Chapter 54: Gun Test

In Shuntian Mansion Yamen, Chang Yao is working, and he is going to collect the latest information and report it.

Chang Yao's handwriting is good, at least much better than Fang Xing's.

"My lord, my lord!"

He was checking the materials, but there was someone calling in a low voice outside the door, Chang Yao frowned and said, "Come in."

The person who came was Chang Yao's subordinate. As soon as he came in, he ignored Chang Yao's black face and said anxiously: "Master, we found them!"

Chang Yao asked in amazement, "Who did you find?"

"It's Li Er and the others."

"Snapped!"

The brush in Chang Yao's hand fell to the table, and he asked eagerly, "Where are they now? Why are they missing all these days?"

The visitor said dejectedly, "Master, I only found Li Er's clothes and a few bones. If it wasn't for the dog-tooth necklace on Li Er's neck, I wouldn't have recognized him at all."

Chang Yao took a deep breath, and asked with a toothache: "Are there signs of fighting at the scene?"

"Nothing. The night Master and Li Er disappeared, it happened to be raining heavily in Beiping Mansion. Even if there were any traces, they would be gone under the rain."

"Boom!"

Chang Yao patted the table and said angrily, "Damn little thief, I'm going to find Mr. Shang."

Shang Dequan is currently very leisurely, usually flirting with his concubine in the temporary residence, and went to the workshop on a whim, so when Chang Yao arrived, Shang Dequan just woke up from his afternoon nap.

"What? You said Fang Xing killed your man?"

Shang Dequan asked vaguely while letting the concubine wash his face.

The towel was removed, revealing a red face, and a red spot on the nose looked a bit hideous.

Chang Yao said firmly: "Lord Shang, you are absolutely right. I wanted to scare Fang Xing up with those two that night, but I didn't expect to be killed by him!"

Shang Dequan's eyeballs were fixed, and he said quietly: "Is there any evidence for this?"

Chang Yao was speechless.

Shang Dequan was furious.

There is no evidence, you are talking nonsense! Are you here to amuse me?

Seeing Shang Dequan's unkind expression, Chang Yao hastily added: "Sir Shang, that little thief is ruthless. If he is not eliminated, and the emperor's grandson has him by his side, I am worried that it will affect the great cause of the King of Han." Get in the way!"

"laugh!"

Shang Dequan couldn't help but sneered and said, "Can a Juren be able to turn the world upside down?"

Waving his hand to stop Chang Yao's defense, Shang Dequan said confidently: "I have already laid a big net. If it succeeds, not only will I be able to catch Fangxing this little fish, but it will also make the prince and his son feel ashamed!"

"Clang clang clang!"

A stove and a bellows were set up in the small courtyard. A blacksmith was sweating profusely blowing the bellows, while the other held the iron tongs in his hand. After Zhu Fang raised the sledgehammer, he quickly sent the red-hot iron to the cutting board. .

The tubular iron wrapped around the steel rod was placed in the semicircular groove on the chopping board. In this season when drops of water turned into ice, Zhu Fang was bare-chested, her muscles stretched out, and she swung a sledgehammer to strike.

Only when the two-layered gun barrel looked completely integrated from the outside did Zhu Fang put down the sledgehammer and said wearily, "Okay, we must succeed this time."

Making muskets is very simple in the eyes of later generations, and even some handicraft workshops can easily make them. But in this era of primitive tools and poor conditions, this is really high technology.

The next step is to cut off the excess parts at both ends, and then slowly drill the inner wall of the barrel to the same diameter, and keep it as smooth as possible.

"Can you carve the rifling?"

Fang Xing took the processed gun barrel, looked at the dark inner wall, and asked with some itch.

Zhu Fang replied honestly: "Master, this is very difficult, because it is difficult to ensure the accuracy in the process of rifling, and the reject rate is too high."

Under Fang Xing's teaching, Zhu Fang's progress in theory has been rapid.

Fang Xing nodded and sighed, "It's still about the tools!"

He had wanted to build a rifle for a long time. The current muskets are all muskets, but the accuracy and range of muskets are not satisfactory.

And the goal of the future must be a rifle with rifling carved in the barrel wall, which has been proved by history.

But at the moment, I can't care less.

Fang Xing held the gun barrel that was still warm and said to Zhu Zhanji: "Look, this is a double-layer forged gun barrel. The barrel wall is thick and the quality is uniform. Unless it is used by a lunatic, it will basically not appear. The bombing situation."

Regardless of the greedy Ma Su, Zhu Zhanji took the barrel of the gun, picked up the caliper on the table, and measured the inner and outer walls of the barrel with some awkwardness.

"Precise!"

Zhu Zhanji looked at Zhu Fang with a simple and honest face in surprise, and was very satisfied with the craftsmanship of this family.

After seeing the accessories on the table, Fang Xing said, "Let's assemble it. Let's test the gun today."

The rest is not complicated, that is, to inlay the barrel on the wooden support, and then fix it with something like a rivet.

Zhu Zhanji waited eagerly, but when he saw that Zhu Fang was still installing a device of unknown function on it, he couldn't help asking: "Brother Dehua, what is this?"

Fang Xing smiled. After installing it, he took the firearm, pulled the mechanism behind, and said: "This is an ignition device. You see, this clip can hold a matchlock. After pulling it up, the trigger below Control. When the trigger is pulled and the match is lowered, the primer is ignited."

"Boom!"

Fang Xing let out a pop, and then officially began to test the gun.

Gunpowder is necessary for a test gun. Zhu Zhanji already ordered a small amount of gunpowder yesterday, but Fang Xing was not satisfied with the gunpowder, so he processed it himself.

The best formula for black powder will be a rotten street in the future, but it is still the highest technology at this time. And the black powder prepared by Fang Xing according to the standard is waiting to appear today.

There are two sets of gunpowder on the table, the one on the left is the standard formula in the Ming army, which was brought by Zhu Zhanji. The one on the right was made by Fang Xing and Xin Laoqi. According to the latest formula, it was made into granules after multi-layered processes.

First light the match, then load gunpowder and lead bullets, and poke it with a cleaning rod.

"try it."

Although Fang Xing really wanted to be the first to test the gun, he finally stood to the side, and his right hand pretended to be unconscious on his left chest, ready to block his face at any time.

Holding her breath, Zhu Fang aimed at the huge wooden target placed a hundred meters away, and pulled the trigger.

"Boom!"

After a loud shock, Zhu Fang was almost covered by smoke.

"How about it?"

Without waiting for an answer, Zhu Zhanji ran to the target to have a look.

"The deviation is huge!"

On the big wooden target, the buckshot was at least 20 centimeters away from the red heart, and it was only shallowly inlaid on the wooden target. There are reasons why Zhu Fang's marksmanship is not good, but the main reason is that the power of the gunpowder is not enough, and when it reaches the end, there is a deviation.

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