Chapter 43 43 Fixed Paper Shell Bullet

"Soldiers are not honest. When they see the wrong situation, they may run faster than dad and uncle.

That is to say, no matter how strong their combat power is, those veteran soldiers are absolutely not wanted.

Then there is training. I will summarize my experience of playing with bird guns and teach those gunners. Their combat power will definitely increase several times.

Hehe, when I was playing with bird guns, I thought of a great way to make bird guns faster and safer."

Wei Guangde talked about his ideas on training musketeers, which stunned everyone in the room.

Well, even if it was Wei Wencai, he was only interested in it at the beginning. Later, when it got cold, he was too lazy to go up the mountain to shoot birds.

At this time, Wei Guangde naturally had no say.

Wei Guangde had already emptied two pots of gunpowder and was considered an old gunner.

The most important thing is that in the process of playing with the gun, Wei Guangde remembered several important innovations in the history of firearms development that he had read in his previous life.

Wei Guangde didn't have the ability to develop firearms in the original world.

But relying on existing things, he could make some modifications in some details.

He knew that the flintlock was much stronger than the matchlock in his hand, but it didn't matter. He knew that the most important thing about that thing was not the design or the concept, but the material. The spring made of high-strength steel was needed to generate enough impact force to ignite the flint.

Although the firing rate seemed to be worse than that of the matchlock, it was better in that it could be used in weather with less wind and rain, and the range was larger.

With the existing technology, Wei Guangde could only show off the paper shell bullet with fixed gunpowder, which was to wrap a certain amount of gunpowder into a cylinder with lead wrapped in the bullet.

When using it, you have to break the bottom of the bullet, pour part of the gunpowder into the firing port as the ignition powder, and stuff the remaining gunpowder together with the lead on it into the barrel, and then use the cleaning rod to fire it.

This is also the method that Wei Guangde has come up with during this period of playing with guns. According to his estimation, it can reduce the reloading time by half, which is very efficient.

Now Wei Guangde plans to hand over this method to his father and uncle to increase the firing rate of the gunners in this way, so that in the same time, the gunners can fire at least twice as many bullets as before. There is no problem at all.

Wei Guangde has no choice but to worry about his elders.

For a child in his teens, there is still only a good father in the world, especially in the Ming Dynasty, a society where men are superior to women.

His father is alive, which means that he is still a young master and can enjoy the good life at home.

Although he has never worried that his elder brother will treat him badly, after all, once his father is gone, the family will belong to his elder brother. If his elder brother is the head of the family, his life will definitely be worse than it is now.

Before, Wei's father had told Wei Guangde that unless he passed the imperial examination, there would not be much of the family property for him because he could not keep it.

Although there are very severe penalties for family division in the "Great Ming Law", this is far from the common practice in later generations.

Now Wei Guangde is studying and has read the "Great Ming Law" and other Ming Dynasty laws, but he has not devoted himself to it. After all, the eight-part essay is his main goal at this stage.

However, some clauses in the "Great Ming Law" are also very different from the society where Wei Guangde lives now, that is, they are not strictly implemented, the most typical of which is family division.

The "Great Ming Law" household law clearly states that "if the grandparents and parents are alive, and the descendants set up separate household registrations and divide the property, they will be caned 100 times", "If the parents are in mourning, and the brothers set up separate household registrations and divide the property, they will be caned 80 times".

The legal provisions are very clear and clearly written, which shows that the court did not support family division at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the household registration system in the Ming Dynasty, military households must have someone in the family to serve as soldiers, and farmers must have someone to perform corvee labor. The prohibition of household division can ensure that there are enough soldiers and civilians to serve the country.

After all, if there are no male members in a military household, they naturally cannot serve in the military. The corvée of a farmer's family is not arranged casually. The farmer's family must meet the requirements before they can be assigned corvée.

Then it is always OK to divide the family but not the household, and serve the corvée when it is necessary, and serve the army when it is necessary?

In fact, it is not allowed, because there are elders in the family, and if you, a younger generation, hide private property, it is also a loss of virtue.

So for Wei Guangde now, as long as his parents, especially his father, are still there, his life will be better.

After all, even if he and his eldest brother sign a document to divide the family property, he can't make money with his current small body, and he can only sit and wait for death in the end.

Strengthening the combat power of the soldiers will at least add an extra layer of security. As long as his father is still there, he can continue to live his current life and wait for himself to grow up comfortably.

"Is the fixed-load bullet you mentioned useful? I've never seen you use it?"

After Wei Guangde finished speaking, Wei Wencai, who was standing beside him, asked while stroking his smooth chin before Wei Meng and Wu Zhankui could react.

"I've used it before, and of course it's useful. I feel that reloading is twice as fast as what Tang San taught me before."

Wei Guangde said, "There are still a dozen bullets I wrapped myself in my bag at home, which are very useful."

"I think it should work. After we take out the bird gun, we'll find someone to try it."

Wu Zhankui glanced at his little nephew, then turned to Wei Meng and said.

"Then don't tell Uncle Zhang about this for the time being. It's not too late to talk about it after we try it together."

Wei Meng also felt that Wei Guangde's method seemed feasible. Wei Meng had also fired a fire gun, so he naturally knew a lot about the complicated loading procedures of firearms. Wei Guangde's statement seemed to simplify it a lot. At least after the gunpowder was quantitatively measured, the probability of the barrel exploding was also smaller.

Wei Meng also had some thoughts in his mind. If his son's suggestion was really useful, then the bird gun might become a good thing. Once the news leaked out, the batch of bird guns would probably be fought over.

Now the batch of bird guns were left in the warehouse and no one cared about them. That was because everyone still treated this batch of weapons with the view of fire guns. However, if they knew about the method of fixed loading to increase the firing rate, it would be different. They would fight over this batch of bird guns.

"You guys, what you said tonight must not be leaked, understand?"

Wu Zhankui nodded, agreeing with Wei Meng's statement, and at the same time thinking of the temporary confidentiality, he immediately opened his mouth to instruct his son and two nephews.

At this time, he was also afraid that the ignorant children would go around and spread the method.

What Wei Meng thought of, he could also think of.

Although it is impossible to hide it forever, at least after the batch of bird guns are obtained, it will be leaked during training, but as long as it can be concealed for a while, it is good.

At that time, it doesn’t matter if it is leaked. There is no need to worry about the news leaking when the bird guns are obtained.