Wanli 1592

Chapter 879 Surprise them

Faced with the enthusiasm of Zheng Ying and the soldiers, the craftsman was not affected, but silently rolled his eyes.

"This batch of flintlocks consists of 100 pieces. The first [-] pieces were manufactured successively in the past two years, and the last [-] pieces were produced in three months after the arrival of Director Xu. These lead bullets were produced by us over two years ago. All the painstaking efforts, just like this, only fifty, you want ten thousand? Yes, wait a hundred years!"

As soon as these words came out, the murderous soldiers choked to death.

Zheng Ying was also depressed for a long time before he stabilized his emotions, resisting the urge not to punch this bastard to death.

"No, why can't it work? So slow? Aren't you tempted?! Why can't you do more when you can do it? Do you know how many brothers we can save from dying with this kind of flintlock? ?The current blunderbuss takes seventy steps to shoot at the farthest, and the enemy will rush to the front after a few rounds!"

The craftsman shook his head helplessly.

"My General Zheng, do you know how much effort we have to spend on just one rifling? It can only be made by experienced and skilled craftsmen. This rifling is different from what we use now. You look!"

The craftsman handed Zheng Ying the gun in his hand, and Zheng Ying stared into it with one eye.

"Hey! It's really different, round by round, we seem to use much less than this now! How did you get this?"

"How did you make it? It's very difficult! We need to work hard to make such a rifled gun, let alone this lead bullet. Look at this lead bullet, which is also carefully crafted by us. Not only does it need to be polished, but there is no guarantee that every one can be used, and there is no guarantee that every one can match the gun.

Because it is not made by the same person, the lead that can be used for each gun is different. You look alike, but the specific value is different. Each has a small difference. This lead is only It can be matched with this gun but not with other guns, otherwise there is a danger of explosion.

This is a very delicate job. If the master didn't get us a caliper for us to compare, we wouldn't be able to make these leads now!Although we are also making molds, hoping to produce standard lead, but it is difficult for us to make a durable enough mold now! "

Zheng Ying couldn't understand some professional terms, and soldiers couldn't understand them either, but it seemed to be difficult to make.

"Is it really that difficult? You only produced fifty of them in two years? Can't it be faster? At worst, you can make less bird guns?"

Zheng Ying planned to settle for the next best thing, to build a team of flintlock gunners similar to Xiao Ruxun's personal guards, and it would have a good effect on the battlefield at critical moments.

"This is not a problem that can be solved with more people and fewer people. If it can be solved with more people, we won't be unable to produce a lot in two or three years. Many things and technologies have to be worked out bit by bit. We can figure out now. These fifty sticks used several 10 taels of silver materials, how much silver would it cost for [-] sticks?"

The craftsmen paid several 10 taels of silver as soon as they exported, and the soldiers retreated after hearing this.

"According to our current speed, even if the entire firearms manufacturing bureau stops what they are doing to make this kind of flintlock and this kind of lead bullet, they must first be familiar with what we do, and then practice before they can get started. There are at most three or five pieces per month, and there is no guarantee that all the ones produced are top-quality products that can be used, and the scrap rate is very high.

Among other things, there are very few steels that can be used. Our current steel is difficult to make and can be used for this kind of flintlock. The steel used for bird guns cannot be used for this kind of flintlock. Just explode the chamber, we all hurt many craftsmen because of this, it’s not that we don’t want to do it, we also hope that the brothers can survive! "

Zheng Ying fell silent, and the rest of the soldiers also fell silent.

"The commander-in-chief has always supported us, asking for money and materials for materials, and hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of dollars have been poured into it. We also want to use the best things to repay the commander-in-chief's kindness. On this point, The craftsmen of the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau are no worse than you, so they worked desperately to make these dozens of flintlocks, but I really don’t know when I want to equip them all for my brothers.”

The craftsman sighed, took the gun in his hand and looked at it.

Xie Lin, the chief pawn under Zheng Ying, walked up to the craftsman and patted the craftsman on the shoulder.

"That's enough, you guys have done a good job. Earlier, we had to worry about bombing when we used the bird guns. Now we can use the bird guns you made with confidence. Basically, they won't explode. The same goes for the artillery, and the others. The same goes for firearms, you have done enough, and the brothers are watching."

The craftsman looked at the soldiers and saw the approving eyes and expressions of the soldiers. He felt relieved for no reason, his eyes were red, and tears fell down uncontrollably.

When eating in the evening, Zheng Ying specially asked Lao Huotou to build a small stove for the craftsman, and treated him to a meal of fried pork with chili and white rice, and then took him to sit with him, asking questions, as if he was familiar with firearms. Manufacturing generated a keen interest.

"Tell me, the commander-in-chief asked you to make this flintlock, how much time do you have to spend, and what kind of preparations do you make?"

"There is a lot of preparation, starting with the materials. What kind of iron is used for what kind of gun? Some irons are hard, some irons are soft, some irons are easy to pull rifling, and some are impossible to get. Now there are still people Think about how to add rifling to the barrel to increase the firing range of the Fran's machine gun and the Hongyi cannon."

Zheng Ying was very surprised.

"Rifling the cannon barrel? Now the Hongyi cannon can hit two miles away. If it is rifled, wouldn't it be able to hit seven or eight miles away? Is it still okay?"

The craftsman nodded: "That's what I said, but there is no result yet, and even if it is made, among other things, the Hongyi cannon can only fire solid bullets, and the power is not enough, so I think we should not only think about pulling Rifling, you have to think about how to make more powerful blooming bullets."

Zheng Ying said it made sense.

"Yes, I always feel that it's a pity that the Hongyi Cannon can't open the flower bomb. If it can be fired, it is definitely better than the Franc machine gun, but the current flower bomb is not powerful enough. It can't kill a few people, and it doesn't feel like a trebuchet. Where to go strong."

The craftsman took a few mouthfuls of rice.

"Yes, that's why Marshal Xiao said before that the current gunpowder is not strong enough. We need to make the gunpowder explode more powerfully, and the power of the explosion is greater, so that we can make more powerful explosive bombs."

"Can gunpowder be changed to make it more useful?"

Zheng Ying felt incredible again.

"Not only gunpowder, but also iron, lead, and rifling. Now the more I make it, the more I think about improving its power, and I find that there are more things to do. Everything must be considered. Better iron is more important. Good gunpowder, better rifling, better lead, more money and effort, no matter what it takes to study, it is really difficult.”

Hearing what the craftsman said, Zheng Ying had a more intuitive feeling about the weapons he used.

But he soon thought of a fun thing.

"The ten flintlocks we have now should be able to be used on the battlefield, right?"

The craftsman chewed the food in his mouth a few times.

"sure."

"Okay, how about we scare the people in this city? Tomorrow morning, I will choose ten flintlock players who can shoot accurately, and then, let's show the people in the city a little bit of color, don't you think? have a look?"

The craftsman thought about it and thought it was pretty good.

"What's the use of the firearms you make if they can't fight? It's just right, you guys try the speed and accuracy of bursts, so I can go back and tell Director Xu."

Zheng Ying was overjoyed.

So the next morning, after having breakfast and resting for a while, Zheng Ying selected ten flintlock players with the most accurate marksmanship, each with a new-style flintlock, and asked them to surprise the landlords and old rich in the city. .

(End of this chapter)