On February 28 of the fourth year of the calendar, all the members of the committee of the crossing team, the relevant members of the security team and the science and technology team, came to the "Jingyuan" located at the foot of Baojin Mountain, and prepared to shoot Shiyan with a tubular firearm for the first time in the history of time and space. Shiyan's location was chosen next to the backyard of the "Jingyuan", a garden built by the original owner's family, and no one was allowed to enter the Shiyan field except for the traverser. The subordinates in the "Quiet Garden" were all told that the Taoist masters had to cultivate magic weapons and were not allowed to approach, otherwise they would have to worry about their lives. Although this statement seems to be very unjishu in the eyes of the crossing public, it is believed by those subordinates, and during the entire Shiyan process, none of the subordinates dared to approach the backyard where the Shiyan field was located.

This garden is much larger than the one in the "Qing Garden" in the city, and the style is a little rougher than that in the city. The firing point of the flintlock pistol was chosen in a small pavilion in the garden, and the target was a humanoid paper target fixed to a large tree fifty paces away, which was the farthest distance that could be reached in a garden. In order to ensure safety, the crosser did not directly operate the flintlock pistol, but the gun nearly 1.5 meters long and weighing 12 pounds was fixed on a specially made bracket, and through a long rope, it was fired remotely at a distance of about ten paces. The main reason is that they are afraid that the barrel will not be strong and blow up, and they are really not at ease with the smelting jishu of this era.

In charge of remote control shooting is Zhou Lei of the science and technology group, as a firearms expert in the arsenal of the previous life, he actually presided over the development of the flintlock pistol. Li Junwu, the leader of the science and technology group and an expert in guns and artillery, is mainly responsible for guidance and coordination.

After everyone hid behind a rockery, Zhou Lei took the helmet borrowed from the security group, hid behind a thick wooden board supported by Cheng Fei and Wu Peng, and pulled the long rope in his hand. The long rope is tightened, pulling the trigger of the flintlock pistol, loosening the hammer, the flint on the hammer collides with the anvil on the cover plate of the initiating charge pool, and the spark generated by the impact ignites the gunpowder in the initiating charge pool, and the spark is conducted into the barrel through the detonating hole, igniting the barrel that has been filled with haode to launch gunpowder, and the gunpowder deflagration produces high temperature and high pressure gas, pushing the lead shot in front to fly forward along the barrel of the caliber 11 mm, with the "boom! With a loud bang, a puff of smoke erupted from the muzzle, completing the entire firing process.

After a while, as the smoke of gunpowder was blown away by the wind, the sample gun was still in front of everyone. Although it is not known how effective the shot was, at least the construction of the gun was successful, and the barrel was strong enough. Zhou Lei was the first to run over, took the flintlock pistol off the shelf, looked it up and down carefully, and after confirming that there were no cracks, he handed it to Li Junwu. Li Junwu checked it again, and then began to circulate it in everyone's hands.

When everyone was checking the gun, Zhou Lei ran to get the paper target again. A round hole in the middle of the paper target clearly indicates that the bullet hit the target accurately. Subsequently, Wu Peng found the hole in the trunk of the tree where the lead bullet had penetrated, and after a long period of effort, he used a knife to dig the lead bullet out of the bullet hole.

Looking at the intact flintlock musket and the lead bullet that still had residual temperature, Zhou Lei's hanging heart finally let go. Although this is only the beginning of Shiyan, it can be called the first shot of "good start", and it obviously indicates that today's Shiyan will be a complete success.

Shiyan in the back really confirmed Zhou Lei's hunch, and the three guns were shot ten times each, and each time they were successful. Afterwards, the members of the technology team and the defense team threw away the rope and began to raise their guns and shoot themselves. When it came to Zuihou, even Wang Kunjun, Zhang Weixin and other committees tried it out in person. The garden of the "Jing Garden" was filled with the sound of "ping pong" all afternoon, which made those who did not dare to approach even more convinced that these Taoist masters were cultivating magic weapons, and their awe of them was even greater, which saved a lot of trouble for the research and development and shiyan work in the garden in the future.

In the second half of Shiyan's progress, a slight crack appeared in the barrel of one of the guns, and under the strong advice of Li Junwu and Zhou Lei, the whole Shiyan returned to the state of long rope remote control.

Shiyan fought for nearly three hours, and finally, after firing more than 100 times at each gun and almost using up all the ammunition prepared in advance, the three guns could no longer withstand such dense and continuous fire, and the phenomenon of exploding occurred one after another. Although all three barrels were scrapped, Shiyan lived up to expectations. It proved that with the materials of this era, it was completely possible to manufacture firearms that met the needs of actual combat.

Of course, this Shiyan was only the first step in the development of the Fusilier Shiyan. In the coming time, the science and technology team and the defense team will also work on the best firing dose of the gun, the effective killing distance shiyan, the killing effect shiyan under various conditions, the durability of each component shiyan, and many other projects. After a series of shiyans, the technology team was able to provide a detailed instruction for the gun before it was officially put into use, so as to facilitate the use of the defense team. Enables new security members who are not familiar with firearms to fully master the use of the gun and get the most out of it while minimizing the risk of possible use.

However, as the chief designer of the gun, Zhou Lei also admitted to the public that because the current parts are outsourced and the production efficiency of those contractors is low--only to provide parts that can make fifteen muskets in more than a month, it is impossible to provide enough parts for the use of the science and technology group in a short time, and as a result, the firearms manufacturing of the science and technology group cannot be mass-produced. Therefore, before the team's own smelting, metalworking, gunpowder manufacturing and other related industrial production capacity is established, the science and technology team can only provide small batches of firearms for the team's use at a low speed and limited speed.

Moreover, since the quantities available at this stage for the production of black powder - saltpeter - are extremely limited, the supply of ammunition for flintlock pistols will not be very good for a relatively long time until a suitable supplier is found.

Despite these unsatisfactory points, the committee and the security team and other departments still affirmed and praised the work of the science and technology group. At the same time, the trade group is required to make more efforts on the issue of saltpeter procurement, and strive to solve the problem of raw material supply as soon as possible, so that these firearms can give full play to their effects. ,

In this regard, Fan Wucheng, the head of the business group, said that the business team is now actively handling this matter. At present, through the pharmacy in the city, some caravans from the Western Regions and Longyou region have been in contact with them, and a preliminary intention has been reached on the issue of these caravans providing saltpeter for the team. The Trade Team will continue to negotiate with these caravans with a view to reaching an early supply agreement. In addition, according to the suggestions of the science and technology team, the business team also communicated with Huzhi County, Liangxiang County, and is expected to collect the naturally formed soil nitrate in the latrines and pigsties in all houses and inns in the county through the name of the county government. In this way, after a period of accumulation, it can at least meet the team's short-term usage.

The positive work of the Trade Section was also appreciated by the Committee and other groups, especially the Science and Technology Group, whose leader Li Junwu and the chief designer of the flintlock pistol Zhou Lei repeatedly expressed their gratitude to Fan Wucheng and other members of the Trade Group. In addition, on behalf of the members of the Science and Technology Group, the two of them also expressed their gratitude for their recognition of their work. They also assured that they would do their best to speed up the manufacture of flintlock pistols and strive to provide enough guns before the new security team was established. In order for the team to realize the decentralized residence according to the original idea, so that everyone can make the best use of their abilities and materials, and contribute their own liliang to the development of the team.

After Shiyan was finished, the group returned to "Kiyoen". The members of the science and technology group and the security team threw themselves into their respective work, and Wang Kunjun and Zhang Weixin came to the small conference room of the committee and found Fan Wucheng and You Yuan, as well as Deng An, the housekeeper of "Qingyuan", to discuss the issue of what gifts Zhong Shiwen should give when he got married. After consulting Deng An's advice and referring to the gifts Wang Feng received when he got married, he set a gift list. The business team and the material management team are required to complete the procurement within three days, and the wedding on the second day of the first month of March must not be missed.

Fan Wucheng and You Yuan also knew that this was an important matter, so they did not delay for a moment after receiving the gift list, and immediately set off while it was not yet dark, and went to the major shops in Liangxiang City to start a large purchase, and finally completed the procurement work in less than two days, showing a very high efficiency.

On the morning of the first day of March, news came from the radio in Feilong Village in Xiayunling that Xing Bude, the former head of the Five Tigers Village, had passed away the night before. The cottage left-behind group hopes that the "Qingyuan" base can send people to Feilong Village to participate in Xing Bude's funeral, which can be regarded as respect for Liu Wanbao, the old leader. At the same time, organizing a beautiful funeral for Xing Bude can also more effectively win the hearts of the soldiers in the cottage. According to custom, Xing Bude will be buried on the seventh day of March, and if the base agrees to participate, he should arrive at Feilong Village before this date.

The suggestion of the left-behind group was affirmed by the "Qingyuan" base. After discussion between the committee and the security team, it was decided that Wang Kunjun and Xu Shaoan, as well as Liang Ziyue, who had a lot of contact with everyone in Feilongzhai, would attend Xing Bude's funeral on behalf of the base, so as to show the importance of the team to this matter. In addition, Wang Feng and Cheng Fei will also accompany them to provide security for the three of them. The date of condolence is tentatively set for the fourth day of March after Zhong Shiwen's wedding.

According to Wang Kunjun's meaning, he, Xu, Liang and others all have martial arts, and they can go without security personnel. Now the team's defense of Liliang in the city is relatively weak, and if they take people away again, it may affect the defense of "Qingyuan". Xu Shaoan and Liang Ziyue also agreed, but the three of them ultimately failed to convince Zhang Weixin and Li Junwu, especially Zhang Weixin, who used the team's security regulations - committee members must be accompanied by members of the security team when traveling - as an excuse to gag the trio.

For Zhang Weixin, establishing Wang Kunjun's prestige and status, especially in front of non-team insiders, has become the most important part of his work. And traveling with a guard, in his opinion, is also a means to show his identity, and he must not give up easily. The people couldn't resist his thoughts, or they didn't want to argue with him about this little thing, so they did as he wanted.