Chapter 36 General Blue Jade
General Lan Yu! When Li Jie heard that Zhu Biao called someone coming as his uncle, he immediately guessed the other party's identity, because Lan Yu's sister was Chang Yuchun's wife, and Chang Yuchun's daughter was Zhu Biao's first crown princess. Although Chang died early, this relationship was still there. In addition, Lan Yu and Zhu Biao had a good personal relationship, so Lan Yu was also very trusted by Zhu Biao.
The most important thing is that Lan Yu himself is also extremely powerful. The general is not a false position, but the supreme commander in the army. Among the founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, only Xu Da, Feng Sheng, Lan Yu and others served. Even Chang Yuchun did not have such treatment. Of course, it was mainly because Chang Yuchun died too early. If he lived for a few more years, with his merits and abilities, it would be a matter of time before he became a general.
However, Lan Yu was also unlucky. Zhu Biao was originally planning to leave Lan Yu for Zhu Biao, but unfortunately Zhu Biao died early. Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that Zhu Yunwen could not control Lan Yu. As a result, the famous "Lan Yu case" happened later, and more than 15,000 people were involved. Lan Yu himself was also skinned and his family was confiscated to destroy three tribes, which was even worse than Li Shanchang.
Thinking of Lan Yu's future fate, Li Jie couldn't help but shivered, and then secretly looked at Lan Yu, who was so majestic. He saw that the other party was burly, dark skin, a national face, beard, and big copper bell eyes under the broom eyebrows, looking particularly energetic.
Looking at Lan Yu, Li Jie also secretly regretted that although the history books say that Lan Yu was arrogant and illegal, the other party was indeed very capable of leading troops. Last year, the remnants of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty were wiped out and the Yuanzhu's son, concubines, princesses, and captured nearly 80,000 prisoners. Even Zhu Yuanzhang praised him as Wei Qing and Li Jing of the Ming Dynasty, but this was such a person, and Zhu Yuanzhang killed him as soon as he said he was killed.
"By the way, I'll introduce a young hero to my uncle. He invented something, which would be of great benefit to the army!" Zhu Biao suddenly thought of Li Jie's flintlock rifle, so he immediately pointed at him and introduced to Lan Yu.
Lan Yu also looked at Li Jie with a proud look on his face. Then he smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness is not just joking. Seeing that he is only in his hair, what ability can he have to help the army?"
Li Jie was so angry that his nose was crooked when he heard Lan Yu's words. It was a pity that I was still dying for your death just now. I didn't expect you to look down on me. No wonder the history books say that Lan Yu was arrogant and even the concubine of the Yuanzhu dared to get him to bed. Even if this guy was not implicated by Zhu Biao, he might not die well in the future.
Of course, no matter how annoyed he was, Li Jie didn't dare to really offend this general who was only in power, so he lowered his head and went forward and said, "Report to the general, he is proficient in firearms and invented a flintlock rifle, which can be fired without a fuse!"
"What a joke? How can you ignite gunpowder without a fuse? Could it be that you can use a fire note to stab the musket into the musket?" Lan Yu glared at him and asked with a disbelief expression. As a general, he was of course the most familiar with muskets, but he had never heard of muskets without a fuse.
"Uncle, we are going to test the ejaculation. You'll know if you come and see it!" Zhu Biao smiled and grabbed Lan Yu's sleeve. He knew that Lan Yu's temper was so hot that Li Jie was young that he couldn't help but be impulsive, so he took the initiative to interrupt them.
"Okay, I want to see how to use a musket without a fuse!" Lan Yu still looked at Li Jie with suspicion. Although he was very capable in leading troops, it did not mean that he was better than others in accepting new things.
Li Jie was lazy to explain again. He followed Zhu Biao to the open space on the side of Zuochunfang, and then Zhu Biao handed the flintlock rifle to the guards. Originally, Li Jie wanted to test the shot himself, but the guards did not agree, because according to the rules in the palace, except for the guards, no one was allowed to carry weapons, and even swords were not allowed, let alone muskets.
In desperation, Li Jie had to let a guard who knew musket hold the musket and then teach the other party how to use it. There was almost no difference between the flintlock gun and the flint gun, and it was even simpler, so the guards could learn it once.
When the guards were loading, Li Jie also retreated to Zhu Biao. As the guards pulled the trigger, a projectile shot out and hit the opposite wall, immediately making a small hole in the blue brick wall.
"It's done!" Zhu Biao was overjoyed.
"It actually sounded!" Lan Yu was a little disbelief, and then he reacted, strode to the guard and grabbed the flintlock rifle, and then looked carefully. He really saw some tricks.
"Is this...flint?" Lan Yu pointed to the flint on the musket hammer and asked Li Jie in surprise.
"Report to the general, it is flint. This flintlock rifle hits the anvil with flint, thereby igniting gunpowder with Mars. In this way, the musket does not have to worry about the unusable weather in the wind and rain!" Li Jie explained with a smile.
"Interesting, I heard that the Military Weapons Bureau has improved the gunpowder formula some time ago, which greatly increased the power of the gunpowder. Unexpectedly, another flintlock rifle is released now. It seems that firearms will surely be popular in the army in the future!" Lan Yu said with a bright look. He was arrogant, but his sense of smell in the military was extremely sensitive.
"Uncle, you don't know anything. The person who improved gunpowder before was Li Jie!" Zhu Biao introduced to Lan Yu with a smile again.
Lan Yu was really surprised. One or two big eyes looked at Li Jie again for a moment, then smiled and said, "So that's it. I didn't expect that you had such talent at a young age. The army also needed talents like you. How about it? Are you interested in going to the army with me and protecting you to be a marquis in the future!"
When Li Jie heard this, he curled his lips secretly. Lan Yu's mouth was really not in charge. He dared to say anything. Only the emperor can do such a title as a marquis. You, a general, would be a bit rebellious. If no one pursued him, it would be fine. If he was caught and refused to let go, he would be one of the evidences of treason in the future.
"Uncle, Li Jie is the Zuo Sijian of my Zhan Shi Mansion. I will have great use in the future. Don't take away what you love!" Fortunately, Zhu Biao said at this time and refused to say for Li Jie. It was rare to find a talent, and Zhu Biao didn't want to let go easily.
"Thank you for your kindness, the boy cannot carry his hands and shoulders. If you go to the army, it will be a burden. Instead, you will get something new in the military weapon bureau, which will be more useful to the army, such as this!" Li Jie said as he took out a paper bag and bounced it at Lan Yu and signaled.
"Isn't this gunpowder here? I just saw that the flintlock rifle was fired with this thing?" Lan Yu recognized the paper bag bullet, but he just felt that this thing was quite exquisite and did not think deeply.
"This is called a paper-pack bullet. The gunpowder inside is quantitative. This saves the soldiers' time to estimate gunpowder and speed up the shooting speed. In addition, it has another advantage. The general will definitely be able to use it this time." Li Jie smiled again.
"Can you use it when going to the battle?" Lan Yu asked in surprise again.
Chapter completed!