Zhu Youjian: Taizu has an order! kill!

Repeater?

Xu Guangqi clicked his tongue twice, and immediately saw the advantages of this weapon after hearing the introduction.

The range of this thing is almost the same as the current fire gun.

But the rate of fire is far from what the current fire guns can match.

"Let me try..."

I looked back and forth several times.

Xu Guangqi then walked directly to the yard outside the Ministry of Industry with his repeating crossbow in hand.

After picking it up, he aimed directly at a wooden pillar.

"call out!"

With a little aim, Xu Guangqi pulled the trigger hard.

Just hearing the sound of the bowstring, the small arrow in the box flew out instantly!

It only took an instant for him to be firmly nailed to the stake.

Watch as the crossbow arrows fire successfully. Xu Guangqi did not stop, but followed Gongshu Xiong's instructions, holding the handle and pushing it forward and then pulling it back.

With the sound of a machine turning inside the box, the bowstring of the crossbow was easily loaded.

Xu Guangqi tilted his head and looked at it. The crossbow arrows were also ready for use.

After trying several times in a row, when seven or eight crossbow arrows were inserted into the wooden pile, the look on Xu Guangqi's face became more and more satisfied.

This rate of fire is absolutely explosive!

Perhaps the only thing that can't compare is that its power cannot be compared with that of a fire gun.

But for thinly armored targets, this crossbow arrow is enough to break through its defense at close range.

"good stuff..."

"It's really good stuff."

"It can be put into the hands of the second-line army and the urban management office, or it can be given to the Jinyi Guards."

"By the way, what's the cost?"

Xu Guangqi took a breath and gave a positive evaluation.

This thing can even be configured for cavalry for close range shooting.

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was very satisfied, Gongshu Xiong quickly rubbed his hands with a smile.

"Master Xu also saw it. There are many mechanisms in this crossbow."

"If it is made entirely of wood, it will cost about four hundred taels, but if it is entirely made of iron, it will cost one tael."

"But the service life will be much longer if it is made of full iron."

"In addition, the cost of this repeating crossbow is not the focus. The bulk of the cost is spent on the crossbow arrows."

"After all, with this rate of fire, a magazine will be empty very quickly."

This price...

Xu Guangqi's face wrinkled slightly after hearing this.

At present, an ordinary crossbow purchased by the military costs about 150 coins, and the one for the first-line army is better at [-] coins.

The starting price of this continuous crossbow is [-] coins, which is a bit expensive.

"Crossbow arrows are made of bamboo and iron, right?"

“Batch assembly is a real hassle.”

"With the consumption rate of this thing, if you want to go to the battlefield, if you don't prepare more than a million, I'm afraid it won't be able to sustain a few large-scale battles."

"It needs to be changed..."

Regarding this serial crossbow, Xu Guangqi had nothing to be picky about.

But if it wants to be applied on a large scale, the problem of making crossbow arrows must be solved.

If it is produced by conventional methods, it will be too slow.

"Actually, there is no solution."

"I have seen the new method of making iron."

"If the arrow shaft is changed to iron, it can be integrated with the arrowhead."

"Although the weight will increase a lot, we can reduce the weight as much as possible by reducing the thickness of the arrow shaft."

"I did some calculations, and if I use iron arrows, I estimate that the range will be reduced by about a quarter."

"The other issue is iron consumption."

The production of crossbow arrows is indeed troublesome.

However, Gongshu Xiong already has a solution to this problem.

That is to use abrasive molds to form one piece.

In this way, the production of crossbow arrows can be quickly completed with only a little polishing.

The disadvantage is that it will reduce the original range.

After all, no matter how hard the iron crossbow arrows are tossed, it is impossible to compare the weight with the hollow bamboo pole.

"Well...that's a good idea."

"Don't worry about iron consumption."

"We can use iron to pave the road, but some iron arrows won't break the bank."

"In that case, let's start improving it as you said."

"If the effect is good, I will report to His Majesty and ask him to allocate funds to equip the troops."

After hearing this, Xu Guangqi nodded after thinking for a moment.

This is a good idea to try.

Seeing that Xu Guangqi was so optimistic about their Gongshu Xiong's weapons, the smile on Gongshu Xiong's face became even bigger!

He is a knowledgeable person.

"Hey, actually today I brought a firearm belonging to the public loser and wanted to show it to you."

"I wonder if you are interested, sir."

Gongshu Xiong took a breath, then smiled and took off the wooden box he had been carrying on his back.

firearm?

Xu Guangqi's pupils widened slightly and he gave Gong Shuxiong a meaningful look.

I heard before that Gongshu Xiong was inquiring about His Majesty's views on firearms.

The reason was that after His Majesty refused to purchase the firecracker he had made, the matter spread in the Ministry of Industry.

Gongshu Xiong obviously wanted to do what he wanted and further increase Gongshu Xiong's weight on His Majesty's side.

However, Xu Guangqi didn't care at all about this guy's little thoughts.

If this loser can really come up with a better fire gun, he will only be happy.

"Okay, let's take a look."

"But let me tell you first, His Majesty has very high requirements for fire guns."

"If it's just a small-scale change, I'm afraid it won't catch his eye."

Xu Guangqi raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.

Gongshu Xiong, who was putting the wooden box on the table, nodded immediately when he heard this.

Of course he knew that His Majesty had very high requirements for the gun.

But the fire gun in his hand is not a small change.

Quickly opening the box, Gongshu Xiong quickly took out the firecracker inside.

"Master Xu, please see, this fire gun was improved by my father-in-law, Loser, who spent ten years on it."

"The biggest change is in the ammunition!"

"Your Majesty's dislike of firecrackers is simply because the preparation time is too long, and the most time-consuming part of firecrackers is loading ammunition."|

"So I put some effort into the ammunition."

"In order to simplify the steps, I changed the filling of the ammunition to a custom loading method."

"All the gunpowder originally needed was put into this small paper bag."

"When you want to use it, you just need to bite off a corner and pour it all into the gun, then insert the bullet into the purge and complete the preparation."

As he spoke, Gongshu Xiong picked up a small paper package in the wooden box and bit it open in front of Xu Guangqi.

Quickly pour the measured amount of gunpowder into the gun.

He took out another warhead, pulled it out and poked it twice to complete the loading.

"That's kind of interesting."

"This seems to be able to prevent the problem of explosion caused by too much gunpowder being poured in."

"go on."

Xu Guangqi touched his chin and looked a little surprised.

As a veteran of playing with firearms, he saw the benefits of this fixed ammunition at a glance.

but...

If it were just like this, I'm afraid it still wouldn't be in His Majesty's eyes.

"Master Xu is indeed the Minister of Industry appointed by His Majesty. You can see it at a glance."

"Then the second point of improvement I want to talk about is stimulation."

"Today's fire guns, whether they are match ropes or flint hair, have various problems."

"Aside from the trouble, the success rate of stimulation is not high."

"No, in order to ensure efficiency and success rate, I used a secret recipe to make a small inducing gunpowder."

Gongshu Xiong said and opened a small box inside the wooden box.

Take out a black object the size of a grain of rice.