Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 25
The reason why Zhang Qingfeng wanted to make the flintlock gun was mainly to show his ability and improve his status in Cao Cao's heart.

He defected to Cao Cao, not to be a magistrate with little influence under Cao Cao.

Not to mention that once he comes out of the mountain, his status is comparable to Zhuge Kongming's status in Liu Bei's heart, but at least he must have enough rights to do something.

Although Zhang Qingfeng knew that even if he could build a flintlock gun, he would not be able to equip it on a large scale, because the overall industrial level of this world is not good.

It will take at least many years to equip flintlock guns on a large scale.

But as long as Cao Cao knows that he has this ability, Cao Cao will value him.

The place where Zhang Qingfeng and Xun Yu tried their guns was outside Erdaogou Village. There is a valley several hundred meters long, and there are no people around it, so it is suitable as a shooting range.

Zhang Qingfeng tried the gun, and there were many village names and Xun Yu's guards who came to see the excitement. They all wanted to see what Zhang Qingfeng had been tinkering with for more than a month.

"This is gunpowder. First pour some gunpowder into the medicine pool, then pour an appropriate amount of gunpowder into the gun barrel, and finally put a lead pellet into it, and finally press it tightly with a cleaning rod."

Zhang Qingfeng explained to Xun Yu beside him while manipulating the flintlock gun.

For the first test shooting, Zhang Qingfeng did not dare to put too much gunpowder, and only put in two-thirds of the theoretically optimal amount of gunpowder.

"After the above steps are completed, you can raise the gun to aim at the target, and finally pull the trigger."

While speaking, Zhang Qingfeng had already aimed his gun at a wooden board standing a hundred paces away.

Then he pulled the trigger.

Bang!
There was a loud bang, which startled everyone around.

At the same time, everyone saw that the flintlock gun in Zhang Qingfeng's hand shook for a moment, then burst into flames for a moment, and then burst out of white smoke.

Contrary to the direction of ordinary people's attention, Xun Yu's eyes were always on the target in the distance, and after hearing a loud noise, the wooden board in the distance was knocked down to the ground by something.

"Li Kui, go and get the board." Zhang Qingfeng ordered Li Kui who was beside him.

"Okay." Li Kui heard Zhang Qingfeng's order, agreed, and hurriedly ran towards the wooden plank that fell on the ground in the distance.

Zhang Qingfeng himself quickly cleaned the barrel and reloaded the ammunition.

He felt that the propellant just now was not enough, so this time he loaded the propellant according to the normal amount.

Soon, Li Kui brought over the plank that Zhang Qingfeng had knocked down.

Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to watch.

I saw that the board was as thick as three fingers, but at this time, there was a hole the size of a finger on the board at some point.

Seeing this effect, everyone took a breath of cold air. It can penetrate a three-finger-thick wooden board. If it hits a person, wouldn't it have to make a hole?
Xun Yu on the side finally believed what Zhang Qingfeng said after seeing the holes shot by bullets in the wooden board. With this kind of weapon, the way of war may be rewritten.

"Everyone back away, I'm going to continue shooting." After seeing the effect of the first shot, Zhang Qingfeng quickly told the onlookers to back off.

After everyone retreated, Zhang Qingfeng began to aim at the second target.

This is also a piece of wood, but the difference from before is that this piece of wood is pasted with a one millimeter thick iron plate.

Bang!
There was another gunshot, and the bullets quickly shot towards the target accompanied by flames and gunpowder smoke.

This time, everyone heard the sound of bullets and targets colliding in the distance.

This time without Zhang Qingfeng's instructions, Li Kui quickly ran towards the target.

Not long after, he was told to pant and run back carrying the target.

Everyone checked the shooting effect again.

The iron plate has been completely shot through, not only that, even the wooden board behind the iron plate has been completely penetrated.

Seeing this effect, Xun Yu can fully imagine that even if a person is wearing heavy armor, as long as he is shot by this kind of bullet, he will be shot to death.

Even Cao Cao's most elite tiger and leopard cavalry would probably be defeated when faced with an army that supports this kind of weapon.

Next, Zhang Qingfeng shot another iron plate with a thickness of five millimeters, this time he used steel pointed bullets.

The shooting effect is also very good, the [-] mm thick iron plate is directly shot through by the steel bullet.

"Brother Ruixiang, besides you, who else knows about such a weapon."

After the trial shooting, Xun Yu couldn't wait to ask Zhang Qingfeng.

He was worried that Zhang Qingfeng was not the only one who knew about this weapon, and it would be bad if people in the south got it.

"Wen Ruo, don't worry, this weapon was invented by my seniors, and I am the only one who knows about it." Zhang Qingfeng said to Xun Yu.

"Then, Brother Ruixiang, are you willing to dedicate this weapon to the court? The court will definitely not treat you badly." Xun Yu said again.

"Wen Ruo, you also saw how I made this flintlock gun. Do you think anyone in the court can make this kind of gun besides me?" Zhang Qingfeng asked.

"Uh, that's right." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Xun Yu was stunned.

For more than a month, Xun Yu has been watching Zhang Qingfeng build the flintlock gun little by little. Zhang Qingfeng explained the principle of this gun to him in detail.

It stands to reason that he can also make a flintlock gun, but thinking about it, he can only shake his head. This kind of gun is too complicated for him, and he can't handle Zhang Qingfeng's machine tool either.

It can be said that even if Zhang Qingfeng gave the manufacturing method and gunpowder formula to the court for free, the court may not be able to make it.

The most important thing is that Zhang Qingfeng spent tens of thousands of dollars to manufacture such a flintlock gun. If the imperial court wanted to equip such weapons on a large scale, it would have to go bankrupt.

A few days later, Xun Yu left Taihang Mountain contentedly with the gift Zhang Qingfeng gave him.

At this time, it has entered the year 206 AD.

This year, Gao Gan, Yuan Shao's nephew, rebelled against Cao Cao and was defeated by Cao Cao.

After Xun Yu left Taihang Mountain, he soon returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao's political center at this time.

"Tinghou, the general has summoned you."

As soon as Xun Yu returned to Yecheng, Cao Cao's guards came to inform him.

"I see, wait a moment."

Xun Yu tidied up his appearance before following the man to meet Cao Cao.

"Mr. Wen Ruo has worked hard on this trip." Cao Cao said after seeing Xun Yu.

"No, it's all because of my curiosity, I want to meet that person." Xun Yu said.

This time he went to see Zhang Qingfeng, it was really his own idea, and it was not Cao Cao who sent him there.

Cao Cao knew from Li Bai that Zhang Qingfeng was not optimistic about his southern expedition to unify the country, so he didn't have a good impression of Zhang Qingfeng.

At this time, Cao Cao was still the same high-spirited General Cao who had not experienced the defeat of Chibi.

At this time, Cao Cao was very conceited, and his desire for talents was not very high.

Only after his defeat in Chibi, Guo Jia, Xun Yu and other counselors passed away one after another, will his mentality change drastically, and his thirst for talents will reach its peak.

At that time, he would issue three consecutive orders to seek talents within a few years, and ordered to promote only talents, which means that as long as there are talents, no matter how good they are, even if they are disabled, it can be seen that Cao Cao attached great importance to talents at that time .

"Wen Ruo will receive any goods during this trip?" Cao Cao asked Xun Yu.

(End of this chapter)