Li Shimin

Datang's standard infantry bow is the lightweight Sangtuo wood longbow, and the cavalryman's long-tipped horn bow. The range of these two bows is also similar, and the ultimate lethal force is between 140 and [-] steps.

But at such a long distance, the general army shoots arrows between [-] and [-] paces, and even in order to break through armor, the army can not shoot until [-] paces.

In this case, when the army is fighting, after one round or two rounds of shooting, the army can draw out their knives and fight hand-to-hand!

Only the strong bows used by generals like Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong can reach about [-] paces.

Therefore, regarding the musket in front of them, Cheng Zhijie, Li Shimin and others trembled subconsciously.

Cheng Zhijie licked his lips and said excitedly: "Your Majesty, within a hundred steps of this musket, you are invincible in the world!"

Li Shimin ignored Cheng Zhijie, but imitated Xue Rengui's action just now, motioning to the bandstand to fill him with gunpowder and iron.

"I'll try it first before I say anything!"

Seeing this, Xue Rengui and Le Tai were both startled, and quickly looked at Li Xuan who was at the side.

"Your Majesty, this musket is very dangerous. If you want to try it, please put on your armor and try again!"

Li Xuan said.

"Do you still need to put on armor?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was a little dissatisfied.

"Naturally, Xue Rengui dare not try without armor, let alone your golden body!" Li Xuan said firmly.

"Put armor on me!"

Li Shimin sighed helplessly, and directly handed the musket in his hand to Li Wei who was beside him, opened his arms, and signaled Xue Rengui to put the armor on him quickly!

Afterwards, after Xue Rengui and Li Xiaogong joined forces to put on armor for Li Shimin.

Li Shimin looked at Li Xuan expectantly.

Seeing this, Li Xuan signaled Xue Rengui and Le Tai to reload the musket in Li Shimin's hand.

Then, after Li Shimin set it up, he lit the fuse with flint on the band stage, and then ran away.

As for Li Shimin, he felt an explosion in his ears, and a huge force came from his right shoulder. Fortunately, he was wearing armor, but it only hurt a little.

However, Li Shimin soon had no time to think about it, and quickly raised his head to look at the big tree a hundred paces away that he was aiming at.

He couldn't help but took another breath of air, and then his face was full of excitement.

Although he missed the one he was aiming at, the three trees around that tree suffered disaster!

The bark on the trunk had been bombarded badly, and even the inside of the trunk was blasted into broken holes the size of fists, with small pieces of iron embedded in them.

"Hahaha, good item!"

"It is indeed a sharp weapon!"

As he said that, Li Xiaogong on the side couldn't help it anymore, so he directly took off a suit of armor from a guard on the side, and put it on him.

After that, he looked at Li Xuan eagerly.

Seeing this, Li Xuan sighed helplessly, and handed the musket in his hand to Li Xiaogong.

Sure enough, shooting a gun is the greatest pleasure for a man!

At the same time, he also kicked Li Chongyi who was on the side, "Li Chongyi, I will teach you, Ah Ye, to shoot!"

"Yes, Master!"

Unable to escape, Li Chongyi had no choice but to accept.

He took a bottle of gunpowder from the bandstand beside him, and carefully taught Li Xiaogong to shoot a gun.

Seeing this, Cheng Zhijie, Duan Zhixuan, Fang Xuanling and others also surrounded him, looking at Li Xiaogong eagerly.

Li Xuan found a clean stone, sat on it, and watched the group of veteran killers destroy his hill with all their might.

Perhaps, he has opened a Pandora's box for Datang!
The age of firearms has arrived!

After half an hour.

The two bottles of gunpowder brought by the band have been used up, and the forest has been ruined.Only then did Li Shimin, Li Xiaogong and the others put down the hot guns in their hands with unsatisfactory faces.

"Xuanba, this thing is much more powerful than that arrow bomb!"

"It's natural!"

Li Xuan nodded lightly, "Although the shooting range of this musket is weaker than that of a bow and arrow, it is better in precision, and the shooting is not affected by wind speed and rainy weather.

It is also powerful.

Even if it is an enemy army wearing iron armor, if it dares to approach within a hundred steps, it can knock down a large area with one shot. The more enemy troops, the greater the power of the musket.As for the bow and arrow, only one can be shot to death at a time! "

"It's just, it's a pity that I let Letai and other ink masters study for so long, and I can only increase the range of the musket to a hundred steps at most! If I want to increase the range of the musket again, I can only improve the structure of the musket, but according to forging The current equipment in the workshop is simply useless!"

Hearing this, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and the others subconsciously expressed regret.

Immediately, he realized that this kind of musket was already so powerful, what more could he ask for?
Then, thinking of something, Li Shimin asked again: "Xuan Ba, is it easy to make this kind of musket?"

"easy!"

Li Xuan nodded lightly, "This kind of musket has no technical content. As long as you have an experienced blacksmith who can forge iron, have gunpowder, and have the blueprint of this kind of musket, you can make several muskets in a day!"

"So easy?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly.

"Ok!"

Li Xuan nodded slowly, "But this musket also relies on good steel and gunpowder, so ordinary small workshops can't produce such quality if they want to make it!"

Li Shimin didn't think about it, but looked at Li Xuan again.

"Xuanba, how many people know the blueprint of this kind of musket?"

"Return to Your Majesty, only Le Tai and I and a few Mohist masters know!"

Li Xuan replied.

"This blueprint must not be leaked!"

Li Shimin said solemnly.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, this blueprint will never be leaked from Li Family Manor!" Li Xuan said.

On the side, Le Tai and other Mohist practitioners also nodded firmly.

"These blueprints and musket formulas have always been kept in the forge, and the craftsmen in the forge never take anything out, even small pieces of iron!"

"If that's the case, then I can rest assured. If this kind of conquest weapon is leaked out and controlled by the enemy country, then our Tang Dynasty will be in danger!"

Li Shimin said.

"That's right, these craftsmen who can make all kinds of artifacts that benefit the country and the people, are actually a bunch of untouchables, and are not valued by the court!"

Li Xuan was on the side, sneered.

The stage trembled.

But Cheng Zhijie, Li Xiaogong and others looked at Li Xuan in astonishment.

Li Shimin frowned slightly, "What does Xuan Ba ​​have to say to me?"

"I don't, I just want to complain!"

Li Xuan laughed lightly, then said to Xue Rengui and Le Tai: "You two, take these two muskets back first!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The two agreed and went down.

And Li Xuan also took Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others back to the other courtyard.

Li Chang hurriedly led a group of servants and poured hot tea.

Only then did Li Xuan say: "Your Majesty, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were hundreds of schools of thought contending in our vast land of China. But now, there is only one Confucianist who acts recklessly in the court, and even the military school has become a lineage of generals.

The other hundred families have all been reduced to cheap businesses.

However, everything that Letai invented for me, glass, bombs, muskets, steelmaking, refined salt, giant steel ships, steam engines...

Which one of these is released alone, not all of them can make my Datang stronger.

However, Letai and other Mohists who have made such great contributions are now just a mere farmer! "

As he said that, Li Xuan couldn't help but sneered mockingly.