The Bird Gun was the standard equipment of the royal guards, and the Janissary turned around and took a Secret Gun from the colleague guarding the Imperial Garden.

Zhu Yujian was about to order the two forbidden soldiers to compare, but Su Chengyu reached out and took the flint hair, "Uncle Huang, it's better to let your nephew come." He took a handful of things from the sack he had brought, and continued, "There's another treasure here, just right for you to display." ”

"And?" Zhu Yujian looked at Su Chengyu's hand and saw that he was holding a handful of paper bags slightly larger than peanuts.

He didn't ask much at the moment, nodded and said, "Okay, you show it to me." ”

Su Chengyu rolled up his big sleeves, stuffed the paper bag into the purse around his waist, glanced at the wooden target opposite, and frowned at the eunuch: "This wooden target is too thin, let's stack a few more layers." ”

Pang Tianshou was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this was a board more than an inch thick, but he still beckoned someone to stack the four wooden planks together and set up a neat row.

Su Chengyu nodded to the forbidden army holding a dense gun beside him, "Let's start." ”

As the two of them each took out their tools and began to load, Zhu Yujian's eyes widened more and more - at first, it was obvious that the skilled forbidden army was fast, and he had already begun to pour the propellant, and Su Chengyu had just torn open the corner of the paper bag and poured the black thing inside into the medicine pot. But then, Su Chengyu stuffed the remaining paper bag into the mouth of the gun, compacted it with a cane, pulled the hammer and raised the gun. And the forbidden army on the side is still blowing the arquebus......

In a moment's time, Su Chengyu had already fired six times, and the forbidden army had just raised his gun for the fourth time. This is still Su Chengyu's movements are obviously slower than his opponent's, if the two of them are equally skilled, I'm afraid he can send out eight to nine guns!

Zhu Yujian knew too well what this rate of fire meant, and the best firearm that the Qing army was equipped with at the moment was nothing more than a Lu Mi gun. If this flintlock has a double rate of fire than the Lumi, it will be almost twice as many troops as the Ming army in the battle!

After the two of them put down the fire gun in their hands, Zhu Yujian asked Su Chengyu urgently: "Why didn't I see you loading lead bullet just now?" ”

Su Chengyu picked up the paper bag used for firing before and opened it, only to see that it was gunpowder like black sesame seeds, and the top of the paper bag was a lead bullet.

"Uncle Hui, this thing is called a fixed ammunition." He explained to Zhu Yujian, "Wrap the weighed gunpowder and lead bullet together in advance, tear a corner during the battle, pour out a small amount to make the ignition powder, and the rest can be fired directly into the firecracker." ”

Zhu Yujian was greatly surprised, this seemingly simple invention has reduced the steps of taking lead bullets, loading lead bullets, compacting, and pulling out the cane in the previous loading process.

He was very happy in his heart, but he cautiously asked, "How is the long-range and powerful shooting of this new gun than that of a bird?" ”

Su Chengyu pointed to the wooden target opposite, "Uncle Huang will know it at a glance." ”

Pang Tianshou hurriedly commanded the little eunuch to carry the wooden target on the opposite side upside down.

I saw that the first layer of planks on the side of the forbidden army was shot through, and a piece protruded from the back of the second layer, but the third layer was not injured.

The first and second layers on Su Chengyu's side are all pierced, and the third layer may have cracks or embedded with lead bullet fragments.

"Why is this gun so powerful?" Zhu Yujian immediately asked.

Su Chengyu picked up the paper bag again, "It's not that the firearm is powerful, it's this gunpowder."

"The powdered gunpowder burned too quickly in the gunner, and the fire contained in it was instantly released, and most of it was wasted before the lead bullet flew out of the gun."

He held up the "black sesame seeds" in the paper bag and motioned, "I let the gunpowder clump and then crush into granules." In this way, there will be gaps between the pills, the burning speed will be slowed down, and the fire contained in it will be released evenly. The range and power of the firebolt can be greatly increased. ”

"With such power, you can break through cotton armor from fifty steps away!" Zhu Yujian couldn't help nodding and praised, "Treasure! These two things are indeed treasures! With this sharp weapon, it can be destroyed! ”

Su Chengyu said in his heart, this is just the beginning, and there will be many surprises in the future.

"Alas......" Zhu Yujian suddenly looked excited again, retreated left and right, and sighed, "The benefits of firearms alone are far from enough." I told the world that on August 18, the royal driver would levy Fuhe Mountain, but Zheng Zhilong did everything possible to obstruct it and not send a single soldier. The king of a country has no soldiers, horses, money and food that can be mobilized. In the matter of pro-conscription, I am afraid that I can only lose my trust in the world. ”

To say that Zhu Yujian's luck is really bad, when he was the king of the domain, he brought the palace guard Qin Wang Chongzhen, and most of the soldiers were killed on the road, but Chongzhen suspected him of bad intentions and put the prince in prison. Chongzhen died, and he was transferred to Guangxi by Emperor Hongguang. Halfway to the Hongguang Dynasty also died, he hurried to Fujian to establish the imperial court, because he didn't even have a little bit of the vassal king's army, and he was a fake commander of the light pole.

Su Chengyu immediately stepped forward and said, "Uncle Huang, my nephew is not only here to offer guns, but this soldier and horse also has some plans. ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yujian said unexpectedly, "What do you do?" ”

"My nephew recently learned that Zheng Zhilong had transferred some sergeants who did not want to be in league with him to remote places, and did not allocate salaries, in order to drag down this battalion." Su Chengyu said, "Uncle Huang can leave these people in Tianxing Mansion and give them military salaries and equipment." These people all hate Zheng Zhilong, and they must feel the grace of the court and be loyal. ”

Zhu Yujian smiled bitterly when he heard this, "The reason why Zheng Zhilong uses military salaries to constrain him is because the household department can't come up with money. Even if there are soldiers, the court can't afford to raise them. ”

"The matter of military salaries should be solved by my nephew, please rest assured by Uncle Huang." Su Chengyu said this with confidence. He had a lot of new things in his head for the future, and he could choose a few of them and make them, and it would not be a problem for the silver he earned to feed the troops of a few thousand. When he has enough influence, he will advocate the opening of the sea ban and use the profits of foreign trade to support the war.

Zhu Yujian was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "How many people are there in this battalion?" ”

"About 800 people." Su Chengyu replied truthfully.

"Why are there so many vacancies?" Zhu Yujian shook his head, generally speaking, the military strength of the first battalion of the Ming Dynasty is about 3,000. But he immediately said: "But as long as there is a military salary, I will issue a document to the world, and I believe that it will not be a problem to raise 100,000 troops." ”

Su Chengyu suddenly felt a headache, and said in his heart 100,000 people, how much silver does it take to feed them? The old notion that quantity wins is unacceptable!

He immediately waved his hand and said: "Uncle Huang, my nephew thinks that one battalion should be trained, at most two battalions of soldiers." A battle is too big, which will arouse Zheng Zhilong's vigilance, in case he jumps off the wall in a hurry, the society will be in danger. Second, soldiers are not expensive. There are only 3,000 elite soldiers, as long as they are equipped with flintlock guns and artillery, and equipped with the new training methods of their nephews, they are enough to reach more than 10,000 ordinary soldiers. Three ...... The pressure on military salaries is also less. ”

Zhu Yujian thought about it carefully and nodded slightly, "It is appropriate to use elite soldiers." He immediately wondered, "You still train soldiers?" Then he turned his head to look at the flintlock on the side, "There is also a way to make firearms." How come I haven't seen you show it before? ”