The next delivery time, before the bird beauty pageant.

Princess Taiping's atmosphere is bigger than the two lumps on her chest, and she took the initiative to pay the early commission generously...... One thousand taels!

Li Ran instantly understood Zhang Yizhi, eating soft rice was really refreshing.

Of course, it feels good to fight for a little wife...... With a stable income channel, I have to help my father-in-law save some money.

Investing in auto-processing workshops is not just to make money, but also to make a lot of money.

He went to the dental store and bought a hundred catties of fine iron and the hardest rosewood, as well as saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur, and then went into retreat and asceticism.

In war, the best protection is to have a weapon at hand.

And the best weapon is called ...... Generation difference!

When those Tibetan barbarians screamed and charged with scimitars in their hands, a shuttle of bullets hit them, which was enough for them to rush back to their mother's belly and rebuild it.

Li Ran's target was a ramming flintlock pistol.

Moderate accuracy, moderate rate of fire, moderate maintenance difficulty...... But it is undeniable that it is one of the raw materials that can be obtained at present, and the manufacturing cost and feasibility are the most in line with the requirements.

The difficulty is that the shape of the parts has to be designed by itself, and the automatic workshop only provides machining functions, which is very worthy of its name.

Fortunately, Li Ran had a good handwork, and he used ancient measuring tools to calculate the size of each part on the firearm little by little...... It's a real struggle for a math cripple.

Xian Hui'er saw that he was forgetting to sleep and eat, and she couldn't say how distressed she was, so she personally boiled chicken soup and fed him one bite at a time, and her fragrant and soft words were particularly useful.

Finally, three days later, the first ramming flintlock pistol was released.

And making projectiles ** is much simpler, one sulfur, two nitrate and three charcoal, at the level of junior high school students.

In order to keep it secret, the time for the test was chosen in the middle of the night.

Against the curfew, he found a wasteland and set fire to it.

"Bang!" , an explosion, like a firecracker, startled the crows in the nearby trees to fly.

Li Ran kept shooting until the barrel of the gun was hot and stopped.

Average power...... The range of two hundred meters is not very good, and many strong bows can achieve it, but its stability is much stronger than that of bows and arrows.

It is almost unaffected by the wind, and the initial velocity is fast enough, as long as you aim, don't even think about dodging.

If the details are optimized, the performance should be better, but Li Ran does not plan to do this.

This kind of gun will eventually flow to the market, so it can't be too out of line, it's good to use it, and he understands the truth that the puppet is not guilty of his crimes.

Make ten of them first and then stop, which is exactly the number of equipment for a reconnaissance team.

found Li Xian with a gun, and under the shocked gaze of this old man, Li Ran finally explained his thoughts to Pan.

"Master, after Brother Chongrun enters the barracks, he has to immediately devote himself to the command of the old general Wang Xiaojie, and he said that he used the martial emperor to master the matter of the six-point instrument, so the position he held in the army must also be a scout."

"This is a chore, being alone is equivalent to death, and he may not be able to integrate into the original scouts of the border army, so we have to help him prepare a group of comrades-in-arms and bodyguards, the number of people is not too much, nine people are enough, plus he happens to be a team, this little thing, it is not difficult to hide from the Martial Emperor."

"And Brother Chongrun's trip, set up military merits for the upper plan, first, there are promotion channels, and secondly, you can get to know more generals in the army, this paves the way for the future, according to our big ** law, to make military merits, you must behead the thief, that Tubo barbarian is not vegetarian, Brother Chongrun is not from a young dance knife and sword, let him fight hand-to-hand combat is unrealistic, so this impact flintlock pistol can come in handy, substitute weapons, as long as you don't have too bad luck to be surrounded by large troops, proper."

"Of course, if you want to be more secure, you have to get refined armor and high-grade war horses, these two things belong to controlled instruments, even nobles can't hide them privately, only find a chance to get them and send them to the side to get them and then get them, how much time it takes, I don't need to calculate, at least I have to start preparing now."

Every time he said a word, Li Xian gasped and almost pumped.

"Apprentice, you, this ......"

"Don't be dizzy, it's not over yet, even if you return triumphantly and get the first credit, how can the court reward you, and there are many doorways, it's best to make friends with the bigwigs in the army who have the right to speak, such as Wang Xiaojie or something, of course, Princess Taiping and Zhang Yizhi also have to say hello in advance...... Okay, now the master can draw it. ”

“…… So, what do we do now. ”

Fortunately, Li Xian's acceptance is quite high, and he can't keep up with Li Ran's train of thought, so he accepts it all, can't such a good son-in-law still cheat him, right?

"Throw a polo tournament!"

Li Ran smiled, and liked his good-natured appearance, "The venue is ready-made, the time is placed after the bird beauty contest, with the heat, there should be a lot of participants, at least Princess Taiping and the children of the martial arts family will form their own polo team to play, then the master you follow the flow of the team, it is not abrupt at all, we take the team as a unit, ten people per team, play the promotion match, the winner will have a bounty." ”

"This is the great thing I have done for you, master...... Take the opportunity of the polo game to pick out a tactical squad that is proficient in riding and obedient to your arrangement, and then secretly order them to join the army with Brother Chongrun! ”

A hint of sharpness flashed in Li Ran's eyes, "No matter how poisonous her eyes are, Emperor Wu, she will only be used as a hand for us to choose for entertainment, and she will be routine, not discussed." ”

Li Xian admired it so much that he threw himself to the ground, and he arranged it for the sake of riding his face, and finally showed a little bit of the temperament that an emperor should have.

For example, pick people!

"When I was the emperor before, I had some useful people under my command, but the foundation was unstable, and after being demoted to Luling, I had to dismiss them, but these people are loyal, and I will give up my life to vote for them if I call them to be loyal again."

"Very well, after the bird pageant, give me nine people."

Li Ran smiled and immediately made a decision.

The days with the goal flew by, and a few days later, in the early morning, Li Xianhui woke up Li Ran, who was still asleep.

"Da Lang, today is the start of the game, you can't sleep lazy!"

“…… At the very least, you have to wait for the sun to rise before you go out. ”

Li Ran was sleepy-eyed, looked at the still bright sky, and had no immunity to the excitement of his little daughter-in-law.

Washing and dining departed, and when I went to the place, there was a more exciting atmosphere group.

"Li Jialang, you're late!"

From afar, I saw Zhang Yiyi's body being strong and short, changing the beauty of the usual feminine, saying that after the news of the polo tournament was released, he was also the first batch to sign up, and he was worthy of being a rich idler.

After a while, Princess Taiping arrived on horseback with a group of girlfriends, all of whom brought the participating birds, and the children of the martial arts family followed suit, and they also came prepared.

The empty venue quickly became lively, and the activities participated by the top-level nobles, how could the children of officials from all over the capital not come to cheer, and in just half an hour, thousands of people had gathered.

Wait, what's the situation?

Li Ran's gaze was attracted by a gong and drum in the distance, and he actually saw it...... Guardsmen!

Are they here to compete?

Slightly stunned, a possibility came to mind, and the scalp exploded instantly.

Damn, don't you want to be so weird, a mere folk activity actually seduced Wu Zetian over!