Seeing the two arguing endlessly, Zhu Cilang stopped and watched the two arguing with interest.

Who knows what kind of weapon Bi Maokang has developed, saying that it can be fired continuously. But Johnson Chan sneered at this and was not optimistic about this weapon.

"You are just a three-eyed musket. What if you can shoot continuously? The range is too close, it is not as good as a bow and arrow. If it doesn't work, it's absolutely not possible." Tang Ruowang waved his hands repeatedly.

The three-eyed fire gun, a powerful firearm that appeared in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It can shoot enemies from a long distance or hit melee. It is a dual-purpose weapon. The military began to equip a large amount of equipment in the middle and early Ming Dynasty, which is a common weapon. It was gradually eliminated in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

The three-eyed fire gun was a powerful firearm that appeared during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty. It can shoot enemies from a long distance or hit melee. It is a dual-purpose weapon. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the military began to reduce the number of equipment and was a common weapon.

Three-eyed muskets are divided into two types. One type of gun body is made of three pipes, forming a font shape. The three pipes are not connected to each other and have their own fire doors. They are ignited and fired separately. The three pipes share a slab and have a wooden handle installed. The other type of gun barrel is a whole, with three gun halls inside, and the gunpowder chambers are connected to each other. After ignition, the three pipes can be fired continuously, and they can also be fired three times in a row.

However, this weapon also has a huge flaw, that is, it has a relatively close range and is even less than that of a bow and arrow.

Bi Maokang thought of a flintlock gun that could be fired continuously based on the principle of the three-eyed fire gun. Unexpectedly, his idea was rejected by Joshua Chan.

The two started arguing about this.

Zhu Cixuan did not go over to stop him because he knew that this was actually a good thing. Only by constantly quarreling and running-in with each other can new weapons be created and inspiration can we find.

Bi Maokang scratched his head: "It's useless for us to quarrel here. I'll make it happen and let you see how amazing it is."

Johnson Chan was not so quarrel that he had to find a savior: "Song Yingxing, Song Yingxing, come here and see what Lord Bi said is feasible?"

Song Yingxing's works and research fields involve different disciplines in natural sciences and humanities, and the most outstanding work, "The Creation of Things in Heaven", is known as "China's 17th Century Craft Encyclopedia".

Zhu Cilang naturally would not let go of such talents. He was also received in the military battle and contributed to the court.

Song Yingxing seemed to have become accustomed to the quarrel between the two. He didn't want to get involved in these things, so he smiled and said, "I don't know this. I don't care about you. If you can't do this firearm well, be careful that your highness will punish you."

In fact, the Great Bright Firearm was already quite advanced, but the use of the firearm was abandoned in the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why firearms could not play a role in the late Ming Dynasty was mainly because they faced different enemies. One was the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, which had extremely fast mobility. The power of firearms was limited after all.

Then there were bandits. The bandits followed the enemy and ran away if they couldn't beat them. Even when they heard that the officers and soldiers came, they immediately used birds and beasts to scatter. The bandits' guerrilla tactics dragged down the main force of the Ming army.

These do not mean that the Great Bright Firearm is not good. The shotgun is the most powerful weapon, and it is temporarily deployed, especially by flint. Now, directly firing with flint can be said to be a qualitative leap.

Another huge contribution to firearms in the Ming Dynasty was the granulation of gunpowder. The number of firearms in the Ming Dynasty was so large that by the Longqing period, there were hundreds of them.

For example, Zhao Jin's nephew Zhao Shizhen. The "rocket slip", "electric gun making", "eagle cannon" and other invented him played a powerful role in the anti-Japanese war at that time. His books such as "The Artifacts" and "Preparing the Border Field Car Guns" were highly praised by Joseph Needham, a famous British scholar.

There was also a man named Dai from the Wanli period. He once made a musket, which looked like a pipa. Gunpowder and lead balls were stored at the spine of the gun. The gun had two triggers, like a male and a female, and when one of them was pulled, the gunpowder lead balls would automatically slide into the gun barrel. Then the second machine was pulled, and the gunpowder bullets would erupt. According to his design, the gun could fire twenty-eight times in a row until the gunpowder lead balls were wiped out.

Zhao Shizhen invented a Thunder gun. The Thunder gun presented to the emperor in the 26th year of Wanli could only fire five bullets in a row. By the 30th year of Wanli, the improved Thunder gun could fire eighteen bullets in one breath.

This Thunder gun uses fuse rope or flint to fire, and the shape behind the cover is like a pipa. The most valuable thing is that after the launch, it can also be used as a cold weapon. It is 187 cm long and weighs only 2.5 kg.

However, this Thunder gun has been lost. Song Yingxing, who wrote about the creation of the heavenly craftsmanship, searched everywhere for records about the Thunder gun, and they thought about how to restore this magical artifact.

Until they saw Zhu Cilang during the quarrel.

The few people were shocked and knelt down and saluted. Zhu Cilang waved his hand and said to everyone: "Get up, Bi Maokang, let me see how powerful the fire gun you made is."

Bi Maokang walked forward and told Zhu Cixuan how to improve the firearm.

Zhu Cixuan understood as soon as he heard this. Bi Maokang used a method similar to a three-eyed musket to improve the flintlock rifle, so that the flintlock rifle can be fired three times or three times in a row.

Hearing Bi Maokang's explanation, Zhu Cilang had to smile and pat his shoulder: "Theory is feasible, but it is not practical."

If this was said by Johnson Chan, Bi Maokang would have been dissatisfied with one hundred. But what Zhu Cilang said, he was convinced: "I would like to ask your highness to give me some advice."

"A flintlock rifle weighs more than ten pounds. If it is made into three-eyed continuous firing, who can withstand it? Even if it can be used, the battlefield situation changes rapidly. Such a heavy weapon is inconvenient to use, and it is impossible to marches in a hurry. This thing can be made, only a small number of equipment troops, and it is still acceptable to use it to bluff people."

Zhu Cilang was shocked, Bi Maokang was stunned and then became dejected: "What Your Highness said is, why didn't the lower lord think about these things?"

Zhu Cixuan comforted and patted his shoulder: "You are doing really well, I heard that you have improved the speed of the flintlock rifle to load bullets, is there any such thing?"

As soon as he talked about this, Bi Maokang immediately became more and more frowning: "Report to Your Highness, thanks to Lord Tang's assistance. The official thought that if the projectile was wrapped with a linen or deer-skin soaked in grease, it would be loaded into the chamber, which would reduce friction, not only speed up the filling speed, but also play a role in holding the air, the accuracy would be improved and the range would be increased."

Zhu Cilang said "Yes": "This method is really feasible. We will order the three armies to promote it immediately."

The war was imminent, and Zhu Cilang could not wait. He had to raise food and grass as soon as possible, and then went north to be taught a severe lesson by the Qing Dynasty.
Chapter completed!