Become a feudal king from today

"Let's go find the projectiles together." Feeling the slight sting on his shoulders, Zhao Xu was a little excited.

It is obvious that the recoil of a rifled gun is greater than that of a flintlock gun.

This is enough to show that the power of the gun has become greater.

In fact, Wang Ying and others had already experimented with rifled guns.

The power of rifled guns was clear.

However, in order not to disappoint King Yan, they still followed.

After walking 540 meters or a mile, Zhao Xu found silver-black lead bullets in the soil.

"Hahaha, not bad, not bad." Zhao Xu picked up the lead bullet and couldn't help laughing.

The improved rifled gun exceeded his expectations.

The maximum range of the flintlock guns currently used by the royal army is about 250 meters.

But the effective range is only about 120 meters.

At such a distance, there is no absolute advantage for archers.

But this time the rifled gun was different.

With a maximum range of more than 500 meters, the effective shooting distance should be about 230 meters.

The most important thing is that the accuracy of rifled guns has been greatly improved compared to smoothbore guns.

During exchanges of fire, soldiers equipped with rifled guns can kill more enemies in one wave.

At the same time, the emergence of rifled guns can also bring about changes in firearm tactics.

From now on, the royal family's army can train a group of stragglers.

These skirmishers can move flexibly on the battlefield and kill opposing soldiers.

"Xiaguan has tested it. Within 235 meters, the projectiles can penetrate the wooden board. It will not be a problem to kill the enemy on the battlefield." Wang Ying said, verifying Zhao Xu's guess.

"Very good. In that case, let's start improving the flintlock guns in batches now." Zhao Xu returned the rifled gun to Wang Ying.

At present, the situation facing Yanzhou is still very serious.

Beidi is a powerful grassland empire.

Although he won three battles with Beidi, he also killed many Beidi soldiers.

However, Beidi is, after all, a powerful country that even Da Song cannot deal with.

Lost twice, three times, unable to shake its foundation.

Now that Beidi is targeting him with everything, it is impossible for him not to worry at all.

After all, Dasong is currently suffering from internal and external troubles, not just external troubles.

This left him to face Beidi alone.

Therefore, without an absolute advantage, he must be cautious.

But if the rifled gun is installed in the royal army, the situation will be different.

For him, Ningjin Dusi will no longer be a forbidden land that he cannot enter.

It's fat meat that he can take a bite of at any time.

"Yes, Your Highness, but the steam engine must be given to the Military Division first." Wang Ying had forgotten this.

When Wang Chong boasted about the steam engine to him, he became fascinated by it.

Given this opportunity, he naturally refused to let it go.

"This matter is very urgent. You can use manpower and steam engines to build it first, and it will be sent over." Zhao Xu said.

Although the steam engine experiment was successful, a truly practical one had not yet been built.

However, judging from Wang Ying's enthusiasm, he could already imagine what kind of sensation it would cause when the steam engine was officially put into use.

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Jincheng.

Mullahon was actually inspecting the Jincheng camp.

In the past few days, he had been in a good mood and changed from being depressed.

Ulamba stayed with him, and Ivan was telling Mulhonzhen something.

"The thing that King Yan used should be a hot air balloon. My God, he can actually make such a thing. It's incredible." Ivan opened his mouth in surprise.

After he proposed the plan to poison Yanguan, Mulehong became much friendly to him.

Today I also described to him the Battle of Xiancheng and the things flying in the sky.

"Can you make it?" Mullerhon heard this and stared at Ivan with his eagle-like eyes.

Shaking his head, Ivan said: "I've just seen it, but I don't know how they made it."

Mule Hongzhen looked disappointed, "You Europeans are nothing more than this, you might as well praise a King of Yan."

"Your King Yan must have a missionary like me to assist him, otherwise he would not be able to create these things." Ivan said.

During his stay in Jincheng, the name of King Yan kept coming to his ears.

He already knew that it was this King of Yan who created artillery, then muskets, and now even hot air balloons.

But for him, it was impossible for King Yan to create these things independently.

Because this is a barbaric land just like the New World.

They don't even understand that the earth is round.

"Maybe so." Muller Hongzhen said.

A crazy and foolish King of Yan arrived in Yanzhou, and now he is firmly seated in Yanzhou. It is impossible without the guidance of an expert.

But if this is the case, the people around King Yan are much stronger than Ivan.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but have the urge to send an envoy to Rus.

If he could find someone more powerful than Ivan, he might be able to defeat King Yan.

But Ivan is not bad either. He seems to be more proficient in medicine than cannon casting.

Just as he was thinking about it, a cavalryman came in a hurry.

"Khan, there is a pirate who calls himself Wufeng Island asking to see him," the cavalryman said.

"Wufeng Island?" Muller Hongzhen frowned.

Ulanba said: "Father, Wufeng Island is a powerful pirate. The Korean merchant ships have to pay for their passage south."

When he was in Korea, he heard about the deeds of Wufeng Island.

Now that Wufeng Island came to his door, he realized that this must be related to the Black Shark pirates.

"Really?" Mu Lehongzhen also thought of something, "Let them come in."

Not long after, a thin man was brought in by the cavalry.

Behind the man were two young pirates.

"Hua Chen, the deputy owner of Wufeng Island, please see the Khan." The leading man said with cupped hands.

Mule Hongzhen glanced sideways at Hua Chen, "Just tell us what your purpose is here."

"Khan is such a happy person." Hua Chen said loudly.

After receiving the order from the island owner Lu Zheng, he led people from the sea to Ningjin Dusi.

However, the Black Shark pirates patrolled closely, and several of their warships were sunk.

But the sea is very big, and the Black Shark pirates' warships cannot control every place.

His warship still escaped the Black Shark pirate's warship.

"Khan must be very aware of the recent black shark pirates. When we come here this time, we at Wufeng Island want to join hands with Beidi to destroy the black shark pirates." Hua Chen said.

Mule Hongzhen and Ulanba looked at each other.

One hundred thousand Beidi soldiers were buried in the sea. This was a pain that he and Ulanba could not forget.

They naturally hate the Black Shark pirates to death.

"But we don't have warships in Beidi, don't you know?" Ulanba said.

"Beidi doesn't have it, but Korea does. As long as the Khan is willing to let the Korean navy and Wufeng Island work together to encircle and suppress the black sharks." Hua Chen said.

Mule Hongzhen and Ulanba looked at each other again.

The poisoning plan targets Yanguan, but the black shark pirates at sea will not be affected.

Now, since Wufeng Island came forward to destroy the Black Shark pirates, they naturally wanted to support them.

And this was also their first step to destroy King Yan.