Author: Dongfang Hong Bus

If you are forced to do anything, can’t you do anything? Do you still have to distinguish between men and women?

In other words, Chu Qing knew the principles of these simple firearms and copied them directly, otherwise Chu Qing would have to make something himself.

At present, craftsmen have already come up with ideas for making muskets. If the court can attach importance to the innovation of craftsmen, Chu Qing estimated that it would not be difficult for them to equip the army with firearms within a few years.

But as Kang Xi said, what he made was spraying sand or iron filings, and the range was not long and could not penetrate the soldier's armor, so it was not very lethal.

What is the difference between this and fireworks?

The research and development of a weapon requires a series of processes such as pilot technology, key components and prototype development of manufacturing weapons, as well as production process development, product manufacturing, product upgrades, etc.

Different R&D and production institutions are required to participate, each performs its own duties and cooperates with each other to jointly complete the development of weapons and equipment.

It is far from enough to rely on one person's idea.

For example, Kang Xi said that he installed his "scared" on the rod of a spear, and made the cavalry's horse head suddenly, so that the opponent could turn his horse back, which was based on the idea of ​​infantry fighting against cavalry.

But Kang Xi is not a soldier. All he thought of was the sudden effect of "scared out" and spraying fire and sand and gravel, but he would not think that the infantry faced the cavalry. With only one gun, would there be a chance to ignite "scared out"

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This is also a limitation of "scaredness", because if you pull a long distance, the gravel sprayed will not cause much damage to the enemy's armor.

If you rely on the fire emitted and high-heat gas to increase damage, you will inevitably need to close the distance.

Although Kang Xi also proposed the idea of ​​a musket, under the premise that his "scaredness" does not cause much power, no one will think about investing funds, materials and time to try it out.

The heaviest point is that the quality of gunpowder itself is not strong.

In addition to the lack of war demand and the disturbance of middle-level officials such as bureaucracy, picking peaches, taking advantage of the benefits, the innovations of these craftsmen were not valued by Shangguan, let alone Shangdatianting.

I think this is also the reason why such items will not improve or develop at present.

Therefore, under the premise that this dynasty may develop firearms, the quality of gunpowder will become a decisive factor in combat power.

For extracting high-purity potassium nitrate from saltpeter, although the method is simple and the process of redissolving - heating - cooling is only repeated, but no one who really knows it.

After all, with the current scientific level, no one should know the chemical and physical principles of producing potassium nitrate, nor can anyone distinguish between two substances with similar chemical properties and physical properties, potassium nitrate and sodium nitrate.

Only experience and feelings can be used to configure gunpowder.

Otherwise, Kang Xi and others would not have become a big knot because of the dampness of gunpowder. In order to break it, grind it into powder, and then cause an explosion, hurting others and oneself.

It gets damp and clumps, and it also forms large dead bumps. It can be seen that the proportion of sodium nitrate in the gunpowder is too large.

Therefore, Chu Qing agreed with Master Lu's statement, and would not let these craftsmen get in touch with black gunpowder unless they were really relieved.

Then, the formula and production method of black gunpowder have become the top priority that must be kept confidential at present.

Compared to these skilled craftsmen, Chu Qing trusted Hou Ze and his group more because he believed in Xiaobao's vision and Wei Chengyi and his father Shui Maomao.

"Mom, pistol, can you do it?" Xiaobao looked at the diagram of the musket drawn by Chu Qing on the ground, pulled Chu Qing to the distance, and asked quietly.

Chu Qing: "Uh...pistol, I can figure out the structure, but I can't do it."

The pistol and the musket are so different. Chu Qing thought about it and probably could draw a similar structural diagram, but if you want to do it, you may not have the skills and the materials are not good, right?

Xiaobao: "I don't want you to do it, aren't these craftsmen?"

Chu Qing: "That is a precision process, and the current processing method cannot be achieved."

Xiaobao: "I'm not talking about modern pistols, just like the thing you just drew on the ground, smaller ones, can you hold them in your hand, make one?"

Chu Qing really has a drawing in his hand. The drawings of the flintlock rifle that stayed up late last night were drawings.

The structure of the flintlock rifle is not very complicated, but it is difficult to process. For example, different types of screws require at least four to five pairs, and a very hard spring, which require manual grinding.

The hardest thing is rifling.

Without rifle, it means smooth bore, with limited range and low accuracy, so it means pointing wherever you hit; with rifle, you can achieve a certain degree of accuracy, and you may have the chance to hit the bull's eye.

Chu Qing won't know how to design the rifle.

Chu Qing knew that the rotation angle of the rifle needs to be considered based on the weight, length and speed of the warhead, but how many rifle needs, whether left or right rotation, how to carve it into the barrel is something that I can't figure out.

The reason I thought of the flintlock rifle was because, with the number of people in my family, even if I counted the three religions and the myriads that Xiaobao knew, it was just a group of infantry, and the weapons were not neat, so it was not a single one.

So far, only the more than 50 guards under Xiaobao and Chu Qing were able to possess standard weapons.

Chu Qing had seen the battle between the Salt Gang and the Beggars' Sect. The weapons in their hands were also very messy, with axes and hatches, and there were quite a few people. There were thousands of people involved in that group fight.

If you count all these people, you will find that there are no troops with long-range attacks.

If Chu Qing knew that Xiaobao and Lao Yu were secretly building a cavalry team, he might be a little comforted, but even if there were, bows and arrows as long-range weapons would not be easy to equip.

Then when there are not many iron ingots, it is very cost-effective to get a weapon like a flintlock rifle that can be used with a little training.

Xiaobao was still waiting for Chu Qing to reply. Chu Qing knew that he wanted to get a positive answer, but he could only say: "It's so hard to discuss with your Grandpa Lu when he turned around."

Xiaobao's eyes were a little disappointed, so Chu Qing had to return a distressing smile: "I had known that there would be a day of time travel, so I would have studied hard and read more books on science and engineering."

Xiaobao couldn't bear to make his mother unhappy during the New Year, so he comforted: "Mom, you're enough. If Dad comes, he will be a liberal arts student, won't he be helpless?"

In response, Chu Qing expressed his objection: "If your father comes, I will go directly to the imperial examination! We both don't have to work hard!"

After thinking about it, it was wrong: "Bao, bah, bah, bah, bah, boy, bah, good luck! Your father won't come! Hurry up, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, too!"
Chapter completed!