"I can produce 5,000 strong men from the Muleng Department!" The Patriarch of Waden immediately expressed his loyalty.

He didn't know that the Central Plains people were as cunning as foxes

Li Yuan nodded, asked the imperial chef to serve lunch, and then invited the patriarchs of the other tribes to eat together.

Chinese just like to socialize at the dinner table.

He, of course, is no exception.

But there will always be one or two smart people in all the Nanban tribes.

"Your Majesty, I don't know if when the war started, it was mainly our tribe and supplemented by the Tang Army, or vice versa?" The patriarch of a clan asked.

"Since I think it is dominated by barbarians, my Tang army is overpowered," Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said lightly, without any waves in his heart.

Since they want to consume the power of their Nanban, how can they let them stand in the rear and wave their flags and shout 666.

Of course, it is used as cannon fodder.

The sound of silk and bamboo at the banquet stopped abruptly, and although the tribesmen had some guesses, they still didn't expect the emperor to put it up so nakedly, and his face was ugly.

"What you give, what you get, you are all warriors, how can you be afraid of the darkness before the dawn?" Li Yuan laughed.

The atmosphere has returned to normal, but there are also many people who secretly harbor ghosts.

Li Yuan quietly called Mu Baiyi, who was disguised as a man, and asked her to pay attention to who was dissatisfied.

At the banquet, everyone had different thoughts, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, they hurriedly said goodbye.

After they finished, a fierceness flashed in Li Yuan's eyes, and he sat down and wiped his neck, "Remember them, kill the patriarch who has a bad relationship with the Waden patriarch first, and then blame Waden." ”

"Yes." Mu Baiyi nodded in agreement.

Jinyiwei is an organization built by Li Yuan last year, and its main job is to find out the news of the enemy country and install secret rooms, and of course, to monitor the minister, and deal with some tricky things.

Although Li Yuan realized that Jinyiwei was a double-edged sword, he had no choice now, only to split the Nanban tribe to ensure that they were of the same mind as himself.

And Mu Baiyi's martial arts are the most powerful in Li Yuan's knowledge, and Mu Baiyi is now in despair, he just likes to take care of homeless orphans.

After taking Mu Baiyi away, Li Yuan came to the ordnance prison in plain clothes.

The Ordnance Inspectorate was a newly established department under the direct control of the Emperor.

Entering the gate of the ordnance prison, there was a lot of noise inside, there were parts scattered on the ground, and an old man pulled the drum fan vigorously beside the stove, this novel invention was enough to raise the temperature in the furnace by more than a thousand degrees.

"See the Emperor." Li Laosi stopped and wiped the sweat from his forehead with the dirty clothes hanging around his neck.

"Did I want you to make the flintlock pistol?" Li Yuan said in a little anxious.

The flintlock pistol, invented by Mahan, a Frenchman born in 1547 (mid-16th century) in a family of gunsmiths, locksmiths and watchmakers, was improved on the basis of the revolving musket, the clockwork wheel was removed, a piece of flint was clamped on the jaws of the hammer, and an anvil was provided on the side of the fire hole. The firing process is greatly simplified, the firing rate and shooting accuracy are improved, it is easy to use, and the cost is low, which facilitates mass production.

The earliest muskets appeared at the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, when they were used to stuff gunpowder in bamboo, similar to firecrackers, and successfully scared off the Jin people. Later, arquebuses gradually appeared in musket research, but arquebuses were not only slow to load, but also susceptible to weather, and if there was too much rainy weather, the arquebuses could not be ignited.

Therefore, in the era of arquebus, the sword was not completely replaced, and it still belonged to the era of cold weapons.

Until the invention of the flintlock pistol.

The flintlock pistol can be said to have truly solved the disadvantages of the arquebus, which was fully equipped with European armies for more than two hundred years from the seventeenth century to the middle of the nineteenth century.

A flint was clamped between the jaws of the hammer of the flintlock pistol, and an anvil was set on the side of the fire hole, and if it was necessary to shoot, the trigger was pulled, and under the action of the spring, the flint was hit heavily on the edge of the fire door, and sparks appeared, igniting the gunpowder.

This firing mechanism is called a percussive flintlock machine, and a firearm equipped with an impingement flintlock mechanism is called a percussive flintlock pistol.

The advantages of the percussive flintlock pistol are self-evident, it greatly simplifies the firing process, improves the rate of fire and accuracy of shooting, is easy to use, and has a lower cost, which facilitates mass production.

"Your Majesty, as early as five days ago, the Ordnance Superintendent had already developed a flintlock pistol, but there was still a slight difference from what you said, the minister used a sheet of linen or deerskin soaked in grease to wrap the projectile and load it into the muzzle, which not only speeded up the reloading, but also played a breath-holding role, and the accuracy was improved, and the range was longer than before.

Therefore, the current flintlock pistol is still in the stage of development, if His Majesty wants to test fire, Weichen has a flintlock pistol that has just been built. Li Laosi took out a slightly rough spear from the cabinet, and there was no butt.

"This flintlock pistol can only shoot a hundred and fifty paces, not even as good as a two-stone bow," he shook his head slightly.

"Li Gongzheng, you are wrong, bows and arrows need to be pulled by manpower, and no matter how strong a person shoots a bow and arrow, there is a distance, but the firearm is different, this flintlock pistol can shoot a hundred and fifty steps, but what about the next one?

Two hundred steps? Three hundred steps? If you can really reach 300 paces, when you fight with the army, the enemy's bow and arrow have still arrived, and our ammunition has already been shot over, which can be an inch long and an inch stronger. Li Yuan encouraged.

If this group of people knew that there would be missiles in the future, and there would be Dongfeng Express, intercontinental missiles would be launched directly from one continent to another, it would be terrifying.

Is that comparable to a bow and arrow?

Of course, Li Yuan did not deny the status of the bow and arrow, and the bow and arrow are destined to be slowly eliminated, and the musketeers in the new era will also grow slowly, and finally form a musketeer with a modern army.

No matter how powerful the armor is, it is difficult to resist the rain of bullets.

"What Your Majesty said is reasonable, and Weichen is taught." Li Laosi showed his big yellow teeth and said with a smile.

He was originally an ordinary craftsman, but he was appreciated by the Emperor Taishang, made a small worker, became a small official, and became a master.

From the hands of the Emperor Taishang, the flintlock pistol, the operator's firearm that Li Laosi was familiar with, was quickly disemboweled.

Just listen to the bang.

The earthen wall in front was embedded with a copper warhead.

Yes, these warheads are all made of brass, which is expensive, and it is equivalent to making money.

Except for the rich Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that no country has this strength.

Of course, the steel warhead generally used in China in later generations, but that warhead also had some brass in it, but China generally lacked copper ore, so the international practice of using brass as a warhead was not adopted.

You have to know how many bullets Huaxia consumes in a year!