Lord of the People: I Rely on Cheating To Fight For Hegemony

On April 17th in the sixth year of Tianxuan, despite Xinping's appointment in advance to listen to the combat situation on the battlefield of the Principality of Hongye at 9:30 in the morning, Qu Mao rushed to the civilian wharf outside Yidao Fisherman's Village at 9:00 am and urgently transferred A shuttle boat headed straight for Liandao without even the Guards escorting it.

Xinping sent Qu Mao a long-distance communication at around 10 o'clock last night, and made an appointment to come to the lord's hut at 9:30 am on the 17th to report to Qu Mao the specific combat report of the Red Leaf Principality in the Eastern Continent.

Only half an hour before meeting Xinping, Qu Mao hurriedly left the lord's hut to release Xinping's pigeons.

At 11 o'clock in the morning on April 17, the sixth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao hurried to the firearm and cannon actual firing experiment site next to the Liandao lathe factory.

In a temporary zero-level residence in the artillery and gun experiment site, Qu Mao saw Kong Ming and a dozen or so cylinders about three centimeters long and one centimeter in diameter placed on the table in front of Kong Ming. Wrapped tightly in paper.

Qu Mao looked at Kong Ming in astonishment, and said unhappily, "Damn! Kong Ming, you called me to Lian Dao desperately just to show me this?"

Kong Ming nodded and said, "Yes, my lord."

Qu Mao was a little annoyed, and said dissatisfiedly: "Kong Ming, do you know that Xinping made an appointment with me last night at 9:30 this morning, and asked me to listen to the latest battle report on the battlefield of the Principality of Red Leaf."

Kong Ming picked up the goose feather fan, slapped it a few times, and said slowly: "My lord, it has only been a day and a half since the battle of the Red Leaf Principality, and the battle report is nothing interesting. It is nothing more than a few of the ten offensive routes breaking through the border. That's all.

The subordinates estimated that with the strength of Yihou's territorial troops, they should have all broken through the border by now. "

Qu Mao roared angrily: "Damn it! Kong Ming, I can also guess the specific result of the battle.

But no matter what, that is the result of our speculation. After all, it is not the news sent back by the official channels of the Ministry of Intelligence. Although I don’t care about the battlefield of the Red Leaf Principality, listening to the battle reports regularly at least represents the attitude of the lord’s hut.

You told me to drop everything and come to Liandao immediately, just to see this crap you made? Are they firecrackers?"

Kong Ming continued to shake his feather fan, and said with a smile, "My lord, of course it's not firecrackers. Firecrackers are gunpowder. When you first invented gunpowder, you gave the Ministry of Science and Technology an invention that hasn't been popularized yet.

This is the cartridge, my lord, the cartridge of our primitive matchlock. "

Qu Mao was stunned again. He had indeed discussed the further research direction of muskets with Kong Ming on the afternoon of April 12, the sixth year of Tianxuan, and he had drawn a schematic diagram of bullets for Kong Ming, but now only 5 days have passed since April 12. The time, in fact, may only have passed four and a half days, because it is still in the morning.

Looking again at the dozens of so-called bullets wrapped in paper on the table in front of Kong Ming, Qu Mao touched his forehead. In such a short time, could it be that Kong Ming has already used such a short time to push the original matchlock gun Reached the stage of paper bombs?

Reaching out to pick up a bullet, Qu Mao pinched it. The whole cylinder was relatively solid, but one end seemed a little fluffy, so Qu Mao cast doubtful eyes on Kong Ming and asked suspiciously: "Kong Ming, our God The improvement of gunpowder guns was discussed only on the afternoon of April 12, 2016, and now it is noon on April 17. Don’t you tell me that you have made a breakthrough in just four and a half days?

Is this paper cylinder packed with gunpowder? Why is one end solid and the other fluffy? "

Kong Ming put the goose-feather fan in his belt, picked up a paper-wrapped bullet, twirled it a few times between his fingers, and said, "Master, this must be a bullet wrapped with gunpowder, the fluffy end is because it is filled with pyrotechnic material.

If you have any doubts, why don't we go to the experimental field and have a look. The short time is not a problem. It seems to adults that it is only four and a half days, but if you don't sleep, it is equivalent to nine days. "

Qu Mao dubiously followed Kong Ming to the test firing site, where 200 Musketeers were training with one shot and one shot.

Kong Ming waved to a Musketeer soldier, and that soldier immediately ran to Kong Ming's side.

After taking the musket from the musketeer soldier, Kong Ming tested the temperature of the gun barrel, then inserted a paper-wrapped bullet into the top of the gun barrel, and then took out a kindling rope and inserted it into the small hole at the back end of the wooden support of the gun barrel. inside.

Then, Kong Ming turned the gun barrel upside down again, stuffed a handful of iron beads into it, and compacted it with a cleaning rod. Then, Kong Ming put the wooden bracket of the original matchlock gun on his shoulder, and motioned for the Musketeers standing beside him to light it. .

Qu Mao was shocked and shouted: "Damn it! Kong Ming, let the soldiers shoot!"

Kong Ming shook his head, the fuse became shorter and shorter, and after a loud noise, the barrel of the original matchlock gun in Kong Ming's hand was lifted upwards, and the bullets were fired, with green smoke rising from the top of the barrel.

He took out a cloth towel and wiped his hands, and then wiped off the blackened areas on his face. Then Kong Ming said to Qu Mao: "My lord, it's not that my subordinates must take risks with their own lives, but use this kind of paper bag. The biggest advantage of bullets is that the safety of shooting is improved.

The amount of gunpowder in each shot has been limited by the paper-wrapped bullets, so the shooting safety is greatly improved.

In addition, using paper-wrapped bullets has other benefits, such as the speed of loading ammunition is accelerated, the shooting frequency is greatly increased, and one operation can save at least two minutes.

Safety As my subordinate mentioned to you just now, basically as long as the barrel of the gun is not blocked by iron beads, every bullet can be shot successfully. Since the subordinate tinkered with the paper-wrapped bullets, I have been experimenting until now, basically without failure Pass.

Furthermore, the shooting range has also been improved to a certain extent, which is at least 10 meters higher than before.

The adults thought that the research and development time for the subordinates was short, but in fact, after receiving the guidance of the adults, the subordinates returned to the United Islands and have been researching day and night until now. "

Qu Mao took the original arquebus that the musketeer soldier held in his hand again, looked at it carefully, and then handed it back to the musketeer soldier, patted the soldier on the shoulder, and said, "Go back to the team and continue training."

Watching the Musketeers leave, Qu Maocai patted Kong Ming on the shoulder and said, "Paper-wrapped ammunition is indeed a great improvement, but is the process of producing paper-wrapped bullets complicated?

With our current industrial level, how many rounds of paper-wrapped bullets can be produced in a day?

I don't think there is any need to waste too much time on the actual shooting experiment. Any small progress in the development of muskets is commendable, let alone so much progress.

If possible, promote the whole army as soon as possible, and expand the size of the Musketeers if necessary. "

"Yes, my lord, do you have a new direction to teach me?" Kong Ming said with a smile.