"You little bastard, a little relative dares to go against our family. Our family is not done with you!"

Outside the Yulin Guard camp, Zhang Hong, the eunuch of the Military Staff Bureau, who was being supported by two old craftsmen, turned his head and glanced in the direction of the Yulin Guards with a sinister expression.

Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to show off in front of the little emperor, but he didn't expect that he would not be able to please him, and instead received a military stick.

As a servant of the emperor, he naturally did not dare to feel resentment towards the emperor, so naturally, he could only direct his resentment towards Wang Bing, his uncle.

There was no way, who told Wang Bing to expose the fact that he secretly modified the flintlock device in order to please the little emperor? Otherwise, he could have blamed the matter on the two craftsmen.

It's just that Zhang Hong, who is Wang Bing, the uncle of the country, and the eunuch of the Military Staff Bureau, can only secretly hate him in his heart. He really wants to take revenge, but he is unable to do so!

…

"Third brother, with this flintlock gun, can we really make those Tatars become 'kind and hospitable' as you said?"

Playing with the flintlock gun that had its spring steel replaced on the spot by two old craftsmen, the little fat man asked with anticipation.

There was no other way. After replacing the gold spring piece, this flintlock bird gun, which fired more than ten shots in a row and misfired only once, gave the little fat man incomparable confidence.

"Of course. As long as we have enough firearms, we can not only make them kind and hospitable, but also make them good at singing and dancing. But, are you willing to spend so much money? Hehe!"

Seeing the expectant look on the little fat man's face, Wang Bing couldn't help but joke with the little fat man. Little did he know that he had made his first 'enemy' since time travel!

"Uh! Wait, let me do the math first. If we assume that each army has 10,000 people, the muskets alone will cost 30,000 taels. Plus ammunition, armor, not counting military pay, it will cost at least 100,000 taels a year.

Two! If you add in military pay and some miscellaneous expenses, you will need at least half a million taels of silver in a year!"

It’s not that I don’t know, but I was shocked when I did the calculations. After doing the detailed calculations, the little fat man who was still so excited suddenly couldn’t help crying. Among them, military salary expenditures accounted for the absolute majority. Of course,

The military pay among them is calculated according to the standards of the Yulin Guards. But in fact, the current Ming Dynasty army's monthly military salary for recruited soldiers is only about one or two taels, which is more than half lower than that of the Yulin Guards.

However, even if the current Habayashi Guards are sergeants serving as small soldiers, they are still being trained as officers. It is normal for the military pay to be higher. If Yulin is expanded in the future, although the sergeants' pay may be higher than that of ordinary recruits,

It can't be more than twice as high as it is now.

"Your Majesty, you have to eat one meal at a time and do one thing at a time. Let's not talk about other things. Even if the court is not short of money, the current output of the court's muskets cannot support your majesty's large-scale change of clothes!" Seeing the little boy

The fat man's fat face was twisted because he felt sorry for the money. Wang Bing quickly put away his previous smile.

There is no other way. The current craftsmanship of forging blunderbuss tubes in the Ming Dynasty makes Wang Bing, a modern person, feel anxious when he hears it. It is completely based on the experience of the craftsmen, so why not slow down!

However, due to limited conditions, even Wang Bing, a time traveler, could not think of any good solution for a while.

"Well, you're right, third brother, but I'm thinking a little further. The most I can afford with my current family is the Yulin Guards. Otherwise, when my little sister gets married, I'll have no choice but to follow me.

The northwest wind is blowing, haha!”

…

Since there was no need to completely re-make it, only the original matchlock trigger was replaced with a percussion flintlock trigger. In addition, the number of Habayashi Guard's fire guns was not large, so the entire Habayashi Guard's bird guns were upgraded in less than three days.

It's completed.

Looking at the Yu Lin soldiers who looked much sharper without the match ropes wrapped around their bodies, the little fat man suddenly felt that his money was not wasted.

"Haha, your majesty, your majesty will direct the first drill after our Yulin Guards change their uniforms!" Seeing the little fat man's value-for-money expression, Wang Bing couldn't help but chuckle, and then said that it was his turn to

The drills he directed were given to the little fat man.

"Haha, you're not welcome then!" Looking at the Yulinwei who had finished dressing up, the little fat man who had already been itching for a long time could not refuse. When he took over the command rudely, he began to command and drill this Ming Dynasty's weapon.

The first regiment of fusiliers arrived.

It is worth mentioning that the first batch of brown gunpowder that Wang Bing asked the Weapon Bureau to trial-produce has been completed. After being made into custom-loaded paper shells, it was sent to Habayashi Guards along with the modified and upgraded flintlock bird muskets.

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"Lao San, the ammunition made from this brown gunpowder is really much stronger than the black gunpowder!"

After several rounds of shooting, the little fat man couldn't help but look happy when he looked at the target that was obviously much more damaged than before.

"Gunpowder burns slowly, and when it is more stable and less likely to explode, and because it burns fully, the force accumulated in the barrel of the gun is greater, which naturally allows the gun to fly faster and farther!" I thought.

After thinking for a while, Wang Bing tried his best to speak in plain and easy-to-understand language.

"Then let's try the range of the ammunition made of brown gunpowder today!" Hearing Wang Bing say that the brown gunpowder can also increase the range, the little fat man suddenly became interested, and then called out two small flags. Yu Lin started to

The new and old ammunition were compared and tested.

"Demonstrated to the Bureau of Arms and Staff, all black gunpowder will be stopped and will be replaced by brown gunpowder from now on!"

The results of the test made the little fat man excited and directly ordered the Bureau of Arms to stop producing black gunpowder and replace it with brown gunpowder.

There is no way. Using ammunition made from black gunpowder, the best effective range is thirty steps, about fifty meters. But after using new ammunition made from brown gunpowder, even at about fifty steps, the range is still comparable to that of black gunpowder.

The lethality of ammunition made from gunpowder.

And even at an ultra-long distance of 150 steps, the new ammunition still has some lethality, far exceeding the maximum effective range of the old ammunition. However, because the bird gun is a smoothbore gun, the shooting accuracy at this distance is too poor.

That's all.

"Your Majesty, we have been shooting these immovable dead targets all day long, how about we shoot live animals another day?"

While the little fat man was excited, Qi Panzong suddenly said to the little fat man with a smile on his face.

"Huh? That's right, Lao Qi, why didn't you tell me earlier? Speaking of which, I'm a little tired of hitting these dead targets that won't move all day long."
Chapter completed!