Great Tang princess

Chapter 680 A Surprise After Four Years
The attraction of guns to men cannot be underestimated. After the initial surprise, everyone present also felt a sense of expectation in their hearts.

Seeing that Li Xian was eager to try, the others did not argue, and no one dared to object to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming first.

So Li Yuechen brought his brother to the front and carefully taught him how to hold a gun and how to reload it.

After making sure that he had learned everything, he waved to the soldiers on the side and asked them to launch the frisbee.

I have to admit that although Li Xian is an otaku, he is in his prime after all, and his reaction speed is better than that of his mother.

After seeing the frisbee, he raised his gun and aimed it for a while, and then "bang bang" two shots, directly smashing the frisbee in the air.

"Good marksmanship!" Li Yuechen praised without hesitation, "How do you feel, brother?"

"This musket feels really novel!" Li Xian looked down at the musket in his hand.

Then imitating the appearance of my sister just now, I opened the buckle and slapped the barrel down.

Seeing the two bullet casings flying out, he subconsciously reached out to pick them up, but Li Yuechen grabbed his wrist and said, "It's hot! Just recover it afterward."

So maybe it's just that my brother has a bit of talent in shooting, and she doesn't think that they haven't trained well just because their shooting performance is not as good as him.

Li Yuechen fully listened to the opinions of his subordinates, and distributed ten shotguns to the four military regions.

However, considering that the Eastern Capital Qianniuwei and the Qingdao Navy rarely face wars, each military region only divided them into two, and asked them to choose two elite soldiers to use.

However, thinking that this thing may completely replace long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows in the future, it doesn't seem unacceptable.

Of course, the most obvious one is Li Dan, who fired a total of six bullets and only got two shots, which is the lowest score among all the people today.

"This subordinate is here to announce the good news to His Highness!"

For Zheng Shi, Li Yuechen did everything he could, and even called Liu Shenwei and Qin Minghe from the medical school to treat her.

Zheng's health has not been very good recently, so Shangguan Wan'er comes back from get off work early every day to accompany her mother.

So a group of officers had a private competition, and finally Linghu Zhitong won the business trip.

When not seeing outsiders at home, because of the hot weather, Li Yuechen wore a cheongsam and clogs on his feet, looking very casual at home.

"While His Highness is in the mansion, the old servant should take care of His Highness more, otherwise if he can't walk anymore, he won't have a chance..." Fu Lai replied.

This is easy to say, although the Zheng family is still a servant of the princess mansion on the surface.

However, Li Yuechen still respected their choices, but asked them to rest more and pay attention to their bodies on weekdays.

Li Yuechen explained: "Brother, don't worry, the bullets are gradually starting to be mass-produced. Once mass-produced, the cost can be reduced a lot."

Li Yuechen felt that by the time the single-tube gun was produced, most of the processes of the bullet should be able to enter mass production.

While Li Yuechen praised him from the side, he also invisibly created some psychological pressure on the other people next to him.

In the princess mansion, Li Yuechen was sitting in the pavilion in the courtyard, drinking tea while blowing the cool breeze from the pond, enjoying the few leisure time.

Xiaodong agreed to call for someone, and Li Yuechen took a piece of gorgeous brocade and covered her white thighs that were exposed outside the cheongsam.

Efforts can only surpass most people, but if you want to reach the pinnacle, talent is also an indispensable and important indicator.

What's more, the second airship is still of great use. The food in Zhenzhou is about to mature, and then we need to use an airship to send it to the northern border.

"Oh? He's back?" Li Yuechen nodded, "Call him in."

Whether it is firearms, bullets or frisbees, there are enough preparations to ensure that everyone who comes here today can experience it several times.

"Brother, don't worry, it's impossible for this kind of weapon to spread to the whole army at present, at most one for each squad."

On the other side of Yizhou, Qiu Shenji was sent to escort them in another airship, which was also for the sake of efficiency.

……

The final score can only be said to be barely passable. Most people can guarantee an accuracy rate of more than 80.00%, and there are also a few hundred percent.

Pei Bishu replied respectfully: "Return to Your Highness, the usual money... ten coins."

After all, they are all soldiers under the princess. If some share and some don't, there will always be a feeling of being ignored.

Li Yuechen also found it interesting, and finally let them adopt the military tradition, contest, whoever wins will go.

Now this thing is exclusive to the army, and the ministers only went up once. How many dudes tried their best to gain relations with the officers, but they couldn't go up and sit down.

However, the northern border and Yizhou often face conflicts, so they were given three hands and asked them to choose the right person to use.

The hairstyle at home is not the usual high ponytail, but just tied at the back of the neck, allowing the cool breeze to blow through the gaps between the hair to the greatest extent, taking away the excess heat in summer.

Since he was a child, he has been told that he is not good because of his size, but today, it seems that some of the soldiers under his sister are not as good as him.

Li Yuechen turned his head and smiled: "When you're older, you don't have to do such things anymore, isn't there Xiaodong?"

Seeing the second brother's appearance like a wealthy landlord, Li Yuechen couldn't help laughing.

……

In the afternoon, Shangguan Wan'er came back from get off work, and after greeting Li Yuechen, she went to accompany her mother, Mrs. Zheng.

After Linghu Zhitong came to the courtyard, he did not enter the pavilion, but saluted outside: "I have seen Your Highness."

"Even so, the consumption is too high." Li Xian replied that the current army is too large, even if each squad is only equipped with one bullet, the consumption of bullets is still a terrifying figure.

For the remaining ten, let them discuss how to allocate them better.

On June 29, two airships took off from Xuanwumen in tandem, heading for Yizhou and the northern border respectively.

Although I also thought in my heart that it would be great if I had the opportunity to go up and see for myself, but I just thought about it in my heart.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zheng felt embarrassed, and would still wipe the table and sweep the floor every day, without forgetting her identity and responsibilities.

Linghu Zhitong took out a letter from his pocket and offered it with both hands.

This is still a small number of people today. If this kind of weapon is really equipped with the whole army one day in the future, the consumption of bullets will be an astronomical figure.

Xiaodong took it and handed it over to Li Yuechen.

This made Li Xian feel that he could laugh at him in the future.

What's more, it's the first time for everyone to come into contact with it, and there is no relevant training before, so it is equivalent to a competition of pure talent.

Having talked about this point, Li Xian didn't say anything more.

……

Their thoughts can be easily seen by others, and Li Yuechen just smiled at this.

"It's fine to just go back to the barracks when you come back. What are you doing here at the Princess Mansion?" Li Yuechen asked jokingly, holding up his teacup.

In fact, although shooting is simpler than bow and arrow, it also requires talent to become a sharpshooter.

Calling them here today is of course not just for the simple experiment, but also the distribution issue.

"It's too expensive, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, before the cost comes down, it can't be popularized by the whole army!" Li Xian said while shaking his head like a rattle.

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Let's not talk about muskets. How much does this bullet... cost?"

After playing four or five times in a row, Li Xian, who felt his shoulders hurting from the shock, was replaced. Li Yuechen arranged for others to come and experience it.

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen dropped the teacup in his hand all of a sudden: "What did you say? Liu Zihe is back? Is this serious?"

Linghu Zhitong said excitedly: "Your Highness, you are back! Liu Shaoqing is back!"

"It's absolutely true!" Linghu Zhitong replied, "This subordinate hastily came back to inform His Highness after meeting Liu Shaoqing! In addition, there is this letter..."

After three days of discussion among the officers, it was decided that it would be better to share some of them.

……

Originally, the work on a business trip was not easy to do, but this time the officers on the business trip rushed to go, and even almost got into a fight.

But Shangguan Wan'er is the commander of the hidden guards, among these servants, who dares to treat her mother like a real person?So you don't have to work every day, you can do whatever you want.

……

That's right, the muskets of this era have to be recycled.

Usually when Li Yuechen didn't go out, Fulai and Xiaohe still often came to serve, and the young Xiaodong was often pushed aside.

Fulai, whose hair was mostly gray, carefully placed a cup of tea beside him.

……

Compared to the excited officer and Li Xian, the second brother Li Xian obviously thought of another problem.

"En!" Li Yuechen nodded, "Brother, did you hear that?"

However, such a result still made Li Xian couldn't help but smile for a while.

The other officers were all excited, if such powerful individual weapons could be equipped to the entire army, they would not be afraid of any battles in the future.

Li Yuechen was worried about whether he was exhausted, but Liu Shenwei said that if he took care of it properly, there should be a few years left, so there is no need to worry too much.

There are a total of twelve shotguns in this batch, and the inner guard must keep two for the protection of the emperor.

You must know that His Royal Highness has not received any military training on weekdays, and he can fight so well. It would be a shame if professional soldiers like himself are not as good as others when they try.

"Hahaha... It's really gratifying!" Li Yuechen burst into laughter suddenly, and then waved to Xiaodong, "Prepare the car, enter the palace to face the saint!"

Maybe they took it for granted, but it also showed the powerful power of muskets from the side.

Now this shark-painted airship is no surprise to the people of Dongdu.

However, on the third day of August, after Linghu Zhitong came back, this peaceful day was suddenly broken.

After that, Li Xian fought several times in a row. It seemed that he was quite talented in shooting, and he hit all the shots.

Li Yuechen couldn't refuse such an answer, so he could only let them move without being too tired.

The most troublesome part of the current cartridge case is that it still needs to be handmade.

"Oh? What's the joy?"

Li Xian's eyes widened suddenly: "Ten coins will cost you a penny? Isn't it today..."

So he turned his head and asked Pei Bishu next to him, "How much did it cost?"

Iron is still a very precious thing now, so after this musket enters military service in the future, the musketeer must be followed by someone who is responsible for picking up the shell casings.

The content in my heart is also very simple. After the formal greeting, I said that I have returned to Qingdao now, and I am waiting for His Highness to go to the next step. I brought back a lot of seeds and other specialties, but most of them don’t know each other. I still need the princess to go and identify them personally. so...

"Huh?" Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that he seemed to have forgotten this.

In fact, even if it is useless, since this kind of weapon has been invented, it is impossible to seal it up for use, and it must be equipped.

There is no need to calculate carefully, as long as you think about it sporadically, you can conclude that at least a dozen sticks were thrown out today.

Let Geng Yuqiang and the others try it, and let them consider where the current batch of weapons is most suitable for equipment.

At that time, by the way, send an officer who has tried the gun to show them in person and teach them how to use it.

The officers have long been itchy, and have started their first firearms experience tour.

Linghu Zhitong also understood that it was not realistic to expect him to deliver it, so he did not express dissatisfaction with this order.

The quiet days of summer vacation lasted for a while.

But the effect is not very good, although the condition has improved, but has not been cured.

But this is not Li Yuechen's strong point, so it can only be left to the craftsmen to consider slowly.

These people have been slaves all their lives, and their masters have become the whole of their lives. If they lose their masters, they will lose the meaning of living at some point.

To achieve mass production, it is necessary to design a completely new machine tool.

Not everything can be culminated with effort.

She opened it and saw that it was indeed Liu Zihe's handwriting.

Speaking so much today is actually just complaining. I feel that the cost of weapons is a bit too high now.

Li Yuechen definitely mobilized the airship and sent them there separately.

Li Yuechen originally thought that this calm would last until the start of school in August.

At the end of June, Linghu Zhitong officially set off in an airship, first to the northern border, and then to Qingdao to deliver guns and bullets to them.

At present, it is not necessary to fully realize mechanical mass production. Even if most of the steps enter mass production, the cost can be reduced a lot in an instant.

At dusk on the third day of August, Li Yuechen was taking a nap on the rocking chair in the pavilion when Xiaodong suddenly ran over and said softly, "Your Highness, Colonel Linghu is asking to see you."

After all, even with the airship, it would take Linghu Zhitong four or five days to go back and forth, let alone the teaching session, which would be a bit troublesome after all.

Having said that, he began to carefully calculate how many shots were shot by so many people today.

"Yes!" Xiaodong agreed, and quickly turned around to prepare.

Seeing that the princess was so happy, Linghu Zhitong immediately saluted and said that he was fine and should leave.

Li Yuechen, who was in high spirits, waved him to go back first, while his own thoughts were completely immersed in excitement.

After four years, Liu Zihe finally came back, and I don't know how much surprise he brought back this time...

(End of this chapter)