Chapter 27 Paper Wrapped Bullets
"Don't Mu Qianhu believe it?" Li Jie saw the suspicion on Mu Sheng's face at a glance, and smiled gently.
"Well, it's not that I don't trust Brother Li, but these three attacks are the law in the army. Brother Li has never been to the army, so how can I understand these?" Mu Sheng was already very tactful. After all, these three attacks are their family's skills. Of course, he doesn't believe that an outsider knows better than himself.
"Although I haven't joined the army, I use muskets in the third section of the attack. My father is in charge of the military weapon bureau. I don't know how to practice, but I know muskets. My solution is very simple. Brother Mu, call two soldiers and I ask them to practice for a while and you will understand!" Li Jie pointed at the soldiers in the field and said again.
"Okay!" Mu Sheng was also a cheerful person, nodded immediately and agreed, then ordered Baihu who was still kneeling on the ground, "Why are you still standing there? Go and call two people!"
As if the Baihu was amnesty, he immediately rushed to call people. Soon two young soldiers came with muskets and saluted Mu Sheng and said, "I have met the Qianhu Lord!"
"No need to be polite. Seeing that Mr. Li next to me does not have, you can do whatever he asks you to do!" Mu Sheng pointed to Li Jie beside him and ordered.
The two soldiers agreed and then looked at Li Jie, who smiled at them and said, "You two loaded the bullets at the fastest speed, and then fired two shots to let us see!"
"Yes!" The two soldiers agreed, then stood up the musket inclinedly, then opened the horns of the cow containing the gunpowder, poured the gunpowder into the gun, took out the projectile from another bag and stuffed it into the muzzle, and then used a strip to compact the projectile. This was the preparation.
Then the two soldiers raised their guns and aimed at them. They heard two "bangs~" sounds, and the two shots hit the tree trunk next to the schoolyard almost without any distinction. Then the two men gathered their guns to clean the barrel, and then loaded the bullets and fired again, with the speed still almost the same.
"It's not bad, come with me!" Li Jie praised casually, then pointed to the smart soldier on the right and said.
The soldiers didn't understand what Li Jie wanted to do, but Mu Sheng had an order before, so they kept up honestly.
Li Jie took the soldiers to another corner of the schoolyard. Then Li Jie seemed to explain to the soldiers a few words, and handed him some things, and even asked the soldiers to try to shoot a few more times, but the speed was not fast, which made Mu Sheng behind him frown, wondering what Li Jie was doing?
When Li Jie brought the soldiers back, the soldiers looked full of joy, which surprised Mu Sheng even more.
"Okay, now follow my order. You two will shoot two more and compete for the rate of fire!" Li Jie ordered again.
Mu Sheng was confused when he saw it. Li Jie just called the soldiers out and tried a few shots. Could this increase the rate of fire?
Two soldiers stood side by side. With Li Jie's order, the two immediately began to load bullets. However, the clever soldier no longer used gunpowder from the horns, but took out a long paper bag from the bag, and then bit the paper bag with his teeth. It turned out to be gunpowder inside. Then he poured all the gunpowder into the barrel, stuffed the paper bag into the barrel, and compacted it with a strip.
The whole process of a clever soldier was extremely fast because he didn't have to consider the amount of gunpowder, and the gunpowder and projectiles were taken out at once, and they didn't have to take it twice as before. So when he started aiming, the other soldier had just loaded the gunpowder.
"Bang!" The clever soldier fired, and the other soldier took out the projectile. At this time, he was stunned when he heard the gunshot. After all, the speed of the two of them was almost the same just now, but now it is too far apart.
"Double! It's twice as fast!" Mu Sheng shouted in disbelief. This result was something he never dreamed of.
"Hurry! Take that paper bag and I'll see!" Mu Sheng suddenly remembered that the reason why the clever soldier was fast was on the paper bag, so he also ordered loudly again.
The clever soldier immediately took out another paper bag, and Mu Sheng snatched it and tore it open it. However, when he saw the things inside, he was stunned because there were only gunpowder and projectiles in the paper bag, which was too simple, right?
"Brother Mu calm down. This is called fixed ammunition, or it can be called paper-pack bullets!" Li Jie smiled and stepped forward to explain.
"Corresponding ammunition?" Mu Sheng was very unfamiliar with this term.
"Yes, when soldiers use muskets, the most troublesome thing is to load ammunition, especially the amount of gunpowder. If there is less power, there is a risk of blowing up the chamber. The amount of the amount needs to be measured by the soldiers themselves, which will definitely take some time. This paper pack ammunition is much simpler. Using one at a time saves a lot of time!" Li Jie explained again.
"It's so simple!" Mu Sheng also showed a sudden enlightenment when he heard this. Why didn't he think of such a simple method?
"Some problems seem unsolvable, but in fact, as long as you look at them from another perspective, it is like a layer of window paper. If you don't break it, you can't see the situation outside clearly. But as long as you break it gently, it will become clear all of a sudden!" Li Jie smiled again.
"Brother Li is a talented person, I just don't know when the Military Weapons Bureau can provide these paper-pack bullets?" Mu Sheng asked again impatiently. His father was coming soon. He wanted to equip this paper-pack bullets quickly and show his face in front of his father after the exercise.
"Although this kind of paper-packing is simple, if you want to produce it on a large scale, you also purchase raw materials and add craftsmen. So my father also needs to report to the superiors. This may take some time. However, if Brother Mu, you can use it urgently, you can produce some first and give it to you thousands of households for trial." Li Jie said very generously. He had already discussed it with Li Zhu before he came.
"That's great, thank you Brother Li!" Mu Sheng immediately bowed and thanked Li Jie.
However, when he said this, Mu Sheng waved his hand and asked everyone else to retreat, and only the two of them were left in the field. Then he spoke again: "Brother Li, everyone is not secretly speaking. If you have any questions, just speak up!"
Mu Sheng was quite smart. From just now, he felt something was wrong with Li Jie because the other party was too proactive. As the saying goes, he was either traitor or robber, so he concluded that Li Jie must have something to help himself.
Li Jie was waiting for Mu Sheng’s words, and he was so obvious. As long as Mu Sheng was not a fool, he would definitely be able to detect his intentions. So he smiled slightly and said, “Brother Mu is indeed a smart person, so I won’t go around the corner. I heard that Brother Mu is very popular with His Majesty, and can even go to the palace?”
Chapter completed!