When Jia Lu turned around, he saw a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old man standing at the door.

"It's down there, I don't know ...... this brother"

The man smiled and arched his hand and said, "I have seen the ambassador, the villain Guo Cheng, it is the ambassador's subordinates." ”

Jia Lu couldn't help but be a little surprised, he still has a helper as a petty official who is not in the stream?

Because of the return of the salute, he smiled and said: "I have just arrived, I am young, and I don't understand many places, so I will ask Guo Gan to give me a lot of advice in the future." ”

Guo Cheng hurriedly smiled: "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, assisting the ambassador in managing the arsenal is exactly the responsibility of the villain." To tell the truth, it was only half a month since the villain first arrived in Xuande. ”

"Is it......" Jia Lu couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he didn't take it too seriously, but asked: "Listening to your accent, your feelings are also Shenjing people?" ”

Guo Chengdao: "The villain is from Chang'an County. ”

Jia Lu couldn't help laughing: "I thought I was the only one who was thrown here, I didn't expect to meet my fellow countrymen here, and it can be regarded as a hometown acquaintance." ”

He really wanted to ask if this Guo Cheng was sent to such a place because he offended someone in Shenjing, but he still held back.

Then he asked, "What's in the arsenal?" Is there an account? Come with me in a moment to take inventory. ”

Guo Chengdao: "It's nothing more than some missed arrows, knives, guns, armor and firearms." ”

"Firearms?" Jia Lu became interested when he heard this.

After crossing over, he hadn't seen any firearms except for a few iron cannons on the castle tower.

Jia Lu thought about it for a while, maybe it was because the imperial court didn't pay attention to firearms, or it could be because it was really inconvenient for this thing to patrol or deal with emergencies at ordinary times.

In peacetime, the musket is usually loaded with ammunition and the arquebus is lit when it is fired.

Even the more convenient flintlock pistols had to be loaded with priming powder first.

It's not as easy and quick as a bow and arrow.

But who wouldn't be interested in firearms?

Because he said, "Go, take me to see." ”

Guo Cheng didn't expect Jia Lu's new official to burn so quickly, and he had to perform his own duties before his ass was hot, so he didn't dare to slack off, so he took Jia Lu to the arsenal courtyard.

Bringing the account book and key, Guo Cheng opened the door and said, "The villain just tapped it a few days ago, and asked the ambassador to take a look. ”

As he spoke, he read: "Spears, eight hundred; Wild goose tail wooden plaques, 200 pieces; 200 round rattan cards, 300 three-eyed god guns......"

Jia Lu also saw a pile of iron cans piled up in the corner, and couldn't help but be surprised: "This ...... Is that the firearm you just said? ”

"There are also four Tiger Zun cannons, and ten Lumi guns......," Guo Cheng added.

Garruk couldn't help but feel greatly disappointed.

There are only ten advanced Lumi guns, and three hundred three-eyed guns......

The Lumi gun is a type of arquebus, which is characterized by a long barrel, high muzzle velocity of the projectile, and good accuracy. The disadvantage is that the loading is too slow, and the requirements for the fine iron used are extremely high due to the high chamber pressure, and the cost is expensive.

The Three-Eyed Gun is quite simple and crude, a large iron rod with three holes cast from pig iron, which needs to be lit by a fuse.

Due to the uneven casting process, the accuracy is also very touching, and it can be shot from 20 meters away to burn high incense.

However, this thing has the advantage of being in a hurry, and it can be used as a heavy weapon directly on wheels, and it is very effective against enemies wearing armor, comparable to blunt weapons such as hammers and whips.

It is better to use it with a long or short wooden handle......

Jia Lu casually picked up a rusty three-eyed gun and couldn't help but feel a little emotional, in the world he was familiar with, Yuan Chonghuan's Guanning Iron Cavalry relied on the three-eyed fire gun and the Hongyi cannon to beat Houjin and didn't dare to take a step closer to Shanhaiguan.

If it is used to deal with these Mongolians who have no armor on the steppe now, it should still have a certain effect.

And firearms are no more expensive than bows and arrows, which require a long training time to bend the bow and shoot arrows.

As long as they can reload, aim and ignite, even the elderly, weak, women and children can use it, why do the border troops let these things eat dust and rust in the warehouse?

Armed with two three-eyed guns, a Lumi guns, and some projectile gunpowder, Jia Lu decided to have a good experience of the thing firsthand.

When he came to the school grounds, he was about to load his ammunition, but he saw Wang Jian hurriedly running over with a few entourage.

Jia Lu had no choice but to stop and salute, "What does the commander have to teach your lordship?" ”

Wang Jian looked at Lu Mi Gong in Jia Lu's hand and hurriedly asked, "What is the ambassador going to do?" ”

Jia Lu said: "Since the adults asked me to take care of the arsenal, I thought that I couldn't just check the quantity clearly.

After all, this thing is going to come in handy when it comes to fighting.

I think these firecrackers seem to be a little old, so I want to see if they can still be used. ”

Wang Jian couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly said, "There's no need for this, right?" After all, the sergeants don't use these things much now."

Although this Jia Lu is not very old, he is also a descendant of Rong Guogong, and he specially sent someone to take care of him today, and he is mysterious and can't let Jia Lu himself know.

Wang Jian is not stupid, he knows that Jia Lu is a hot potato.

Although he didn't know why Jia Lu, who made the emperor blue-eyed, was sent to Xuande City, a place where birds don't, Wang Jian didn't dare to let Jia Lu have any mistakes, so he assigned Jia Lu the most idle errand.

Who would have thought that this kid was not honest at all, and he would have to fiddle with these firearms on his first day in office!

Is this thing a joke about firearms? What if I go out of the fire and blow up my chamber and injure Garru?

I should have let him take care of the granary!

Jia Lu couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked, "Why not?" ”

Wang Jian had no choice but to say truthfully: "Since I took office, the soldiers have used bows, arrows, broadswords, and spears, and it is said that no one has used them since the group of veterans who fought when the city was first built left. ”

Speaking of this, Wang Jian seemed to remember something, and instructed his subordinates: "Go and call Old Qin's head quickly!" ”

He explained to Jia Lu again: "This old Qin Tou is the oldest generation of old pawns in Xuande City, and I think he knows the reason. ”

Jia Lu couldn't help frowning, as the commander of a city, he didn't even know about this, and he had to ask the old man now, Wang Jian's commander was really a little distracted.

After a while, a gray-haired and ragged veteran was brought up: "What is the command of the commander to make the adults find the little ones?" ”

The veteran first saw the Lu Mi Gun in Jia Lu's hand and the Three-Eyed Fire Gun on the ground, and his face showed a strange expression.

"Old Qintou, this official asks you, why are these firearms idle in the warehouse and no one is using them?" In front of the old pawn, Wang Jian is still full of official authority.

Old Qin Tou had a constipated expression on his face: "If it doesn't make a sound, who will use it?" ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and Lao Qin Tou stopped speaking, picked up a three-eyed firearm on the ground, loaded gunpowder with two hands like withered branches, and inserted the fuse, and then opened the paper bag containing the bullet, but threw the projectile aside and stuffed the paper into a ball and compacted it with a whole strip.

Then he looked at Wang Jian, which meant that he was asking if he could ignite it.

Wang Jian saw that there were no projectiles in the firecracker, and Lao Qintou was a veteran, so he took a few steps back and motioned for someone to give him fire.

Old Qin Tou took the fire sickle flint and rubbed it against the fire rope for a long time, but he didn't light the fire rope.

In the end, someone brought the fire fold, and Lao Qin Tou lit the fuse of the three-eyed gun.

Everyone held their breath and looked at the fire gun in Lao Qintou's hand, the fuse burned out, and then waited for a while, and with a poof, a puff of green smoke came out of the muzzle, spraying out the paper ball that had just been stuffed into it three feet away and falling to the ground.