walls are all well-selected, but also..."

"Where did you get the one for me?" Yang Qiong shook the gun in his hand. The quality of the gun in his hand was very good, and it was exactly the same as before.

"It's the previous inventory." The soldiers whispered.

That is to say, the ones in Yang Qiong’s hands are those given by Yan Xun before. Not only the quality is guaranteed, but also multiple insurances. Basically, it is not a problem to fire fifty rounds of bullets in a row, and the parts will basically not be damaged, because they are all the best. of steel.

"Bring yours here!" Yang Qiong said suddenly.

The soldiers hurriedly took out their own guns.

The two guns are identical in appearance, both are very smooth and smooth, and even some small details are the same.

Yang Qiong shook it in her hand, suddenly frowned, quickly disassembled it, divided it into small parts, and put them together for comparison.

Once disassembled, you can see the difference.

The parts in the soldier's gun are so rough that they can be easily bent even by hand, but the parts in Yang Qiong's gun are all shiny, hard and tough enough, let alone by hand, just It must also be the hammer that is damaged with the hammer, not these parts.

"Is it all like this?" Yang Qiong's face was ugly.

"There are worse ones, this is already the best." Said the soldier.

Yang Qiong quickly assembled two guns, gave his original one to the soldiers, and said coldly: "How can you defend the city like this? How can you defeat these monsters who attack the city, and how can you break into the demon country? The rear sent to the front line Is it such a crap?"

There has been news from the Observation Tower that the monsters attacking the city this time are completely unfamiliar, but the monsters can fly and cover a large area, and it is still uncertain whether there are any monsters hidden under the soil, obviously they will encounter fierce battles, Such a thing happened.

"General Yang also sent a table, but there is nothing to do." The soldiers whispered.

When the guns were delivered to the border town, Yang Shuning sent a table as soon as he saw them, but the person who came to escort the guns was a civil servant. The chief manager of the workshop is the brother-in-law of the emperor's concubine's mother and compatriots, that is, the emperor's brother-in-law, the real relatives of the emperor, and the artisans who work below are all former errands in the palace. Not only have they met the emperor, He even talked to the emperor, which was decent.

Yang Shuning's face froze, and he found that he couldn't argue with the little official in front of him.

He said: "There are regulations in the workshop. The lathes used for the parts are all from the past, and the parts standards are also very strict. Why does this happen?"

"Materials and manpower are insufficient." The little official said plausibly.

Yang Shuning said again: "How is it possible? Master Yan's workshop was not equipped with so many staff. I heard that the workshop staff in the palace is almost [-]% of what it used to be."

That is to say, when the workshop was still in the hands of Yan Xun, only one person was needed to work, but the workshop was donated to the palace, under the eyes of the emperor, one person's work became five people's work, and it was done like this The guns are also in a mess.

"General Yang, you should know that the border towns are not the only ones who are waiting for guns. I heard that the capital will arrange for the police to be equipped with guns, and the honor guards of all the adults must also be equipped with guns. There are also applications from all yamen and workshops. I'm busy." The officer said calmly.

"The border town is going to guard Daqin, so are these yamen more important than the border town?" Yang Shuning's words were a bit outrageous.

However, the little official also had something to say: "When there were no such good things in the past, didn't the border town also hold on?"

If Yang Shuning defeated the border town, then he would have come to an end, and with so many people in Daqin, there would always be another great general.

Yang Shuning understood, he couldn't help sighing up to the sky, he just felt that the days were getting harder and harder, and the petty officials simply didn't get in, it was impossible to return the batch of guns they sent, and there might be monsters attacking the border town at any time , so he had to hold his nose and accept it.

But as long as this opening is opened, the quality of the guns sent in the future will become worse and worse.

It just can't go back, this is an endless loop.

Yang Qiong only knew that Yang Shuning was very angry at the beginning, but she didn't know it was because of this. Hearing what the soldiers said now, she frowned and said: "Master Yan said that the guns were specially adjusted for our convenience. , the power of the bullets that can be adapted is very small, and the formula of the bullets has also been specially adjusted..."

The quality of the parachute is higher, and the bullets stored in the mechanism inside are smaller, but more powerful. The parachute is even temporarily assembled into a shoulder cannon, which shows the toughness of its parts.

"Should the bullets be rationed over there?" Yang Qiong asked.

"...half and half." The soldier said.

Yang Qiong's expression became even uglier in an instant, "Bring me your bullets."

His own bullets are still the same as before, engraved with numbers that can only be seen clearly with a magnifying glass, while the bullets in the hands of the guards are different only from the outside, they look very rough, and the shells are not tightly bonded. In some places, the gunpowder inside was exposed.

"All made by yourself?" Yang Qiong was a little incredulous.

"Yes." The soldier whispered, "General, I have inquired about it. The gunpowder recipe is not a secret, and many wealthy families in the capital like to buy some fireworks at home, and everyone is used to it."

It is much easier to imitate something that is not a secret in the first place, but this kind of bullet only contains gunpowder, and there is no powder ground by the indestructible teeth of the bloodthirsty fish monster. .

"Those craftsmen are really good." Yang Qiong laughed angrily.

The lathe configuration and so on in the workshop are all ready-made. Since gun parts can be manufactured, bullets can also be manufactured. However, the standard of the shell case cannot be met, and how powerful the gunpowder inside is. These standards allow craftsmen to figure out Totally impossible.

I remember how many times the cubs did experiments day and night.

"They used their own bullets to replace the ones given over there." Yang Qiong understood after thinking about it, and said to the soldiers, "You inform, this time we can fight if we can, and retreat if we can't." The big deal is to give up the border town and run back to the capital, so that the adults in the capital can also try to defend the city."

The soldiers were taken aback. If this was the case, it meant that they had deliberately defeated the battle.

"Go, I'll take care of things." Yang Qiong sneered.

In any case, Yang Qiong's words spread.

Most of the Taoist soldiers are not very familiar with the guns in their hands, because there are too few guns, even if Yan Xun sends them regularly, it is still a drop in the bucket.

And the monsters attack the city too frequently, the guns are basically left on the outer city wall, only some Taoist soldiers on the outer city wall have the opportunity to touch the guns, even if they love the guns, they don't have much chance to ponder, so this time they will be assigned to the guns At that time, few people noticed something strange at all.

When Yang Qiong's words came out, everyone suddenly realized.

Hearing Yang Qiong also said that he didn't plan to defend the outer city wall this time, many Taoist soldiers agreed in their hearts.

When the words reached the border town camp and Yang Shuning's ears, he slapped the table bitterly, "Tell Yang Qiong to come back, and I will tell him personally."

Not long after, Yang Qiong came, also blowing his beard and staring at Yang Shuning.

"Yang Qiong, you are the general guarding the outer city wall. Are you going to run away?" Yang Shuning roared, "You don't want to defend the city, and some people are willing to come. Get the hell out of here. I'll send someone else!"

"Going to die?" Yang Qiong sneered, "Those guns are all tofu dregs, how to use them? I don't think the monsters have been killed yet, and the Taoist soldiers under my hands will be blown up one by one. What are you doing?" City? Who made these guns, let him try to defend the city himself!"

The workshop of guns and ammunition belongs to the emperor. Yang Qiong's words are quite disrespectful.

Yang Shuning was taken aback, and became even more furious, "I think your wings are stiff! When you didn't have these things before, you used to guard the outer city wall. Where are the yellow talismans you have accumulated? Are they all abandoned? I think they are These good things have raised you so high that you don’t know how high you are, could it be that without these things, you wouldn’t kill demons?”

"My son is not such a coward, you are not my son."

Yang Shuning blushed with anger, and was about to attack Yang Qiong, but the soldiers around him hurriedly stopped him.

Yang Qiong also refused to give an inch, he said meanly: "Yes, I forgot long ago. I only know that with the magic weapon in hand, the Taoist soldiers can survive and burn the last yellow talisman without using up their lifespan. It can make the border town easily defended, and it can make Daqin even stronger. One day, the Daoist soldiers of Daqin will enter the demon kingdom and beat the tiger demon king with their hands!"

"But what about now? The Taoist soldiers under my command are all tigers without teeth and nails. How can they defend the city? Are they going to die with their flesh and blood?"

"Yang Shuning, no matter how foolish and loyal you are, don't recognize my son."