Chapter 34: The Artillery Workshop

There were also guards stationed here, and they were larger than the Gunsmith Workshop, because the Firearms Battalion needed to train a large number of qualified gunners here.

After a series of operations were completed, the two veterans in front of them who tested the new artillery handed the ignition fire fold to the six princes who were eager to try.

What's interesting about this ignition? Fu Xuechen complained secretly, watching Yu Zuo ignite the fuse, and immediately retreated, and soon, there was a "boom" explosion, and the shell was blasted out, hitting the target, well, the target is huge, it can be called a haystack, it is very difficult to miss, but ......

Fu Xuechen couldn't help but complain: "Is aiming so casual?" All veteran-experienced? Don't count the shooting yuan? ”

The shooting range cannon roared, God knows how Yang Qian, a half-old man, could still have such good ears, Fu Xuechen muttered and complained that he actually heard it, and his eyes were shining, and he immediately turned his head to look over: "What do you mean by shooting Zhu Yuan?" Please also ask Master Fu Xiaohou to teach? ”

Fu Xuechen didn't want to answer, but she had already learned this old man's persistence during this time, and he caught the conversation, and he wouldn't give up easily if he didn't ask for a result.

Shooting Zhu Yuan, it was too laborious to explain it all, Fu Xuechen was too lazy to say too much, his eyes rolled and he tried to make it simple: "Oh! What I mean is that every gun is manufactured, it is measured in advance the elevation angle and the distance of the firing range, how much elevation angle, how far it can be shot, all measured and recorded, marked on the gun, or in a booklet, and taught to the gunner, so that it should be able to aim at the target faster and more accurately. ”

"Good advice!" Yang Qian praised.

In fact, there is a similar course for the training of gunners, although it is still relatively primitive, but the principle is the same, what he praised, is Fu Xuechen, a child who is only twelve or thirteen years old, has just seen a few shots of artillery, and he thought of a way, and he concretized it, which is really amazing!

Fu Xuechen secretly rolled her eyes, Arabic numerals have not been popularized and used in recent years, I am afraid that these relevant data records are in secret symbols that only gunners can learn, even if she says more, no one will use Arabic numerals, it is in vain.

The quality of the artillery was still good in this period, and the people in charge of the test firing of the artillery were all experienced veterans, and there were very few dangers such as exploding the chamber, but there were still occasional ones, so after satisfying the addiction of the six princes to test firing artillery, Yang Qian hurriedly took the two children away from the shooting range.

"I wonder what Your Highness's next itinerary is planning?" Yang Qian took the initiative to ask Yu Zuo.

Yu Zuo thought about it, the entire firearms workshop has basically gone in the past three days, and everything that should be played has been played, and he really can't think of anything else to know for a while, so he can't help but look at the companion reading around him, maybe he has other ideas about this companion reading, just like going back to the printing workshop?

Holding hot tea in the office and sipping it little by little, Fu Xuechen really didn't want to run out anymore, and seeing Yu Zuo's look of asking for his opinion, he casually proposed: "Or, let's take a good look at the various firearm design drawings in the party office?" ”

Yu Zuo nodded in agreement: "It's okay!" ”

Yang Qian ordered someone to carry the relevant paper materials over and put them on the table in front of Yu Zuo.

Yu Zuo looked at the year and date marked on the file, picked up the earliest one and opened it, but it was a design drawing of the breech gun and the author's exposition of the design ideas handed down from the previous dynasty, which was sprinkled with dozens of pages.

The author's surname is Zeng, he is the head of the workshop of the previous dynasty, I heard Yang Qian say that this person has already died of illness, but he was a well-known low-level official of the Ministry of Industry of the former dynasty, and he has special ideas and attainments in firearms.

It stands to reason that theoretical engineering academic articles are particularly boring, if it weren't for the future, Fu Xuechen in his previous life would not be able to insist on learning, but Prince Yuzuo did not have the slightest irritability, but quickly read it, and when he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask Yang Qian for advice.

The rest of the afternoon passed quietly in the company of Yu Zuo's serious study and Fu Xuechen's paddling and fishing.

Finally got off duty, Fu Xuechen, who had been bored all afternoon, was in good spirits, said goodbye to Prince Yuzuo outside the palace gate, turned around on horseback, and went straight to the Dongcheng Guozijian and his own bookstore.

Near the end of Guozijian Gate Street, there is a small wooden building only two stories high, on its left is a high-end inn with four courtyards, on the right is the Jiangdong Calligraphy and Painting Museum that sells the four treasures of the study room and also engages in antique calligraphy and painting, it is also a three-storey high-rise building, and the small wooden building that is sandwiched in the middle is more and more shabby and pitiful, this small wooden building is the bookstore under the name of Xie, specializing in all kinds of books.

The bookstore closes its stalls one hour later than the end of the school day, which is to make it easier for the students of the country to come and buy some books after school.

However, even so, there are still very few customers who buy books in the store, and even if there are a few, they are all familiar with the bookshelf they are going to, and when they find the purchase target, they immediately take it to the checkout, and leave, and they have no interest in browsing the other bookshelves stacked in the store.

Holding a smile on his face to send off the last customer, Shopkeeper Liu threw dozens of copper plates in his hand into the drawer and sighed silently.

Liu Fulin, the second child in the store, is his nephew, and like the shopkeeper Liu, he is the dowry master brought to the Fu family by the Xie family, and when he saw his uncle, he sighed and thoughtfully poured him a cup of hot tea: "Uncle! Drink tea. ”

Shopkeeper Liu sighed: "The bookstore is struggling to operate, your uncle is ashamed to trust his wife!" ”

Liu Fulin is young, far less pessimistic and disappointed than his uncle, and when he heard this, he said: "Uncle, didn't Mrs. Jin'er hand over the operation of the bookstore to the young lady?" Maybe the young lady has some ideas, so the lady will give it to the young lady? ”

Shopkeeper Liu shook his head and sighed secretly, he didn't have the blind optimism of his nephew, in his opinion, the truth was just the opposite, Mrs. must have seen that the bookstore was unprofitable, so she simply took it out for the child to learn to practice his hands, and then in the future, even if the business is good or bad, it doesn't matter.

I was about to put another plate of today's account, so I closed the stall and rested, when I heard Liu Fulin calling out to eat at the door: "Little... Master?! Shopkeeper Liu was stunned, looked up, and saw a handsome young man dressed in a snow-white fox fur full of luxury, under the support of the little girl, Shi Shiran stepped into the store.

It's none other than Fu Xuechen, who just got out of school and came straight from the Ministry of Engineering, and Fu An, a little girl.