Chen Mu asked Guan Yuangu to make a sub-medicine cylinder without the slightest technical content, just simply cutting wood, and the maximum technical content is only about how to make each wooden cylinder into a standard size that can accurately hold three coins of two molecular pills and one coin of priming medicine. But obviously, this kind of small trouble is difficult for the experienced military craftsmen, who only need to weigh and make a small wooden tube with an accurate charge, and cut out a wooden tube of the same volume as a reference, and the size is not too bad.

In fact, it doesn't matter if there is a deviation, because the old craftsman made a wooden spoon for Chen Xiaoqi that just scooped three coins and one molecule of medicine after smoothing. In this way, no matter how much deviation there is from the cartridge, as long as you scoop it with this wooden spoon, it must be a sub-medicine that meets the specifications.

The news of the entry of the Japanese into the capital of Guangzhou made the three craftsmen of the Guan family, father and son, like a great enemy, lighting oil lamps to make wooden cylinders until the rooster crowed, and waited until the next day, Chen Mu had more than 50 small medicine cylinders containing the medicine and the primer.

Chen Mu was incapable of making fixed ammunition, which meant that he would have to endure the loading speed of the arquebus approaching twenty seconds for a long time in the future, which was complicated and worried about the risk of an overcharge causing an explosion of the chamber. This wooden barrel not only allows him to easily complete the assembly, but also reduces the charging speed by a few seconds.

It's just a bit of a waste - there must be a little gunpowder left on the unrested inner wall of the small wooden barrel, which is why he has reserved a fraction of the charge.

It is undoubtedly a pleasure to have skilled craftsmen around, and although it costs seven taels of silver a year, it is undoubtedly worth it. At least now, the cotton belt around Chen Mu's waist is tight and delicate, and the twenty-five small pockets and the long wooden tube tied around his left waist make him feel good.

The small pocket was used to carry twenty-five medicine pots, and the wooden cylinder contained fifty or sixty lead pills, plus the original two medicine pots of the Ming army, one large and one small, he could carry more than 50 rounds of ammunition at any time.

Early the next morning, he asked Shi Qi to try to use the medicine pot and the original medicine pot to shoot and reload in turn, using the past medicine pot to reload, Chen Mu silently counted eighty times on the side to shoot two guns, sometimes because of the unskilled movement of any link mistakes, and even could not complete the two launches; With the cartridge, this speed can be increased to 60 shots of two guns, and sometimes the action is fast enough to fire 3 guns in 80 shots, and even if it is slow, it can complete two shots.

This is basically what Chen Mu can achieve, maybe he is a little stronger than Shi Qi in terms of accuracy, but in terms of charging speed? He's about the same as Shiqi.

The cartridge is very useful.

Shi Qi did not do Chen Mu's entrustment, he took the silver to find the guard of the gunpowder magazine of the guard who had dealt with him, and made two taels of silver but failed to complete the mission of getting the bird's gun, and finally the guard could not resist Shi Qi's insistence, so he had to bring another barrel of gunpowder from the powder magazine to him, which was regarded as no loss or profit, but he came back and told Chen Mu a not good news.

"We carry too much gunpowder, he doesn't dare to bring us gunpowder before the beginning of spring, Xiaoqi, his subordinates have a heavy trust!"

Chen Mu waved his hand, disappointment was inevitable, but he didn't blame Shi Qi on his face, "If you don't have a bird, just take precautions, you are a cautious person, don't rush hard in case the Japanese invaders...... It doesn't matter, in the end, there is still a barrel of gunpowder, which is not a loss. ”

Since Chen Mu's heart realized that it was really possible for the Japanese to affect Qingyuanwei, his attention was no longer on the duty of the Feishui Bridge, and now his military households no longer set up bridge cards with the same two, but instead rotated day and night, leading the horse on the Feishui Bridge with only one mission - to see the bald man with a slender knife and run back directly.

A person can't stop the would-be robbers, so he can only throw his life away by the bridge; The same goes for the two of them, instead of dying, it is better to gather strength and rely on the high wall in the post house to think about it.

Seeing Chen Mu say this, although Shi Qi was a little glad that Xiaoqi didn't blame him, his face was also embarrassed, standing aside and not knowing what to say, and was finally sent to sleep by Chen Mu. Fu Yuan, who was lying on the bed sleeping in the room, turned over, looked at Chen Mu's eyes dripping and swirling, and when Chen Mu was about to go out to see the shoes of the Guan family father and son making wooden tubes, he hurriedly came out, pulled Chen Mu to the side and said under the porch: "Xiaoqi, if you want a bird, I know that there is a pole that I can probably get, it is a wolf, it is the same as your previous one, it is a little old!" ”

"Get the gun in the hand of the military household?" Chen Muhu looked at Fu Yuan suspiciously, looked left and right, rubbed the small stubble growing on his chin and asked, "Such a large gun, can you do this skill?" ”

To be honest, Chen Mu really believes in the craftsmanship of Fu Yuan under his command, and the bird gun is so big, can he get it if he gets it?

"I got it." Chen Mu patted Fu Yuan's shoulder, "Don't miss someone and be caught and beaten for half a ......"

Fu Yuan said the word 'craft' from Chen Mu, a pair of small eyes stared at the boss, and waved his hands one after another, until Chen Mu said don't miss and be beaten half to death, and quickly stopped Chen Mu's words and said: "Xiaoqi, it's not stolen, although the wolf is a little shorter, it's not easy to steal!" I know a frequent visitor in the gambling house, always drunk, Qingyuan gambling house called him Li Zongqi, I don't know which thousand subordinates, knives, armor, all used to gamble, he has a bird gun, when gambling others will not make, don't. ”

"Little Flag, if you want." Fu Yuan patted his chest a little heroically, "Fu Yuan won it back for you!" ”

Yes, of course Chen Mu wants it, but Chen Mu feels that this way of gambling is not very reliable. At present, his demand for bird guns is not urgent enough to use extraordinary means to steal and rob, not to mention that he does not have the capital to take advantage of it, and it is obviously not wise to take a chance to offend a general banner.

Chen Mu thought for a moment and asked, "This Li Zongqi, is he short of money?" ”

The general banner has more money than Chen Mu, but relying on the general flag alone is definitely not enough for Li Zongqi to linger in the gambling house, not to mention that although the money of each general flag is the same, the money available in his hand is not the same, because there is still the matter of privately swallowing military land Chen Mu is not clear for the time being, he only knows that the officer of the guard station at the level of the general banner has private land, and it is nothing more than a matter of how much.

"Money, it should be lacking, otherwise you don't have to gamble with your armor." Fu Yuan scratched the hair under the hair towel, and couldn't figure out why Chen Mu asked, could he win it and make money to buy it? He thought that Chen Mu couldn't believe his gambling skills, and said: "Xiaoqi, our skills are all in our hands, and our hands are fast!" They can't find out. ”

The implication is that he will give thousands.

But I don't know if Chen Mu is thinking about it at all, but how to wipe his ass after winning back, don't talk about the general flag, Zhang Yongshou just hit Chen Mu's head with the idea in his mind, Chen Mu has always remembered this matter, and it is not ambiguous to stumble upon him when he has the opportunity, not to mention the chief flag officer who has been in the guard for a lifetime, and there will be a lot of trouble after winning back!

"Heh, it's okay if you don't have money, it's better to make money come properly if you have money." Chen Mu smiled, patted Fu Yuan and said: "In the past few days, you will go to the gambling stall to follow Li Zongqi, when he has no money, or wants to make a bet on the bird, you will tell him that Chen wants to buy a bird's gun to make a price of two taels of silver in the last few months, if he has two taels of silver in April next year, I will return the bird's gun to him, if not, the gun is mine - see if he is willing." ”