Chapter 41: Buddy’s Mighty

On this day, Zhang Anshi went out of the mansion, but bumped into an old acquaintance.

It was the dude’s escort.

When Zhang Anshi’s eyes lifted, he directly questioned him, “Where are the sacks?”

But he saw the guard shake his head.

Zhang Anshi said, “What does it mean that there are no sacks?”

“Please board.”

It was only then that I realized that a carriage was parked on the side of the road.

Zhang Anshi had no fear and got into the car without hesitation.

The carriage went all the way out of the Chaoyang Gate.

Beyond the Chaoyang Gate is the foothills of Zijinshan Mountain.

When Zhang Anshi got out of the car, he found himself outside the gates of a place called Half Mountain Temple.

Here, Zhu Di was in full military attire, with a few guards, waiting for a long time as if he had been waiting for a long time.

Zhang Anshi went up with a smiling face and said to Zhu Di, “Man is mighty.”

Zhu gave the guard a wink.

That guard understood and brought Zhang Anshi a short horse.

Zhang Anshi then carefully rolled onto his horse and asked again, “Where is this going?”

Zhu said, “The city is stuffy, take a walk out of the city.”

Zhang Anshi said, “I’m very busy.”

Zhu said, not to be denied, “Go.”

Zhang Anshi had no choice but to wobble and ride his horse to barely keep up.

Along the way, Zhu inquired, “What do you like to eat?”

Zhang Anshi thought for a moment, “Chicken.”

Zhu then stopped typing.

Zhang Anshi obviously felt that this dude had something on his mind, he was accustomed to detecting words and generally in this situation, it was better for him to stimulate this guy less.

Just halfway, suddenly Zhu Di spirit taut, in an instant, took the waist hanging paint sparrow bow, hitched sharp arrows, bending the bow and arrow in one go, and finally toward twenty feet away from a grass shoot.

The next moment, a grouse in that grass fluttered up, only, unfortunately, it was the last time it hopped, and the arrow went through its neck.

The guards behind him immediately beat their horses forward to pick up this pheasant, and someone else found a place with a water source and silently began to build an earthen stove and raise a bonfire.

Zhu Di also dismounted and led Zhang Anshi to find a boulder to sit down.

Zhu raised an eyebrow, “How is this archery skill of mine?”

“Very good, a little bit better than me.” Zhang Anshi said, “But well ……”

Zhu frowned, “But what?”

Zhang Anshi said, “But as powerful as archery is, in my eyes, it’s not as good as a cannon.”

“A cannon?” Zhu Di was first stunned, then laughed disdainfully: “The cannon can’t shoot so long, and it doesn’t have such accuracy. Daming’s Shenji Battalion, indeed quite useful, but really, the drawbacks of the cannon is also very much, whether it is the range or lethality, in fact, are not as good as arrows. Of course, it may not be without its benefits, only if the riding and shooting skills are good, the role of the bow and arrow is far stronger than the cannon.”

Zhu was a man who had been in the battlefield for a long time and knew the advantages and disadvantages of various weapons like the back of his hand.

It’s not that Daming didn’t pay attention to firearms, and even Zhu Di specifically established the Shenji Battalion, a military unit specializing in the use of cannons and artillery.

And the reason why Zhu Di did not take Zhang Anshi’s words seriously was because the gunpowder technology in this era was really bad.

Because the power of gunpowder is small, so both the range and accuracy are very poor, and the power is also very limited, but because of the gunpowder is not convenient to carry, and easy to moisture and so on, far less good than the bow and arrow.

At this time, Zhu Di looked at Zhang Anshi with a smile on his face, looking like a good teacher: “The only use of the cannon lies in the fact that it can be easily used on many new pawns. But if the bow and horse skillful old pawns, the power of the bow and arrow and kill, I do not know how many times the gunpowder. So the Ming army, although there is the Shenji battalion, but the Shenji battalion must be around the cavalry guards, the rear team also need to have infantry archery, the front also need to set up the car formation, can barely not to be scattered by the enemy, so although the cannon is useful, the available place is ultimately limited to the way of the strong army, the end is still to cultivate more bow and horse skilful Jian pawns for the right way.”

Zhang Anshi shook his head: ”You are only half right, you think that firearms are not very useful, and may have a lot of problems in practical situations, and think that bows and arrows are stronger, but has it ever occurred to you that bows and arrows are only bows and arrows after all, no matter how much they have been improved. This bow and arrow is like a dying old man, dying, no more room for growth. But what about gunpowder? Gunpowder now although there are thousands of bad, now is still just a child, the future can improve the space is very great, now hold the bow and arrow, it is better to spend some energy in the firearms, to the future, the firearms must be far beyond the role of the bow and arrow.”

Zhang Anshi felt that Zhu Di was stuck in his ways, I’ve been a man for two fucking lifetimes, would I not understand the trend of history?

Zhu Di, on the other hand, slanted a glance at Zhang Anshi, thinking that Zhang Anshi was talking on paper.

You know a hammer of war, I kill out of the mountains and seas of blood, after a hundred battles, how many people in this world than I understand more?

So looking at each other, they averted their eyes from each other, both looking disdainful.

“Hey ……,” Zhu sighed.

Zhang Anshi said, “You admit defeat?”

Zhu shook his head, “I didn’t concede defeat, I just have something bothering me.”

“Tell me about it.” Zhang Anshi said.

Zhu Di said, “You are still young, will not understand, I have reached the prime of life, home wife and children, and those sons and daughters of the matter …… is really worrying, my sons close to me, but I always think they may not be out of filial piety, they are too competitive. As for those unworthy sons and daughters, every time I think of them one by one no good appearance, I will always be anxious and hard to be, it is difficult to be a man ah, as a parent, as a person honoring the elders of the more difficult.”

Zhang Anshi laughed, “Unworthy people can be found anywhere, so think about it.”

Zhu Di didn’t get relieved and couldn’t help but look at Zhang Anshi and said, “A smart child like you must be very much a source of exhalation for your parents.”

Zhang Anshi’s face did not turn red and his heart did not skip a beat, saying, “Yes, what bothers me the most is that I am too good, sometimes I feel that people should be simple and plain before they are good, when wood is good in the forest, the wind will destroy it, and sometimes being too good is not a good thing.”

Zhu Di seriously said, “Your young age can understand this kind of reasoning, has been very rare, like your age of young people, one by one there are not a few skills, but are all over the top of the eye, soaring and domineering very much. If my sons and daughters are like you, how good it would be.”

Zhang Anshi then said, “In fact, I also envy those who are heartless, don’t have to think much about anything, and don’t have to worry about anything like I do, and live comfortably and at ease.”

As he was talking, the guards had already cooked the pheasant.

The meat smells great.

Zhu Di personally took a small dagger, cut off a chicken leg and handed it to Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi was not polite, and ate it right away, this chicken leg meat was tender and delicious, and could not help but make Zhang Anshi say with a satisfied face, “It smells really good.”

“Yummy?”

Zhang Anshi nodded and continued to feast.

Zhu Di simply cut off the other chicken leg as well and handed it to Zhang Anshi again, while he himself cut off the breast meat and ordered his guards to fetch two jugs of wine.

The two of them drank a lot of pain, Zhu Di only beat the spirit, said: “A long time no such pain, you this kid is good, in the future also do my son and nephew.”

Zhang Anshi said in surprise, “Son and nephew? Aren’t we brothers, man, are you ashamed?”

Zhu Di instantly widened his eyes and said angrily, “Into your mother, I can be your father.”

Zhang Anshi was not happy and also cursed, “Damn, you cursed again, you ……”

He was about to curse, but he saw that the guards not far away were tense, and some of them began to use their hands to touch the hilts of the swords at their waists.

With another sweep of the wilderness around him, Zhang Anshi’s neck went cold, and his expression lurched, then he respectfully said, “I’m sorry for swearing just now, I’ll definitely change next time.”

Chu: “……”

Zhu Di is not that kind of petty people, and did not bother, the two and chat for a while, before riding back to the city.

When Zhang Anshi returned home, he always saw Yang Shiqi and Deng Jian looking at him with unsavory eyes.

These two supervised his manners and homework every day, but Zhang Anshi really couldn’t learn, so he sneaked out every now and then, and when he came back, he didn’t argue and obediently admitted his mistakes.

It just doesn’t change!

Yang Shiqi think Zhang Anshi is hopeless, but this kind of thing is like this, people slowly lower their expectations, also began to comfort themselves, for example, now he can at least think of a good place, at least Zhang Anshi still know to recognize the wrong.

A few days passed, and the day of the All Saints’ Day drew nearer and nearer.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Yoking, who have recovered from their injuries, came to Zhang’s house in a hurry to find Zhang Anshi.

This time, they brought a teenager with them.