After going through a lot of hardships, a brand new copper musket finally appeared in front of Yang Cong.

This copper musket is already very different from previous muskets. In terms of appearance, the new musket looks much thicker than the original musket, and it is much heavier than the original musket. To put it bluntly, the original musket is a barrel made of thin iron, which weighs only one or two pounds. The new musket has more than one or two pounds in front of it, and the overall weight is five or six pounds.

Intuitively speaking, the original musket is like holding a wooden toy knife in his hand, light and fluttering, while the new musket is like holding a thick machete, which is quite textured.

So, is this new musket easy to use?

Of course you have to try it out.

It was still the original school ground, the musketman, and there were still a lot of people. After the new copper musket samples were made, Yang Cong couldn't wait to start testing.

Amid everyone's expectant eyes, the musketman quickly loaded ammunition into the bullet shell, then skillfully pressed the bullet into the bolt, and then pushed the bolt forward. The loading process was completed.

Then the fire was lit and the gun was fired. With a "bang", the bullet came out of the chamber, and a muffled sound came from the wooden board in the distance.

Yang Cong personally ran to the wooden board and saw that the bullet was embedded on the wooden board, which was very slight.

This means that the new musket has almost been tested successfully. At least in terms of lethality, it is almost the same as the original musket, and the reloading speed is incomparable to the original musket.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Cong ordered the musketman to continue to test for a few more shots, and the effect was quite good, but the barrel was a little hot and the explosion did not occur at all.

This time, a smile finally appeared on Yang Cong's face.

Don’t underestimate the loading speed. You should know that the original musket can fire at most when facing cavalry. For current muskets, as long as they are accompanied by enough bullet shells, the cavalry can fire one shot every fifty steps forward.

In other words, a new musket can fire at least three bullets in an encounter, and ten thousand people will be 30,000. If the fire dragon chariot, sky thunder, hand crossbows and artillery are added, ten thousand fully equipped border elites can withstand the attack of 50,000 Taurus cavalry.

Just this is still in the wild. If the enemy attacks the city, it will be a target for musketeers. There is no problem for ten thousand elite border troops to resist the attack of 100,000 Tartars. ::

The trial production of the new musket was finally successful. The next step was to mine copper ore, manufacture various production tools and equipment, and carry out mass production. However, there was another important issue, that is, wait for the Jiajing-sponsored mine supervisor to come.

If the Jiajing school's mining supervisor cannot come, the copper mine cannot be mined, so it is naturally impossible to mass produce new muskets.

Fortunately, Jiajing did not ask Yang Cong to wait for long. The new musket here was tested. The next day, news came from Juyongguan that the mining prison sent by the palace had entered Xuanfu Town.

Who is this mining supervisor? He will no longer be Chen Hong’s confidant?

Yang Cong waited for another day with a nervous mood. On the morning of the third day, the team escorting the mining prison finally arrived.

Although most of the mining prisons are not good, Yang Cong dared not to discourage others' face. After all, if they do not cooperate, there will be trouble in mining. He still took his civil servants and generals out of the city just like last time.

The escort team this time seems not as spectacular as last time. The sparse team looks like there are only a hundred people at most. Perhaps because Yang Cong had defeated the Tartar cavalry, the court believed that Xuanfu Town was relatively safe, or perhaps this eunuch is not as awesome as Li Fang and Meng Chong, so there are fewer people escorts. In short, the escort team this time is completely incomparable to the last time.

Yang Cong didn't care about this either. After the two teams met, he took the initiative to strike forward, lowered his posture, and waited in front of the carriage, hoping that the eunuch would not sing a stage show with him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stopped the war horse, the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted up, and a young eunuch jumped out of the carriage quickly, ran to him, bowed and said, "Secretary Feng Bao, please meet the governor. If you have any help, the governor will greet him personally, but the governor is really frightened."

Left the official?

Feng Bao!

The eunuch in charge is considered an official, but ordinary eunuchs do not discuss the official rank with others because the eunuch's official rank is too low. Even the eunuch in the palace's twenty-fourth prison, the so-called eunuch, actually has only the fifth rank, and it is incomparable to civil officials. The eunuch who comes out to be a mine supervisor is only the seventh rank, or even the eighth rank and ninth rank. Therefore, eunuchs generally do not discuss the official rank with others.

At this time, what Yang Cong cares about was not the eunuch's official rank, but the eunuch's name.

Feng Bao was a great eunuch who was famous in history. Moreover, he was notoriously famous from ordinary eunuchs. He left a reputation as a virtuous person because he and Zhang Juzheng joined forces to reform and created the Wanli Revival situation. Therefore, in history, he was generally called a generation of virtuous officials.

Unexpectedly, Jiajing sent such a capable person this time.

This capable man is not very old now, and it seems that he is less than twenty years old.

Yang Cong looked at it slightly before jumping off the horse, holding Feng Bao's arm, and then said kindly: "Eunuch Feng is polite. You are the imperial envoy sent by the emperor. What kind of official position is not enough? I can't afford to take on it."

Faint, what does this governor mean?

Not only was Feng Bao confused, but even the civil servants and military generals following him were stunned.

Nowadays, although everyone doesn’t say it on the surface, they still understand it quite well in their hearts. Most civil officials and eunuchs are not dealing with each other because the emperor wants to use these eunuchs to restrain civil officials. It would be nice to be harmonious on the surface. What does it mean to be so intimate?

Feng Bao was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully: "You are polite. The lower official is just a small manager in the palace. It is just an ordinary job to go out to supervise the mine. How dare you take the name of an imperial envoy?"

This guy is not bad, at least not like other eunuchs who are arrogant and arrogant. It seems that he is not known as a wise official, at least he is better than other eunuchs in dealing with people and things.

Yang Cong had wanted to win over this famous talented person in history. Feng Bao's performance made him feel more at this moment. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, don't be polite. Please ask Eunuch Feng to get on the bus. We will have a good chat when we get to the place."

Feng Bao's eyes rolled and he immediately understood that it seemed difficult to speak in public.

He quickly bowed and said, "Okay, okay, please get on the horse, let's talk to you when we get to the place."

After saying that, he turned around and walked back quickly and got on the carriage.

Soon, the group came to the courtyard where Meng Chong originally lived. Meng Chong had been recalled to the palace, so the place was naturally empty again.

Yang Cong originally wanted to go back and take the prepared silver and come over to talk to the new mining supervisor. However, when he saw that the mining supervisor was Feng Bao, he changed his mind again.
Chapter completed!