There were explosions in this secluded mountain village, and the birds in the forest were so frightened that they hovered in the air for a long time, afraid to return to their nests.

The smell of gunpowder smoke filled the gunpowder laboratory, and the white smoke choked Lu Zhan and made Lu Zhan rub his eyes constantly.

"Ahem, sure enough, the smell of gunpowder is not something that ordinary people can bear."

"No, my lord, this smell is not as pleasant as the smell of sweat in the blacksmith shop."

Before the invention of smokeless gunpowder, soldiers with muskets had long suffered from smoke, and sometimes the smoke from fierce battles would even envelop the entire battlefield, and both sides could not see each other, but could only shoot indiscriminately in the direction of the other.

Build muskets first, and then artillery, this is Lu Zhan's current plan, after looking at the smoky laboratory, Lu Zhan turned around and followed Duan Xiaohan to the blacksmith shop.

These forged barrels were neatly placed next to the blacksmiths, and Lu Zhan picked up one casually and observed it. The workmanship is still okay, but I don't know if these barrels can meet the standards of use, and practice is the only criterion for testing the truth.

Lu Zhan took five barrels shaped like iron pipes from each blacksmith and brought them to the open field outside, took out a small part of gunpowder from the gunpowder workshop and poured it into the chamber, loaded the handguard and stuffed the projectile into the muzzle.

Under Duan Xiaohan's surprised gaze, Lu Zhan lit the gunpowder, and after a bang, an extra hole appeared in a target in the distance.

"Wow, this weapon is very novel, it can fight so far and look at the appearance of the lord, such a weapon should not be difficult to use, compared to archers who have been trained for several years, it is indeed time-saving and labor-saving."

"Yes, Xiaohan, I can't see that your brain is really bright. But I'll ask you a question, the accuracy of this musket is far from being comparable to that of a bow and arrow, so there is no way to make up for this disadvantage now. ”

Lu Zhan was surprised that Duan Xiaohan could see the advantages of this musket at a glance, but the question raised by Lu Zhan was also a problem faced by the army at that time.

"I can't think of this, but judging by the expression of the lord, I think I have figured out to make up for the disadvantage of this weapon called a musket."

"The improvement of accuracy will inevitably improve the quality and production standards of weapons, so that the output of muskets will pose a big problem, so if you can't improve accuracy, you must improve shooting efficiency, and design in a short time with density to make up for the lack of accuracy."

"Lord, you are really powerful, no wonder the people are rumoring that you are a martial artist."

"Okay, okay. Stop me, I don't want to hear your flattery, you weren't like this before. Lu Zhan looked at Duan Xiaohan with some curiosity, sure enough, people will become.

In fact, Lu Zhan didn't know that Duan Xiaohan's practice of slapping horses was taught by Lin Jie, and Lin Jie said that as long as people were people, they would like others to pat themselves. So Duan Xiaohan wanted to try to see if Lu Zhan liked to be slapped on the back.

After seeing that Lu Zhan didn't seem to like his ability to pat himself, he secretly admired Lu Zhan again, according to what Lin Jie said, Lu Zhan was not a mortal. It seems that what the people say by word of mouth is not necessarily fake, and this own lord may really be a martial artist.

"What do you want, now follow me to the blacksmith's shop."

"Oh, okay."

After Lu Zhan walked into the blacksmith shop, he clapped his palms and signaled the blacksmiths to put down the work in hand, "Fellow blacksmiths, I hope that in the next month, the gun barrel will be standardized, and the standard is for soldiers to test, what kind of length is the most suitable, and what kind of thickness can ensure the quality of shooting." ”

A bold blacksmith waited until Lu Zhan finished speaking and asked, "Sir, what do you mean by shooting, can you let us take a look, so that it is convenient to formulate consent standards." ”

"Okay, please put on your clothes and come with me."

The blacksmiths, who were originally shirtless and blacksmithed, put on their clothes and followed Lu Zhan to the shooting range, Lu Zhan picked up dozens of barrels in turn and ignited the gunpowder design, although the speeding projectile was not accurate, but such a weapon that had never appeared before did refresh the cognition of these people.

"This gunpowder can still be used as a weapon, the lord is really a god." The blacksmiths all showed expressions of admiration for Lu Zhan.

After teaching dozens of soldiers how to use muskets on the spot, he asked the blacksmiths to discuss with the soldiers what kind of length and thickness were appropriate, and as for how many barrels would explode, they still needed to experiment by themselves.

The master who made the gunpowder also figured out the ratio in a long experiment, and at this pace, mass production could begin soon after. Although his musket is still a very primitive smoothbore gun, the musketeer is of great significance in warfare as a ranged unit that can be trained quickly.

Musketeers trained in a short period of time can quickly go into battle, even if they are old, weak, sick and disabled.

"Lord, it seems that we will be developed in the future, and I don't think it is too difficult to shoot this musket, what if this technique is learned by others."

Duan Xiaohan's worries were actually the same questions that Lu Zhan had thought about before, but Lu Zhan first chose this secluded mountain villa as a place to develop and produce weapons, and then took the families of these craftsmen over to live.

In this way, even if other countries or families obtained muskets through various channels, there was no process to make them. However, the current smoothbore guns are indeed a little more primitive, but they have thousands of years of experience, which can give these craftsmen an idea to develop breech guns and rifled guns.

"Xiaohan, after the New Year, you will bring the families of these craftsmen to live together, and their children will attend classes in the school I opened."

"Understood, I'll go and prepare the arrangements."

Lu Zhan specially set up a special school for the children of these people who do things for themselves, whether it is the hidden agents, those craftsmen or some other people who do things for themselves, send their children to school.

In a society where everything is inferior, and only those who are well-read, anyone who can read and hyphenate is respected. What's more, these children are educated in their own classrooms, which is convenient for these people to use for themselves in the future, on the one hand, these children are also equivalent to hostages in disguise.

"We can have a good rest today, and when spring begins, we must increase the production of gunpowder and muskets. By the way, remember to declare that it was our Yanzhou in order to celebrate the victory, so we will set off fireworks for the Chinese New Year this year. ”

"I understand my lord, this is called hiding from the world."

"Your literacy level has improved recently, can you tell me how you did it."

Facing Lu Zhan's question, Duan Xiaohan's face suddenly turned red. Duan Xiaohan suddenly remembered the girl with short hair, she had been teaching herself to learn culture recently.

Although Duan Xiaohan's main purpose was not to learn cultural knowledge, in order not to lose face in front of the goddess, he secretly took a book to consult the gentleman in the Lu family school after practicing martial arts.