I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

Make a deal with the imperial court, and then find him.

It was hard for Li Shimin not to think about it.

He opened his mouth, wanting to ask this question, but felt that in his own capacity, he shouldn't put himself in such a passive situation.

Li Shimin straightened his body, showing the posture of a father-in-law: "Oh? What kind of deal is it?"

It's really nice to talk to smart people.

Yin Xuan made a slight gesture, and waved his hands to the back. Jiu'er tilted his head and thought for a while, and after understanding Yin Xuan's meaning, he hurried to the backyard and took out a matchlock gun.

"It's a deal for this thing." Yin Xuan pointed to the gun on the table.

Li Shimin was a little curious, picked it up, looked at it for a long time, even pointed the muzzle of the gun at himself, closed one eye, and looked inside hard, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything.

"What is this?"

His nose smelled gunpowder, and he had some guesses.

Yin Xuan said: "This is a gun. You can understand it as a kind of artillery that can be used by one person."

Li Shimin stood up abruptly, looked at this thing in astonishment, and then sat down again, frowning: "Are you sure it really works?"

He also asked the supervisor to study the guns held by individuals, but he has never been successful. When the iron skin is thin enough, the chamber will explode.

In order not to cause more deaths, he had no choice but to stop his order, but there were still some craftsmen in the general prison, who were still studying this thing out of their own interest.

"Go, go to the backyard, I'll show you." Yin Xuan got up and picked up the matchlock gun.

Li Shimin followed behind him.

Qian Niuwei followed behind Li Shimin. If it was in the past, Li Shimin would have kept these people from making such a big commotion.There wouldn't be any guards around a sixth-rank official, but today Li Shimin didn't stop him.

He wanted to test Yin Xuan.

Thinking of how much this son-in-law of his own knows.

Yin Xuan's face didn't change much, as if he threw his whole body and mind on the musket.

The use of the matchlock gun is a relatively cumbersome matter. First, the matchlock is lit, but there is no open flame, but some sparks are slowly spreading.

Adjust the suitable length.

Yin Xuan began to fill the gun barrel with gunpowder, then took a wooden stick and poked it inside to make the gunpowder as compact as possible.Then put the lead shot in, and it is also compacted.

Pull the trigger again, and the matchlock rotates, igniting the gunpowder from above the barrel.

With a chirping sound, the gunpowder was ignited and exploded immediately, and the lead pellet was pushed out of the gun chamber, accurately hitting the target in front of it, and blasting the wooden target.

Li Shimin's brows were still furrowed.

The power is much, much smaller than that of the artillery, and it is a bit cumbersome to reload, but... He looked at the blasted wooden rake and exhaled.

It is enough for a weapon that is only for personal use to have such power.

A human's head is not necessarily stronger than this wooden target.

"This thing is quite cumbersome." Yin Xuan shot two shots, and casually threw the gun to Jiu'er, "But the power is not bad, unless it is full armor, it can't resist bullets ten feet away."

"Even with full armor, it's hard to say within ten feet."

Although the armor is made of iron, it is mainly used to defend against swords and bullets. Although the power of the arquebus is a bit weak, it will definitely be able to penetrate the armor if it is within five feet.

Whether you can break through the defense within ten feet depends on luck.

"The effective range is about fifteen feet." Yin Xuan then introduced, "Beyond the effective range, the power and accuracy cannot be guaranteed, and there is still some lethality beyond fifteen feet."

fifteen feet.

Li Shimin was shocked, to be honest, the range is not too far.Bows and crossbows can shoot farther than this, and the marksman in the army can hit the target even seventy feet away.

Of course, this is a minority, but most crossbows can still achieve a range of thirty feet.

But that's not how wars are fought.

Even if both armies have a large number of crossbowmen, the warring camps are within fifteen feet.Not to mention the power gap between bows and guns.

Bows and arrows can be defended with shields, but what about muskets?Li Shimin estimated that even the best shield in the army, under this power, about five or six bullets would completely collapse.

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Li Shimin became.

He said unceremoniously that if he was given five hundred masterful musketeers, he would be able to reenact the change of the Xuanwu Gate, and this time the target was not Li Yuan, but himself.

He looked at Yin Xuan with some kindness in his eyes. Sure enough, his son-in-law is a good person. After researching such a good thing, the first thing he thought of was to hand it over to the court.

Although, it is in the name of "transaction".

"What do you want to trade with the court?" Li Shimin took the pistol from Jiuer's hand and began to play with it fondly, but this time he no longer dared to point the gun at his head.

Yin Xuan chuckled lightly: "I opened a branch in Kucha, and now I am being harassed by the son of the prime minister of Kucha."

"I want the court to send troops."

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and his mind seemed to be a little bit overwhelmed.

Kucha?

When did the store open a branch in that place?He was silent, why didn't he know anything?Has the store's mysterious organization extended beyond Datang?

Li Shimin didn't press on.

He continued to play with the musket, thought for a while, and then nodded: "I see, I will tell the court."

Sending troops to Kucha is actually not a bad thing.

The Western Turks have always been submissive to Datang, but their national power is limited, and it has been difficult for Datang to send troops to educate this unbecoming vassal.

Yin Xuan's suggestion was considered to have touched his heart.

"Then thank you, old man." Yin Xuan arched his hands and smiled brightly, "Tomorrow, I will ask your girl to bring you the method of making this gun."

Li Shimin's heart twitched, and he always felt that he was being tricked by Yin Xuan.

Return to the restaurant with the gun in hand.

Seeing Yin Xuan enter the kitchen and continue cooking, Li Shimin took a deep breath, glanced at Wei Zheng, and said in a low voice, "I always feel that the store knows my identity."

A few people on the table were taken aback, and looked over in surprise.

"Why did Erlang say that?" Wei Zheng asked in a low voice.

Li Shimin shook his head, looking at the kitchen with meaningful eyes: "Intuition."

Several people at the table were eating in silence, not daring to speak.

Kucha country.

Nadur hadn't been out of the house since the accident that day. He was a dude, but he was not a fool.It was not a good thing that I made such a big commotion that day.

That is the person and property of Tang Xungui...

To attack him is not just to attack a mere district or county man, but to attack the noble class of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Apologize?

Or play dead?

Nadur has been thinking about this for a while.