Chapter 333: The stubborn father-in-law
If you don't have ammunition, how can Liu Che do it?
"Let's go, let's go to the martial arts training ground of the warriors of Weiyang Palace to try." Liu Che didn't care about the emperor's prestige, so he immediately stood up and took the lead and walked out.
This time, not only did the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty not stop Liu Che, but even Ji Di, who had always liked to work against the emperor, did not say a word of objection.
The legend of the flintlock pistol has long been spread by people who are a little closer to the center of power in Chang'an City. Under this fame, everyone wanted to see the power of the flintlock pistol.
Of course, such a powerful weapon will certainly cause many people to be uneasy.
This can be seen from the father-in-law standing next to Liu Che.
Yan Ming knew that Father-in-law Yang was protecting Liu Che. After all, Liu Che is the emperor, and Yan Ming is a courtier. There are some things that have to be guarded against, but they cannot be announced to the tongue.
Yan Ming understood, but he was unhappy.
There is a small training ground in the Weiyang Palace, which is used for the daily training of the guards guarding the palace ban in the Weiyang Palace.
"This little training ground is too small!" Yan Ming looked at the training ground with a radius of about 100 steps, and there was this row of grass targets on the side.
"Small?" Liu Che smiled: "Could it be that your flintlock pistol can really hit a target five hundred steps away?" ”
Yan Ming said in the song before, five hundred steps away, kill A Guta.
However, Liu Che and the Manchu Dynasty did not believe it too much. Since ancient times, battlefield reports have been falsely reported. This incident actually originated in the early Han Dynasty.
At that time, Liu Bang only had 150,000 troops, and he claimed to be 400,000. Xiang Yu is even more exaggerated, with hundreds of thousands of people under his command, he is known as a million. It seems that bragging is not only for modern people, but also for the ancients. Even the more awesome people are, the more they will brag.
Therefore, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, including Liu Che, all thought that Yan Ming's recital was mostly bragging.
The reason why Liu Che chose to be in this small training ground instead of going to the arsenal armament field on the edge of Weiyang Palace was also to save Yan Ming a little face.
"Five hundred steps is what the minister said. In fact, a good flintlock pistol can reach a killing distance of 800 paces, and Chen's gun is not the best, and it is okay to hit 6 or 700 steps. After six or seven hundred steps, the projectile will lose its original trajectory and become indiscriminate. But it's still lethal. Yan Ming played with the flintlock pistol and said proudly.
Liu Che was really shocked at this time.
He knows Yan Ming very well, and if he dares to say it in front of everyone, he will definitely be able to do it.
With such a long killing distance, if the Han army is fully equipped, what is the concept? And the fire thunder, and that kind of huge Condor crossbow!
Liu Che's eyes suddenly glowed, Yan Ming once said that the earth is round. So by virtue of strong force, can you be the king of this earth?
Of course, this ambition he just thinks about. At present, it is still necessary to see if Yan Ming's flintlock pistol is so magical.
Yan Ming first picked up the tong, loaded the ammunition into the flintlock pistol, and let everyone stand behind him, while he stood on this side of the training ground, aimed at a target on the opposite side, took a deep breath, held the gun steady, and gently pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" Gunshots rang out.
When the gunshots rang out and the smoke flew, the explosion made the bodies of some of the surrounding courtiers tremble slightly.
Even Liu Che thought that an ordinary-looking flintlock pistol would make such a loud noise.
Everyone looked at the target in the distance, but they didn't see anything unusual!
Liu Che rubbed his eyes, looked at everyone and said, "I didn't see anything shooting out!" ”
All the courtiers reacted in the same way.
Yan Ming smiled: "You can confirm it by going to see the target." ”
Under the huge suspicion, Liu Che asked the attendants around him to immediately go and fetch the target. Before the chamberlain walked over, the father-in-law had already flashed, like a big bird, a few ups and downs to the side of the target, a punch broke the target pole, with a few targets up and down, has returned to everyone.
"On the surface, there's nothing out of the ordinary!" Father-in-law said.
Everyone also followed Liu Che and surrounded him.
"Indeed!"
"It's not the same."
In the midst of everyone's discussion, Ji Di's eyes suddenly lit up, pointed to the left of the target, and said, "It's different here, it seems that something has passed through." ”
After Ji Di's pointing, everyone saw a small hole in the lead bullet.
"Look the other way around." Yan Ming said with a smile while wiping the barrel with a strip.
Only then did the father-in-law react and flipped over the target.
Everyone opened their mouths wide when they saw the huge impact of the lead bullet behind the target, which was as big as a fist.
"This thing is so powerful?" Liu Che snatched the target from the hand of the father-in-law, put it in front of him and looked at it carefully.
Everyone was amazed, and there was a trace of awe in their eyes when they looked at Yan Ming.
"Your Majesty's little flintlock pistol also has such a function." Yan Ming said.
"This?" Liu Che looked at it, handed the flintlock pistol in his hand to Yan Ming and said, "You give me a try, I will take a look." ”
"No!" Yan Ming loaded the pistol with ammunition, walked forward dozens of steps, estimated the distance, and aimed at the target twenty steps away.
As expected, the buckshot still blew a small hole.
After all, a pistol is not as powerful as a long-barreled flintlock pistol.
But that's it, Liu Che also admired it, took the pistol, and looked like he couldn't put it down.
"I don't know, what will happen to Yan Hou's thing against a kung fu master?" Father-in-law Yang said suddenly.
Yan Ming grinned and said, "If my father-in-law doesn't say it, Yan Ming will say it too!" With this thing, even the most powerful master will not be able to escape the fire of firearms. ”
"Haha, a real master, can deal with any hidden weapon, you thing, it shouldn't be difficult to dodge." Father-in-law Yang is very confident because his kung fu is very high.
Yan Ming said with a smile: "This matter can only be verified by encountering a master, and now Yan Ming is not arguing with his father-in-law!" ”
"The old man is not talented, although he is not a master, but there are not many people who are better than the old man on the rivers and lakes. Why don't you let the old man try to catch this bullet? Father-in-law said.
Yan Ming was slightly stunned and said, "Father-in-law, this can't be helped!" ”
"It doesn't matter! Today's old man is going to verify it. "Father-in-law Yang is very stubborn.
Yan Ming said: "If the father-in-law wants to experiment, he still wears two layers of heavy armor, so that Yan Ming dares to reveal the gun to the public, otherwise there is no need to experiment." ”
Father-in-law Yang glanced at Liu Che and said, "Just follow what Yan Hou said, after all, Yan Hou is also kind." ”
Everyone knows that Father-in-law Yang has fought the world with Gaozu Liu Bang. Not to mention the first person in the Han Dynasty, the number one who can surpass him is definitely not more than five fingers.
They all wanted to see if it was Father-in-law's kung fu that was great, or Yan Ming's bullets that were faster.