When Xiao Ruxun arrived at the blacksmith camp, before it was time to start the meal at noon, he only heard the sound of tinkling and knocking, and saw that the camp was full of blacksmiths who were swinging hammers and irons, and among the tasks he assigned to the blacksmith battalion, there was a qualified barrel, and the barrel of the smoothbore gun did not need to be a high technology point, and the traditional iron rod roll iron method could also be completely done, while the Ming Ministry of Industry could not handle it, and the scrap rate was so high, it was purely a system problem. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The yield rate of this group of blacksmiths under Xiao Ruxun is as high as 95 percent, just seventy or eighty people, and they can produce hundreds of qualified barrels for him in a month.

At that time, Xiao Ruxun drew drawings for them, and then asked them to start to build qualified springs and manufacture qualified flintlock bolts according to his requirements.

The arquebus uses an open flame to ignite, as long as the open flame touches, then igniting the gunpowder is a matter of minutes, and the requirements for the ignition device are not so high, but the flintlock gun is different, it needs to rely on the strength of the spring, and the flint and the fire are ignited by colliding with the fire, so as to ignite the gunpowder, without the help of the external force of the open flame, the fire is also equivalent to the early fire door cover, which can effectively prevent the impact of wind and rain on the gunpowder, which was a leap forward at that time.

When Xiao Ruxun explained to them this "self-generated ignition method", he used two flints to rub and ignite, and when he saw the appearance of sparks splashing, Xiao Ruxun said, this is the principle, you make a device, let the soldier pull the trigger, the flint can hit the spark, ignite the gunpowder, and thus stimulate the musket, the firing principle is the same as the arquebus, but the ignition device is a heaven and an underground.

The blacksmiths didn't seem to understand, but after building the arquebus for a while, they also had their own understanding of the triggering device, and an old blacksmith described the scene he imagined vividly - the soldier pulled the trigger, and the flint was driven by the bolt and slammed into the opposite fire, bringing out sparks all the way, and then igniting the primer under the fire, which in turn ignited the gunpowder and caused the musket to ignite.

Xiao Ruxun immediately praised and appointed the old blacksmith as the project manager of the flintlock gun machine research project, giving him a rich salary and reward, as long as he worked hard to build the flintlock gun machine and kept it strictly confidential.

When he was in Korea, before Xiao Ruxun crossed the sea to fight with the Japanese, the old blacksmith had made some springs with traditional techniques, but the strength was not ideal, and it could not be applied to reality, and on the way back, the old blacksmith assembled a musket by himself and showed it to Xiao Ruxun, Xiao Ruxun was very excited, because the shape of this musket was exactly the same as the flintlock pistol of his influence, and then as soon as he pulled the trigger, he rolled his eyes.

There was no elasticity at all, no better than an arquebus.

I don't know if there is any improvement now, but whether it should be said or not, the appearance has been quite charming, but the inside is still straw bales, I don't know if the inside is also quite charming, but even so, Xiao Ruxun also knows that although the cost of a flintlock pistol is still cheaper than that of cavalry and cold weapons, it is far more expensive than an arquebus.

Judging from the current technology, it is very difficult to ensure a high output, and the best thing about the flintlock pistol is nothing more than self-generated fire, not relying on open flames, not afraid of wind and rain, the reason why the northern soldiers dislike the arquebus has disappeared, but the flintlock pistol itself has not been solved, so after the emergence of primer technology, the flintlock pistol was quickly eliminated.

And the flintlock pistol to replace the arquebus speed is not fast at all, the current European army, the arquebus is still the mainstream, waiting for the flintlock pistol to fully replace the arquebus, there are still decades to go, Xiao Ruxun insists on the flintlock pistol, in order that the incidental technology of the flintlock pistol can mature as soon as possible, for the next generation of muskets as a medium, for the flintlock pistol itself, he is not very enthusiastic.

Xiao Ruxun entered the camp and found the old blacksmith.

"Old Li Tou, how did you do with your own fire? Show me this gun. ”

When Xiao Ruxun entered, he saw that Lao Li Tou was holding a gun and looked left and right, this gun was the experimental gun at that time, from the outside, it was no different from the flintlock pistol, the difference was the internal spring and lighter device, in addition to this gun, there was also a bolt device on his table, which was also modeled on this picture, but it had no elasticity at all.

"Admiral!" Lao Li Tou saw Xiao Ruxun come in, so he stood up to greet him, and handed over the gun in his hand, Xiao Ruxun took the gun, flicked the trigger, and with a crisp sound, the hammer hit Huo Lian, but whether it was a hammer or Huo Lian, the elasticity was still weak.

"No, it's not okay to go on like this, there's no feeling of self-fire at all, old Li Tou, can't you still build this shrapnel qualified?"

Lao Li pointed to a pile of shrapnel on the table with an embarrassed face, and said: "The shrapnel that the Admiral said, I have never had it in the Ming Dynasty, and the current ones obviously will not meet the Admiral's requirements, I let seven or eight people continue to build all kinds of shrapnel and use wrought iron of various strengths to fight, but it still doesn't work, and now we plan to try it with a hundred smelted iron." ”

"Hundred irons...... Maybe? Don't be too anxious, the Governor just expects you to make it as soon as possible, but if it's really difficult, you won't be able to get it for a while, don't worry, take your time, if you need anything, tell the Governor, this time the Governor will go south, and he will also take you with him, see if there is a chance to get something from the hands of Hongmaoyi for you to see, alas, by the way, also, how did you get the barrel? ”

Lao Li stretched out his hand and pointed out: "Admiral, please come with the old man." ”

Xiao Ruxun nodded, followed Lao Li Tou to the outside of the barracks, and walked to the warehouse at the back of the barracks, as soon as the warehouse was opened, Xiao Ruxun saw five long and thick cannon barrels, the front body was thin and the back body was thick, such a cannon tube was not easy to explode, and compared with those gun barrels that were the same before and after in the Ming Dynasty, the practicality was much stronger.

"This is made according to the requirements of the Admiral, the iron body and copper core, I don't know what the effect is, it is most appropriate to test it, but the old man and others can't do it."

Xiao Ruxun nodded and said, "You don't need to bother with these things, you just need to make them!" The rest is the matter of Bendu, Lao Litou, the matter of the spring, but you have to hurry up! ”

Lao Li nodded his head: "The Admiral has a life, and Lao Yu and the others must use their lives!" ”