Since Jiang Tian got the new gun in his hand, others didn't care too much, but Zhang Tao's eyes almost didn't pop out. The rounded wooden buttstock, the familiar pull handle, and the obvious shell window all indicate the identity of the gun, at least from the outside, it is a hand-held rifle that has been common in later generations. The guards around who were always vigilant were staring at this potential danger from the moment Jiang Tian got the gun, for them, even if this was the younger brother of the emperor's majesty, they couldn't take him lightly, but Liu Junding, who had a lot of eyes, immediately noticed Zhang Tao's strangeness, and he also looked at Jiang Tian strangely, how could the well-informed majesty be so fascinated by a rifle?

Jiang Tian didn't let everyone wait for a long time, in full view of everyone, he opened the ammunition box he was carrying, and pulled out five yellow and clear ammunition, which is different from the common musket lead bullet, this is a cone-shaped "copper stick" made of brass, Liu Junding, who is also a shooting expert, is even more strange, how much gunpowder does it take to hit such a heavy copper bump? However, he immediately realized his mistake, only to see Jiang Tian skillfully pull the bolt, and then fill the bullets into the chamber one by one, and then close the bolt again, without loading gunpowder at all.

Zhang Tao didn't speak from beginning to end, just nodded and signaled that some livestock could be released, you must know that after the Qin and Han dynasties, the Han people did not have the habit of large-scale hunting, so the hunting ground here is more like a royal place to play, and naturally there are not many dangerous beasts, when the princes and nobles need to hunt and have fun, they will put some goats, pheasants, wild deer and other animals by the people who are waiting in the distance, so soon everyone saw a few deer appear two or three hundred meters away. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to hit the target at this distance, so everyone should enter the state and approach quietly, and wait until the shooting distance is reached before firing. However, Jiang Tian didn't move, he slowly raised his gun, then adjusted the ruler to look at the door, took a few deep breaths and then fired......

"Bang...... Bang ......" Jiang Tian fired five shots in one breath, in this process, everyone turned from disdain at the beginning to extreme surprise, five bullets hit a person-high grass debris, and even people with good eyesight can see the trajectory of the bullet in the grass, obviously this rifle can indeed shoot at a target three hundred meters away, this is surprising enough, what is even crazier is that every time he fires, Jiang Tian just pulls the bolt and a copper bullet casing jumps to the ground, smashing on the small stones on the ground with a pleasant clanging sound, Immediately after that, the bolt was reset again, and it turned out that it could be fired a second time! Even the civilian officials present saw this unbelievable question, is this still the procedure for firing muskets?

Liu Baokai looked at everyone quite proudly, the expressions of these people were exactly the same as when he first saw this rifle fire, but now he can be regarded as a **, and it is reasonable that he is not frightened. Only Zhang Tao, who was also watching it for the first time, didn't care about the use of this rifle from beginning to end, but stared at the prey in the distance. It wasn't until Jiang Tian finished firing five shots that he shook his head and sighed: "Five bullets, not a single shot missed!" ”

Indeed, when Jiang Tian fired the first shot, he deviated from the target, and then the deer were frightened and ran away, and Jiang Tian couldn't hit it even more. But for a civilian official, it doesn't matter if the marksmanship is worse. On the contrary, someone like him who can fire five shots in a row without being frightened by the loud noise, let alone falling off his horse because of recoil, can be considered a bit of courage.

Without waiting for Jiang Tian to feel sorry for his results, Zhang Tao reached out and took the gun and looked at it. And he also pulled the bolt and checked the chamber of the gun: "The propellant is still gunpowder, such a thick smoke...... And the rifling of your barrel is rough enough, no wonder the bullets are flying around, the shell throwing window is not in place, the bullet case is not ejected diagonally forward, the empty gun is a bit heavy, not very conducive to long-distance marches......"

Seeing the emperor so skillfully inspect this new gun, Liu Junding recovered from his shocked state, why did the emperor react so indifferently to the powerful rifle beyond imagination? That is, this gun must also be inextricably linked with the emperor, maybe it was done by the mysterious emperor back then, so His Majesty knows everything about this new gun. Besides, after hearing the emperor report the professional terms that he had heard or had not heard, it was estimated that the two brothers had been communicating in private for a long time. Seeing that the emperor was playing with the new gun, but refuting this powerful repeating rifle, Song Yi's little face, as the main researcher, was flushed, and he instinctively wanted to defend this epoch-making weapon, but in a blink of an eye, he saw his great mentor, Jiang Tian Jiang Taibao, the designer of the new gun, did not feel sorry at all, but happily waited for the emperor to express his opinion, so he had to hold back and did not dare to cross his identity. The old man Song in the team nodded slightly, and he was still very relieved to see that his grandson was not impulsive.

"Alright...... It's useless to be told what you say. Jiang Tian was still happy without a little anger or anger, and stretched out his hand to drive away the gunpowder smoke that had not yet dissipated, not because of his good cultivation, or because he was afraid of Zhang Tao's identity, but he knew very well that his work was more like a conceptual model, and indeed could not be regarded as a perfect engineering sample, so he turned around and took out five more bullets and handed them to Zhang Tao: "My marksmanship stinks, can you demonstrate?" ”

King Ji, who has never dared to cross his identity, originally just followed the emperor, but when he saw the domineering rate of fire of this gun, his pupils instinctively contracted, as if he saw a peerless divine weapon, and it seemed that mastering this technology would be able to sweep away the Huanyu and unify the eight directions, so when the five bullets were handed over to Zhang Tao, he couldn't wait to snatch the rifle from his brother's hand, so that he could appreciate it up close, of course, as long as he dared to do so, the guards around him would definitely not hesitate because of his identity as King Ji. Zhang Tao also saw his younger brother's eager gaze, in fact, it was not only him, all the generals and guards around him were shocked by the performance of this gun, but Zhang Tao did not intend to give up the opportunity to test fire, he slowly filled the five bullets into the magazine. His Majesty the Emperor raised his gun and aimed around, only to see a few wild ducks flying in the clear blue sky, Zhang Tao didn't even think about raising the gun to shoot, only to hear a muffled "bang" A duck fell in response.

"Good!" Liu Junding and a group of military generals took the lead in applauding, even civilian officials who did not understand military affairs could actually see that this gun was really wonderful, and as for the officers, they knew even better what was good about this marksmanship. Several guards hurriedly beat their horses and galloped over, and then carried back the carcass of a duck and ran back: "Qi Yu Majesty, this bird ......"

Everyone was surprised again at a glance, this bullet hit the duck's stomach impartially, it is said that this marksmanship is not brilliant compared to the hundred-step piercing Yang arrow that shot the eye of the wild goose, but looking at the duck's completely shattered chest, as well as the big hole that runs through the whole body, it is a gasp for the power of this gun. Jiang Tian also looked at it, and then said to Zhang Tao with regret: "Your Majesty, because of the rush of time, Weichen's main energy is used in other places, so he doesn't pay much attention to the selection of the warhead, and because the propellant is still **, the muzzle velocity is not too high, and the power of this gun is weak, if smokeless gunpowder can be developed, there should be some improvement." ”

What he said may not be understood by others, but everyone listens to the words that complain about the low power, and the power of being able to blow up the chest cavity of a wild duck more than a hundred meters away is still too small? How powerful should he be satisfied? This bullet is enough to kill a person more than a hundred meters away, and looking at its sharp shape, even if the other party is wearing armor, it seems that it can penetrate it, could he really create a musket that can shoot a white-armored soldier from 300 meters away? If this is the case, from now on as long as the nomads in the north do not master the technology of firearms, they will only be left with a share of slaughter.

Just when everyone was still thinking nonsense, Zhang Tao asked the most critical question: "How much does this gun cost?" ”

As soon as the cost was mentioned, Jiang Tian, who was still a little fluttering, immediately drooped his head, not only him, but even Song Yi, who knew the inside story, consciously lowered his head, and then saw Jiang Tian twist and laugh: "It's just a gun...... Only two thousand taels of silver! It's just that the bullet is a little more expensive, not counting the effort spent, and it costs one or two silver! ”

"Ahh Zhang Qian finally couldn't help it, if he could still hold back when he coveted this gun just now, but when he heard that a gun cost two thousand taels of silver, and a bullet also cost one tael, he couldn't care about maintaining the demeanor of a prince: "How can it be so expensive?" ”

Looking at the stunned ministers, Zhang Tao seemed very calm: "I have already guessed that the springs and primers here are all handmade, right?" It simply cannot be mass-produced, let alone how much brass it costs to use such a bullet. But I'm just wondering how you made the **? ”

As soon as he talked about technical problems, Jiang Tianke came to the spirit: "This primer is not **, but made of phosphorus." Remember the reusable matches I used to develop for the grenadiers? Put the ignition agent and oxidizer together with the friction agent, and after hitting hard, you can fire, the firing rate is higher than the current flintlock pistol, but it is still lower than the arquebus, and at the same time, because the ** can not be changed, so the smoke rate and charge can not be lowered. ”

Zhang Tao nodded, as a former PLA soldier, he knows firearms well, and the craftsmanship and performance of the gun in front of him can't even be compared with the old antiques of World War II, but it is such a gun, but it can't be mass-produced in this era: "In fact, this gun, like the horses under your Aiqing's crotch, is not something that can be obtained in large quantities in a short period of time, it seems that the Northern Expedition is not yet time......

Jiang Tian heard his helplessness, but there was no good way, even if he could improve his industrial strength in the shortest possible time, he would only provide weapons for the soldiers. But against the nomads in the north, and even against the Cossack cavalry in the near future, a good gun alone will not solve the problem, the key to the mobility of the troops lies in the possession of livestock, whether it is for pursuit or transportation, horses are indispensable, let's just say that the horse they are riding, obviously different from the ordinary Mongolian horse, not only is it tall, but even if they hear the musket exploding in their ears, they do not show any panic. It can be seen that these are well-trained BMW horses.

King Ji took the new gun from the emperor's hand, played with it with love, and then followed the example of others to load the bullet, but because they have not moved, so the surrounding animals have long been scared away, he just aimed at a tree more than 200 meters away and pulled the trigger, people with good eyesight have actually seen the debris of the bark explosion, which means that this gun does have an extraordinary range. But when he thought of its cost, Zhang Qian could only shake his head: "I wonder if Jiang Qing can make something cheap, even if it can just hit the big tree two hundred meters away?" ”

Reducing performance to reduce costs is also very common in the procurement of weapons in later generations, not to mention the large order of millions of troops in the Chinese Dynasty, if it can really change the equipment of the troops, then the Academy of Sciences can instantly turn losses into profits and get rid of the embarrassing situation of relying on administrative subsidies to operate. Therefore, Jiang Tian had already thought of this situation, and he concluded that it was impossible for the cartridge-type bolt-action rifle with excellent performance to be installed on a large scale, and if all the soldiers were really replaced with this kind of gun, then the country's finances would also be bankrupt in an instant. The reason why he also created such a thing that was ahead of the times was actually a business card that he wanted to show to everyone, so that those civil officials who had nothing to do and liked to find fault would know their ability.

As soon as Liu Baokai, who was waiting on the side, heard King Ji's question, he immediately pulled out another gun from the holster without waiting for Jiang Tian's signal, and everyone found that this gun was much heavier than the previous one, especially the receiver was obviously thicker, Jiang Tian took the gun and introduced it again: "Flip the magazine type single-shot rifle!" Ammunition is fixed with a special paper shell, the range and power are not below the magazine rifle, the rate of fire is slow, and the magazine needs to be replaced after 20 consecutive shots. ”

The structure of this gun is much simpler, the whole gun only uses a coil spring, and when shooting, it still opens the receiver by pulling the handle, and then the magazine like a thickened cartridge case is automatically flipped out, and the shooter needs to put a special primer and a fixed paper shell bullet in this large cartridge case, and then push the bullet to load, and then the rest is to aim and fire. This process is a lot more troublesome than just now, but it is also much simplified compared with the existing muskets, especially the appearance of fixed bullets and primers, which makes the shooting action more standardized and ensures that the power of the shooter is consistent, and there is no need to turn the muzzle back to reload every time it is loaded.

This time Zhang Tao did not test the new weapon, maybe he felt that the flip magazine was not very safe, so he found a few guards to use the original musket to compare with this gun, and after a shot, the new gun fired an average of three times, and the old gun could only shoot once, and neither the power nor the range could be compared with the new gun.

"The breech is still a little airtight, but it's pretty good." Zhang Tao still habitually commented: "Let's talk about it, how much does this gun cost?" ”

Jiang Tian smiled slightly: "Because the springs are used less, and many parts are consumables, if you can equip a large number of them, you can control them in seven hundred taels of silver!" ”

The people around shook their heads unconsciously when they heard this, not to mention that there were more than 100,000 people in the forbidden army and standing army in Beijing alone, and if all of them replaced this gun, it would be 10,000 taels of silver! It will take five years to close this hole when converted into state revenue!

This time, Jiang Tian didn't wait for others to lower the price, and consciously took out another musket: "If you are still too expensive, then you have to use this kind of thing......"

Zhang Tao looked at it and could tell from the gun that this was a front-loading musket, but he knew that Jiang Tian would never fool himself casually, so he asked, "What does this gun say?" ”

"This is a front-loading rifled fire cap rifle, the biggest feature is that it still uses paper shell fixed ammunition, and the loading speed is slower than the first two rifles, but it remains the same in range and power. The most important thing is that it is inexpensive and produces quickly. Jiang Tian didn't make much introduction, and handed the gun to Liu Baokai again: "You can demonstrate it." ”

** did not hesitate, picked up the gun and loaded it skillfully, because it was a front-loading gun, so it was still necessary to stuff the bullet from the muzzle, but unlike other muskets, it was pierced with an awl at the fire door to pierce the outer skin of the paper shell, and then a special fire cap was stuffed into the fire door, and then the trigger was opened to fire.

Seeing this Zhang Tao, he understood Jiang Tian's thoughts, if he showed this Mini rifle at the beginning, maybe he could bargain with him, but as soon as the first two guns that were ahead of the times appeared, the ministers present raised their horizons one by one, and now they have come up with a gun type that is really used to change clothes, even if it is a little more expensive, it will encounter less resistance. But those who have been soldiers know that the cost of guns is actually only a little more expensive when buying, and the real cost comes from ammunition, don't look at the cost of paper shell bullets is not high, but if you want a recruit to master the design skills, especially the design skills of the front-loading gun, it is not possible to waste dozens of bullets, as for the sharpshooters, they are piled up with ammunition.

Looking at the three guns in front of him, King Ji, who had been promised from his brother that he would be the first to change his outfit, hesitated, of course he hoped that his descendants would be replaced with the most powerful magazine rifles, but the high cost and the equally expensive bullets made people daunting, if he asked to change his outfit with a shy face, not to mention that his brother did not agree, even these courtiers did not agree. But choose the Mini rifle with the worst performance...... I am unwilling.

Just when King Ji was still struggling, Zhang Tao clapped the board without hesitation: "In the past one or two decades, this Mini rifle has been unique in the world, and I decided to equip this kind of gun, but the model of the flip magazine can also be produced in small batches and used to equip elite troops, after all, the two bullets are still universal, as for your bolting model...... Save it for the time being! ”

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