The firearm in Zhao Yan's eyes is not a fire attack weapon, but a musket with a range of killing stronger than a crossbow.

At this moment, he was holding a black iron pipe about three feet long in his hand.

There is a mechanism inside the iron pipe. Just put a walnut-sized explosive pill into the iron pipe and then pull the mechanism. The explosive pill can explode and explode on the target object.

Although it looks a bit simple at the moment, only one explosive pill can be loaded at a time, it has already become a musket.

Zhang Zhong explained from the side: "At present, the effective range of the firearm is 200 meters, but its destructive power is not much different from that of the gunpowder crossbow."

"Two hundred meters?"

This distance has exceeded Zhao Yan's surprise.

Because the optimal range of a crossbow is fifty to one hundred meters, and if the firearm can reach two hundred meters, it is already an advancement. If it is modified, it can reach five hundred meters and it will definitely catch the enemy off guard.

Qiu Mu, who was standing beside him, took out a gunpowder crossbow from the box.

Zhao Yan played with the firearm, looked at the gunpowder crossbow again, and said, "Go out and try it."

Immediately, everyone walked out of the house and came to a clearing ground behind.

Various tall trees and fences are planted on both sides of the open space, and at the end is a mountain wall.

Many pits have been bombarded on the mountain wall, and it is obvious that many experiments are being conducted here.

And here is already a certain distance from Liuzi Village, and the sound insulation effect is excellent.

Zhao Yan picked up the firearm, and with the assistance of Qiu Mu, he filled the explosives, then aimed at the mountain wall more than 100 meters ahead and pulled the mechanism.

Whoosh!

The explosives flew out, and the recoil made Zhao Yan's body tremble.

Bang!

With a loud bang, a pothole about the size of a bowl was blown out of the mountain wall.

"Yes, yes!" Zhao Yan said with a smile. Although the current attack power of the firearm is not enough to kill enemies two hundred meters away immediately, there is no problem in making it lose its combat power instantly.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yan tried the gunpowder crossbow again.

Most of the arrow tips of the gunpowder crossbow are coated with grease. When fired, it will burn quickly due to friction with the air. Its biggest function is to attack fire and burn off the enemy's camps and food.

After Zhao Yan visited the Fenghuo Hall, he was in a good mood. Before leaving, he even said boldly: The Northern Mongolian Iron Cavalry is not worth fearing!

And at this moment, on a desolate grassland in Beimeng.

Ergu's hair was messy and had been in a long and long nights.

Since losing the war with the Great Zhou, he has been thinking about the art of defeating the enemy.

Finally, he came to a conclusion that the Northern Mongolian could not completely crush the Great Zhou because of the lack of cavalry, and the key to the cavalry was war horses.

Half a month ago, he accidentally discovered a new breed of horse.

This kind of horse has long limbs and thin skin and thin hair. It not only has fast speed, but also has very strong strength and endurance. Even if you only drink water once a day, it can run faster than ordinary horses.

The only drawback is that the number of horses is too small and the reproductive ability is very weak.

So Ergu took action.

He gathered almost all the good horses in the Northern Mongolian numbers together, and then let them match the new horses, striving to produce more powerful war horses.

In order to ensure quality, he sat outside the horse shed to supervise, and even placed a few bitter galls and firewood next to it.

He wanted to imitate Gou Jian to lie on firewood and taste gall, so that later historical books can record what inspiring stories he had as the best leader in Northern Mongolia.

He was sure that as long as such horses could be put into the cavalry camp in large quantities, the iron hooves of Northern Mongolia would be able to sweep across the Great Zhou.

However, if he saw Zhao Yan using a firearm, he would definitely be so angry that he would vomit blood.

The two are not on the same level at all.

There will definitely be another big war between the two countries. Everyone knows this, but no one can be sure of when it will be.

...

After returning to the palace from Fenghuotang, Zhao Yan was in a good mood and did not return to the palace immediately. He was preparing to have a drink at the Eight Immortals Residence.

Eight Immortals House, once ranked first in Changdan City, has now ranked second.

With the support of Zhao Yan and Lu Nianwei, and the relationship with nobles in the imperial city, Wanbaolou is difficult to become the number one.

Although Wanbaolou robbed the name of the No. 1 restaurant in Changdan City, the flow of people is still not bad. All kinds of religions and tribes gathered here, which is a good place to listen to the voices of the people.

Because Shen Tuyi's height was too obvious and many high-ranking officials in the imperial city knew him, Zhao Yan asked him to go back first.

He took Heiwa to sit down at a window in the lobby on the first floor.

At this moment, Zhao Yan had no worries about major affairs in the court, and the Great Zhou Dynasty had been on the rise, so he was in a particularly good mood.

At this moment, Zhao Yan heard something that interests him very much.

"Have you heard it? The price of dinner at Tingyuxuan Guan Juer has reached 1,000 taels per night!"

"This is too expensive. One thousand taels of silver can only be eaten with her for one hour. It's simply a huge profit!"

"What do you know? Xingshouguan Ju'er is not only familiar with poetry, songs, but also has a wide range of knowledge in military strategy theory. Next year will be the three-year exam. If you can get some inspiration from her, you might be able to take a different approach and pass the Jinshi exam!

"Shangguan Yunton, the second talent in our Changdan City, praised her as the No. 1 female top scholar in the Great Zhou Dynasty after seeing her!"

"I also heard that this woman not only has a beautiful appearance, but also has a talent that is no less than any man in Changdan City!"

...

The more Zhao Yan listened, the more mysterious it became.

According to the descriptions of these people, this woman named Guan Juer is only about twenty years old.

But she is not only familiar with poetry, songs, court policy and theory, including border military affairs, and various ritual systems, but also proficient in every school. This is simply incredible.

What's even more outrageous is that this woman is still in the dust, as if she wants to give guidance to the people of the world. In addition to submitting one thousand taels of silver as gifts, the visitor also needs to be well-educated and knowledgeable.

If you only have money but no qualities, you will never be able to enter Tingyuxuan.

Zhao Yan couldn't help but curl his lips. Will there be such a strange woman in the world?

He felt that most of the gimmicks were the ones. After all, even if Xiao Jingye, Pan Wenyue and others were going to chat with each other, they would not be able to claim to be omniscient!

However, this popular hot topic that was widely discussed among the people successfully attracted Zhao Yan's attention, and he was going to take a look in person.

"If I, the emperor, opened a store to chat with someone, I don't know how much it costs?" Zhao Yan said mockingly.

Heiwa, who was standing beside him, raised his head and said, "Young master, it can be worth at least 10,000 taels."

Zhao Yan was immediately happy. If he could earn ten thousand taels per hour by relying on chatting, he would not be the emperor for now. He could support the civil and military officials of the Great Zhou by relying on chatting.

This way of making money is faster than reforming.
Chapter completed!