Chen Qiyu's cold drink did not make Wang Datie panic in the slightest, although Chen Qiyu is currently the biggest official in Ye County, and the entire Ye County is under his jurisdiction, and Wang Datie is theoretically under his jurisdiction.

But Wang Datie's special academy is very independent, and they have always been only responsible for Mao Wenlong, and others can be completely ignored.

However, at this moment, Wang Datie did not care about these, but he had great confidence in the muskets he had created, which were not only carefully built, but also presented in front of Mao Wenlong after repeated trials.

If there was a problem with these muskets, he would never dare to open his mouth and let Mao Wenlong try the muskets himself, he still knew this rule.

Wang Datie sneered in his heart, but he was silent on the surface, he looked at Mao Wenlong levelly, and always had a confident smile on his face.

Seeing that Wang Datie didn't know what was wrong, Chen Qiyu was about to go crazy, but Mao Wenlong understood Wang Datie, and he stopped Chen Qiyu's anger. Then he looked at the arquebus in his hand for a moment, and suddenly raised the gun without warning and pointed it at the target twenty meters away.

Seeing this, the smile on Wang Datie's face became even stronger, and he immediately stepped forward to personally light Mao Wenlong's arquebus.

"Sneer......"

The fire rope burns quickly, making a snorting sound, and then under everyone's eyes, the musket finally erupts.

"Bang!"

The erupting arquebus had a lot of backlash, and Mao Wenlong had already taken aim, but he didn't expect the arquebus's backlash to be so great. Without preparation, it was obvious that his shot had missed.

The twenty-meter target was still intact, Mao Wenlong was stunned for a moment, put down the arquebus, and his hands were slightly numb at this moment. The power of this arquebus was definitely much greater than that of the three-eyed system that had been heavily equipped in the military by the imperial court before.

But after Mao Wenlong tried this gun, he also found that the current shortcomings of these arquebuses are too heavy.

According to his physical strength, he should be considered medium in the army, that is, in the ordinary army, only a few people can use this arquebus.

"Lao Wang, the power of your arquebus is enough, but it is too heavy, and there is no way to reduce some weight properly?" Mao Wenlong turned his wrist, which was still numb, and said.

Wang Datie showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, he shook his head and said: "There is no way to be lighter, this is already the lightest arquebus at present." In order to ensure quality and safety, arquebuses can no longer be less material. ”

Mao Wenlong doesn't think so, he thinks that today's firearms are all used collectively to form a large area of lethality. Therefore, if it is used in the normal army, there is no need to make it so rigorous.

Putting the arquebus on the wooden table in front of him, Mao Wenlong studied it carefully for a long time, and suddenly pointed to the body of the gun more than two meters long and said: "The weight of your arquebus obviously exceeds the weight needs of ordinary people. In this way, it cannot be equipped in the army on a large scale, and this cannot form an effective lethality. ”

Wang Datie obviously understood this truth, he did not refute Mao Wenlong, but said a little dejectedly: "But at present, we can only build it like this, if we reduce the weight again, the safety of the arquebus will not be guaranteed." ”

Mao Wenlong chuckled, it was obvious that Wang Datie had already drilled the tip of the bull's horns at this moment, and this guy had already walked into a dead end and was rounded in.

"Old Wang, you see, this arquebus is two meters long, just like a long stick. Although the length of your barrel is enough, the accuracy will increase, but have you ever thought that in fact, when the army is equipped on a large scale, the accuracy can be greatly reduced. Mao Wenlong put his hands on the long barrel of the gun and made a gesture to cut off a section.

Wang Datie seemed to understand what Mao Wenlong meant, and his eyes immediately lit up, but soon became dim again: "Chief soldier, this is not advisable, if the length of the barrel is cut off to reduce the weight, this accuracy will be the same as those three-eyed fires." ”

Mao Wenlong said unhurriedly: "Lao Wang, this is not a problem at all, you must understand that when the two armies face each other, the side equipped with arquebuses must have a certain number. And in the battle formation, it is simply impossible for the soldiers to aim alone. That is to say, when fighting, the accuracy of the musket is not the key, the only key is the quantity, with enough number there is no need to aim at all, as long as everyone shoots in the same direction, you can achieve the effect of killing the enemy in a large area. ”

Only then did Wang Datie completely understand, and he was slightly excited: "What the general soldier said is very true, Wang Datie has been taught. ”

The old man is obviously a man of temperament, and although he has always been very conceited about his craft, he also knows how to accept the advice of others. Provided, of course, that the advice is convincing to him.

Wang Datie was obviously a person who did it when he thought of it, and he immediately couldn't wait to order someone to take the arquebus that Mao Wenlong had used just now and intercept a small section, and then try it again.

After repeated trials, and finally half of it was amputated, Wang Datie was satisfied and sent it to Mao Wenlong again for him to check.

This time, Mao Wenlong didn't shoot in person, but after weighing the weight of the arquebus, he felt very satisfied, so he let a special gunner shoot.

Not to mention, the results of the tests were satisfactory, the barrel was half shorter, and at a distance of twenty meters, it almost hit a hundred shots. There will be deviations until a distance of fifty meters, but there are also eight shots out of ten that can hit.

After a distance of 100 meters, there is only half the chance of hitting, but Mao Wenlong is already very appreciative of this.

"Lao Wang, in the future, I will build it like this, in a month, I need 3,000, can I do it?" Mao Wenlong laughed and asked Wang Datie.

Wang Datie didn't hesitate at all, he chuckled and said, "Don't hide it from the general soldiers, in fact, there are five thousand arquebuses in stock now. If the commander-in-chief needs it, we can cut off half of the barrel in three days and hand it over to you! ”

"Hahaha...... So the best! Mao Wenlong was overjoyed when he heard this, and his hearty laughter echoed in the clearing.

There is no problem with the arquebus, and the next thing is to look at the large and small artillery.

The construction of the gun is obviously much simpler than the arquebus, but it is more expensive to pour, and there are no major problems other than that.

Mao Wenlong directly screened the tiger squat cannon to prepare for the warship, and this thing was just the right size. Although the firing distance of solid shells is only more than 100 meters, at sea, these are enough.