The master revealed to Huang An a secret that only a few people knew.
A strong man in the Iron Bone Realm can use special means to use the power of Qi and blood in his body to strengthen those cannons and change their steel structure, thereby making them more powerful, have a longer range, and have a longer lifespan.
This method is controlled by the Firearms Department of each state. It is a top secret in the empire. He can't even go to the Firearms Department.
This conversation lasted for a full two hours.
Huang An was satisfied, thanked his master, and left.
He promised his master that he would make the human skin mask as soon as possible and then deliver it to him personally.
After leaving the house, he told the little money fan that he would not be coming for the next two days, threw another ten taels of silver to her, and then left directly.
After Huang An returned to his small courtyard, he went directly to his hometown.
He reworked and refined the plan.
This conversation with the master strengthened his confidence!
Firearms are the best way to break the current desperate situation!
He needs to learn relevant firearms knowledge in a targeted manner according to his own needs, or in other words, the needs of the development of Daming firearms.
Moreover, he also needs to translate this knowledge into Mingyu, record it on paper, and then carry out the second and more critical plan.
Under such circumstances, Huang An did not need to come up with relatively advanced knowledge about firearms and alloy steel refining.
The technology he needs is an antique technology from the last century, which can be downloaded from the Internet.
After Zhou Xiang's plan, Huang An reviewed relevant documents, translated and produced two booklets.
The content of the first booklet is how to refine steel with stronger performance.
Most of the factors that limit the development of firearms and weapons are that the strength of steel is insufficient, and the toughness and plasticity cannot meet the requirements for use.
Huang An chose chromium steel, an alloy steel from his hometown in the late 19th century.
People in the Ming Dynasty do not need to know what chromium steel is, they only need to be able to prepare it.
Huang An reviewed the information and compiled it into a twelve-page booklet translated into Ming language.
As long as they can read and have iron ore, anyone can refine iron ore into qualified chromium steel according to the requirements in the brochure.
This is a fool-proof process for making chromium steel.
The content of the second booklet is the production and preparation process of an old antique firearm - the Dresser needle gun.
Only chromium steel can meet the requirements for large-scale mass production of such needle guns that can be used safely and for a long time.
This Dresser needle gun is a firearm that has left a strong mark on the firearms milestone in the history of my hometown.
This secret weapon witnessed the victory of the Austro-Prussian War and the Franco-Prussian War.
This is a breech-loading rifle.
Compared with the current firearms of the Ming Dynasty, which are between matchlocks and flintlocks, they are not a little bit stronger.
Able to shoot while lying on the ground, with a rate of fire of at least six rounds per minute.
Just these two advantages can crush all the muskets in the Daming Firearms Department!
The manufacture of Dresser's needle gun is also very simple, but Huang An still recorded its production process in detail according to the information he found.
Sending these two brochures together will definitely impress the governor.
It will definitely make the governor determined to withstand the pressure from the Kong family or the capital.
Huang An wanted to use these two books to strengthen the governor's determination to let the master's family stay.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and the two booklets were basically completed.
The simulation mask arrived two days ago. Huang An sent it to the master overnight last night.
The master is very anxious.
Huang An didn't know what the master wanted the mask for, but the matter must be urgent.
He couldn't guess the master's decision and was afraid that the master would make up his mind and leave Youzhou with his senior sister.
After I came back last night, I completed the last bit of translation work overnight, and stayed up all night to check the contents of the two books in detail from beginning to end.
In order to avoid confusing the content inside and affecting your life-long events.
Early in the morning on the sixth day, after Huang An finished practicing martial arts, he took out the book and closed his eyes to meditate.
He was thinking about his plan and whether there were any omissions.
After a while, all the sweat from martial arts training dissipated on his body, and Huang An opened his eyes.
Afterwards, he picked up two brochures, the chromium steel refining method and the dresser needle-fired firearms production process, stuffed them into his arms and hid them, then rushed out of the door and went straight to the master's house.
This book was naturally given to the master, who then sent it to the governor to read.
Huang An was not arrogant enough yet, so he went to find the governor Gao Zheng himself.
He is not crazy yet, because he is just an ant on the ground now and can never see such a big shot in the cloud.
If the governor is determined to keep his master, the first thing he has to do is not to convince the governor, but to convince the master!
As long as the master doesn't want to leave, then Huang An's plan to ask Senior Sister Zhao to stay in Youzhou will be less than half successful.
In Huang An's opinion, it is not that difficult to persuade the master to stay.
After all, when the master talked to him about the Kong family that day, his distrust was barely concealed.
The master is not a naive person, he should also understand that it is better to rely on others than on oneself.
As long as you show these two brochures to the master, and with your own explanation, the possibility that the master will make up his mind to stay in Youzhou and agree to be the head of the firearms department will be very high.
The imperial court listed firearms as a taboo. From another perspective, every method that could improve the power of firearms would be valued by the imperial court.
And the two booklets in his hand are definitely a game-changer in improving the power of firearms.
Huang An can even pat his chest and say that the Ming Dynasty's current pattern of using explosive charges and cannons as the main weapons of war will be replaced by firearms because of the blueprints he provided.
The chromium steel refining method is not only useful for making firearms, but also for improving the power of weapons used by ordinary soldiers.
Huang An didn't believe that such a powerful man could not recognize the great significance contained in it.
These two brochures are definitely a valuable treasure to Governor Gao.
As long as the governor realizes this, he will probably immediately promise more huge profits to win over the master.
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Huang An went out at around 7:30 in the morning.
It's not that he doesn't want to go early.
But yesterday he told the master that he had something important to tell him early in the morning.
It's like saying hello in advance.
However, the master asked him to come at around nine or ten in the morning because he had something to do tomorrow morning.
Just arrive at the master's house at nine in the morning.
He is going out now and plans to wait at the master's house for a while. He can't let the master wait for him, right?
After leaving the alley, Huang An came to the street.
It is early spring now. There was a spring rain yesterday. Today the weather is clear and there are many pedestrians.
People were coming and going. As he walked, Huang An looked left and right, looking for a familiar breakfast stall.
He had just bought five sesame seed cakes, with a fried dough stick in his mouth. Just after he finished paying and raised his head, Huang An looked startled.
Zhao Dun, who was wearing a mask, was also stunned. The master and apprentice were only four or five steps apart.
Huang An looked at the roast chicken and goose in the master's hand. There were quite a few, at least seven or eight.
He looked at the familiar masked face opposite him again to confirm that he was right.
This is really a master!
After all, how could he not recognize the mask he had just given to his master last night when he saw it now?
Master came out today?
How could Huang An not be surprised?
What is the master doing out so early?
Where did he get the copper coins to buy roast chicken and goose?
Do you want to say hello?
Huang An hesitated, but Zhao Dun was the first to react.
He calmly nodded to Huang An, then holding the roasted chicken and goose in his hand, he left the crowd and walked into an alley.
Huang An understood the master's meaning clearly.
Are you ready to go home after finishing your errands?
He probably didn't dare to take the right path, and wanted to do what he and Senior Sister Zhao did before, entering and leaving through the alley next door, climbing over the wall and walking on the roof to get to and from the small courtyard.
No wonder he has so much food in his hands.
Huang An took the sesame cakes and bought a few more steamed buns along the way, and then walked to the master's house.
Returning to the courtyard, Huang An saw the master who had just walked into another alleyway, hunched over the water in the water tank at the kitchen door, carefully taking off his mask.
There was a noise in the kitchen, and white smoke rose above the door and inside the kitchen window.
The two senior sisters were busy making breakfast, and they probably didn't even notice that the master had gone out and was even picking at his mask here.
Huang An stared at his master's back, which was much bloated than before, with a surprised expression.
As expected, the master climbed over the wall and returned home.
What was he doing and why was he so careful?
When Zhao Dun heard the footsteps, he turned to look at Huang An, then turned around and continued to take off his mask.
"You are not allowed to talk about this matter to anyone. If anyone asks, just tell me that I have never been out. You cannot reveal the matter about the mask!"
Huang An nodded and was about to talk when suddenly.
"Junior brother?"
A pretty face poked out from the kitchen, full of surprise.
It was Zhao Yan.
She was very surprised to see Huang An coming early in the morning. She walked out directly and was about to ask Huang An why he came so early today.
Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in the peripheral vision. When he turned around, he saw his father squatting by the water tank at the door.
It seems that you are looking in the mirror?
She was stunned for a moment. Daddy came out early in the morning?
This is a big improvement.
Poor Zhao Yan, as Zhao Dun's biological daughter, didn't know that her father had been acting for several days.
Zhao Dun had just hidden the mask, but seeing his daughter's excitement now, he felt guilty.
He was a little embarrassed to look directly at his daughter, his eyes averted, and he pursed his lips on the table in the courtyard.
"You two sisters have worked hard these days."
After saying that, he couldn't bear to look at his daughter's face anymore, winked at Huang An, and walked quickly into the house.
Huang An deliberately said that he was still there, he was also working very hard.
But he didn't dare to say anything.
He always felt that his master treated him as his own son, without any courtesy at all.
He and Zhao Yan looked in the direction of the master's mouth, and immediately saw the pile of roasted chicken and duck on the table.
Zhao Yan's eyes instantly turned red, her red lips trembled, and she was so excited that she could not speak.
A pair of beautiful eyes full of surprise and joy looked at Huang An, as if asking, is the roasted chicken and goose she is seeing now, and what her father said to her, is it true?
Huang An looked at Senior Sister Zhao who was holding back tears, took two steps forward, suddenly took her hand, and patted it twice.
"Don't worry, master recovered a few days ago. That's what master bought."
Zhao Yan's eyes were bright and her beautiful eyes were unblinking as she stared at Huang An.
She wanted to pull away her hand, but seeing the affection in Huang An's eyes, she forced herself to pretend not to notice.
Before she could ask, Huang An whispered:
"Go and get busy first. I have something to say to the master. I'll tell you later."
After saying that, he let go of his big hand, and then put the wrapped pancakes he bought on the road into the hands of Senior Sister Zhao.
He turned around and walked back into the house.
Zhao Yan was stunned for a long time, and finally couldn't help but shed tears.
But now, I am happy and have tears of happiness.
During this period, she was under too much psychological pressure. Now after the dark clouds, a light of hope finally emerged.
She raised her arms, wiped the corners of her eyes with the back of her hands, then tightly held the still warm sesame buns with both hands, and placed her beautiful eyes on the roasted chicken and goose that her father had brought on the table.