Zhou Yu stood in front of a long table, with a soft red cloth on the table, and something was placed on the soft cloth that even Zhou Yu felt a little surprised.

The first thing that attracted Zhou Yu was a rifle. Although the firearm that was loaded afterwards has not been used on a large scale, it is already equipped in the Shenji Camp. However, the rifle in front of me is definitely not the original one.

A weapon that should have appeared in this era, a rifle in the true sense.

In Zhou Yu's eyes, the two names of firearms and rifles represent a phased change. In Zhou Yu's eyes, all the previous muskets can only be regarded as firearms and muskets, and the one in front of him is as exquisite as a work of art.

Only things are qualified to be called real rifles.

The limit of a musket is a flintlock rifle, but a rifle is already a weapon of another level. There is a significant difference in accuracy and loading speed between the two, and the bigger difference is in ammunition.

Zhou Yu picked up this thing that looked like a work of art and observed it carefully. The barrel that was polished to the point where it was translucent and reflective, the exquisite wooden handle, and the excitation device carefully created by the top craftsmen, are in every place.

It shows that this thing is a work of art rather than a weapon for killing people.

This is a rifle decorated with rear. Since it can be called a rifle, it must have the characteristics of a rifle. There is a huge change in the ignition method, but Zhou Yu feels that another bigger change is ammunition.

Zhou Yu actually saw a real paper-shell bullet on the table, which had the kind of bullet that needed to be thrown in the bottom fire, and it had the initial appearance of modern bullets, and even the bullet head was slightly pointed.

After looking at the barrel again, Zhou Yu was even more shocked. Zhou Yu even saw the rifle in the barrel...

"This gun?"

Zhou Yu was a little confused just now and someone immediately explained it, and he felt a little proud on his face.

"Director, this is a gift specially created by our Royal Craftsman Academy for the Dean. I heard the Dean talk about the future development of firearms, so we tried it. It took several months to create this

Present the best royal firearms specifically for the dean to use.”

Although he said it shortly, Zhou Yu understood the things that were invisible below these words. This was a handful of things that were created by the top craftsmen and even the entire Jiangzuoyuan. As soon as he opened his mouth, he had already started.

It is destined that even if this thing is not made so fine, it is something that cannot be easily mass-produced.

The exquisite appearance is even like a work of art, but the simplest step in the process of making this nearly rifle, and the rifle inside the barrel is the most complicated.

Zhou Yu told these craftsmen who specialize in firearm research that the current development of firearms and also said some content about rifles, but he himself did not think that he could develop a rifle in a very short time.

Even the hand-cranked Gatling Bodhisattva that is already in use now is not the true Gatling. It is more like a special firearm and a special firework, which is the long one that everyone held during the Chinese New Year when they were young.

fireworks.

A firework-like barrel does not have enough firepower, but if thirty-five fireworks are tied to it, the firepower will be quite large. Cranking hands is not shaken and loading. Similarly, shaking when setting off fireworks will make it easier to ignite the fireworks below.

, the ones that are shaken are actually gunpowder. It is almost the same as the fireworks that can be used to kill enemies on the battlefield.

Even if Zhou Yu is not a weapon expert, he is definitely a firework expert. It is not difficult to create these things, and it can be simpler to reload after improvement and adjustment of the process, but no matter how simple it is, it is impossible to do it at will on the battlefield.

Usually, I prepared it in advance so I said that I couldn’t use the hand-cranked Gatlin all the time.

This thing is essentially a flintlock structure. In addition, the combustion speed of gunpowder is limited and once it is ignited, it will take several minutes to launch all the bullets. The rate of fire in one minute is about a pile of hundreds of rounds, which can indeed achieve the goal of living beings.

equality.

But as long as the activation method does not change, the ammunition loading method does not change, and the ammunition loading method continues to be used to launch ammunition by gunpowder filling, it is impossible to develop the real Gatlin.

Now even such a paper shell with a base fire has been made, and it is not impossible to make a real Gatlin by rubbing it completely by hand, but compared to this Gatlin, it can do it

The effect is not worth the effort.

After testing this weapon by hand, Zhou Yu expressed his satisfaction. This gun may be called the originator of rifles in this world. Even if it is still a little worse than the rifle that can be mass-produced and practical,

In any case, this also means that the Ming Dynasty already had the ability to make real rifles, and all it lacked was the support of the general environment.

Of course, Zhou Yu hopes that this weapon can be popularized as soon as possible, but he also knows that it will take at least ten years to get this opportunity to achieve this.

He also hopes that today, ten years later, through the improvement of basic industrial level, can produce fully qualified rifles in small batches.

The development of industry and science and technology is a phased rather than linear process. Each stage of improvement requires a lot of accumulation to break through. Today, the Ming Dynasty is in a phase of accumulation, including the war with the Oirat.

When you have accumulated enough, just push it to another level and then develop vigorously.

But now the Ming Dynasty still needs to cultivate more excellent craftsmen and improve various craftsmanship to lay a solid foundation for future takeoffs.

After reading other things, Zhou Yu also put forward some of his own suggestions for improvement. He stayed in the hospital for a long time before leaving. When he came out, he was almost dark and he could only cancel the situation.

After checking the itinerary, I turned around and headed to Li Xiyue's yard.

Since Li Xiyue got a backstage with Zhou Yu, she has not become domineering. She is just more casual than before, and she doesn’t have to worry about anything. However, she is actually doing things and doing business.

I became more and more restrained, but after understanding it a lot, I found that Li Xiyue was very satisfied with her current life. She didn't have the idea of ​​treating herself as the protagonist in the book. She was particularly contented like a salted fish and didn't even want it.

toss.

I am only willing to make my own shop, but I don’t know anything useful in any major issues in the country. I am very skilled in how to cook and eat how to do handmade cosmetics and skin care products that I don’t have now.
Chapter completed!