In this era when there is almost no shadow of technology, Gu Qing has two choices, flintlock pistol and arquebus.

In contrast, flintlock pistols are more advanced than arquebuses, ignite quickly and are not limited by climate, but the process of building them is complex.

Originally, Gu Qing could not choose to use a powder gun, but he still didn't dare to despise the war in this era, and on the premise that the technology could be realized, the use of weapons beyond today's technology could make him a little more sure.

There were several small baskets in front of Gu Qing, which Han Jie had collected for him according to his instructions, including flint, sulfur, charcoal, saltpeter, and eggs, as well as a few small trigger parts made by a blacksmith, and so on.

Seeing Gu Qing constantly fiddling with the things in the small basket, Han Jie was confused and said, "What is Master Hou doing with these unrelated objects?" ”

Gu Qingtou didn't reply: "You'll know later." ”

After collecting all the things, what Gu Qing had to do was to synthesize them into a terrifying thing.

After finding a small stone mill, Gu Qing personally pressed the charcoal and sulfur into powder, and asked while pressing: "Sulfur and charcoal are easy to say, where did you get saltpeter?" ”

Han Jie said inexplicably: "There are several medical halls in Qiuzi City, and I will find the doctor of the medical hall to buy them." ”

Gu Qing turned his head to look at him in surprise: "Is saltpeter a medicinal herb?" ”

Han Jie became more and more inexplicable: "Of course it can be used as medicinal materials, saltpeter is also known as 'ground frost', it is warm in nature, bitter in taste, has the effect of dissipating heat and laxative, clearing heat and detoxifying, isn't Hou Ye constipated?" In fact, the laxatives you take contain saltpeter......"

Gu Qing suddenly glared at him again: "Mo Lao talked about my constipation, didn't the border prison army also take laxatives, you can talk about him taking laxatives." ”

Lowering his head and continuing to crush the charcoal and sulfur, Gu Qing asked again, "When you bought these things, did there be a second person who knew about them?" ”

Han Jie shook his head: "No, the last general knew that Hou Ye was going to do something unspeakable, and he didn't say anything to anyone." ”

Gu Qing froze for a moment, then sighed.

Sometimes it's hard to understand what this guy's mouth is about, and I can't tell if he's deliberately cheap or unlearned, can the words "unspeakable" be used here?

Although it is true that it is not ulterior in nature.

"Han Jie, the mother-in-law and concubine you married in Guanzhong shouldn't be what you pursued, right?"

Han Jie scratched his head: "It was hired by the elders of the family." ”

"No wonder, relying on your mouth to pursue women, you will turn against each other when you meet for the first time...... Gu Qing sighed abruptly: "What you can solve with money, why can't I solve it when I spend money?" ”

I remember that when I proposed to Zhang Huaiyu, I gave a full twenty taels of silver cakes, but Zhang Huaiyu still didn't agree to him.

Maybe I think the money is too little, so I have to add money. The prime minister's family is from a very high grade, and it belongs to high consumption.

Later, before leaving Chang'an, she gave her a heart guard made of gold, presumably she should be moved, and the marriage will be stable when she sees her next time.

Han Jie didn't understand Gu Qing's troubles, and said puzzledly: "Master Hou, money is a good thing, as small as eating, drinking, and Lazar, as big as marrying a wife and having children, it can be solved with money, what is there that money can't solve?" ”

"A knife in your neck, can you pay for your life back?" Gu Qing said coldly.

Han Jie said without thinking: "The person who bought the knife in advance avoided the vital point on the neck when the knife was released, and the life was bought." ”

Gu Qing pursed his lips.

With impeccable logic, Gu Qing was speechless.

The work in his hands did not stop, and soon Gu Qing crushed the charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter into powder, and cracked the eggs open, only taking the egg whites, and filling a large skin bag.

Then Gu Qing got up to greet Han Jie and brought more than a dozen guards out of the camp.

Outside the camp was the vast desert, Gu Qing casually pointed in a direction, and the group rode away at a gallop.

It was a long way away from the camp, about dozens of miles, and came to the center of the desert and dismounted, there was no one around, Gu Qing was still not at ease, and ordered the guards to spread the guard far away, and no one was allowed to approach.

He and Han Jie sat cross-legged on the yellow sand, Gu Qing took out a part of the charcoal, sulfur and saltpeter respectively, first matched them according to the standard proportion, one and a half charcoal, one and a half sulfur and seventy percent saltpeter, put them in a basket, and then sprinkled a little egg white, and kept shaking to make it form granular.

The desert climate was dry, and soon the black powder made was dried.

As for the purity that this thing originally needed, Gu Qing really had no choice but to wait for the technology to mature in the future and then strive for excellence.

After shaking for a long time, the three things were even, Gu Qing combined the iron pipe and the butt again, and installed the trigger and flint under the butt, and a flintlock pistol of the original shape was ready.

Stuffing a small amount of gunpowder into the iron pipe, and then loading an iron pellet slightly smaller than the diameter of the iron pipe, Gu Qing finally ordered Han Jie to set up a human-shaped target about 100 steps, and the flintlock pistol was fixed on a simple rack, and a long string was tied to the trigger, Gu Qing led the rope step by step, and did not stop until ten steps away.

Han Jie looked at Gu Qing's movements in confusion, and wondered, "What exactly does Master Hou want to do, why is he so careful?" ”

Gu Qing sighed: "Because the experiment is very dangerous, I don't know if I have been paired or not, if I am a little ruthless, I should let your personal guards carry it to the experiment, you are considered to have accumulated virtue in your previous life, and when you meet me, a good owner with unparalleled benevolence and righteousness, I can't bear to see you pay the price of casualties, so I have to retreat to the next ......"

Han Jie's face was still full of puzzlement, he didn't understand that it was just a strange-shaped weapon, why was Hou Ye so cautious, could it come alive and bite people?

Only Gu Qing knew that if the experiment was successful, it would be a hundred times more powerful than a dog that bited people.

After making sure that he was keeping a safe enough distance from the gun, Gu Qing held his breath and stared nervously at the flintlock pistol in the distance, holding the rope in his hand and pulling it little by little.

Han Jie originally didn't think so, but seeing Gu Qing's nervous appearance as if he was facing a great enemy, he couldn't help but become nervous, and cautiously looked at the strange-shaped thing in the distance, and then stood beside Gu Qing intently, looking like he was willing to sacrifice his life to protect him at any time.

Gu Qing pulled the rope violently and pulled it back hard, the trigger tied to the rope was suddenly pulled, and the trigger connection could hit the flint of sparks, and then ......

Well? No movement?

Gu Qing waited patiently for a while, feeling that this broken gun should not be able to surprise him, so he stood up in disappointment.

Han Jie looked at the gun inexplicably, his expression more disappointed than Gu Qing's.

The pants are all off, that's all?

Gu Qing stepped forward to inspect the gun, and poured the black powder out of the barrel and studied it carefully for a long time, but he still couldn't get the point.

It's so helpless that I can't even find the reason for the failure.

Gu Qing stood still for a long time, his expression was very dull, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Han Jie couldn't bear it when he saw him lost his soul, so he comforted: "Hou Ye's new weapons are not bright and tight, our Anxi Army has a sharpshooter battalion, a Modao battalion, a halberd and a row of spears, what do you want, whether you have new weapons or not, they are invincible in the world." ”

Gu Qing sighed and said, "It's not that I can't accept failure, what I can't accept is that my image in the eyes of others is shattered......"

Turning his head to look at Han Jie, Gu Qing said quietly: "Presumably, after witnessing the failure this time, my perfect image in your eyes is no longer so perfect, right?" ”

Han Jie was dumbfounded, speechless for a long time.

owes the female shopkeeper so many times for dinner, and the guards have long known the thickness of Hou Ye's skin, but after all, they still underestimate the thickness.

You are the Hou Ye, you are the boss, you are the owner, but you really have not been perfect. At least a Hou Ye who does not repay his debts and is constipated cannot be called "perfect" in any case.

Han Jie was silent for a long time, then hugged his fists and said: "Master Hou, a momentary miss is nothing, you will always be the perfect Lord Hou in the eyes of the last general." ”

Gu Qing was finally happy and showed a relieved smile.

In fact, men and women have many of the same problems, such as needing to be coaxed by others.

Stepping forward to observe the failed flintlock pistol, Gu Qing studied it for a long time and finally discovered the problem.

First of all, after the trigger is pulled, the force of the machine hitting the flint is not enough to produce sparks, and the second is that there is a problem with the gunpowder, not because of the proportion, but because the purity is not enough, and the impurities in the sulfur and saltpeter need to be screened out and then made into black powder.

If you find a problem, you don't have to rush, go back and draw a drawing, ask Juan to build a mechanism that hits the flint, and then figure out how to improve the purity of black powder.

"Let's go, go back to the city. Tell the guards that today's incident is top secret, and no one is allowed to spread it. ”

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The lyrics sing well, "No one can succeed casually".

Gu Qing drilled into the tent day and night to study the problem of hitting the machine parts and black powder to remove impurities, and Qiuzi City was still calm as usual.

It is said to be "calm", but it is not so calm. It is inevitable that there will be mixed good and bad in a city, especially in the city where the Han and Hu people live together, as the city of Qiuci becomes more and more prosperous, after the Anxi army has suppressed bandits several times in a row, the trade routes in the Western Regions are also much safer, but the security problems in Qiuci City have been highlighted.

There are more people in the city, there are more businessmen, and there are naturally more petty thefts, and recently, many businessmen have come to the festival government to report to the officials, crying and saying that they have been stolen money, not only that, but there are also a few more underworld gangs hiding in the shadows and wandering on the edge of the law, and they extort money from the businessmen and the people.

With more and more people reporting to the officials, Gu Qing finally heard the voices of the common people and businessmen, with Gu Qing's temper, he naturally would not get used to these thieves and evil forces, so he first ordered to beat the bad marshal of the Jiefu with ten military sticks, severely punished him for the crime of poor governance, and then transferred a thousand Anxi troops into the city, and carried out a Tang Dynasty version of the anti-gang and evil action.

Whoever is caught in the suspect will be severely punished, some of the evil leaders who committed major crimes are directly pulled to the market entrance and beheaded, some of the leaders and members of small gangs with bad deeds are given heavy rods and beaten to half-crippled, as for those petty thieves are taken down and thrown into the engineering team to do coolies, the project of expanding the city has not stopped, and the thieves have food and drink inside, and they should find a sense of home.

After that, the security of Qiuzi City improved overnight, and the people and businessmen were all happy, and they praised Gu Qing even more, and even the business of the Fuzhi Inn was full every day.

I don't know who spread the scandal that Gu Qing had a close relationship with the female shopkeeper of the Fuzhi Inn, and the people and businessmen couldn't express their gratitude to Gu Qing, so they took care of Huangfu Sisi's business around the corner, and they could be regarded as expressing their gratitude to Gu Houye.

A few days later, a cavalry team galloped out of Yumen Pass under the banner of the angels of Chang'an City and rushed towards Qiuzi City.