The industrial machine has an eyebrow, and the flintlock pistol has been completely finalized under the discussion between Li Kui and Master Lu, and trial production has begun. If the prototype is successful, it will be fully mass-produced.

Although no one knows how effective this new machine and new weapon will be.

The accuracy of the industrial machine tool makes Li Kui have no idea where to start, but at least this is already on the right path. Next, the iron-smelting workshop should train enough fitters, sand turners, and steelworkers...... Anyway, when you think of what you lack, you can learn something.

As for the flintlock pistol, Li Kui never thought that the flintlock pistol could surpass the power of the Divine Arm Bow.

The range of the Divine Arm Bow is about 300 steps, and one step is also a measure word for calculating distance, that is, a person takes one step on his left and right feet, and the distance is about one meter two.

It can be seen that the range of the Divine Arm Bow is about 360 meters.

Such a firing distance was simply difficult for early flintlock muskets to reach. It's a shame that it's only a little more than a hundred meters, and compared to the ultra-long-range strike of the Divine Arm Bow, the flintlock pistol is not enough to see. Even with rifled flintlock pistols, the design distance is only more than 200 meters, which is about 200 steps. In terms of range, the Divine Arm Bow finished exploding the flintlock pistol.

What's even more infuriating is that the Divine Arm Bow reloads faster than the flintlock pistol.

However, the Divine Arm Bow has a fatal drawback, it cannot be equipped in large quantities for a short period of time, and it takes more than three years to make, making it even more troublesome to maintain.

As a result, the Divine Arm Bow will never be as crazy as the flintlock pistol, as long as the workers have enough raw materials, they can have as many madness as they want. Alas...... Wait, if the bow arm of the Divine Arm Bow is replaced with alloy steel...... The bowstring is made of wire rope, and the pulley is added to save effort, isn't it?

Li Kui thought of this possibility, and was suddenly frightened by his own thoughts. Recurve bows, compound bows, especially compound bows, if this thing can be made in large quantities, who else in the world is the opponent?

But he's also hot in the head, and the material is enough to drive him crazy. Alloy steel is a difficult point, and the other is wire rope, which is much more difficult than making carbon steel. Although he now says that he is the self-proclaimed first scientist of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, he also thinks of where to do it, and it is not systematic at all.

Besides, the bow and crossbow have been developed to the extreme, and they are just cold weapons. No matter how powerful a bow is, it's not even stronger than a rifle, right? The upper limit of the two is not at the same level at all.

In addition, it is not that he does not want to make a steam engine or something, but the problem is that the rice has to be eaten in one bite, and now the iron-smelting workshop does not even have qualified technicians, let alone make a closed steam engine with a certain precision. Although this thing is technically demanding, it is not something that the current craftsman can make.

Powered by a water wheel, it is not a long-term solution after all.

The flintlock pistol was sampled and then finalized, although there was a certain amount of time, but Li Kui thought it would not be too long. After all, the technical difficulties have been completely solved.

It's time to prepare the soldiers and train the real musketeers.

Although Li Kui led troops, he also commanded tens of thousands of horses and horses.

However, in the Great Song Dynasty, any matter of forming an army was not something that a civilian official or military general could decide on his own.

He had to get the emperor's approval, and he also needed the support of the Privy Council.

On this day, Li Kui rushed to the Vertical Arch Hall early to see the emperor.

If such a thing as forming a firearms battalion is placed in the court, it will be possible for the civil officials of the Song Dynasty to quarrel for a year or two. Of course, if Zhang Dun fully supports it, it may be determined in half a year. But if the emperor is fully supportive, this time will be decided in a few days. Of course, Li Kui was not willing to wait, and finding the emperor was the best way.

Besides, it is much better for him to make it clear to the emperor than for a civil official who only knows a subset of scriptures and histories.

"Your Majesty, Tianzhang Pavilion is waiting for Li Kui to see."

As a good brother, Hao Sui has been thinking about helping Li Kui every day since his son recognized Li Kui as his father-in-law. It's a pity that he is a eunuch, and he doesn't seem to be of much help except for slander.

finally Li Kui begged to come up, and naturally patted his chest to be beautiful.

The court quarreled for a long time about repairing the canal, which can be said to be for the sake of repairing the canal, but in fact it was not for the repair of the canal at all, but a dispute of faith. This kind of quarrel is generally inconclusive except for the emperor's end. How could Zhao Xu go into this quagmire, it was too late to hide. Even if he didn't say a word in the early dynasty, Emperor Zhao Xu was deeply tired, and raised his hand to sweep the twists and turns on the dragon sweeping case, and his heart was inevitably dissatisfied with Cai Bian, and his mood was also a little irritable. Ever since Cai Bian belittled conservative officials, there has not been a day of peace in the court. The balance that was so hard to maintain was broken.

When the balance of power is broken, any dissatisfaction will intensify into a fight. Emperor Zhao Xu was annoyed by the noise, but he was helpless. Configuring cronies, apparently it's too late. Until now, Emperor Zhao Xu has a feeling that the Zhaowen Pavilion case presided over by Cai Bian is more like targeting him, the emperor, and beating the conservatives with his hands. This hurt Zhao Xu very much, he trusted Cai Bian and others so much, but what about Cai Bian? Completely betrayed his trust.

Seeing this, Hao Sui immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, Li Kui has come to ask Your Majesty for instructions on the formation of a firearms battalion. ”

"Oh, firearms battalion?"

Of course, Emperor Zhao Xu knew about the firearms battalion, but because there had been no prototype of weapons before, he just listened to Li Kui and Zhang Dian and did not have a general idea in his heart.

Hao Sui saw that the emperor did not react, so he touted: "Your Majesty, don't you know that the slaves were in the Western Army back then, and they listened to Li Kui talk about the benefits of flintlock pistols all day long. This flintlock pistol is a shrunken artillery, and it's amazing. One shot overthrows a party thief, one shot kills a Khitan, soldiers don't need to train for a long time, they can go to the battlefield after two or three months of training, if I have 100,000 musketeers in the Great Song Dynasty, there will be no opponents in the four seas. ”

Hao Sui, who is familiar with Zhao Xu, specially picked up what the emperor liked to hear, which was also the role of building a good relationship with the eunuchs, especially the eunuchs around the emperor.

Zhao Xu really got energetic, pointed at Hao Sui and said with a smile: "Tell me why this flintlock pistol is so powerful and so sharp before the battle?" ”

Hao was exhausted, where had he heard Li Kui say anything about musketeers, he had completely imagined it through himself. I had to say with a shy old face: "The slave only knows that this thing is powerful, and the barbarian can only wait for death." As for how powerful, isn't there Li Kui outside? ”

Zhao Xu scolded angrily: "You old dog, you talk nonsense when you see the sky." Forget it, let Li Kui in. ”

For the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, in the era of cold weapons, it was very difficult to kill an enemy. In the past, in the Northwest Battlefield, in the battle between the Western Army and the Party, it could be said that the merit of the killing that could be confirmed could reach 1,000.

There are many reasons for this result, including the Song army's own combat strength, and there are also opponents. For example, a crossbow arrow hits a party cavalryman, and the party cavalry is taken away by his war horse, and the cavalry dies. Because the Great Song Shi could not kill the head, this killed party soldier was counted as a military merit.

Compared with Hao Sui, Li Kui can say too much.

Artillery, musketeers, cavalry, how to coordinate, how to train......

When Li Kui came to the palace, it was still a familiar place, but now it was not what it used to be, he was no longer a close minister of the Son of Heaven standing in the corner and napping. It's a capable minister who wants to pull up his sleeves and do a big job in the Great Song Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, the minister has discussed the style of the musket with Zheng Qi, the iron supervisor, and the final style has been set yesterday. Your Majesty, this is the musket drawing. ”

"Bring it on!"

Well, a gun, a stick, a gun.

This is a traditional weapon, and the drawing submitted by Li Kui is a wooden butt with a gun barrel tied to it, which seems to have little deterrent power, at least not a large gun barrel more than a foot long to lift the air. It even looks a little clumsy, especially the large number of parts, which are broken down one by one, and the emperor is dizzy when he looks at it.

Li Kui stood on the side and explained to the emperor: "Your Majesty, this is ammunition, today's ammunition magazine can only be filled from the muzzle, in order to allow soldiers to accurately control the amount of gunpowder, the minister suggested that the gunpowder after wrapping it in paper to achieve the same weight of each ammunition, lest the soldiers do not know the weight of the gunpowder, add more gunpowder, causing danger." ”

"Oh, and there's still danger?"

The emperor couldn't think of what threat there would be after adding gunpowder?

Li Kui said: "If any soldier shakes his hand and stuffs half of the barrel of gunpowder, the barrel will definitely not be able to withstand it, and it must be exploded." However, Your Majesty, it is not enough to have a musket battalion alone, but also cooperate with the artillery and cavalry, otherwise the musket battalion will be alone. ”

"Li Qing has worked hard......" The emperor just wanted to say: "Reward!" ”

But after glancing at Li Kui, he still held back. The Military Command Bureau under Zhongshu Province was established for more than half a year, and in the emperor's mind, there was only one serious thing he had done, Li Kui suppressed bandits in Qingzhou, and even took the armament of the Jingdong East Road. Other times, this yamen did business all day long, and even his maternal uncle was cheated.

After the establishment of the Military Command Bureau, there was only one thing to do, building a treasury.

Zhao Xu's most dignified reward now is either the self-striking bell produced by Shaofu, but he sent it to the old courtiers several times, but the effect was not good, and he found that the old courtiers seemed to think that this thing was unlucky, especially if they didn't need money, and even more so when they sent it. There are also glass cups and glass mirrors, which are hidden in many of these inner houses, and they are all tributes produced by the workshop of the Military Control Bureau.

Presumably, Li Kui is not lacking, so he simply won't reward him.

Zhao Xu also knew the purpose of Li Kui's recruitment of him, although the flintlock pistol had not yet been built, the musket battalion should have been formed. Zhao Xu said to Hao Sui: "Go and invite Zhang Xiang and Li Xiang, Cai is ...... in power."

"Your Majesty, Cai Zhizhi doesn't understand military politics, and now he's very busy, isn't it? But I'm afraid that the front division of the palace will have to let Han Shuai come forward. ”

Li Kui said it very explicitly, obviously disliking Cai Bian's participation in this matter. also agreed to Li Kui's request, and changed his words: "In addition, let Han Deqin come to see me." ”

In less than a moment, Zhang Dian and Li Qingchen both arrived, and Han Deqin came earlier than the two of them because of his proximity.

"Xia Guan has seen Zhang Xiang, Li Xiang."

The military attache of the Great Song Dynasty, the highest rank is the second rank. If it is compared to the official rank, it is two or three orders lower than the privy envoy and the zai, and the grade is not much worse. But the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty and the Great Song Dynasty did not care about the ranks, even if Han Deqin was already the head of the Great Song Dynasty military generals, he had to salute aggrievedly when he saw Zhang Dian and Li Qingchen.

However, Han Deqin is no longer the object of casual scolding by civil officials, Zhang Dian and Li Qingchen are also more polite, casually bow their hands back, and then salute the emperor: "The minister has seen the official family." ”

"Aiqing is flat."

Zhao Xu opened his mouth and said: "Li Kui has already brought the weapon drawings of the firearms battalion, I have seen it, and it is indeed exquisite. Anyway, the emperor didn't understand, so he asked the eunuch to hand it to Li Qingchen and Zhang Dun.

The latter read it, but didn't understand it either. Then to Han Deqin.

After Han Deqin saw it, he wanted to say two words in his heart: "Thief girl!" ”

You can't read it, as if the general could understand it. Isn't that bullying?

The civil officials can't understand it, and it's understandable, but Han Deqin, as the head of the generals, feels that he should work hard. Then his eyes were fixed on the drawings, as if frozen. Emperor Jalan Di, Zhang Dian and Li Qingchen frequently looked sideways, thinking that Han Deqin had seen the doorway. But the self-striking bell on the side kept ticking, and it seemed to be constantly mocking Han Deqin.

After a long time, Han Deqin raised his head and said ashamedly: "Official, the minister is ashamed!" ”

Even Zhao Xu gave Han Deqin a cold look, he looked at it so seriously, he thought he understood?

As the emperor, Zhao Xu didn't want to have a black eye, so he just listened to Li Kui's words. It's not that he can't trust Li Kui, so he has a relationship with him, and the emperor has to face Li Kui most of the time. But to Li Kui is to Li Kui, Zhao Xu doesn't want to look like a fool, what Li Kui says, he only has to cater to it.

For example, cannons.

After Li Kui got it out, Zhao Xu didn't even know about it, and when he heard that he had such a divine weapon, Li Kui had already used artillery and crossbow to defeat the ace cavalry of Western Xia, the Iron Harrier.

This kind of heavy cavalry, which is covered in heavy armor, is as fragile as paper paste in the face of solid shells fired from the barrel.

This is also why after Li Bingqian ascended the throne, he couldn't wait to sign an armistice agreement with the Great Song Dynasty. It's not that Western Xia doesn't have the strength to fight, but in the face of artillery, he doesn't know what tactics to use to resist at all?

Muskets, artillery, plus cavalry.

This kind of cooperation seems to be the best cooperation that Li Kui can get his hands on.

But if he wants to say how good it is, Li Kui can't say, only when he has used it on the battlefield can he completely understand how to match the hot weapons and troops.

Even Li Kui couldn't say it clearly, let alone ask Li Qingchen, Zhang Dian and others.

Han Deqin hesitated: "Renjie, are you going to prepare for the establishment of the army?" ”

Li Kui nodded and said: "The flintlock pistol has been finalized, basically the shape is like this, and it will not change." As for the output, it depends on when the process of the iron-smelting workshop can meet the requirements. Now that the weapons have been finalized, it is natural to recruit soldiers and form the first firearms army. ”

When Han Deqin heard this, he suddenly became energetic, and said with a smile: "You don't have a name yet, right?" ”

"What do you mean?" The second monk Li Kuizhang was puzzled, didn't he say weapons? How did you go to the channel with the name? But if you want to talk about the name of the firearms unit, there really isn't.

According to the way the Great Song Dynasty named the forbidden army, if the forbidden army stationed in the place was named after the military town.

For example: Suide Army, Huaiyang Army.

If it is to boost qi and achieve a kind of name that presses the other party from the momentum, there will be: Wan'an Army, Jishi Army.

Some are recruited new armies, such as the Stone Army, which has not been established for a long time. Generally, the local civil servants take a name and report it. But the firearms battalion was different, equipped with artillery, muskets and cavalry. Among them, artillery is the most powerful land weapon that the Great Song Dynasty can handle, the musket is a weapon with high hopes, and the cavalry is the most valuable military in the Great Song Dynasty.

These three arms are mixed together, and they must be the strongest existence on land.

If you can give this army a name, maybe it will go down in history.

Han Deqin rubbed his hands together and was about to say a resounding name.

Ahem, ahem

Ahem, ahem

Ahem, ahem

The emperor, Zhang Dan, and Li Qingchen stared at Han Deqin with threatening eyes, making him feel an endless threat in an instant. This is also very understandable, the dignified emperor, the dignified prime minister, can't even understand how the army that Li Kui wants to form fights, what space, what distance, rush...... They didn't get it.

As if it had nothing to do with them at all, it was too shocking.

Suddenly, they realized that it was not that they could not participate, but that they did not expect it. Choosing a name can not only get a full sense of existence, but also a superhuman sense of satisfaction, such a good thing, you want to be a military general, get out of the way!

Han Deqin shrank his head aggrievedly, humble like a dirt dog who had done something wrong.

Li Qingchen said: "If you want to become an army, you must follow the rules of the forbidden army?" ”

"Firearms, from scratch, why should we follow the rules?" Zhang Dian said coldly, he couldn't let Li Qingchen be proud.

And the emperor on the side suddenly had a decision in his head, an idea, this idea seemed to burst through his chest and was about to come out. The emperor, who usually lets the prime minister, don't know what's going on, suddenly spoke, and said in an unquestionable tone: "I am determined, on the day the firearms battalion is formed, I will order it to be: the Great Song Janissary Army." ”

"Good! Your Majesty is wise, the Great Song Praetorian Guard is good! Han Deqin praised loudly, looking at Li Qingchen and Zhang Dian with a look of pity, and his heart was very happy.

Let you two old men threaten General Ben!