Early the next morning, Zheng Peng did not go to court, but went to the Firearms Department in the Forbidden Garden one step ahead of Li Longji, wanting to see the progress made by the Firearms Department.

Zheng Peng doesn't want to be nosy, and he doesn't want to be uncomfortable, so he simply doesn't go, and it's much more interesting to see what new progress there is in the Firearms Department than to go to the court.

After coming to the Firearms Department, Zheng Peng was surprised to find that the scale of the Firearms Department had expanded, adding a lot of buildings, and from a distance, it was more than twice as large as before.

Zheng Peng is the secretary of ordnance, and he has served in the Ten Thousand Cavalry Battalion, and he knows many guards, not to mention the firearms department, which is well-known, heavily guarded, and cannot be approached by outsiders at all, Zheng Peng just put the token in place, and even the inspection procedure was exempted, and he entered it easily.

"It's all polished well, and there must be no problems."

"The matter of the firearms has been reported, and with the emperor's attention to the Firearms Department, he will come to review it soon, and those who want to be rewarded will work hard."

"Move lightly, be careful of the gunpowder, if we don't get it, we will all serve it in one pot, and we haven't enjoyed enough happiness yet."

In the forging workshop, Sun Dayan, who only had one arm left, was patrolling his own territory while training and supervising the members of his group.

It is gold that will always shine, after getting the support and encouragement of Zheng Peng, Sun Dayan, who was once reduced to sweeping the floor, regained confidence and courage, formed his own small team, with his own intelligence and hard work, and finally developed a powerful firecracker, this kind of fire system in addition to the power, simple operation, the biggest advantage is that it can be carried around, the mobility is extremely high, unanimously recognized by the Firearms Administration, after many tests to be reported, it is said that the emperor Longyan Dayue, will soon come to review.

As long as the emperor is happy, what do you want? It is not an exaggeration to say that if Zheng Peng is in the ordnance superintendent, no one will have the idea of replacement, including Sun Dayan, however, if Zheng Peng leaves, Sun Dayan will really have a chance, even if he becomes the secretary of ordnance, it is not bad to supervise the Firearms Department.

Just when Sun Dayan was full of ambition, a voice suddenly came from the side: "Team Sun, you're in a good mood." ”

This voice is very familiar, Sun Da's eyes moved, he shook his head, and just saw Zheng Peng looking at him with a smile.

"General Zheng, you're here, the little one has been thinking about you, what wind blew you here." Sun Dayan said as he trotted over.

For Zheng Peng, Sun Dayan is admiration and gratitude, if it weren't for Zheng Peng, maybe he would still be a little person who sweeps the floor and washes the toilet, maybe he will be starved and beaten.

Zheng Peng smiled, personally lifted Sun Dayan and said, "Don't be polite, get up and speak." ”

"General Xie."

"This time I went to the Firearms Department, it was the emperor's will, and I will accompany the emperor to test your newly researched firecracker." Zheng Peng said straight to the point.

Craftsmen are different from politicians, relying on craftsmanship, not eloquence, and there is no need to beat around the bush when talking to him.

Sun Dayan hurriedly said: "The fire gun can be made, and the general should take the lead, if there is no guidance from the general, with a small qualification, how can such a fine thing be made." ”

The idea is what Zheng Peng said, the design drawing was drawn by Zheng Peng, Sun Dayan knew very well in his heart, if there was no Zheng Peng, he didn't expect that gunpowder could be used like this, if this time the firearm was recognized by the emperor, there was merit, the credit was Zheng Peng's, and the labor was Sun Dayan's own, no, it was a small team.

"You don't have to be humble, there are so many teams, it's your team that has made achievements, and you haven't seen the wrong person." Zheng Peng said with some pride.

The treatment of the Firearms Department is very good, and the craftsmen in it can have enough food and clothing without much effort, so that many things are procrastinated and have no enterprising spirit, all of them are not meritorious, but they are not guilty, and Sun Dayan is different, although the test has an accident and there is no hand, but this also shows his spirit of daring to try, from the fact that he dares to report the firecracker, it shows that he is very confident in this.

"General Xie compliments." Sun Da said with pride in his eyes.

Being appreciated and recognized by admirers is undoubtedly the greatest praise for Sun Dayan's efforts.

"Don't be in a hurry to thank you, whether the fire system is good or not, the emperor has the final say" After a pause, Zheng Peng said directly: "What about the sample, I'll take a look first." ”

Sun Dayan had already made preparations, and immediately said when he heard the words: "Great, I have long wanted the general to give the little one a check, please here." ”

According to Sun Dayan, because of the range, it was not suitable for testing in the shed, so he applied for the expansion of the test site and enclosed it with blue bricks, in which the back wall of the target was more than a foot thick.

"General, please look, this is the latest firecracker" Sun Dayan asked his subordinates to send a firecracker, and respectfully presented it to Zheng Peng.

Zheng Peng took a look at it, and immediately felt that his heart sank, much heavier than he imagined.

Huotong weighs about thirteen catties, about two feet long, looks like a mallet, made of black iron, looks dark, and feels cold and metallic, the body of the fire gun is polished smoothly up and down, at least there is no burr to the touch, Zheng Peng held it up in the sun to look closely, and did not find trachoma.

At least it looks plausible.

Nodding, he put down the firearm and said, "Test it." ”

The sample is out, it doesn't look good or not, the important thing is practicality and power, Zheng Peng values the power the most.

Sun Dayan answered, and immediately asked the person in charge of the test in the small team to prepare for the test.

After a while, there were a lot of wooden targets in the test field, placed at different distances, and the two team members holding the fire gun were ready, and after Zheng Peng's consent, Sun Dayan simply gave the team members the instructions for testing.

The distance between the first target tested was thirty paces.

The team member held the fire pistol tightly with both hands, placed it on the right side of his waist, adjusted the angle slightly, and then motioned to the person assisting on the side to light the lead on the fire pistol, and the scene sounded the sound of the burning fuse.

"General" Sun Dayan explained in a low voice: "In fact, one person can complete the firing process, but in order to be more accurate, someone was specially arranged to assist." ”

The weight of the fire hammer is not large, and it can be easily picked up with one hand, and the lead can be ignited with one hand with the fire fold.

The scene was silent all of a sudden, only the sizzle of the burning lead was heard, and when the lead burned to the end, a "bang" sounded, and I saw a flash of fire at the mouth of the fire gun, and the target thirty steps away fell to the ground in response.

The first shot went well, Sun Dayan glanced at Zheng Peng with the corner of his eye, and saw that Zheng Peng did not mean to interrupt, so he immediately signaled the second shot of the firearm loaded with medicine to continue the test, but this time the target was a target fifty steps away.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang......

The sound of firing guns was constantly heard from the test ground, and the distance began at thirty paces and gradually increased, and the farthest board was two hundred and fifty paces away.

When the last gun was released, Zheng Peng was about to test the power of the fire gun, when a voice suddenly came from outside, "The emperor has arrived".

Li Longji, who was long overdue, finally arrived.