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Lu Xiangsheng cupped his hands and saluted, "Please also ask the supervisor to teach the next officer."

He knew that Zhong Jinwei must have an idea when he said that, so he asked for advice.

Zhong Jinwei put on an expert air, and extended his hand to Gu Baichuan.When Gu Baichuan saw it, he quickly returned the blunderbuss to Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei leveled the blunderbuss with one hand, pointed at the tail of the blunderbuss with the other hand, and said, "It is inconvenient to use a match to light it now, so can we think of a way to improve it? For example, it is useless to cook at home or light a lamp. The matchlock, right? The flint is used. So can the flint be applied to this place?"

Zhong Jinwei's words were like a flash of lightning that suddenly appeared in the darkness, illuminating Lu Xiangsheng who had been walking in the dark, and a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face. [

Yan Yingyuan was even more pleasantly surprised than Lu Xiangsheng. If he could successfully replace the matchlock, the power of this bird gun would increase a lot.

The servants of Dongchang Fan and Li Laosi knew a little less about firearms, but they had heard a lot just now. Seeing the expressions of Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan now, they knew what Zhongxinghou said made sense, so they couldn't help but pay attention.

Zhong Jinwei noticed the expressions of the audience, he was secretly complacent, and continued to pretend to be b: "There is also the priming medicine, can you wrap the appropriate amount with appropriate paper in advance, and just take a packet and tear it open when you use it, it will Wouldn't it be faster and more convenient?"

Yan Yingyuan couldn't help but praise at this time: "Good idea!" This is much more convenient than using quantitative containers.

Zhong Jinwei enjoyed Yan Yingyuan's admiration very much, and continued: "Not only can this be done for the primer, but can the propellant and lead be wrapped in suitable paper and put into the gun barrel together, so as to simplify the steps and speed up the loading?"

There were nodding movements around, which made Zhong Jinwei very happy.But he didn't get carried away, and directly said more advanced primers and the like.

He accepted it as soon as he saw it, and said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Let's take a look at that Franz machine again."

At this time, Zhong Jinwei seemed to have become a firearms expert.Lu Xiangsheng's impression of Zhong Jinwei changed again, and he hurriedly led Zhong Jinwei to the Frang machine that was moved out.

Yan Yingyuan followed closely behind, and took the initiative to explain the firearm to Zhong Jinwei: "The Frang machine is composed of three parts, the barrel, the belly of the barrel, and the sub-cannon. There are sights and sights on the barrel. Fill it into the sub-cannon, then put the sub-cannon into the belly of the gun, ignite the door of the sub-cannon to shoot. The belly of the Francophone is quite thick, and there is a rudder for steering at the tail of the gun. This Francophone has Ten sub-cannons, right there."

While introducing, Yan Yingyuan brought Zipao over, demonstrated to Zhong Jinwei and pointed out the flaws of Frangji.

Because the gun belly is open, there is a gap between the sub-cannon and the gun belly, which will cause the leakage of gunpowder gas, the range is not far, and it is easy to injure the gunner.

The Fulang machine imitated by the Ming army in the later period has been improved, that is, the belly of the cannon is slightly warped, and the sub-cannon is wedged in.The gap is much smaller than before, and the performance has increased a lot.

It is a pity that the Folang machine in Yan Yingyuan's hands is still an early Folang machine, and it belongs to the kind with relatively large gaps.During the previous training, the gunner who operated was a novice, and he got burned accidentally.

Compared with other guns, the Franc machine has obvious advantages, that is, the rate of fire is very fast, the gunpowder is pre-installed, and accidents of bombing are rare.

While listening to Yan Yingyuan's introduction, Zhong Jinwei recalled the artillery structure of later generations, wondering whether the defects of the Frang machine could be improved.

Not to mention, he really thought of a way.When Zhong Jinwei was about to show off his knowledge again, Sun Chengzong's personal soldiers came to him and told him: "I ask the supervising army to go to the camp of the Chinese army immediately."

Zhong Jinwei saw that it was Sun Chengzong who sent someone to look for him, and knew that there was something urgent, otherwise he would look for him when he went back from his camp tour.

Therefore, he had no choice but to give up this opportunity to perform, and went back to the Bingzhan Bureau to talk about it, and let them modify the Flang machine according to their own ideas.

He bid farewell to Lu Xiangsheng and Yan Yingyuan, and hurried to the Zhongjun tent with his guards. [

As soon as Sun Chengzong saw Zhong Jinwei, he smiled and said to him: "The artillery mentioned earlier has arrived. Let's go and have a look together."

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he was stunned for a while, and then asked: "The artillery bought from Macau?"

"Yes, just arrived." Sun Chengzong nodded and replied, and then took the lead out of the tent.

Zhong Jinwei had just heard about the quality of the domestic artillery, so he really wanted to see this foreign product. He immediately followed up with Sun Chengzong, remembering what happened in Lu Xiangsheng's camp just now, and said to Sun Chengzong: "Master Sun, are you too disrespectful to me? .”

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he was a little surprised. He stopped and turned to look at Zhong Jinwei, and asked, "Why do you speak like that?"

"I just went to the Jiutai camp to look at the artillery and firearms you dialed, and found that the artillery and firearms were mostly bombed, and the gaps in the French machine were so big that a person could squeeze in. Do you think you are interesting enough?" Zhong Jinwei thought a lot. I complained about Sun Chengzong a little bit, so I talked about him.

When Sun Chengzong heard Zhong Jinwei's exaggerated statement, he couldn't help but smiled wryly, and then said: "Due to various reasons, the quality of the firearms made by Daming is indeed problematic. Otherwise, there is no need to go all the way to Macau to buy them."

After he finished speaking, he rode on the horse led by his personal guard, and waited for Zhong Jinwei.

"The quality of the Portuguese artillery is so good. Didn't it explode?" Zhong Jinwei was a little curious, and while asking, he also took the reins of the horse from Li Laosi, and then got on the horse.

"That's not true. Their cannons also exploded, but the chances are much smaller than ours. We went this time to test their cannons, test them once, and report to the emperor if there is no problem." Sun Chengzong told Zhong Jinwei Explained the last step of purchasing Western artillery.

"Master Sun, why are there so many explosions in the artillery built by our Ming Dynasty?" Zhong Jinwei wanted to ask Sun Chengzong for proof.

Sun Chengzong rode forward on horseback, and when he heard Zhong Jinwei's question, he sighed softly, lowered his loud voice, and said with a little reluctance: "There are many reasons why artillery and muskets explode."

Zhong Jinwei urged the horse to go side by side with Sun Chengzong, and then asked: "What are the reasons?"

Sun Chengzong looked at Zhong Jinwei, and saw that he was seriously waiting for the answer, so he had no choice but to say: "The first is that the imperial court cannot produce enough silver taels, but requires the manufacture of enough firearms."

"Then it's still a matter of money. Doesn't the court know that the firearms manufactured under such requirements may not last long?" Zhong Jinwei commented, and then asked Sun Chengzong a question.

"Marquis Zhongxing, it's not the court's willingness, but the front line urgently needs so many firearms, there is no way not to give them, and the court also has difficulties." Sun Chengzong explained.

Zhong Jinwei listened silently, because the front line needed so many firearms, but the court couldn't afford so much money, so they forcibly collected enough firearms.

Sun Chengzong saw that Zhong Jinwei didn't speak any more, so he said the second reason: "You know about the corruption case a few days ago. The silver allocated by the court to make firearms was intercepted by some people. , the remaining silver taels that are actually used for firearms manufacturing are pitifully small.”

"No wonder, I said that no matter how stupid the court is, no matter how stupid the court is, it will not make the difference between the silver given and the number of firearms required to be made. It turns out that it is a group of moths!" It's stupid, and somewhat wronged.

Sun Chengzong turned his head to look at Zhong Jinwei's expression, and smiled. The joy and anger of Zhongxinghou were all displayed on his face, thanks to him not climbing from the bottom of the officialdom step by step.

"There is also the lack of dedication of the craftsmen, and the perfunctoryness of the officials is also related. It is beneficial for the craftsmen to make more and less. If the officials are serious, they will inevitably produce less than the number of qualified firearms required by the court, so they are all perfunctory." Said the last point to Zhong Jinwei.

Zhong Jinwei was a little annoyed when he heard this, and after being silent for a while, he looked at Sun Chengzong and asked him: "You know all these reasons, so why don't you tell the emperor to repair these people and improve the quality of firearms? It is related to the life and death of frontline soldiers, the victory or defeat of the war!" [

Now it was Sun Chengzong's turn to be silent, and his personal guards and Zhong Jinwei's guards did not dare to speak, and followed silently, only the sound of horseshoes sounded regularly.