Du Zhongxiao ordered the soldiers to pour gunpowder into the barrel. Because they could not grasp the quantity, they just ordered to pour less. After pouring the gunpowder, they thought about it and did not dare to let them load the projectiles. The gunpowder loaded into the barrel was pounded firmly from the front, and the Tao Shiqi, who had the red iron bars, ignited the fire.

Tao Shiqi put the iron bars into the small hole of the fire gate and asked Du Zhongxiao: "Official, is it here?"

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, yes. Just reach in."

Tao Shiqi nodded, gritted his teeth, and inserted the red iron bar into the small hole.

Almost in the blink of an eye, a burst of black smoke rose, and the strong smell of gunpowder made people unable to open their eyes, and a fire broke out from the muzzle.

Tao Shiqi and others widened their eyes and watched the gun smoke gradually dissipate. After a while, they said, "Official, what's the use of this? I spent a lot of effort to make these steel pipes just to set off a firework?"

Du Zhongxiao calmed down and asked the soldiers to pick up the steel pipe and carefully check if there was any crack. Seeing that everything was normal, he said, "Of course it's not a firework! Think about it, if there was a projectile in front and the gunpowder burned, wouldn't it be shot out?"

Tao Shi smiled and shook his head: "The official is joking, why did he shoot the projectile?"

Testing gunpowder is a dangerous job, and Du Zhongxiao did not have the awareness of dedicating himself to inventing the musket. He let out a sigh and said, "Can you shoot it out? You can tell if you put a projectile? There are made lead bullets over there, and after filling in the gunpowder, you put them in."

Tao Shiqi agreed, and smiled and refilled the gunpowder with the soldiers, picked up a lead bullet and put it in.

Du Zhongxiao looked ahead. There was a small slope and there was no one. However, he was still a little worried and asked Shisanlang to run over and check it carefully before saying to Tao Shiqi: "You have lit the gunpowder in the barrel as you did just now."

In Tao Shiqi's opinion, this was like setting off firecrackers before, but it just felt fun. He picked up the iron bar from the fire next to him, looked at it, and the front end was red, and then he slowly reached into the small hole at the back end of the barrel.

Unlike just now, this time the smoke rose with a muffled sound. The smoke of black gunpowder was strong and I couldn't see clearly what was going on in front of me.

When the smoke dissipated, everyone found that it was still like before. Tao Shiqi was stunned for a moment and said, "This time it was different. There was a sound, it was no longer a firework, but a firecracker." Everyone laughed together.

Du Zhongxiao ordered the soldiers to pick up the iron pipe, and the mouth was down and then fell down. There was only some residue, and there was no sign of the lead bullet. After looking at the barrel carefully, it did not crack, so I felt a little in my heart. What I feared most was that the quality of the steel pipe was not up to standard and it would explode at a moment.

Pointing at the residue on the ground, Du Zhongxiao said, "Look, have you shot out the lead balls in front?"

Tao Shiqi said "Huh" and lie on the ground with Shisanlang, looking carefully. Where can I find the lead ball? The two of them didn't believe it, so they looked at the direction and wanted to look for it in front of the barrel. Du Zhongxiao said: "Don't make trouble, there are still many lead balls there, just try again."

Tao Shiqi was intrigued and personally filled the gun barrel with gunpowder, filled the lead balls and lit the fire.

After several times, the lead balls could not be poured out, and everyone believed that they had really shot them out.

At this time, the smoke of gunpowder around the few people was extremely strong, which made people unable to open their eyes. Du Zhongxiao told him to do this today and find a way to go back.

Tao Shiqi was in high spirits, so how could he leave? He said, "Don't be anxious, please let me try again!"

After saying that, together with Shisanlang, he filled the gun barrel with gunpowder, and the pounding was particularly strong and ignited again. This time the sound became louder, which scared everyone. And not only did the sound, but the smoke of gunpowder faded a little.

Tao Shiqi felt strange and, together with Shisanlang, lying down to check without the black smoke coming out of the barrel.

At this moment, a soldier pointed to the foreword with an incredible expression on his face: "Look, the lead ball has really hit the front!"

Tao Shiqi stood up and said, "I clearly put the lead balls in before ignition, but I can't find them here. Of course I hit it in front. What's so strange about this? It's just that the lead balls are too small and it will be difficult to find them later."

"No, I clearly saw that I hit that tree!" The soldier pointed to a tree as thick as a bowl in front and said loudly.

Tao Shiqi was not convinced, so he took Shisanlang's hand and ran quickly to the tree where the soldier pointed. When he arrived, he saw a lead ball embedded in the trunk half a person high. The small hole he made was still flowing around, which was exactly what he had just shot.

He bent down with Shisanlang and looked at it. Tao Shiqi whispered loudly: "The official is here to see, the lead ball has been shot into the tree!"

Du Zhongxiao didn't expect that he would be so surprised. He hurried over, carefully looked at the projectiles in the tree, nodded and said, "I didn't expect that the lead balls shot out were so powerful, which was beyond my surprise. You guys think that this can shoot through the armor?"

Tao Shiqi said: "This is simple, let Shisanlang put on iron armor and stand here, let's fight!"

Shisanlang knocked Tao Shiqi's head and said angrily: "Don't do anything randomly! Is my body harder than a tree?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Okay, that's what it is today. The gun barrel can fire projectiles, which is certain. However, you still need to think carefully about how to do this gun, how to load the medicine, how to load the bullet, and how to ignite the fire. You clean it up and go back."

Du Zhongxiao had never even touched a real gun in his previous life, and he didn't know how the gun was made. He only had the impression of TV and movies, plus some fragmented knowledge in books, and to make a gun, he had to go through a lot of exploration. Of course, Du Zhongxiao knew that he should make a cannon first, with a simple structure and relatively fewer problems. But he just signed the verdict and did not lead the army. What's the use of making a cannon? After making a musket, he could use it and slowly accumulate experience, which was considered a technical reserve. There is a good iron here in Datong, and he couldn't do it for a while, so he thought about it.

While walking, Du Zhongxiao sorted out the memories of his previous life. The musket in his impression was the beginning of the coercion, then the flintlock, front-mounted and rear-mounted, smooth-breeding, and so on. What happened to the coercion? Du Zhongxiao had no impression of it, only remembered this name. However, the flintlock remembered using flint to fire and ignite gunpowder. As for the more advanced rear-mounted guns, shell-mounted bullets, etc., Du Zhongxiao still knew that he needed a bottom fire, but he had no idea about that thing.

After thinking about it, don’t think about choosing a firearm after installing it. You will definitely not be able to do it in a short time. What you can do now is the flintlock rifle. As for the flintlock rifle, one is behind, and the other is Du Zhongxiao, he doesn’t know how to do it. He definitely didn’t use the red iron bars to ignite the fire today.

Du Zhongxiao's identity was limited and he did not think about how to deal with the powerful enemies Khitan and Dangxiang in the north. He just tried the guns and cannons that could be used according to his past life's memory first within the scope of his ability. When he had the opportunity, he could take it out directly so that he would not sharpen his guns in the face of battle.
Chapter completed!