"Isa, you like this handkerchief so much!" On this day, Tangning couldn't help teasing while watching Isabel carefully folding a silk handkerchief as if it were a treasure.
"Of course I like it. Master, look at how beautiful the pattern on this handkerchief is. And do you know that in our tribe, a handkerchief like this can be exchanged for two warrior prisoners!" Isabel said with emotion.
Tang Ning naturally knew that although he didn't know the value of silk in Africa, he knew how expensive it was in Europe and the United States. If it were to be resold in Africa, it would definitely be sky-high. While Tang Ning was thinking about it, he suddenly saw Isabel folding the handkerchief.
After several layers, she carefully put it into her breast pocket. Seeing this scene, Tang Ning suddenly had a lightbulb in her mind and came up with a good idea!
A few days later, Maxim in New York received a long telegram from his boss Tang Ning, which basically asked him to make bulletproof vests from silk fibers.
"Using something soft like silk to resist bullets? How is this possible?" Maxim frowned and muttered to himself.
In fact, it’s no wonder that Maxim thought so, because the body armor that appeared before was all made of iron sheets. Even the earliest body armor was made by an Australian bandit leader named Ned Keely using plow seams from the cultivated land.
, a body armor weighs 44 kilograms. Although the wearer has difficulty moving, it can indeed effectively protect his torso and limbs. Of course, although the police bullets did not penetrate the body armor of Keely and several bandits, their hands and feet, etc.
The places where the body armor could not protect him were shot through randomly, and he was eventually captured by the police.
This type of silk body armor is said to have originated in 1881 when American physicist George Goodfellow heard that a businessman was shot and escaped unscathed because the silk handkerchief he folded and put in his chest pocket blocked the bullet. So Downing
When you see Isabel folding silk handkerchiefs, you will get inspiration and associations.
Based on this, Goodfellow wrote a paper titled "On the Bulletproofness of Silk" and began to try to use silk fibers to make body armor similar to medieval soft armor. Then Kazimierz Qi, a young man who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine
Glenn also began to explore the mysteries of soft body armor. In 1893, after the mayor of Los Angeles was assassinated, Sieglen's first commercial body armor also came out. This 4-layer body armor is about 2 mm thick and is entirely made of silk.
Made of fiber, it could withstand most low-velocity bullets of that era. To prove the effectiveness of this body armor, Sieglen personally put it on and conducted an experiment in Chicago, asking a gunman to shoot himself at close range with a revolver.
All the bullets were stopped by the body armor.
Although Maxim had some doubts, he never discounted his boss's orders. Of course, he refused the last time he was asked to go to the army to develop weapons because he didn't want to invent weapons that could hit his own family. In his opinion, no matter what
Both northerners and southerners are Americans, and Americans should not beat Americans!
Although the body armor this time should be regarded as an armament weapon, it is to protect people from harm after all, so Maxim felt that studying this thing did not violate his own principles, so he stopped studying the automatic fire extinguisher in his hand and devoted himself to
invested in the research and development of silk body armor.
But what Maxim didn't know was that Tang Ning actually asked him to research body armor not mainly for the Civil War. After all, the cost of this thing was too high and it was impossible to equip every soldier. His main target market was officials who cherish their lives.
, rich people and gangsters who face bullets all day long.
Two months later, Tang Ning received a telegram from Maxim and learned that the silk body armor had been successfully trial-produced. He happened to be tired of staying in London, so he came to New York to test the effect of the silk body armor and found it very satisfactory.
After that, the production methods and samples were sent to General Robertelli.
As a result, he received a telegram that made him a little helpless. In the telegram, General Li first thanked Tang Ning for his support to the Southern Army and affirmed the effectiveness of the silk body armor, but then said that in fact, the Southern Army was now
The most lacking thing is actually quinine, because although many people in the Northern Army have malaria, the Southern Army also has it. After all, many combat environments are very harsh. However, because the pharmaceutical factories that produce quinine are all in the north, the Northern Army can immediately
To obtain treatment, the Confederate army was short of medicine. Now in Richmond, the price of quinine had increased five times and it was still difficult to buy. Therefore, General Lee hoped that Tang Ning could help find a solution.
To be honest, Tang Ning really didn't have much else to do about this. She could only ask someone to go to the black market and ask if these guys who would do anything for money would dare to smuggle quinine to the south. However, even if there was an estimate, it would be a drop in the bucket, because
In the final analysis, this is still a problem of industrial foundation. The Southern Army's foundation in this aspect is too weak. Even if there is no problem with quinine, there will be problems in other aspects.
At the same time, Tangning found Morgan with a body armor. At first, Morgan didn't believe that silk could protect against bullets, but after testing it, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my God! Tony, how did you make such a thing?"
, it’s so amazing! I really didn’t expect something as soft as silk to be able to stop bullets!”
Tangning said proudly: "How about it, it's a good thing!" But then she pretended to sigh: "Hey, the only pity is that the cost of this thing is too high, so it probably won't sell well!"
Unexpectedly, Morgan immediately retorted: "What's the matter with the high cost? As long as it's easy to use, and no matter how expensive it is, can it cost more than your own life? Tony, you have to understand that this kind of thing is not sold to ordinary people, they also use it."
No, and who can use this kind of body armor is short of money? What they care about is whether it is easy to use, not inconvenient!"
In fact, Tang Ning also thought so, because the rich people's money is the best to earn, but he would rather it was said by Morgan, his collaborator.
After discussing the cooperation on the bulletproof vest, Morgan suddenly said to Tangning: "By the way, Tony, come to my house tonight, there is an old friend of yours who wants to meet you!"
"My old friend? Who is it?" Tangning asked curiously.
Morgan replied mysteriously: "You will know when the time comes!"
In the evening, Tangning arrived at Morgan's villa on time, and then she saw a tall, beautiful and familiar figure walking over. She greeted her with a smile: "Mr. Tangning, long time no see!"
"Miss Julie, why are you here!" Tangning couldn't help but exclaimed.
PS: Thanks to book friends "Master Bai" and "Yuanquan" for their support!