Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of the current musket, Wu Yunlin has an intuitive feeling that the quality of the musket is too poor, the firing range is short, the rate of fire is slow, and it is easy to explode, so it is imperative to develop it.

With the orderly progress of other important affairs, Wu Yunlin took time to go to the relatively remote Liu's manor, which has now been converted into a firearms factory and a factory of the Qianxing Commercial Bank.

Guarding the firearms arsenal were 500 men from the firearms battalion and 500 non-commissioned officers from the infantry battalion.

Wu Yunlin put the factories and weapons research and development of the Qianxing Commercial Bank in this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack location, and in addition to the fact that at least 5,000 workers who were originally in the silk manor were recruited, the entire manor was in full swing.

Wu Yunlin met Master Kong, who was in charge of the development of new types of firearms, at the firearms arsenal.

Under the guidance of Master Kong, the military factory has been able to independently produce flintlock pistols similar to thunderbolts, because of the backwardness of casting technology in the late Qing Dynasty, the quality is still worse than Wu Yunlin's requirements, but it can always produce independently, which can make up for the shortcomings.

According to Master Kong's estimates, with the current production capacity of the military factory, it can produce 400 flintlock pistols per month, and the cost of each is 15 taels of silver.

In terms of cost alone, it is higher than the cost of the Qing court's own production, but only independent production can better train and develop military strength, and as a world where the soul now knows very well that it will be a hot weapon in the future, it will be more expensive for future development!

It is a historical trend that guns and crossbows replace bows, and there will be no good fruit to eat if you go against the tide, and he knows this better than anyone else.

Wu Yunlin couldn't stand the extreme accuracy and range of the current muskets and artillery, as well as the deathly slow rate of fire, so he threw away the garbage and re-equipped the bow and crossbow, if the effective range of the musket can reach 100 meters, it can fire three bullets in a minute, and the ghost uses the bow and crossbow!

According to the expertise of the existing craftsmen, Wu Yunlin set up a research group for muskets, artillery, bullets, shells, and mines...... Now he is giving orders to the artillery research group.

"The caliber of this barrel must be large, it can be three inches or four inches, you can choose the easiest to complete according to your ability. Its weight must not be too large, it must be controlled within 200 catties, it is meaningless if it is too heavy, and it must be able to withstand high temperatures, it must withstand the test of high temperature brought by continuous launching, and it cannot be swollen, otherwise the explosion will kill people! ”

The leader of the artillery research group was dumbfounded: "The caliber is three inches or four inches, but the weight must be controlled within two hundred catties, which is ...... What do we do with this? ”

Wu Yunlin said: "Whatever you do, I know this is not a task that can be completed in a short period of time, I will give you sufficient funds, and at the same time transfer some metallurgical masters to come over to cooperate with your research, you can try one method at a time, how to do it lightly, how to do it, how to do it, just give me it!" ”

The team leader smiled bitterly: "I'll try to get it out!" ”

Wu Yunlin said: "If you can't do it or don't do it seriously, let you go mining!" ”

The team leader trembled, and suddenly felt high-spirited and full of self-confidence, without saying a word, he immediately organized people to start research according to Wu Yunlin's pit father's requirements......

A fine and dense cold sweat broke out on the forehead of the leader of the musket research team, my mother, this Wuwu County Order is really demanding, the task is tight, and the responsibility is big, so let others mine at every turn.

"That, in fact, you don't have to complain or be afraid, as long as you dare to do it, do it seriously, I know it in my heart, and there are many rewards for meritorious contributors" Wu Yunlin's smile was very amiable, and a pair of eyes narrowed into a quarter moon shape, revealing four big white teeth. The sweat beads on the forehead of the musket designer increased, and he threw his hand again and again, saying: "Good to say, easy to say!" ”

Wu Yunlin smiled like a pistachio: "Are you satisfied with the salary I gave you and your disciples?" ”

Ye Huan could only smile bitterly now: "The lord not only gave the old man an annual salary of one hundred taels of silver per year, but also bought a small building and fifty acres of fertile land for the old man, so that the old man's family can have no worries about food and clothing. ”

Wu Yunlin patted his chest: "It's good if you're satisfied, I'm really afraid that you're not satisfied, so you ran away in a fit of anger!" We don't have a lot of muskets in Zunyi, and you guys are getting barrels and assembling guns all day long, so I guess you're tired of it, right? Do you want to do something challenging? ”

Everyone looked at Ye Huan with sympathy, and the thoughts in their hearts were written on their faces: "This time you are miserable!" ”

Ye Huan clearly felt the chill attacking, and the two trembled, but he ate other people's short mouths and took other people's soft hands, he ate and took it, and it was really unreasonable not to help others do something, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "Do you want to make a better firebolt?" Just open your mouth...... As long as the adults open their mouths, the old decay will help you make it! ”

Wu Yunlin waved his hand and said, "If it's just to make these fire guns in front of you, why should I set up this research group?" I'll tell you the truth, I'm going to build a musket that can be reloaded from the back and doesn't need to be ignited by an arquebus! Yes, as soon as he opened his mouth, Ye Huan fainted: "Loading from behind?" How do you reload this firearm from behind? ”

Wu Yunlin said: "It's to get a magazine in the back and put the lead bullet in it, as for how to get this magazine, you can figure it out yourself." Well, the lead bullet fired by this musket is also different from other muskets, it has a metal cartridge case, the bullet is fired with, the medicine is loaded, there is a primer at the bottom of the bullet, the trigger is triggered, the firing pin hits the primer, the burst is triggered, the medicine, the bullet is fired at high speed, and the target is killed...... By the way, don't forget to find a way to engrave rifling, without rifling bullets will not be accurate at all! ”

Wu Yunlin, with his understanding of guns in his previous life, talked eloquently and was full of energy, not noticing that Master Ye, whom he had high hopes for, had fallen into a semi-comatose state...... Everyone listened stupidly, looking at Master Ye's eyes full of sympathy. To load from the rear, there must be rifling, bullets with metal shells, ammunition in one, and primer...... Oh my god, what kind of monster is this! The team leader, who was very unlucky enough to be assigned the task of artillery development, muttered to himself: "My mother, I thought my task was difficult enough, but it turned out that Master Ye's was even more difficult!" No, it's just an impossible task! "That's absolutely what everyone is saying!

Although what Wu Yunlin said does not sound very reliable, but people are adults, they are their own food and clothing, and they know that the research and development of these new weapons is a huge project, not to mention that the relevant technical data and drawings of just a copper bullet shell are not less than a few hundred catties, not to mention that it is necessary to develop artillery, rear-loading single-shot rifles, and rocket artillery with light weight and long range on the basis of being poor and white! Speaking of ammunition, it involves the manufacture of shells, fuses, charges, primers, and so on.

Considering that the task of these gun research groups was heavy enough, he was embarrassed to continue to exploit them, so he set up a separate ammunition research group to study ammunition. The power of black powder is like that, it is difficult to increase it significantly, he has to find a way to get the yellow high explosive out.

Yellow explosives will be talked about later, now let them study the granular gunpowder, but... Wu Yunlin patted his head and sighed in distress...... Headache, no industrial foundation but want to make a career traverser can't afford to hurt! Neither does the system system!