"Brother Yu, I don't usually see you interested in the handiwork of these craftsmen, why did you pay attention to this today?" A sallow young man asked, he didn't seem to take Jiang Yu's question seriously.

"That's because the situation is really critical right now, and if you don't do something practical to change the status quo, you're putting everyone in danger." Jiang Yuran patiently replied, these craftsmen attach great importance to their craft, and it really takes a little effort to let them open their hearts to communicate: "And I have always watched everyone smelt metals and build weapons, and I have long been interested, although I have forgotten about the past, but my attention remains the same." ”

"But Xiaoqi, this firearm doesn't mean that it will be improved, I heard that you have read a book, and this matter is not to be talked about on paper." The oldest of the five men was a grim face.

"I have my own method for this, I'll talk about it later, let's answer my question first," Jiang Yu thought to himself, he couldn't tell you directly that I was from the future, I had a design and manufacturing method, "You have also seen a lot of battles, tell me, what is wrong with this firecracker?" ”

Jiang Yugang asked his subordinates this, and he also wanted to give priority to improving the most suitable firearms for his subordinates according to the needs of his subordinates, so as to improve their combat effectiveness in the most efficient and direct way.

Everyone fell silent at first, and after a while, a young man who looked a few years older than the thin boy Ah Tian, strong and sturdy, with blazing eyes, took the lead to speak: "Xiaoqi, I don't think there's anything to say, the key is that it takes too much time to shoot once, and it takes half a column of incense time from loading to ignition to launching." ”

"I think so." Zhang Dake nodded: "I don't have to say the power of the firecracker, and the distance is much better than the white-knuckle battle." ”

"It's because it takes so much time, so in order to keep the offensive going, you need too many people." The thin young man Ah Tian nodded thoughtfully: "And once the manpower is insufficient, it is easy to be scattered by the enemy, so it is better to use bows and arrows and long knives." ”

"Ah Tian, you can get it," the sallow young man sneered: "If you return the bow and arrows and long knives, you won't use them." ”

"Alright, alright." Jiang Yu clapped his hands and interrupted their argument: "Then let's solve the problem of how long it takes to shoot a firearm first." ”

Jiang Yuyan picked up the firearm he used to show everyone: "Our Qujing four guards: Qujingwei, Pingyiwei, Yuezhouwei and Lu Liangwei, the firearms used are basically the same, each time you need to load ammunition from the front of the gun, and then ignite the lead on the tail to make the gunpowder shoot out the projectile, and to shorten the time, you must find the key that can speed up from this process." ”

"The key should be the process of charging and igniting the gunpowder." It was the young man with blazing eyes who was the first to respond.

"I think the same as you, Lu Chong." Hearing the young man's response, Jiang Yuyan couldn't help but nod again and again.

This bright-eyed, sturdy young man was named Lu Chong, and his father was the leader of the craftsmen of Qujing Siwei, but he died of illness on the way to Luchuan a few years ago when he went out with the army on the expedition to Luchuan.

The young man who lost the protection of his father was also called to go out with the army this time, and was assigned to Jiang Yugang, who was one of the few low-ranking officers in Qujingwei, who had both read and was familiar with miscellaneous studies. He showed the same talent for craftsmanship as his father, and was always able to handle all kinds of muskets and artillery.

"I thought of a way to simplify the charging process," Jiang Yugang decided to try the production of fixed ammunition first, and he borrowed Zhao Shizhen's statement in the "Artifact Spectrum" in the instructions here, "Zimu Gong." ”

"Son-or-miss?" Lu Chong repeated, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Our current firecracker needs to be filled with gunpowder and projectiles, and if the firecracker is filled with a smaller sub-gun, it can save a lot of effort spent on loading." ”

"Good understanding!" Jiang Yu couldn't help but admire the intelligence of this young man in the Ming Dynasty, there is never a shortage of smart people in the world, but the talents of smart people are difficult to discover and use.

If it weren't for the fact that he had crossed over to the small banner of the Ming Dynasty, Jiang Yugang, and the original Jiang Yugang had never woken up because of the blow of the Luchuan army on the helmet, Lu Chong might have died in Mengyang in an attack that happened in the past few days, and he would never have had the opportunity to use his ingenuity again.

"Da Ke, Ah Tian, and the two of you, do you understand the meaning of this son-and-mother?" Jiang Yugang asked the other four people again.

Among the other four, except for the stout man Zhang Dake and the thin young man Ah Tian, it was the young man with a sallow face and a middle-aged man with gray sideburns. These two are uncles and nephews, the young man is named Xu He, about twenty-two or three years old, and the middle-aged man is named Xu Annian, who claims to be in his forties, and he is the only one older than Jiang Yugang among the people.

At this time, the yellow-faced young man Xu He's eyes showed a look of confusion: "Xiaoqi, I still don't understand too much about the meaning of this son-and-mother gun you said, how can this fire gun launch a fire gun?" ”

Jiang Yu smiled and was about to explain, but saw the middle-aged man named Xu Annian shook his head helplessly, and explained: "Silly boy, of course the new firebolt is not to launch a real firebolt, but this so-called firebolt is similar to the original firebolt in structure, and it is also a combination of gunpowder and projectile, and the subgun here is the shell of the combination of gunpowder and projectile. ”

Xu Annian explained to Xu He, and at the same time, his eyes lit up: "In this way, not only do we need to reload the mother gun we use during the battle, but we can also reload it after recycling the sub-gun, and the cycle is repeated, and there are not many consumables." ”

"Thank you, Master Annian, for explaining." Zhang Dake and Ah Tian, who were originally thinking, also looked clear now and thanked Xu Annian.

"Where, it's Xiaoqi, I really didn't expect you to have such deep craftsmanship," Xu Annian looked at Jiang Yuyan in surprise.

"It's just a whim, where do you have to say it." Jiang Yugang covered it up, and at the same time thought about analyzing the design drawings of the fixed-loading guns he had seen for several craftsmen in front of him: "I have some specific ideas for this son-and-mother gun, if you don't give up, you can use it as a reference." ”

"Then I'll take Xiaoqi to my senior brother to make a map." Xu Annian nodded.

Xu Annian's senior brother is the oldest and highest-ranking craftsman in Qujing Siwei at the moment, and the place where he is now is also near the safest commander's tent under Mengyang City, which is heavily defended, and the main smelting equipment is also there.

"We don't have to, let's just build a workbench here for drawing." Jiang Yugang still refused, he didn't want to casually expose these designs to others' vision. For the current Ming Dynasty people, these technologies are completely from the future, and they are the capital for him to settle down in this world, and they must be protected as secrets.

"Okay," Xu Annian couldn't help but smile and agree. Craftsmen rarely communicate with each other about craftsmanship unless they are fathers and sons, or masters and apprentices.

In Xu Annian's view, although Xiaoqi is a martial artist, he is with them every day, and he is slowly contaminated with the habits of craftsmen.

"If I could, I'd even like to build my own furnace, but it's a pity that our place is too small." Jiang Yu sighed, "You go and prepare the pen and paper first." ”

Speaking of space, Jiang Yugang has a new idea. They are now stationed in the highlands called Minggu outside the city of Mengyang. This was originally the station of a hundred households, but the original hundred households and the two general flags were killed in the battle, and only five small flags, including himself, remained.

If you have the opportunity to make considerable achievements, maybe you will have the opportunity to control this place, at that time, there will be more people under you, and your own safety will be more guaranteed, and it will be much easier to do things like improving the firecracker and researching and introducing modern technology.

Jiang Yu thought about this, and his heart began to become hot. An accident brought him here, maybe he could create something completely new?