Tang Jian, who just served the bowl and was about to eat, immediately put down the bowl and chopsticks and said, "The award is coming?" I haven't eaten yet, so sit down and eat together. It's better to come early than to come by coincidence, this is Tang Laosi, this kid made it himself, you must like it. Come on, go get a pair of chopsticks again! ”

"Uncle! I won't eat the meal! ”

Li Dexuan shook his head and said, "The little nephew is here to find Shiro for something important!" Shiro, come with me. ”

"What's going on? Why is it so hurried that you don't eat anything? ”

Tang Laosi grinned and put down the dishes and chopsticks.

"You'll find out when you go! Good thing! ”

Li Desheng couldn't help but say, and pulled Donald Laosi and walked out.

"Slow down! Slow down! ”

Donald was almost dragged by Li De Award. Although Tang Heshang is currently a military attaché, in fact, he has not trained like the soldiers of the navy at all, how can he have the strength of Li Dexian, who has already trained the engineering unicorn arm?

Walking out of the Guogong Mansion and turning over to the horse, Li Decheng rushed to Xicheng with the Tang River.

In the house, some of the old lady Yuanshi who reacted during pregnancy looked unhappy: "Tang Jian, you don't care about your son, you will leave tomorrow, and you won't stay at home to have a good meal!" Run out every day, you tell him that he has the ability and don't come back for the rest of his life! ”

Donald, Donald, Old, Old, Donald, Old, Donald, Donald, Old, Donald

In fact, Tang Lao Wu and Tang Lao Liu are okay, one is studying at Chang'an College, and the other is still a six or seven-year-old baby, and the feeling is not too deep. But Tang Shilang's three elder brothers have a deep understanding.

Tang Jian really wanted to throw out the sentence "Your son is running away, what's the matter with me", but the words became on his lips: "Madame, I will help you train him when I turn around!" ”

There's no way, it's all the old house that broke the husband in the Xungui circle, otherwise, with my old Tang's temperament, how can I be so tolerant, right?

The old house means lying down the gun! I don't have so much ability, and I can't affect your Tang family's husband, that's because you don't want to be ashamed of your husband!

Tang Jian: ......!

Let's say that Donald Si and Li De Award go all the way to the west, cough, this is not a movie. Repeat, this is not a movie, just because of the Powder Supervisor it is indeed in the West Side.

At the door of the Gunpowder Superintendent, Tang Laosi probably already had some speculations in his heart, but he was not sure for a while. He didn't ask, but followed Li Decheng inside.

"I've seen Young Eunuch Tang!"

The craftsmen were already waiting in the brightly lit front yard of the Gunpowder Prison, which was still dark and pressed, and that was the work area.

Obviously, the craftsmen who knew Tang Laosi were very kind to the old leader, otherwise they would not call Tang Laosi a young eunuch again.

Standing at the forefront of the craftsmen is Li Dejian, the elder brother of Li Dexian. His official position is even lower than Li De's award, such a brother is in the same yamen, and it is rare for a brother to be a younger brother in Datang, but Li Dejian is very willing.

In terms of tricks and tricks, the eldest of Li Jing's family is more addicted than the second child. Of course, the technology is also sharper. Otherwise, when Tang Laosi was preparing to go to Saibei at the beginning of last year, the priority candidate could not be Li Dejian. If it weren't for the fact that the age difference between the two is too big, they don't have much intersection on weekdays......

Of course, where in the world are there so many ifs?

"I've seen my brother!"

Tang Shilang bowed his hand to Li Dejian.

Li Dejian grinned, didn't dodge, and saluted back: "The brothers are polite!" Those three things have been made, so please come over and have a look and give you some advice. ”

Really!

The guess in his heart was confirmed, even if he had some preparations before, Tang Laosi was still very excited: "Okay, take me to see!" ”

"Please!"

Li Dejian stretched out his hand and led a large group of people to the backyard with torches, seemingly not caring at all about the dangerous items piled up in the backyard.

In fact, the backyard of this gunpowder supervision has long been no longer stacked with gunpowder and explosives, and with the experience of coming to Tingfang before and almost razing to the ground, the two Li Decheng brothers will transfer the gunpowder they made every day to a cold and dry place. This backyard is just for crafting.

In the yard of the backyard, those rockery bonsai have long been bulldozed, and the whole backyard is like a dam.

By the light of the fire, a table covered with a red cloth could be seen on the Tang River, and a large gadget covered with a red cloth that could not be seen.

According to Donald's eyes, the big thing should be about six feet long.

Li Decheng first lifted the red cloth on the table.

Tang Heshang looked intently and saw three objects on the table.

The first object was about five feet long, with a long and narrow body and a small beak and a large tail. The whole body is made of solid wood and fine iron.

The long and narrow thing, as well as its whole body parts, Donald Laosi, can be called! Shine on the door, shine on the star, control the support, the machine, the control, the trigger spring, the flint ram, the trigger......

Yes, there's a flintlock pistol on the table!

Moreover, the design drawings of the flintlock pistol in the front hall were moved out of Tang Laosi's mind.

This is the beginning of an era!

Tang Laosi was so excited that his lips trembled a little, and he stretched out his hand and stroked the body of the flintlock pistol, and a different feeling permeated his heart. Tang Heshang knows that this feeling is called a sense of achievement, a sense of accomplishment to create a new era!

Grabbing the gun, Donald Si skillfully put the butt of the gun against his right shoulder, narrowed his left eye, and left his right eye to pass through the star and the door.

Pull the trigger, and a "click" sounds. It was the sound of the trigger-driven ram hitting the pillbox baffle, the baffle being knocked open, and the flint hitting the pillbox. By design, flint striking the cartridge ignites the gunpowder, which ignites all the gunpowder in the combustion chamber.

Then the powerful anti-thrust pushes the bullet out!

Looking at the state on the Tang River, the two Li Decheng brothers looked at each other and smiled. Not so long ago, they were more agitated than on the Don.

"Shiro, how's it going?"

Li Decheng asked with a smile, a little invited.

Tang Heshang took a few deep breaths to suppress the excitement in his heart before he spoke: "Did there ever an accident during the research and development, and how did the craftsmen deal with it?" And is there any rifling in it? Tested how far can you hit without the farthest? And what is the barrel life? What is the reload speed? How efficient is manufacturing? ”

Donald threw out a lot of questions in one go!

But it was very comforting to the craftsmen, because the first thing the founder of the gunpowder supervision asked was whether there had been an accident and how to deal with it.

Very people-oriented!

Li Decheng replied with a smile: "There have been accidents and many explosions, but according to your assumptions, we used a rope to pull the trigger when we tried the gun, so no one was injured." At present, this gun is a mature product, so I dare to let you come to see it. I also tried it with people, it was safe, and there was no explosion and misfire!

Rifling is engraved inside, carved using a hydraulic lathe! The maximum range is 200 steps, and it can shoot through leather armor within 150 steps, and it can shoot through fish scale armor within 100 steps, but it is basically useless against Mingguang armor! The effective damage range is eighty steps, and I have tried to enter the wood with a wooden man for five points!

A gun can only shoot 30 rounds non-stop, and the reload time of each round should be about 30 breaths! The maximum life of the barrel is 200 rounds, and the new steel pipe currently provided by the Changsun family can only achieve this effect. It is manufactured by assembly line, and 500 pieces can be manufactured in a month, mainly because the rifling process is relatively slow, and the iron supply of the eldest grandson's family is not very high. ”

"It's already good!"

Tang Laosi bowed to all the craftsmen and said, "Thank you for opening a new era for Datang!" ”

The effective killing range of 80 steps is far beyond that of a bow and arrow throw! Of course, there is still a gap compared to the marksman who can penetrate Yang in 100 steps, but how many people in the entire Datang can wear Yang in 100 steps?

Well, there is one in the Navy!

Ahem, crooked!

To get back to the point, the salute on the Tang River made the craftsmen feel like they had eaten honey. Quite a few people grin and don't know how to answer!

Someone replied: "Young eunuch, how polite is your family?" ”

"What a young eunuch, our young eunuch is now a young craftsman and a general!"

"Yes, yes, yes! It's the general! ”

"Hey.....hey"

Tang Heshang grinned, waved his hand and said, "Okay, then you're welcome, continue to look at other things!" ”

With that, Tang Heshang once again set his eyes on the table.

The second object, Tang Heshang just glanced at it, but didn't pick it up and play with it. It's a handcuff, and it's still flint!

Tang Heshang didn't look at it, but Li Desheng explained that the effective killing distance of the handcuff is only twenty steps, although it is better than the steel crossbow, but it always makes people feel a little chicken.

After all, this thing, after one shot, is reloaded...... Twenty paces away, obviously too late.

The appearance of the third object is familiar, one foot long, with a large head and a small handle. It's like a dirt grenade! At the end of the handle, there is an iron lid, and when you open it on the Tang River, there is a small rope inside.

"Can't you make melon ray?"

frowned slightly, perhaps because he had seen the flintlock pistol before, Tang Laosi was obviously a little dissatisfied with the native grenade.

"I really can't help it!"

Li Dejian nodded and said, "Because of the limitations of steel, I really can't make a detonator." ”

"Okay!"

Tang Heshang also knew that the craftsmanship of this era, in fact, many ideas could not be seen, nodded and said: "Don't give up, try more!" ”

"Don't worry, you won't give up!"

In fact, there is no need for Tang Heshang to say, at this time, the two Li Dejian brothers have long been deeply attracted by firearms.

"Look at the last big guy!"

Li Dejian pointed to the giant on the ground and said, "This thing actually costs the most effort!" ”

"Good!"

Tang Laosi nodded, and Li Dejian walked over and ripped off the red silk cloth.

A black and shiny object immediately appeared in front of the Tang River.

Li Dejian introduced: "This thing has a whole body of six feet and a diameter of one foot. Due to the material, the muzzle can only be the size of a fist, and if it is larger, it will explode. We've tried it many times, and the Bronze Cannon is the best malleable, but the copper is too soft, and it will be heavier to make a big object! ”

Tang Heshang nodded, did not speak, and motioned for Li Dejian to continue.

Li Dejian was also unambiguous, and continued: "In terms of the system you gave me, the maximum elevation angle of this cannon is twelve degrees, and the maximum firing range is six miles. The power is also quite good, and a solid bullet can directly knock down the earthen wall. In the case of the stone wall, it is much worse, and if you can continue to shoot at a point, you can open a gap.

If it is aimed at the city wall, it will be a matter of one shot. So I think it's a great way to conquer cities. The only disadvantage is that it is too heavy, and this thing has nearly 4,000 catties! If you don't install wheels, you can't move it, and if you install wheels, the recoil is too strong.

If we use a flowering bullet, we tried it with a wooden man, and there will be no survivors within three zhang. ”

The flowering bomb is naturally the technology given by Tang Laosi, and it is not a postmodern process, but a technology from the Song and Yuan dynasties, and the power is extremely terrifying. On the Don River, there is a point in the mind that directly blew down the walls of Baghdad with flowering bombs.

"Has this thing ever caused casualties? How many shells can you hit at most at once? If I use it while cooling, what is the limit of times I can use it? ”

Tang Heshang still asked the craftsman about the situation first, and then asked the questions he wanted to know. It's not that Tang Laosi has acting skills, but he knows better than anyone in Datang that technology must be people-oriented.

This time, Li Dejian's face was a little ugly, but he didn't hide it: "I have blown up several times, and one of them was filled with too much gunpowder, and the explosion was so severe that iron filings flew everywhere, and an apprentice was killed because of it, and another craftsman's arm was cut off. The apprentice who died, I gave him three pensions as a master craftsman, and at the same time, every year his family received the master's salary. ”

"You're doing it right!"

Tang Heshang nodded and said, "Without these craftsmen and apprentices, we wouldn't be able to make this thing." Everyone is engaged in such a dangerous industry, and everyone's worries must be solved. ”

Li Dejian nodded and said, "Understood!" Now let's talk about durability, there is really not enough steel nowadays. So, if you fire a cannon in a row, five shots is the limit! If the cannon is fired intermittently, it can fire up to twenty shells, and then it will have to be cooled. Because it is iron, it cannot be expounded with cold water, and it will be directly deformed. ”

"The craftsmanship must be meticulous!"

Tang Heshang nodded and said, "Especially the portrayal of rifling must be standardized and mechanized." It is not possible to make some artillery unusable because of rifling depictions. As for the service life, you guys have done a good job. In terms of materials, I will communicate with Changsun Shangshu in order to make an iron that is more suitable for artillery. At the same time, our Gunpowder Administration must continue to increase research and development efforts, especially breech guns, we must try more. But one thing must be remembered, be sure to stay safe. All craftsmen and masters are our most precious treasures! ”

"Save!"

Li Dejian and Li Dexuan nodded one after another.

Tang Heshang didn't emphasize it much, but said to the craftsmen: "Shiro thank you for your contribution to the Gunpowder Supervisor, you can't make it without these things!" Tomorrow, I will give you credit! ”

After Tang Heshang finished speaking, he saluted each craftsman one by one, which moved the craftsmen even more.