Dong Ce looked at all the belongings in front of him and was silent.

It's really shabby, and it's a pretty big side pier, that's it.

At this point, I can't think about it, so I have to face reality. He reached out and picked up the intact bird gun in his hand and looked at it carefully, this was the first time he had come into contact with the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, and he was naturally a little curious.

The bird gun in his hand looks a little old, the wooden butt and the barrel made of wrought iron are all a dark black, and the weight in the hand is about seven or eight pounds. The shape of the whole gun is very simple, basically the butt and the barrel are two parts, the barrel is about three feet three inches long, and the total length is about four feet. There is a crosshair, the door, installed on the wooden support, the mouth of the gun grows out of the wooden support two inches, and the back seven inches of the support is bent downward. On the right side of the butt, there is a fire gate, etc., and the muzzle of the gun is the size of a bird's beak - this is also the origin of its name.

In addition to the mouth like a bird's beak, there is another reason, that is, "the back hand does not need to abandon the ignition, then do not shake, so ten shots have **, that is, the birds in the forest, can be shot down, because it is named." ”

This kind of description is naturally a lot exaggerated.

Dong Ce looked at it for a while, and became more and more disappointed.

Every time this thing is fired, it has to go through a series of complicated actions such as loading the propellant, ramming the charge with a cane, loading lead, tamping the lead, opening the fire door, lighting the gunpowder, closing the fire door, etc., and the firing speed is extremely slow. There's a shot you can make, over there! One! Root! Read! The novel xstxt is already capable of shooting three rounds of arrows.

The actual effective range is more than 60 meters, which is similar to the horn bow used by the Mongols and the big bow used by the Jurchens.

The range is about the same, and the rate of fire is much slower - this rudimentary firearm has little advantage over bows and arrows, which have been passed down for thousands of years in human history, and whose technology has reached its peak and maturity. Of course, there are advantages, the first is that it does not waste much arm strength and can be fired continuously. The second is that the training speed is fast, the physical fitness requirements of the soldier are relatively low, and it takes several times longer to train a good archer than a bird gunner.

However, it is a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not give full play to these advantages, even a little bit. In this era, soldiers were not proud to use such state-of-the-art firearms, on the contrary, many border sergeants preferred to use bows and arrows rather than firearms. Firearms are easy to explode, and they are easy to get damp on rainy days and can't be used, why is the Ming army so weak in the face of the Jurchens? This is also related to the fact that the Ming army used a large number of firearms but did not use them well, basically the infantry of the Ming army brigade faced the Jurchens, and only had time to shoot a gun to kill them, and due to insufficient training, the soldiers did not shoot at a uniform time, and the damage to the enemy was minimal. Even because officials at all levels worked their way up and down in the process of manufacturing, shoddy firearms were shoddy, resulting in an extremely high rate of firearms exploding, and soldiers avoided them.

If Dong Ce had a hundred bird guns in his hands at this moment, it would definitely play a big role, but if there was only one, it could only be said to be a chicken rib.

looked at it and threw it aside, but Zhou Zhong was very interested in this thing, so he took it over and played with it carefully. He used to be a soldier in Jizhen, and he was very familiar with this thing, so he got started in three or two clicks.

"Like?" Dong Ce asked.

Zhou Zhong smiled and nodded.

"I've rewarded you." Dong Ce laughed and said, "But we have to explain it, you have to make a name for yourself." ”

Zhou Zhong was overjoyed and patted his chest: "Don't worry, Dong Tou'er, let's practice you within thirty steps, and you will be able to hit the birds." ”

Dong Ce only thought that he was a teenager, just smiled, and didn't take it to heart.

At this time, Wang Tong suddenly shouted excitedly from inside: "Boss, boss, come and take a look, let's dig out a good thing." ”

"Good stuff?" Dong Ce's heart was shocked, and he walked into the warehouse quickly.

In the smoke and dust, I saw Wang Tong pulling a long box down from the corner of the wall, and when he saw Dong Ce coming in, he turned around and smiled: "Boss, don't say it, this thing is hidden quite deeply, and everything is only revealed when it is stripped away." Ouch, that's heavy. ”

Wang Tong wanted to pick up the box, but he didn't expect the box to be ridiculously heavy, he had no place, the soles of his feet were soft, and he sat on the ground with his buttocks.

Wang Hun laughed from the side.

"Laugh at the fart." Dong Ce kicked him in the ass and said, "Don't go and help yet." ”

Wang Hun hurriedly responded to the above, went up with Wang Tong and the two of them to lift the box and put it outside the warehouse.

"That's a good thing!" Wang Tong didn't care about the dirt on his head and face, squatted on the ground, wiped the dust off the surface of the box with his fingers, and said with a light in his eyes: "Boss, this box is made of fine rosewood." ”

"Rosewood, it's worth the old money!" Zhou Zhong shouted: "It can't be gold and silver here!" ”

Shi Jin and the others were also bright-eyed, full of anticipation, they were used to being poor, and when they heard that there might be gold and silver in it, they were naturally excited.

Wang Hun clicked his lips and circled around the box twice: "I think it's like a coffin, don't be a dead man inside!" ”

The crowd glared angrily.

"It's unlikely to be gold and silver, otherwise, it would have been taken away a long time ago, and it would be useless to say that it would be okay to open it and see it."

As he spoke, the box had been wiped clean by Wang Tong, and the box was about one zhang long, three feet wide, and one foot thick, like a thinned coffin. It can be seen that this box is old, and the surface is very delicate texture, light red, very beautiful. Not to mention anything else, this box alone can be worth some money.

The box was not locked, and Wang Tongha lifted the lid of the box as soon as he used his strength.

Everyone was stunned.

It was neither gold nor silver jewelry, nor the bones of a dead man—a large red satin lay at the bottom of the chest, and a large spear that seemed to be magnified several times by the previous bird was lying quietly in it.

"What is this, Big Bird?" Zhou Zhong shouted.

He suddenly smiled, and thought of something from the word big bird.

This incomparably large shotgun attracted everyone's attention, and they were all surrounded by amazement.

Dong Ce asked Uncle Zhou: "Since Grandpa Qi, the firearms in the Jizhen army are called the first in the Ming Dynasty, have you never seen this thing?" ”

Zhou Bo shook his head and said, "I've never seen such a big bird." ”

"It's not a bird." Dong Ce looked at it for a long time, and suddenly a word flashed through his mind, and said, "This is a gun!" ”

"Pick up a gun?" Everyone was stunned, what is this?

Seeing everyone's stunned looks, Dong Ce shook his head slightly, how many good things in the Ming Dynasty have been lost! The soldiers didn't even know how to carry their guns.

Dong Ce explained roughly, everyone was stunned, Wang Hun asked curiously, "Then how to use this thing?" ”

"You'll find out later." Dong Ce smiled, with some ill-intentioned in his smile.

He stretched out his hand and took out the gun, and it sank into his hand, and sure enough, it was about the same as recorded in the classics, weighing more than 30 pounds.

Its structure is exactly the same as that of the bird's gun, but it is only enlarged. The dark yellow wood has a clear texture, and the surface has a layer of slurry, I don't know how long it has been played with and rubbed, like a beautiful layer of pine resin. The iron barrel is a little black, but there is no rust on it, and it is the color of the old iron that has been precipitated by the age, and it is very beautiful.

Dong Ce looked at it, and he couldn't put it down more and more, and there was a touch of excitement in his eyes.

This is not the same as a bird's gun, if you use it well, it is a big killing weapon!

This gun is really big enough, two meters and a half long, and the thick barrel is the thickness of an arm, Dong Strategy estimated that it was almost about four centimeters in diameter, more than an inch.

"Didn't you ask how to use it?" Dong Ce said to Wang Hun: "Come, turn around, and squat slightly." ”