After a lot of hardships, a brand-new copper musket finally appeared in front of Yang Cong.

This copper musket has been very different from the previous musket, in terms of appearance, the new musket looks much thicker than the original musket, and the weight is much heavier than the original musket, the original musket is a barrel rolled into a thin iron sheet, and it weighs one or two pounds to death, and the new musket is more than one or two pounds of the barrel in front of the new musket, and the whole adds up to five or six pounds.

Intuitively speaking, the original musket is like holding a wooden toy knife in the hand, light and fluttering, while the new musket is like holding a thick machete in the hand, which is quite textured.

So, is this new musket any better?

Of course, you have to try it to find out.

It's still the original school field, it's still the original musketeer, and there are still a lot of people around, and after the new copper musket sample is manufactured, Yang Cong can't wait to start testing.

In the expectant gaze of everyone, the musketeer quickly loaded the bullet casing, then skillfully pressed the bullet into the bolt, and then pushed the bolt forward, and the loading process was completed.

Immediately after that, the ignition was fired, and with a "snap", the bullet came out of the chamber, and a muffled sound was heard on the wooden board in the distance.

Yang Cong personally ran to the wooden board to see that the bullet was embedded in the wooden board, which can be described as three points into the wood.

This means that the new musket has almost been successfully trial-produced, at least in terms of lethality, it is almost the same as the original musket, and the reloading speed is incomparable to the original musket.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered the musketeer to try a few more shots, and the effect was quite good, but the barrel was a little hot, and the situation of exploding the bore did not appear at all.

This time, a smile finally appeared on Yang Cong's face.

Don't underestimate this reload speed, you must know that the original musket could fire at most one shot when facing the cavalry, and the current musket, as long as it is accompanied by enough bullet casings, the cavalry can fire one shot every fifty paces or so.

In other words, a new musket can shoot at least three rounds in an encounter, 10,000 people is 30,000 rounds, and if you add the fire dragon chariot, thunder, hand crossbow and artillery, 10,000 well-equipped border elites can withstand the attack of 50,000 Tartar cavalry.

That's it, it's still in the field, if the enemy attacks the city, it is simply the target of the musketeers, and there is no problem for the elite of the 10,000 border army to resist the attack of 100,000 Tartars.

The trial production of the new musket was finally successful, and the next step was to mine the copper ore, manufacture various production tools and equipment, and carry out mass production, but there was still an important problem, that is, waiting for the mine supervisor of the Jiajing faction to come.

If the mine supervisors of the Jiajing faction can't come, this copper mine will not be able to be mined, and it is naturally impossible to mass-produce new muskets.

Fortunately, Jiajing didn't let Yang Cong wait long, the new musket was tested here, and the next day there was news from Juyongguan that the mine supervisor sent by the palace had entered the territory of Xuanfu Town.

Who is this mine supervisor, it won't be Chen Hong's cronies anymore, right?

Yang Cong waited for another day with apprehension, and on the morning of the third day, the team escorting the mine supervisor finally arrived.

Although most of the mine supervisors are not things, Yang Cong did not dare to sweep the face of others, after all, if they did not cooperate, there would be trouble in opening the mine, but he still took his subordinates and generals out of the city as he did last time.

The escort team this time doesn't seem to be as spectacular as last time, and the sparse team looks like there are only a hundred people at most, maybe because Yang Cong has already defeated the Tartar cavalry, and the court thinks that Xuanfu Town is relatively safe, or maybe this eunuch is not as good as Li Fang and Meng Chong, so there are fewer escorts, in short, the escort team this time is completely incomparable with the last time.

Yang Cong didn't care about this, after the two teams met, he took the initiative to step forward, lowered his posture, and waited in front of the carriage, just hoping that the eunuch would not sing against him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stopped the war horse, the curtain of the sedan chair was opened, and a eunuch with an immature face jumped down from the carriage quickly, ran to him, and said: "Xiaguan Feng Bao, see the governor, there is the governor to greet him personally, and the officials are really frightened." ”

Lower officials?

Feng Bao!

The eunuch in charge can also be regarded as an official, but the general eunuch does not talk about the official rank with others, because the official rank of the eunuch is too low, even if the palm print eunuch of the twenty-four eunuchs in the palace, that is, the so-called big eunuch, the actual official rank is only five grades, and there is no comparison with the civil officials at all, and the steward eunuch who comes out to be the mine supervisor is at most seven grades, and even eight or nine grades are possible, so the general eunuchs will not talk about the official rank with others.

At this time, Yang Cong didn't care about the eunuch's official rank, but the eunuch's name.

Feng Bao, that is the great eunuch who left a name in history, and he is not the same as the notoriety left by ordinary eunuchs, he left a good name, because he and Zhang Juzheng joined forces to reform and create a situation of Wanli Zhongxing, so it is generally called a generation of virtuous eunuchs in history.

Unexpectedly, this time Jiajing sent such a capable person.

At this time, this capable man doesn't seem to be very old, it seems that he is not yet twenty.

Yang Cong looked at it slightly, then jumped off the horse, grabbed Feng Bao's arm, helped him up, and then said cordially: "Gonggong Feng is polite, you are a messenger sent by the emperor, what is not an official, this official can't afford it." ”

Faint, what does this governor mean?

Not only was Feng Bao's face confused, but even the military generals of Wenchen who followed behind were stunned.

In recent years, although everyone doesn't say it on the surface, they still understand quite well in their hearts that most of the civil officials and eunuchs are not dealing with each other, because the emperor wants to use these eunuchs to contain the civil officials, and it would be good for the two sides to be harmonious on the surface, what does it mean to be so affectionate?

Feng Bao was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully: "My lord is polite, Xia Guan is just a small steward in the palace, and coming out to supervise the mine is just an ordinary errand, how dare you take the name of Qincha." ”

This guy is good, at least not like other eunuchs who put on a show with arrogance, it seems that his reputation as a virtuous eunuch was not picked up, at least he is better than other eunuchs in terms of dealing with people.

Yang Cong originally wanted to win over this famous capable person in history, but Feng Bao's performance at this time made him feel even more comfortable, and he couldn't help but smile: "Okay, you and I don't want to be polite, and invite Father-in-law Feng to get in the car, and we'll have a good chat when we get to the place." ”

Feng Bao's eyes rolled, and he suddenly understood that in front of the public, it seemed that it was not easy to speak.

He hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Okay, okay, please get on the horse, and we'll talk when we get to the place." ”

With that, he turned and hurried back to the carriage as fast as he could.

Not long after, the group came to the courtyard where Meng Chong originally lived, and at this time Meng Chong had been recalled to the palace, and this place was naturally empty again.

Yang Cong originally wanted to go back and take the prepared silver, and then come over to talk to the new mine supervisor, but when he saw that the mine supervisor was Feng Bao, he changed his mind again.

He simply summoned Li Jianjiang and Li Jianlin's brothers, explained a few words in his ear, and ordered them to go to the mansion to get the silver, but he himself personally sent Feng Bao and his party into the courtyard.

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