Volume 1 Chapter 59 Setting up a private workshop
Two days later, at the Arsenal outside the capital
Peng Ying respectfully handed a steel pistol to Xiang Yun and reported: "Your Majesty, I have fulfilled your orders. I have worked tirelessly for the past three days and finally made three kinds of magical weapons: a pistol, a rifle, and a cannon. Please check them!"
Xiang Yun's breathing became rapid after hearing this, and he asked in a deep voice: "Really?"
Peng Ying nodded and said excitedly: "I have conducted repeated experiments. Both pistols and rifles can withstand hundreds of bullets without exploding. Even cannons can withstand more than 30 shells without exploding. This is because the terrain makes it impossible for the cannon to be fully deployed. Otherwise, we can definitely fire more as an experiment!"
Xiang Yun felt relieved after hearing this, and quickly took the pistol handed over by Peng Ying. It was much smaller than the previous one, only the size of two palms, and was iron gray in color, looking extremely cool.
Xiang Yun opened the magazine and found that it was full of bullets. He only needed to turn on the safety and load the gun to shoot.
"Find me a target to try it on!"
Xiang Yunke had never fired a gun before. Guns were banned in his previous life. He had only seen guns on the Internet and on TV. What man doesn't love guns? He had been thinking about this for a long time.
Peng Ying quickly found a target, which was made by Xiang Yun. He placed it ten meters away and immediately evacuated.
Xiang Yun frowned and scolded with a smile: "Too close, move it further away!"
Peng Ying quickly moved the target and retreated to 20 meters. Xiang Yun was still not satisfied and kept asking him to retreat. Finally, he retreated to 150 meters away, and Xiang Yun was finally satisfied.
Peng Ying came running over and cried out in pain, "Your Majesty, this is too far, we can't hit it!"
Xiang Yun ignored him, holding the gun in his right hand, aiming at the target 150 meters away, staring at it intently.
As the saying goes, even if you haven't eaten pork, you have seen pigs run. Although Xiang Yun has never fired a gun, he still understands the principle of three points and one line.
In addition to his excellent eyesight now, you have to know that he has been constantly converting the sunlight energy in his body these days, and his physical fitness is no longer the same as before.
I had a fight with Xuanyuan Dabing a few days ago. That time, I was able to fight on equal terms with Xuanyuan Dabing. Although I didn’t win, I didn’t lose either!
However, Xiang Yun guessed that Xuanyuan Dabing was letting him win, but it didn’t matter, at least he was able to injure Xuanyuan Dabing!
"Bang, bang, bang!" Xiang Yunping concentrated and fired three shots in a row. Then he felt that the feeling was too good, so he fired three more shots.
After the gunshot, Xiang Yun only felt two words: awesome!
Peng Ying quickly ran over again, carried the target over, and shouted in disbelief, "Your Majesty, you are truly a god. You can hit the target from such a long distance! This is truly amazing!"
"I am much dumber. Even if the target is ten meters away, five out of ten shots will miss it," Peng Ying said embarrassedly.
Xiang Yun smiled and ignored him, then handed the pistol to Xuanyuan Dabing beside him and said, "You try it!"
Xuanyuan Dabing didn't take it. He squinted his eyes and stared at the pistol for a long time before he grasped the golden knife at his waist, scratched his head and shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, this hidden weapon is not suitable for me. This golden knife is better!"
"Hey~" Xiang Yun patted Xuanyuan Dabing's head and scolded with a smile: "Why are you talking so much nonsense when I asked you to try the gun!"
Xiang Yun pulled out Xuanyuan Dabing's golden knife without saying a word, put the pistol against the blade, and pulled the trigger suddenly!
With a gunshot, the bullet pierced the golden knife, leaving a thumb-sized gap and white smoke.
Little Melon Seed shouted at the side: "Oh, congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, you have obtained a divine object!"
"This...this, this..." Xuanyuan Dabing was stunned by this scene. He quickly took the golden knife and looked up and down and left and right. He muttered for a long time but didn't say a word.
Xiang Yun added: "This thing is called a gun. You may not like to use it, but you must know how to use it, and you must carry one with you, otherwise my safety will be in jeopardy!"
Xuanyuan Dabing nodded immediately after hearing this, took the iron-gray pistol and started playing with it. Xiang Yun saw this and said quickly, "You can play however you want, but there is one thing you must remember, the muzzle of the gun must never be pointed at yourself or others at any time, otherwise it will easily go off!
Turn off the safety when not in use, turn it on when in use, and only aim it at the enemy, understand?"
Xuanyuan Dabing touched his head and nodded a few times, then randomly fired two shots at the target in the distance. Unexpectedly, one of the shots hit the target!
Peng Ying then called two more workers and brought a brocade box. Peng Ying personally handed the brocade box to Xiang Yun and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, this is specially made for you by me."
After Peng Ying finished speaking, he slowly opened the brocade box and saw an extremely exquisite pistol lying inside. The gun body was engraved with a five-clawed dragon and the surface was plated with a layer of gold. Its appearance was much more beautiful than the iron-gray pistol.
Xiang Yun's eyes lit up and he picked it up. Then he took a look at the magazine and saw that it was full of bullets.
Xiang Yun nodded in satisfaction and said with a smile: "Not bad, I like this gun very much, well made!"
Xiang Yun would definitely prepare a gun of his own. There was no other way. No matter how high his martial arts skills were, how could they be better than a gun?
With a pistol on me, no matter what kind of martial arts masters or assassins I meet in the future, I can knock them down with one shot and never play any fancy tricks on you.
He put the exquisite pistol in his arms and placed it close to his body, then Xiang Yun asked, "How many of these weapons are ready now?"
Peng Ying said quickly: "In reply to the emperor, due to the tight time, we have only made a pistol, a rifle and a cannon for now!
But now the method has been researched. As long as Your Majesty gives me time, I can start mass production immediately. As long as there are enough manpower and materials, I can make as many as you want!"
"Okay!" Xiang Yun was about to give the order for immediate mass production when he suddenly thought of something very important and took back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
These are guns and ammunition, not simple knives, guns, sticks or clubs!
Even if this thing falls into the hands of an ordinary person, it can easily kill people. Such an important weapon must be kept strictly confidential!
Xiang Yun thought for a moment, then said loudly: "Peng Ying, listen to my orders!"
Peng Ying knelt down immediately after hearing this, and Xiang Yun said, "Appoint Peng Ying as the Supervisor of Military Equipment, a fourth-rank official!"
"Peng Ying accepts the order and thanks you!"
Xiang Yun nodded and said, "You will immediately set up a firearms workshop. Whether it is a pistol, rifle or cannon, each part will have a private workshop and be made by a dedicated person. Gun assembly, gunpowder production, bullet shell production, etc., each separable thing will be set up in a private workshop for me and made by a dedicated person. There must be no one else who knows the use of these things except you. Do you understand?"
Peng Ying shuddered, as if beginning to realize the seriousness of the matter, and immediately replied, "I obey your order!"
Xiang Yun continued, "Every gun or cannon, once produced, must be stamped with its own unique number or mark and recorded. I need to know the location of every gun and every cannon produced by the firearms workshop at every moment!
Even the whereabouts of every bullet and shell must be recorded, do you understand?"
Peng Ying quickly agreed again: "Yes!"
Xiang Yun was relieved and immediately returned to the palace and summoned Liu Yiyi to the imperial study.
The matter of firearms is of great importance. Xiang Yun cannot trust anyone else. Only Liu Yiyi, his woman, can be trusted!
Xiang Yun explained all the matters concerning firearms to Liu Yiyi, and then said, "You must be personally responsible for this matter. All personnel in the firearm workshop must be selected by you personally, including those in the major private workshops!
After it was decided, Peng Ying was sent to various private workshops to teach them how to make the corresponding parts. Remember, once they learned how to make the parts, the private workshops would move immediately. The distance between each private workshop must be at least five miles.
Once everything is perfected, start mass production immediately and don't let Peng Ying interfere in this matter anymore. Give him all the supplies and let him continue to research and develop new weapons."
Liu Yiyi nodded heavily and replied, "Your Majesty is overthinking things. If you do this, the project will be much more expensive."
Xiang Yun smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "I think you haven't considered it thoroughly enough. Yiyi, you have to understand the terrifying nature of this weapon!
Go and do it immediately. Produce a batch of them for me right away. The finished guns and ammunition should be escorted to the western border separately. I will lead the army in person this time. If I want to defeat the Mahayana Kingdom, I will rely on this batch of guns and ammunition."
"Yes, I understand. Since Your Majesty has said so, I will think about it more carefully and make this matter more rigorous!" Liu Yiyi said seriously.
Xiang Yun nodded upon hearing this: "Well, I am relieved now. I will have to trouble you in the next few days."
"It's not hard. This is what I should do." Liu Yiyi responded respectfully.
Xiang Yun nodded, and the matter was explained. However, after waiting for a long time, Liu Yiyi did not leave on her own initiative, so he frowned and asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
"I...will take my leave." Liu Yiyi frowned when she heard that, and her face suddenly turned red for some reason. She hesitated and prepared to leave, but her steps were very slow.
Xiang Yun could see that this guy was probably on to something, so he said, "Come here, tell me what you want to say, why are you being so shy in front of me!"
Liu Yiyi was delighted when she heard this and hurried over, but she mumbled for a long time without uttering a word.
Seeing Liu Yiyi so adorable, Xiang Yun's heart warmed up, so he stood up and walked to her, raised his hand and flicked her head, and shouted, "Just say whatever you want to say. You are already the Prime Minister, why are you still acting like a little woman?"
Liu Yiyi felt pain on her forehead and cried out, her eyes immediately turned red.
I don't know where she got the courage from, but she suddenly hugged Xiang Yun tightly, buried her head in Xiang Yun's chest and said aggrievedly: "Yiyi would rather not be the prime minister, she just wants to be the emperor's little woman."
Xiang Yun was stunned when he heard this, and he yelled, "Don't do that, I have many women, but you are the only Prime Minister."
Liu Yiyi hugged Xiang Yun tighter after hearing this. Xiang Yun finally couldn't stand it anymore and softened his heart. He patted her head and said softly, "What happened to you today? Tell me everything. Is there anyone bullying you in the court? Tell me and I will definitely deal with him!"
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