On the square in front of the Chengqing Palace, the ministers surrounded Luo Xin and his party in the middle in a crescent shape. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Xiao Wenxuan and Xiao Ming stood in the middle of the crescent.

Looking at Luo Xin taking out one long stick-shaped weapon after another from the wooden box, Xiao Wenxuan's eyes showed surprise, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Ming'er, this is the musket?" ”

"Yes, father, this is the musket used in the Battle of Jizhou, it is actually very simple to say, but it is just to shrink the artillery."

The ten muskets brought by Xiao Ming this time were all arquebuses, and there was an arquebus at the position of the bolt.

You need to light the arquebus to fire it when fighting, and this is where the disadvantages of the arquebus lie.

Because firing requires an arquebus, gunners often have to carry arquebuses several meters long on their bodies.

When the weather is wet, the arquebus is also extremely difficult to ignite, and the musketeers will usually light both ends of the arquebus in order to fire a second shot at any time, but in this way, a fiery arquebus will not burn for long, and it is easy to be unusable due to the lack of arquebuses during the siege.

Another disadvantage is that lit arquebuses can be easily spotted at night, which makes it difficult to carry out sneak attacks at night.

Overall, it was the fact that there were so many drawbacks of the arquebus that led to the rapid elimination of the arquebus after the appearance of the flintlock pistol.

Now Xiao Ming is ready to sell the arquebus, which is confident in the advantages of the arquebus over the flintlock pistol.

"Well, it's a bit like the artillery has shrunk, Ming'er, you're so smart, doesn't this mean that every soldier now has a cannon in his hand?" Xiao Wenxuan laughed, extremely happy.

It was difficult for the Great Yu Kingdom to defeat the barbarians in the wild because of the lack of horses, and now the appearance of this new weapon immediately gave Xiao Wenxuan hope.

These days, he attaches great importance to the firearms battalion, and now that there is a new type of weaponry, he is naturally excited.

Xiao Ming echoed and smiled: "Although it is a shrunken artillery, its power will be reduced a lot. ”

At this time, Luo Xin had already handed over all ten arquebuses to the soldiers, and when they were in Qingzhou, these soldiers had already practiced the firing process of arquebuses, so they were very skilled in loading after getting the arquebuses, just waiting for them to be fired.

Ready, Xiao Ming glanced at Luo Xin at this time.

"Launch!" Luo Xin shouted at this time.

At the order, the soldier immediately lit the arquebus, using the fiery rope to ignite the gunpowder in the powder pool, and with a "bang" of gunshots, a puff of white smoke bubbled.

Although Xiao Wenxuan was prepared, he was still startled by the movement of the arquebus, and the ministers were the same, and some of them were even so frightened that their bodies trembled.

"Oh, the sound of this musket is not small."

"yes, but why hasn't any of these targets been hit?"

“……”

After the arquebus was fired, the ministers began to whisper.

In today's court, none of them jumped out to accuse Xiao Ming, one is because Xiao Ming's contribution this time is too great, and finding fault at this time is tantamount to finding fault with himself.

Secondly, Xiao Ming holds Shanhaiguan, which is equivalent to Xiao Ming holding the safety of the north, he is a high authority at this time, and he is afraid of being defeated by Xiao Ming's army, after all, Xiao Ming has this ability now.

And the most important thing is this new weapon musket, they represent the interests of different clan lords in the Great Yu Kingdom, but no one wants to offend Xiao Ming, because they are also eager to get this weapon.

The ministers' discussion reached Xiao Wenxuan's ears, Xiao Wenxuan was also a little embarrassed, and he said to Xiao Ming: "Ming'er, why didn't you hit any of these targets." ”

"Father, this musket relies on intensive shooting, which is naturally very different from the bow and arrow, in fact, the accuracy of the musket is not as good as the bow and arrow." Xiao Ming said lightly.

Qi Jiguang, a general of the Ming Dynasty, once described in detail the comical situation of muskets in the army: either the soldier forgot to reload with lead bullets, or the soldiers carelessly swallowed the lead bullets, or the soldiers raised the guns incorrectly and caused the ammunition to slip out of the barrel, even if the shooting accuracy was very poor.

So many problems eventually led to the Qi family's army team being only equipped with two bird guns, and the rest were cold weapons.

Therefore, even if he brought the arquebus this time, it is still a question whether the generals of the forbidden army can take a fancy to it after a demonstration.

"Bows and arrows are not as good, so what's the use of this arquebus?"

After Xiao Ming's words came out, a general suddenly spoke up.

The other ministers also meant the same thing, if it weren't for the fact that Xiao Ming relied on muskets to defeat the barbarians, they would have been even more disdainful.

Luo Quan said loudly at this time: "Your Majesty, a single musket is indeed not as practical as a bow and arrow on the battlefield, but the last general has seen the musket team of His Royal Highness King Qi, thousands of people form a column to ride and shoot, the musket will emit great power, and a qualified archer needs years of training, but even if an ordinary person can kill the cavalry of the barbarians with a musket, the barbarians do not lack horses, and the Great Yu Kingdom does not lack soldiers. ”

Xiao Wenxuan looked at the blank bull's-eye, and swept the musket again, what Luo Quan said was exactly what he was thinking, the advantage of the barbarians is the war horse and the skilled archer, which is the disadvantage of the Great Yu Kingdom.

The musket could make up for this disadvantage, and he asked again: "Ming'er, what is the power and range of this musket?" ”

"The range is not that of a bow and arrow, and it is much more powerful than a bow and arrow, and it can pierce the armor of the barbarians from a distance of ninety paces." Xiao Ming said.

For him, the purpose of his arrival with an arquebus was to sell the weapon and sell it.

This time the north is stable, and now they have signed a letter of nomination, regardless of whether this letter of nomination is useful or not, for the time being, the princes should be honest.

After marrying Fei Yue'er back, he basically won't come to Chang'an again, and after that, he will fully manage his fiefdom and completely make up for the gap with the West's science and technology.

Therefore, when he came to Chang'an this time, he came to look for money, one was a business agreement, and the other was arms sales.

As long as these two things are achieved, he will be able to continue to make profits and use the silver to upgrade the fiefdom industry.

"More powerful than a bow and arrow?" Xiao Wenxuan was a little moved by Xiao Ming's words.

He pondered for a moment, and he said: "In this case, it is better to equip a batch like artillery, and this time it is better to equip the firearms battalion with five thousand muskets first." ”

The last purchase of artillery had already cost millions of taels of silver, and now it must be a lot of money to continue to purchase muskets.

Therefore, Xiao Wenxuan didn't want to purchase too much at once, lest the ministers make irresponsible remarks, after all, the firearms battalion that was built at a huge cost was just an ornament, and it had no real achievements on the battlefield.

And the accuracy of this musket did make him a little suspicious of the combat effectiveness of the musket.

(To be continued.) )