The night of Nanchang City is dark and terrible, the only light is the dim candlelight illuminated by the Tengwang Pavilion, Ao Bai has already issued a curfew order when he arrived in Nanchang City, after dark, except for the patrolling soldiers, no one is allowed to go to the street, let alone light the lights, otherwise they will be killed, the full moon is shining, the figure of the patrol soldier with military boots and spurs on the long street is dragged by the old man. **

In the lonely inn, dozens of Qing soldiers lazily held spears and leaned against the wall to nap, the sky was about to dawn, the night before dawn was even darker, suddenly, the stable in the backyard of the inn was filled with fire, the night watchman screamed in the store, woke up more than a dozen guards in front of the inn, the Qing soldiers were sleepy, each carrying a big knife and spear rushed into the inn, and ran towards the backyard, and then a few banging muskets sounded in the inn, and more and more soldiers on the night patrol around ran in, The Dutch were shouting in Chinese: "Someone snatched the musket, someone snatched the musket...

The general in charge of guarding the inn realized that this was not a simple fire, and ordered the inn to be sealed off while shouting people to put out the fire, but it was too late, at this time, the back door of the inn sounded a sound of horses' hooves, and more than a dozen people wearing Qing soldier uniforms galloped along the long street, and quickly galloped towards the city gate.

The city gate of Xicheng has just opened, several Qing soldiers in charge of the city gate are still rubbing their eyes, a team of knights in the distance has rushed to the city gate frantically, the city gate leader was taken aback, and hurriedly opened his eyes to look, it was dark and misty to see clearly, but the city gate leader still saw the knight's Qing soldier's robe, he grinned, waved his hand, and signaled the soldiers on both sides of the city gate to draw their knives and guard to relax: "It's my own people, I'm afraid there is some urgent business trip." ”

The soldiers defending the city smiled and withdrew their weapons, yes, hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city are stationed here, how can there be any enemies.

When a dozen knights flew past the doorway, the gatekeeper shouted at the knights, "What are you doing in a hurry, brothers?" Take it easy and be careful of falling off the horse. ”

The knights rushed out of the city gate quickly, the doormen on both sides of the city gate laughed, at this time, there was a clear horse hooves behind them, and the city gate leader couldn't help frowning, what happened today, so many people went out of the city early in the morning.

The second team of Qing soldiers out of the city was even more, there were more than 100 people, all of them riding horses, quickly crossing the doorway, and one of the rear team reined in the total number of Qing soldiers, raised his whip to the city gate and asked: "Is there anyone out of the city?" ”

The city gate leader hurriedly called a thousand words: "My lord, there are more than a dozen knights in a hurry. ”

The general shouted angrily: "Why don't you stop them? ”

The city gate leader said with an aggrieved face: "Humble duty... At the city gate, the group of people in Fang Cai was also dressed as a Qing soldier, so what did he do to stop him.

Don't wait for the gate leader to explain. The whip had reached his ground door. A deep red streak of blood was printed on his cheek. Put the total back on the whip. He's also anxious. He was ordered to protect the mission safely. Now there is a fire in the inn. Several attachés of the Dutch mission were killed. The Russian mission was gone. Even the captured firearm has disappeared. No need to ask. This must have been stolen by the Russians. Then he absconded in fear of sin. If he can't get the Russians back. Worship the earth. Is he still alive?

"Lao Tzu told you. You just let go of the land to steal the treasure. Murdered several middle-aged adults and VIPs. If you want to live. Go quickly to the battalions. Let them go out of the city and pursue. One step slower. It is a place where there is no place to die. "I'm always going to be on the verge of death. Clamped his horse, and sped out of the city again.

The Gatekeeper gasped. It's a head-scratching thing. He didn't have time to scold. Hurriedly ordered a few soldiers to continue to defend the city. I hurried to the battalions to report the news.

Time. Chickens and dogs jump inside and outside the city. Thousands of knights rode out of the city. Blockade of the city's main roads and docks. This evil ** piece can only be described as sensational. A dignified envoy. For the sake of a firecracker sample, he maliciously raided other envoys. Ran away overnight. Officials in Nanchang Prefecture and even in Jiangxi Province couldn't help but look sideways. Drive the government officials to strictly investigate. Escape with the Russian mission.

Ao Bai was even more furious when he heard the news. He beheaded several guards in a row. Sitting in the hall every day to inquire about the arrest. To know. The Qing army retreated in defeat after defeat. It took a lot of effort to get the land. There is only one sample left in the Great Qing Dynasty. Finally, the Dutch patted their chests and promised that they could imitate it, giving Ao Bai a little bit of hope. But such a thing happened. Not to mention the insulting national body. It also lost the opportunity to imitate it.

Ao Bai took the time to visit Kotler, the representative of the Dutch mission. Kotler was hit in the arm by a lead. Fortunately, it didn't hurt the muscles and bones. Let the accompanying doctor bandage him briefly. For the case of the seizure of the firebolt. Kotler's worries are even greater than Aobai's. The technology of the firearm means a military revolution. If it falls into the hands of the Russians. The harm is self-evident. Just when Ao Bai and Kotler sighed for a long time. The news finally came. The Russian mission was caught.

It turned out that the Russians escaped from the city and got rid of them

, but soon encountered trouble, they soon appeared that the population of the East was in the open field of Russia, and it was very easy to hide, but here there were almost everywhere village markets, where there were people, cars and horses, and the government management was very strict, and there was a pass that could not be walked for dozens of miles, and it was necessary to show the certificate to pass, the Russians had no choice but to quietly turn back to the vicinity of Nanchang City and lurk, and when the limelight passed a little, they hurriedly slipped to the Ganjiang River to rent a boat and escaped, At this time, he met the Qing soldiers who were searching, and when the Qing soldiers saw their high noses and blue eyes, they immediately locked them up.

After getting the news, Ao Bai and Kotler suddenly put their hearts at ease, and recovered the Lian Huo Gun, which is to open a trial of this group of Russian robbers, if it were someone else, at most they would just beat these envoys and deport them, but Ao Bai was different, his killing intent surged up endlessly, and he dared to break ground on the head of Tai Sui Ye, how could Ao Bai let them go?

After the commotion, more than a dozen Russian attachés were all to be beheaded, and this is not counting, Ao Bai beat the Russian envoy, made people cut off his ear and nose, and warned the Russian envoy to go back and never enter the border of the Qing Dynasty again.

The Russian envoy was tortured half-dead and half-alive, and he was sent back to Russia in a carriage, but what Aobai did not expect was that a year later, a group of Cossack cavalry would invade Mongolia under the leadership of this envoy.

The sample was recovered, and Kotler regarded him as a treasure, and hurriedly asked several craftsmen accompanying him to disassemble and study it, and drew the imitation drawings, ready to start copying after returning to Beijing.

There are all kinds of advanced firearms of the Southern Ming Dynasty in the city of Beijing, all of them are the Ming Dynasty with sharp weapons and successive victories, such a saying is very widespread, some Manchu people are even more relishing, talking about how sharp the Ming military firearms are, as if the firearms come out, heaven and earth will change color for it, in fact, this statement is in line with the self-esteem of the Manchu people, when the Manchurian people entered the customs, it can be said that they swallowed mountains and rivers, no one could be defeated, but now they are looking for teeth all over the ground for the original opponent, if it were not for the reason of firearms, The Manchu people really want to find a piece of tofu to hit and die, so whenever the Manchu people mention firearms, they are envious, but once they talk about the Ming army, they are contempt, aren't these southern barbarians just relying on firearms to be sharp? What is this, there is a kind of bow horse compared to us.

Kangxi under the influence of this kind of public opinion, but also felt the infinite benefits of firearms, it happened that the Dutch mission arrived, so that Kangxi saw the Dutch's exquisite craftsman skills, hit it off, only fourteen-year-old Kangxi immediately had the idea of a new deal, just at this time the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's illness finally healed, Kangxi's mood improved, attracting Sony and other important ministers to disagree, for Kangxi's so-called new deal, the courtiers showed most of their attitudes, this is not because they did not realize the benefits of the new deal, Instead, he thought that the little emperor was too young, and the so-called new deal was just a product of whim, Sony and others did not support it too much, nor did they oppose it, but Kangxi was full of interest, and hurriedly issued an order to build a manufacturing bureau in Jiangnan, Tianjin, Guanwai and other places, appoint officials from the manufacturing bureau, and open the sea, establish a dock to manufacture warships, because of the Dutch craftsmen, these things are very neat, and the kung fu manufacturing bureau and dock will be put into use in a month or two.

At this time, a man named Dai Zi surfaced, and through the introduction of Prince Kang, he presented his new firearm, the Lianzhu Gun.

Dai Zi, a native of Qiantang, Zhejiang. He once lived in Yangzhou, Dai Zi was erudite and versatile, proficient in astronomy, calendar, canals, poetry and painting, historical books, etc., and was a famous manufacturer of machinery and weapons. He was born in a family of officials and was brilliant since childhood. Under the influence of his father, Dai Zi fell in love with mechanical engineering as a teenager, and once made a variety of firearms by himself, one of which could hit targets at a distance of 100 paces. The most terrifying thing is that under his development, the world's first machine gun was developed, the "Lianzhu cymbal", also known as the "Lianzhu Fire Gun", which is shaped like a pipa and can shoot 28 bullets in a row. The design of this weapon is very ingenious, not only solves the problem of the old firearm ignited with a fire rope, which is easy to suffer from the influence of wind, rain and moisture, but also absorbs the advantages of Western firearms that can shoot continuously, and is extremely convenient to use, more than 200 years earlier than the Europeans used machine guns. Emperor Yuming dedicated the fire to Kangxi.

Xiao Kangxi excitedly shot the Dai Zi version of the Lianhuo Gun, and the effect was really good, even better than the Nanming Lianhuo Gun, its rate of fire was very fast, several times faster than the Da Ming version of the Lianhuo Cymbal, but the power was slightly weakened, as long as the lead was loaded, it could continuously produce twenty-eight leads. If it is according to the trend of history, Dai Zi should be assigned by Kangxi to the border of Liaodong, but the rise of the Southern Ming Dynasty gave Dai Zi a place to use, and also made Xiao Kangxi indulge in firearms, Kangxi hurriedly announced the decree and let Dai Zi meet him. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support work, support genuine reading!) )