Ji Xinyu took out a handful and looked at it, according to the drawings given by Ji Xinyu, the front muzzle of the gun was equipped with a fixed front sight, and the middle and rear of the barrel were equipped with a trapezoidal ruler, and the maximum range of the ruler was set at 550 meters.

The body and the butt of the gun are carved in walnut wood as a whole, with beautiful natural patterns on it, the barrel is done before, the length is 50 cm, the front is connected with the barrel hoop and the gun body, and the rear is welded to the bolt directly embedded in the gun body. There is a short through bar under the barrel, and there is an iron ring in front of the trigger guard of the gun, on which the iron chain of the fire cap tube can be hung directly for storing the fire cap.

The butt has a storage compartment with a lid that can be closed tightly, and a strip extender and cleaning tools can be stored in the storage compartment, which is very regular and smooth, apparently made by a new machine, which shows the power of the new machine. The barrel hoop under the front of the barrel and a strap loop are mounted under the back of the butt, which can be used to attach the gun strap. The strap is a double-layer linen brushed with gum, Ji Xinyu always thinks that this thing is flammable, and thinks that the canvas belt must be used in the back.

"It's really a beautiful gun, and each member of the steel experiment team will be rewarded with ten taels of silver." Ji Xinyu touched the newly baked gun, and it felt a bit like the Mauser rifle in the previous life, the same rear-pull type, the same wooden gun body, it was really comfortable to touch.

"Thank you, young master, in fact, the drawings and machines you gave us are good, otherwise we wouldn't have made them so quickly." Ushiya said with a silly smile.

"Let's go, let's try the gun." Ji Xinyu carried the gun and set off with a few packs of bullets.

The group came to the woods by the river to the south and stood the finished wooden rake in front of the trees by the river. When Chen Yu, the general banner, heard that he was going to test the gun, he hurriedly followed. Ji Xinyu walked to a distance of 50 meters from the target to prepare for a test launch, but was stopped by Niu Gu.

"Young master, how can you be in danger, so let's find a soldier who has used a firearm to test the shot." Ushiya bowed and said.

Chen Yu, who was following next to him, took two steps quickly, and said closely: "Young master, the last general has played a firearm before, so let me try it for the young master." ”

Ji Xinyu sighed and said helplessly: "Haven't you tested the strength of the barrel...... Forget it, it's up to you. "I can only hand over the gun to Chen Yu and explain how he can load and aim and shoot.

Chen Yu had never played with this kind of gun, and he seemed a little nervous, because the previous firearm was easy to explode because of the lack of materials.

Niu Gu said with a smile next to him: "Chen Zongqi, don't worry, we have enough materials, and we have also conducted a test of double the amount of gunpowder, and we will never blow up." ”

"How could I be afraid of exploding...... I'm getting acquainted with the gun. Chen Yu turned back to Niu Gu with a red face.

Immediately, he didn't think much about it, pulled the bolt handle after rotation, exposed the loading slot, loaded the paper bullet, pushed the bolt to rotate and pressed it to get stuck. After aiming again for a long time before shooting, a puff of white smoke rose with a bang, and the bullet flew out of the barrel quickly, although it was the first time to shoot, but it was also hit by 6 rings, Ji Xinyu watched from the side, feeling that there was no air leakage, and sent someone over to check the target, the bullet pierced the wooden target, hit the tree behind, and fell into a deep depth, even if it was black gunpowder, the damage caused by a distance of 50 meters was considerable.

Let Chen Yu shoot a few more shots, but there was no fault and dumb fire, because of the oil-stained felt at the end of the bullet, the inside of the gun chamber is also clean, which Ji Xinyu is very satisfied with. The most important thing for guns at this stage is the reload speed and failure rate, as for the firing distance, this rifled gun with Mini bullets will definitely have a much longer range than the current smoothbore gun, and there is no need to think about it at all.

In order to experiment with accurate range and failure rate, Ji Xinyu made a humanoid target and arranged for two guards to retreat to 300 meters away to shoot in turn. After testing 300 meters away, the power of the bullet has weakened a lot, and the accuracy has decreased a lot, but there is still no problem in injuring people.

Watching the guards shoot on the side, Ji Xinyu said boredly and Niu Gu: "Niu Gu, what do you say is the name of this gun?" ”

"The villain doesn't have much literacy, so he is naturally named by the young master." Niu Gu is simple, but he is not stupid, and he knows that the naming right of this gun still needs the young master.

Ji Xinyu looked at him with a smile and said with a smile: "In this way, then call it a cow rifle." ”

"Ah...... This must not be done, young master! This is to torture the villain, this gun was drawn by the young master, the villain and his brothers just made it according to the drawing, they didn't dare to take credit, and asked the young master to take back his life. Ushiya was half frightened to death when he heard that he was going to be named after his last name. You know, the surname does not represent an individual, but a whole family, and this credit is too great.

"It's not good, cow style...... If it doesn't sound good, let's call it a valley rifle, it's much better. "Ji Xinyu thinks that the first gun is not very good to be called the cow type, the cow type...... Cattle...... Well, forget it, it's better to be valley-style.

"Young Master...... This ......" Niu Gu just wanted to refuse again but was interrupted by Ji Xinyu: "Don't say it, it's so decided, you have made great contributions from the beginning of the bearing to the current valley rifle, and you deserve this." I will ask Steward He to recruit another 30 blacksmiths, let them specialize in making barrel blanks in the workshop next door to your steel experiment group, you and the people of the steel research group are responsible for finishing and assembly, among the newly recruited people, you can also select suitable skilled personnel for training, join your group, after this valley rifle is produced 100, you let people inform me, first arm our more than 50 guards. ”

Chen Yu next to him said excitedly: "Young Master, what you said is true!" To equip all the guards of our Guard Division with such guns? We have this gun, isn't it about the same as the Shenji Battalion? It's almost like one is ten. Chen Yu originally thought that this gun was used as a toy by Ji Xinyu, but now that he heard that he was going to equip his guard division, of course he was very excited.

This can't blame Chen Yu for thinking so, the current Zhongzhou country, the equipment of the gun is very small, the gun is often used as a toy by the rich and noble, and it is not popularized into the army, even if the capital is based on firearms, it is also supplemented by artillery.

"Chen Zongqi, don't get excited, this gun is good, but it also needs a lot of targeted practice to give full play to his real combat effectiveness, in addition, now with this gun, the way of fighting in the future will also change, and when the gun is ready, I will tell you about the specific training project." Ji Xinyu pressed his hand and said to Chen Yu, who was excited on the side.

At present, the army of Zhongzhou State still uses the dense formation tactics commonly used in the era of cold weapons, and generally uses various swords and guns and corresponding formations to exert a certain combat effectiveness. With thermal weapons such as muskets, the battle formation will be completely different from the formation of the cold weapon era, and the soldiers must go through a period of training to accept it. The accuracy of the musket requires constant shooting training to be guaranteed, and an inexperienced soldier holding a musket is not much different from holding a burning stick.

Ji Xinyu, who was talking to Niu Gu Chen Yu, saw that the guard who was testing the gun stopped, and hurriedly walked over and asked, "Is there a problem?" As he spoke, he took the gun and looked at it.

"Back to the young master, after just 85 shots, the trigger of this gun did not sound." The guard replied.

After checking it again, it was found that it was only the fire cap that was not properly installed, which caused a dumb fire, and after reinstalling it, the trigger sounded.

He also asked the guards to continue to test the gun, and when it was more than 100 rounds, it was found that there was lead hanging. The so-called hanging lead is the lead left by the high temperature after the Mini bullet is squeezed in the chamber of the gun, and the rifling is generated at high speed, and the lead hanging will cause the range and distance to be reduced.

In order to keep the warhead from hanging lead in the barrel, Ji Xinyu asked Aiden for a solution. After returning to the steel experiment group, he asked the craftsman who made the Minnie bullet to change the lead-tin ratio to 2:1, and then made a small ball with graphite mixed with paraffin, and rolled it together with the bullet to ensure smooth and uniform waxing, and then rolled the bullet with graphite powder for a few minutes, so that there would be basically no more lead hanging, and it could also indirectly protect the rifling.

According to Niu Gu's recommendation, the blacksmiths of the original steel workshop were selected to join the steel experiment group with the best skills, and the guards called He Xingwang and asked him to find another 30 blacksmiths according to the list of craftsmen, of which 20 people and the remaining 9 people formed a gun barrel workshop to make barrel blanks and other iron tools, and the other 10 people replaced the craftsmen who made mini bullets, gunpowder and nitrated paper.

The number of the steel experimental group was increased to 15 people, plus 10 carpenters were responsible for the manufacture of guns and bolts, so that a simple assembly line operation was formed to improve efficiency, except for 9 people in Niu Gu, the monthly wages of other blacksmiths and carpenters were all increased to 3 taels, and the wages were increased as appropriate after proficiency.