"yes!"
Regarding Kobayakawa Takahide's order, Ishihara Yasuo did not hesitate at all and ran directly to the warehouse with his people.
After arranging Ishihara Yasuo, Kobayakawa Takahide immediately ran towards the backyard. Although he didn’t know why the people from the Inspectorate were able to find her very hidden hiding place...
But she knew very well how strong Shen Jianzhong's murderous intention was towards the Black Dragon Society. The move at this time must have been planned for a long time. The house was probably surrounded by people now, and it was unrealistic to break out of the encirclement.
Thinking of this, Kobayakawa Takahide couldn't help but feel a little more happy in her heart. Fortunately, she had always had a sense of crisis. She had always been a cunning rabbit and always left a way out for herself!
After choosing this house as his hiding place, he ordered someone to dig a secret passage underground in case of emergency!
In order to ensure that only he knew about the existence of the secret tunnel, Kobayakawa Takahide deliberately poisoned all the craftsmen involved in the construction of the secret tunnel with poisonous wine at the celebration banquet after the completion of the secret tunnel.
And now is the time to use this secret passage to escape from the siege of the Inspectorate and ascend to heaven. When she came to the backyard, Kobayakawa Takahide found a very hidden dry well. Then she jumped up and used Qinggong to steady her body. Jumped to the bottom of the dry well.
Lighting a fire stick, Kobayakawa Takahide groped for a while at the bottom of the dark dry well under the light of the fire, and found the switch of the secret passage. With a slight push, the entrance to the secret passage appeared in front of her. in front of.
Looking at the secret passage in front of him and listening to the sound of fire-fighting coming from outside the dry well, a smile finally appeared on Kobayakawa Takahide's beautiful face. He immediately held up the fire folder and quickly walked into the secret passage... ·······
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"I've met the Commander-in-Chief!"
Looking at the majestic young man in front of him, the fifty-one-year-old craftsman Sun Changcheng bowed and clasped his fists a little awkwardly and said:
Seeing this honest craftsman fidgeting, Ye Mingsheng smiled and reassured him, and after letting him relax, he handed over the drawings that he had worked on for several nights.
Although Dong Jiangchuan was not interested in Ye Mingsheng's idea of making firearms at all, due to Ye Mingsheng's request, he still relied on connections and spent a lot of effort to help Ye Mingsheng find Sun Changcheng, a craftsman in the Ministry of Household Affairs. He has been working as a firearms craftsman for half his life.
Although he was very reserved in front of Ye Mingsheng's powerful aura and could hardly speak, as soon as he got the drawings, Sun Changcheng seemed to be a different person immediately, and his expression immediately became very focused... ·········
After looking at a cup of tea, Sun Changcheng put down the drawings and introduced to Ye Mingsheng:
"Sir, Commander-in-Chief, this is the first time I have seen the style of your fire gun. It is somewhat similar to the bird gun, but it is much larger than the bird gun and has some other structures added."
"But according to my experience, there should be no problem with the structure of this gun. It's just that the gun bed is a bit difficult, but it's not too difficult. You should be able to get it out after a few more attempts."
Listening to the results given by Sun Changcheng, a smile appeared on Ye Mingsheng's face.
In the previous life, Ming Dynasty literature could be said to be the most popular dynasty in the historical category of online literature. At its peak, half of the historical bestseller lists were Ming Dynasty literature!
So at that time, in order to gain popularity, he also planned to write an article about traveling to Ming and Zheng. Therefore, he checked a lot of information, a large part of which was about firearms. He had never thought about this information and did not use it when writing. Now I use it instead...
The drawings he showed Sun Changcheng were of the famous heavy matchlock gun in the late Ming Dynasty - the eagle-billed gun!
This eagle-billed blunderbuss weighs about twenty-six pounds, is four feet and two inches long, and has a total length of fifty-five inches. The outer diameter of the mouth of the blunderbuss is about one and a half inches, and the diameter is more than six minutes. The outer diameter of the base of the blunderbuss is more than two inches. It uses one or two ounces of gunpowder. Three coins, one to two to five thousand pieces of lead.
According to the information Ye Mingsheng found at that time, this hawk-bill gun has a long range and is powerful. The longest range can reach four hundred steps. It can penetrate iron armor within a hundred steps and can still penetrate cotton armor at a distance of two hundred steps. The plank is a great weapon against heavy armored cavalry. It can penetrate two heavy armored cavalry with one shot at close range!
However, although this eagle-bill gun is powerful, it also has many shortcomings. For example, the recoil is large, it must be equipped with a bracket, and the rate of fire is also a bit slow.
The reason why Ye Mingsheng chose to make this eagle-billed gun first has a lot to do with the situation he is facing now. The conflict between Lin Huaiwu's troops and the Khitan people in Xinfa County some time ago also made Ye Mingsheng Feeling the threat from the Khitans...
The two enemies that Ye Mingsheng now faces are attacking the Zhensanshan Department of the caravan, although it is imminent.
But bandits are bandits after all, and they can't become a big deal. Ye Mingsheng only regards them as scabies. As long as he settles down and works on farming for a period of time, the threat they pose will not be too great!
It was the presence of the Khitans that made Ye Mingsheng feel like a thorn in his back.
He now fully understands what the deal between An Zhirong and the Khitans is!
Although An Zhirong's caravan transports a lot of daily necessities, the most critical materials are strategic materials such as pig iron and salt that are prohibited by the imperial court from being traded with the grassland people!
An Zhirong relied on these contrabands to obtain war horses from the Khitan people to make huge profits!
Therefore, with the help of An Zhirong, the Khitan cavalry was not only equipped with armor, but also formed a heavy armored cavalry with over a thousand men!
The existence of these Khitan cavalry can be said to pose a considerable threat to Ye Mingsheng's troops!
Obviously, it is impossible for Ye Mingsheng to reach a balance of power with the Khitans at the cavalry level, so this requires Ye Mingsheng to make a breakthrough as soon as possible at the firearms level to restrain the Khitan cavalry. After much thought, Ye Mingsheng finally chose Got a hawk!
Although the eagle-billed blunderbuss has been greatly improved compared to the bird blunderbuss currently equipped by the Zhou army, at least most of the principles are still the same. They are in line with the technological level of this era and can be understood by craftsmen and put into practice. Make it quickly.
If Ye Mingsheng takes out the breech-loading gun now, the craftsmen may not know how to make it when they look at the drawings. After all, although Ye Mingsheng has checked the information in this area and knows the principles and characteristics of fire blunderbuss, there is no specific manufacturing process. , but he knew nothing about it and could only rely on the craftsmen's slow exploration!
