freenovelworld Chapter 173 Li 2 Tests the Gun
Chapter 173 Li 2 Tests the Gun
Female village.
The weather is getting colder and colder. Today Li Yin asked the canteen to make mutton soup. Everyone can add bean curd, kelp, etc. to the soup according to their preferences. The tenants also baked steamed buns to go with it. Those who have a strong taste can add two cloves of garlic. It is delicious.
Li Shimin was sweating profusely while eating, not caring about his image as an emperor.
"Sister, the food at the farm is always more delicious than the food at my house." Li Shimin drank the last mouthful of soup, put down the bowl and sighed.
"The tenant farmers in the village can cook as they please. If we cook according to everyone's preferences, it will be more to their taste."
Li Yin continued, "The cooks in my brother's house have to consider more things, such as the amount of ingredients and the temperature of the fire. Each step has a precise procedure, so naturally there are fewer special features."
"If you ask people who have never eaten it to judge, the food in the farm may not be as delicious as the food in the mansion."
"That's true." Li Shimin nodded.
People in the Shangshi Bureau should do their job well and consider more and more things. You can't blame them for not cooking well.
After dinner, the two went to the horse farm where the children in the village practiced archery.
The training policy for children in Zhuangshang has always been comprehensive. They are not only exposed to the six arts of a gentleman, but also astronomy, geography, medicine and biology.
Recently, the first affiliated primary school started, and the children's practice time was changed to 6-7 o'clock in the morning from Monday to Friday, and on Saturday morning.
They can't sit idle when they return to the village at night. Li Yin will assign them some small scientific experiments and ask them to complete them when they have time.
For example, the dragon sucking water phenomenon, or the stability structure test of a triangle.
"Brother, I have a hidden weapon that can attack you by surprise. It doesn't require as much practice as a flying knife. It only takes a little practice to use it for self-defense."
As she spoke, Li Yin took the smallest box from Pei Xingjian.
She opened it, and an exquisite pistol appeared in front of the two of them. The revolver was very convenient to load ammunition, and its appearance was a milestone in the history of firearms.
"Brother, please look."
She loaded the ammunition in front of Li Shimin, then pulled down the hammer (the tail at the back of the gun), made an intimidating gesture, and pulled the trigger.
'Bang!'
Li Shimin's heart trembled, and he looked up. He saw that a piece of the target thirty meters ahead was missing.
"Stepsister!"
He was a little speechless. How could this thing not require a bow? How could it be so exquisite!
If someone uses it to assassinate him, he, he...
“Who made this?”
"The ammunition was obtained by that kid Lu Zhen. The gun casings and bullet shells were ground bit by bit by the tenants on the farm. No outsiders have ever handled them."
The origin of that kid Lu Zhen is very simple. He is just a stupid son of a landlord who is obsessed with practicing Taoism.
Nowadays, the Lu family has a lot of cooperation with Nuzhuang. Lu Zhen has an older brother and a younger brother and sister, so he doesn't have to worry about family matters at all.
It can be considered as being "amnestied" by the female manor.
After that, Li Yin took out the remaining two long wooden boxes and took out the matchlock and flintlock rifles from them.
Flint is relatively expensive, so the cost of a flintlock is also high. However, a flintlock does not require carrying fire with you like a matchlock, so it is more convenient.
She demonstrated one by one, showing that the range of both the matchlock and flintlock rifles could reach 200 meters. As long as the gunpowder and the gun body were powerful, some flintlock rifles could even fire at a distance of three or four hundred meters.
Li Shimin was stunned. Such a powerful thing was developed by those Taoist priests?
You have been blasting furnaces for so many years, why have you never invented such a powerful weapon?
Studying immortality all day long is such a waste of talent!
"Hurry up and ask me to try it!"
Li Shimin's eyes were burning as he looked at the three guns in front of him. He liked them so much that he wished he could hold them in his arms all the time.
"Brother, try the revolver first. You can carry it with you in the future to prevent someone from doing bad things secretly. Don't point the muzzle of the gun at yourself. If it goes off accidentally, it will be troublesome!"
Hearing this, Li Shimin picked up the exquisite revolver.
He imitated Li Yin, pulled down the hammer, and then used his years of archery experience to aim at the target's head.
'boom! '
The two looked over and saw that the wooden man's butt was beaten to pieces.
"Brother, you are so good with the spear. You just cut the man in half." Li Yin praised sincerely without any trace of acting.
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Li Shimin felt guilty for a moment, but then he straightened his back quickly: "This pistol called a revolver is extremely simple, and I can easily master the essence of it."
After that, he tried out the other two spears and had a lot of fun.
The two returned to the study. The excitement on Li Shimin's face had not yet subsided. He had two long spears on his back and a revolver hidden in his arms.
He couldn't bear to let it go, it was his!
“This gun…”
Li Shimin and Li Yin looked at each other, and everything was said without words.
"Brother, I want to equip the soldiers who are going out to sea first, so that they can be familiar with artillery, rifles, and various sea rescue knowledge."
Li Yin also plans to use cowhide to make some air rings, and most importantly, cans.
After the new year, we will build several simple sterile rooms, which will be installed in the School of Chemistry, the Affiliated Hospital of Chang'an University and the factory.
Canning has to be done under sterile conditions, and she has to try her best to meet these conditions.
She sighed, looking worried. “Once the soldiers went out to sea, they completely lost contact with us. I was always worried that they would encounter some danger.”
"It's easy to deal with foreign invaders who come to rob our homes, but I'm afraid of uncontrollable situations such as hurricanes at sea or reefs. Large fish in the sea are also difficult to deal with. This is a life-threatening job."
Nowadays there is not even a trace of a steam engine, let alone making a steam cruise ship.
Li Yin can do without crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes and corn. As long as the mainland's rice production continues to increase, the people will not go hungry.
But she needed rubber.
Without rubber, she couldn't make more rigorous sealing gaskets, tires, or rubber shoes and gloves.
If they had rubber shoes and gloves, the Tuyuhun people who mine salt in Qinghai would have a much better life.
More importantly, rubber can be used to make infusion hoses.
"Don't worry, sister. The government subsidy will definitely be distributed in part first."
"If someone has made a contribution, they will be rewarded when they return. If someone unfortunately dies, I will seek more benefits for their family."
"With your words, I feel relieved."
The two smiled at each other and drank three cups of tea happily.
Feng Sanxi, Pei Xingjian, Wang De and others accompanied them and drank together.
"Brother, can we start repairing the ditches in the city?"
Speaking of this, Li Shimin couldn't help but feel happy: "It started a few days ago. The people nearby are no longer busy, and many factories have stopped working. The wages for repairs in the city are not bad, so many people are willing to come."
"I don't know what's going on in the Ministry of Industry these days. Everyone from top to bottom is working very hard. Officials are personally supervising all matters, and some are even doing the work themselves."
"Sister, do you still have the Liuweizhai shopping vouchers? Ask me to buy another batch."
Li Shimin paid out of his own pocket to reward the hard-working officials in the Ministry of Works, especially Duan Lun.
Alas, he had misunderstood him before, thinking that Duan Lun was the kind of sycophantic official who only knew how to please his superiors.