Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

"Xu Aiqing is exempt from the courtesy."

"I heard that you got the firearm, so I came over immediately to take a look."

"How about it? Show it to me."

Zhu Youjian smiled and helped Xu Guangqi up.

Then he asked excitedly.

The Ministry of Industry has spent so much money, and it is finally time to bear fruit.

"Of course, your Majesty can't go any further."

"There is a lot of gunpowder in the warehouse. If something goes wrong, I will be dead."

"It would be a sin if you hurt Your Majesty!"

Xu Guangqi nodded and said it was okay.

He originally planned to take time to take the firearms to the capital to show His Majesty.

"This reminds us."

"Gunpowder must be kept properly."

"Especially it needs to be stored separately from the factory."

"These craftsmen, including Xu Guangqi, are the treasures of the Ming Dynasty."

"If there is another apocalyptic explosion, you can't find another Xu Guangqi even if you search through the Ming Dynasty."

gunpowder?

Li Chen, who had been silent all this time, suddenly slapped his forehead!

Depend on!

I forgot to tell me to store this thing separately.

There are big problems with ancient gunpowder preservation techniques.

He didn't want Xu Guangqi to go to heaven before the things arrived.

Thinking of this, Li Chen quickly sent a message to Zhu Youjian.

"My dear, gunpowder must be kept separately."

"Only a small amount of gunpowder for research is allowed in the entire town."

"Even if you are making ammunition, you must keep it at a certain distance from the powder magazine."

"I would rather cause trouble than hear about the fire and explosion!"

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment and reacted immediately.

Yes!

This shit needs to be kept separate.

He had experienced the Apocalypse explosion back then...

It's really tragic.

"Wouldn't it be too wasteful to re-establish the gunpowder magazine?"

"The Ministry of Industry should allocate all research expenses..."

"Ai Qing!"

"This is an order!"

"Just spend a little more money. If you don't have money, go to Guo Yunhou and ask for it!"

"He just took 1000 million taels from me. Isn't that what he used it for?"

"This matter must be arranged immediately. I hope to hear the news that the powder magazine is far away from the small town within a week... no! Within three days!"

Xu Guangqi was stunned and wanted to say something.

But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Youjian.

I had no choice but to agree.

"Yes, the minister leads the order."

Seeing Xu Guangqi agree, Zhu Youjian raised his hands with satisfaction.

"Come on, show me the firearms you got."

"The entire Ming Dynasty's army is waiting."

"It can't be delayed any longer."

Xu Guangqi didn't say anything more. He called a carriage and took Zhu Youjian to the shooting range outside the city.

Firearms for testing are already there.

Before he even got closer, Zhu Youjian had already faintly heard the roar of artillery!

This is what Zhu Youjian is looking forward to!

It only takes one stick of incense.

When Zhu Youjian entered the shooting range, Xu Guangqi immediately brought a brand new gun.

"Your Majesty, this is the new firearm that I just made."

"Due to time constraints, I can only make minor changes."

"The main thing is to change the barrel of the gun to high-quality iron forged by the iron-making method."

"The service life has been greatly improved."

Listening to Xu Guangqi's introduction, Zhu Youjian took the gun and looked at it carefully.

This is indeed much more refined than the previous one.

"Take a shot and see."

After looking back and forth for a while, Zhu Youjian returned the gun to Xu Guangqi.

Whether the quality is good or not depends on actual use.

I can't see any problem.

"Okay, Your Majesty, please stay away for a little bit."

Xu Guangqi was also unambiguous and asked Zhu Youjian to stand farther away.

Then he walked to the table in front and began to prepare for launch.

It is different from the three-eyed fire gun.

The loading steps for bird guns are obviously much more complicated.

I saw Xu Guangqi first pouring an appropriate amount of gunpowder into the muzzle of the gun, then loading the powder, pressing the fire, loading the bullet, loading the door powder, and loading the matchlock...

After struggling for a long time, the preparations were finally completed.

When you want to shoot, open the fire door cover, light the match rope, and finally pull the trigger.

After waiting for a long time, Zhu Youjian finally heard a "bang"!

Along with the smoke, several small holes were suddenly punched into the human-shaped paper target 100 meters in front.

Its power and accuracy are very good.

"Taizu, what do you think?"

"This accuracy is okay."

Zhu Youjian watched the bullet successfully hit the target, and a smile instantly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

I couldn't help but ask Taizu's opinion in my heart.

"Rubbish..."

However, the only answer he received was two cold words.

what?

Zhu Youjian was stunned for a moment, a little confused.

Isn't that great?

It can achieve such accuracy at a distance of [-] meters, which is much better than the previous explosives.

"It's not that Xu Guangqi didn't do well, but the matchlock gun itself is too rubbish."

"With these just a bunch of steps, I feel so tired that I can't wait to see you."

"No wonder the mainstream nowadays is rubbish like the three-eyed fire gun, which can only hit thirty steps."

"Tsk, look at the artillery."

Li Chen saw that Zhu Youjian was very confused and waved his hand helplessly.

Matchlocks and stuff are too hip-reaching.

Even if Xu Guangqi does optimization, there will be no qualitative improvement.

If you want it to be practical, you still need to develop a new generation of fire guns.

This step is really not as useful as the third eye.

After all, that thing can also be used as a mallet...

"Xu Aiqing, try the artillery again."

Seeing Taizu's lack of interest, Zhu Youjian did not dare to delay and hurriedly signaled Xu Guangqi to continue.

Soon.

Xu Guangqi had a large-caliber artillery delivered!

As soon as the artillery appeared, Taizu, who was still frowning, instantly floated over.

After wandering around this artillery for several times, my eyes gradually became brighter!

"Your Majesty, this is an improvement based on the Frankie artillery."

"The caliber was increased to four inches (twelve centimeters)."

"Each gun is equipped with a total of five sub-cannons, which can be used to fire them all in four snaps."

(Four finger snaps equal approximately 40 seconds.)

"I will demonstrate it to His Majesty right now."

With that said, Xu Guangqi quickly started operating.

Compared with the previous blunderbuss, Franky's steps are obviously much simpler.

Not long after, I heard a muffled sound!

"boom!"

A shell has hit the predetermined area hard.

Xu Guangqi moved very quickly. After firing, he took out the sub-cannon from behind the barrel, and then immediately reloaded a sub-cannon that was already filled with gunpowder.

Insert the lead again and ignite!

"boom!"

There was another muffled sound, and the shells flew out again!

Then repeat the previous action, take out the empty sub-cannon and put in the new sub-cannon to fire continuously.

In just four snaps, all five sub-cannon shots were fired.

And they all hit the predetermined area.

"Okay! This is much more reliable than that matchlock gun!"

"As expected of a breech-mounted smoothbore cannon, the rate of fire is fast and stable."

“And because the breech-loading gun is connected from front to back, air flows easily and the barrel is thin, so the heat dissipation speed is also very good.”

"In addition, the capacity of the sub-cannon is determined...there will be no chance of the barrel exploding due to excessive charge."

"Okay, okay, this is completely ready to use!"

Looking at this scene, Li Chen's face finally looked much better!

Although the musket was stretched so far that it was shameless to look at, the artillery was already able to catch Li Chen's eyes.

Fast firing rate, fast heat dissipation, and quantitative design.

Perhaps the only drawback is that due to the rear installation, the air tightness is not enough, which affects the range.

But no matter how close it is, this thing still has an attack range of 500 to [-] meters.

It's enough for city defense or field battle!