Chapter Twenty-Seven: Paper Bullets
"Mu Qianhu doesn't believe it?" Li Jie saw the suspicion on Mu Sheng's face at a glance, and smiled mildly at the moment.
"Ahem, it's not that I don't trust Brother Li, but these three strikes are the law in the army, and Brother Li has never been in the army, how can I understand this?" Mu Sheng had already said it very tactfully, after all, these three strikes were their family heirloom skills, of course he didn't believe that an outsider knew better than himself.
"Although I haven't joined the army, but the three-stage shot is a musket, and my father is in charge of this weapons bureau, I don't know how to practice, but I know the musket, and my solution is very simple, Brother Mu, you call two soldiers, I let them practice and you will understand!" Li Jieyi pointed to the soldiers in the field and said again.
"Good!" Mu Sheng was also a cheerful person, and immediately nodded in agreement, and then instructed Baihu who was still kneeling on the ground, "What are you still doing in a daze, go and call two people!" ”
If the hundred households were amnestied, they immediately rushed to call people, and soon two young soldiers arrived with muskets, and saluted Mu Sheng: "I have seen the Lord of the Thousand Households!" ”
"Don't be polite, see that this Li Gongzi next to me doesn't have it, you can do whatever he asks you to do!" Mu Sheng pointed to Li Jie beside him and commanded.
The two soldiers agreed, and then they both looked at Li Jie, and Li Jie smiled at them and said, "You two load as fast as you can, and then shoot two shots for us to see!" ”
"Yes!" The two soldiers agreed, and then they set up their muskets diagonally, then opened the horns containing the gunpowder, poured the gunpowder into the gun, took the projectile from another bag and stuffed it into the muzzle, and compacted the projectile with a throughbar, and then it was ready.
Then the two soldiers raised their guns to aim, only to hear the sound of "呯呯~" twice, the two shots hit the trunk next to the school yard almost in succession, and then the two of them collected their guns to clean the barrel, and then loaded and fired again, and the speed was still almost the same.
"Yes, yes, you come with me!" Li Jie praised casually, and then pointed to the more clever soldier on the right.
The soldier didn't understand what Li Jie was going to do, but Mu Sheng had an order before, so he still followed honestly.
I saw Li Jie take the soldier to the other corner of the school field, and then Li Jie seemed to explain a few words to the soldier, and handed over some things to him, and even asked the soldier to try to shoot a few more shots, but the speed was not fast, which made Mu Sheng in the back also frown, I don't know what Li Jie is doing?
When Li Jie came back with the soldier, the soldier was full of joy, which made Mu Sheng even more surprised.
"Okay, now listen to my orders, you two more shots, test the rate of fire!" Li Jie commanded again.
Mu Sheng was confused, Li Jie just called the soldiers out to try a few shots, could this increase the rate of fire?
I saw two soldiers standing side by side, and with Li Jie's order, the two immediately began to load the bullets, but the clever soldier no longer used the gunpowder in the horns, but took out a long paper bag from the bag, and then bit the paper bag with his teeth, which turned out to be gunpowder, and then poured all the gunpowder into the barrel, and then stuffed the paper bag into the barrel, and compacted it with a strip.
The whole process of the clever soldier was extremely fast, because he didn't have to think about the amount of gunpowder, and the gunpowder and projectiles were taken out at once, not twice, as before, so when he started aiming, the other soldier had just loaded the gunpowder.
"Phew!" The clever soldier fired, and the other soldier took out the projectile, and then he was stunned when he heard the gunshot, after all, the speed of the two of them was about the same just now, but now it is too far behind.
"Double! It's twice as fast! Mu Sheng screamed in disbelief, this result was something he never dreamed of.
"Quick! Bring me that paper bag! Mu Sheng suddenly remembered that the reason why the clever soldier was fast was on that paper packet, so he also ordered loudly again.
The clever soldier immediately took out another paper bag, and Mu Sheng grabbed it and tore it open, but when he saw the contents he was stunned, because there was only gunpowder and projectiles in the paper bag, which was too simple, right?
"Brother Mu, calm down, this is called fixed-loading ammunition, and it can also be called paper-wrapped ammunition!" Li Jie stepped forward with a smile and explained.
"Fixed-loading ammunition?" Mu Sheng is very unfamiliar with this term.
"Yes, when the soldier uses the musket, the most troublesome thing is to load the ammunition, especially the amount of gunpowder, if the power is less, there is a danger of exploding, and the amount of money needs to be estimated by the soldier himself, which will definitely take some time, and this paper bullet is much simpler, one at a time, saving a lot of time!" Li Jie explained again.
"It's so easy!" Mu Sheng also showed a sudden expression of realization when he heard this, why couldn't he think of such a simple way?
"Some problems seem to be unsolvable, but in fact, as long as you look at them from a different angle, it is like a layer of window paper, you can't see the outside situation clearly when you don't pierce it, but as long as you pierce it gently, it will become clear all of a sudden!" Li Jie laughed again.
"Brother Li, I just don't know when the Ordnance Bureau will be able to provide these paper-wrapped bullets?" Mu Sheng asked impatiently again, his father is coming soon, he wants to quickly equip this kind of paper-wrapped bullet, and show his face in front of his father after practice.
"Although this kind of paper-wrapped bullet is simple, if you want to produce it on a large scale, you can also purchase raw materials and increase craftsmen, so my father also needs to report to the above, this time and again, it may take some time, but if Brother Mu you are in a hurry, you can produce some of them, and temporarily give them to you thousands of households to try." Li Jie said very generously, he had already discussed it with Li Zhu before he came.
"Great, thank you Brother Li!" Mu Sheng immediately bowed and thanked Li Jie.
However, when he said this, Mu Sheng waved his hand to let the others retreat, and only the two of them were left in the field, so he spoke again: "Brother Li, everyone knows that people don't talk darkly, if you have any requirements, just ask!" ”
Mu Sheng was quite smart, and he felt that something was wrong with Li Jie just now, because the other party was too active, as the so-called nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, so he concluded that Li Jie must have something to help himself.
Li Jie was waiting for Mu Sheng's words, he showed it so obviously, as long as Mu Sheng was not stupid, he would definitely be able to detect his intentions, so he smiled slightly at this time: "Brother Mu is really a smart person, then I won't go around the corner, I heard that Brother Mu is very popular with His Majesty, and he can even enter and leave the palace?" ”
"What are you asking for?" When Mu Sheng heard Li Jie ask about his relationship with the palace, he immediately became alert, and his eyes suddenly became very sharp.