"Reed pistol?"

Dai Zi thought for a moment and praised:

"It's a fitting name."

"This gun has a firing rate similar to that of a flintlock pistol, but the advantage is that unlike a flintlock pistol, it must have specially ground gunpowder."

The flintlock pistol has a small ignition hole and is easy to block, so it is necessary to use fine gunpowder with a very low yield and a higher ignition rate in the pot.

The current flintlock musketeers of the new army hang a gourd containing fine gunpowder on their chests, which is only used to reload the primer charge, and the main propellant of the bullet is wrapped in paper along with the projectile.

As a result, flintlock musketeers have two types of propellants, which can easily cause confusion in logistics, and soldiers are prone to mistakes in the course of intense combat, resulting in a decrease in firing rates.

The reed wheel gun does not have this problem, this thing is a bit like a wheeled lighter, with a built-in steel wheel to rub the pyrite for ignition, without too much detailed primer, it can be directly ignited with coarser gunpowder like an arquebus.

Moreover, like flintlock muskets, reed wheel guns did not require an open flame and could be preloaded, which seemed quite good for cavalry use.

The benefits are many, but there are also drawbacks, and the drawbacks are very fatal.

"Mr. Dai, how many of these things can you make a month?"

Xu Shiyang grabbed the barrel of the gun, waved the reed wheel gun in his hand slightly, and asked with a smile.

"This ......"

Dai Zi opened his mouth, as if he wanted to explain something, but finally admitted honestly:

"It's hard to build, but it's good to build one a month."

Dai Zi wanted to say that he, his son, and several familiar ordnance supervisors all had the ability to make this thing, but even so, it seemed that they couldn't make much, and the quantity could only be provided to officers for self-defense.

But the question is, if it is a special gun for officers, it is necessary to save that little fine powder?

In this way, the reed wheel gun has no advantage over the flintlock gun.

In fact, historically, the reed wheel gun was quickly replaced by a flintlock gun, which is the following shortcomings:

It is too complicated, which makes it difficult to make, easy to break down and difficult to repair, and at the same time, it also makes the reed wheel gun a standard aristocratic weapon, the price is amazingly high, but the performance does not exceed the flintlock pistol too much, it is nothing more than to provide a weapon that does not require an open flame to the noble cavalry in the arquebus era.

When flintlock pistols, which were also able to do the same, became widespread, it was only natural that reed guns were quickly replaced.

The development of weapons presided over by Xu Shiyang was completely based on practicality.

The purpose of producing muskets was to equip the pro-soldiers with a weapon that could compete with the Tartar armor when there was only one artisan household and the productivity was insufficient.

In addition to the simple production, relatively high output, and the ability to exercise the craftsman's craft, this thing is almost useless, and it is a temporary method when there is no way.

Therefore, after finding an opportunity, Xu Shiyang immediately replaced the musket with a snake-shaft arquebus, which is now only equipped in the militia units.

After the arquebus, Xu Shiyang directly jumped over the complex reed wheel gun and moved towards the flintlock pistol.

As long as the threads and leaf springs can be mastered, the production of flintlock pistols is not difficult, and the degree of technical leap is not high (the problem of priming the powder is a problem in the production of gunpowder), but it can obtain great benefits.

The flintlock pistol was the first firearm that could be universally equipped with cavalry, and it was cheap, simple to maintain, and reasonably suitable, making it a truly civilian weapon that could be equipped on a large scale.

Skipping the aristocratic reed wheel gun is an inevitable choice for almost all traversers.

But he didn't expect that Dai Zi, a top craftsman in the world today, would still get such an expensive thing out in order to show off his skills.

Xu Shiyang didn't take apart the reed wheel gun in his hand to see what was the difference between Dai Zi's gun and the same type of weapon used in Europe in history.

Come to think of it, it's pretty much the same, after all, the technology is the same.

The bolt must be full of small parts that are delicate enough to be used to make clocks and watches, which are more than enough to fit, but there is still a long way to go before the weapons that can be mass-equipped with troops......

Wait, clocks?

On the other hand, the reed wheel gun in Europe in history was actually invented by a watchmaker, and many parts were even directly interchangeable with the clocks of the time!

Since Dai Zi was able to build a reed wheel gun by hand, it was also feasible to invent clocks in reverse, right?

Clocks and watches are a good thing, although they are also very aristocratic things, but for the coordinated operation of the army, they are force multipliers, and they are worth investing resources in research.

Even if you invest ten or twenty years, as long as you can succeed, the benefits will be endless!

Thinking of this, Xu Shiyang happily put away the reed wheel gun, and then said to Dai Zi:

"Mr. Dai, I will accept this gun, you hand over a list of inventors, and I can give a financial reward."

"But one thing to remember, I reward you, primarily for your ability to invent, create, improve, and I want you to maintain that enterprising spirit, not because this gun is so good."

Standing at the height of history, it is easy for a traveler to easily deny an invention that is not very useful, but it would be too much to gain and lose to discourage scientific researchers.

In this way, once the traverser passes away, it will be difficult for the scientific research system he created to jump out of the shackles of the traverser, and even become an obstacle to the development of science.

Therefore, Xu Shiyang never objected to his subordinates using their spare time to make small inventions and make small designs that were not planned.

Even if Xu Shiyang knew that this kind of thing was not easy to use and was on the wrong path, he would try his best to give appropriate compensation, just make some reminders when necessary.

"The weapon doesn't need to be too elaborate, you have to consider the quality of the user, as well as the possibility of mass-equipping the troops."

Xu Shiyang said to Dai Zi:

"Just like this gun, it may be okay for me to use, but it can't be made on a large scale, and the soldiers don't have the ability to perform simple maintenance in a battlefield environment, do you want me to fight the enemy with a gun alone?"

"It's the old decay that I didn't think about it."

After Dai Zi expressed his understanding, Xu Shiyang changed his words and said:

"However, this gun is indeed very delicate, and I think that with your current technology, some of my ideas may be realized."

"After a while, I'll give you a few rough sketches, and you can see if you can help me make a real thing, and you don't have to worry, this may be something that takes a long time and a lot of investment."

"We have to be patient."

……

Walking out of the Qingzhou Arsenal, Xu Shiyang was still thinking about the production problem here.

Due to the difference in craftsmanship of craftsmen, when the installation of several water conservancy forging hammers is completed, the craftsmen from the south of the Yangtze River adapt to the new weights and measures, and the output of Qingzhou will definitely exceed that of Juzhou.

Today, with the addition of some workers and craftsmen, the production of muskets in the Juzhou Arsenal is maintained at about 200 per month, half of the arquebus and half of the flintlock muskets, and half of the flintlock pistols are carbines (cavalry short guns) or pistols.

When Qingzhou is ready, maybe 300 muskets per month is a short-term output.

If this can be achieved, if the new army wants to expand, there will be no shackles in weapons.