pappabearbooks Chapter 678 Musket
Chapter 678 Musket
"Miss Cui!"
When Yan Shu walked to the front yard, he saw a familiar figure. He was carrying a bamboo basket on his back and looked exhausted.
When he saw the person coming, Yan Shu immediately recognized him.
"Is it the guy from the blacksmith shop? Why are you in the capital?"
The young man smiled and said, "I'm here to give something to the girl."
Yan Shu understood something instantly and immediately invited him to his yard.
After entering the living room, Yan Shu ordered the servants to prepare tea and snacks. The young man took the teacup and gulped down the tea. Then he touched his mouth with his sleeve, then hurriedly bent down and took out a blue cloth bundle from the bamboo basket.
"Master has already made it according to the drawings you gave me. The old man is impatient and feels that it is not clear in the letter, so he came to the capital with me."
Yan Shu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he reached out to take the musket and examined it carefully.
"Where is your master?"
"Master is resting in the inn. He is old and can't stand the long journey, so he asked me to come to you to inspect the goods first."
Yan Shu smiled and said, "Have some snacks here first. I'll go back to my room to get some things."
"it is good!"
Yan Shu asked the maids in the courtyard to serve the guests well. She hurried back to her room, locked the door and slipped into the space.
Coming to the drying yard in the backyard, Yan Shu loaded the bullets for his revolver, aimed at a wooden stake not far away and pulled the trigger. With a "bang", the bullet flew out and instantly made a hole in the wooden stake.
Yan Shu ran to the wooden stake to check it out. It was very powerful. If he had a musketeer team of a thousand men, it would definitely be a dimensionality reduction attack in this era of cold weapons.
After putting away his musket, Yan Shu left the space and returned to the front hall.
"Brother, take me to see your master."
The young man stuffed the snack in his hand into his mouth and nodded quickly.
"it is good!"
Yan Shu ordered the maid at the door: "Prepare some more snacks, I want to take them out."
"Yes, slave, go right away."
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Evening
Jiang Ci walked out of the Hanlin Academy and saw a carriage slowly approaching in the distance.
"Master Jiang, my master wants to see you."
Jiang Ci looked at the word "Su" hanging on the carriage, then stepped on a stool and entered the carriage.
Arriving at an inconspicuous courtyard in the capital, Jiang Ci got off the carriage and walked into the courtyard. Several guards were standing vigilantly outside the main hall.
"Master Jiang, please."
Jiang Ci walked straight into the main hall. An old man in green brocade clothes stood inside the room. He slowly turned around, looked at Jiang Ci's face for a moment, then bowed and said, "This old minister pays homage to His Majesty the Seventh Prince!"
"Prime Minister Su, there is no need to be so polite."
The two men sat down, and Prime Minister Su took out a file from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Ci with both hands.
"Your Highness, here is a list of the people the Zhao family has secretly colluded with in recent years, as well as evidence of their transporting granaries and selling official salt. The Minister of War and the commanders of the Shenji Camp and the Tenth Camp are all confidants trained by the Zhao family. In addition, many civil officials above the third rank in the court are also members of the Zhao family. At present, at least 40% of the civil and military officials support the Zhao family, and the rest either remain neutral or support the other princes. The current situation is most favorable to the Zhao family."
Jiang Ci opened the file and quickly checked the list of names in it.
"Prime Minister Su has listed it very clearly. Thank you for your help."
Prime Minister Su looked at the dignified and upright young man in front of him. The fact that the Seventh Prince had won the top three places in the imperial examinations and had come this far was enough to prove his talent. From a selfish point of view, it was a bit risky for the Su family to make this move, but from the perspective of a minister, the current Sui Dynasty was already riddled with holes, and although the Third Prince seemed to be humble, he was actually extremely narrow-minded and vengeful, and was not a wise choice for a ruler. Although from the current strength the Third Prince had the greatest chance of winning, and His Majesty liked him the most, for the sake of the people of the Sui Dynasty, a wise ruler should be chosen.
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Yan Shu went to Xilai Inn to take the old man back to Cui Mansion. The old man's surname was Wenren and his given name was Zhong. It was the first time that Yan Shu knew there was someone with the surname Wenren. According to the logic of the novel, people with double-character surnames are generally masters, and this is very consistent.
The young apprentice was an orphan picked up by the old man. He grew up with the old man and therefore took the old man's surname, a single given name, "Chu".
"Master, you guys stay here for now. If you need anything, just tell the maidservant in the courtyard."
The old man brought his young apprentice and followed Yan Shu into the guest house where they lived. He looked around and then looked at Yan Shu.
"Miss Cui, what is the purpose of making this musket?"
Yan Shu glanced at him and said, "Some things are inconvenient to talk about for the time being. The less you know, the better. But don't worry, I won't do anything harmful to the world with this thing."
When Wen Renzhong came to the capital, he had a vague idea that the lethality of a musket was so strong that the effect could be imagined if it was used on the battlefield.
Since the girl didn't want to say anything, he didn't ask any more questions. Besides, her reminder was right. The less they knew, the safer it would be for them as master and disciple.
After leaving the mansion, Jiang Ci did not return to Hongyue Tower, but went directly to Cui Mansion.
He first went to meet Mr. Cui, and the two chatted for a long time in the study. Then he found an excuse to go to Yan Shu's yard.
At this moment, Yan Shu was studying the musket with Mr. Wenren. Yan Shu made very professional suggestions on some details, and the old man hurriedly wrote them down in the small notebook he carried with him.
"If we make the modifications as you said, the shooting distance can be extended a little bit, and the power of the bullet can be strengthened. Let me go back and think about it carefully."
Yan Shu smiled and said, "I am just offering some suggestions. You can do whatever you want."
Conditions in ancient times were limited. Even if there were detailed production drawings, there was no strong industrialization to complete them. It was satisfactory to achieve the current effect with only one craftsman working on it.
"Little sister, Jiang Erlang is here."
Yan Wu's loud voice was heard outside the door, and Yan Shu immediately stood up and walked out.
"You've come just in time. Let me show you something."
Jiang Ci asked curiously, "What is it?"
Yan Shu reached out and took his hand: "Come in and see."
Yan Wu came over curiously, tilted his head to take a look into the house, and hurriedly followed the two into the house.