Gushan Iron City, Gunpowder Factory Test Site.

After hearing the results of the six rings reported at the end, Zhu Daolin stopped shooting, and in the eyes of everyone's reverence and envy, he inspected the chamber, barrel, bolt and other parts in detail, and finally took out the strip under the barrel to clean the barrel:

"The bullet has basically passed, and there are still a few places on the body that are not smooth enough, but it has little impact on the accuracy of the shot, and the reason why the accuracy of the last few bullets has decreased, I feel that it is not the problem of the bullet itself, but the increase in the charcoal left after the combustion of the propellant in the chamber and barrel, which affects the accuracy of the shot, and it can be fired again after only cleaning it up."

"So, the bullet can be finalized and mass-produced?" Li Kuanji asked happily.

Zhu Daolin nodded: "Yes, but to do a good job in machining accuracy, there must be no deformed projectiles that exceed the specified tolerances, I don't require you to immediately build tens of thousands of bullets, hundreds of thousands of bullets, but ask you to go to the new factory in Longtan, first spend three months familiar with the principle, use and maintenance of the steam engine." ”

"As far as the bowl punching process is concerned, before you used manual mechanical punching bowls, each bullet body can be stamped ten times or even dozens of times on a single mold, and the mechanical stamping driven by the steam engine is much faster, and the two sets of equipment I brought are according to the design standards, only four punching bowls can complete the initial processing of the bullet body, and move to the next process, even if you are not familiar with it at the beginning, slow down the machine speed to six times, and it will be completed in two breathing times."

"Therefore, we must first understand the machinery, more than a dozen master craftsmen of the mechanical research group of the research institute and dozens of their apprentices will teach them hand in hand for two months, and they will be busy with other projects after two months, so you must seize the time, do all the preparations first, and strive to officially put into production on July 1."

Li Kuanji, Lao Zhangtou and others nodded frequently, and Lao Nie Tou's 33-year-old second son quickly recorded Zhu Daolin's words. Then get together and have an intense discussion.

Zhu Daolin looked at Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun, who were full of envy and eager to try, and ordered the two to shoot a few shots to try, and the two immediately picked up the rifles in front of them, and followed Zhu Daolin's example to pull the bolt, load, close, and shoot.

Watching them finish firing five shots each, Zhu Daolin walked between Fu Yinglong, who was smiling bitterly, and Yao Binglun, who was contemplative, and explained in detail the aiming method of the three points and one line, the distance represented by the numbers on the ruler, the strength of pulling the trigger and the impact of breathing rhythm on shooting accuracy. waited for the two to figure it out, and then let the two take a few more shots to compare the results.

After getting Zhu Daolin's guidance, Fu Yinglong's shooting performance improved a lot, and he hit 38 rings with five bullets, and there was no embarrassing off-target phenomenon, and Fu Yinglong, who was tall, thin and thick-bearded, couldn't help but laugh with satisfaction after reading the results with a telescope.

"Don't be complacent, old man, you can laugh after reading Lao Yao's results." Zhu Daolin reminded with a smile.

Fu Yinglong immediately picked up the binoculars, and after seeing the impact point of the target on the very edge, he exclaimed: "Old Yao." You kid must have practiced secretly, otherwise you can't be better than me! ”

Yao Binglun, who was half a head shorter than him, smiled: "Your archery skills have never won against me for so many years, and the same is true when you use a musket, hehe...... General, this gun is really beautiful! I can't help but beg you for one. ”

"That's right! Lao Yao is better than me in this regard, and he dares to ask, and his skin is thicker than mine. Fu Yinglong hurriedly came over and looked at Zhu Daolin happily. There was a rare expectation in his eyes.

Zhu Daolin explained: "This single-shot rifle is made for the army, and it is not very suitable for you. Even if the equipment is not of much use to you, it is not as good as a short firebolt. ”

Yao Binglun nodded, and Fu Yinglong said anxiously: "The short fire gun is good, it is suitable for our short-range work, but the charge is too slow, how can it compare to this gun!" This shot fired ten rounds. The short-fired gun can only shoot one shot, and it is definitely too late to charge the second shot, not to mention that the projectile range of the short-fire gun is only twenty steps, which cannot be compared! ”

Zhu Daolin agreed with Fu Yinglong's statement, and looked at the two guards who were so anxious that they kept turning around: "You two don't turn around." Let's have a few shots on our own. ”、

Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun laughed when they saw it funny.

Zhu Daolin took the two of them to the drainage ditch thirty meters away from the grass shed, and pulled out two revolvers from their waists, and immediately saw that Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun's eyes were straight.

Zhu Daolin inspected the bullet nest, lifted the double gun and introduced to them the performance, ammunition feeding method, range and precautions of each part of the revolver, and then pointed the gun at the upright rock about 20 meters ahead:

"The white area in the middle of the rock in front of you looks about the same as the upper body of a person, the distance is about 20 meters, that is, about 17 steps, within the range of the revolver in my hand, now you test fire a few shots according to what I just said, there are five bullets in each of the two guns, hook and shoot, don't worry, take your time."

Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun took the exquisitely workmanship, silver glittering revolver with both hands, held back their excitement, adjusted their posture and raised their guns to aim.

Fu Yinglong fired the first shot very seriously, Yao Binglun then fired a shot, both stopped to look at the impact point where they didn't know where to run, carefully recalled the skills taught by Zhu Daolin, adjusted their breathing and came again, and after each shot two bullets, they had an experience, and the last two shots hit the rock in front of them.

Zhu Daolin had already quietly taken out a box of bullets from the golden steel ring, took the gun and shook off the cartridge casing to calmly load:

"The bullet used in this gun is the standard pistol bullet of the Tianshu Pavilion military, which is different from the rifle bullet just now, it is thinner and shorter, and it can kill people if it hits the vital point within 50 meters......"

"I don't have much ammunition left here, next time I go back to Tianshu Pavilion to get two more powerful revolvers for you to come back for self-defense, the shape is the same as this gun, the body of the gun is a little thicker, the barrel grows about two inches, the bullet is different from the one I use, go back and let Kuanji instruct the craftsman to make a batch of bullets by hand and use it first, and wait for the Longtan Gun Factory to put into production."

"General Xie!"

Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun thanked in unison, and their excitement was even happier than receiving a bonus of 2,000 taels of silver.

After Zhu Daolin finished loading the bullets, he repeated the shooting skills to the two of them, picked up his two guns and fired at the rock in front of him, crackling and crackling, and the 12 bullets in a row all hit the fist-sized depression in the center of the rock, which shocked Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun.

Zhu Daolin handed them the two guns again, and told them to load them and experience them by themselves, until all the 60 rounds in the small wooden box were exhausted, Zhu Daolin took the gun and inserted it back into the gun on his waist, squatted down and carefully picked up the bullet casings on the ground, Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun hurriedly squatted down to pick it up together.

The two guards under the grass shed crackled and kept shooting, and Lao Zhang was still discussing the personnel arrangements of the gun factory, and it took half an hour to discuss the result.

Li Kuanji let out a big breath, stood up and looked at the foot of the mountain in the distance, and found that Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun were still squatting beside Zhu Daolin and talking in a low voice, and couldn't help but smile meaningfully, and felt deeply relieved that his two sworn brothers followed him to join the Ming Lord.

With the addition of the eldest brother Fu Yinglong and the third brother Yao Binglun, the heavy pressure on Li Kuanji has been relieved of nearly half, and he believes that Fu Yinglong and Yao Binglun will soon be able to get the new appointment of generals, and gradually take over the Jinling Intelligence Bureau, which has only been established for three months, from his hands, so that nearly half of the heavy burden on his shoulders can be removed. (To be continued.) )