I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

The empress looked at the countless weapons in front of her, calmed down a little, and continued walking forward.

At this time, a man came out of the room and said, "Master Jiang, we have already made the first batch of flintlock rifles. Please come and check them."

Jiang Zuo nodded with satisfaction. This was also the reason why he came to the arsenal this time.

"A flintlock, a long gun?"

Chen Qingyun asked doubtfully.

Jiang Zuo explained seriously: "Yes, it's just a very ordinary spear."

After a while, they came to an open space.

Directly in front of us, there was a long table with strange long tubes neatly arranged on the table.

"Sir, everything is here." said the man, then he made way and stood aside.

Jiang Zuo walked forward and picked up a flintlock rifle.

Chen Qingyun also stepped forward to look at these weapons, and asked in confusion: "Can such a short spear really hurt people?"

Hearing this question, Jiang Zuo smiled faintly and said, "This is not a close-range weapon, but a long-range weapon."

"remote?"

Chen Qingyun felt even more confused. This thing didn't look like a weapon like a bow or crossbow.

"Then let me demonstrate."

Jiang Zuo began to check the quality of the flintlock in his hand to ensure that no accidents would occur.

He then ordered his subordinates to bring the most critical ammunition and start loading it.

Their current technological points are not enough to produce more sophisticated bullets, so they can only use flintlock rifles for the time being.

"Miss Siyue, please stand a little further away. I'm afraid I'll hurt you by mistake." Jiang Zuo reminded.

"How could there be accidental injuries?" Chen Qingyun took several steps back with great doubt.

"A little further."

Jiang Zuo turned around with a smile on his face.

Chen Qingyun retreated directly under the eaves and watched Jiang Zuo's performance silently.

Jiang Zuo raised his flintlock rifle and aimed for a moment, but there was no response. After a while, he said, "Xiao Yang, come here."

"Sir, I am here to serve you?"

It could be seen that Xiao Yang was also a little panicked.

After all, this is a new type of weapon, and who knows if it will explode.

Jiang Zuo hesitated for a moment, then suddenly became a coward and asked his subordinates to come and test it first.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry." Jiang Zuo urged.

Xiao Yang plucked up his courage, stepped forward to take the flintlock rifle, and then aimed at the target that had been set up in advance.

Jiang Zuo quickly retreated to Chen Qingyun's side, approached her and said, "Miss Siyue, please cover your ears."

“Do I still have to cover my ears?”

Chen Qingyun had no idea why, but seeing Jiang Zuo's actions, he followed suit.

A moment later, Xiao Yang pulled the trigger.

"Boom!"

All that was heard was a loud explosion.

Chen Qingyun was shocked and hadn't reacted to what was happening.

Xiao Yang's shaking hands gradually calmed down, and he said excitedly: "Master, it's done!"

"Very good." Jiang Zuo nodded and continued, "Fire another shot at that armored car."

Xiao Yang immediately reloaded his ammunition and then fired another shot at the armor.

Successful hit.

Jiang Zuo clapped his hands and said, "Xiao Yang, you have the potential to be a sniper. Don't worry, I will promote you."

"Sir, what is the rank of a sniper?"

Xiao Yang doesn't understand.

"It's very important anyway, that's enough, you can leave now."

Jiang Zuo stepped forward.

At this moment, Chen Qingyun still didn't understand what was happening.

How did those two loud noises just now come about?

Does this have anything to do with the fireworks?

Chen Qingyun followed behind Jiang Zuo and took a look. He saw that a small hole had been pierced through the leather armor in the distance. There was even a dent on the iron armor. If this had hit a person, it would have torn his skin apart...

The empress was stunned by the flintlock rifle.

The lethality is so great that it even far exceeds that of bows and crossbows.

With this powerful weapon, Dayan will surely unify the world!

"No, it's still not powerful enough. We need to increase the amount of gunpowder in the next batch."

At this time, Jiang Zuo shook his head.

Isn't this powerful enough?

Chen Qingyun was stunned.

"Master Jiang, how did you do this?"

The empress's heart was greatly shocked.

"It contains something called gunpowder. Didn't I tell you before? The fireworks also use this kind of gunpowder, but the ingredients are slightly different."

Jiang Zuo explained to Chen Qingyun as concisely as possible.

It was obvious that Chen Qingyun didn't understand.

Neither Dayan nor Southern Chen had ever used gunpowder.

As the emperor of Dayan, Chen Qingyun also saw this kind of thing for the first time.

"What is the principle behind this?" Chen Qingyun really wanted to understand the reason.

Jiang Zuo explained: "This is caused by the collision of the flint inside, which then produces sparks that ignite the gunpowder, generating huge air pressure and shooting out the iron beads. I don't know if what I said is correct, but it's the same principle anyway."

Chen Qingyun was stunned. She could understand Jiang Zuo's words, but when put together she had no idea what they meant. It was completely beyond her comprehension.

However, a message was revealed from Jiang Zuo's words.

Even Jiang Zuo must be hiding something even more peculiar, and he is even hiding it from the emperor.

"With this weapon, if Lord Jiang hands it over to the court, wouldn't he be able to achieve great merit and be promoted to a higher position?"

There was actually some temptation in Chen Qingyun's words.

But what she didn't expect was that Jiang Zuo didn't even think about it, and he shook his head and said, "No, no, no, this thing is only used in our Anding County, and it will never be passed on to others."

Chen Qingyun couldn't help but frown at this moment, and was quite dissatisfied with Jiang Zuo.

What is meant by "never spreading the word" is that Jiangzuo wants to maintain his own military power.

Before this, she had already seen the talented generals in Jiangzuo and the quality of the officers and soldiers in Anding County, which was not inferior to any local army.

The more Chen Qingyun thought about it, the more fearful he became. The weapons piled up outside were enough to equip thousands of elite soldiers.

"Lord Jiang, what are you going to use these weapons for?" Chen Qingyun asked again.

If Jiang Zuo wanted to hide these weapons privately, Chen Qingyun would never forgive him.

Jiang Zuo answered truthfully: "Of course it is to deal with the barbarians in Mobei. Didn't the empress want me to be a general in the court yesterday? Naturally, I have to be prepared."

Hearing this, Chen Qingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Regardless of whether it is true or not, at least Jiang Zuo still wants to deal with the enemy rather than rebel.

Chen Qingyun had already started to make plans in his mind again.

"No matter what, I will send someone to completely take over this arsenal."

Chen Qingyun said secretly.

She could not allow Jiangzuo to grow so strong and become a major threat to the imperial court.

This is to punish you, Jiang Zuo, for the crime of deceiving the emperor!

How can you complain to me that you are poor even though you have all these magical weapons?

"Miss Siyue, do you still need to visit?"

At this time, Jiang Zuo suddenly proposed.

He would never have imagined that this seemingly gentle woman in front of him was actually full of ulterior motives.

"No, let's go back."

Chen Qingyun already had a plan in mind.

Jiang Zuo, you'd better be more obedient...