super concubine

Chapter 739 Flintlock

It turned out that Lu Lu wrote a special memorial to Kaifeng for Xiao Mo's act of repaying grievances with virtue and educating the people of Shen County, and it was jointly signed by Zhou Chang and Zhu Yongping.

Zhu Yongping, as the head of Shen County School, is naturally considered a great Confucian, and of course he is qualified to add his name!
After Zhao Quan read the memorial, he said to Ji Ping and Shi Zhongyuan: "This Xiao Mo is really humble and virtuous, and he can be a model for scholars in the world!"

Ji Ping and Shi Zhongyuan also agreed, not to mention Xiao Mo's current meritorious service, which is Xiao Mo's future consort status, such a good thing, they must help Zhao Quan find a way to publicize it!

So Zhao Quanqin wrote the imperial criticism and wrote an inscription for Liyi Street: humility and virtue, and proper etiquette!
With Zhao Quan's imperial brush, all the people in Shen County became excited.

And these eight characters have thus become the motto of the people of Shen County. In this way, the local atmosphere of Shen County has become more and more cultivated!

Of course, this is something to say later, after the current Xiao Mo left Shen County, he came to the military aircraft camp in the outskirts.

Now the military camp is still under the jurisdiction of Luzhou, but in fact Luzhou does not have the power to manage the military camp.

The power is in the hands of Xiao Mo, Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo.

After coming to the barracks this time, Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo led the firearms team to experiment with the newly developed guns.

This kind of musket was built by Zeng Gongliang according to the drawings drawn by Xiao Mo. In fact, there were already very rough muskets in the An Dynasty.

But Anchao's musket is a gun that can actually breathe fire.

The general structure is a long barrel, and gunpowder is tied inside, just like fireworks. After the barrel is ignited, the barrel is pointed at the target, so that the gunpowder can be sprayed on the target, and then the target is set on fire!This kind of musket is very troublesome to operate, and its lethality is limited, so a bayonet is installed on the front of the musket. After the fire is sprayed, the gun becomes a knife, and the hot weapon becomes a cold weapon!
What Xiao Mo wanted Zeng Gongliang to do was a sudden-fire gun that didn't need to be ignited.

Xiao Mo also specifically explained the principle of ignition of the flintlock gun on the drawings, and drew in great detail the structure of the flint at the jaws, the anvil, and the trigger.

The drawings were very clear, and Xiao Mo had talked with Zeng Gongliang at night by candlelight, and also talked about the performance and function of this flintlock gun. This time Zeng Gongliang finally made the flintlock gun.

But what the effect will be is still unknown.

Xiao Mo also took Zhao Guanying to observe the flintlock experiment, but halfway through the journey, they met Zeng Gongliang and Gongsun Bo walking back with dozens of people dejectedly. After seeing Xiao Mo, Zeng Gongliang Gong Liang's eyes really lit up.

Without saying a word, he pulled Xiao Mo and walked into the barracks, with Gongsun Bo following behind.

Regardless of saying hello, Zeng Gongliang said to Xiao Mo: "General, this batch of muskets are all made according to the blueprints, and the flints are also supervised by the subordinates personally, including the barrels, anvils, and triggers. The officials have also tried it, and found no problems, but during the test today, none of the shots could be fired, and the officials are puzzled, and the general is here, so we can find out the reason!"

After all, Zeng Gongliang gave Xiao Mo a musket.

Xiao Mo played with the gun in his hand, and found that the iron thing in his hand was not light, and then said to Zeng Gongliang: "Find someone, take the gun apart!"

Zeng Gongliang nodded, then shouted to the outside of the tent, and a few soldiers came in after a while.

According to Zeng Gongliang's instructions, the soldiers disassembled the guns and left the camp.

Xiao Mo took a look, and found that the structure of the gun was generally correct, and they were all made according to the drawings, so Xiao Mo became suspicious.

Did I remember wrongly?
After all, Xiao Mo is not very clear about the structure of guns, most of them are from the toy guns of children in the past or high imitation fake guns, naturally he can't be sure if he remembers it wrong.

After thinking for a long time, Xiao Mo still couldn't think of a solution, and soon it was time for dinner.

Without solving the problem of guns, Xiao Mo naturally had no intention of going back, so he asked Zhao Guanying to send someone to Changle to talk to Yuniang and the others, and then stayed in the barracks.

However, Xiao Mo and Zeng Gongliang didn't even have time to eat dinner. During this period, Xiao Mo and Zeng Gongliang brought a few craftsmen to change the structure of the gun, and extended the distance between the flint and the anvil a little. Then experimented again.

Still no effect!

No sound at all!
After changing it several times, Xiao Mo almost disassembled the Suifa gun and reassembled it until late at night, until more than a dozen guns were modified until two or three guns remained, but the gun still did not fire!
One night passed in a flash, and the matter of the gun hadn't changed at all, so Xiao Mo was about to give up.

For the last time, after Xiao Mo reassembled the gun, he said to Zeng Gongliang: "If it still can't be fired, I'm afraid there is really no other way. We will try our best..."

Zeng Gongliang was a little reconciled. He didn't sleep all night, and his eyes were bloodshot.

Seeing that his hard work was about to end like this, Zeng Gongliang would not be reconciled to anything.

So, this time Zeng Gongliang said: "General, I want to try it myself!"

Xiao Mo listened, looked at Zeng Gongliang, and nodded to Zeng Gongliang after a while.

Then Zeng Gongliang loaded the projectile into the barrel, and after taking a few deep breaths, Zeng Gongliang slowly pulled the trigger!
"Boom..."

This time the gun barrel finally made a sound, but...the projectile was still not fired, and even the gunpowder at the back of the projectile did not explode!
"Ugh!"

Zeng Gongliang sighed, then shook his hand, intending to throw the gun out of his hand, but then he thought, this is in front of Xiao Mo, so he must not be rude!
So Zeng Gongliang put his hand on his head, and then...

Due to inertia, the projectile in the barrel was thrown out and fell to the ground like this.

Seeing Xiao Mo, his expression brightened, because many experiments before, the projectiles in the barrel stayed in the barrel well, without moving a little...

But this time, the projectile was shot out of the gun barrel by the anvil, which showed that the gun experiment was actually successful.

At least... the structure of the firearm itself is correct, but... the projectile is not fired!

Xiao Mo seemed to think of something, he immediately found the experimented guns on the table, took out a bullet from it, and observed it carefully under the light!
(End of this chapter)