Li Lu, now serves as the capital secretary under Yang Zhen.

This man was a die-hard loyalist of Yang Zhen in history. In the spring and March of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, he and Yang Zhen were beheaded outside Songshan City.

It happens that Yang Zhen now knows this bit of history, because there are only a few records about Yang Zhen in history, and one of the characters recorded at the same time is Li Lu.

It now seems that Zhang Degui and others under Yang Zhen were probably killed in the first wave of encounters with the Manchu cavalry, so they were not captured, and therefore no names were left.

"Great! Li Dusi came back at the right time!"

Yang Zhen looked at Li Lu who was walking quickly and said with a smile: "Li Dusi has worked hard! I hope this Lumi gun can live up to its name and be worthy of everyone's hard work today!"

After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he took the firegun wrapped in layers of oilcloth from Li Lu, feeling a little uneasy in his heart.

He has seen all the individual firearms equipped by the officers and soldiers in Ningyuan City. There are not many differences. There are many firearms that have been passed down as miraculous in later generations. Now it seems that they are simply in vain, which is equivalent to the difference between a seller's show and a buyer's show.

This made him have mixed feelings about the legendary Rumi gun. He hoped that it would be like the legend and that it was really a musket similar to the Western muskets in the late Ming Dynasty. At the same time, he was very worried and afraid of the "Lu Mi gun".

The legend of "Secret Gun" is just a legend.

Yang Zhen carefully peeled off the oilcloth wrapped around it layer by layer, revealing a reddish-brown "gun bed" soaked in oil.

I don’t know what kind of wood this “gun bed” is made of. There are fine lines on it, so it’s quite heavy to buy.

Seeing this gun bed made of hardwood, Yang Zhen's heart was pounding. Just from what he could see, the Lumi gun was no longer an ordinary fire gun.

At least the design of this hardwood "gun bed" is an era better than any magic gun, fire gun, three-eyed gun, or four-eye iron gun.

Yang Zhen was overjoyed and at the same time a little impatient, he quickly removed all the oilcloth wrapping the "gun body", and what suddenly caught his eye was the legendary gun stock, dragon head, and trigger.

The butt of the "Lumi Gun" is the so-called "curved type", that is, it can be placed on the chest and shoulder socket to exert force.

In terms of its basic shape, it is similar to the butt shape of the so-called "Hanyang-made" old slide in later generations.

Taking a closer look, Yang Zhen discovered that although the butt of this "Lumi gun" and its hardwood "gun bed" were tightly connected, there were gaps between the joints, which seemed to be able to move.

Yang Zhen had doubts in his heart and looked up at Li Lu. Li Lu hurriedly said: "Sir! There is a knife tip hidden at the end of Rumi's gun bed. When in battle, if the enemy is approaching, remove the butt of the gun and it can be used as a saber to kill a horse!"

After Li Lu said this, seeing that Yang Zhen was still puzzled, he took the Rumi gun from Yang Zhen's hand, searched around on the butt of the gun, found a rivet, and picked up a sharp stone from the ground.

Hit one end of the rivet, and a square rivet about two inches long fell out.

Immediately afterwards, Li Lu slapped the butt of the gun, and then pulled it down hard. The butt fell off the end of the "gun bed", and a sickle-shaped blade about seven or eight inches long was exposed.

Yang Zhen was a little stunned by Li Lu's operation. He had never thought that the one-foot-long "curved" butt of the "Lumi Gun" actually had such a complicated design.

"What the hell kind of deceitful design is this!? The butt of a gun is just a butt. Since it's a musket, why do you want to use a slaying sword? It's such a waste of steel and flashy!"

While Yang Zhen was muttering in his stomach, he took the "Lumi Gun" from Li Lu's hand, buckled the butt of the gun, inserted the rivets, reinstalled it, and then went to check the faucet rail for ignition and the trigger.

and fire gate.

The leading rail and machine of the "Lumi Gun" are all inside the "gun bed". The machine rail cannot be seen from the outside. The whole structure is still very careful.

Yang Zhen imitated the way he would do target shooting during military training in later generations. He put the butt of the gun into the hollow of his shoulder and pulled the trigger. There was only a crisp sound of "click", and the faucet iron hit the fire door, and then immediately bounced up and recovered.

As before.

Although decades have passed, the Lumi gun produced by the imperial court in the middle of Wanli period is still a valuable weapon. This shows that the Ming Dynasty had a broad vision and strong national power.

Later, Yang Zhen turned the gun upside down and looked at the barrel. It was indeed the shape of two "gun barrels" on the inside and outside superimposed on the sleeve.

This double-layer gun tube is fixed in the groove of the wooden "gun bed" from beginning to end, and is hooped with iron rings, making it extremely strong and reliable.

There is also a "stick" designed under the "gun bed", which is a stick specially used to clean the gun tube and tamp the gunpowder and projectiles.

Looking at the front opening, the diameter is not large.

Yang Zhen directly used his index finger to try it, but he couldn't insert it. So he used his ring finger, but he could insert it smoothly. The inner wall of the barrel was smooth and not sandy. Of course, the inner wall also had no rifling.

"Come! Load up the gunpowder, let me try again!"

Yang Zhen hurriedly read the legendary Lumi gun and was basically satisfied. He had found a prototype musket that could be processed and improved in this era. Now it depends on its range.

Yang Zhen said as he handed the "Rumi Gun" to Li Lu.

Li Lu took it, took a gunpowder jar specially designed for ordinary shotguns, quickly filled it with gunpowder, then tore off a piece of oilcloth, wrapped the bullets in it, rolled it into a ball, stuffed it in, and then tamped it down with a stick.

He also asked someone to fetch a match rope, lit it, and clamped it on the faucet iron.

Finally, he carefully poured some gunpowder powder into the slot at the fire door and carefully handed it to Yang Zhen.

Yang Zhen has personally tested several types of firearms, including the relatively common bird guns in the Ming Dynasty's army, which are low-end matchlock guns that are cheap but not good in quality, so he already knows this process.

Immediately he took the "Rumi Gun", ordered everyone around him to get out of the way, and aimed at a shield holding a thick cowhide standing a hundred steps away.

Yang Zhen pulled the trigger hard, and the match rope clamped on the faucet iron ignited the gunpowder in the hole of the fire door. A burst of smoke with sparks rose up, and then there was only a loud "bang" sound, and Yang Zhen's shoulder socket felt like

He was hit hard by something and almost staggered.

At the same time, there was a sudden cloud of white smoke in front of his eyes, and the smoke that choked his mouth and nose made Yang Zhen cough.

After Yang Zhen finished shooting the "Rumi Gun", a soldier ran over to look at the target. After a while, the soldier who ran away happily ran back dragging a thick cowhide wooden shield.

"Hit! Lord Xie Zhen hit!"

After a while, the soldier returned to Yang Zhen and others, holding the shield, pointing to a walnut-sized crater on the upper edge of the shield, and said happily: "Masters, please take a look! There is a crater here, which was not there before.

it's here!"

Yang Zhen approached and saw that the old cowhide covering the shield was damaged, but although the shield on the opposite side was bulging a little, it was not completely penetrated.

He dug his finger into it and poked it. The projectile fell out from behind the shield and had deformed.

"I once heard someone say that the Rumi gun can hit people 180 steps away, and it can also hurt people from 180 steps away. Now it seems that it is really an exaggeration!"

After saying this, Yang Zhen felt mixed emotions in his heart. At this moment, an idea suddenly came to his mind and he said to Li Lu: "How much gunpowder did you load? How heavy is the projectile you loaded?"

Seeing that Yang Zhen was still not satisfied with the performance of the "Rumi Gun", Li Lu quickly said: "Sir! I have never used the Lumi Gun. I don't know how much medicine it uses and how heavy the bullet is! In order to prevent the chamber from exploding, I have never used it."

Load it according to the proportion of the muskets in the camp. The medicine costs four cents, and the lead bullets weigh three cents!"

"I see!"

After listening to Li Lu's words, Yang Zhen felt a little better.

It seems that the "Lumi Gun" needs to be loaded with much gunpowder and how heavy the projectile is to use in order to exert its maximum effect, and further experiments are needed.

Looking at the "Lumi Gun", which was nearly two meters long and weighed more than ten kilograms, Yang Zhen finally felt confident.

However, at this moment, just as he was about to continue testing the dosage and projectiles of the "Lumi Gun", a sound of horse hooves was heard outside the school grounds, and Yang Zhen and everyone around him hurriedly turned around to look around.

After a while, a group of people came to the gate of the school grounds at a galloping speed. Only one person in the lead shouted: "Is Mr. Yang Zhen here? The commander-in-chief has ordered, please Yang Xiezhen to follow me and come to the governor's camp as soon as possible to discuss matters!"

The big and small officials who were following Yang Zhen in the school grounds to try out firearms all looked at Yang Zhen when they heard this.

"It's finally here! What should come will eventually come!"
Chapter completed!