Chapter 406 Rifle
The so-called "he must be brave men under heavy rewards. With Jianglang's heavy rewards, more than ten days have passed. These craftsmen have made the first musket according to the pictures drawn by Jianglang, without making them day and night, and processing them day and night. These days, Jianglang has also run to these places almost every day. After all, he is most familiar with guns. Although these craftsmen have made fireworks, this is the first time that this kind of gun is good. However, they don't know how to do it, so they have to give advice from Jianglang.
Finally, the first sample gun was made. Although the workmanship was still very rough, it was considered an innovation in the Ming Dynasty firearms. At least for now, there is no such gun in the world that has ever been advanced.
Bringing more than ten made bullets, Jiang Lang took the newly assembled sample gun and excitedly came to the back of the workshop. There was a large open space here, specially used to test all weapons.
The guns are all built with oil, and the bolts are pulled by hand, which is very easy. There is no polishing of modern machines. This is all manually polished, and it seems pretty good now.
I checked the gun in my hand again, and then took a few shots in the room, as if there was no problem, so I stretched out my hand and said, "Give me the bullet!"
Sun Yuanbiao next to him immediately handed over the ammunition.
Jiang Lang took out the bullet, pulled the bolt, put it in, and then closed the bolt.
A hundred meters away, a wine jar was already placed, which was hung on a T-shaped wooden pole, filled with water.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Lang picked up the gun. He had not used this weapon for almost three years. Although the spear in front of him was not as good as the original automatic rifle, Jiang Lang still felt familiar.
After adjusting his breathing, Jiang Lang closed his eyes slightly and began to aim at the slightly shaking wine jar.
Everyone around them held their breath. Today was the first test shot. Everyone was looking forward to the arrival of this moment. Through the license of this weapon, these craftsmen also understood the advanced nature of the weapons in Jiang Lang's hands. They were not afraid of rain and did not have to load bullets from the front. Moreover, the time for loading a bullet was negligible compared to the original firearm.
Jiang Lang slowly touched the trigger with his fingers, gently turned on the safety, and then pressed the trigger with a light push.
"Bang……!"
A piece of flame suddenly spit out from the muzzle, and then Jiang Lang's body couldn't help but sway.
"Bang!"
A crisp sound was covered in the gunshots.
Because they were far apart, everyone could not see whether the wine jar was hit or not. A soldier on the other side immediately ran up and saw that the wine jar had been penetrated, and the water inside was split into two streams and kept it. He immediately raised his throat and shouted: "I hit, I hit!"
Hearing this, Jiang Lang couldn't help but be happy, put down his gun, and breathed a sigh of relief. The ability to hit the target by 100 meters means that the accuracy of the gun is not as good. Those craftsmen are not as calm as Jiang Lang. When this good news came, most of them couldn't help but hugging and crying. The so-called crying with joy was probably like this.
Jiang Lang was happy and shouted: "I'm setting up a few jars for me!"
Immediately, soldiers ran up and hung four wine jars on the wooden poles.
Jiang Lang stretched out his hand and said to Sun Yuanbiao: "Give me a bullet!"
Sun Yuanbiao quickly handed over the bullet.
He skillfully pulled the bolt, put the bullet, closed the bolt, aimed, and fired the gun. With the first shot, Jiang Lang seemed to find the feeling he had at the beginning. The bang sounded, and the pottery jars on the opposite side were pierced one by one.
After firing several shots in a row, Jiang Lang breathed a fierce sigh, threw the gun to Sun Yuanbiao, and smiled and said, "It's great, I haven't had such a good time!"
After taking the gun, Sun Yuanbiao also played with it curiously and said strangely: "Sir, I think you are very familiar with using this Fire System!"
"This is not the Fire Order!"
Jiang Lang immediately corrected, "This is called a rifle."
Then he turned his head and said to those who were very old and busy wiping their eyes: "The ability to use this rifle means that everyone's efforts have not been in vain. We are also lucky to have a lot of rewards."
The old craftsman who made a blacksmith immediately stood up and said, "Sir, it is our duty to serve the court, and he has given us a lot of rewards. This time I see..."
Jiang Lang waved his hand and said, "Stop talking, I believe it! Now there is one thing to tell you. Three days, I want you to make the same two rifles for me. I want the emperor to show you. If you are satisfied, we will produce a large amount of production. When you pour it, you will be responsible for checking whether the produced parts meet the requirements!"
The successful test shot of the rifle gave Jiang Lang some confidence. So three days later, two new rifles were also made. With the first experience, and with the large number of people and division of labor and cooperation, it did not waste any time. Moreover, this gun was much more refined than the first one, and after Jiang Lang's test shot, there was basically no problem. So after the morning court on the fourth day, Jiang Lang brought a spear.
Now the court is busy with reform, so most of the court reported on the implementation situation in various places and the preparations of the court. Finally, after these people finished speaking, Jiang Lang stood out and said, "Report to the emperor, I have something to do!"
Emperor Jingtai nodded and said, "Authentication!"
Jiang Lang continued: "Your Majesty, after half a month of research on the military battle, the new rifle has been successfully studied. Please check it out!"
The ministers of the court immediately became very surprised. During this period, they had known that Jiang Lang was working on the military battle for a day, but they didn't know what he was making. Now they heard that they were actually studying a rifle. They were surprised and speculated about what the rifle was!
Emperor Jingtai also looked surprised and said strangely: "What is a rifle?"
Jiang Lang then remembered that this rifle was still a new term for Emperor Jingtai and others, and immediately explained: "That is, the Fire Order. Because the infantry is used, I call it a rifle!"
"oh?"
Jingtaidi immediately became interested and said, "Take it up and take a look!"
Jiang Lang turned his head and shouted: "Come on!"
Sun Yuanbiao and another guard immediately brought two plates with red cloth on it, and walked beside Jiang Lang, and everyone, including Emperor Jingtai, stared at the plate tightly.
Jiang Lang pulled open the red cloth, one of the rectangular plates had two brand new rifles, and the other plate contained dozens of bullets.
Probably a little far apart, Emperor Jingtai got off the dragon throne, first picked up a handful, and looked at it curiously, but after looking at it for a long time, the only similarity compared to the original was that there was a barrel, and it was much smaller, so he couldn't help but say, "This is...!"
"rifle!"
Jiang Lang said again.
"Yes, rifle!"
Emperor Jingtai nodded and then said wonderingly: "It seems different from the original one!"
Then he looked into a plate next to him, and saw a bullet that looked like a small bottle, picked up one, and said strangely: "Is this a bullet?"
Jiang Lang nodded.
As I learned from the past, Emperor Jingtai tried to load the bullet from the front, but the muzzle was obviously much smaller after that!
Jiang Lang smiled slightly and said, "It's better to move the emperor. How about the empress do you want to cover up the emperor?"
Emperor Jingtai nodded quickly, so the civil and military ministers in the court came to the shooting range in a mighty manner.
Like the previous few days, several jars of wine were hung a hundred meters away.
After standing in front, Jiang Lang thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, I have a suggestion. Why not transfer a few fire branches to compete. You can tell whether the weapon is good or bad."
Emperor Jingtai thought that this was also a solution, so he immediately ordered a few fire branches to come over and asked, "Wang Qing family, what's going on in this competition!"
Jiang Lang smiled slightly, waved his hand, and immediately someone brought a wooden basin filled with water, and then said: "In the first game, we can use it after being soaked in water!"
Emperor Jingtai was stunned, then laughed and said, "Wang Aiqing, don't you know how to use this firearm with water soaked in water!"
Jiang Lang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, that's not necessarily true!"
After saying that, he waved to Sun Yuanbiao, and Sun Yuanbiao and the others immediately brought the guns and bullets over.
Jiang Lang first picked up three bullets, placed them in a basin, and then poured water on the gun.
After a while, Jiang Lang asked, "Master, can it be so long?"
Emperor Jingtai nodded. As long as the firearm is touched with water, it will be impossible to use. Now it has been soaking for a long time.
Picking up the bullet, Jiang Lang showed it to the minister present, saying that he had not changed the bullet, so he pulled the bolt and put the bullet in.
Emperor Jingtai looked at Jiang Lang's movements in surprise. He couldn't put it in just now, but it turned out that he hadn't found the right place. This should be the one who put it from behind. This is the first time I saw this method of loading it.
Close the bolt, Jiang Lang suddenly turned around, picked up the gun, opened the safety, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
Chapter completed!