"What are the three disciplines?"

Xun Jingyun, the pacification officer, looked at Yu Qian, the CCP picket, with an expressionless face, waiting for an answer.

Yu Qian was not in a hurry, and directly recited the specific content of the three disciplines.

"Well, that's good."

After Yu Qian passed the inspection, Xun Jingyun's face showed a smile, and then said: "Keep up the good work, Yu Zongqi is the picket officer of the ACCCIM, and he is responsible for the inspection of military discipline in the army on weekdays. ”

Yu Qian also breathed a sigh of relief, during this period of time, he was reciting and learning literacy and writing, which made him more tired than his daily training.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will lead by example!"

Subsequently, Xun Jingyun and his subordinates inspected the various departments of the ACCCIM one after another, and under the strict supervision of Shen Tuo of 100 households, all the officers and men of the ACCCIM passed the inspection.

When Xun Jingyun and the others were about to leave the Fengjialing Hundred Households, Shen Tuo took the chief Guo Rong, the chief Teng Jianghe, and the picket officer Yu Qian out of the fort, and several people's faces were filled with heartfelt smiles.

"My lord, where are you going to check?"

Xun Jingyun said: "The next stop is the Guzhen Inspection Division, before going to the Zoumaling Hundred Households, Zhang Baizong had a flag commander who did not pass the inspection when he recited, Zhang Baizong was fined three months' military salary, and also received 20 military sticks, speaking of which Shen Baizong is really smooth." ”

After listening to Xun Jingyun's words, Shen Tuo's faces suddenly changed, and their hearts were full of sympathy for Zhang Yi, it is estimated that Zhang Yi is now angry with that Qi Zong.

Immediately afterwards, Xun Jingyun said again: "By the way, two months later, I will come to check your writing of new military laws and military songs, Shen Bai must always be ready." ”

Shen Tuo and the others immediately cried again, but they still cheered up and hugged their fists to take their lives.

It's early December.

At this time, there was still some time before the one-month deadline given by Liu Yan, but Xun Jingyun also inspected some hundred households one after another, and summarized the specific situation.

"Haha, this Zhang Yi is really unlucky, he was planted in the hands of Xun Jingyun, an iron mask."

Liu Yan laughed, and then prepared to send someone to go to the 100 households in Zoumaling, and send Zhang Yi some medicine to treat his injuries, as well as ten taels of silver, after all, he had to confiscate three months' military salary, and Zhang Yi also had to eat.

"Your Excellency."

As soon as Liu Yan sent someone to set off, he saw Zhao Yan rushing over.

"It's Director Zhao, I came here on this cold day, but I came to deliver the fixed ammunition?"

Zhao Yan is in charge of the gunpowder workshop of the Firearms Supervision Department, and will regularly deliver fixed ammunition and some gunpowder to thousands of households and hundreds of households everywhere, because these are very dangerous things, so as long as the quantity of transportation is large, Zhao Yan will personally escort it in case of accidents.

Zhao Yan respectfully clasped his fists and saluted, and said, "My lord, my subordinates are here to transport the fixed ammunition." It's just that this time the subordinates smashed the errand, so I came to ask the adults for their guilt. ”

Looking at Zhao Yan with a guilty face, Liu Yan was startled at first, and hurriedly asked, "Did the gunpowder and ammunition transported explode?" Or was it robbed by thieves? ”

"Neither."

Zhao Yan said ashamedly: "Lord Qiyu, because of the heavy snowfall recently, the snow on the road has not yet melted, and it is muddy everywhere. The convoy of subordinate escorts carrying fixed ammunition traveled on the official road that had fallen into disrepair, and the snow and water on the road would inevitably splash on the cargo, and after a long time, the fixed ammunition in the wooden box became damp. ”

"The subordinates arrived in the city of Qianhu this morning, and after the inspection of the subordinates, 7,857 of the 30,000 rounds of fixed ammunition in this batch were damp and could no longer be used."

Zhao Yan bowed to the ground again and said: "Because of the improper transportation of his subordinates, he lost more than 7,800 fixed-loading ammunition, such a big crime, his subordinates must be punished!" ”

After speaking, Zhao Yan was a little choked up and wanted to cry.

Liu Yan was also moved when he saw this, this Zhao Yan is very responsible and a good subordinate. So Liu Yan stepped forward to help Zhao Yan up and said, "It's snowing heavily and the road is difficult, this is something that can't be helped." It is not your fault that the fixed ammunition is damp, it is inevitable who will escort it, and Director Zhao does not have to blame himself for this. ”

Zhao Yan really burst into tears now, and said excitedly: "Thank you, Lord forgiveness!" ”

Then Liu Yan pulled Zhao Yan to sit down, and then said: "But then again, the problem of dampness in fixed ammunition should still be taken seriously, if such a thing occurs on the battlefield, it will be troublesome." ”

Zhao Yan hurriedly said: "Don't worry, my lord, after my subordinates go back, they must study it carefully and come up with a solution as soon as possible." ”

Liu Yan nodded, and then sighed, and said secretly in his heart: "If only there were metal bullet shells!" ”

"Huh? Metal shells! ”

Liu Yan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and thought of a substitute.

Although it is still very unrealistic to assemble metal shells for bird guns with current technical means, it is completely possible to replace the existing paper shells with other materials.

So Liu Yan said: "Director Zhao, don't go back in a hurry, I have an idea, and I need Director Zhao's help to verify it." ”

Zhao Yan said: "What do you mean, do you think of a way to solve the problem of dampness in fixed ammunition?" ”

"Well, it's okay, but whether it's useful or not, it needs to be verified."

"Yes, my subordinates are at the mercy of my lord."

Then Liu Yan took Zhao Yan to the backyard, and in a side room, Liu Yan ordered his servants to find a lot of Chinese paper, which all have one thing in common, that is, the texture is relatively hard and not easy to be wet by water.

"The subordinates of the adults also understand a little bit, that is, to use some special paper to replace the paper used in the current fixed ammunition?"

Liu Yan nodded and said, "That's right!" It's just that I haven't figured out exactly what kind of paper to use, so I have to find more paper to experiment, which requires the assistance of Director Zhao. ”

Zhao Yan is in charge of the gunpowder workshop, and he is also well aware of the process of making paper shell bullets, and he can directly operate it, so he immediately agreed. 33

So Liu Yan and Zhao Yan were busy in this room, experimenting with paper one by one, and in a whole afternoon, the two of them used eight kinds of paper with different textures to make fixed ammunition, and each paper made three fixed ammunition in order to carry out the test.

"Okay, now that all the paper we can find, let's start experimenting."

"Yes."

Then, Liu Yan ordered someone to take a lot of snow from the yard and a basin of water.

Under Liu Yan's guidance, Zhao Yan took each kind of fixed ammunition made of paper, took one each, buried it directly in the snow, and then took one each, and moistened it with water.

Then there was only one fixed ammunition left for each type of paper, and Liu Yan came to test whether it was convenient to pierce the paper shell so that it could be filled.

After some experiments, these eight kinds of paper-made fixed ammunition are very unsatisfactory, in addition to being more convenient to pierce the paper shell, whether it is snow or clear water test, these eight kinds of paper-made fixed ammunition have not passed the test, without exception are damp, and even directly damp.

"Alas! No, I can't. ”

Liu Yan frowned slightly, and Zhao Yan next to him also frowned, could it be that this paper shell bullet could not break the current difficult situation, and dampness would be a major drawback of the paper shell bullet, which could not be eradicated?

At this moment, Wang Yunhe, accompanied by the two concubines Shang Shan and Ruoshui, came over, and the three of them pushed the door in, and they couldn't help but be stunned when they saw a room full of waste paper and paper shell bullet samples.

"My husband is busy with business."

Zhao Yan hurriedly bowed to see his mother, and Liu Yan said with a smile: "Madame, something?" ”

"It's not a big deal."

Wang Yunhe took an oil paper bag handed by Ruoshui and said: "This is the oil cake I asked the servant to buy from outside just now, I thought that my husband should be hungry after a busy day, so I took it, and my husband and Director Zhao should eat it while it was hot." ”

Liu Yan took it and said with a smile: "There is a special ...... from Mrs. Lao."

As soon as he said half of the words, Liu Yan stared at the oil paper bag in his hand and was stunned, the texture of this oil paper is too good, not only the hardness is appropriate, but also there is a feeling of oiliness, I saw that the oil on it was shiny, will it be waterproof?

So Liu Yan couldn't take care of Wang Yunhe, Shang Shan, and Ruoshui, Liu Yan unwrapped the oil paper package, bit the oil cake in his mouth, and handed one to Zhao Yan, and then directly put the oil paper into the water to soak it, and Zhao Yan also came over and stared at the water.

I saw that the oiled paper was soaked in water, floating up and down, and it was not immediately soaked, but floated inside.

"There it is!"

Liu Yan suddenly cheered, and Wang Yunhe on the side was also angry and funny when he saw this, and said, "I think the three of us should go, my husband can't take care of us now." ”

After speaking, Wang Yunhe, Shang Shan, and Ruoshui left with a smile.

Liu Yan picked up the piece of oiled paper from the water, and Zhao Yan took a closer look, and found that the paper had been soaked for so long, and it was indeed wet a little, but it was only a little bit, and it was little by little, not contiguous, and it could be used as a material for making paper shell bullets.

"Take this piece of paper and take someone to the city to buy it!"

Zhao Yan was also excited, took the oil paper, and said, "My subordinates will go." ”

Zhao Yan took a few servants and went for a full hour, and only came back in the evening, and several people also brought back a large stack of the same oil paper.

"My lord, please see, this kind of paper is called kraft paper, and there are several shops in the city that sell it, and my subordinates have bought all the kraft paper in the city."

"Kraft?"

Liu Yan picked up a piece and looked at it repeatedly, this so-called kraft paper is not the same thing as the kraft paper used to make file bags in later generations, but a kind of paper with a relatively hard texture, oily texture, and a certain waterproof effect, which is specially used to wrap food at this time, and the price is very low.

"My lord doesn't know, my subordinates bought so much kraft paper, a full 300 knives, it only cost 18 yuan, and the price of 50 knives of kraft paper is only 3 yuan, which is very cheap!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "That's good, Director Zhao will stay in the Qianhu Official Hall tonight, and he will take these kraft papers back to Wangjiazhuang early tomorrow morning." ”

"In addition, before going back tomorrow, Director Zhao will go to those stores again and place orders with them."

Zhao Yan said with a smile: "My subordinates understand that in the future, the fixed ammunition produced by the gunpowder workshop of the Firearms Supervision Department will be made of this kraft paper, and the finished fixed ammunition in the arsenal will be gradually replaced with this kraft paper." ”

Liu Yan nodded and said: "There is no hurry to replace it, let's make a batch of new ammunition first, and distribute it to the general departments as soon as possible, this matter is very important, and within fifteen days, all the fixed ammunition of the general equipment should be replaced with new ammunition made of kraft paper as soon as possible." ”

"Fifteen days?"

Liu Yan nodded, then thought of something and said, "In this way, early tomorrow morning, I will follow you to Wangjiazhuang." ”

"Your Excellency has something to order?"

Liu Yan said: "Taking the opportunity of replacing the paper used for fixed ammunition this time, I will teach you a new technique in the gunpowder workshop." ”

As soon as it came to new technology, Zhao Yan came to the spirit and said: "What is the new technology that adults are talking about? ”

"Granulated black powder!"

Some people died, but not completely......