Coming out of the blacksmith camp, Xiao Ruxun held an experimental gun in his hand, and went directly to the yamen of the military department, today is the day when Shi Xing agreed to discuss the details of the conquest of the Dongwu Kingdom with Xiao Ruxun, for this reason, Xiao Ruxun went to the blacksmith camp to see if his blacksmiths had any progress, unfortunately, the progress was limited, but at least there was progress, and the progress of this flintlock pistol was one of Xiao Ruxun's confidence. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Arrived at the Yamen of the Ministry of War, the guards of the Ministry of War all bowed and saluted and shouted Xiao Pingyu, compared to the previous earl period, now they are much more respectful, probably not only their own title, but also because of their own send, with this send, it is a righteous general who commands tens of thousands of troops, of course, it is worthy of respect.

Entering the yamen of the Ministry of War, some familiar officers of the Ministry of War also saluted Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun returned the salute with a smile, and then quickly entered the duty room.

Shi Xing waited for Xiao Ruxun for a while, and when he saw Xiao Ruxun coming, he immediately smiled happily: "Waiting for Ji Xin for a long time, this time of rest, he also let Ji Xin run around for official business, and the old man is really a little unhappy." ”

Xiao Ruxun shook his head and said with a smile: "The war is important, there is no such thing as resting and bathing, and the last general also hopes that this matter can be finalized as soon as possible, arrange men and horses, prepare grain, grass and ordnance, and then go down with a drum, drive directly to the enemy's lair, and do not give the cave warriors a chance to breathe." ”

Shi Xing nodded and said, "Ji Xin can understand, the old man is very relieved, then, without further ado, Ji Xin said before that the army should go south to ...... Well? What is it? Ji Xin, is this a bird? ”

Shi Xing's attention was attracted by the experimental gun in Xiao Ruxun's hand, Xiao Ruxun smiled, raised the experimental gun, and said, "This is the whim of the last general on the Korean battlefield. ”

Shi Xing took the experimental gun, looked up and down, and was immediately attracted by the bolt.

"This is ...... No arquebus? No fire gate? This...... What is this? ”

Xiao Ruxun pointed to the bolt and said: "This is the whim of the last general, on the Korean battlefield and the battlefield of the Japanese Kingdom, every time the last general uses the gun to fight, he must avoid strong winds and heavy rain, so as not to wet the gunpowder and blow the gunpowder away, but if it is unavoidable, it can only be the head, what the last general thinks, if you can make a fire gun that is not afraid of wind and rain, not only the soldiers love it, but it is also very beneficial in the war." ”

"Guns are not afraid of wind and rain? This...... I'm afraid it's hard to do, right? So, what is the method that Ji Xin thinks of? ”

Shi Xing asked curiously.

"The method that the last general thought of was to deal with the disadvantages of the existing bird guns, if the bird guns want to be excited, they need gunpowder primers and fire ropes, the most troublesome of which is the fire rope, the fire rope can not be short, short, it will not be able to support more than an hour of war, but it can not be long, if it is too long, it is also very troublesome for the gun to carry on its back, and it is easy to get damp in the event of strong wind and rain, and cannot be ignited, which is the most troublesome.

The last general thought that if he could use other ignition methods, he could ignite the gunpowder without an open flame, if he could do this, the practicability of the bird gun would be greatly improved, and the soldiers of the Northland, especially the soldiers of Liaodong, could not abandon the bird gun on the grounds that the bird gun was afraid of wind and rain and died holding on to the three-eyed gun, to be honest, the last general really felt that the old firearms such as the three-eyed gun and the short-mouthed gun and the bowl mouth gun and the five thunder god machines could be completely eliminated and no longer produced. ”

Shi Xing looked at the experimental gun in his hand and asked, "Then Ji Xin thinks how to ignite gunpowder without using open flames?" ”

Xiao Ruxun took out two flints from his arms, and then polished them up and down, and with a bang, sparks burst out.

"Flint and steel?!"

Shi Xing exclaimed: "I see, apply the principle of flint and steel to the bird's gun, and use the method of flint and steel to make the fire gun ignite on its own!" There is no need for an open flame to ignite the arquebus! ”

Xiao Ruxun said with a smile: "That's right, the last general happened to see the soldiers in the North Korean camp using flint and steel to make fire, and then I thought that it seemed that this method could also be applied to the bird gun, so I collected a group of blacksmiths and began to experiment, took off the bolt of the bird gun, built the bolt of his own idea, and used the flint and steel to transform the bird gun, and wanted to make this kind of self-generated fire gun, which can also be called a flintlock gun." ”

Shi Xing looked at the bolt of the experimental gun in his hand as if he had obtained a treasure, and said excitedly: "That Ji Xin, succeeded?" If it succeeds, what is the range of this flintlock gun? Impulse geometry? Is it better than a bird's gun? ”

Xiao Ruxun smiled bitterly and said: "Ministry, how can it be so easy, this experimental gun is just made according to the idea of the last general, and the shape is made, if you want to make the flintlock gun ignite on its own, it is not enough to do it, you see." ”

Xiao Ruxun took out a polished flint from his arms, inserted it on the hammer, and then turned Huo Lian to the position, and pushed the hammer back, Shi Xing heard a slight click, and then Xiao Ruxun pulled the trigger, and the hammer hit Huo Lian with the flint, and the two did not collide violently, without arousing sparks.

Shi Xing looked up in surprise.

"This ......"

"This is the current achievement of the last general, can only be done to hit the hammer out, hit the fire, but if you want to stimulate the spark to ignite the gunpowder, it is still more difficult, because there is no good enough spring iron, thirty refining and fifty refining iron are not usable, this is sixty refining iron, obviously also unusable, the last general is asking his subordinates to build a hundred steel, try whether the strength of a hundred steels is enough."

"That's right...... That means that, for now, the flintlock is still unusable? ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded helplessly: "And more importantly, if only 100 steels or even more than 100 steels can have enough strength to make the raw materials needed for this bolt, then this gun was invented, and the cost of manufacturing one is about twenty taels of silver, not to mention the huge consumption, it is also very good scrap steel, the key is good iron, Ministry, why is the quality of our Ming iron so poor?" ”

With an embarrassed and helpless look on his face, Shi Xing put down the experimental gun and sighed.

"This matter, the old man is also helpless, the Ministry of Industry is responsible for the matter, the old man is not easy to interfere, reported to the cabinet, the cabinet can only be with the mud, the Ministry of Iron's iron-making workshop old man has also been to see, those craftsmen are vague, do not care about other things, only know how to swing a hammer, a life without love, the treatment is also very poor, if it is replaced by the old man, I am afraid and unwilling to contribute, these craftsmen, for generations, I don't know when it is the head."

When Shi Xing's words came out, Xiao Ruxun knew that he couldn't expect the Ministry of Industry to make good steel, and the idea of making blast furnace steel that he wanted to dedicate to the imperial court was also dispelled.

This is not a technical problem, this is a system problem, if the system problem is not solved, no matter how good the technology is, it will be annihilated.

Politics is supreme, and the layman commands the insider, and this bad habit does not know when it will be resolved.