King of German Mercenaries

Da Vinci came to Aurich this time, and brought a total of 20 finished revolving guns. These muskets, because the barrel length reaches 50 cm, can no longer be regarded as pistols, but belong to the carbine between rifles and pistols.

Moreover, this kind of revolver gun is not very convenient to shoot with one hand because of its long length. Therefore, two-handed shooting is required. Fortunately, there is a wooden support under the barrel, so it will not burn the shooter because the barrel is hot.

The total weight of the entire runner-fired carbine was exactly 3 kilograms, exactly the same as the target that Marin had set for Da Vinci. In addition, Da Vinci also specially made a short version of the pistol for Marin, which is also the same structure, but the barrel is much shorter, similar to the later flintlock pistol, which can be easily hidden in a robe.

Seeing this pistol, Marin's mouth twitched. Because, this kind of short gun is definitely an assassination weapon...

After testing, this revolver pistol, using powder gun powder, has an effective range of 20 yards. Using granular gunpowder, the effective range is directly up to 30 meters. Used to assassinate nobles for assassins, it is definitely a weapon.

Suddenly, Marin felt full of malice from this kind of musket - if there were two such guns hidden in the robes of an assassin, after approaching him within 20 yards, he would draw and shoot... Marin could already imagine himself The scene of falling to the ground with blood...

The next day, Marin suddenly issued a new decree - the "gun control decree":

All subjects in East Frisian territory, except professional musketeers, who own muskets must obtain permission from the royal family. If you have a gun in private possession, you will be directly arrested and jailed. If a gun is concealed in the city of Aurich, the sentence will be at least 10 years, and the severe case will be executed directly... And the person who conceals a short-barreled musket in the city of Aurich will be sentenced to death...

Civilians are only allowed to use arquebuses and rifles, even if they need to hunt, and are never allowed to bring them into the city of Aurich...

Even outsiders entering Aurich, carrying muskets must be registered and strictly controlled. Only the envoys of various countries have immunity. But the envoy's guards, the muskets must also be handed over to the soldiers of East Frisian Country for safekeeping before entering the city, and can only be returned when they leave the city...

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The whole country was very surprised by this inexplicable order of Marin, because in this era, the entire East Frisian country, and the Marin army used arquebuses. Others, no one used muskets at all. Therefore, this order issued by Marin has no target...

But when Marin showed off the new musket on the school grounds next to the palace, the officers present understood what Marin was worried about...

I saw that Marin suddenly pulled out two exquisite revolving pistols from the sleeves of the wide silk robe, and "pa-pa-" directly hit the human-shaped target 10 meters away, hitting the target. Sawdust flying all over...

Everyone was a little stunned by Marin's sudden action, because, in everyone's eyes, the arquebus is the representative of the musket. Generally, an arquebus is used to shoot, and the arquebus must be ignited first. Most of the arquebus is wrapped around the left arm, and only the front end is clamped to the clamp of the arquebus. Every time you load gunpowder, you have to take off the match rope from the jig so that you can easily load the ammunition, which is very troublesome. Generally speaking, even if a matchlock gun is well loaded, if you want to shoot, you must first put the matchlock on, clamp the clamp, and get a set of preparations, which will take tens of seconds at least.

However, just now, they saw with their own eyes that Marin suddenly pulled out two muskets, without needing to fire the arquebus, and completed the shooting directly...

These days, there are no short guns in the arquebus. However, the matchlock pistol, if you want to use it, is the same trouble. And because there is only one match, two cannot be operated. Therefore, even if you use an arquebus pistol, you can only use one. But Marin just now, but he opened his bow left and right, very like an old woman with two guns...

Everyone doesn't quite understand Marin's intentions, showing off his marksmanship in front of them? It doesn't seem like that... Even the smartest knights like Schwartz and Frenzberg,

I don't understand, but I vaguely feel that I am about to think of something...

"Everyone thinks, if an assassin uses this new type of musket, and suddenly gives you two blows, can you escape?"

Most of the people on the scene, especially those apprentice knights, all fought a cold war...

Schwartz and others understand that it is absolutely difficult for them to escape from such a close distance and such a fast musket fire...

"No wonder the Count issued such a strange order before, because he was afraid of being assassinated..." Frenzberg suddenly realized...

Schwartz immediately poked his arm to tell him not to talk nonsense. Say it face to face, isn't it slapping Marin in the face? As one of Marin's earliest servants, Schwartz knew that his young master had some respect. Said he was afraid of death in person, didn't he find fault?

Frenzberg is smart, but he's not so good at reading words. Sometimes, the words are a little sloppy. Of course, this is also a common problem for the knights. After all, they are not politicians, and sometimes they are too lazy to use their heads.

"George, you're right, I'm afraid of being assassinated. Also, I'm also worried about you being assassinated!" Marin didn't evade the topic, but said it calmly.

"Uh..." Everyone was a little embarrassed, especially Franzberg.

"Think about it, although you are both good at martial arts, but in the face of my shooting speed just now, are you confident that you can escape the assassination?"

Everyone thought about it and shook their heads...

The knights are strong men, strong, but generally not very agile. Only those assassins would be more agile in training. In the face of Marin's left and right bows at the same speed just now, it was really difficult for the knights to dodge.

"I know that everyone is a warrior, and they are not afraid of death. However, death must also pay attention to the method of death. For knights, if they die on the battlefield, it is honor. But if they die in conspiracy and assassination, they die. It's so wrong, I can't even leave a single honor..."

Everyone nodded, their hearts were filled with sorrow...

"Lord Count, since that's the case, why don't you keep the secret of the musket you just used? No one can use this kind of musket that doesn't require a match, so there is no such danger!" a knight officer suggested road. This proposal was also approved by many of the officers present.

"Well said, Neil. But, have you ever thought about this kind of musket, since we can make it, those high-level craftsmen in Italy and southern Germany can't make it? So, this kind of gun will definitely appear. , we can't stop it!"

In the original history, this kind of gun appeared more than ten years later, and Marin only came up with this kind of clockwork gun more than ten years in advance.

Everyone stopped talking. Marin is right. There are many high-level craftsmen in Italy and southern Germany. It is not surprising that they have developed this kind of musket that does not require a match. So instead of preventing Marin from coming up with this new musket, it's better to ban civilians from owning it. In this way, their safety can also be more guaranteed.

Not only did the officers think this way, but even Jeffrey and Haider, who were watching the fun, began to support the Gun Control Act issued by Marin. In particular, the control of short guns, Jeffrey and Haider, etc., are very important.

Before, although Jeffrey cooperated with Marin to promulgate the "Gun Control Act", he actually disagreed. Because he felt that Marin was making too much of a fuss. But when Marin was on the school grounds, in front of many East Frisian officers and civilians, and performed a sneak-attack-like double-pistol shooting, everyone was worried that he would become the unlucky "human target".

Therefore, Geoffrey and other civil servants secretly made up their minds to work hard to strictly implement the Gun Control Act. Because the implementation of this decree is more beneficial to them, the civil servants. The military attache was assassinated, and he still had good skills, so he might have avoided it. If the civil servant is assassinated, he may not be able to escape and hang on the spot...

For their own safety, Geoffrey and other civil servants paid more attention to the "Gun Control Act", and their supervision was extremely strict... Because of this, there were almost no cases of nobles being assassinated by assassins using short guns in East Frisian. However, in other parts of the European continent, many nobles were assassinated by assassins using short guns...