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Chapter 3218: How Is This Thing Even Made?
The servant had no choice but to go inside with the food box.
After a while, the servant re-emerged and said to Ning Shu, “Miss, Master has asked you to come in.”
Ning Shu stepped into the study. Marquis Xuanping was holding the gun with both hands and examining it closely.
“Where did you get this?” he asked.
“I stayed at the manor for a few days and overheard people talking about the heir’s divine weapon. I spent a good deal of money to get someone to bring me one,” Ning Shu lied without changing expression.
Marquis Xuanping studied the gun. “”
As a businessman, his first thought was how it was constructed and whether it could be mass-produced for profit.
Ning Shu could only say it wasn’t possible. The thing was too precise, far beyond what this era’s technology, tools, or economy could support.
He’d better just give up.
“Who did you find that could get something like this? I heard the heir guards this thing like a treasure. Even rioters couldn’t get their hands on it.”He accidentally squeezed the trigger while fiddling with the ring on it. A loud bang erupted, and he immediately dropped the gun in fright.
“Master, what happened?” the servant called from outside, alarmed by the sound and ready to rush in.
The marquis coughed. There was a subtle tremble in his voice as he said, “Nothing.”
Ning Shu bent down, picked up the gun, loaded a bullet, pulled back the bolt, and aimed at a vase in the corner. With a bang, the vase exploded, and the bullet lodged itself into the wall.
Marquis Xuanping turned pale and gave Ning Shu a sideways glance.
She placed the gun in front of him. “Father, having this alone isn’t enough. You also need this little thing.
“Not having this little thing like having a bow but no arrows,” she explained while placing a bullet on the table.
The marquis had already witnessed the gun’s power. The most impressive thing was its speed.
He picked up the bullet. It had some weight to it. He muttered, “How is this made?”
Ning Shu had to explain that, given current capabilities, it was almost impossible to manufacture.
A bullet is made up of a bullet head and a cartridge case (a bullet consists of four parts: the cartridge case, primer, propellant, and bullet head).
The bullet head usually consisted of a lead alloy core with a brass coating. Inside were components like gunpowder. When the trigger was pulled, the firing pin struck the primer at the base, igniting the powder and generating immense speed.
“How do you know how to use it?” he asked.
Ning Shu smiled. “Father, I spent quite a bit of money. I couldn’t afford not to learn how to use it.”
She had indeed paid a lot to have a courier from the escort agency deliver it.
“This divine weapon is a gift from the Heavens. Father, you should present it to His Majesty,” Ning Shu said.
“How do you use it?” the marquis asked.
Ning Shu began teaching him how to use the gun, how to load bullets, and all the safety precautions.
If they were going to show it to the emperor, they’d have to demonstrate its functionality and power.
Maybe all men had a natural instinct for flashy weapons and raw power. Soon enough, the marquis had learned how to shoot, and he wasn’t half bad either.
“This is a great weapon. Do you have another one?” he asked. He was still holding the gun, and his eyes were glued to it.
Ning Shu: …
“No,” Ning Shu said.
“Why didn’t you get a couple more?” he said in an unhappy tone. If the only gun they had went to the emperor, he wouldn’t have one for himself.
Calmly, Ning Shu replied, “Father, it was hard enough just getting this one. And besides… I’m out of money.”
The marquis kept turning the gun over in his hands and finally sighed. His face was filled with reluctance. He looked as if he were caressing a lover, instead of a gun.
MTL Editor: Ran