In the past two years, there have often been red-haired devils in Xiting Town, and it is said that they are all Western craftsmen invited by Yangzhou Town. （）

These craftsmen held almost all the official positions in the ordnance factory, and were responsible for smelting and manufacturing ordnance, and it is said that their power was equal to that of an eight-rank official

。 But these barbarians don't seem to have the slightest appearance of being officials, giggling all day long, and often getting drunk in the town's restaurants. When they got drunk, they fought in the streets, which annoyed the locals, but they couldn't control it.

As the Ordnance Bureau grew in size, so did the number of Western red-haired people, and it is said that there were at least three to fifty of them.

Zhou Zhongying hadn't seen red-haired devils before, but when he saw the thick hairs on their hands at this moment, he still took a sharp breath of cold air.

Hearing the word "adult", Zhou Zhongying looked at the young man in surprise.

The young man smiled and pointed at Zhou Zhongying, and said to the red hair: "Erhu, this is Mr. Zhou, he came to register for the civil service exam in my town today, and he came to his wife and said that there was something at home." By the way, Mr. Zhou, what is the name of your Hun family? ”

Zhou Zhongying hurriedly said: "My lady's name is Zhou Gao, I don't know where it is now?" ”

The red-haired man named Erhu replied, "Zhou Gao, she went home for lunch, hasn't she come to work yet?" Well, it's not time yet, I should be over in a while. ”

The young man glanced at Zhou Zhongying apologetically: "Mr. Zhou, I can only trouble you to wait for a while." ”

Then he asked the erhu devil: "Erhu, a certain person came from Tongzhou City today, and I wanted to ask you how your new musket was?" ”

The devil named "Erhu" nodded: "I've already made more than a dozen sample guns, do you need to try them, my lord." ”

The young man rubbed his hands excitedly: "Duo has already made a sample gun, good, good, very good, try it." ”

As he spoke, he left Zhou Zhongying and Erhu and other three red-haired ghosts and ran out of the workshop in a hurry.

Zhou Zhongying had no choice but to wait in the workshop. After waiting for a long time, I was really helpless, so I walked up to a craftsman and asked carefully, "What are you doing here?" ”

When the craftsman saw that he had come with the young man, he looked very respectful, and replied, "If you go back to the master, we are rifling the barrel of the gun." ”

"Sure enough, it's the barrel of a shotgun, by the way, what is rifling?" Zhou Zhongying then asked curiously

。

At this moment, the craftsman's feet stopped, and so did the rapidly spinning wheels on the lathe. Only then did Zhou Zhongying realize that the steel rod held at the front end of the wheel was equipped with a hook knife, which looked shiny and sharp.

It turned out that the sparks that flew out of the barrel of the gun were caused by the friction between the hook knife and the iron pipe, and the hook knife had become dull, and the craftsman quickly replaced it with a new blade. I fiddled with the lathe for a long time, took off the barrel, and measured it in the barrel with a steel ruler for a long time.

Zhou Zhongying leaned over curiously, but saw that the inside of the barrel had been cut out of shallow lines by a hook knife, circle by circle, if threaded.

Only then did the craftsman say: "If you go back to the master, this is rifling." ”

Zhou Zhongying was even more curious: "What kind of lines are cut out of the barrel of a good gun, isn't this a waste of things?" ”

Craftsman: "Master, you don't know, this is what Yingchuan ordered, according to Hou Ye, because there is no rifling in the barrel of the ordinary musket, the lead bullet will not only shoot far after it is fired, but it will also fly around, and it depends on luck to hit the enemy." After this rifling, the lead will spin quickly after it is ejected, and it will not run around. Moreover, it is also fast, and can easily penetrate two layers of iron armor. ”

Zhou Zhongying shook his head: "How fast does the lead pop up, can it spin, will it fly randomly, how can the human eye see clearly, why does Yingchuan Hou say that what line is engraved in the barrel, and the projectile will not fly away and shoot far?" ”

The craftsman scratched his head: "This villain is not clear, if the master wants to ask, it is better to ask the Hou Ye and the Erhu Master in person." ”

"Then what kind of erhu old man went to ask him if he was willing to say, and where did I go to find Yingchuan Hou?"

Craftsman: "Master, didn't you accompany Master Hou in just now?" ”

"Ah, he'...... He is Yingchuan Hou Sun Yuan......" Zhou Zhongying thought of the faint smile on the face of the young man who had accompanied him just now, and a cold sweat suddenly fell.

It was at this time that a "bang" of gunfire rang out outside.

Zhou Zhongxia was so excited by the dense gunfire that he couldn't help but leave the workshop and look closely, only to see that the young man was standing behind a desk, holding a musket and shooting at the chest target in the distance.

The chest target had been shot with his musket and sawdust flying

。

Later, Erhu and a few other red-haired devils quickly filled him with medicine.

That's right, this young man is the chief military officer of Yangzhou Town, Yingchuan Hou Sun Yuan.

And the erhu is the Prussian arms dealer Wolf of the Sun Yuan Ordnance Bureau? Wolf Gang.

Zhou Zhongying walked up to Sun Yuan tremblingly, and took a deep look: "Zhou Zhongying, a member of Tongzhou Xiting, visited the Marquis of Yingchuan, just now because he didn't know the Marquis of Yingchuan, he was offended, please forgive me." ”

Thinking of Sun Yuan's fierce reputation and majesty, on a cold day, cold sweat dripped, and cold sweat flowed down Zhou Zhongying's forehead, giving birth to steaming heat.

He previously scolded Sun Yuan for being a chaotic minister and thief at Lian Qinian's house, and said things like my southeast gentleman swearing to him for a long time. But now when I see people, I am taken by his official authority, and his attitude is extremely humble.

Sun Yuan put the musket in his hand on the table, helped Zhou Zhongying up, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, as I said before, acquaintance was fate, you and I are like acquaintances at first sight, why be polite?" ”

"Thank you Yingchuan." Seeing that Sun Yuan didn't blame anything, Zhou Zhongying's heart settled down a lot.

Sun Yuan said: "A certain is testing the gun, Mr. Zhou is rare to come to me, please feel free." Why don't you give it a shot too? ”

He took a musket that Wolf had just filled with medicine and handed it over.

Zhou Zhongying, an old Confucian student, when did he come into contact with this murderous weapon, he subconsciously jumped to the side and waved his hand again and again.

Sun Yuan didn't force it, picked up the musket, and shot another "bang".

Zhou Zhongying could see it clearly, but when he saw that Sun Yuan's shot hit the center of the chest target, he couldn't help but exclaim flatteringly: "Okay, Yingchuan Hou is really a hundred steps through Yang, and Yang Youji is reincarnated!" ”

Sun Yuan was obviously a little happy, pointed to the gun in his hand, and then pointed to the bullet on the table, and said with a smile: "Although Mr. Zhou's words are false, but it really gets to the point, this new musket has a very long range and a straight trajectory, even if an ordinary person trains for a month, he can go to the battlefield, as long as he aims, he can easily hit the target." Mr. Zhou, what is the difference between my musket and ordinary muskets? By the way, the name of this gun is Minnie Gun. ”

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