Sun Yuan was happy in his heart: I was a frequent visitor to the Military History Forum back then, so I don't know how this paper bag bullet.

You must know that before the appearance of rear-loading guns and the invention of **** in Europe, the rate of fire of muskets was extremely slow, which was also very distressing. In order to increase the loading speed of soldiers, the military strategists of that era can be said to have scratched all the scalps and came up with any methods.

It can be said that each reloading step has been broken down by them one by one, and finally they have come up with such a method of fixed ammunition.

Yue Luming kept rubbing his hands: "This paper roll is more troublesome, general, can you send a few people to me, I am alone, I'm afraid I can't be busy." There is no need for a strong man, and it is best for women to be careful. ”

As he was talking, Blacksmith Cui came out of the house with painting tools, and when he heard this, he scolded angrily: "You **** itch, do you still miss women?" ”

Yue Luming was very afraid of this father-in-law, his face turned white, and he retracted his neck.

Sun Yuan: "Okay, when the time comes, I will draw a few old women from the military household to come over to you." ”

Blacksmith Cui laughed: "The general is wise. ”

Yue Luming: "I'll go down and think about it, and see how much medicine each paper roll contains." You can't have too much of this medicine, and if you have too much, you will have to blow up your chest; But if it's less, you won't be able to shoot far. ”

Sun Yuan nodded, in fact, the Ming military firearms of this era, whether they were guns or cannons, did not have a fixed standard for how much medicine to fill and how big the projectiles to use, and it all depended on the user's own experience. Because, after going to the battlefield, the range of the firearm in his hand is also far and near, and the commander does not know when to fire, so naturally it is not necessary to formulate appropriate tactics.

Yue Luming can think of this, but he is a good talent.

Sun Yuan: "Master Yue, don't worry about this, the shotgun made by your father-in-law still needs to be overhauled, and after the finalization, you can experiment with the appropriate charge." ”

As he spoke, he took the pen and paper and lay down on the table to draw.

Yue Luming was not in a hurry to leave, and straightened his neck to look at the side.

After all, Sun Yuan was a liberal arts student, and he had never studied painting before. This exploded view of the stone lance is also drawn crookedly and does not look like it. Fortunately, he was an avid military history enthusiast back then, and when you were messing around on the forum, you would be embarrassed to say hello to people if you didn't memorize a few shots of the size and construction of the firearms.

Therefore, the general structure of the gun was meticulously drawn and marked with specific dimensions. When it came time to change the metric size to the Ming size, he still had a lot of effort.

After about an hour, the drawing was finally finished.

"What is this?" Blacksmith Cui didn't understand and couldn't help asking.

Yue Luming next to him couldn't help but say: "The general's picture, the villain seems to understand a little. ”

Blacksmith Cui snorted coldly: "Go and go, you are a cannon fight, understand a chicken feather?" ”

"No, no, Uncle Yue, this picture of the general looks a bit like the shotgun in Master Bi Maokang's "Illustrated Weapons Story". This kind of fire gun is said to be not afraid of wind, rain and snow. ”

"I remembered, I remembered." Cui Blacksmith slapped his forehead: "It seems to be like this, I saw it before when I was in Nanjing, and I didn't think it would be then." However, now that I think about it, it seems that this is really the truth. ”

Bi Maokang, a jinshi in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, served as an official in the Ministry of Industry and was responsible for ordnance manufacturing. He has a lot of research on firearms, and he also wrote a book "Illustrated Weapons". Hearing Blacksmith Cui mention this name, Sun Yuan also suddenly came back to his senses, remembering who this Bi Maokang was, this person was indeed the first person in China to make a flintlock pistol.

Sun Yuan originally thought that the flintlock pistol was an epoch-making military invention, but in fact, it was not a big deal.

But it's okay like this, since this thing has been invented a long time ago, so as not to have to bother to explain it to Cui and Yue.

Blacksmith Cui pointed to the flint on the cone of the bolt jaws on the pattern, and said, "This thing is good, just like Lord Bi's original idea, use flint and steel to start a fire." In this way, there is no need to use a torch again, even on a rainy day. Moreover, a lid was added to the fire door, so that when not in use, the gunpowder in the primer pool would not be wet with rain. But ......"

"But how?" Seeing the hesitation on his face, Sun Yuan couldn't help but ask.

Blacksmith Cui was a little embarrassed, and said with a slight blush: "This machine head, the work of hitting the anvil and hammer is too delicate, and the villain can't do it well." Also, the most troublesome thing is the spring in it, which is even more of a headache. It seems that the adults are looking for someone else to do it. ”

Sun Yuan laughed: "If Master Cui can't do it, I can't think of anyone who is suitable for this?" ”

Blacksmith Cui shook his head: "It's true that I can't do it, I'm only suitable for making gun barrels, but the villain has a way." ”

Sun Yuan: "You say." ”

Blacksmith Cui: "The general might as well recruit a few more craftsmen who make jewelry, they are suitable for this." ”

Sun Yuan nodded: "There is some truth, Master Cui has a good candidate to recommend." ”

Cui Blacksmith: "The villain knows a few craftsmen who make jewelry, all of whom are from Nanjing. If the general wants to use them, he might as well pay some money to bring them over, and I'll tell them their names later. ”

"Okay, that's it."

In the next few days, Sun Yuan ordered someone to take out a sum of silver and go to Nanjing, and took over all the people that Cui Blacksmith said. In fact, the status of the craftsmen made by the Ministry of Industry was humble, and the government was not very concerned, so Sun Yuan sent silver, and simply transferred the household registration of those people to Ningxiang.

In the past few days, Sun Yuan has not been idle, and simply drew a few exploded drawings of the flintlock pistol. In particular, the parts inside had to be drawn extremely carefully and marked with dimensions.

When craftsmen come to Senhusha, they must strictly follow the dimensions above. In this way, if the firearm is damaged on the battlefield, the corresponding parts can be replaced very easily, and it is also convenient for logistics management.

Otherwise, the size and specifications of each gun are different, and the repair alone can make a person's head as big as a bucket.

Standardization and assembly line operation are the general trend.

Because he was not from an engineering background, Sun Yuan did this extremely painfully. Fortunately, Yue Luming had done this before, and took the initiative to come over to help, which made Sun Yuan a lot easier.

When all the patterns were drawn, the new craftsmen came from Nanjing. And the autumn harvest is over, and the soldiers have returned to the barracks. As Sun Yuan predicted, although the training of soldiers is hard, it is still very attractive to have a fixed monthly military salary.

Only Shao Wei is missing.

For this future brother-in-law, Sun Yuan was dead set and didn't bother to care.

He was tired enough during this time, and after the autumn harvest, the military rations had to be collected, and the imperial grain and national taxes that should have been paid had to be paid.

After being busy for half a month, when everything was ready, a new cluster of muskets was placed in front of Sun Yuan.