In the square in front of Chengqing Hall, the ministers surrounded Luo Xin and his group in the middle in a crescent shape.

Xiao Wenxuan and Xiao Ming stood in the middle of the crescent shape.

Looking at Luo Xin taking out stick-shaped weapons from the wooden box, Xiao Wenxuan looked surprised. He said to Xiao Ming: "Ming'er, is this a musket?"

"Yes, Father, this is the musket used in the Battle of Jizhou. It's actually very simple to say, it's just to reduce the cannon."

The ten muskets brought by Xiao Ming this time are all coercine guns, and there is a coercine at the position of the bolt.

During combat, you need to ignite the fuse to fire, and this is the disadvantage of the fuse gun.

Because fire requires a fuse, gunmen often have to carry a fuse up to several meters long on themselves.

When the weather is wet, it is extremely difficult to ignite the fuse. Generally, during combat, musketeers will ignite both ends of the fuse so that they can fire a second shot at any time. However, this way, a fuse cannot be burned for long, and it is easy to be unable to use it when siege because there is no fuse.

Another disadvantage is that the lit fuse is easily discovered at night, which makes it difficult to conduct sneak attacks at night.

Overall, it is precisely the disadvantages of so many combs that led to the rapid elimination of the flintlock gun after the emergence of the flintlock gun.

Now Xiao Ming is preparing to sell a combroach, which is confident in the advantages of the combroach over the flintlock.

"Well, it's true that the cannon has been reduced. Ming'er, you are so smart. Doesn't this mean that every soldier has a cannon in his hand now?" Xiao Wenxuan laughed loudly, very happy.

Due to lack of horses, it is difficult for the Great Yu Kingdom to defeat the barbarians in the wild. Now the emergence of this new weapon immediately gave Xiao Wenxuan hope.

These days, he attached great importance to the firearm battalion, and now he has a new weapon equipped, so he is naturally very excited.

Xiao Ming agreed and said with a smile: "Although it is a reduced cannon, its power will be much lower."

At this time, Luo Xin had handed over all ten convex guns to the soldiers. When they were in Qingzhou, these soldiers had practiced the convex gun firing process, so after getting the convex gun, they were very skillful in loading the bullets and just waiting for firing.

After getting ready, Xiao Ming winked at Luo Xin at this time.

"Start!" Luo Xin shouted at this time.

After order, the soldiers immediately lit the fuse and used the fuse to ignite the gunpowder in the gunpowder pool. With the sound of a "bang", a burst of white smoke came out.

Although Xiao Wenxuan was prepared, he was still shocked by the movement of the mechasus. The ministers were the same. Some of them were even scared to tremble.

"Oh, the sound of this musket is really big."

"Yes, but why didn't none of the targets be hit?"

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After the combshot was fired, the ministers began to whisper.

In today's court, no one jumped out to accuse Xiao Ming of Xiao Ming. One reason was that Xiao Ming made too much contribution this time, and finding fault at this time was like he was uncomfortable.

Secondly, Xiao Ming held Shanhaiguan in his hand, which meant that Xiao Ming held the safety of the north. At this time, he was in a high position and was afraid that he would be defeated by Xiao Ming's army. After all, Xiao Ming now has this ability.

The most important thing is this new weapon musket. They represent the interests of different gentry families in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, but no one wants to offend Xiao Ming because they also long to get this weapon.

The ministers' discussions reached Xiao Wenxuan's ears, and Xiao Wenxuan was also a little embarrassed. He said to Xiao Ming: "Ming'er, why didn't he win any of this target?"

"Father, this musket relies on intensive shooting, which is naturally very different from bows and arrows. In fact, the accuracy of the musket is not as accurate as that of the bows and arrows." Xiao Ming said lightly.

During the period of hot and cold weapons exchange, muskets were criticized by the army at that time because of their unstable performance. Ming Dynasty general Qi Jiguang once described in detail the funny situation of muskets in the army: either the soldiers forget to fill them with lead bullets, or the soldiers were carelessly swallowed the lead bullets, or the soldiers raised the gun incorrectly, causing the ammunition to slide out of the barrel, even if the shooting accuracy was poor.

So many problems eventually led to a small team of Qi's family army only equipped with two bird guns, and the rest were cold weapons.

Therefore, even if he brought the grenade this time, it is still a question whether the generals of the imperial guards could fall in love with each other after the demonstration.

"Bows and arrows are not as good as those of you, so what's the use of this combing gun?"

After Xiao Ming said that, a general suddenly spoke.

The other ministers mean the same thing. If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Ming relied on muskets to defeat the barbarians, they would have been even more disdainful.

Luo Quan said loudly at this time: "Your Majesty, a single musket is indeed not as practical as a bow and arrow on the battlefield. However, the last general has seen His Highness the King of Qi's musket team, and thousands of people form a column to ride and shoot. The musket will emit huge power. Moreover, a qualified archer requires years of training. However, even if an ordinary citizen can kill the barbarian cavalry with a musket, the barbarians do not lack horses, and the Great Yu Kingdom does not lack soldiers."

Xiao Wenxuan looked at the blank bull's eye and swept the musket again. Luo Quan was exactly what he was thinking about. The advantages of the barbarians were war horses and skillful archers, which were the disadvantages of the Great Yu Kingdom.

But the musket can make up for this disadvantage. He asked again: "Minger, what is the power and range of this musket?"

"The range does not belong to the bow and arrow. It is much more powerful than the bow and arrow, and can penetrate the barbarian armor within ninety steps." Xiao Ming said.

For him, the purpose of his coming with a med rope gun this time was to promote this weapon and achieve arms sales.

This time the north is stable, and now the letter of vote has been signed. Regardless of whether the letter of vote is useful or not, the princes should be more honest for the time being.

After marrying Fei Yue'er back, he will basically not come to Chang'an again. After that, he will fully manage his fiefdom and completely make up for the technological gap with the West.

So, this time he came to Chang'an, he came to find money, one was a trade agreement and the other was arms sales.

As long as these two are achieved, he will be able to make continuous profits and use these silver to upgrade the fief industry.

"The power is greater than that of a bow and arrow?" Xiao Wenxuan was a little moved by Xiao Ming's words.

He pondered for a moment, and he said, "It's better to equip a batch of guns like this, and try equipping a batch of guns first. This time, it's better to equip the firearm battalion with five thousand muskets first."

The last time I purchased artillery, I had already spent millions of taels of silver, and it would be a lot of money to continue purchasing muskets now.

So Xiao Wenxuan didn't want to purchase too much at once, so as not to let the ministers say anything. After all, the firearm battalion, which has been built with huge amounts of money, is just a decoration and has not achieved real results on the battlefield.

Moreover, the accuracy of the musket did make him doubt the combat effectiveness of the musket.
Chapter completed!