In Zhang Siyuan and Li Tingran's minds, two numbers kept echoing:

One hundred and fifty zhang... One mile... One hundred and fifty zhang... One mile... One hundred and fifty zhang...... One hundred and fifty zhang...... One mile ......

If you choose elite sharpshooters, ambush them on the enemy's marching route, and specialize in killing the enemy's generals - then where would anyone dare to lead a team to encircle and suppress them!

……

Zhu Cijiong continued to reload and shot again.

It's a pity that at the next 800 meters of the target, he failed three times in a row.

I really don't have the talent of a blocker!

Zhu Cijiong smiled self-deprecatingly.

After the people crossed, there was nothing they wanted, aircraft cannons, aircraft carrier missiles, system godheads, and even the emperors together.

Unforgettable is simply the standard for traversers!

And he is poor and white, and he has to face the most difficult start......

Forget it, don't even give him a talent!

……

Zhu Cijiong threw the gun to Ding Da Niu, but the corner of his mouth brought a smile - he is diligent, and diligence can make up for his clumsiness!

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"Your Majesty...... His Majesty...... ......" Li Tingran, who had been in the officialdom for decades, suddenly became stammering, and he swallowed a mouthful of spit: "Why is this?" ”

This new musket is just a few more rails, and even the bullets can't be sealed!

In his opinion, the range of this musket should be inferior to that of a shotgun, why is it dozens of times that of a shotgun?

Zhu Cijiong picked up a bullet and pulled out the cork at the bottom: "You see, the bottom of this bullet is a conical cavity, and the cork just fills the entire cavity."

Lead bullets, on the other hand, are softer, and when the gunpowder burns, it hits the cork – like hitting a wooden wedge with a hammer, which makes the tail larger, which in turn causes the bottom of the bullet to deform and expand. ”

Zhu Cijiong pointed to the muzzle of the musket in Ding Daniu's hand and asked him to watch.

"The muzzle is designed with a rifling groove, so that the bullet fits perfectly into the barrel, and the stability is increased because of the rifling."

"As for the range?" Zhu Cijiong laughed: "First, I made Ding Da Niu equip it with granular gunpowder, so that the performance of the gunpowder reached the most balanced state, and second, the barrel of this gun is much larger than that of a shotgun, and the gunpowder loaded is naturally more." ”

The 17 mm caliber Mini gun can be stuffed almost even with a thumb, which shows how much more gunpowder is loaded than before!

The more gunpowder is loaded, the thrust after burning is greater, and the bullet will naturally shoot farther!

Zhang Siyuan, Li Tingran and others suddenly realized.

It turned out that the main reason why the new gun was able to hit so far was the addition of gunpowder.

Just like carrying a gun, the more gunpowder is loaded, the longer the firing range will naturally be.

The rest of the arrangements are just for the sake of accuracy.

The bullet is set up slightly smaller than the barrel with a cavity at the bottom, firstly, to reduce the reload time, and secondly, to fit the barrel perfectly after impact. Preventing air leakage and increasing the firing range are secondary, and the most important thing is that the trajectory is stable under the action of the rifled guide!

As for the bullet being set up as a combination of cylindrical and conical, it is to prevent the bullet from rolling.

Although Zhu Cijiong does not have a golden finger, his existence can save craftsmen a lot of detours!

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Da had already walked over with several humanoid targets in his arms.

"Your Majesty, this new gun is really powerful! According to the degree of damage to the wooden rake, at a distance of one hundred and fifty zhang, it should be able to break through the iron-lined cotton armor! ”

Zhang Da showed the human-shaped target at 500 meters to Zhu Cijiong to watch:

"Your Majesty, you see, this wooden rake is made of criss-crossed veneer, and its protective ability is comparable to that of iron-inlaid cotton armor.

However, at a distance of one hundred and fifty zhang, it was all pierced! ”

I saw that the wooden rake was made of a finger-thick plywood, but it had already been punched out of a hole the thickness of a thumb!

……

Oh my God! The new gun turned out to be so powerful!

Zhang Siyuan, Li Tingran and others were down again......

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Zhu Cijiong looked at Ding Daniu: "What is the maximum value of armor breaking in the experimental data of your firearms workshop?" ”

Ding Daniu replied: "Within one hundred and eighty zhang, the cotton armor can't stop its projectile!" ”

"Besides," he smiled proudly, "even if it's a hundred and eighty zhang away, what if it's blocked with cotton armor?" ”

"We tested it with a big fat pig weighing 200 pounds, wearing cotton armor, and the pig's ribs were broken into two!"

……

Zhang Guang's eyes lit up, with such great strength, even if the enemy was lucky enough not to be killed, he would be knocked off his horse and fall to his death!

……

Zhang Siyuan rushed over, he grabbed Ding Da Niu with both hands, and shouted: "How about the output of this gun?" How many sticks can I make in a month? Whatever you want, I'll give you, and how much can I produce? ”

Zhang Siyuan grabbed Ding Da Niu's shoulder, shook his head dizzily, and asked like a cannon in his mouth.

"You let go of me first, Manager Zhang, let go of me!" Ding Da Niu was about to be shaken up, and he begged for mercy several times in succession before he was let go by Zhang Siyuan, who was completely awake.

"Master Ding, I'm sorry, I, I was so excited just now!" Zhang Siyuan rubbed his hands and heard the data of the new gun, he was so excited.

This is an artifact!

Ding Daniu smiled, Zhang Siyuan's reaction was the same as when he first tested this musket!

"There are three main things that are restricting our output now." Ding Da Niu said: "First, the speed of fine iron forging cannot keep up, and this can only be solved by recruiting more skilled craftsmen.

Secondly, the sharpening and drilling of the barrel could not keep up, which required vigorous manufacturing of lathe machines.

Thirdly, there is a serious shortage of craftsmen who can skillfully dig rifling! ”

Ding Daniu smiled bitterly: "To put it bluntly, in the final analysis, it is still the lack of craftsmen.

Now just the three venues of the firearms workshop have concentrated almost all the blacksmiths in Nanyang Mansion, and even the people who want to make iron tools now can't find a blacksmith! ”

"However, even if we loot the people so hard, there is still a serious shortage of manpower on the workshop side!"

Ding Da Niu is in charge of the firearms workshop, how can he not know what the current predicament is!

……

After listening to Ding Daniu's words, Zhang Siyuan was silent.

There was no solution, and he could even see that for a certain time to come, there would be no solution!

Even if they lay down somewhere else, they can recruit more craftsmen......

However, with the growth of the territory under his command, the army will inevitably expand, and the demand for military supplies will surge, so that the dilemma of insufficient craftsmen will also exist!

Zhu Cijiong thought for a while: "I can solve the problem of insufficient fine iron for you!" ”

He asked for pen and paper again, drew a drawing of a hydraulic forging machine and handed it to Ding Daniu.

"This is a wrought iron machine, in fact, it is just another improvement of the waterwheel!"

Zhu Cijiong said with a smile: "It uses the power of flowing water to drive the sledgehammer up and down, instead of manpower to hit the iron, as long as there is a river, it will never stop, but the speed is much faster than manpower!" ”

In fact, wrought iron is constantly beaten, repeatedly heated, the impurities in the iron, carbon, etc. are beaten and incinerated off, when the carbon content is less than 0.04%, it is called wrought iron, the carbon content is between 0.05-2%, and the carbon content of 2-4.3% is pig iron.

In an era of experience, forging steel was entirely dependent on the eye of a master blacksmith.

When manpower is exhausted, no one can never stop wielding a sledgehammer all day long, so that wrought iron becomes a shackle stuck in the production of muskets.

After carefully figuring out the drawings, Ding Daniu's eyes lit up, and he understood the meaning of Zhu Cijiong's painting.

Ding Da Niu groped his chin, his gray hair swayed gently with the breeze, judging from the drawings, it was very simple to make this Dingxi......

……

Li Tingran twisted his eyebrows slightly: "I think we can also try to restore the steel frying method, as long as this is studied, the output of steel will never get stuck in our necks again!"

In the Han Dynasty, the method of frying steel can be studied, and it makes no sense that our descendants cannot be restored! ”

Zhu Cijiong nodded: "Cheng, then according to Cedar's opinion, send someone to study the steel frying method, and we will go in parallel!" ”

Regarding Zhu Cijiong's decision, everyone has no opinion.

Hydraulic forging can solve the current dilemma, and once the steel frying method comes out, it can indeed solve the future dilemma!

The next thing in front of everyone is the biggest obstacle - the lack of craftsmen!

"Why don't you publish the recruitment list!" Zhang Siyuan frowned and said: "I don't believe it, under the promise of high profits, no craftsman is willing to come to us!" ”

"No!"

Li Tingran retorted: "Your Majesty is the son of the Great Tomorrow, for us, taking over the world is called recovering the country, and we are standing on the righteousness!" ”

"Your Majesty recognizes the Four Emperors of the Southern Ming Dynasty, isn't it precisely for this?"

"Your Majesty is the lord of the world, the object of the support of all the people, all the people of the world are your own people, what Your Majesty wants to do, you should drive all the people like an arm."

Li Tingran's face was firm: "The recruitment list is never allowed, once this thing is released, it will be a disguised proof - we ourselves admit that our legal system is not correct!" ”

"When the time comes, how do you let the world view Your Majesty?

This is sending a handle to the pseudo-Qing! ”

Don't look at Zhu Cijiong's seizure of the world, just like the ancestor of the Zhu family, he won it from the hands of the Tartars.

However, the nature of the two is completely different.

Comrade Zhu's call for expelling the Tartars and restoring China is a restoration move that can only be achieved after the world has been lost and the legal system has been severed.

And they are the restoration of China, it is the country contaminated with bloody, but the law is still unified, and they occupy the righteousness of the world!

This talent list, from their point of view, really can't be posted!

You must know that once this is posted, it is tantamount to admitting that the people of the world do not support them, and only rely on usury to induce people to vote, so that the blow to the people's will is not heavy!

Even-if Zhu Cijiong is not the son of Chongzhen, even if it is a partial branch clan, he can publish a talent list!

However, Zhu Cijiong, as Chongzhen's sister-in-law, must not touch this thing!

Li Tingran's words made Zhang Siyuan's face change greatly.

How did he ignore that.

"I was negligent!" Zhang Siyuan admitted his mistake, and he frowned: "Then what should we do?" ”

There is a serious shortage of craftsmen, which will restrict their development!

This time, if they can produce a thousand new guns, with the power of the muskets with ultra-long range, the Qing soldiers will not have to worry at all!

The two were depressed, this was a problem they knew about, but there was no way to solve it!

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Zhu Cijiong chuckled: "If there is no craftsman, then cultivate it yourself!" ”

He said in a deep voice: "Two Aiqing, I am going to ask you again for someone!" ”

Zhang Siyuan and Li Tingran blinked, cultivating themselves? How to cultivate?

As for the important people Zhu Cijiong said, they didn't care at all, and they were even a little happy!

At this time, the more people His Majesty asks them for, the heavier the dependence on them will be!

Zhu Cijiong chuckled: "The two Qing family have dozens of literate children from various factions, and they came to the workshop first and gave me a thorough understanding of the various processes.

Then establish an academy and recruit students, half theoretically, half practical for training! ”

"In this way, one person teaches ten people, and when they come out, we will have hundreds of skilled craftsmen, one person will teach 100 people, and in the coming year, we will have thousands of craftsmen!"

"When the time comes, some of these disciples will be transferred out and the craftsman school will be opened, and in a few years, the craftsmen will not be used up!"

Zhu Cijiong released the monster of the technical school: "You say, if I open a hundred vocational schools, and wait for these disciples to become teachers, will there still be a shortage of craftsmen?" ”

Ding Daniu was taken aback by Zhu Cijiong's words, isn't this fighting with him again?

However, in an instant, he figured out that if these students wanted to surpass him, they would have to work hard in the workshop for at least twenty years.

His Majesty's method can indeed quickly become an ordinary talent, but the experience of the master master needs to be accumulated little by little.

However, because these people have mastered enough theoretical knowledge and put a little practice in the workshop, they are a qualified medium craftsman!

And it is precisely this part of the craftsmen that they are lacking, and it is also the mainstream that supports an industry!

……

"Wonderful!"

"Good!"

Zhang Siyuan and Li Tingran also figured out the joints, and Zhu Cijiong's method can indeed solve the shortage of medium-sized craftsmen.

"When the minister goes back, he will arrange for the disciples to come in!" Zhang Siyuan immediately agreed.

The Zhang clan is tens of thousands, and there are thousands of literate people, so he opened his mouth to send some people to learn to strike iron, who would dare not come?

Li Tingran also repeatedly said that he would arrange it soon.

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Ding Daniu frowned: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing that Your Majesty needs to solve!" ”

"You say." Zhu Cijiong was slightly surprised, he had already given a solution to the big problem in the workshop, what did Ding Daniu want to say?

Ding Da Niu said slowly:

"Your Majesty, counting our gradually discontinued shotguns and Lumi guns, now our two musket workshops produce arquebuses and Lumi guns; flintlock shotguns, reluctance guns; And now this gun, which His Majesty calls the Mini gun, in addition, has to produce gunpowder, projectiles, and new projectiles. ”