Although the first generation of arquebuses has been invented, their service life is still too short. Even if the arquebus is made of the best quality flat bamboo, it can only be fired five times at most, and the others can only be fired once or twice on average.

The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. Relying on such muskets is not enough to change the situation on the battlefield. It is necessary to develop durable muskets.

In addition, it is necessary to invent explosives and cannons as soon as possible. Explosives and cannons are very useful whether it is for blocking enemies or attacking cities.

Sun Wukong has begun training a musketeer team. Although the musket has a short service life, it is powerful and has a long range.

The production of this kind of fire gun is very simple. You just need to choose the length of the material, then open the bamboo joints, and then you can do simple operations.

Sun Wukong found nearly a hundred archery experts and brought them to the experimental site to start training. They just had to shoot at the target with their muskets.

Sun Wukong emphasized that a musket can only be used twice at most and should be discarded immediately after being used once on the battlefield. Fortunately, there is a lot of bamboo and it can be mass-produced. The musket can be filled with gunpowder in advance, and it will be a real weapon when the time comes.

Time passed quickly, and three months went by in the blink of an eye. In the military camp outside Yangping County, there was already a powerful corps.

After three months of training, the veterans have become proficient in the use of muskets, and the new recruits have also successfully graduated. They are now veterans.

In three months, Sun Wukong could do a lot of things. He once again sent a group of people to Xianyang. With the help of Liu Hai, they successfully opened an escort agency in Xianyang, named Zhou Tong, which means Zhou of Da Zhou and Tong of Yuantong.

Most of the core members of Zhoutong Escort Agency are Sun Wukong's men. Liu Hai also found many veterans who retired from the battlefield. Every escort mission was well thought out. Sun Wukong established Zhoutong Escort Agency to collect the rest of the world.

Although Liu Hai collected intelligence in Xianyang according to Sun Wukong's instructions, it was not enough. What Sun Wukong wanted was intelligence from all over the world, including the Great Zhou and the surrounding barbarians.

Thus, the Zhoutong Escort Agency was born. Every time the Zhoutong Escort Agency escorted a group of people, they would dispatch soldiers who were proficient in martial arts and good at fighting. In the beginning, there were bandits who tried to intercept the Zhoutong Escort Agency, but later they were frightened and no bandits would touch the escorts of the Zhoutong Escort Agency.

The Zhoutong Escort Agency slowly spread to Qin and Nanjun, with Xianyang as the center. The Zhoutong Escort Agency quickly built its own intelligence network. There were also many branches of the Zhoutong Escort Agency in Qin and Nanjun, as well as some hidden organizations.

All the intelligence collected by Zhoutong Escort Agency and the movements of Great Zhou and neighboring countries were passed on to Sun Wukong.

The business of Zhoutong Escort Agency was getting bigger and better, and more and more branches were opened. Sun Wukong directly dispatched an additional battalion to each branch of Zhoutong Escort Agency.

The progress of firearms has also improved in the past three months. Sun Wukong has successfully created batches of second-generation muskets using copper. Even the bullets have evolved. The previous paper-wrapped bullets have long been outdated.

The second generation of muskets were no longer simple firearms. After Sun Wukong opened the Zhoutong Escort Agency, he collected flint all over the world. He really found it, and Sun Wukong spent a huge amount of money to buy a large amount of flint.

After his hard work and that of the people in the research department, they created the refillable flintlock rifle, which consists of a barrel, trigger, buttstock, handle and launcher.

The trigger is connected to a trigger device. Moving the trigger causes the flint to hit the back of the barrel, causing sparks to be created, igniting the filled gunpowder. The burning of the gunpowder creates a huge impact force, pushing out the bullet slightly stuck inside. The moment the bullet is pushed out, the gunpowder at the tail of the bullet erupts, causing the gunpowder to burn out completely. The bullet head is directly separated from the bullet shell, and then the baffle next to the barrel is pulled open to pour out the bullet shell, and then the gunpowder and bullet are filled again.

In fact, there is a simpler way. Sun Wukong also invented another flintlock rifle, which is to pull the trigger to let the firing pin made of flint hit directly behind the bullet and then fire the bullet.

However, this type of unfilled flintlock has a long range and is not powerful enough. The combustion of gunpowder filled in the flintlock creates a thrust, and the gunpowder in the bullet shell can increase the speed of the bullet.

Under normal circumstances, Sun Wukong can simply use a reloaded flintlock rifle, because there are few weapons in this world that can exceed the range of a reloaded flintlock rifle, but there are exceptions to everything. The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and problems will arise when soldiers are reloading gunpowder.

Therefore, when the situation between the enemy and ourselves is not good, Sun Wukong still prefers a flintlock rifle, as it only takes a moment to load bullets into this rifle.

Sun Wukong also built several cannons, one of which was filled with solid bullets. By adjusting the height of the cannon and then lighting the fuse to let the gunpowder burn and launch the cannonball, the cannonball was made of granite and was specially built by Sun Wukong for siege.

Solid bullets can cause death or injury if they hit people. Another type of shells is shotgun shells, which are fragile and can be solid or hollow. Solid shells are generally made of sandstone balls and tile balls, and are mainly used to kill people. This type of shell is loaded as a whole, and breaks into fragments of different sizes when it leaves the barrel. It is also called a large shotgun, and has a shorter range.

The next one is his ultimate weapon. He fills gunpowder inside copper, iron or hollowed-out rock and then fires it. The shell explodes when it hits the enemy. However, this gun has not been completed yet, and its delayed fuse is not properly controlled. The manufacturing price of this bomb is also extremely expensive.

Sun Wukong specially set up an artillery squad and a musket team. Now only the people in the musket team have guns. The materials consumed in making these weapons are huge. Liu Hai and the others also need the money earned by Zhou Tong. After maintaining the turnover and managing the relationship, there is not much left.

Although he is the prince of Qin, he cannot transfer money at will. Moreover, his current title of King of Qin is only in name only, and he does not have much real power.

Fortunately, Sun Wukong's Yangping has many mineral resources, including a lot of sulfur and saltpeter, so there is at least no shortage of gunpowder for the time being.

Sun Wukong ordered the Zhoutong Escort Agency to inquire about the information about saltpeter while escorting convoys across the country. He planned to control these things in his own hands.

Normally, Sun Wukong would ask the research department to make more explosive packs, which could be used in sieges and ambushes for the enemy.

Sun Wukong also invented a simple version of the grenade. After filling the copper tube with gunpowder stones, he prepared the fuse. However, he has not yet figured out the principle of the fuse.

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