In the early morning, I saw Lu Fang walking in a hurry on the road paved with neat stone slabs in the Forbidden City.
Along the way, the eunuchs and maids who were still busy stopped what they were doing when they saw Lu Fang, the eunuch in charge of rituals and eunuchs, coming. They stepped aside and saluted respectfully.
"I've met Eunuch Lu!"
"Um."
Lu Fang didn't pay attention to the greetings from these eunuchs and maids, and just responded in a subtle way.
The reason why Lu Fang was so anxious was that not long ago, Yi Bin, the chief of the Weapons Department, sent someone to send news that the Weapons Department had completed the imitation of the first batch of flintlock guns!
"I have to inform His Majesty of this news quickly!"
Lu Fang thought so, and immediately quickened the pace and headed towards the direction of Qianqing Palace.
…
At this moment, inside Qianqing Palace.
Jiajing was sitting cross-legged on the futon, his eyes seemed to be closed. At this moment, he had already fallen into a meditative state.
The blue-gray Taoist robe Jiajing was wearing automatically moved without wind, and then a lavender mana rose up, covering his entire body.
Perhaps sensing the fluctuations in mana, the spirit gathering array covering the entire Qianqing Palace was automatically operating, and the spiritual energy within a hundred miles radius was gathered into the Qianqing Palace at an unimaginable speed.
With the operation of the spirit gathering array, the abundance of spiritual energy in Qianqing Palace is also rapidly increasing.
The skills practiced by Jiajing were running automatically, frantically absorbing the spiritual energy lingering in the Qianqing Palace.
At this time, Jiajing's every breath was filled with an inexplicable charm. During this process, the spiritual energy in Qianqing Palace entered the Dantian cyclone through the meridians in Jiajing's body.
Soon, the spiritual energy in Qianqing Palace was absorbed by Jiajing. After sensing that the power in his body was stronger than before, Jiajing exited the cultivation state and slowly stood up from the futon. .
Then, Jiajing made a casual move, and the flying sword refined by Jiajing earlier was automatically unsheathed and kept circling around Jiajing.
"Find some time and try flying with a sword again. By the way, I haven't been there for a while!"
Jiajing thought so, and with a thought, the flying sword in his hand automatically flew back into the scabbard.
Not long after that, Lu Fang's voice came from outside Qianqing Palace.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report!"
"Well, come in!"
After receiving Jiajing's permission, Lu Fang entered the Qianqing Palace with silent steps.
Immediately, Jiajing glanced at Lu Fang and turned to ask.
"Lu Fang, do you have anything to report to me?"
When Lu Fang heard Jiajing's words, she immediately lowered her head and responded without thinking.
"Your Majesty, not long ago, the Department of Arms sent news that the first batch of flintlock guns has been copied. Do you want to..."
When Jiajing heard this, he nodded slightly and immediately gave instructions.
"Well, I understand. Without further ado, let's go over and take a look now!"
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
At this moment, Lu Fang seemed to suddenly remember something, turned his gaze to Jiajing, and asked cautiously.
"Your Majesty, do you need your servant to inform Mr. Yange and the others?"
When Jiajing heard this, he glanced at Lu Fang calmly, waved his hand, and gave instructions.
"No need, let the two of us go there today!"
"As you command, Your Majesty!"
After that, Lu Fang was seen walking out of the Qianqing Palace, following Jiajing step by step. Immediately, Jiajing was seen riding the Dragon Boat, heading towards the direction of the weapons department.
…
The Arms Department was still extremely busy as usual, with craftsmen passing by from time to time.
At this time, Yi Bin, the chief of the Arms Department, took his eyes away from the imitated flintlocks and muttered silently to himself.
"I hope nothing goes wrong later!"
Since Yi Bin took over the flintlock gun from Lu Fang a month ago, he has been recruiting craftsmen with relevant experience from all over the place to imitate the flintlock gun.
The hard work paid off. After more than a month of hard work, the Arms Department finally thoroughly studied the structure of the flintlock gun. On this basis, they manufactured two types of flintlock guns: long guns and short guns.
Long flintlock muskets are mainly used on the battlefield and to kill enemies at long distances, while short flintlock muskets are easy to carry and are mainly used for self-defense.
Both types of flintlock muskets have been repeatedly tested by the Ordnance Department to determine their reliability.
The effective range of a traditional matchlock gun is only a hundred meters at most, and it is extremely susceptible to the weather.
And this imitation flintlock gun not only has a longer range, but its reliability has also been greatly increased. According to tests by the Ordnance Department, the range of this kind of flintlock gun is about 150 meters to 200 meters!
Sometimes, on the battlefield, even the slightest distance may change the situation of the battle.
Not to mention, the latest imitation flintlock guns have completely crushed the old matchlock guns in terms of range and reliability.
However, due to the rush of time, the number of imitation flintlock guns produced by the Arms Department was only a few dozen.
Among them, long flintlock guns account for the majority, while short flintlock guns are not in large numbers due to their high manufacturing costs and time-consuming factors.
While Yi Bin was still daydreaming, he saw a subordinate running in hurriedly, panting to report.
"Sir... Your Majesty, Your Majesty and Eunuch Lu are about to arrive at the Arms Department!"
"In that case, why are you still standing there? Why don't you go with me to greet you?"
Hearing this, Yi Bin suddenly came back to his senses and ordered in a deep voice.
"Yes, sir!"
Upon hearing this, the subordinate immediately leaned down and responded hurriedly.
After that, Yi Bin called several subordinates and went with him to meet the Holy Master outside the Arms Department.
…
When Jiajing got off the dragon with Lu Fang's support, Yi Bin, the chief of the weapons department who had been waiting here, immediately took his subordinates and knelt on the ground respectfully and said in a deep voice.
"I bow to your majesty, long live my emperor!"
"Well, everyone, get up!"
When Jiajing heard this, he glanced at everyone, waved his hands quite casually, and gave instructions.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After receiving Jiajing's permission, Yi Bin and his subordinates slowly got up from the ground.
After Yi Bin slowly stood up from the ground, Jiajing's Gujing Wubo voice sounded in his ears.
"I heard that your Arms Department has already copied the first batch of flintlock guns?"
Facing Jiajing's inquiry, Yi Bin did not dare to hide anything, and immediately leaned down and responded respectfully.
"Yes, Your Majesty, after more than a month of sleepless nights and day and night research, the Arms Department has finally completed the imitation of the flintlock gun you sent!"
"There are currently two types of flintlock guns manufactured by the Ordnance Department, one is a long gun, and the other is a short gun!"
"Long guns are mainly used on the battlefield. As for short guns, due to the long time and high cost to manufacture, there are not many of them. They are mainly used to kill enemies at close range and for self-defense!"
After listening to Yi Bin's introduction, Jiajing nodded slightly and gave instructions.
"Well, take me in and have a look!"
"As ordered, Your Majesty, please come with me!"
(End of chapter)
