Wu Zhenghao said to Qi Daokun angrily: "Uncle Qi has the desire to serve the country and this king, and this king is very pleased...... In this way, the two sons and nephews of the Qi family, this king stayed, and they were determined to be cultivated as good students, and they lived up to Uncle Qi's good intentions today. As for Uncle Qi, ....... ”

I didn't want Qi Daokun to interrupt with words: "Does the prince dislike the old people? ”

Wu Zheng was a little worried, but he still said with a pleasant face: "Uncle Qi is in the age of not being confused, how can he be said to be old?" ”

"That's not believing in Xiaomin's craftsmanship?"

Wu Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not that this king doesn't believe it, but today's firearms are different from the past, whether it is materials or manufacturing processes, they are very different...... ”

"Xiaomin brought a few handmade firearms today, and asked the prince to take a look."

Wu Zheng was stunned, glanced at Zhang Guowei, and said slightly: "Then ask the uncle to practice." ”

Qi Daokun arched his hand and said: "Please wait a while, let Xiaomin take his nephew to get it." ”

Wu Zheng nodded in agreement.

After a while, Qi Daokun came in with his son and nephew, and the two teenagers carried a large wooden box.

Qi Daokun opened it outside the house, and the three of them took out some large and small parts from the box and began to assemble them.

Wu Zheng and Zhang Guowei hesitated for a while, and finally couldn't help but step forward to watch, which made Wu Zheng have a strong illusion.

Thirteen barrels form a cylindrical shape, which is too similar to the Gatling of later generations.

Wu Zheng's eyes widened, and he was shocked in his heart, wouldn't it, just kidding, there was a repeating machine gun at this time? Or the Gatling known as the harvester?

Although the roughness is a little rougher, it really looks a little like it.

But slowly, Wu Zheng found that this was not the same thing at all.

The firearm in front of me is at most an elephant, and it is not at all like a god.

Because there are no firmware for machine guns behind these thirteen iron pipes, not even a trigger, not to mention continuous firing, I'm afraid it's not even a flintlock, because Wu Zheng has already seen the front loading and placing the fire rope.

That is, this is, at most, an arquebus.

Just when Wu Zheng was hesitating in his heart, Qi Daokun had already completed the assembly, and he raised his head and said: "Lord Wang, this is Xiaomin's own improvement and creation of thirteen firecrackers according to the book of war, if the prince allows it, you can practice on the spot." ”

Wu Zheng said in a deep voice: "Xiao Anzi, set up an arrow target fifty steps away." ”

Qi Daokun arched his hand and said: "Please send someone to set up an inch thick plank a hundred steps away." ”

Wu Zheng hesitated for a moment, and said to Song An: "Do it." ”

In a moment, the thick planks a hundred paces away had been erected.

After obtaining Wu Zheng's nod, Qi Daokun asked the two teenagers to step back and one of them started to operate.

He ignited the fire breaker, and for the first firing he turned one barrel by hand, and after twelve cycles, thirteen barrels were fired in a cloud of smoke.

Wu Zheng was shocked in his heart, because he saw the sawdust flying sideways and crumbling on the wooden plank a hundred steps away, which showed that the lethality of this firearm was still huge at a hundred paces away.

At this time, Qi Daokun got up and arched his hand and said, "Please check the prince." ”

Wu Zhengqiang endured the shock in his heart and raised his hand with a wave.

The guards carried the plank over, although in terms of the degree of destruction of the plank, Wu Zheng could be sure that at least four or five of the thirteen projectiles did not hit the plank, but Wu Zheng saw three holes, which made Wu Zheng very shocked.

A distance of 100 paces, can penetrate an inch thick plank, is this still an arquebus?

This simply refreshed Wu Zheng's perception of arquebuses.

Wu Zheng asked, "You invented this?" ”

Qi Daokun shook his head and said: "This is contained in the military book, Xiaomin has only slightly improved, and ninety percent of it is copied from the book." Lord Wang, Xiaomin still has different firearms, can you continue to practice for the prince? ”

"Exactly." Wu Zheng pursed his lips and slowly spit out a word.

Qi Daokun carefully took out an iron lump from the wooden box, shaped like a pineapple, but it was much flattened, and the lattice on the outside was also more prominent and obvious.

Wu Zheng's heart moved, landmines?

However, Wu Zheng didn't ask, but watched Qi Daokun beckoning the two teenagers to go to the wooden plank where they were erecting and digging a pit.

Wu Zheng is almost certain that this is a landmine.

Not long after, Qi Daokun beckoned the second boy to come back, bowed down and said, "Please send someone to drive a few sheep to the place where Xiaomin buried firearms." ”

Wu Zheng was really stunned, because he didn't see the rope, could it be that there were already non-artificially detonated triggered mines at this time?

Over there, Zhang Guowei had already excitedly asked Song An to arrange it.

After a while, the guards drove a dozen sheep over.

Wu Zheng waved his hand and said, "Do as Uncle says." ”

Shortly after the sheep were driven past, the expected explosion sounded with a "boom".

In the midst of the dirt and the scattering of the sheep, there were sheep, at least one, which were blown apart, because there was a piece of minced meat that fell in the direction where Wu Zheng and the others were standing, and it was a leg of mutton.

Wu Zheng couldn't hold it anymore, he rushed forward to check, a basin-sized pit, surrounded by a circle of faintly visible black, which should have been ignited by gunpowder, or still not completely burned gunpowder sprayed out.

At least two sheep were torn apart by the explosion, and two of them fell squarely on their sides, obviously unable to live.

Around the pit, there are also fragments of lattice iron lumps that have just been seen.

Wu Zheng took a deep breath of gunsmoke, turned to Qi Daokun, who rushed over, and asked, "This is also contained in the military book?" ”

Qi Daokun replied respectfully: "Yes." Xiaomin also has a firearm, but it can't be used here. ”

"What is it?"

"Mines."

Wu Zheng was no longer shocked, and just asked, "Is it also contained in the Book of Soldiers?" ”

"Yes. In the book of war, it is called a contact mine. According to the records of the war, Qi Shaobao once used this mine to blow up and sink a Japanese warship. ”

Wu Zheng didn't want to ask anymore, he turned around and hurriedly ran back, picked up a military book and flipped through it quickly.

A local translation, Zhang Guowei also turned over the book that Wu Zheng flipped over.

Everyone was silent and waiting.

After about a pillar of incense, Wu Zhengcai let out a long breath and slowly sat down in the chair.

He smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Guowei, who was looking at him: "I really don't know that the firearms of the Ming Dynasty were once so powerful and brilliant. Let's put it this way, if the firearms and armies recorded in these military books were really used, only 100,000 people, nay, 80,000 people would be enough to wipe out the world. Where is the chance for the Tartars to enter the customs? ”

Shaking the military book in his hand, Wu Zheng said with emotion: "It is recorded in the book that the effective firing distance of the five thunder god machines used by Qi Shaobao has reached one hundred and fifty steps (about 200 meters), plus the iron shell mines that were detonated by the steel wheel pressure fire, and the thirteen arquebuses I just saw have a range as far as eight miles...... God, with these alone, even if the Qing army is attacked with cavalry, it can be hard to shake it. ”