The next day, because Princess Yan's little girl ring was round, some people who came late didn't buy it, and today these people came early and waited.

And the gathering of these people has attracted more people's attention, and Li Wei's business has gradually flourished.

Fifty pieces of soap a day were sold out almost not long after they came to the market, and the people who wanted to buy soap also knew that this seller sold fifty dollars a day, and if they wanted to buy it, they had to come and queue up early, so there was a similar effect of hunger marketing, and the more they couldn't buy it, the more they had to buy it.

With an income of about ten times a day, Li Wei's life is getting better and better, and he no longer has to cut back on food and clothing like before.

Now the living is OK, the food is also good, the food, clothing, housing and transportation are still poor, and the clothes can be improved.

He took the time to take Xiao Qing'er to buy a few clothes, not to mention, it is really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and Xiao Qing is becoming more and more beautiful and moving.

Li Wei saw it in his eyes and was greedy in his heart, his heart was itchy and he couldn't pull his face, and he couldn't do it.

……

In the War Bureau, Fang Jianbao took out the newly made flintlock pistol, and today His Majesty wants to come to see this new firearm, Li Wei specially arranged for him to re-inspect it, so as not to make a mistake.

When Zhu Yuanzhang got down to the court at ten o'clock, Li Wei went to find him.

After Xu Shouyu's report, Li Wei saw Zhu Yuanzhang, who was resting in the palace.

"Your Majesty, the flintlock pistol has been made, when will you go and see it?"

"Huh? Already built? Let's go over and have a look. ”

The military battle bureau is in the imperial city, not far away, and Zhu Yuanzhang is about to leave as he speaks.

The two came to the War Bureau together, Li Wei recruited Fang Jianbao, brought a flintlock pistol, and first introduced the structural principles and various performance indicators to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, this new type of flintlock is called a flintlock pistol, and he is a new weapon that is fired by igniting a flint friction fire sickle."

Li Wei pointed to the flint clip: "Look here, the flint is clamped on this, when the trigger is pulled, the flint turns forward and hits the fire sickle on the lid of this medicine pool, producing sparks and hitting the medicine pool at the same time, the medicine pool is connected with the barrel with a fire hole, igniting the gunpowder in the medicine pool, you can ignite the gunpowder in the barrel and complete the shooting." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nod after hearing this, this thing created by Li Wei is indeed very exquisite, and the principle is not complicated, he can basically understand it.

"How far can this gun shoot?"

"Two hundred steps, no matter how far the power is, it won't work." Li Wei said casually.

Da Ming said at this time that the range is calculated in steps, and he does not have a meter ruler, only knows that one step is more than one meter, and two hundred steps are two hundred meters, and the flintlock pistol is almost this range.

"Oh? How powerful? Do you shoot accurately? ”

Hearing that the range was two hundred steps, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up, and most of the bows and arrows at this time had a range of about eighty to one hundred steps, and of course there were some special strong bows that were farther.

But the training requirements for soldiers are generally about fifty paces.

"Well, within two hundred steps, if you shoot, it's no problem to break the armor, and the current armor will definitely not be able to stop it."

"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and hurriedly ordered the guards to take a pair of armor.

If the bow and arrow can be compared with the flintlock pistol in terms of range, then the armor-piercing ability is not at the same level at all, and even the armor-piercing ability of the ordinary firearm is far stronger than the bow and arrow, which is the gap between biological energy and chemical energy that cannot be crossed.

Li Wei returned the flintlock pistol to Fang Jianbao and asked him to find a familiar craftsman to demonstrate.

First of all, Zhu Yuanzhang asked people to put the armor at a distance of fifty paces, and the craftsman loaded the ammunition, and hit it with one shot, which directly penetrated.

Then he put the distance to 100 steps, and it was difficult to hit this 100 steps, but fortunately, the target was large, and the craftsman finally hit it with several shots.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to take the armor over, only to see that two transparent bullet holes had appeared on the armor.

"Good! Li Wei, you did a good job. ”

"Your Majesty, but this is all due to the joint efforts of everyone in the War Bureau, not the credit of the minister alone."

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a rare smile and praised Li Wei, putting aside others to be humble, everything is the credit of His Majesty, Li Wei didn't care at all, and responded directly, and at the same time did not forget to bring the craftsmen of the War Bureau.

"Well done, rewarded!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a happy mood, and he didn't blame him for being rude, and after observing for a while, he asked people to put the armor general two hundred steps away.

At such a distance, the face can't be seen clearly, the craftsman is about to cry, he is not a marksman, and he can only fight for luck if he misses such a distance.

Li Wei asked the craftsmen to make the gunpowder into a paper-wrapped cartridge, that is, the gunpowder and lead bullets were wrapped together in paper, and a string was tied in the middle to separate the bullet and the cartridge.

In this way, the reload speed has increased a lot, but it is also necessary to clean the barrel or something, and it will be up to three rounds a minute.

The craftsman was busy for a long time and fired several shots, all of which were taken off.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned when he saw it, stepped forward and pushed the craftsman away and said, "Let us do it ourselves!" ”

The guards and Fang Jianbao next to him were all taken aback.

"Your Majesty can't, Your Majesty's golden body can't be lost, let your subordinates come to this kind of thing!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, let them come."

Fang Jianbao followed the guards to persuade him.

"Hmph, what's the matter, this thing you made will still hurt your own people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said unhappily, if this kind of gun can easily injure the user himself, it must not be used by the soldiers, which is equivalent to useless waste.

"This, this won't be, but I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of what if......"

Fang Jianbao hurriedly explained that this new type of flintlock pistol is actually much safer than the previous firecracker, and there will be no accidents to blow up the chamber or anything, but everything is afraid of what happens.

"Okay, it's okay, Your Majesty can try it if you want to, and it won't blow up."

Li Wei was not worried at all, he still had confidence in the flintlock pistol, because there was a fixed ammunition and the amount of medicine was standardized, there would be no such thing as exploding, and he dared to fire a few shots himself.

"Look, how confident Li Aiqing is, what else do you have to worry about? If we are injured, we will only cut off his head, and we will not blame you, so don't worry. ”

“……”

Li Wei rolled his eyes, and said in his heart that he shouldn't talk too much.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the dissuasion of others, took the flintlock pistol, and aimed at the armor two hundred steps away.

After a bang, one of the guards hurried over to check, and returned a moment later and shook his head.

A smile appeared on Li Wei's face.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him coldly, and Li Wei hurriedly put away his smile and remained serious.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the craftsman to clear his chamber and change ammunition, and then raised the gun and fired again.

After another gunshot, the guard took the armor and said with a surprised face: "Your Majesty is mighty!" ”

When the others heard this, they took a look at the armor and sent it one after another.

Li Wei surrounded him in surprise, took a look, and really hit, this old Zhu is a blind cat and a dead mouse?

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him proudly.

Although Li Wei felt that he was lucky with shit, he still sent a fart with interest.