In Lin Jing's previous impression, firearms of this era were full of the rough style of the pre-industrial era, and because each gun was made by a craftsman, it was also full of the craftsman's personal style.
But this is not the case with these muskets in front of them. They may not be able to achieve unity in the sense of higher precision, but they are almost identical in appearance, and they are all very sophisticated.
"Bring me the gunpowder and lead shot."
Lin Jing said calmly, and this request made everyone feel nervous.
"Your Highness, this is a newly produced musket. It has not been tested yet. I'm afraid it may be dangerous..."
"Yes, yes, your highness should wait until it is tested before trying it out."
Lin Jing snorted coldly and ignored everyone. Instead, he looked at Bo Jue and said, "Bo Jue, what do you think?"
"I think Your Highness can give it a try."
Bo Jue said calmly, facing the questioning eyes of everyone, he insisted: "I spend time in Anmin Factory every day. I claim that I am very familiar with Anmin Factory. I also believe that the quality of the new muskets is absolutely outstanding."
It will not harm His Highness, and it is even less likely to disappoint His Highness."
"good!"
With a bit of a smile on his face, Lin Jing picked up the musket, pulled the delicate lock on it back, then opened the lid of the medicine pool, turned around and took the small medicine pot handed to him by the Jin Yiwei beside him, and said slightly
He frowned.
Wu Xiang on the side was observing very carefully, and he quickly said: "Your Highness, is there something wrong?"
"There's nothing wrong with it, it's just that I think this method of filling gunpowder can be improved..."
When he said this, Lin Jing poured the gunpowder into the medicine pool, then shook his head and said: "Not only the method of filling gunpowder needs to be improved, but the gunpowder itself also needs to be improved."
"The gunpowder itself also needs to be improved?"
Now it was Tang Ruowang's turn to be confused. Although he admired Lin Jing's accomplishments in firearms, it was completely different from gunpowder itself.
Strictly speaking, in an era when there was no real chemical research system, gunpowder itself was the product of experience, and currently, black gunpowder is still the most common gunpowder in the entire world.
As for the gunpowder preparation technology, the gunpowder preparation technology recorded in the Ming Dynasty's "Xifa Shenji" and "Huo Gongshou Yao" is very similar to the gunpowder preparation technology in Europe in the 17th century, which reflects the current differences in gunpowder production technology between China and the West.
There is no gap. As for the so-called granulated gunpowder technology, it had already been realized in the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is that although both sides have adopted granulated gunpowder technology, Europe is often accustomed to using waterwheel-powered machinery to prepare gunpowder. When preparing gunpowder, the waterwheel is first started, and the power of the waterwheel is used to drive the tamping machine.
The gunpowder is crushed under the tamping machine, but the East still uses manual preparation of granular gunpowder.
During the Opium War, the British gunpowder manufacturing industry even used a number of advanced machinery such as steam engines, hydraulic machinery, mechanical granulating cylinders, steam heaters, and graphite polishers to produce gunpowder.
A steam engine is also used to drive a drum-type device to crush and mix the gunpowder mixture. The gunpowder is ground on a hydraulic machine and pressed into solid and uniform gunpowder blocks. Finally, the gunpowder is made into large and small pieces using equipment.
Uniform gunpowder grains; then place the gunpowder grains in a drying chamber and dry them in the urban area. Finally, use a polisher made of graphite to polish the surface of the gunpowder grains to remove pores on the gunpowder grains and reduce the hygroscopicity of the gunpowder to prolong the life of the gunpowder.
storage period.
The British used this mechanical operation to produce granular gunpowder, which has entered the mechanized production stage of modern factories. The quality of granular gunpowder is stable and controllable. At the same time, the Qing Dynasty still used traditional wooden mortars, wooden troughs, and wooden pestles to manually stir gunpowder.
, the granular gunpowder obtained is naturally not as good as the British.
Lin Jing sighed softly: "At present, the preparation method of granular gunpowder needs to be further mechanized. You can consider using water to achieve mechanical preparation. As for daily use, I don't think there is any need to fill it separately. You can consider using paper shells.
Customized."
"Customized paper packaging?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, but Tang Ruowang and Bo Jue, who had sharper minds, soon brightened up and they all realized the benefits of doing this.
In this era of muzzle-loading guns, gunpowder is usually added directly from the muzzle, and then the warhead is loaded. Not to mention that the operation is very slow, and the amount of powder loaded each time is a very headache.
, if the charge is too much, it will easily explode; if the charge is too little, it will have no power at all.
It's fine if you practice on a daily basis, you can still reload slowly, but if it's on the battlefield, this will become a very fatal problem.
Lin Jingdao: "We can put the warhead and gunpowder into the paper case together. When using it, we only need to bite the paper case and pour all the fixed gunpowder into it. The whole process will be much faster, and we no longer need to do it every time."
Consider how much gunpowder needs to be poured in."
"What His Highness said is that I will start preparing to send people to manufacture fixed-loading bullets."
The concept of paper shell customization is not complicated, and the actual production is also very simple, so Bo Jue quickly reacted and realized the huge value contained in it.
Tang Ruowang looked at Lin Jing with an incredulous look. With a casual idea, this prince solved a problem that has troubled the world for so many years - if he is not a genius, who else is a genius?
Others seemed to vaguely discover something special about Lin Jing, but for these people, they were no longer surprised by Lin Jing's magical qualities.
Lin Jing ignored everyone's thoughts. Since the projectiles had already been filled in, he directly raised the musket in his hand, put his finger on the trigger, and aimed at the huge target disk in the distance.
There was a hundred steps between the man and the target, which was already at the limit of the range of other muskets.
"Bang--"
A slightly crisp gunshot sounded, and thick white mist instantly emerged, engulfing Lin Jing's entire body. The thick smell of gunpowder smoke made everyone feel a little bitter in their mouths.
There was already a guard in gilded clothes guarding the area close to the target. He rushed up to pick up the target, and then ran all the way to Lin Jing.
"Your Highness is a great shot, one shot hit the target."
"call--"
Lin Jing breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was practical in his work, it did not mean that he was shameless. If he really missed the target, it would not sound good to say it. Now that he had hit the target, he was also curious about where he hit it.
Due to the ridiculous accuracy of muskets in this era, there is no so-called number of rings on the target. As long as it can hit the target, it is considered good. Although your mother-in-law Zhu aimed at the center, the position he hit was still on the target.
The area closer to the edge.
Although it did not hit the center, everyone else's expressions became extremely solemn, and some people were even looking at this new type of musket with a burning gaze.
That's right, it was Wu Xiang who was talking about him. He looked at the new musket with an almost incredulous look, with a somewhat complicated expression on his face.
Not to mention comparing Guan Ningjun's three-eyed gun with this new type of musket, even if you compare it with the turtle dove gun, it is still an insult to this new type of musket.
I would like to ask, what kind of musket can still hit accurately at a distance of a hundred steps?
Let me ask, what other musket can be fired at such a fast speed?
"Hey, it still has room for further improvement. When the target is moved to 150 steps, I will try its accuracy again."
Lin Jing put down the new musket in his hand, with a trace of Versailles-like dissatisfaction on his face. This chapter has been completed!