Chapter Seventy-Seven: Gunpowder

The court meeting of the imperial court ended in peace, Chongzhen got the only good news in the past few months, and his heart was naturally happy, and the emperor was happy, Yang Sichang was of course happy, and naturally the strength of this reward would not be slack, and soon the messenger sent from the capital set off together with the reward.

And what is Pang Gang doing at this time? At this time, our Comrade Pang Gang was improving the guns of Wanghai Fort, and in the battle outside Yangzhou, the performance of the bird-gunned men was not satisfactory, and the rate of fire of only one shot every two minutes caused unnecessary casualties to the soldiers. During the period from one hundred and fifty paces to thirty paces, each of the Bird Gunners could only fire one and a half rounds, and Pang Gang estimated that if the rate of fire of the sixty Bird Gunners at that time could be doubled, the casualties could be minimized, or even zero.

Although Pang Gang was not an ordnance expert before coming to the Ming Dynasty, as a child who grew up in modern society, he still knew some basic principles of firearms. At this time, the bird's gun charge is still in the stage of the bird's gunners filling gunpowder by themselves, and the bird's gunners can only rely on their own experience to fill the gunpowder into the breech in wartime during the war, this method has a big drawback, that is, the soldier's personal preferences are different, and the amount of gunpowder poured each time is not the same, and the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and the soldiers who can calmly load gunpowder and calmly fire under the flying swords, guns and arrows need a very strong psychological quality.

Once a soldier panics in his heart, his movements are easily deformed and out of shape, so Pang Gang thought of ordering gunpowder. The so-called fixed gunpowder is to wrap the amount of gunpowder and projectile in a long paper tube, bite the paper tube with your mouth when loading, pour some gunpowder into the fire door first, and the rest of the gunpowder is stuffed into the mouth of the gun.

This not only ensures the power of the Rumi gun every time it is fired, but also greatly reduces the number of gunpowder reloading steps. Pang Gang personally found someone to try it, and after using such a charge method, the bird-gunners, who were supposed to fire once every two or even three minutes, could reach a speed of firing once a minute.

Pang Gang's "invention" also shocked the birds, and only those who have passed the test of life and death can understand how many lives this inconspicuous invention can save on the ever-changing battlefield.

In the face of the general praise of the bird-gun players, Pang Gang is still not very satisfied, the current rifles are front-loading guns, cast by pig iron or wrought iron, plus the need to get a good breath-holding surname when loading the rifled gun, rifled gun bullets are often made of the same caliber as the gun caliber or even slightly larger. As a result, loading is extremely laborious, often requiring a hammer to hammer the ram lever to propel the bullet into place, which often leads to the more dangerous rupture of the chamber. When the projectile is advanced to the position of the medicine room, it is often deformed due to rough manipulation, and the killing effect cannot be achieved.

This is also one of the reasons why cold weapons were never finally eliminated before the appearance of breech guns. As for the breech gun that uses metal cartridge casings, Pang Gang is not counting on it now, that thing would have to be invented after the appearance of thunder mercury, and it is not in the "Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons". But there are not no good things in the breech gun, such as the ultimate weapon of the breech gun that appears on the last page of the small arms chapter, the Minnie gun!

This Minnie gun is a good thing, and the rate of fire of three to five rounds per minute is an absolute nightmare for enemy infantry.

However, this thing, which originally appeared in the mid-eighteenth century, just like the later ship artillery, needed tungsten ore to cash in, and in the current situation, Pang Gang only drooled.

"Tungsten ore, tungsten ore, where the hell are you!"

Pang Gang sighed softly, closed the "Encyclopedia of Modern Weapons", and cherished it back into a special pocket on his body and tied it up, this is his biggest reliance in this era, it is precisely by him that Pang Gang can arm hundreds of soldiers in Wanghai Fort to the teeth, if he loses it, it will be too late to cry.

Pang just put the book close to his body, the door of the study was gently pushed open, and a slender figure walked in lightly, she came to Pang Gang's side and said softly: "Chaodong, I have counted the output of the cement factory and the mine last month, do you want to take a look?" ”

Pang Gang turned around and grabbed the little hand of the visitor, and said with a smile: "Do I still need to see these things with a capable daughter-in-law like you in charge?" ”

The person who came suddenly blushed, stretched out his hand and pushed him away, and said angrily: "Who is your daughter-in-law, people haven't married you yet, look at your faceless appearance, if people see it, they should laugh at others." ”

It turned out that the one who came in was Pang Gang's fiancΓ©e Kong Ruolan, since she came to Wanghaibao, she had cultivated her business acumen in her father and the surrounding environment since she was a child, and gave Pang Gang some very reasonable and practical suggestions for the operation and management of cement factories and mines, which made Pang Gang very pleasantly surprised.

At present, Pang Gang is lacking a trustworthy and good business manager, and the emergence of Kong Ruolan just solves this problem, so Pang Gang handed over the management of the mine and the cement factory to her. With the increase in the time spent between the two parties, the relationship between the two has become better and better.

Looking at Kong Ruolan's pretty face that was flushed with shame and the appearance of wanting to speak and being angry, Pang Gang was itchy in his heart, and he had the courage to hug Kong Ruolan's weak and boneless little waist, and immediately kissed the cherry mouth in front of him, and a burst of sweet liquid passed into his mouth. This kiss is terrible, the sky is like a thunderous kiss and the sky is dark.

Slowly, Pang Gang's hand couldn't stop swimming on Kong Ruolan's delicate body, and when Pang Gang wanted to make the next move, he was stopped.

Kong Ruolan's little face flushed, and she put her pink face in Ailang's arms and whispered: "Chaodong, when we become slaves, will we give it all to you?" Not yet, if you are seen, you will gossip. ”

When Pang Gang heard this, his face suddenly wrinkled, and he said with a bitter face: "Then when will we get married?" ”

Kong Ruolan chuckled, stretched out her slender fingers and gently scraped Pang Gang's face, and said with a smile: "You are really not ashamed, we will not be able to get married until next year at the earliest." ”

Pang Gang said with a bitter face when he heard this: "It's going to take so long!" ”

Looking at Ai Lang's frowning face, Kong Ruolan couldn't help but feel a little distressed, reached out and stroked Ai Lang's frowning brows, and asked a little distressed: "Chao Dong, are you really uncomfortable?" ”

"What do you say?" Pang Gang glared at Kong Ruolan angrily, and muttered in his mouth: "You can't eat it just by looking at it, isn't this looking for guilt." ”

"Then" Kong Ruolan hesitated for a moment, gritted her teeth lightly, and then said hesitantly: "If you are really uncomfortable, why don't you let Ling'er come to sleep for you tonight, are you optimistic?" ”

"Uh, what? Let Ling'er come and sleep for me? Rao was Pang Gang's cheekiness, and he couldn't help but be taken aback.

Pang Gang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and asked in a low voice, "Is that Ling'er too young, how old is he this year?" ”

"Ling'er is fifteen years old this year, not young." Kong Ruolan glanced at Pang Gang funny, "Ling'er was originally a slave's personal maid, and she will serve you in the future, and now people can't serve you, so it's the same to let Ling'er replace you." Ling'er is well-behaved when she is young."

Although there was a hint of shyness in Kong Ruolan's words, her tone seemed very ordinary. The personal maid of this era is to warm the bed for the young lady at home and the future aunt. Although Kong Ruolan and Ling'er grew up together since childhood and are like sisters, in the heart of this rich lady with a gentle surname, it is not surprising that her personal maid accompanies her future husband to sleep, which shows the attitude of the rich and noble families in ancient times towards personal maids.

Pang Gang didn't hear the next words, just stared out the window in a daze, looking sluggish. Nima,Ruolan said that fifteen years old should be a virtual age.,It's fourteen years old.,Little Lori at this age should still be in the second year of junior high school in the next life.,In the next life, if you get on such a small Lori, the police uncle will pull the buddy to shoot the target.。

At this time, Pang Gang's mind couldn't help but think of the petite figure with big eyes, as pretty and lively as a happy little sparrow, as if he was chirping at him, "Uncle, Uncle!" ”

"No, buddy can't do such a beastly thing." Pang Gang shook his head vigorously, trying to get the delicate figure out of his mind.

"Although there is no police uncle to supervise now, but buddies also have a bottom line, and it's too much to do it to such a small little Lori. Even if you want to do it, you have to wait until they are sixteen years old."

At this time, Comrade Pang Gang felt that he was extremely great, and he was almost comparable to Comrade Yanagishita Hui in ancient times

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