102 first test muskets
"Of course. It's a flying machine, even a hot airship. It will take at least a few months. You know, this thing is extraordinary, it's going to heaven. Humans don't have wings. If the airship has an accident on it, you will have to do a free landing. As he spoke, Shang Wen pointed to the sky, and then a finger gestured and fell.
Yingyu listened to some words that she couldn't accept at all. The head is dizzy. Then look at Dao Shangwen's fingers. I finally understood that this guy was afraid of accidents.
"There's nothing to be afraid of." Yingyu said with some disdain.
"What is there to be afraid of. This hot airship, the current power is very weak. And there are a lot of design errors. went up. It's something that doesn't have any certainty. Just a little strong wind. You can blow the airship apart. An airship that loses its airbag will fall. It is equivalent to a person falling directly from a height of more than 200 steps. "Shang Wen is actually used to the unit of rice. The ancients used to use zhang to measure the height. It's a little incomprehensible for Shang Wen to say this. No way, Shang Wen didn't know the specific details of the ancient people.
"This." Yingyu obviously understood. That is, this thing is not very mature.
"Then why is my father able to go up? I just can't. Yingyu then asked.
"Your father, that's a miracle. I was scared half to death from the sky to the ground. When heating, add a section less. The pod is heavily grounded. If it weren't for the timely heating later, I'm afraid it would ・・・・・・" Shang Wen really didn't dare to think about the situation at that time.
"Oh." Yingyu finally stopped asking.
Shang Wen finally stopped asking. I put my mind at ease. This guy thinks differently from other princesses.
"Then what else do you have? Except for that ・・・・・・," Yingyu asked tentatively.
"Airship. No. In addition to this, it is a road that is built. Do you want to watch this? Shang Wen replied directly.
Yingyu shook her head and said.
"I think your clever mind must have something else. Hurry up and make one, let me see. Yingyu said with some pleading.
Hear here. Shang Wen understood, if this person didn't make something, he would definitely not be able to send it away. But if you continue to fight like this, it will not do you any good at all. Shang Wen thought for a moment. When I came to the arsenal by myself, what I had to do was to improve the next production focus. Now all firearms are basically stopped. If this continues, the soldiers of Great Qin will return to the era of cold weapons. Thinking of this, Shang Wen knew that he should do something directly.
Shang Wen took out a wallet from his chest. From there, take out a stack of design drawings. Yingyu looked at it curiously, not knowing what trick this guy was going to do.
Shang Wen took out a blueprint for a smoothbore gun.
"That's it." Shang Wen pointed to the blueprint of the smoothbore gun.
"What is this?" Yingyu asked.
"Muskets." Shang Wen said.
"It doesn't take a lot of energy. Just pull the trigger. Shang Wen pointed to the place where the trigger was.
"This projectile can shoot fifty paces away, and the lethality is amazing. As long as they are hit, they are either killed or injured. Shang Wen introduced.
"That's amazing." Yingyu stepped forward and looked at the drawings carefully.
"It's a no-brainer. It's so easy to use, we girls can just equip it. Yingyu said happily.
As soon as Shang Wen heard it, he knew what this guy's idea was.
"Can you build it now?" Yingyu asked.
"Yes. No problem. However, you have to wait until tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow. I have to machine some parts, and ・・・・・・・・."
"Okay, I'll just wait here." Before Shang Wen finished speaking, Yingyu said in a hurry.
"Okay. As you see fit. Shang Wen shrugged and said.
"Then I'll go and get busy now." Shang Wen packed up the drawings and walked out of the house.
Shangwen began to gather those major craftsmen. Let's talk about the parts made of muskets. The musket that Shang Wen wants to make is the British Indian version of the smoothbore gun. Since the rifling process has not been explored. Shang Wen felt that he should not go too far.
The first is the spring. This stuff comes from the watch industry. There are also objects such as wheels and flints. Shang Wen explained them one by one to those craftsmen. For springs. When an old craftsman in copperware heard about it, he was very interested. The main reason is that the iron wire is still relatively hard, and the processing technology is not mature. Whereas, the material of copper is softer. Great for springs. The craftsman took over the job. Because he himself was interested in this kind of thing that could be restored to its original state.
For the barrel, only pouring can be taken. The Qin State was very mature in casting bronze weapons. In this regard, they also agreed. For other components. It is handed over to the coppersmiths. They use hammers. It's that little hammer. It's not that difficult to process. Shang Wen arranged it, and after a few times of guidance, he had nothing to do with himself.
Soon. Craftsmen make all kinds of parts. The barrel, even the carpenter made the butt according to Shang Wen's style, and Shang Wen began to assemble it. Some small rivets, made of copper.
Everyone gathered around Shang Wen, and Shang Wen assembled the parts of the musket one by one. The people around wanted to see the trick as if they were watching Shang Wen install the barrel on a piece of wood that was not straight or bent.
Shang Wen found that some things were more suitable, such as springs and bolts, and springs could be well placed in bolts. At this point, it seems that the ancient people were very cooperative.
Shang Wen sweated profusely and assembled the musket. The crowd looked at this thing strangely. Shang Wen opened the fire door and hit it a few times, it feels pretty good, and you can try it if you solve it.
The musket looks rough. But it's basically like that. Shang Wen took the gunpowder. First fill the barrel with gunpowder, put in the projectile, and compact. Put a little gunpowder in the pot.
Under the fifty-step target prepared in advance, Shang Wen opened the fire door and took aim. Percussion. "Bang." There was a loud bang. Gunpowder smoke came out. A hole appears in the target. It's obvious.
Shang Wen put down his musket and stepped forward to check. The people around saw the muskets for the first time. I don't know how powerful this musket is, but I also went forward to check.
At the lower end of the target, a piece of wood was pierced. Shang Wen thought that the power of the musket was still not very large, and he was aiming at the center position, and the impact point was obviously lower. The problem needs to be solved.
The caliber of the projectile is almost the size of a modern smoothbore gun at 0.3 inches, and Shang Wen has seen the ruler, and the projectile is about that proportion. Between 11 and 13 mm. This projectile was basically the size of all universal projectiles of that time. This time it is made according to the size of the Qin State, and it is estimated that it is not much worse.