Iron Dynasty

The waves crashed against the huge hull of the Galen, and the wind was howling.

In the distance, a dark cloud was approaching, which heralded an imminent storm.

Bah, our Highness doesn't need support from you people with ulterior motives.

The words translated by the translator made Yue Yun spat fiercely.

Now the facts are very clear, the King of Chu has become the lackey of the Dutch. It is no wonder that the King of Chu has become more and more domineering over the years.

What should I do? The translator looked at Yue Yun.

According to the plan just now, let his companions take things in exchange for him. They and the Dutch are not good people.

Looking at the sea that was dyed black by dark clouds, Yue Yun's heart was heavy. Whether it was a Dutch or a British, this confirmed the knowledge Xiao Ming told them in the school.

Now the Western powers have assigned their sphere of influence to the Great Yu Kingdom, and according to Wilson, flintlock guns are already common equipment in the West, and sailing warships sail around the world.

In the Great Yu Kingdom, the Dutch had introduced the arquebus to the fief of the King of Chu. This news was extremely important and was enough to give the King of Chu a fatal blow in the courtroom.

With a sigh, he looked at Qingzhou on the chart, and only hoped that King Qi had produced the flintlock gun now.

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Qingzhou, military workshop.

After a burst of firecracker-like sound, there was a burst of cheers from the military workshop test firing range.

On the test firing range, Xiao Ming was holding a brand new flintlock gun, and the muzzle was still smoking.

The stock of the flintlock pistol is made of brown mahogany, with a bayonet on the barrel. The position of Xiao Ming's finger is the position of the silver sparkling movement. The entire flintlock pistol is 107 cm long, 0.75 caliber, and weighs 4 kg. , containing a bayonet sixty centimeters long.

While busy with cotton planting these two days, the first gun barrel was officially produced, and Zhang Liu sent the gun barrel to the military workshop without stopping.

Song Changping, who had completed the assembly of the rest of the accessories, assembled the barrel at this time, and a flintlock gun was officially born.

And Xiao Ming, who got the news, also rushed to the military workshop, and Lu Tong also brought the ammunition.

Your Highness, where did the bullet go? Chen Qi looked ahead, wondering where Xiao Ming's shooting target was.

This king doesn't know either. Xiao Ming played with the flintlock pistol in his hand with satisfaction. The accuracy of this flintlock pistol is very poor. It needs concentrated firepower to exert its power. I don't know where the bullet flew to just now.

Although Song Changping made a flintlock gun, he didn't know how to use it at all. They didn't realize it until Xiao Ming came over. It was almost no different from a cannon.

The only difference now is the flint firing on the back of the gun.

So bows and arrows are not as good as? Chen Qi looked strange, Then why does His Highness produce these things? It would be better to have Song Changping follow me to produce artillery.

Song Changping pulled a group of people to produce muskets. This Chen Qi was distressed. Now that muskets are inferior to artillery pieces, he took the opportunity to say that he wanted to recover the loss.

You can make artillery, but you don't understand it when you are marching and fighting. This flintlock gun is much more important than the artillery. This king can count on it to drive the barbarians away. Xiao Ming stroked the flintlock pistol lightly.

The flintlock gun was finally produced, Xiao Ming's mood suddenly relaxed, at least Qingzhou once again narrowed the generation gap between Western weapons.

Everyone was happily talking about the musket, when suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes outside the military workshop.

The figures of Niu Ben and Lu Fei appeared in front of everyone.

His Royal Highness, the flintlock gun has been produced? Niu Ben looked expectant.

Xiao Ming nodded and threw the other two flintlock guns, one for each person.

Your Highness, this guy is worth a spear. Lu Fei held the flintlock gun, and the first thing he noticed was the bayonet on the wall.

Niu Ben nodded, No wonder His Highness said that the pikemen will be disbanded, and now the musketeers that are formed are the pikemen.

The old general now understands that this musketeer is both a long-range unit and a short-range unit. Facing the barbarian's iron cavalry charge, the musketeer can shoot from a distance, and can fight close to the body, and will not be slaughtered by the cavalry so easily.

There was excitement in Niu Ben's eyes, this flintlock gun was very magical in Xiao Ming's mouth, he said, His Royal Highness, how do you use this gun?

Xiao Ming smiled and said to Chen Qi, Take a set of plate armor and hang it 80 meters away.

Chen Qi got the order and took a set of plate armor and hung it on the target 80 meters away. At this position, it was almost the maximum effective range of the flintlock gun.

Then he said to Niu Ben and Lu Fei: You stand on both sides of this king and learn from this king.

While speaking, Xiao Ming handed the ammunition for the flintlock gun to the two of them.

Although Niu Ben and Lu Fei were strange, they still followed Xiao Ming's words.

At this time, Xiao Ming put the flintlock gun on the ground, bit the ammunition and poured the gunpowder and the projectile into the barrel of the flintlock gun. Then, he used a clear rod to compact the gunpowder and the projectile, and sprinkled some gunpowder in the gunpowder pool. , held up the flintlock gun and aimed at the plate armor.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei followed suit and raised their flintlock guns.

Fire! Xiao Ming gave an order, pulled the trigger, and another gunshot followed by blue smoke, and two gunshots on both sides of him.

It's just that the posture of Niu Ben and Lu Fei holding the guns is a bit wrong, and the guns in their hands are almost unsteady.

It's quite powerful. Having seen the artillery, Lu Fei was not as shocked by the flintlock gun as when he first saw the artillery.

And like Chen Qi, he felt that this was a shrunken cannon.

Did you hit? Lu Fei said excitedly, putting down the gun.

Niu Ben also showed a look of anticipation, and they all had high expectations for the flintlock gun.

It's just that the people who went to investigate came back quickly and missed.

No, I aimed very accurately. Niu Ben didn't believe it.

Xiao Ming did not respond, but said, Second round of shooting.

Niu Ben and Lu Fei scratched their heads and had to reload and shoot again.

Shot. The person who went to investigate took the plate armor back.

After two rounds of shooting, Niu Ben felt that the flintlock gun was not as accurate as a bow and arrow, but after seeing the hole in the plate armor, he was silent, and the bullet actually completely penetrated the plate armor.

Old General, you must be disdainful of the accuracy of this flintlock gun now, but this king is not here to show you this. He said to Chen Qi and Song Changping, The three of you come here too.

Chen Qi, Song Changping and Zhang Liu nodded excitedly, immediately took the flintlock gun and stood in the position of the three.

The old general has been on the battlefield for a long time, and his arrows are unparalleled. Naturally, he can penetrate Yang with a hundred steps, but with the flintlock gun, even a person like Chen Qi who has never touched a sword can kill an experienced barbarian cavalry at such a long distance.

Bang bang...

As he was talking, Chen Qi and the others had already opened fire.

bingo!

The investigators soon came back to report, and Niu Ben's face suddenly became heavy when he heard the words.