Leizhou Governor's Mansion, Li Shi'an is holding a banquet to entertain Zhang Qi.

Facing a table full of delicious wine and delicacies, surrounded by Mei Ji, Zhang Jue only tasted it lightly, unmoved, and only said lightly: "What about things?" What does Brother Li say can make someone interested? ”

Li Shi'an and Liu Xiaozhong looked at each other and smiled, shaking their heads: "Gongduan, it's still the same...... Okay, just as you wish, get out of the table and get down to business. Raising her hand and clapping her palm, the dancing girls stopped in response, and retreated with their sleeves down.

After everyone in the hall retreated except for the three generals, Li Shi'an rushed to the door and called, "Li Yu, bring things in." ”

A man's respectful response came from outside the door, and then the footsteps faded away. After a while, a man in Tsing Yi walked into the lobby with a long box. Li Shi'an pointed at Zhang Qi, and the man in Tsing Yi placed the long box in front of Zhang Qi's desk, and then retreated to stand behind Li Shi'an without a sound.

In Zhang Qi's puzzled gaze, Li Shi'an smiled: "You might as well open it up." ”

Zhang Jue groaned slightly, put down the wine glass, stretched out his hand to uncover the seal of the long box without delay, opened the lid of the box, and his eyes suddenly lit up with an object, and blurted out: "Musket?!" ”

Li Shi'an laughed: "Exactly." ”

In the long box, lying quietly was a black flintlock musket, the rosewood butt was smooth and shiny in the candlelight, and the octagonal barrel shimmered with gray and cold metal, which looked like a murderous weapon.

Zhang Qi had seen the shotgun held by Zhao Lie, and he had also seen the pattern of the firearm presented after the defeat of the Sari barbarians, so he recognized at a glance that the thing in the box was the musket that changed the color of the Yuan soldiers.

Zhang Jue immediately took it out for a closer look, and he noticed that an oval logo was printed on the tail of the butt, and a strange curved line and the number "two thousand and four" were noted.

Li Shi'an explained: "The two thousand and four are most likely the gun production number, which means the two thousand and four guns, and I don't know what the curved line means......

While carefully looking at the bolt parts such as the hammer and the medicine pool, Zhang Jue asked, "Where did this gun come from?" ”

Li Shi'an said: "Gongduan should know that the Song people seized Qiongguan on the third day, and the rebellion of Qiongzhou Baban played a key role, and the Song people bought the gift of Babanman, which was this musket." ”

Zhang Qi nodded slowly with a calm face, with such a sharp weapon as a gift, it is not surprising that those barbarians who forgot their righteousness rebelled against the Yuan and attached to the Song Dynasty.

Li Shi'an continued: "When my brother accompanied Ali Hague Marshal to conquer Qiong, he was stationed in Qiongguan, and he also had some friendship with Zhu Li Panman, and spent a lot of money to get a musket from Luo Dianman. It's a pity, it's not a musket ......"

Zhang Jue nodded while listening: "I see, Brother Li doesn't have to be a pity, I also know that like a sharp weapon like a beaded musket, the Song people will never give it to the barbarians." ”

In fact, neither Li Shi'an nor Zhang Qi knew, let alone a Lianzhu musket, even if it was a flintlock pistol, the one that Babanman got was the worst. The strange curved character in the oval logo is the "S", which is the pinyin letter of the word "hand", which means handmade.

The so-called handmade means that the whole gun is made by hand from the barrel to the parts. This is not the kind of "pure handmade manufacturing" that represents the grade of modern times, in the military industrial base, pure handwork means that the barrel is not a seamless steel pipe but a wrought iron coil tube, and the steel sheet and spring are not industrial steel but a defective product hammered out of the blacksmith shop. The service life of the barrel is low, the gusset machine is laborious, and the rate of mute fire is high...... And so on.

Such flintlock muskets were only used to equip the village soldiers, that is, the militia, for daily training. Moreover, due to the slow manufacturing and small output, the training of township soldiers had to be carried out in turn by various townships and counties. It was used to buy ten muskets each of the barbarians such as Luodian, Dalong, and Huiman, and so on, and thirty of them went at once, which is almost the amount of equipment of a township barracks. The training officers below were quite uncomplaining, but in comparison, the benefits were greater than the pays, and Zhao Lie naturally didn't care.

Of course, Li Shi'an, Zhang Qi and others never thought that the Song Army's musket weapons they spent their time to get were actually just processed items of the Dragon Bird Army.

Li Shi'an saw Zhang Jue holding the musket and pondering back and forth, and said with a smile: "Gongduan, why don't you have a demonstration by my family?" ”

Zhang Jue naturally nodded yes.

So the middle-aged man named Li Yu took the musket, took out the ammunition bag, the strip and other items from the box, loaded the ammunition, compacted it with the strip, poured the medicine into the medicine pool, buckled the lid, walked to the bottom of the silhouette with the gun, and aimed at a rockery more than 20 steps away.

After a few clicks, the hammer struck the flint on the steel sheet, but the plate was too tight and the force was uneven, and the spark could not be successfully fired. It wasn't until the fourth snap that there was a spark splash. A flash of fire flashed, and a thick smoke rose from the ground, and the muzzle of the gun spewed out, and the sound was like muffled thunder.

In the distance, the rockery exploded in response, the gravel was splashed, the flowers and plants around were destroyed, the water surface of the fish pond sneered, and a small column of water was shot up, and the sound was terrifying.

Li Yu put down the musket and stood quietly.

The guards, who were alarmed by the gunshots, hurriedly rushed in, and under the wave of Li Shi'an's hand, they withdrew in disbelief.

Zhang Jue came to the rockery, looked at it intently for a while, couldn't hide his joy, looked back and said to Li Shi'an: "Has this instrument ever been handed over to a craftsman to observe?" ”

Li Shi'an nodded: "Yes." ”

"What does the craftsman say?"

Li Shi'an shook his head and sighed: "It's difficult." ”

In fact, as soon as the things arrived, Li Shi'an played for a long time, and immediately sent them to the craftsman's camp, where the famous craftsmen in the camp decomposed and studied. However, although there is a physical object in hand, the process is not something that can be understood by looking at it, just the barrel casting, it is enough for craftsmen to worry about their brains, and there is no trial and error in March and May, don't try to figure it out. And the fine parts inside make the craftsmen scratch their heads. It's been copied for a while now, and I haven't even been able to imitate a shell.

In addition, the propellant is also a big problem, although Luo Dianman also sold more than a dozen packs of ammunition to them, but even if there is a propellant in hand, how to figure out the ingredients? The craftsmen on the gunpowder side tried many times in a row, and several people were injured, and there was not even a single trace of the qualified propellant. It seems that there is no other way but to find a way to get the propellant formula.

After listening to Li Shi'an's explanation, the joy on Zhang Qi's face gradually faded, and he let out a long breath and comforted: "Brother Li doesn't have to worry, if you can get a musket, it's a breakthrough." With the huge manpower and material resources of my Dayuan, and the skilled craftsmen like clouds, over time, my Dayuan army will definitely be able to equip this sharp weapon and break the weapon advantage of the Song people. ”

As he was talking, a general suddenly hurried over and whispered a few words to Li Shi'an.

Li Shi'an's face changed, as if he was thinking. Shaoqing, facing Zhang Qi's inquiring gaze, said lightly: "If we find a few Song people, we may be able to get what we want from these people." ”

What you want, isn't it...... Zhang Jue's spirits perked: "Where are these fine works?" ”

Li Shi'an didn't answer directly, and suddenly smiled: "Depending on the situation, Gongduan has to go to another banquet." ”