For the first test launch, for the sake of safety, Zhang Zhen must reduce the dosage, and the target is closer, and he can see the effect with his own eyes, right? After all, this is the first gun I made, and the first gun after coming to Daming, which is very commemorative.

The days that followed were to test the most suitable dosage and the maximum effective range.

Of course, Zhang Zhen also tested the maximum charge, which itself is a breech gun, and it can be stuffed with a maximum of 12 centimeters of ammunition.

The gunpowder alone was nearly ten centimeters long, Zhang Zhen fixed the gun, pulled the long rope and opened fire, firing fifty shots in a row, but not exploding....

The test of this maximum charge was a failure, but the result made Zhang Zhen even more satisfied.

What I pursue is to reload faster, and I definitely can't use a 12-centimeter large bullet, the maneuverability is too low, and the effective range growth is also limited.

The maximum length of the bullet is 10 centimeters, which is easy to load.

The finely bored rifled gun had impeccable air tightness, and the final determination showed that the effective firing range of 200 meters and the maximum firing range were 470 meters.

With the almost primitive processing technology of Daming, the arquebus can have an effective range of 100 meters? Can an elephant hit 200 meters? This gap, Zhang Zhen does not believe in abusing the firearms battalion of the Ming Dynasty.

The first test gun, the appearance of the butt is not very particular, and it must be refined at the beginning of mass production, even if it is not beautiful, it must be made in a direction that is pleasing to the eye.

Soon it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, isn't the New Year's picture a festive?

Zhang Zhen asked for silver, asked for people, sent people to Nanyang Town early a year ago to prepare some New Year's goods, tenants every family has chicken, fish and white noodles, there are old people and children send a few feet of cloth to make a new clothes, and the children all have candy firecrackers.

Waiting for the New Year, all the tenant families rushed to pay New Year's greetings to Zhang Zhen, the owner, and many shops in Nanyang Town looked at the Western workshop, so they came to make friends and relationships, but this Wanghu Village was more lively than the town.

The first month passed unconsciously, and the snow was heavy in winter, and a snow was afraid that it was heavier than the rain in the spring, summer and autumn of last year, and it still fell more than a dozen, and the whole winter was a drowsy haze day in addition to the wind and snow, and the snow only melted away after the first month.

There is a folk proverb, 'This winter, the wheat covers the three-layer quilt, and the next year sleeps with steamed buns.' The snow melted away, but the water was sufficient, and the wheat in the field began to tiller with the warmth of the spring breeze.

In later generations, a grain of wheat planted by some people was frantically tillered more than 100 times and produced more than 100 ears of wheat, and there were also people who planted wheat with more than 100 wheat grains on one ear of wheat, and theoretically speaking, the yield of wheat could reach tens of thousands of times that of sowing.

Of course, this is also theoretical, normally speaking, water and fertilizer are timely, insect pest control is good, wheat tillering five to seven times, a wheat ear is planted with more than 30 grains, even if the germination rate is removed or something, the yield of thousands of catties can be guaranteed, and it can be regarded as a bumper yield.

With Zhang Zhen's instructions, the tenants went into battle, and it was a dead force, Zhang Zhen let the three inches of pond mud, and the tenants paved an average of more than four inches, which is more than ten centimeters, even if it is worse than the black soil, the difference is limited.

At this time, the land strength of these 300 acres of land, I am afraid that the entire Yanzhou Mansion will not be able to find a second piece, and there is snow water to feed, and the tillering after the beginning of spring is very amazing.

In order to test whether it can be hybridized, Zhang Zhen added the wheat seeds of the world when sowing, and more than 20 catties of seeds per acre of land are already amazing losers in the world.

A wheat seedling is divided into seven or eight tillers, and the wheat ridge is dense and not like words, and the dark green of that piece can be seen from a mile away, and there are those who pass near Wanghu Village, who doesn't take a closer look?

The tenants were so surprised that they came out of their mother's womb, who had ever seen such growth? Is this to be abundant? Sure to be productive!

The tenants prayed in their hearts, fearing that they had all begged the gods and Buddhas of the heavens, and they did not dare to be careless about the protection of the crops.

After the cold winter, the water surface thawed, and Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, also returned to Nanyang with the ship, and hurried to start work again, and when everything was arranged, he returned to the capital to preside over the Ministry of Works.

At the beginning, Liu Zunxian just took it as a small talk, and forgot it behind him like the wind in his ears.

This is talked about more and more, and even his own craftsmen take advantage of the lunch moment, trotting to take a look, and come back full of praise, which is amazing.

I couldn't help but ask the craftsman, and after listening to the admiration, Liu Zunxian, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and the second-class member of the imperial court couldn't sit still anymore, and gave an order, and led people to the south.

He came late, and there was no mud on the road, but after this period of time, the wheat naturally grew better, and when he arrived at the field, he was well-informed and astonished.

When the tenants saw a large group of people coming from afar, and were riding tall horses, they were not hungry, so they hurried two to dissuade them from being careful of the crops, and not to trample on them.

After all, I have some knowledge on the dock, and when I saw the huge brocade chicken on the court dress, I was so frightened that I didn't dare to persuade it.

This is the official uniform of the second grade, the official of the imperial court, I heard that it was worn by Lord Shangshu, isn't this Lord Shangshu the prime minister? In addition to the emperor and the first assistant, the prime minister is the biggest! With this realization, the two of them were so frightened that they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

Liu Zunxian smiled after getting off the horse: "Dare to ask the two little brothers, this land is your family?" Look at that growth is very good, can you let the official take a look? ”

One of them hurriedly replied: "Go back to my lord, this land belongs to the young master of my family, the small ones are just tenants, renting the owner's family, the adults want to see that it is a small blessing, and the young master of the owner will be happy if he knows it!" ”

Liu Zunxian nodded and said with a smile: "That's fine, wait for the official to see it." ”

Lord Liu stepped forward, and was even more surprised when he looked closely, and finally pulled up the hem of his official robe and squatted on the ground to take a closer look, which showed how surprised he was.

Stretching out his hand to caress and take a closer look, Lord Liu got up and smiled: "Amazing!" Amazing! This official has lived for most of his life, and he has never seen Mai Miao have such a terrifying growth, can your young master be local? Can you introduce the officer? ”

Is this a request to see the young master? So polite? This is the Prime Minister! The two didn't react for a while, and it wasn't until Liu Zunxian said again that they woke up.

"My young master is on the village in front of me, the adult and go slowly, the villain will go to report, so that the young master can welcome the driver!"

The two of them said goodbye, kowtowed again, got up and ran away.

Hearing the incoherent words of the two men, Zhang Zhen thought about it carefully and realized that there was a Shangshu master who wanted to visit him.