super concubine

Chapter 740 Success!
The flintlock has been unable to fire the projectile, Xiao Mo and Zeng Gongliang are also very anxious, but they have been looking for the reason in the structure of the gun, which also made them approach a misunderstanding!
Of course, there are certain problems with the structure of the gun body, such as the distance between the anvil and the flint, the gun was not adjusted to the best position until just now!

But that's not why the gun failed to fire!After Xiao Mo's observation, he found that the biggest problem was the projectile!
This kind of projectile is a relatively simple projectile made by Xiao Mo combining all the crafts of An Chao!The front end of the projectile is made of hard iron, with a pointed point in the front, and the whole body is in the shape of a cone, the whole body is round, and the rear end is gunpowder, which is wrapped in a thin layer of iron.

But Xiao Mo found that the iron sheet was very hard, maybe it was the reason why the anvil couldn't penetrate the iron sheet, and the gunpowder couldn't be detonated, so the projectile couldn't be fired!

Therefore, Xiao Mo told Zeng Gongliang his discovery, and the latter also observed it, thinking that the problem should be on the projectile.

Next, Zeng Gongliang immediately followed Xiao Mo's request and asked the craftsman to remake a new type of bullet casing. The outside was still wrapped with hard iron, and the center was almost vacuum except for the warhead.

Xiao Mo asked someone to carefully put the gunpowder in, and finally the bottom of the fuse was covered with a layer of thick copper.

Moreover, in order to detonate the fire at the bottom even if the firing pin did not penetrate the copper sheet, Xiao Mo also asked people to reserve some gaps inside the projectile, so that the gunpowder was not filled.

In this way, with the gap, the gunpowder also has room to move and can explode!
After further improvement, a bullet that fit Xiao Mo's design was finally produced.

And Xiao Mo has been in the barracks for three days, and Xiao Mo hasn't returned to Changle Town for these three days. Finally, Yuniang and the others said that Xiao Mo didn't come back, and it's not good for a group of girls from the Xiao family to live in the Lin family.

So Xiao Mo had no choice but to ask Zhao Guanying to bring them all to the barracks.

It happened that new bullets were released, and then Xiao Mo happily took Yuniang, Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo to the shooting range in the barracks to test the new bullets.

This time, Xiao Mo operated the knife himself, loaded the projectile into the chamber of the gun, then he glanced at the opposite wall, gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger!

"boom……"

The sound of gunpowder explosion rang in everyone's ears, and then there was a sound from the wall.

Xiao Mo was overjoyed when he saw it, he rushed to the wall cheering, and then looked for bullet holes.

Finally, the bullet hole was found, and it was seen that the bullet was deeply embedded in the brick of the wall, and the brick that was hit was already full of cracks!

"It's so powerful!" Zeng Gongliang exclaimed.

Even the bricks have been hit like this, one can imagine what the result would be if the projectile was shot at a person!

"It's done!" Zhao Guanying was also overjoyed, and he said to the girls around him: "Ladies and gentlemen, Erlang has succeeded, we have succeeded!"

"Success?"

Although the girls were a little puzzled, after seeing the movement just now, they all knew the power of the musket, so they congratulated Xiao Mo!
Xiao Mo waved his hands to everyone, and then said to Zeng Gongliang: "Master Zeng, how many bullets are there?"

Zeng Gongliang took out all the bullets, Xiao Mo saw that there were still more than a dozen bullets, so he said: "Knock out all these bullets and see if any bullets will fail!"

So the soldiers distributed a few bullets each, a total of sixteen bullets, and this time they all fired!

Obviously, the research and development of muskets has been very successful at this point!
Zeng Gongliang even burst into tears. He wiped the corners of his eyes and said to Xiao Mo: "My lord, I have been in office for several months like a day, and I have been thinking about this day all the time. Finally... the emperor pays off!"

Xiao Mo nodded, he knew how much Zeng Gongliang had suffered for this musket!

Over the past few months, Zeng Gongliang has been supervising and studying the flintlock day and night. He and Gongsun Bo have personally done everything, but the results are not very satisfactory!
And... There were even incidents where the chamber exploded causing bullets to shoot out from behind, killing and wounding soldiers.

Of course, such things rarely happened after all, because before Xiao Mo came to the barracks, most of the projectiles could not even fire, and only a few, individual projectiles were not wrapped very thickly due to the fire at the bottom, so It will explode!

Now that the musket can finally be fired, Zeng Gongliang is as happy as seeing his child grow up and take the imperial examination in high school!
Xiao Mo said to Zeng Gongliang: "Mr. Zeng has created another sharp weapon for the country, and he has worked hard! When Xiao Mo returns to Beijing this time, he will definitely make a name for him in front of the emperor!"

To be honest, Zeng Gongliang has already seen through it, so he shook his head and said: "General, the wishes of the subordinate officials in life are all on the paper of artillery and guns. If the general really wants to get an official position for the subordinate, Xiaguan is very grateful! It's just... don't let Xiaguan leave this barracks!"

Xiao Mo listened, saluted Zeng Gongliang, and then said: "Sir, you are so talented, let Xiao Mo be convinced! Since you are obsessed with the important things here, then Xiao Mo will make it possible for you! In addition... this short gun has been developed. Listen to it for now!"

Zeng Gongliang nodded to Xiao Mo, he naturally knew what Xiao Mo meant.

These short guns are easy to carry, but their shooting range is limited, while the musket Xiao Mo wants is a long gun with a long range!
These long guns are still in the experiment, but after finding out the problem with the muskets, I believe that Zeng Gongliang should be able to manufacture long guns soon!
After talking with Zeng Gongliang, Xiao Mo took Yuniang and the others to live in the military camp for a few more days, and returned to Changle Town to bid farewell to Lin Chong and the villagers, because Xiao Mo also stayed in Luzhou for a long time this time. God, it's time to go back to the capital!

Before leaving, Xiu Zhiming rushed to the barracks after hearing the news.

The musket succeeded, and as the person who paid the most money in this military camp, Xiu Zhiming naturally would not forget to ask Xiao Mo for some benefits.

But the long spears are still being improved and manufactured, and there are currently only ten short spears.

As for these ten short spears, Xiao Mo naturally couldn't give Xiu's name to all of them, and Xiao Mo, based on the principle that rare goods can live in, opened his mouth to Xiu's name lion: "Brother Xiu, we are brothers, but... this short spear is the best of the country. Heavy weapon, something that ordinary people can never have...Of course, brother Xiao is a member of the royal family and rich, and this military camp is also funded by brother Xiu, so..." Xiao Mo looked at Xiu Zhi with a smile on his face. Ming said: "I'm going to sell a few to Brother Xiu. I don't know what price Brother Xiu is willing to offer?"

(End of this chapter)