The best little eunuch

Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Picking up a musket, Lin Feng handed it to him and said, "Evaluate this musket."

The craftsman took the musket and carefully checked the appearance.Then he said to Lin Feng: "My lord, can you try this musket?"

"Of course." Lin Feng said, "Please come with me." Saying that, Lin Feng brought them to the shooting range.Seeing that Lin Feng brought a large number of Westerners, some of the craftsmen who will be in charge felt that Mo Min was amazing, and now seeing the Westerners commenting on the things they made, they were naturally angry, but they were not easy to get angry.So he also followed, wanting to see what abilities this Westerner is capable of?
After arriving at the shooting range, Lin Feng asked someone to give the craftsman ammunition.

After receiving the ammunition, the craftsman reloaded it very skillfully, then raised the musket, aimed at the target in front, and then naturally pulled the trigger.It seems that this craftsman is also a master with a gun.

However, it is true that artisans are the first to come into contact with guns, and they will naturally use them.In many cases, they also have to test whether the gun is qualified by themselves.After all, only by testing yourself can you better know which places are unqualified.

With a "bang", the bullet flew out quickly, but it didn't hit the target.The craftsman shook his head helplessly, then looked at the muzzle of the gun, and blew on the still smoking muzzle. The Franc machine craftsman said, "This gun won't work."

Hearing that the Western craftsman missed the target, it was fine, but he actually said that the gun he made himself was no good.The craftsmen present were immediately unhappy.Lin Feng has already said what he made, but what are you saying that this gun is not good.

"My lord, this Western craftsman is talking nonsense." As the supervisor who will be the supervisor and the head of these craftsmen, Mu Jin said.

"My lord, this gun has no rifling." The machine craftsman of Franc continued: "A gun without rifling is inaccurate. Naturally, it can't hit the target."

"My lord, I have never heard of this rifling for so many years. My lord, don't listen to his nonsense." Mu Jin said angrily. What about rifling, he has been making muskets for so many years, and he has never heard of rifling.

Just because Mu Jin doesn't understand doesn't mean that Lin Feng doesn't understand.Back then, Lin Feng spent some time in military forums in order to study muskets.Naturally know some knowledge about guns.The rifling of a gun largely determines its accuracy.

"Okay, Manager Mu, you take the masters back first, I have a sense of propriety." Lin Feng said.

Although he was still aggrieved in his heart, he had to listen to Lin Feng's words.So after glaring at the craftsman of Frangler fiercely, he led the craftsmen away.

"What's your name?" Lin Feng asked the craftsman who raised the rifling question.

Taking a step forward, the craftsman replied, "Master, the younger one is Tom."

"Tom, right? Tell me about the rifling problem carefully." Lin Feng asked very humbly.At that time, when he was in the forum, he also discussed this issue with others. Without modern tools, it is very difficult to complete the engraving of rifling.

I remember, in that post at that time, someone suggested that there was a method of making rifling in ancient times, but Lin Feng never remembered how this rifling was restrained.

"My lord, the rifling in the barrel will increase the rotation speed of the bullet when it is fired. In short, it will improve the stability of the bullet when it is fired and increase the probability of hitting." Tom said: "If the musket has rifling, one hundred It is easy to hit the enemy even if it is more than [-] steps away. Unlike the muskets of adults, it is difficult to hit the enemy after more than [-] steps."

Lin Feng has also considered the issue Tom mentioned.In fact, the muskets produced by Jiang Zuojian have an effective range of only 120 paces, and it is only possible to hit the enemy at a distance of [-] paces or even closer. After this distance, if you want to shoot the enemy, it is purely luck .That's why when Lin Feng trained the new army, he asked them to shoot in rows?Because this can hit the enemy as much as possible.

"Do you have a method for making rifling?" Lin Feng asked.

Nodding firmly, Tom said, "Yes!"

"Okay, come with me." Lin Feng said, leading Tom and the others towards the outside of the prison.

Seeing Lin Feng and those Western craftsmen leaving in a hurry, Mu Jin was very unconvinced, but there was nothing he could do.But secretly, he was not convinced. The musket he produced was a great improvement over the musket that Lin Feng gave him, but that western craftsman dared to speak wildly.Mu Jin didn't believe it, what else could he do?It's just good lip service.

Lin Feng took Tom and the others out of the prison and walked towards the new workshop he asked Li Wenyuan to prepare.There are a large number of tools prepared there, all of which are used to produce muskets and artillery.Just in time for Tom to have a go at it.

As for the rifling on the barrel, Lin Feng really had no choice.Rifled guns, he hadn't thought about it either.Coming from later generations, he naturally knew the advantages of rifled guns, but with the technical level of this era, it was difficult to draw rifling inside the barrel.

"How did you draw the rifling?" Lin Feng asked impatiently.

"My lord, it's hard to explain. I'll show you a little bit and you'll understand." Tom still said in his very blunt Chinese.There is no way, it is too difficult for a person who does not know much Chinese to explain such a profound thing in Chinese.

Lin Feng also knew that this matter was difficult to explain, so he didn't ask any more, and brought Tom to the newly prepared workshop. Tom looked at all the tools here and nodded with satisfaction, although these tools were different from his own. It is not very consistent in the use of Francophones, but the functions are similar.This is enough.

I found a rectangular piece of white paper, then took out the ruler and quill I carried with me, and drew several parallel straight lines diagonally from top left to bottom right on the white paper.After drawing the lines, roll the paper flat into a tube.Then, something magical happened: the straight lines that were originally parallel on the paper turned into spirals on the paper tube.

"My lord, that's what it looks like." Tom pointed to the white paper tube that formed a spiral, and said to Lin Feng.

Looking at everything in front of him, Lin Feng couldn't help but patted his head: Yes, such a simple thing, I didn't think of it.

Tom had done all this and was not done yet.He also explained in detail how to make it.

"If you need any help, just ask, I will satisfy you. As long as you can make rifled guns as soon as possible, and can produce them in large quantities." Lin Feng said directly to Tom.

Shaking his head, Tom said, "My lord, I'm afraid mass production is difficult. Under this kind of technology, the production speed is very slow. Especially I only have so few people!"

"Then teach others!" Lin Feng said in an unquestionable tone.

"My lord, this..." Tom looked a little embarrassed.

Lin Feng naturally understood what Tom meant.There is an old saying in China: if the apprentice is taught, the master will starve to death.If you teach the crafts of the people on your side, are they valuable craftsmen like Frangji?

"Don't worry, I will give you enough property to make your heart beat." Lin Feng said: "The premise is that you have to teach them."

"Adults, please don't worry, the little ones must work hard." Hearing Lin Feng's words, Tom's tone changed immediately.With money, who cares about this?

Nodding his head, Lin Feng said: "You will work in this workshop temporarily. I will send you what you need. In addition to your normal work, you also have to teach my craftsmen to make rifling, understand ?”

"No problem, my lord." Tom said excitedly.With the money, he can go back to Flangji in a prosperous way, buy a piece of land, and become a master himself.Those poets were right, the East is indeed so rich.

"Well, I'll go first. I will send someone to deliver what you need. I hope to see your work as soon as possible." Lin Feng said to Tom.Naturally, Lin Feng would not believe what he said. He had to see the real thing.

"Okay, my lord." Tom said excitedly: "I will make this rifled gun in up to three days."

"Then I look forward to your work." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he left with his guards.He was not afraid of these Frangipani craftsmen running around.There were more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers guarding the door.Borrowing ten guts from those Frangji craftsmen, they dare not.With their unique looks, it was too easy for Lin Feng to find them.

When he returned to the general prison, Mu Jin couldn't help but stepped forward and said to Lin Feng: "My lord, don't listen to the nonsense of that Western craftsman. I have never heard of carving anything in the barrel of a gun for so many years. Rifled. My lord, if the rifling is engraved in the barrel, it will affect the use of the musket."

"Steward Mu Jin, I already know what you said. I have a measure in my heart." Lin Feng said: "After a while, you all go to learn the technique of drawing rifling. We need that kind of musket, the more the better. "

"My lord, if you draw this rifling in the barrel, it will affect the airtightness of the musket, and the range of the musket will be greatly affected." Mu Jin continued to say persistently.He must let Lin Feng know that the words of that Western craftsman cannot be listened to.

Lin Feng also knew what Mu Jin said.Front-loading muskets rely on the combustion of gunpowder, which generates a lot of heat to push the bullets out.If the rifling is drawn in the barrel, it will naturally affect the airtightness, resulting in a limited range of bullets. However, there is no way to do this. We can only improve the accuracy first. As for the range, as long as it can be consistent with the bow and arrow, it will be fine.

On the battlefield, this is enough to instantly kill bows and arrows.After all, no matter how good an archer is, he can shoot about ten times at most.The musketeers are different, as long as there is enough gunpowder, they can keep shooting.until you run out of ammo.

"Mu Jin is in charge, I know what you said. Please believe me, I let you do this, of course there is a purpose." Lin Feng said.Regarding the effect of rifling on the firing range, Lin Feng has seen some before, but his memory is not deep. It seems that there is a method to solve the problem of rifling affecting air tightness, but Lin Feng can't remember what this method is.However, it doesn't matter. Even if there is no solution to air tightness, rifled guns are enough to defeat archers.

(End of this chapter)