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Chapter 95 Cannon Test Firing (Third update, please subscribe!!)

Xishan Wanggong Factory, firearms test firing base.

This is an extremely open field, and the cold wind blows, and occasionally some gravel falls from the mountain wall.

"Chen Shi Pu kowtows to the emperor!"

"Chen Li Shulin kowtowed to the emperor!"

Shi Pu, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, handed over the affairs of the Ministry of Industry early in the morning, and went to Wang Gong Factory to supervise the manufacture of firearms.

Li Shulin followed closely behind. Since the development of new firearms, his talents have been brought into full play, and the emperor asked for money and people to give, and the progress was very smooth.

"You Aiqings are flat!"

Zhu Qizhen was fine, these firearms were all developed according to his own manuscripts, but Zhang Fu, Chen Ying and others seemed to have discovered the New World behind them, picked up the flintlock rifle and played with it, and couldn't help but marvel.

"With such a long barrel, wouldn't it be easier to explode?"

"Yeah, besides, this wooden handle is too short, it's not safe..."

"Where is the lead, why can't I find it?"

Seeing everyone's curious faces, Zhu Qizhen said: "Li Aiqing, come and tell everyone!"

"Yes!"

Li Shulin came forward to introduce the characteristics and use of flintlock guns.

"The flintlock uses the impact of the flint on the hammer to generate sparks to ignite the gunpowder chamber. Weichen improved the granular gunpowder and bonded the gunpowder and the projectile together. When loading, you only need to load the ammunition from the front chamber. Be careful The projectile is facing outwards, and it must not be installed backwards, and then it can be fired by pushing it to the launch chamber with a cleaning rod."

Everyone formed a circle, watching Li Shulin's operation closely.

"Your Majesty, the loading is complete, please try firing!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Yes!"

Li Shulin held the loaded rifle in his arms, pointed it at a wooden target in front of him, and pulled the trigger decisively after aiming.

boom!
There was only a crisp explosion sound, and the target shook, and it seemed that it had been hit.

Li Shulin beckoned, and immediately an officer ran over and carried the target back.

The crowd couldn't wait, and stepped forward to watch.

I saw that this shot hit the bull's-eye, making a two-finger-wide hole in the target!

Everyone clapped their hands and applauded. This thing seems to have improved by more than one level than the firecracker in terms of range, accuracy and power. Moreover, the loading process has been simplified a lot.

"Another advantage of granular gunpowder is that there are very few impurities. In a short period of time, there is almost no need to clean the barrel before reloading."

While speaking, Li Shulin loaded another ammunition into it, and aimed at another wooden target.

boom!
Another guard ran over and carried the second target back.

Everyone leaned forward to see, this time it missed the target, but it was pretty good.

Zhang Fu sighed: "It's simply an ingenious workmanship, an ingenious workmanship!"

Chen Mao stepped forward and asked, "Li Shilang, this...what is the name of this firecracker?"

"Flintlock!"

"Oh yes, a flintlock!"

Chen Mao continued to ask: "What is the maximum range of this flintlock gun?"

"The maximum range is about a hundred steps, and the effective range is about fifty steps!"

"Hundred steps?"

Chen Mao's eyes widened. The maximum range of traditional firecrackers is at most [-] steps. However, if it exceeds [-] steps, there is no accuracy at all. This thing has been directly improved by two times!
Zhu Qizhen looked at the way these people were making a fuss, and thought in his heart, what is the point of this? When the time is right, I will fix the AK, and then the Laifu, so that you can see what the power of technology is!
The one who laughed the most was Chen Ying, because he knew that this thing must be given priority to the Shenji Camp.

It is conceivable that in future wars, the Shenji Battalion will gradually become the main force!
Everyone held a flintlock gun and played with it. All the generals present could not put it down for this kind of battlefield killer.

Zhang Fu couldn't wait any longer. Under Li Shulin's guidance, he loaded, aimed, and fired.

boom!
miss...

Zhang Fu refused to accept it, and was about to load another round, but saw several guards pushing two flatbed carts, which seemed to be gun barrels.

At this moment, his eyes were immediately attracted, he put the flintlock gun in his hand on Li Shulin's body, and stepped forward to observe.

"This cannon...why is it in half?"

Others were equally puzzled, expressing that they did not understand.

Li Shulin ordered the guards to put away the flintlock guns and ammunition, and then stepped forward to introduce: "This kind of artillery is made by Western Francophones, so it is named Francophones. The split structure is easy to carry. In addition, a mother cannon Equipped with three sub-cannons, it can effectively increase the rate of fire.”

While talking, he beckoned people to unload the cannon body from the car, and personally directed the assembly.

Zhang Fu watched Li Shulin's every move carefully, and almost posted his whole body on it.

"The body of the cannon is so small, how powerful is it?"

"Jing'an County King, wait a moment, the officer will try shooting... Please, let me go!"

"Oh, oh!"

Only then did Zhang Fu reluctantly take a half step back, squatted down, and watched Li Shulin fill the sub-cannon with ammunition, and then put the sub-cannon into the belly of the cannon.

"Your Majesty, please try shooting!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Yes!"

Li Shulin did not rush to light the fire, but faced the crowd standing beside the cannon, and said helplessly, "My lords, can you step back?"

Zhang Fu and the others had no choice but to take a few steps back, and then took half a step forward.

Li Shulin had no choice but to look at Zhu Qizhen.

Zhu Qizhen understood, and said: "Everyone, come with me!"

Seeing that the emperor had spoken, everyone had no choice but to follow and retreated seven or eight zhang.

Zhu Qizhen asked loudly: "Li Aiqing, is it okay?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's fine!"

After speaking, Li Shulin ignited the wire, then squatted on the ground with his back turned, covering his ears.

boom!
Bang!
The first sound was the igniting of the gunpowder in the barrel, and the second sound was the loud noise when the flower bomb exploded.

The cannonball hit the mountain wall in the distance, and the rubble fell to the ground.

From a distance, it seems that half of the mountain has collapsed.

Everyone watched from a distance, and each of them opened their mouths wide, unable to speak for a long time.

I thought that this kind of Franco cannon was better than being small and light, but I didn't expect that its power was not much worse than that of the general's cannon.

When Zhang Fu came to his senses, he trotted forward, and everyone followed, watching as Li Shulin commanded the gunner to remove the sub-cannon and replace it with a sub-cannon loaded with ammunition.

"Prince Jing'an, my lords..."

"Okay, okay, understand!"

Zhang Fu led everyone back to a safe distance, and then Li Shulin lit the fire again.

boom!
Bang!
There were two more loud noises, and the rocks flew across the mountain. From a distance, only a rough voice shouted: "Li Shulin, I didn't make a sound during the test shooting today. I will arrange people to fetch the stones in advance... Oh, your majesty!" ?”

Uncle Pingxiang Chen Huai stepped forward quickly, kowtowed and saluted.

"The Qing family is flat, I came to see the new firearms today, but I didn't inform the Qing family."

Chen Huai grinned and said: "The old minister heard that the artillery was fired here, so he hurriedly arranged for people to fetch the stone. Now the demand for cement around the capital is increasing day by day. The workshop expands and expands again, and the output can't keep up. The old minister waits every day. The Wang Gong factory fired a cannon."

Zhang Fu and the others couldn't hold back for a long time, they stepped forward again, and watched around the Fran cannon.

Seeing this, Chen Huai stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty Jing'an, haven't you seen him?"

Zhang Fu couldn't help nodding, and said excitedly: "You've opened your eyes, the old man really opened his eyes today!"

Chen Huai whispered in his ear: "Let me tell you a secret, this cannon was made according to the emperor's sketch!"

"is it?"

"Of course, have you seen the flintlock? That was also a sketch given by the emperor."

Zhang Fu was very surprised, and looked at the emperor in surprise. If you are like this, the Ming Dynasty will have no worries for a hundred years!

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PS: In the previous article, some readers struggled with the problem of fifty steps and one hundred steps. Here is a sentence, the ancient step is about 1.3 meters, that is to say, the distance of fifty steps is about 80 meters, and the distance of one hundred steps is about 160 meters.

Some people say, who can stride 1.3 meters in one step, do you think everyone is Yao Ming?

Then he said that an ordinary person's step is about 60-70 centimeters, and he was wrong again. That is not called a step, but a step.

If you don't accumulate a few steps, you can reach a thousand miles. This is the word "跬".

In the ancients, one step was called one step, and two steps was called one step.

　Thank you Brother Heigou for your reward, and thank you for your support! !

　　
　
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