Riding is naturally not an easy job.

After listening to Xie Wenhua's words, Bai Jiaci couldn't help but nod.

Hong Fan disagreed.

"That's not what you're talking about, it's a change."

He replied.

"Rather than exchange it for something else, I would rather exchange it for 'coolie'."

After Hong Fan finished speaking, he drank the sour plum soup in one gulp.

The discussion in court also came to fruition.

Wu Ruyi stepped on the cloud drops, stumbled three times in mid-air, and cut through the opponent's left chest with his fingertips.

"I conceded."

She landed lightly and said crisply.

The crowd applauded.

Gong Pengyun just smiled lightly.

"You're not convinced?"

Wu Ruyi's eyebrows frowned slightly.

Gong Pengyun didn't reply, just sealed his hands.

Wu Ruyi's expression changed, and he felt the fleeting pain.

A faint purple intent escaped from her.

"It's a good trick to erode it, and I'm still impressed to see it again."

Hong Fan said with emotion.

When Gong Pengyun heard this, he bowed his hand according to the sound.

"Young Master Hong, goodbye to Jinhai, I haven't seen you for a long time."

When he looked up, everyone saw his bright smile for the first time.

There's still some pleasing taste in it.

Xie Wenhua and Ye Xinghuo were all surprised.

Hong Fan is not surprised.

The Gong family relied on him to take the line of Liangzhou as a prisoner.

When the trade between Tongguang and Xijing is on the right track, this "matchmaker" seems to be less important.

But the next incident of Wuxuyuan proved that Hong Fan had a transcendent influence on Zhuang Liren - even so, it was difficult for the children of the Gong family to straighten up in front of him.

The four of them gathered together and met Wu Hongyan in the small garden on the side of the Pig Hall and introduced each other.

Gong Pengyun said that there were two reasons for joining Tiqi.

The first is that it has been ten months since I was at the peak of my life, and there is no opportunity for penance at home, so it is better to go out and practice.

The second is to admire Hong Fan, hoping to follow Tianjiao's left and right, and be influenced by his ears and eyes.

Although the words are numb, Hong Fan is still obedient.

The strength of the Gong family is not weak.

Regardless of whether Gong Pengyun came here by personal will or by family order, this was always a good thing for him.

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Five days later, May 20.

A sunny day.

Outside Xijing City, enlightened line.

Hong Fan was invited by Qian Hong to inspect the newly designed flintlock musket.

In the workshop made of stone bricks, an old craftsman from Zhanzhou burned the curved steel bars, which were about one meter long and ten centimeters wide, and had been pretreated with a spherical hammer until they were red-hot.

The clash of gold and iron sounded.

He struck repeatedly with a hammer in one hand, wrapping the steel bar little by little around a round iron rod until the outer layer of metal was integrated.

Then, hammer out the iron rod.

All that was left was a rough barrel.

"Dongjia, in order to prevent deformation, this rough embryo can't pass through the water, and can only be cooled slowly."

The old craftsman of Zhanzhou said in the official dialect of Shenjing with a strong southern accent, and glanced at the two young men standing beside Hong Fan vigilantly.

These two people are fresh faces, and the first time they came over, they were allowed by Hong Fan to watch the gun-making process.

"Although it is a rough embryo, the thickness of the pipe wall has been roughly even, and the work on Sun Lao's hands is hard."

Hong Fan picked up the still red-hot tube embryo with his bare hands and praised.

This scene made a few guys gasp.

"Owner, this is the first layer, and then you have to knock two more layers with steel skin; Three layers of nesting, to be completely cooled, that quality is called a top quack! ”

Another, older master added.

"This is also a new method that has been used for less than five years in Zhanzhou, and it just so happens that Sun Pingbo and I will be."

His surname is Deng Pohai.

Hong Fan shook his head when he heard this.

It was the first time he had heard of this specific process, but with a slight turn of his mind, he knew that it was about the meaning of "cooling and self-tightening".

"Three layers of superimposed embryos, this barrel is so troublesome, can't it be cast?"

A man who came with Hong Fan asked.

"Housheng, you don't understand."

Mr. Sun replied, not angry because of the layman's questioning.

"The three-eyed guns of the previous dynasty were cast, but the cast iron was brittle and uneven, and the weight of the gun had to be doubled to eat the same gunpowder."

Seeing that no one asked again, Sun Pingbo continued to introduce.

"It's troublesome to make a three-layer barrel, and if you have a rough embryo, you have to drill the inner chamber."

He pointed to the two pedal wooden lathes next to the workshop.

"If you can drill an inch a day, you're proficient."

"After the inner chamber is processed, the outer wall is polished, and the calipers are ground until they are evenly rounded."

"In the whole set, it takes a person thirty days to produce a working barrel."

Sun Pingbo said, opened an oilcloth bag from the stone platform under the window, and took out a finished barrel.

Hong Fan took it and saw that sure enough, the steel surface was smooth, and the light against the window was recognizable.

After a rough look at the process, Qian Hong took a freshly made flintlock pistol and led Hong Fan to the back shooting range.

Thirty paces away, targeting cowhides.

Hong Fan took the gun and tested the feel, and carefully checked the bolt.

Although the quality of its steel products is not as good as that of the industrial age, it is more than a step better than the same technical level - after all, the endurance, strength and stability of blacksmiths in this world are much stronger.

The black powder used in the launch is also of excellent quality, and it is all purchased from the equipment for supervision, mainly for mining.

"Good gun!"

Hong Fan praised and took the fixed ammunition handed over by Sun Pingbo.

The assembly process is not complicated.

It is nothing more than to take a piece of paper to wrap the projectile, tie it tightly with a rope on both sides, and then fill the tight place with a weighed gunpowder, and then tie it tightly.

Stuff the end of the gunpowder into the barrel and ram it with a wooden pole.

Turn on the hammer safety and pull the trigger.

The flint struck the raised fire sickle, and small sparks splashed into the pool of medicine.

It was embarrassing that the gun didn't go off.

Sun Pingbo swallowed.

"Why is it ...... dumb fire at this time?"

Deng Pohai muttered uncomfortably.

"It's just an ordinary thing."

Hong Fan laughed it off.

The trigger was pulled again, and this time the fire was smooth, and the cowhide was easily pierced.

According to the tests of the enlightened line these days, the success rate of the flintlock pistol is only about 70% - that is, in a small number of cases, the trigger cannot be hit.

It's not a matter of workmanship, it's a matter of principle.

After the flint is ignited, the charge in the medicine pool is first ignited with a non-directional spark, and then the flame is sent through the fire hole and into the chamber through the transmission of combustion.

Due to the slow detonation of black powder, this process is actually very variable.

Don't say that the dampness, gunpowder deterioration, residue and other problems caused by rain, snow and fog, the flint itself does not have a long service life, and it must be replaced dozens of times.

But even so, when they saw the gun piercing the target, everyone couldn't help but cheer.

Compared to the arquebus, this flintlock pistol is much more advanced.

Using flint for fire, there is no need to light the arquebus in advance.

It is equipped with a hammer safety mechanism and an "L" shaped fire sickle with an integrated automatic disc cover - which not only prevents misfire, but also solves the protection problem of ignition powder before launch, and will not spill when carried.

Compared with the previous life, it is equivalent to passing directly from the arquebus to the complex revolver stage to the level of the seventeenth-century flintlock pistol.

"It's really a good gun, it's no problem to penetrate heavy armor, and it's deadly enough for ordinary snake people......"

Hong Fan couldn't help but praise again.

"Second Shao, this gun is personally built by the two masters, and the workmanship is absolutely excellent!"

Qian Hong is honored.

However, when Hong Fan heard this, his smile turned cold.

"yes, well made."

"But it's not a good thing to be too good......"

He sighed.

PS：

It's later, sorry.

When I'm older, I can't understand the principle of the flintlock gun bolt, and I can't find a lot of relevant parameters from inside the wall to outside the wall......

(End of chapter)