Chapter 55: Muskets and Bows and Arrows
Although he was burning with lust, his good cultivation made Xia Nan restrain his desires, and he could only respect Maria's religious beliefs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
It's just that the arrow is on the string, but it doesn't lead to it, the blood in the body is boiling, but there is nowhere to vent, Xia Nan feels that he is holding back his internal injuries. That night, having never lost sleep, he couldn't sleep, staring at the roof, and then fell asleep until dawn.
The next morning, Chunlan and Xia He came to serve Xia Nan and got up, but found that the old man, who had always been energetic, was still lying in bed. Chunlan was careful, and found that the old man's hair was messy and his face was flushed, she reached out and tried his forehead, found that it was very hot, and said to Xia He, "The old man doesn't know if he feels the wind cold, I'll go get warm water and apply it to him." ”
Xia He responded, and when Chunlan went out, she saw that the thin quilt covered by the old man only covered half of her body, so she pulled up the thin quilt and wanted to cover him. As soon as I pulled up the quilt, I found that the old man's abdomen and between his legs were high and bulging, she was an unemployed virgin, I don't know what was going on, I reached out to press it, trying to press it flat and cover the quilt. Unexpectedly, as soon as the hand touched it, it was actually a mallet-like object, and the sleeping old man let out a comfortable moan.
Now she was a little overwhelmed and stayed there. Chunlan came in with water, found out about this situation, covered the quilt with a crimson face, and scolded in a low voice: "You stupid girl, what are you doing standing stupidly, the master said that he is in good health." ”
Xia He also asked stupidly, "Why is a mallet in good health?" ”
Chunlan is a maid from a large family, she has never eaten pork and has seen pigs run, she knows much more about the things between men and women than Xia He, who was born in a poor family, she stopped Xia He's questioning, and wanted to wipe the body of the master, but looking at the "mallet" in Xia He's mouth, she lost her courage at once, and hastily wiped her face and neck and pulled Xia He out of the room.
Out of the door, Chunlan's heart was pounding, the old man was really strong!
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Lin Weiye felt that Xia Nan was very inexplicable today, and followed him with a black face, saying that he was supervising the progress of weapon production, but he always felt that he was strange. If I used to say something, I might have stabbed him a few words like "seriously protest against the interference with scientific and technological research and production by administrative means", but because I had a long drought with Fu Nanying last night, and I fell in love all night, I am in a very good mood today, so I won't worry about this guy.
Because of the implementation of the general regulations and the improvement of the process, the standardized mass production musket has entered the countdown, the barrel, the bolt, and the assembly of the three major processes have been completed, the craftsmen and apprentices have been in place, and the wrought iron, brass and wood for making the butt have been prepared.
One day in November of the third year of Chongzhen, in several temporary board houses by the Wenlan River in Lingao County, Qiongzhou Prefecture, Daming Dynasty, Lin Weiye, who is also the chief engineer of ironmaking and the chief engineer of gun making and casting, issued instructions: "The standardized production of the musket workshop of Bairentan Gun Factory was officially launched! The craftsmen who had been ready for a long time began their work, and Wang Yizhu smashed the first hammer, and the modern standardized assembly line operation appeared for the first time in the Ming Dynasty in the 17th century.
Just six days later, the first batch of twenty guns was placed in front of Xia Nan. Compared with the guns produced last time, the size and thickness are the same, and with the naked eye alone, Xia Nan can't see the difference between these twenty guns, and the next thing is to fire live ammunition to see the performance.
The guards finally suspended their boring assassination training, because Master Xia had brought the rumored musket, which was said to be sharper than the official army's bird gun. In the anticipation that everyone was looking forward to, Master Xia and Master Lin came with guns. These muskets look exquisite, and there are brass wraps in several places on the barrel, which are worth a lot of money at first glance.
The first batch of 18 members who were selected to test the gun are all veterans, including Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji, who usually train seriously and hard, and are very brave in several battles, and the test gun is also an affirmation of them. Everyone else looked at them with envy.
These eighteen people, plus Xia Nan and Lin Weiye, just happened to have a gun each. Lin Weiye participated in the test gun because he wanted to have a better understanding of the performance and parameters of the gun in the case of simulated actual combat.
Xia Nan took out the style of the instructor during military training and taught these eighteen people how to hold guns and how to aim at three points and one line, because these people had never touched a gun, and they practiced for half an hour alone. After they can stabilize the gun and aim in a decent manner, they can practice the whole set of reloading and shooting.
Lin Weiye divided this set of actions into several steps: the first step is to pull the bolt and open the lid of the medicine pool; In the second step, take out the paper shell fixed ammunition, bite open the bullet body, pour a small part of the gunpowder into the medicine pool, and then stuff the paper shell bullet into the barrel together with the remaining gunpowder; The third step is to take out the through strip from the sleeve under the barrel, insert it into the barrel, and press the bullet and gunpowder tightly; The fourth step is to pull the trigger and fire.
Compared to the arquebus, this set of firing actions was already very simple, and the eighteen guards quickly mastered it, and the next thing was to fire live ammunition. Twenty wooden targets were temporarily erected at a distance of fifty meters on the training ground.
Xia Nan commanded everyone with a password: "Prepare for launch!" ”
There was a sound of pulling the bolt to open the lock, and everyone opened the lid of the medicine pool;
"Start reloading!"
The team members bit open the paper shell a little awkwardly, poured some gunpowder into the medicine pool, then stuffed it into the barrel, pulled out the whole strip and stabbed it tightly;
"Aim and shoot!"
Everyone picked up their guns, put the butt of the gun on their cheeks, aimed at the target in front of them according to the "three points and one line" that Xia Nan said, and pulled the trigger. "Boom, boom, boom", the gunshots were loud, and the smoke peculiar to the launch of black powder obscured everyone's sight. The hearts of all the guards were tight, the gunshot was so loud that the team members who had never let go of guns, and even rarely let go of firecrackers during the Chinese New Year, were a little nervous.
Xia Nan personally stepped forward to check the shooting effect, and eight of the twenty targets were hit, and all of them were pierced, exploding a fist-sized hole. The hit rate was 40 percent, which was very satisfying considering that this was the first time the team members had fired live ammunition.
He asked the target to be lifted to the front of the guards to show, and those who shot but did not shoot sighed at the power of this musket.
Xia Nan asked Huang Hansheng and Yang Youji: "You are all sharpshooters, tell me how you feel after using a gun." ”
Yang Youji replied simply and clearly: "It's powerful, but the time to prepare for firing is enough to shoot two or three arrows, as long as the archer has physical strength, I'm afraid it will be suppressed by the bow and arrow in a short time." And when the archers have no physical strength, firearms can prevail. ”
Huang Hansheng thought for a while and replied: "What Yuki said is very right, but a qualified archer needs to practice for at least two or three years, and a good archer needs five or six years. It only took us a few hours to practice firing today, and we can become very proficient in 10 days and half a month at most, and as long as we can pick up the gun, women and children can shoot, and this is probably the place where firearms have the greatest advantage over bows and arrows."