Dozens of blackened firecrackers were tightly embedded in two holes cast from thick round iron plates, and a long iron shaft protruded from the middle of these firecrackers to the rear, behind which there was a huge wooden crank. Behind the dense fire barrels, there was only one handle and a set of firing devices.

Lu Qingli said in a chattering voice: "Big brother, you try to shake the handle, it's a little heavy, but I am oiled on the middle shaft, and it should be able to shake." ”

Song Nan walked to the rear calmly, held the crank handle, shook the heavy fire gun tube, and the clicker shaft rotated, and every time he shook an angle, there was a fire gun tube and the rear firing device to bridge together, forming a complete fire gun shape, when the bridging state was formed, pull the trigger, and the bridging fire gun could be fired.

"Big brother, what do you think? Is it the kind of firearm you imagined in your mind? Can dozens of consecutive shots sweep in front of you? Lu Qingli asked excitedly.

Song Nan couldn't bear to disappoint her, it was already rare to be able to make such a situation, what he described to Lu Qingli that day was the prototype of the Maxine machine gun, but Song Nan didn't expect Lu Qingli to really be able to make it, because it was difficult to make that thing with today's technology, and Lu Qingli actually relied on Song Nan's own unclear description to make such a behemoth.

"Shake the handle, fire one by one, a total of thirty-two rounds, one handle of this thing, dozens of handles of Mrs. Shangsong's firearms on the top, but only one person needs to shake the handle, one person launches, good, not bad."

Song Nan nodded in approval, but he understood that this thing could not be used, because the connection between the fire gun and the firing device could not be tightly fitted at all, and fireworks would be spewed from the seams when firing, not to mention that the person who fired could not stand it, and this situation would also lose the power to fire scattered bullets, and it would not be possible for this thing to shoot far; This kind of heavy equipment is inconvenient to move, and must be able to reach far in order to exert its power, and if the range is too close, the enemy's iron-hoofed combat knife will already fall on the head without shaking it in a circle.

Receiving Song Nan's approval, Lu Qingli was extremely excited, took Yang Qian'er's hand and said, "Coo'er, the two of us have been busy for so long, and it has finally not been in vain." ”

Song Nan smiled and asked, "Miss Kou'er is also involved?" ”

Yang Ko'er blushed slightly and said, "I'm just helping Sister Qingli with her, and it won't make any difference." ”

Lu Qingli shook her head and said, "It's not like that, have you seen this chassis?" If it weren't for Chloe's reminder, I wouldn't have thought that I could put wheels on the bottom and push it away, this thing is so heavy that it took five or six small men in the front yard to lift it. ”

Song Nan nodded approvingly: "Very good, the two of them can be dragged away with the addition of wheels, and you can also use mules and horses to drag and maneuver, it is definitely a good way, Miss Kou'er is not the daughter of Lord Yang, when Lord Yang is in the northwest, you must not look at the equipment in the army." ”

Yang Qian'er said suddenly: "Yes, when my father was the governor, I often followed him in and out of the barracks, and the northwest military camp had a firearm called a fire chariot, but it fired hundreds of arrows, because the box was heavy, and the wheels were installed underneath. ”

Song Nan's interest increased: "Do you launch hundreds of rockets at once?" ”

Yang Kou'er said: "Yes, it was very amazing when it was launched, but the power was not great, the range of the rocket was not far, and the strength was not great, and it couldn't even shoot a wooden plank forty or fifty steps away, so Daddy called it a silver-like pewter gun head." ”

Lu Qingli blinked and said, "What is a silver-like pewter spear head?" ”

Yang Ko'er shook her head and said, "I don't know, it's probably useless." ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes and coughed: "This is because the gunpowder tied to the back of the rocket cannot provide enough power, although the arrow is light, but the more this kind of thing, the more difficult it is to grasp the amount of gunpowder; There is more fluttering, less range, not enough power. ”

Yang Ko'er nodded and said, "Yes, Daddy said the same thing." ”

Song Nan bit his lower lip and thought for a while: "Qingli, this thing can be modified, there is no need to launch them one by one, it is also a way to blast them all out at once, as long as you can hit far and hit more, dozens of shotguns can shoot a large rain of lead bullets; Heavy firearms are used in large armies to see their power when there are many people. ”

Lu Qingli was stunned for a moment and said, "Are you saying that this thing can't be used?" ”

Song Nan couldn't bear to hit her, but he couldn't tell the truth, and asked, "Have you ever shot this thing?" ”

Lu Qingli shook his head and said: "No, I plan to wait for you to come back and get your permission before giving it a try, and besides, shooting indiscriminately in the back garden will ruin the rockery plum forest in the garden, Sister Su'er should not be distressed to death; My cousin also said hello, and I was not allowed to try it randomly, saying that it took more than a thousand taels of silver to clean up the back garden, and I was not allowed to mess around. ”

Song Nan nodded and said, "That's what they said, but I'll allow you to give it a try." ”

Lu Qingli said happily: "Really? ”

Song Nan said: "Go to the wooden box in the small warehouse and get two shotguns, let's give it a try." ”

Lu Qingli nodded hurriedly, and ran out to get the shotgun along the stone road, leaving Song Nan and Yang Ko'er alone together, and suddenly the atmosphere became awkward again, Yang Ko'er remembered that Song Nan grabbed her chest tightly just now, and kissed her on the face, and suddenly felt a little at a loss.

Song Nan coughed and said, "Miss Coo'er, I was abrupt just now, I apologize to you again, Ming'er, I'll choose a gift for you, what do you want?" A bracelet or a hairpin? ”

Yang Ko'er hurriedly said: "No, no, you are also unintentional." ”

Song Nan smiled: "If you want to give it, didn't you give me a gift?" You have given me a gift, how can I not be courteous? ”

Yang Ko'er's face was red, Song Nan was out on the expedition that day, everyone in the Song family was very worried, Yang Ko'er was also worried, when Li Daniu returned to the capital to report safety, the Song family's wives and concubines all brought things to Li Daniu to Song Nan, and she also felt that something should be done, so she stayed up all night and made a knife spike for Li Daniu to bring to Song Nan, or did it secretly, for fear that the daughters of the Song family would know. Now that Song Nan mentioned it in person, it was as if he had been exposed to the little secret in his heart, and he was immediately embarrassed.

"The spike is nice, it fits perfectly on the handle of my knife, I like it." Song Nan said with a smile.

Yang Ko'er breathed a long sigh of relief, there was a little sweetness in his heart, as long as he liked it, it was not in vain that he stayed up all night.

Song Nan has no intention of teasing Yang Qiao'er, since the princess's incident, Song Nan has tried his best to restrain his desires, Yang Qiao'er is delicate and cute, but it's a pity that he is the daughter of Yang Yiqing, that is an authentic official lady, and he can't get involved, otherwise Yang Yiqing will definitely fight with himself.

Lu Qingli rushed over, holding two shotguns in his hands, Song Nan struggled to move the behemoth, aimed the mouth of the fire gun at a pile of rockeries, and installed a shotgun into the chamber of the gun with his own hands, shook the handle to make the handle and the barrel of the gun bridge together, and said loudly: "Ready." ”

Lu Qingli and Yang Qian'er consciously covered their ears and hid aside, Song Nan covered his face with his sleeves, pulled the trigger, the fire rope sneered and smoked, and soon burned to the end, just listen to a muffled sound, while the fire gun mouth spewed out fireworks, black smoke and fire also spewed out from the bridging place, if it weren't for Song Nan's preparation, I am afraid that my eyebrows and hair would also be burned.

The shotgun hit the rockery, and the imaginary situation of the rocks flying did not happen, only a cloud of stone chips was raised, and after the smoke and dust, the rockery only collapsed a small corner, and the power was not enough to launch Mrs. Lu's firecracker.

Lu Qingli looked at this situation blankly, and said in amazement: "How can this be? This is a drugged shotgun, and the fire pipe is also newly cast, and the length has been lengthened, don't you say that the longer it is, the more powerful it is, and the longer the range? ”

Song Nan fanned off the smoke and dust in front of him, coughed twice, and said, "Do you see the smoke and fire in this bridging place?" This combination could not be seamless, and the impulse of the gunpowder escaped most of the force through these gaps, so this result was produced. I blame it for this, I didn't expect this, iron is difficult to polish and seal, I should have expected it. ”

Lu Qingli said: "Isn't Mrs. Song's fire gun sealed?" ”

Song Nan said with a smile: "Don't forget, we added a sleeve to the tight part of the barrel, and even then there will still be smoke when fired, which is why the double-barreled shotgun is only thirty or forty paces away; One of the brothers in the camp also had a burn on the cheek. And this thing can't be added to the sleeve one by one, it will be too cumbersome and cumbersome, and it will lose the meaning of us needing him to launch quickly. ”

Lu Qingli said frustratedly: "I've been busy for a few months and it's actually a pile of waste, I'm really a big fool." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged, it's already surprising that you can do this, this thing can be used, maybe one day after solving this sealing problem, this thing can come in handy." ”

Lu Qingli pouted and said, "Big brother, this pile of waste has cost a lot of money." ”

Song Nan smiled: "How much did it take?" ”

Lu Qingli said: "Nearly three thousand taels." ”

Song Nan almost fell to his death, smacking his tongue and said, "So much? ”

Lu Qingli said: "Yes, if you let my sister know, you will scold me to death." ”

Although Song Nan was in pain, he still hugged her shoulder and comforted: "It's okay, our family is not short of these thousands of taels of silver, and Aunt Fang will not know that this thing is useless, if I say it's useful, it will be useful." ”

Lu Qingli said happily: "Big brother is so good. ”

Song Nan whispered into her ear and said, "How can you repay me?" How about we have a jade character flute in the evening? ”

Lu Qingli was startled, and quickly looked at Yang Qian'er, who was standing aside and checking at the waste machine gun, and said in a low voice: "I'll talk about it in the evening." ”

Song Nan was happy, Lu Qingli glanced at the pile of waste worriedly and said, "You just said that it can be modified, how to modify it?" ”

Song Nan said: "Miss Yang's words reminded me, we can change our thinking, just like the fire chariot in the army, a large number of shotguns will still be fired, and it will still become a sharp weapon, which is much simpler, just consider the recoil fired at the same time and improve the particles of the shotgun. ”

Lu Qingli said excitedly: "I understand, I understand, I'll find a way, I'll go to Uncle Zhong to ask for silver, this waste won't be demolished, I'll start the stove again." ”

Song Nan rolled his eyes and said in his heart: You can make it hard, no wonder later generations said that when the cannon sounds, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and his own belongings can't withstand such a toss, so he has to quickly find a way to get silver.