Wanli 1592

Chapter 878 I Believe Now

Seeing the serious look of the craftsman, Zheng Ying felt that maybe he shouldn't take what he said as a joke.

But if you don't look at it according to the joke, it's really a little scary.

A flintlock that can hit [-] paces is comparable to a lighter medium-sized Francophone, and a Francophone is a cannon that weighs several hundred kilograms, so it is not easy to transport, and a flintlock can be carried by one person. It is clear at a glance which is better and which is worse, without too much consideration.

"You didn't lie to me? Can you really hit three hundred steps?"

Zheng Ying asked with difficulty.

"Unless I'm blind."

Craftsmen are still very serious.

Now, Zheng Ying couldn't help but pay attention to and understand this matter.

He noticed that the lead in his hand not only had a strange shape, but there were several strange grooves in the lower half, and there seemed to be a piece of wood embedded in it at the bottom, which was even more strange.

"How to use this gun? Come and show me."

The craftsman nodded, picked up a flintlock, poured some gunpowder into it, then put the special lead in his hand into the muzzle of the gun, and then stretched in through the muzzle with a cleaning rod to compact the lead and gunpowder. .

"Isn't this the same as the bird gun? The rifled flintlock we use now uses a larger projectile, and then hammers it in with a hammer. If you do this, the bullet and the rifling can't fit at all, so it's the same as the bird gun." Is it the same? What's the difference?"

Zheng Ying said that he did not understand.

The craftsman said: "This is the difference, and it is also better than the current rifled flintlock. The current rifled flintlock needs to be hammered with a wooden hammer. It is not only time-consuming and laborious, but also easy to put The inside is broken, right?"

Zheng Ying nodded.

"That's true. More than 20 guns have been broken since landing. I feel very distressed, but there is no other way. Only rifled flintlocks can shoot farther and more accurately. In order to deter the enemy or directly kill the enemy's general , This blunderbuss is indispensable, do you know that when the commander-in-chief fought against the Dongwu Kingdom, he used this kind of flintlock to kill the enemy general with a single shot of lead, and the enemy army collapsed."

The craftsman said he knew.

"So, two years ago, the commander-in-chief specifically asked our Firearms Manufacturing Bureau to hurry up and improve the rifled flintlock, make it as simple as possible, and then produce a little higher, and gave us some patterns, but this is really It was too difficult, and we could only do it little by little in two years. We made about [-] pieces, but the lead has not been improved.

After Director Xu came three months ago, he led a group of master craftsmen to make it without sleep, and asked for materials of 10 taels of silver from the commander. Only then did the lead problem be solved. Now a group of master craftsmen can The ten flintlocks and the lead are now made of lead. This is all silver and the blood and sweat of our masters! "

Zheng Ying knew that these craftsmen worked very hard.

Xiao Ruxun has been telling the military craftsmen how hard it is to make weapons for them. During the years in Myanmar, he has spared no effort to improve the status of these craftsmen. He often organizes craftsmen to go to the barracks to teach soldiers how to use the latest firearms on the spot, so as to promote mutual understanding between craftsmen and the army. Good results have been achieved, at least in the Zhennan army, craftsmen are more respected.

"Okay, I know you've worked hard, so didn't we say nothing? Come on, come on, show me how powerful this gun is. If we can use a flintlock gun that can shoot three hundred paces, everyone The enemy army is really a chicken and a dog, and we can even deal with the cavalry!"

Zheng Ying obviously didn't believe it, but there was still a little bit of excitement, and he was looking forward to seeing a miracle.

Three hundred steps away, ordinary scarecrows and targets can't be used, and they can't see clearly, so Zheng Ying directly got a large shield cart and placed it three hundred steps away to make room for the craftsmen. Get out a large space, and then give him an experiment.

Many musketeers were very surprised when they heard that a new type of flintlock musket that could hit [-] paces had come to the barracks, and they all came to watch the excitement.

"Okay, you can start, there is the big shield car, and the board is big enough to see clearly, just shoot and see if you can hit the board, I really don't believe you can hit three Something a hundred paces away."

Zheng Ying stood beside the craftsman, and beside Zheng Ying, more generals and soldiers were paying close attention to the craftsman.

"Three hundred steps? Are you kidding me?"

"The Franc gun can only hit [-] paces. Even if it is a flintlock, if it can hit [-] paces, why do you need the Flank gun?"

"That's right, if the flintlock can hit that far, I'll eat my bird gun in no time!"

A few soldiers were laughing and betting on the sidelines.

A group of people watched the craftsman calmly kneel on the ground, then poured primer into the burner, pulled down the gun, pointed the gun at the large shield car, and pulled the trigger decisively!
"boom!"

There was a gunshot, and white gas rose into the air. Zheng Ying immediately sent someone to ride over to see if the large shield vehicle had hit him. The expression of seeing a ghost.

"General, general, general! That lead is embedded in that large shield vehicle!!"

One word stirred up a thousand layers of waves, and the scene boiled instantly.

"what?!"

Zheng Ying roared, and was about to go over to see it with his own eyes, but before he could run out, he was stopped by the craftsman.

"Wait a minute, don't go, I'm just squatting here, General Zheng, please test the accuracy immediately, you get a rope straightened, pull it from here to see if it deviates from here to the shield car How much, so I can go back and tell Director Xu."

Seeing the indifferent expression of the craftsman, Zheng Ying felt mixed emotions.

"it is good."

He immediately sent someone to find the rope, and pulled it from the craftsman to the large shield cart, followed by himself, and when he walked up to the large shield cart, he saw with his own eyes the slightly deformed lead embedded in the shield cart. And this position does not seem to be too far from where the craftsman is, only three or four inches away.

He took out the buckshot and looked at it in his hand, the shock in his heart was far from over.

Walking back to the craftsman, Zheng Ying handed the lead bullet to the craftsman.

"I believed it, and I believe it now."

As soon as Zheng Ying spoke, the surroundings boiled again. The soldiers were so surprised that they whispered to each other and looked at the craftsman and the gun with shocked expressions.

"When will you eat your own bird gun?"

The soldier who just said he wanted to eat the bird gun was immediately depressed when asked by his companions.

The craftsman took the lead bullet, looked at it carefully, and nodded.

"So, it is meaningful to have so much money for such a long time, and we are worthy of the commander's so much money."

"When can it be handed over to us? I want 10 pieces! If you don't have enough money, I'll grab it for you! I'll grab it for you! Have you seen this city? There are at least [-] taels of silver here, millions Two is not impossible, you give me [-] such flintlocks, and I will send troops to grab the money for you right away! Brothers, right?!"

Zheng Ying asked the soldiers around him loudly, and the soldiers immediately shouted in unison, "Yes!!"

(End of this chapter)