Of course, there is also a relationship between process errors. Wang Datou's gun has been extremely sophisticated, in addition to machining, the polishing process is also at the level of a master craftsman.

In some places, Hong Tao can't tell whether it is processed by CNC machine tools in later generations, and it is simply to the extent that it is a perfect fitter, and it must be the level of an eighth-level fitter.

With the strength of Hong Tao's arms and wrists, the two short guns were fired five times in turn, and they were no longer stable, and the rest of the test firing work was done by Wang Da and the women, who were eager to try.

For a time, the front yard of the yamen was like a New Year, with the sound of firecrackers, and the two dovetail ridges on the east house were unlucky, and they were beaten to a thousand holes and scattered.

"Okay, let's go to lunch first, and the answer will be given after the meal!" Seeing that the roof would be finished if he hit it again, Hong Tao hurriedly stopped this group of crazy violent women.

These two guns are not the original of Huang Huaian and Wang Datou, at best, they are third-hand imitations, and the second-hand is naturally Hong Tao himself. The real inventors of them were Americans and Norwegians, the former called the Sharps rifle and the latter called the Kamelryde rifle.

The Sharps rifle was designed and produced during the American Civil War and was the equipment of the Confederate Army. Its airtightness device is similar to that of a wedge-shaped bolt, with a simple structure, easy reloading, and a good rate of fire.

The effective firing range reached four or five hundred meters, and the maximum firing range was nearly a thousand meters, which was already a very good rifle at that time, and was often used by the Southern Army for long-range sniping.

The Kamelryder rifle appeared more than a dozen years before the Sharps rifle, and was improved by the Norwegian military from a Danish rifle at its own request.

It does not pursue the rate of fire, but prefers range and accuracy, so it has put more effort into the airtightness of the bolt, with an effective range of more than 500 meters and a high accuracy.

When Hong Tao traveled to the Southern Song Dynasty in his previous life, he didn't know that there were these two guns, and he re-collected information after returning to modern times, on the one hand, to confirm how much room for improvement there was in his choice at that time, and on the other hand, it was also to enrich the memory in his mind, and lay the foundation for the next possible crossing, but he didn't expect to really use it.

But no matter how clear the memory is, someone needs to be able to practice it, Hong Tao himself definitely does not have this craft, after all, it is a breech-loading rifled gun, which has high requirements for the sealing effect of the gun chamber and bolt, and it is difficult to make it by relying on the industrial base of Ganliang Road back then.

But this did not prevent him from drawing all the things in his mind and handing them over to Huang Huai'an and Wang Datou for them to figure out by themselves, but the result was a bit unexpectedly good.

Due to the difference in temperament and temperament, these two people had their own opinions on the structural design of the gun and were unwilling to integrate, just in time for the evacuation operation, and finally made a handful of people.

Although it is a short gun, it is actually not much different from a long gun, and the most troublesome thing now is not the barrel, but the chamber and bolt. With the precision of the metalwork of these two guns, it can be seen at a glance that they are no longer purely handmade, and with the assistance of primary machine tools, longer rifle barrels are not a problem.

"In all fairness, the big head has a better performance than the short gun...... Lao Huang, don't be discouraged, listen to the official finish speaking. ”

Full of wine and food, Hong Tao's mouth made Huang Huai'an's restless heart fall into the ice cellar, and at the same time made Wang Datou's bald head brighter. But as the conversation turned, the situation became uncertain again.

"Even if this gun is made of the same material, the process is too precise, and the cost and man-hours will definitely be high, which is not conducive to mass production. Although Lao Huang's is slightly inferior in weight, caliber, range and accuracy, it has relatively few parts, low processing difficulty, and relatively simple maintenance. ”

In fact, this reason was taken into account when producing pulley crossbows, and only 20,000 of the 30,000 new troops were reequipped, not because the official did not want to equip the remaining 10,000 new troops with new pulley crossbows, but because the cost was too high and the maintenance was too complicated. If we equip hundreds of thousands of troops, we will not wait for the enemy to come and fight us, and we will drag down the treasury and exhaust the craftsmen to death. ”

When he finished speaking, Wang Datou's face also collapsed. He understood the truth that good things are not necessarily easy to use when he was in the Huangzhou workshop, but unfortunately the habits he has developed for most of his life have always prevailed, and he just thinks about how to make a thing to the extreme, forgetting to consider the cost.

"But...... Hey, hey, hey...... If you want to say that the guns of my two engineers are good things, can we do that. Lao Huang is committed to the research and development of long guns, and Datou focuses on short guns. Long guns have a place for long guns, and short guns also have room for short guns. Don't rush to build too many finished products at first, and continue to improve while producing small batches. These two guns are all left by the king, they will change the whole world, and the king has thanked the two of them! ”

picked a lot of faults, and Hong Tao himself was a little embarrassed. Others are still holding bows and crossbows, and you're playing with breech-loading flintlock pistols, so why are you still so crooked?

The drawings of the guns were brought by themselves, but the work behind them was the result of the unremitting efforts of Wang Huang and a large number of craftsmen behind them. Take a look at Wang Datou's disabled right hand, and then look at Huang Huai'an's premature face, this gift can only be counted as interest.

"I can't do it, I can't do it, I don't dare to imagine that I can cut steel like wood without an adult's mention, and I can't make such a sharp weapon. It's just that this gun can't be used too often, the villain has tried it on the barren beach by the river, and the chamber of the gun will heat up and cannot be opened and closed if it is fired more than fifteen times in a row. There is still some lead sticking in the barrel, and it has to be removed with a copper brush from time to time, I wonder if adults can solve it? ”

The guns are not made of the same, and the styles of the two people are also different. Wang Datou belongs to the old-school craftsmen, and his culture is not high, and he is more persistent in studying the craft itself. Huang Huai'an has a relatively high level of education, strong self-learning ability, a more comprehensive way of thinking about problems, a closer combination of manufacturing and practicality, and is very willing to think more about why.

"Heat is normal, and a crossbow can weaken if fired too often in a row, as does a musket. The problem of hanging the barrel on the wall is very easy to solve, after the lead bullet is manufactured, paraffin wax is added and shaken for a period of time, so that a layer of paraffin wax is hung on the surface, and the hanging phenomenon will be reduced. It is difficult to completely eradicate it...... This king is looking for graphite ore in Tuozhou's family, if he can find it, adding graphite powder is better. These things are not in a hurry, this king still has a map here, you two can figure it out first, if it is feasible, I am afraid that we will have to move again. ”

The heating of the barrel and the lead in the inner chamber were the stubborn problems of the early muskets, which could not be completely solved even in later generations, and could only be ignored in the absence of new materials.

In fact, firing more than ten times in a row can already meet the needs of combat, just imagine, hundreds or thousands of rear-loading rifled guns with an effective range of more than 400 meters fired more than ten times, how many enemies on the opposite side can be left?

At present, there are no drills such as skirmishers, lying down and dodging, and dense charging is the mainstream. The denser the men, the more lethal the musket is, and there is no problem that the armor cannot penetrate. As long as you hit the basics, you will lose the ability to continue fighting, and the enemy who can resist five volleys is considered the elite of the elite.

"Don't you want to continue to build a workshop!" The family moved to a new place, and finally just got a foothold and was about to move again, Wang Datou and Huang Huaian didn't say a word, and almost at the same time asked a question that made their hearts flutter.

No matter how good the craftsmanship of the craftsman without a workshop is, it is half a waste, and repairing and modifying others all day long is all a small fight, and it is not easy to make some serious objects and have to hide them, which is similar to being a thief.

Many materials and equipment cannot be provided in a small workshop, and most of the time is wasted on preparing raw materials. If they have the support of the workshop system, their R&D progress will be faster and the manufacturing level will be higher.

As for the problem of moving, it is nothing compared to these benefits. The wages paid by the colts will make the family prosperous no matter where they move, and those mysterious guards will help solve any problems.

"Let's take a look at these first, the official plans to rebuild the workshop on Fujian Road." The research and development of the musket was faster than Hong Tao expected, and some things had to be prepared in advance. You can not rebel but you can't protect yourself, everything has a contingency, and if you are cornered, you can't wait for death.

The mountains and rivers of Fujian Road are undulating, and in many places there are only clan forces, and the imperial court does not interfere at all. There are local connections with the Wang family, as well as copper and lead mines. Find a small mountain village with rivers and streams and get a few workshops that are not too big, as long as you can get benefits for the locals, you don't have to worry about exposure.

There are also small coal mines on Fujian Road, but the quality is not very good, but it can be used for coking. I really haven't heard Wang Hao mention the iron mine, and I don't think there is any, otherwise he wouldn't have to travel thousands of miles to transport pig iron from Jinmingchi and the Daimyo's Mansion back to smelt copper.

But it doesn't matter, I don't plan to mass-produce firearms for the time being, and I don't have so many troops to equip it. The current plan is to equip the Shanchuan Inspectorate, the Dart Bureau, and the Post Office system with a part of the system, and first familiarize themselves with the use of firearms, which should be an officer training camp.

In the future, if something happens, through these officers it will be possible to pull up a musket team in a very short time. Armies that use hot weapons are easier to train and more quickly develop combat effectiveness than soldiers with cold weapons.

"Dare to ask what the artillery is?" After reading the few drawings that Hong Tao took out of the box, Wang Datou and Huang Huai'an were full of questions.

Isn't this thing just a large musket, with such a large caliber and such a large weight, who can carry it at every turn, and how to carry it for war?

"A thunderbolt can be thrown no more than three or four hundred steps with a battering crossbow, and even if it is placed on a trebuchet, it is only a little more than a mile away. If fired from artillery, the bolt can be thrown several miles away and landed accurately. There are artillery in the distance, and muskets in the near. When attacking the city, there is no longer a need for the soldiers to brave the hot soup and oil to dig and bury medicine under the city wall, just put a few cannons from afar, the strong city can be destroyed, and the strong army can retreat, isn't it happy? ”

Hong Tao also didn't know how to define the nature of artillery, and the most intuitive explanation was the combination of a large musket and a siege crossbow, so the two craftsmen must have understood it.