The musket originally evolved from the rifle musket.

The sudden musket is a firearm developed during the Kaiqing period of the Song Dynasty. It was originally made of a giant bamboo tube as the gun body, and it was filled with gunpowder and a zike, that is, bullets. After igniting the lead, the gunpowder erupted and shot out the "zike", causing great lethality.

The effective range reaches about 150 steps.

However, the fire-blasting musket is easy to explode the chamber, which is very unsafe and is not suitable for large-scale promotion and use. Therefore, on the basis of the fire-blasting musket of the Song Dynasty, the Yuan Dynasty used copper pipes to replace bamboo pipes, which solved the problem of some fire-blasting problems, and was able to promote it on a small scale.

Of course, there is still a big problem with the musket at this time, that is, the ammunition is not loaded in time, the range is short, only about one hundred meters, far lower than bows and arrows and crossbows. In addition, it is afraid of being damp and prone to explosion, so it is still not promoted and used on a large scale.

Even in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, bows, arrows, crossbows and arrows were still the main ones.

Fang Jun naturally had these problems, but he had no way to solve them now. He could only take one step first and make a musket first.

As long as you can make a musket, you may be able to make a red-clothed cannon. If there are red-clothed cannons, then the city of Gogurye will not be able to withstand a few cannons. Wouldn’t it be fun to conquer those cities?

Fang Jun began to dispatch troops in Youzhou.

This time I came here, I naturally encountered many problems, such as dealing with some old fried dough sticks and asking them to provide some equipment and materials.

These old fryes are all human spirits, and they are all mentally ignorant. Because seeing Fang Jun is young and has little military achievements, he likes to make jokes, give him sloppy eyes, or trip him up.

Fang Jun was not surprised by this and was happy to play with them.

In general, it is not a big deal. These old foxes dare not do anything, but they just don’t like him. After Fang Jun counts the troops, there will be few places to need him. There will naturally be someone responsible for the subsequent training of the troops in Youzhou.

"Now, besides us, the biggest general in Youzhou is Niu Jinda, the general of the Left Wu Guard! He is easier to talk to and has not caused any trouble. But he should have ordered his subordinates to not let me intervene!" Back at home in Youzhou, Fang Jun hugged Jinyang and said, "Actually, when I saw Niu Jinda, I would say good things to him. But since he first met, he has not seen me again!"

Jin Yang was surprised: "Oh? Why did he hide from his husband?"

Fang Jun smiled and said, "Because I am the third-rank Shangzhen Liao General! The position is one level higher than him. So General Niu is very reluctant to see me. Of course, this is not a big deal. At least General Niu can distinguish the priorities of the matter and will not delay the training of troops!"

Jinyang was happy when he heard this and said with a stinking face: "Jinyang doesn't like those people in the officialdom. Sometimes they speak very well, but they have one thing on the surface, but one thing behind them!"

Fang Jun glanced at her and couldn't help but smile and said, "I'm saying you're very good!"

Jinyang was stunned: "Ah?"

Glimped your beautiful eyes slightly.

Fang Jun smiled and said, "Those ministers actually all receive your kindness. But there is no need for me! When I go to the military camp today, maybe General Niu will meet me!"

Jinyang thought about it after hearing this, and immediately smiled and said, "Husband, should Jinyang follow him too!"

"You can't enter the military camp! Otherwise, you will be said to be unlucky, just stay at home!" Fang Jun shook his head and said.

"Okay! But when my father comes over, I will talk to him!" the little girl nodded and smiled. In fact, he knew the rules.

She absolutely cannot participate in leading troops to fight. She is already very satisfied with being able to come to Youzhou. If she takes a step forward and follows the army to start, it is impossible.

Li Shimin would not allow it.

Seeing her say this, Fang Jun nodded, and said nothing, and continued to figure out the situation in Youzhou.

In fact, he didn't know much about his fiefdom. After all, it was his first time to come. He needed to see how many tenants, people, acres of land, and how many fields there were planted with grain or cotton.

At the beginning of the year, he had some cotton seeds that he had brought to plant here. He planted more than 100 acres in total, and they all grew very well. In autumn, he should be able to get a lot of cotton.

Li Shimin may not realize the importance of cotton. When he attacks Gogurye, he will definitely have a deep understanding.

Time passed quietly in the busy life. Fang Jun was fumbling with Niu Jinda and others in Youzhou, while asking craftsmen to make the first batch of muskets.

Because the craftsmen are not skilled, it is difficult to make it. It took several days to think about it before creating a copper tube.

After it is done, install some mechanisms in it. There are not many, nor very complicated, but they are very clever and need to be installed before they can be used.

Fang Jun ran over to the workshop for a few days. Seeing the craftsman finishing the first musket and handing it over, he hurriedly picked it up and checked it out.

It's done very well, it's a musket.

However, it is also relatively rough. After all, it is the first time I made it. The things inside are not in standard form, and all are forged by hand, so the filled ammunition cannot be specified.

Fang Jun was determined to make a unified musket and study unified ammunition, so that it would be much more convenient to replenish ammunition in the future, but now the time is relatively short and it may not be able to be made.

"I'll give it a try!" Fang Jun said with the musket in his hand, letting everyone scatter and facing a big tree not far away.

Muskets are indeed more dangerous, after all, they are still easy to explode, but this time there was no accident.

After igniting the fire, a loud bang was heard, and the muzzle of the muzzle exploded, and some trunks shot out and shot onto the big tree not far away.

Everyone was shocked when they saw it.

"This is……"

Most of the people who followed Fang Jun during this period were from the vanguards, one of whom was Zhao Hu, who was the deputy captain of the vanguards, and Yuwen Hao, who would come here too.

They are all here now.

"Mr. Prince Consort, what is this? He can actually ejaculate such a thing!" Yuwen Hao asked in surprise.

Fang Jun glanced at him: "The power is relatively low, not safe enough! And the range is very short, so it is not very useful!"

Yuwen Hao and Zhao Hu both widened their eyes.

"Of course, short distances will be useful!" Fang Jun smiled slightly: "As long as there is no large army rushing over directly, it will be effective."

Yuwen Hao was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "The prince-in-law wants to use this to fight?"

"Can't it?" Fang Jun looked at him and smiled, "If this is used properly, it will be of great use. It's just that it won't be of great use in a short period of time!"

As he said that, he said to the craftsman not far away: "Craftsman Du, you can make a few more handfuls according to this size. I will ask someone to give you the materials tomorrow. In the next period of time, you will all make this for me. I need about a thousand handfuls!"

"One thousand?" Several craftsmen were surprised.

Fang Jun nodded and smiled, "Not bad! So you'd better make a good mold and find a way to make me more! I need to have accurate sizes and no difference! If I can do it, this prince consort will be rewarded!"

After hearing this, several craftsmen responded quickly: "Yes! Let's do it right away!"

Fang Jun nodded when he heard this.
Chapter completed!