Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

As soon as it entered the eyes, there were cannons one by one. The barrels of the guns were painted with red paint, which looked very festive.

But Li You knew that this weapon was by no means as friendly as he seemed!

On the contrary, after it goes to the battlefield, it will be a big killer to shock and deter one side, just like a simple version of a light mortar.

On the other hand, the shells of the Thunderbolt were covered with a layer of cyan paint on the outermost surface, which looked quite soft, making people completely unable to think of the ferocious power after the attack.

When Gongshu Changlin and Li You came, the weapons testing ground was already full of staff from the Tang Academy of Sciences. They were constantly adjusting their ordnance, and they all wanted to wait for a while when Li You appeared to leave a good impression on Li You. .

After all, as long as Li You's simple compliment is enough to make them even better.

"Your Highness, everything is ready~ˇ."

A young man who looked very shrewd and capable came over and told the two of them.

Li You nodded, Gongshu Changlin instructed: "Let's start the weapon test firing."

"Yes."

The young man ran forward quickly, while Gongshu Changlin led Li You into a grass hut on the edge of the weapons testing field.

Although it is still spring, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. On a small table in the grass shed, there are various snacks to cool off, and herbal tea that has been brewed.

"boom!"

The one-person-high gun barrel vibrated violently, and then aroused smoke and dust all over the place!

The cannonball was ejected into the sky, slid into the sky with a graceful arc, and then fell quickly.

"Boom!"

With a louder explosion, a huge deep pit appeared out of thin air at the place where the explosion was ahead!

"Okay, very good."

The power of the Thunderbolt was beyond Li You's expectations. He nodded, expressing his satisfaction with the work of the Tang Academy of Sciences.

"Okay, let's withdraw all the scientific researchers, there is only better ordnance to be handed over to you to make."

Li Youqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and pretended to be plain.

"How could His Highness be so unmoved? You must know that when I saw it for the first time, I was so excited... As expected of His Royal Highness!"

Gongshu Changlin was surprised and executed Li You's order without reservation. He entangled all the elites of the Tang Academy of Sciences into a large conference room of the Tang Academy of Sciences, ready to listen to Li You's guidance.

Li You took out a dozen papers from his arms, unfolded them at the front of the conference room, and hung them on the blackboard.

The drawing on it is exactly the landmark weapon that symbolizes the transition of human beings from cold weapons to hot weapons - "arquebus"!

The craftsmen all have the thinking of modern people who have been baptized by Li You's knowledge of mathematics, physics and chemistry, but they still can't understand what is on the paper.

They all have the same doubts in their hearts. According to the size marked on the paper, the size of this thing should be very small, but it is obvious that the larger the size of the ordnance, the greater the power. What can such a small thing do?

It's just that due to the majesty and authority of His Royal Highness, although everyone doubts it in their hearts, no one asks them in public.

"." This weapon is called an arquebus, and the gun body is made up of iron, wood, gunpowder, and kindling."

Li You introduced it generously, and there was a lot of admiration in his words.

"Gu know that everyone is thinking, why should we develop such a small, single-body weapon that is not very powerful, right?"

Seeing that the craftsmen did not respond enthusiastically to him this time, Li You had already vaguely guessed their thoughts.

The best thing about these craftsmen is that they are simple-minded, unlike wise people, who are all hiding their minds.

Sure enough, all the craftsmen nodded in unison, even the people who liked to flatter the most in the past.

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Li You smiled and said: "This arquebus can be operated by one person, with a range of about tens of meters. An ordinary soldier can fire one in [-] breaths with a little training. bullet."

"It's really useless for one or two people to use such weapons together, but think about it, if every soldier in the entire army deploys such a weapon, once a war begins, tens of thousands of soldiers will shoot together. , what kind of scene is that!?"

Li You's words were like throwing a heavy bomb into the minds of the craftsmen, immediately blasting all their original inherent thinking, and then reuniting them again with Li You's concept as the core!

"With such a dense rain of bullets..." an imaginative craftsman murmured, "Even the iron armor can never defend against such power!"

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He didn't dare to think about it any longer, because in his mind, a corpse full of holes appeared faintly!

Li You coughed lightly and said with a smile: "And these weapons are designed for ordinary single soldiers."

"Like a soldier's spear and sword, it can be used by every soldier proficiently. When it is popularized in the army, it will definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness of the Tang army!"

The craftsmen understood and nodded.

They also clearly understand the function of this weapon. Once on the battlefield, as long as this kind of thing is shot at the enemy several times, it will keep the enemy in chaos!

"And this weapon is different from other weapons." Li You continued, "This weapon can be selectively aimed! Therefore, although it will not kill in a large area, it can clearly specify the target of killing!"

"In this way, we can destroy as many enemies as we have musketeers, and the cost of bullets is not high, and it is very portable, unlike other large-scale ordnance that needs to be dragged by cattle and horses, and many dangerous ground 560 can't be used... ...this matchlock can be used in almost any field!"

Li You taught the craftsmen in detail all the craftsmanship of making arquebuses and arquebus accessories, as if he had crushed all the knowledge points and fed them into the mouths of the craftsmen.

At the beginning, the craftsmen still had many doubts, but now they are gone. Seeing that they already understood the production method, Li You ordered to make all the weapons of thunderbolt and arquebus.

After reviewing the factories of the Tang Academy of Sciences, he returned to the East Palace, prepared to rest for a few days, and then went to the Taiji Palace to return to Li Shimin.