"Young Master, don't be humble, I probably won't be on the target!"

The First Emperor waved his hand to comfort him, then he opened the pistol's magazine like Chen Xu, filled in a bullet, closed the magazine, and opened the security. His movements were slow and awkward but extremely serious, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Click~"

The First Emperor pulled the bolt away, then raised his pistol and looked up at the wooden target with a serious and serious expression, and pulled the trigger as the pistol swayed slightly.

"Five Rings~" The sound of a young man reporting the target soon came after a bang.

"Your Majesty's spear technique is superb. It's really gratifying to have the first time using a pistol to hit the fifth ring!" Chen Xu was stunned for a moment and flattered him very much.

"I am congratulating Your Majesty on the great achievements of the magic of the immortal family!" A group of civil and military officials standing beside him began to flatter together shamelessly.

"Hahahahahahaha, this gun is indeed easy to use, I love it very much!" Emperor Shin-Emperor blew the barrel of the gun as if he were Chen Xu.

Next, the First Emperor fired several bullets alternately with two pistols. He felt that he was very skilled. He looked up at the sun in the sky, inserted the two guns into the leather case and put them away, and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve and said with a smile: "Noon is over, I am a little tired, and I am also tired even the young masters and my dear friends are tired. Go to the pergola for a while to take a rest!"

Entering the awning, a group of kings, princes and nobles were all sweating all over. Many even took off their long coats, and fanned their clothes while discussing heatedly. Some generals even held muskets without bullets and were reluctant to let go.

This test of guns allowed them to deeply understand the power of the musket.

It’s not that it’s so powerful, but that it’s almost no effort. It installs a tube of ammunition, then a buzzing sound, installs a tube of ammunition, and then a buzzing sound... As long as the ammunition is sufficient, even a child of seven or eight years old can shoot continuously, which is completely different from the archers who need to be repeatedly selected and trained.

"Zuo Zuo, are you planning to offer this Taiyi God Musket to His Majesty to train soldiers!" Sitting under the awning, Lu Xiao asked Chen Xu excitedly, holding a musket.

The warm atmosphere in the awning suddenly became quiet, and Qin Shihuang couldn't help but look up at Chen Xu.

"Haha, Lieutenant Lu has a deep understanding of the convenience of Taiyi God Musket, but if you want to promote and use it on a large scale in Daqin, the time is actually not ripe. First, the production rate of this god musket is difficult, and the yield rate is not high. Craftsmen need to go through long-term training to start making it, so the cost is huge. It takes more than a month for this Taiyi God Musket to be made. The material cost is about 3,000 yuan, and the cost of a bullet is about 20 yuan..."

"So expensive?" Before Chen Xu finished speaking, a burst of exclamations suddenly sounded in the awning, and almost all the officials who spoke were dealing with money and grain data.

"Yes, all wars are to consume, consume food, weapons, consume war horses, consume lives, consume national strength and people's livelihood, consume all accumulated wealth. All colleagues know that in a national war, there is no millions of stones of money and food that cannot be supported. The stronger the equipment, the more it consumes national strength. When there were no saddles and stirrups, the only equipment of soldiers was leather armor and carry-on weapons, the cost was only a thousand yuan, but with stirrups, the saddles and horseshoes, the cost increased.

To more than 3,500 yuan, and if a Taiyi God Musket and 100 rounds of ammunition are added, each soldier's equipment will exceed 9,000 yuan. Even if it is equipped with only 10,000 new muskets and soldiers, the cost of equipment alone will exceed 90 million yuan. This does not include the supplementary maintenance of accessories and ammunition, and other expenses. The musket is a precision weapon. It is easy to be damaged if it is poorly maintained, and it is very complicated to repair. It requires extremely professional craftsmen. Once damaged on the battlefield, it can only be discarded and redistributed..."

"There are also the Shenwei cannon, one with 1,200 kilograms of fine iron, and the cost of materials alone exceeds 10,000 yuan. In order to cast these three cannons, the Academy of Sciences used more than 200 skilled craftsmen for four days, and the labor cost was also very huge. Moreover, the Shenwei cannon consumes extremely gunpowder, loading three kilograms at a time, plus more than ten kilograms of bullets, worth more than 1,000 yuan... Just now, His Majesty and his colleagues watched the cannon shooting and practice the Taiyi God Musket, and consumed a total of more than 40,000 yuan in ammunition in one hour!"

Chen Xu expressed his consumption today with a happy expression.

Almost all officials looked at each other, and many felt dry mouth.

Just a short while, after a few rounds of mahjong, more than 40,000 yuan was gone?

Many people even feel that they are not satisfied yet. Some officials who hold muskets and want to continue to enjoy themselves at this time also feel that the muskets in their hands are a bit hot.

Twenty-year-old bullets may not seem to be much, but only those who like it know that it is not enough to shoot more than ten guns a day. Then it will cost 200 to 300 yuan a day, and a year of conservatism will cost tens of thousands of yuan. Qinghe Hou also said just now that the barrel and hammer of this musket are not long, about 200 guns. For safety and agility, the barrel and hammer flint must be replaced on time, which is also a considerable expense...

I can't think about it, and when I think about it, I feel bad.

This musket is completely different from a crossbow. It is purely a money-consuming thing. The money is gone as soon as the gunfire sounds. Unlike a crossbow arrow, it can be picked up and used after being shot.

"The muskets and cannons are indeed too expensive. The court has no money to equip large-scale equipment yet. Let's discuss the muskets later!" Qin Shihuang shook his head calmly and stood up. "It is indeed very enjoyable to watch the performance of the cannons and the muskets and thunder today. However, I remind you all my dear friends that these muskets and cannons are the highest secrets of my Great Qin. No one is allowed to inquire or leak them secretly!"

"I will obey the order!" All the officials under the awning quickly stood up and bowed to the promise.

Che Zizi and Ma Xiaoxiao, escorted by thousands of black helmets and black armored imperial guards, Qin Shihuang returned to the palace with satisfaction, and a large number of princes and ministers who came with him also got on the car and followed him. Soon the lively and joyful scene became quiet and quiet. Chen Xu also commanded the craftsmen of the Academy of Sciences and the young men of the musket team to start cleaning up the venue.

Today, I took the opportunity to test the cannon and took out the musket, which was also decided after Chen Xu thought for a long time.

Once the artillery is equipped to the Qin Navy, it is best to equip the muskets at the same time. If you want to build a world-invincible firearm unit and become the overlord of the entire ocean, sharp firearms are almost the only choice. Only in this way can the Qin warships become a crushing force to deter the global civilization race.

As for equipping the Army, Chen Xu also had ideas, but the Army was not easy to control, especially at the critical moment when the nine-year catastrophe was about to come, Chen Xu was unwilling to add more situations that he could not control in order to deal with this inexplicable catastrophe.

Once Qin Shihuang asked to equip the musket troops, the first thing was the imperial guards and nearly 100,000 troops defending Guanzhong. The imperial guards controlled the firearms. In the future, once Qin Shihuang collapsed and did not make a crown prince, he might have no situation to control, because almost no one can get involved in the imperial guards, especially the imperial guards, who have no one to command except the emperor.

However, to quickly open up the sea situation and maintain the security of overseas expansion and overseas trade, artillery and muskets are almost the best choice. As Japan, North Korea and other places have completely entered the vision of the Qin people, the development of the South Ocean will soon become a hot topic. At most, the Taiwan archipelago and Hainan Island islands will be discovered one after another. There is a wider sea area and a warm and warm environment in the south, and various products are more abundant, which will definitely stimulate explorers to continue to explore and expand to the South China Sea. Two years later, it should be no problem to discover the Philippine Islands, and it is not impossible to reach the Bay of Bengal through the Malacca Strait. The environment and climate of the South Ocean are definitely different from the Central Plains. If there is no strong enough firepower to suppress it, once the explorer fleet conflicts with the local indigenous peoples, the possibility of casualties is relatively high. This is very unfavorable for the rapid conquest of the South Ocean and opening a route to Europe and Africa.

Within three years, Daqin's sea ships must reach West Asia and Africa.

Within five years, the Qin sea ships must reach the Mediterranean, use strong ships, sharp cannons and powerful force to intimidate ancient Western civilizations such as Rome, Greece, and Egypt, revealing the strong and strong muscles of the Qin Dynasty, making the Qin Dynasty a synonym for strength, forcing these Western countries to surrender willingly. If they are not willing, they will beat them to surrender. The Qin marines equipped with cannons and muskets must specialize in treating all dissatisfactions and protecting colonial expansion.

The sea is the primary direction for the future development of the Qin Dynasty.

Land can only serve as a supplement, and at the same time, it also inquire enough information to conquer Western countries in advance.

Moreover, to the present point, it is no longer meaningful to continue hiding the firearms. Whether it is the First Emperor, the civil and military ministers of the court, or even the civilians, they are actually inquiring about the Taiyi God Musket and Taiyi God Thunder openly and secretly. The longer they hide, the greater suspicion and barrier between him and the emperor.

The most important thing is that Chen Xu is worried that if the fate of Qin Shihuang, the biggest boss, cannot be reversed, and Qin Shihuang suddenly died two years later, just like the historical events in the past, then the prosperous era of the First Emperor described to the First Emperor several times, the First Emperor could not see it. If this wish cannot be satisfied, I am afraid that the First Emperor would be very unwilling to die. Chen Xu must also speed up his promise.

Therefore, even if there are many variables when taking out firearms now, Chen Xu no longer cared about too much.

There are gains and losses, and nothing can be done perfectly.

Chen Xu could only try his best to control all changes in his hands, but he could never do anything foolproof. Even the emperor could not do many things, let alone him, a historical messenger who jumped out rashly.

In fact, in Chen Xu's plan, it should be more appropriate to expand the South China Sea one year in advance. As a result, Yu Wuya and others stayed on the Yingzhou Islands for two years because of the discovery of silver mines. Although they had gained a lot, this was not what Chen Xu wanted.

As long as the ship goes to sea, resources are everywhere, and Western gold is much better than Japanese silver!

But in this fucking era without telephone and telegrams, it may take a year to write a letter. Therefore, Chen Xu could only reduce his hopes and demands as if he was waiting to invent a loom and a bicycle, and constantly convinced himself that this was the Qin Dynasty. Everything was very slow in this era. Time in later generations was money, but time was the least valuable in this era. From emperors to ordinary civilians, every day was slow, because many things were hard to hurry at all, and the more anxious they became, the more angry they became. Under the influence of this atmosphere, Chen Xu was no longer too anxious now.

He has slowly arranged the pace of conquering the world to go countless years later.

As for whether Emperor Shi Huang could see the dragon flag of Qin spread all over the world in the end, it really depends on Qin Shi Huang's luck. If he lives one more day, he will have more surprises.

After observing the firearm performance, the First Emperor returned to the city, and the people of Xianyang who were frightened by the thunder for more than an hour, finally figured out the whole story. It turned out that it was Qinghe Hou who was testing the magic weapon of immortals. Not only did the Taiyi God Thunder and Taiyi God Musket that had been familiar to him before, but also the occasionally legendary Taiyi God Cannon. According to the civil and military ministers and imperial guards who went to observe with them, the Taiyi God Cannon was like the nine heavens, and a bombardment made a palace smash.

Although the entertainment activities in the Qin Dynasty are becoming more and more abundant, the trends of the Hou of Qinghe and the First Emperor are still the hottest topics among the people.

Moreover, bragging without drafting is also the most prominent feature of people's chatting in this era. After countless people passed on word of mouth, it completely turned into another completely different story.
Chapter completed!