The arquebus, a thing that transcends the ages, was so easily created by a group of craftsmen's apprentices.

This really made Yang Qi a little difficult to accept.

Yang Qi carefully groped for the arquebus in his hand, feeling a little unreal.

He checked it a dozen times, and he could confirm that it was a working arquebus.

In fact, Yang Qi was stunned because he had forgotten two things.

The first is the manufacturing process of arquebuses, which is actually not difficult, and there is no way to compare with many traditional processes.

The second is the strength of the craftsmen.

These craftsmen, who have seen stick figures for most of their lives, can still restore many complex ancient crafts through many stick figures.

Now that there are sophisticated drawings in front of them, how could they not make this thing?

For craftsmen, the only difficulty for arquebuses should be the materials.

But as early as the time they cast the cannon, they had already developed a new alloy sufficient for arquebuses.

This problem is easily solved.

"Is this the thing?"

Seeing Yang Qi's excited face, Tang Gong leaned forward obscenely and asked.

Yang Qi couldn't put it down, holding the arquebus, and nodded heavily, "It's this thing, that's right......"

Tang Gong and the other craftsmen glanced at each other and smiled.

Then I saw Tang Gong rubbing his hands and said, "Then Your Majesty can teach us the art of drawing?" ”

Yang Qi held the arquebus tightly and muttered, "Can I try the gun first?" ”

Tang Gong said anxiously: "I can't try it now, this thing still needs small iron beads, twisted ropes, and gunpowder...... Let's draw a picture first, and my subordinates will ask the apprentice to prepare things for you......"

Tang Gongsheng dragged Yang Qi to teach them to draw.

Yang Qi couldn't resist them, so he could only return to the room with the arquebus and teach them to draw.

A group of veteran craftsmen have done a lifetime of delicate work, and they are quick to master the art of drawing.

Yang Qi suppressed the urge to test the gun, and patiently taught them drawing skills.

In just one afternoon.

These craftsmen got to grips with the art of drawing.

After learning half a bucket of water one by one, they began to brag excitedly, saying that they would make a book of craftsmen in the future, including all the ancestral skills, and passing them on to future generations.

Yang Qi was very pleased that they had this thought.

While teaching them their skills, they were also told that drawings of things such as arquebuses and artillery should never be revealed, let alone taught to others without permission.

Under the leadership of Tang Gong, the craftsmen swore an oath that they would never pass it on.

The craftsmen continued to draw until the evening, and one by one they left satisfied, and told Yang Qi that they would come back tomorrow.

Yang Qi sent them away, and immediately took arquebuses, gunpowder, twists, and iron balls to test the gun.

He was a little impatient.

Sanguanzhai was built by Lao Yang when he was defending against the Liao.

Today, it has been converted into an arsenal and still retains many of its original buildings.

For example, the lookout at the highest point of the village is still preserved.

Yang Qi took the arquebus and went up to the lookout.

After eagerly loading gunpowder and iron bullets, Yang Qi slowly raised his gun and aimed it at the sunset that was about to set.

As the first shot in this world, you always have to be domineering.

Shooting the sky and the earth and shooting the air are far from the joy of shooting the sun.

Aim!

"Hiss~"

After three breaths, Yang Qi gave up his plan to shoot the sun.

The sunset is infinitely better, but Yang Qi doesn't have Hou Yi's divine eyes, just staring at it for three breaths, and he sees things with an extra layer of ghosting.

After hesitating again and again, Yang Qi decided that it was better to kill and sacrifice the spear.

Looking down at the forest at his feet, he found a hare scurrying around.

Yang Qi was overjoyed.

He picked up his gun again, nervously aiming at the hare.

"Breathe~"

Take a few deep breaths and find your head.

Peng Pai also took a deep breath on the side with a nervous face.

Pull the trigger that still grinds your hand.

The arquebus burns.

"Bang!"

There was an explosion.

A cloud of sparks erupted from the barrel.

Iron balls from deep in the barrel burst out.

Under the lookout.

A small hole was broken in the tree beside the hare.

On the lookout, the two monarchs and ministers looked at the audience expectantly.

The little rabbit next to the big tree in the audience had already run away when the gunshots rang out, plunged into the grass next to it, and when it was quiet, it quietly poked its head out to look.

Sensing that there was no danger, it raised its little head and glanced disdainfully at the two monarchs and ministers on the lookout.

Then he shook his fat little buttocks and disappeared into the woods leisurely.

Yang Qi retracted his gaze with an embarrassed expression.

Peng Pai also retracted his gaze with an embarrassed expression.

When Peng Pai's gaze fell on the arquebus in Yang Qi's hand, he looked strange.

Yang Qi felt Peng Pai's strange eyes, he looked down at his hand, and the expression on his face became even more embarrassed.

It turned out that he was too nervous just now, and after the gun went off, he subconsciously clenched the gun in his hand.

With Yang Qi's hand strength comparable to that of a monster, holding the barrel of the gun tightly, you can imagine what the barrel of the gun has become.

The barrel of the arquebus was pinched flat by Yang Qi.

Yang Qi withdrew the arquebus in his hand with an embarrassed expression, and said lightly: "The quality is too poor, it needs to be improved." ”

Peng Pai pretended to believe Yang Qi's explanation, and then proposed: "Your Majesty, my subordinates just saw that you hit that tree, why don't we go down and take a look?" ”

"Good!"

Yang Qi nodded and agreed to Peng Pai's request.

Although the marksmanship is poor and he misses the rabbit, he can also test the power of the arquebus if he hits the tree.

The two of them went down from the lookout and came to the big tree.

There was a hole in the big tree, and in the hole there was an iron bead, and the iron bead was more than an inch into the wood.

Peng Pai was shocked and said, "This little thing actually has such a great power......

Yang Qi nodded slowly, "That's ...... nature"

Peng Pai whispered embarrassedly: "But my subordinates think that the use of this thing is average." A good archer, with a bow and arrow, can also shoot with such an effect. His subordinates didn't understand why His Majesty wanted to make this. ”

Yang Qi didn't explain too much, just glanced at Peng Pai and said, "Go and inform Tang Gong to let people make ten more arquebuses tomorrow." In addition, he was asked to prepare ten pairs of leather armor, three pairs of iron armor, and thirty pairs of paper armor. ”

"My subordinates still think it's ......"

"Why don't you go yet?!"

Peng Pai also wanted to express his feelings, but after hearing Yang Qi's undoubted voice, he obediently bowed down and answered, and ran to find Tang Gong in a gloomy manner.

Following.

Early morning.

After eating.

Tang Gong and the others took the three kinds of armor to Yang Qi's residence.

Tang Gong and others wanted to continue to pull Yang Qi to learn drawing skills, but Yang Qi vetoed them.

Yang Qiyi told them rhetorically, "You practice by yourself first, and I'm going to test the gun." ”

After playing Tang Gong and others.

Yang Qi asked Peng Pai to set up three wooden figures in the courtyard.

Armor was put on the wooden figures, and then they began to test the gun.

Suddenly, gunshots rang out in the courtyard of Yang Qi's residence.

The sound of bang bang bang is endless.

The sound was like thunder, and the people in the stockade came to watch.

Even Tang Gong and others, who were drawing in the room, dropped the drawings and came out to watch.

Three wooden figures, with three kinds of armor on their bodies, let Yang Qi shoot.

The wooden man wearing leather armor was easily pierced by the arquebus in Yang Qi's hand, and the iron bullet was also embedded in the wooden man.

The wooden man in iron armor was still easily shot out of a hole by the arquebus in Yang Qi's hand.

Some people may think that iron armor can be pierced by arquebuses, because they do not understand the construction of iron armor.

Most of the iron armor is mainly scale armor, and the armor is only a few.

Chain mail is cumbersome to make and maintain, so it cannot be equipped in large quantities.

While scale armor can defend against swords, guns, swords, halberds, and even some arrows, it can't really defend against all arrows.

Some rapid arrows can still pierce through scale armor, and some heavy crossbows can also pierce through scale armor.

This is the reason why many generals in ancient times wore armor and still died by arrows.

It's not that these arrows and crossbow arrows can pierce the iron scales, but after they hit the scale armor, the huge penetration will cause the scale armor to ripple, so that cracks will be created and they will be drilled into.

When Yang Qi tested the three pairs of iron armor, Peng Pai's eyes were about to pop out.

He finally understood the purpose of the arquebus.

Seeing that Yang Qi was very easy to use, Peng Pai could judge that the arquebus did not have high requirements for the soldiers used, and he did not know the crossbowmen in the army, so he needed to be carefully selected.

Any soldier can be used after a short period of training.

The arquebus, on the other hand, can easily pierce leather armor and scale armor.

That's even more terrifying.

As long as arquebuses are equipped with a large area.

That would be equivalent to the soldiers all becoming marksmen.

What kind of effect a group of marksmen will have on the battlefield, Peng Pai, who has experienced the battlefield, knows very well.

Plus artillery, earth-shattering thunder, earth mines, explosives packets, etc.

The enemy did not approach at all, and they were already destroyed.

There are three or two kittens left, which is simply not enough to cut.

Moreover, when the enemy has not yet approached, a large number of troops are lost, which also has a great impact on their morale.

It is quite possible that there will be a situation of mass surrender.

After testing the iron armor and leather armor, Yang Qi tested the paper armor again.

On the contrary, paper armor has a higher defense against arquebuses.

Yang Qi shot three shots of paper armor, only one shot pierced, and the remaining two shots were jammed.

(Popular science: This is not the author is bragging, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, a large number of cotton armor was equipped, and copper nails were inlaid on the cotton armor, in order to defend against muskets.) Cotton nails and paper nails have the same effect. ）

Paper armor has some defense against arquebuses though.

However, the main enemy of the Yan State, the Liao army, could not afford to equip it, and the Song army only had a small amount of soldiers and horses, so they relied more on their own infantry armor.

Anyway, the enemy did not know about the existence of arquebuses now.

By the time they learned about the arquebus and came up with a countermeasure, it would have been a few years later.

At that time, Yang Qi estimated that the arquebus had been updated.

The flintlock pistol is probably also available.

The craftsmanship of the flintlock pistol is not much more difficult than that of the arquebus.

It's just that the requirements for materials are relatively high.

After testing the armor penetration, Yang Qi began to test the range again.

After more than thirty rounds of testing, the final range of the arquebus was also measured by Yang Qi.

Between 40 and 80 zhang.

Although it can't reach the perverted range of heavy crossbows, bed crossbows, and eight-ox crossbows, it has far exceeded ordinary bows and arrows.

Peng Pai was already speechless in shock.

He watched Yang Qi play with the arquebus in his hand with love, and said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, if this thing can equip the whole army...... Wouldn't that be invincible in the world......"

Yang Qi fumbled with the arquebus in his hand and said with a faint smile: "Equip the whole army? No way. Although this thing is powerful, it can't be overly felt that it will be very powerful after equipping the whole army.

If you take it against the Iron Cavalry, you will be helpless.

The main thing is that its range, and the time it takes to reload ammunition, determines that it cannot really dominate the battlefield at this time. ”

According to historical records, arquebuses were already very popular during the Ming Dynasty.

Basically in every army, there is also artillery.

But even so, it was still invincible in front of the cavalry.

Even during World War I and World War II, cavalry was still active on the battlefield.

Unless Yang Qi can get tanks, armored vehicles, machine guns, planes, and artillery.

However, the current process is not up to scratch.

Peng Pai carefully recalled the scene of arquebuses fighting cavalry, and nodded regretfully: "At a distance of eighty zhang, if the light cavalry charges, it will take six breaths. Six breaths wasn't enough for the soldiers to reload their ammunition. It is true that you can't dominate the battlefield......"

Yang Qi smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged, now we are the defenders, and the two countries of Song and Liao are the attackers, with this sharp weapon, plus the advantage of the city wall, we can suppress them."

And, although we can't dominate the battlefield now, as long as we work hard, we will do it sooner or later.

Even if we can't, we still have children and grandchildren.

One day, in this world, it will be my man. ”

Peng Pai nodded heavily.

However, just as the two monarchs and ministers were talking, Tang Gong and the others, who had been watching the arquebus shooting behind them, were also discussing in a whisper.

"Tang Gong, Your Majesty strikes thunder, clicks the twist, fills the ammunition, and has to clean the pipe, I always feel that it is very time-consuming, and it is a little ......"

"What else?"

"It's still a bit silly......"

"We feel the same way."

"So...... Are you all tired of living? Although I think it's also a bit ...... But can't say it. He is Your Majesty! If that broken mouth gets this word to His Majesty's ears, we'll all have to finish playing. ”

"Tang Gong, in fact, I think that Your Majesty always fights once, lights a fire, and has to wait so long, it's too troublesome......"

"Old Wutou, do you have an idea?"

"Tang Gong, gunpowder, that thing can be ignited with sparks. Let's see if we can replace the twist with flint? ”

"And there's more...... Old Wu Tou and Tang Gong, I think, can I find a way to pick up the gunpowder that was filled into the barrel, so that I can avoid frequent cleaning? ”

“……”

A group of craftsmen have opened their minds this time.

One by one, they came up with ideas.

As a craftsman, especially a skilled craftsman, it is natural to like to keep improving.

And Yang Qi also encouraged them to innovate.

And Yang Qi attached great importance to the arquebus.

If only they could modify the arquebus, it would be easier to use the arquebus.

Maybe Yang Qi can also reward their children and grandchildren with a name, or maybe an official and a half-job.

And Yang Qi has never lacked money for the rewards of innovative craftsmen.

When the craftsmen were talking in a whisper, Yang Qi didn't know.

Little did he know, he just took the lead and took the first step.

The craftsmen had already begun to help him come up with the second, third, and fourth steps......

Artisans now need time to experiment with their ideas.

When their experiment was successful, it was the time to surprise Yang Qi.