The white porridge and pickled mustard is enough, why am I wearing a royal robe?

Chapter 206 Xu Guangqi’s Ammunition
Xu Guangqi's current appearance is very bad. His slightly gray hair is messy, his face is gray, his body is covered with dirt, and there are burnt marks on some of his clothes.

The same is true for several disciples around him.

Xu Guangqi looked at the gunpowder bullet in his hand that was barely flat, and kept muttering, "This shape is not good," because only one of the Stove King's magic weapons was extremely precious, so Xu Guangqi was experimenting with it. At that time, firearms from the Shenji Camp were used.

When he used the manufactured flat bullets, he found that it was impossible to cause damage after being filled in. The bullets fired could not even penetrate the scarecrow, let alone penetrate the human body.

But the bullets of Zaowang's Maxim machine gun are flat and narrow.

It should be a bullet like this.

Xu Guangqi sent someone to fetch a basin of water. Looking at the clear water in front of him, Xu Guangqi picked up a handful of clean water and wiped his face, forcing himself to wake up a little. Suddenly, he frowned and picked up the gunpowder bomb in his hand to look at it. Look, "Flat, why can't it be cylindrical."

He came to the Maxim machine gun and took a look. The single hole on it seemed to be able to use cylindrical bullets, but his thinking at the time was limited by the narrow mouth of the front section.

Mistakenly thinking that small, flat bullets are necessary.

"But, in this case, filling one gunpowder bomb is the limit. How can this Maxim machine gun fire continuously?" Xu Guangqi frowned.

Is this the ammunition fired by the Kitchen King's magic weapon?

From making the mold to finishing the gunpowder bomb, the whole process took less than two hours.

Xu Guangqi nodded, "Try this first."

Their Ming Dynasty's continuous fire guns are usually equipped with multiple ammunition compartments and rotated barrels to achieve the purpose of continuous fire.

Xu Guangqi held the prepared iron bullet in his hand, with an excited expression on his face, "Yes, absolutely."

"Master, did you succeed?"

At this time, the ammunition needs greater penetration.

Looking at the ammunition, Xu Guangqi seemed to have thought of something. If it were a fire blunderbuss, the projectiles would have to be filled with gunpowder.

"Try it," Xu Guangqi said in a deep voice.

Thinking about it, Xu Guangqi changed the production idea again and hid part of the gunpowder in the projectile.

Xu Guangqi looked at the Maxim machine gun in front of him, stretched out his hand and touched it gently.

At least it can be fired hundreds of times.

"Could it be that gunpowder is in this projectile?"

He looked at the perfect appearance of the iron egg, which had a cylindrical shape below and became sharper as it went up. The two apprentices around him were used to seeing the master's crazy look, and their eyes were attracted by the ammunition in the master's hand.

However, intelligence showed that the Kitchen King's magic weapon was a repeating firearm that allowed the two of them to withstand thousands of troops.

None of the existing fire blunderbuss in the Ming Dynasty can fire such gunpowder bullets.

Now there are ready-made molds. In order to see the finished product, the first gunpowder bombs are clay sculptures. Xu Guangqi looked at the oval-shaped gunpowder bombs in front of him.

Even more important than your own life.

If they fail, they won't go to jail, but they will definitely be in huge trouble.

Their Ming Dynasty firearms can only fire six times at most.

If this Maxim machine gun can be imitated, no, if it can simply reproduce the ammunition of this Maxim machine gun, Xu Guangqi will definitely leave his name in history!
Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi became excited again, full of energy. He looked at the Maxim machine gun and suddenly thought of something. Xu Guangqi hurriedly took out the gunpowder cartridges he made.

After some attempts, Xu Guangqi was disgraced again, but compared with the physical torture, the psychological torture was obviously more intense. A gunpowder bomb with this shape could not be fired at all.

"Zao Wang's Maxim machine gun is so powerful that it can kill enemies two hundred or more steps away," Xu Guangqi murmured. Moreover, according to the description, the ammunition spit out by Zao Wang's magic weapon can easily kill enemies. Explode a large piece of the person's body.

Thinking of this, Xu Guangqi's heart ached. Being able to fire hundreds of times in succession sounded too fantastic. How could this firearm be achieved?

The eldest disciple picked up a repeating fire gun and said.

The arrow has a tapered shape, which can increase the penetration and fly farther. If the bullet has a sharpened head.

The Maxim machine gun in front of you obviously does not have any extra barrels. It has a single barrel and a single ammunition magazine, so that it can fill up to one bullet at a time.

Xu Guangqi's face looked ugly, and it shouldn't be like this.

Although the thousands of troops behind are exaggerated, they can at least withstand hundreds of people.

Xu Guangqi looked at the ammunition, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized that this must be the case. Zaowang's Maxim machine gun should be fundamentally different from ordinary firecrackers, otherwise it would not be so powerful.

The reason is that the contact between the gunpowder bullet and the gun bore is insufficient. Although it is indeed feasible to fill the ammunition with gunpowder, after it is fired, the power and range are less than one-third and two-thirds of the original.

The emperor gave him great rights and gave him whatever he lacked. The Maxim machine gun has become Xu Guangqi's entire thought for the rest of his life.

The Maxim machine gun is still too precious, and it is no exaggeration to say that there was only one Maxim machine gun in the entire Ming Dynasty.

This also means that this firearm can not only fire continuously, but also can fire multiple times.

As for the Maxim machine gun, there was no place to fill it with gunpowder.

"Do you want to use this?"

The two apprentices couldn't help but ask. They knew how much the emperor cared about what they were doing. If they succeeded, they would enjoy endless glory and wealth.

If they accidentally broke it, it was not because they were afraid that the emperor would make them unable to eat it, but Xu Guangqi really felt sorry for this thing. He had regarded the Maxim machine gun as his wealth and life for the rest of his life.

This also means that the Maxim machine gun does not lack power and does not need to rely on projectiles to cause huge trauma to the enemy and then kill the enemy.

Xu Guangqi immediately felt that it was feasible. He called someone over and changed the mold. There were ready-made craftsmen to do this.

Although ancient people didn't know what aerodynamics was, they also knew that sharpening axes would make it easier to chop firewood, and adding tail fins to arrows would keep them balanced and fly farther.

"If the direction of the ammunition is correct, should we try another firearm experiment?" Xu Guangqi looked at the Maxim machine gun lying there quietly.

"Wrong, always wrong," Xu Guangqi murmured. How could the Maxim machine gun, Zao Wang's extremely advanced firearm, use ammunition that could be placed in an ordinary firecracker.

In the school training ground, there is a scarecrow in front of the Maxim machine gun.

There is no need to place so many scarecrows, because although the Maxim machine guns are in their hands, they cannot harvest human lives like mowing grass.

So just put a scarecrow.

Emperor Chongzhen strode towards this side. If he didn't want to maintain the emperor's majesty, he would have wanted to run over with the corner of his clothes. He heard Xu Guangqi's report that he wanted to use the Maxim machine gun to experiment with the gunpowder bullets produced.

When Emperor Chongzhen saw this sentence, his heart skipped a beat. Was Xu Guangqi crazy about studying firearms?
He actually directly used the Maxim machine gun to experiment. He only had one magic weapon of the Stove King, and it was extremely difficult to steal it. The Kitchen King must have been on guard, and it would be impossible to steal it again.

If it is worn out, there will be no second one.

However, Xu Guangqi gave an explanation, and Emperor Chongzhen thought about it and found that there was no other way.

If ammunition matching the Maxim machine gun cannot be developed.

A Maxim machine gun is of no use.

He came to Xu Guangqi's side.

"Your Majesty," Xu Guangqi noticed the footsteps behind him, turned around and said quickly with his hands in hand.

"Get up," Emperor Chongzhen was too lazy to listen to Xu Guangqi's polite words now.

He only cares about one thing now, whether this gunpowder bomb can be used on the Maxim machine gun.

Xu Guangqi nodded, and then personally took out the prepared gunpowder bullets from his pocket, and he wanted to place them on the Maxim machine gun himself.

Thinking about it, Xu Guangqi loaded the bullet into the ammunition compartment.

Later, Xu Guangqi stood behind the Maxim machine gun. This Maxim machine gun was extremely unique. The firing position was actually here, but why were two additional handles installed?

Ordinary fire guns are in the form of a long gun. You can pull the trigger by holding it with both hands. However, the Maxim machine gun requires two hands to grasp the handle and pull the trigger.

"The retreating force generated when firing is too huge," Xu Guangqi thought in his mind.

"How is it?"

Just as he was thinking about it, Emperor Chongzhen asked behind him. He saw that Xu Guangqi had been standing behind the magic weapon, but he didn't make any move.

Xu Guangqi turned around and said, "Your Majesty, you are ready."

"Okay, let's go ahead and do it."

Emperor Chongzhen was a little nervous. Even so, if Xu Guangqi failed, he would inevitably be beaten to the end.

Xu Guangqi took a deep breath, and then squatted down slightly, assuming a stance. He held the handle of the Maxim machine gun with both hands, and then used the aiming device on the Maxim machine gun to see the scarecrow in the distance.

The scarecrow was one hundred and fifty paces away from the Maxim machine gun.

This is the closest distance Xu Guangqi can accept. If he can't hit it at such a close distance, it proves that his thinking is wrong. The ammunition of Zaowang's Maxim machine gun is definitely not made that way.

Under the gaze of Emperor Chongzhen, Xu Guangqi pulled the trigger.

"clatter!"

The Maxim machine gun made a strange sound.

If someone sees the inside of Maxim, they can see that when Xu Guangqi pulls the trigger, the trigger connecting rod will move backward. At this time, the tenon will rotate forward, and the spring leaf will be opened suddenly, forcing The connecting mechanism rotates clockwise, driving the hammer to impact. Xu Guangqi combined his own thinking and some luck to create the tail end of the ammunition, ignited the gunpowder, and completed a firing.

The recoil generated at the moment the bullet is fired causes the bolt and barrel to move backward at the same time.

This is using the recoil to extract and eject the shell to retrieve the ammunition. However, Xu Guangqi only had one bullet, a bullet without a shell and a warhead, so nothing was spit out after the Maxim machine gun was fired.

Instead, the bullet was not fired, but exploded in the barrel of the gun.

Making bullets is not easy. Generally, it needs to go through the following processes: core pressing → tail cone pre-pressure → bottom curling → tail cone forming → diameter passing → roller groove → size calibration → weighing → appearance inspection.

If there is any deviation, it can range from a misfire to a serious one like this, where the bullet will explode in the barrel of the gun, or even worse, it will blow up the barrel and kill the user directly.

A huge sound rang in Xu Guangqi's ears. If it weren't for the protection of the Maxim machine gun's barrel, and the fact that Xu Guangqi's bullets were made of the finest iron in the Ming Dynasty, they were extremely tough. Although the primer was fired, the power of the explosion was not as powerful. Didn't emanate.

Xu Guangqi saved the Maxim machine gun and his own physical integrity.

Xu Guangqi only felt the Maxim machine gun slam back. His arms were numb, his body was shaking violently, and there was a loud noise in his ears.

The shock made his ears buzz. After he came to his senses, Xu Guangqi looked at the scarecrow in the distance. The scarecrow was safe and sound, and even swayed twice in the wind, as if he was mocking Xu Guangqi.

Emperor Chongzhen stepped forward quickly. He saw the scarecrow that was safe and sound. However, maybe Xu Guangqi succeeded, but he just didn't hit the scarecrow.

"What happened? Did you shoot out the ammunition?"

Emperor Chongzhen asked.

His requirements are not high, as long as he can use Zao Wang's Maxim machine gun in his hands, even if its power is greatly reduced.

Xu Guangqi looked pale. He knew that he had failed. If the ammunition was successfully fired, there would definitely be traces on the muzzle of the gun. Now, the explosion seemed to be inside the barrel.

In other words, the ammunition exploded in the barrel of the gun.

If it were an ordinary projectile, the ammunition he created could be used as gunpowder, and the projectile would be pushed out. However, what exploded this time was the ammunition itself.

The ammunition was not pushed out.

It's even possible that the barrel has been destroyed.

Xu Guangqi knelt on the ground, "My lord, you have failed to live up to your holy grace!"

His head hung heavily on the ground.

The two apprentices on both sides also hurriedly knelt on the ground. They were frightened in their hearts. The master had failed.

And it was such a serious failure that maybe even the Stove King’s magic weapon could not be saved.

Can their lives be saved?

Emperor Chongzhen stood up and took a step back. Looking at Xu Guangqi in front of him, anger rose in his heart, but he was suppressed by Emperor Chongzhen. "Ai Qing, get up first and see if this magic soldier is okay."

Xu Guangqi, the Ming Dynasty may not be able to pick many people who can beat him in the field of firearms.

Xu Guangqi reacted, quickly raised his head, got up from the ground, and came to the Maxim machine gun. He looked towards the barrel of the gun. It was pitch black, and he pulled the trigger again.

Only a clicking sound was heard.

Xu Guangqi looked bitter. He didn't know how to confirm whether the Maxim machine gun was intact.

(End of this chapter)