prosperous age

Chapter 14
Wei Guangde ran into the house, first glanced at the clerical room next to him, his elder brother sat there and did not go out, feeling a little relieved.

Then he reported to Father Wei, then ran into the backyard, put down his schoolbag, greeted Wei's mother as usual, and then went back to the front yard to look for his brother.

Entering the room, Wei Wencai was the only one sitting there at the moment, flipping through the ledger as he seemed to have nothing to do with his hands.

As the person in charge of supplies in the Hundred Households Office, he actually has no official position and is just a small official in the office. However, as a small official, he will take over the Hundred Households Office in the future, so naturally no one dares to belittle him.

"Brother, are you okay? Give me the key to the warehouse, and I'll go get a bird gun and come out to try the gun."

After entering the room, Wei Guangde said to Wei Wencai who was sitting behind the desk.

"Firearms are very dangerous, why do you always want to play with that?"

Wei Wencai frowned slightly and said to him.

"Try it, I guess you haven't seen what a bird gun looks like."

Naturally, Wei Guangde would not listen to what his brother said, but continued to speak.

"Who said that, I just watched it yesterday, otherwise how did those bird guns get into the warehouse."

Wei Wencai said with a smile, he knew what his little brother meant, and he just wanted to stimulate him to agree to take the gun.

"Then you let it go?"

Wei Guangde continued.

"There is not much difference between the bird gun and the fire gun, they are both so good at it."

Wei Wencai still shook his head and said.

"As a future hundred households, how can you not be familiar with the affairs of your subordinates, don't you think so, brother."

Wei Guangde rolled his eyes, and continued: "Yesterday, my father also said that this batch of bird guns was just made, and you also know that the people in the Weapons Bureau must be hand-crafted at the beginning. Guess, it won't be so simple in the future, when you just want to test the gun, you won't dare.

Now this batch of bird guns is safe, let's go and fire a few shots to have fun, even if you let me go in the future, I won't dare to touch them. "

"Actually, brother, I think it's good for you to learn archery from Duan Da and the others. Firearms are really unsafe."

Wei Wen only thought about it before he said to Wei Guangde, but seeing his brother talking to him here for a long time, he guessed that if he didn't shoot him a few times today, he might not be safe, and he would look for opportunities to continue talking about it later. Son.

He really doesn't care about firearms.

In fact, most of the officers of the Ming Army were very interested in firearms at first, but after those people in the Weapons Bureau made money without a lower limit, the quality of the weapons they made went from bad to worse. Use it again.

The Bengshan Hundred Households have never had any firearm explosion accidents, not because they have a good relationship and can get high-quality firearms, but because from Wei Meng to Wei Wencai, they are all indifferent to firearms, so naturally they don’t take them out very often. use.

Back then when Wei Guangde went to the warehouse to test the firecrackers, those firecrackers were left in a corner of the warehouse, and he searched for a long time.

The bowl-mouth gun is okay, but it is a little bulky, so it has not been moved since it was moved into the warehouse.

As far as choosing the right gun at the beginning, it was Tang Sanwa who carefully selected it before taking it out.

Just kidding, if the chamber blows up during the test of the gun, it will be dead. The one who is playing with the gun is the son of a hundred families.

"Do you think I can draw a bow now?"

Wei Guangde said angrily, after time travelling, naturally when he saw the servants training, his hands also itch.

But the bows of the Ming army, the bows of the lowest are forty catties, Wei Guangde can draw them with great effort, but he is not accurate.

But the firecracker is different. To put it bluntly, children of seven or eight years old can use it, which is similar to a toy, provided that it is of high quality and does not explode.

For Wei Guangde, who is now 11 years old, the only thing he can use is firearms.

"Forget about the calculation power, you go to Tang San and let him choose the bird gun."

Wei Wencai knew that it was difficult to let the second brother let go of this matter, so he gave in.

"Okay, I'll go find it right away, brother, you take the key."

Hearing his elder brother's promise to come down, Wei Guangde naturally didn't stay longer, he just ran out after a word of reminder, and after Wei Guangde ran out, Wei Wencai also took out the key from the drawer and hung it on his waist, and then went out.

The warehouse is in the next yard, because it is full of gunpowder, it is naturally a separate building, and the surrounding area is a little empty, and no one comes here except for a few soldiers on weekdays.

The warehouse door was just opened yesterday to move some things in, and today the door was opened once.

Wei Wencai didn't enter the door, but just waited outside the gate, let Tang Sanwa take Wei Guangde in to pick up a gun, and brought out some gunpowder along the way.

The danger of gunpowder was well known in the Ming Dynasty. It is naturally a military weapon if used properly, but if it goes wrong, it will be very troublesome.

Tang San poured some out of the pot containing gunpowder into the medicine pot, which was specially distributed by firearms soldiers. The medicine pot contained gunpowder, and the lid of the pot was the measuring tool for gunpowder.

Originally, he only planned to take out one blunderbuss, but Wei Guangde was inside, so naturally he would not give up this opportunity, so Tang San picked out two blunderbusses, he and Zhang Ji took one each before going out.

When he was about to go out, Tang San remembered that this bird gun was equipped with matchlocks, which was different from the previous fire guns.

The previous fuse burns faster after being ignited, so naturally it cannot be used. You can only use the matchlock that comes with the gun, and it burns slowly when you press something.

After taking their things, several people left the military fort.

Such things as gun testing, of course, can't be done in the fort, you have to go out and try guns in an open place.

There was a grove next to the military fort, and when they got there, they cleaned the barrel of the gun under Tang San's guidance, then poured gunpowder, compacted it, and then put lead bullets.
The whole preparation process is not much different from the previous firecrackers, so Wei Guangde did it very quickly. Zhang Ji didn't pay much attention to firearms, so he just came here to have a look, so the preparation time was a little longer, but in the end it was still done. All right.

Ready, the matchlock was clamped to the trigger tap, and Wei Guangde held the gun in both hands and began to look for the target in the woods.

Since it is called a bird gun, it can naturally be used to shoot birds, because it is aimed with two-handed guns, which is more accurate.

After seeing the birds on the tree, Wei Guangde greeted Zhang Ji, and the two of them began to aim their guns at the target.

"Don't put your eyes so close. Although the quality of this gun is not bad, you should be careful."

Tang San is a veteran of firearms, so he naturally knows the danger of firearms.

This thing is usually not kept in the military fort, but he also knows that there have been accidents in other guards and people have been stabbed, so he kindly reminded him.

Wei Guangde still aimed according to the two points and one line learned in the past, and then left that line. He also understood the reason why a gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall.

All that's left is to pull the trigger. As for whether you can hit it accurately, it depends on God's will.

(End of this chapter)