Originally, Lu Xiangsheng just thought that the musket was so heavy, and it should just be an additional afterloading device.

But he didn't expect that the weight of this musket had a lot to do with the barrel.

He found that the barrel of this gun was thicker than the barrel of the musket used by the Ming army now.

And inside the barrel of the musket, there are also riflings.

He looked at Zhu Youxiao.

"Your Majesty, the reason why our muskets can shoot so far has something to do with the barrel of this musket, right?"

"That's right, this thing is called rifling, I don't know if you've heard of it."

"There has been such a thing as rifling for a long time, but many people don't pay attention to it now."

"So this time, when I asked Sun Yuanhua to make a gun, I added this rifling by the way."

"But now the iron used in our gun is not up to standard, and there is no way to guarantee the quality of the musket barrel after the rifling is drawn."

"So I can only make this barrel thicker, and I will definitely find a way to make this barrel a little thinner in the future."

When Lu Xiangsheng heard this, he seemed a little dissatisfied with Zhu Youxiao's statement.

"Your Majesty, as long as this musket can shoot far and accurately, even if you make it a little heavier, it doesn't mean that Weichen can find someone to carry it and shoot."

Raise your gun!

Zhu Youxiao knows this thing.

But that's not very convenient.

At least if you carry out a three-stage shot with a gun, it's still a bit troublesome.

"You use this first, and it will definitely be improved in the future."

"In fact, if it weren't for the problem of air leakage from the rear-loading gun, there was no way to solve it, and it would be able to shoot farther."

That's right, although the new muskets used new gunpowder and even drew rifling, it only increased the firing distance of the old muskets from 300 paces to 400 paces.

This really disappointed Zhu Youxiao.

Sun Yuanhua and Lu Xiangsheng looked at Zhu Youxiao.

If they lived in the afterlife, they would definitely give a thumbs up and say to Zhu Youxiao: "Compare the king!" ”

From the perspective of their time, this new musket was not only changed to a rear-loading device, which doubled the speed of this fire, and even slightly increased the range.

This is something that many people have tried countless times and have not been able to come up with.

This Zhu Youxiao not only got it out, but also looked so dissatisfied.

In fact, the world that Zhu Youxiao has seen is not something they can imagine.

In later generations, the rifle firing distance reached eight or nine hundred meters away.

Now this musket can only shoot three or four hundred paces, which is converted to more than two hundred meters, close to three hundred meters.

It's nothing by comparison.

But this musket is also much better than the musket of this era.

Lu Xiangsheng couldn't put it down, touching the musket in his hand.

"Your Majesty, can you let Weichen give it a try?"

Zhu Youxiao is indispensable.

"These guns were originally meant to be used by you, and you are not familiar with weapons, so how will you use them in the future?"

"I asked Sun Yuanhua to make almost twenty muskets, and this arsenal can make three hundred in a month, and all of them will be allocated to you for use."

"But in the future, we have to wait for more barrels to drill out before we can continue to use it."

Lu Xiangsheng was a little surprised that the output was so large.

The scale of this arsenal is due to Zhu Youxiao's large amount of krypton gold, so it can be made to the same scale as the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry.

But the arsenal of the Ministry of Industry could only hold a hundred barrels of muskets a month.

Sun Yuanhua, who was next to him, saw Lu Xiangsheng's puzzlement, so he came out and explained: "This is thanks to the wisdom of our Majesty, he took out a set of hydraulic transmission lathes, and the efficiency of this thing is more than three times that of rickshaws." ”

"It is not particularly difficult to make the arsenal drill three hundred barrels a month."

Lu Xiangsheng over there looked at Zhu Youxiao's eyes, and he was about to burst into stars.

He had only heard that Zhu Youxiao was a faint gentleman before, but he didn't expect Zhu Youxiao to do this!

No, Lu Xiangsheng knew that Zhu Youxiao liked to study carpentry.

It turns out that His Majesty is not just studying carpentry, but also studying how to create more powerful weapons?

Lu Xiangsheng felt that he was too narrow-minded, and his eyes were full of guilt when he looked at Zhu Youxiao.

Lu Xiangsheng suddenly felt that his teacher was right, things in this world must be seen with his own eyes to know whether they are true or false.

Most of what you hear from the ears of others is not real.

Lu Xiangsheng felt that this statement, if it was applied to Zhu Youxiao, would be more appropriate.

Zhu Youxiao saw that Lu Xiangsheng's eyes suddenly moistened, and there seemed to be a little guilt in his eyes.

But he didn't know why.

There's no going to be any unknown love, right?

It's scary.

"Lu Shilang, didn't you say you wanted to give this musket a try?"

"If you want to try, try it now!"

Later, a musketeer came next to him and began to teach Lu Xiangsheng how to operate these muskets.

and the Jinyi guard next to him also came over and protected Zhu Youxiao.

Although it is unlikely that this Lu Xiangsheng will take these muskets with his backhand and give Zhu Youxiao a shot.

But who says this kind of thing well?

If Zhu Youxiao is really finished like this, then they are also finished.

This Lu Xiangsheng is really very talented for muskets, and he quickly got started.

He aimed at a target in the distance, and with a "bang", a musket shot went out.

Then, a brocade guard ran over there, glanced around at the target, and then shouted, "Off target." ”

Lu Xiangsheng's face flushed with embarrassment in an instant, and he said in his mouth: "I haven't adapted yet, I haven't adapted yet, Weichen will try again." ”

When Lu Xiangsheng tinkered again, re-aimed at the target and fired a second shot, he saw that the target suddenly vibrate.

Then the Jinyi guard over there ran over to take a look, and shouted loudly: "Hit the target, one ring!" ”

Zhu Youxiao's target is made based on the target of later generations, and one link is at the very edge.

In other words, this shot shot by Lu Xiangsheng happened to be wiped on the side.

A little worse, this Lu Xiangsheng will drag the target again.

Lu Xiangsheng felt a little surprised.

The musket was so powerful, that he had never touched a musket very much, and it was only after the second shot. It has already hit the target.

This musket is really strong.

"Your Majesty, if the rifling makes 100,000 such guns for Weichen, with Weichen as the commander, Weichen can guarantee that it will definitely be able to change the current situation of the war."

When Zhu Youxiao heard 100,000 muskets, he didn't know why, and suddenly felt a lot of pain.

He had now made 300 guns a month, and he had already thrown more than 200 taels of silver into them.

It's also thanks to him that he didn't do anything like the Ministry of Works, and he still made spears and knives, so he patronized the firearms.

If those things were to be made, three million taels might not be able to make so many firearms.