It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao had made the world's first seamless steel pipe by mud mold casting method during this time, so he was full of confidence to prepare to develop artillery and muskets, but after testing it a few times, he found that this thing was not as easy as he thought, and there was not much knowledge about these relatively primitive guns recorded in his mind, which led to Zhu Xiaobao having to explore and experiment by himself.

First of all, the wall of the barrel he processed was too thin, which caused the barrel to burst after ignition, and Zhu Xiaobao still underestimated the huge pressure generated by the explosion of gunpowder. So he's still improving.

In fact, Zhu Xiaobao himself firmly believes that the appearance of firearms will definitely change the pattern of war, so that his own men and horses can distance themselves from the other party, and minimize casualties, so he studied these things, or for the sake of Wu Yue and them, these female guards who get along day and night, he doesn't want anyone to die.

Last but not least, he knew that the emperor would not last much time, and now he really hoped that the emperor would last a few more years, even if it was a few months! Because the time spent researching these things is a lot.

Of course, Zhu Xiaobao also considered his own safety, but he didn't expect that the old apprentice was actually the last of the Nine Venerables, which made him very unhappy, and he didn't have a sense of security at all. Now that everyone has come to the door, although the old apprentice won this time, Zhu Xiaobao is still not very relieved. And this time he also exposed himself, if the Nine Yin Venerable looked for revenge from the old apprentice again, wouldn't he even be implicated himself? So if you think about it, you have to rely on yourself to protect yourself.

But what I didn't expect was that the old apprentice was also very proficient in ironmaking, and then I remembered that the old apprentice had learned to strike iron in order to eat the braised pork cooked by the blacksmith's wife, so he was a good helper in this regard, and the old apprentice had deep internal strength, and he could also play an unexpected role in some details of processing. So now Zhu Xiaobao has always been with an old apprentice.

This is also the Wine and Meat Venerable himself took the initiative to follow, because he also thought of the same problem, don't because of his own mistakes, lead the Nine Yin Venerable to find here, that will even affect the little treasures, so the Wine and Meat Venerable is now very close, and these things that this master made also made her very interested. He had already seen the power of earth/bombs and earth mines, so he admired Zhu Xiaobao.

Now that Du Wang and Du An are completely in the smelting workshop, Zhu Xiaobao's ideas have completely fascinated them, but they didn't expect that there is so much knowledge in the middle, and they don't know how Zhu Xiaobao came up with it.

But most of the little treasures are theoretical knowledge, while Duwang Duane is practical experience, so they are very fascinated by it now, because every idea of the little treasures has a purpose, and it can be gained, and it will never be without purpose. Coupled with the help of the old apprentices, the things processed now are very precise!

But this is still too rough in the eyes of Zhu Xiaobao, but now it is at this level, and it is only possible to go further when the lathe and other precision processing equipment are brought out in the future.

Following the advice of the old apprentice, Zhu Xiaobao began to experiment with smaller cast iron pipes, but the loading of gunpowder was reduced by three-quarters, so the effect was still very satisfactory.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, Zhu Xiaobao's mini cannon shot out a cannonball, which was not like the last mecha chariot that was thrown out, but really relied on the huge thrust generated by the gunpowder explosion to shoot out, the distance reached 600 meters, and the effect of the explosion after landing was very good, that is, the shell loading was very troublesome, and the shooting accuracy was also very different, and it could not meet Zhu Xiaobao's requirements.

"Congratulations, young master, this time I succeeded, I didn't expect this red-clothed cannon to hit so far?" Du Wang and Du An's faces were full of scruffy beards, but their eyes were full of excitement, and following this young master greatly increased their knowledge and knowledge.

"Master, this kind of power can already deal with the Nine Yin Venerable!" The old apprentice also said happily.

"Deal with a fart! You can't even hit people standing there, it's too accurate, and it's too slow to reload! Okay, let's do it first, let me think again! "I didn't expect Zhu Xiaobao to be very dissatisfied, he looked back and forth a few times, and then left with a hum behind his back, the old apprentice was also a little in a daze, yes, it is impossible for the Nine Yin Venerable to stand there stupidly and let you fight! If the True Nine Yin Venerable comes, he will have to rely on himself to protect the master!

Next, Zhu Xiaobao was preparing to build a larger red-coated cannon, which required thicker and thicker tubes, and it would take several days to process this kind of cannon barrel alone, so he first got a smaller small tube, which was only three feet long and two inches in diameter!

Then he asked Duane to bring a carpenter's tool and made a butt, and his colleague inlaid this tube on the butt, which is the barrel, and the next procedure is similar to that of the red-coated cannon, except that the front is a loaded solid iron bullet, and there is no impact ignition device, or manual ignition, although it is more primitive, but it is used improvised.

"Duchenne! Do you want to kill a cow today? I want to eat beef! Zhu Xiaobao took Duan Duwang and the old apprentice to the farm managed by Duchen and asked.

"Young Master, if you want it, then kill it!" Du Xing was a little surprised, Zhu Xiaobao rarely came to him, and the work of killing cattle and sheep, Jumei was almost all rounded, as soon as she made a move, she directly threw the cow to death, so the young master needed to go out in person!

There are a lot of cattle here for food, because those female guards need to improve their food frequently, which is what Zhu Xiaobao demands! Balanced nutrition can enhance physical fitness to the greatest extent. Zhu Xiaobao has a set of self-determined vegetable and meat ratios, and the meals are different every day, and these female guards are now all red and strong, and they are becoming more and more beautiful! Therefore, these female soldiers are very trusting and close to Zhu Xiaobao, and the quality of life here is really good!

"Good, good! Hehe, bring a cow over, I'm going to shoot a cow myself! Zhu Xiaobao said expectantly. At this time, Jumei also came, and when she heard that she was going to kill the cow, she thought that it would be the fastest to shoot herself. But when she ran to the front, she found that she didn't need to do it today, but Zhu Xiaobao had to do it herself.

"Pull farther, farther away!" Zhu Xiaobao saw that the cow was almost thirty meters away from him, and then signaled that he could stop.

"Look, this is my newly invented shotgun!" Zhu Xiaobao shook the fire gun in his hand very proudly, he felt that the name 'shotgun' was more deterrent!

"Bang!"

Although it was not as loud as the sound of the red-clothed cannon, it also shocked Zhu Xiaobao a little, and the recoil of this thing was not small, fortunately he added the butt, otherwise it would be a tube alone, and he would have to be injured.

But looking at the cow in front of him, he was unscathed, just a little frightened, and ran farther, and everyone looked at Zhu Xiaobao very inexplicably, this is the end? But is this cow okay?

"Huh! The first time doesn't count, I didn't aim just now, pull the cow back, and get closer! Zhu Xiaobao smiled awkwardly and said, this time he pulled the cow closer.

"Bang!"

The second shot was fired, and this time it really hit, but it only rubbed the cow's buttocks, and the cow immediately howled in pain, ran wildly, and rushed towards Zhu Xiaobao.

"Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? Why haven't you fallen yet? "Zhu Xiaobao is also a little frightened, why doesn't this cow die? And it rushed towards itself. Now it's too late to reload your ammunition. Zhu Xiaobao ran away as soon as he turned around, what kind of fucking gun is this, why can't a cow be killed?

But Zhu Xiaobao turned his head and looked at it again, and immediately stopped running, Jumei stood there like a tower with his waist in his waist, and waited for the crazy cow to run to him, she was more fierce than this cow, and directly grabbed the horns of the cow, and then turned around a half, and forced the cow to a back fall, with a dull sound, the cow lay there and didn't move, and couldn't move, the spine was broken, and it was already dying!

"Young master, if you want to eat beef, tell me, it's so troublesome, that burning stick is useless!" Jumei is still showing up to Zhu Xiaobao, not to mention Jumei's strength is that the Venerable of Wine and Meat is also deeply admired, the strength of this stupid girl is absolutely unparalleled!

"Young Master, do you want to bring another cow?" Du Xing asked a little hesitantly, as if the guy in the young master's hand couldn't kill a cow.

"Well, forget it, change to a sheep, this cowhide is too thick, it may not be able to wear through!" Zhu Xiaobao said a little depressed.

"Hey! Okay, you wait, I'll go and bring it to you! Duchenne nodded in response, and immediately ran to the sheepfold and brought a sheep over.

"Well, a little closer!" Zhu Xiaobao took the initiative to ask to get closer this time, otherwise he wouldn't be able to fight again, wouldn't it make him very faceless?

"Bang!"

There was another gunshot, and then I looked at the sheep, I was stunned, but I was frightened, and I was jumping back and forth around the tree, it turned out that the sheep was tied to the edge of the tree, and I couldn't run away at all.

"Holy shit, what the fuck is this accuracy? Again! Zhu Xiaobao shouted angrily, this time there is no need for iron bullets, change to iron sand, poke through the muzzle, and then reload the gunpowder, and shoot at the target again!

"Bang!"

There was a puff of smoke in the woods opposite, and when the smoke cleared, I saw that the sheep had really been beaten, and it was covered with wounds, but it was not dead, and it was still struggling there......

"Haha, see, this is the power of the shotgun, how about it, the whole body is beaten into a sieve, and the lethality is very high, right?" Zhu Xiaobao raised the shotgun in his hand and said shamelessly.

"But, Master, this sheep wasn't killed either? This is already very close, I can kill this sheep directly with a single stone! The old apprentice said very honestly.

"Humph! You know what, I did it on purpose, God has the virtue of a good life, I can't bear to kill it! Zhu Xiaobao snorted angrily.

"And what about this sheep?" Jumei asked puzzled.

"Alas! Eat shabu mutton at night! ”