These two days have been a succession of good things. Food stamps were successfully issued, cement was successfully launched, and textile machines were upgraded.
There is also good news on the Musketeers side today.
Song Yang came to the blacksmith workshop and saw a table full of table parts.
Although there is a wooden sample, no one hastily put together a musket.
Because Song Yang said this thing is very powerful...
Although everyone doesn’t understand why this thing is so powerful.
"Could it be used to hit people?" I understood that Song Chengwang was here again.
In the morning, he was eating at Song Yang's place, and happened upon this incident. He followed him in a flash and couldn't drive away.
He also yelled that he wanted to learn to study things...
Not to mention, the pile of iron lumps on the table really looked like hidden weapons.
Song Yang smiled silently and said: "This thing needs to be used with gunpowder. The gunpowder has not been made yet, so there is no danger now. It will just be a fire stick when assembled."
Gunpowder is very simple, he has all the ingredients, and the recipes are clearly recorded in the encyclopedia.
It's not too late to get gunpowder after the musket is ready.
Although everyone heard what Song Yang said, they didn't start to assemble it.
After all, it is the first set of parts. This thing is not made of wood, and it cannot be put together with just a few scrapes with a knife.
So Song Yang took action himself.
Recalling the introduction in the book, assemble the parts one by one.
When we got to the trigger, something unexpected happened.
The trigger is a bit too big and cannot be set properly.
Wang Jinshi scratched his head in embarrassment and said that he could transform it immediately.
So I took the trigger to the forging furnace, heated it red and clicked it.
Then take it out, quench it, and bring it to Song Yang after it has passed through cold water.
"Bang!"
This time the trigger was successfully installed and able to fire.
He took out the flint from his pocket, struck it with a hammer, selected a piece of a certain size and put it on the firing pin.
"Bang!"
Not bad, it works!
Then came the barrel. Picking up the barrel, Song Yang looked inside. It was transparent and the inner wall was smooth.
There is no rifling, and Song Yang did not ask for rifling.
It can be stimulated first, and the rifling will be studied slowly later.
Push the barrel onto the musket handguard and tighten the thread.
One musket is complete.
If you don't inspire it, it looks pretty cool.
"It looks good. Let's get out the gunpowder and test its power." Song Yang weighed the gun and said.
"Gunpowder... Do I need to take medicine for this musket?" Song Chengwang asked, touching the cold barrel of the gun.
Others also looked puzzled.
Although gunpowder has been born a long time ago, the few in front of me are either blacksmiths or carpenters, and they have never heard of it.
Even the traveler Gongsun Qi didn't know what gunpowder was.
The gunpowder of the Great Qian Dynasty was mainly concentrated in the hands of alchemists, although there were muskets used in the army.
But the power of this thing is really not very good, and it is not accurate yet.
Therefore, it is not widely used and is only installed in some troops in the North.
He called Fang Zhe over, took the materials directly, and started to store gunpowder on the spot.
The main component is nitrate, accounting for 75%.
The palace has a lot of this stuff in stock, and it was originally used to make ice.
However, Song Yang has already ordered over to stop making ice, as the saltpeter will be of great use.
The so-called great use is now.
After that, charcoal accounts for 15% and sulfur accounts for 10%.
These two things are not difficult to find, and you can burn charcoal yourself, as much as you want.
I found a lot of them when I was looking through medicine shops in Sulfur City.
This stuff has the effect of repelling mosquitoes and insects, and some of it was used during the plague.
But what's left is enough to last for a while.
Grind the three materials carefully into powder, and then mix them according to the proportion.
One dose of black powder and you're done.
"This stuff is a real dangerous chemical!"
"You must be extremely careful when making black powder from now on, and be sure not to get any sparks."
Song Yang put black gunpowder in a clay pot and solemnly gave them instructions.
Seeing that only Wang Jinshi and Song Chengwang were making gunpowder, Song Yang told them to keep it secret for the time being. This thing is a strategic weapon at this stage...
Then he looked at the clay pot and wiped his head. Isn't this a bomb?
Fortunately, he also knew that he was making a musket and put the thought of bombs out of his mind.
He took a spoonful of gunpowder and added it to the medicine room.
Hold the purge and push the projectile into the barrel.
This musket is just short of stimulating experiments.
Of course, Song Yang was not so aggressive that he experimented with a gun.
Wang Jinshi was asked to find a wooden stand, and then everyone arrived at the training ground while watching the wooden stand holding a musket.
Let Xu Lin, who was training, make room, and Fang Zhe put up a shelf and strapped on the musket.
Place a wooden board twenty paces in front of the musket and support it with wood. This wooden board is the target.
Finally, a rope was tied to the trigger, and one end of the rope was held in Song Yang's hand.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?" Xu Lin and several guards instructors ran over curiously to check.
"Try the musket." Song Yang pointed to the musket tied to the shelf and said.
"Musket? Is it a musket? Is this thing made of iron?" Xu Lin looked at the musket and asked.
He had actually seen a musket, but Daqian's musket was made of bamboo.
"That thing doesn't work. We call this a musket. It's very powerful when it's ready."
"This is the first experiment, so be cautious."
"Everyone, stay away, be careful of the explosion!"
Song Yang waved his hand to let Xu Lin and several guards who were studying muskets get out of the way.
In the distance, the 500 Renaissance troops who were training were also looking at Song Yang's experimental muskets.
Listening to Song Yang's words, everyone is looking forward to this thing.
"I'm going to shoot!"
Song Yang pulled the rope and said to everyone.
Everyone explained and looked at the musket carefully, wanting to see if there was any miracle.
Song Yang pulled the rope hard.
"Snapped!"
The trigger was pulled, the hammer dropped, and some sparks were built.
Then……
Then it was gone...
The gunpowder was not ignited!
Everyone looked at Song Yang with an embarrassed look on his face.
I stepped forward and took a look. It seemed that there was not enough gunpowder added.
Add a spoonful of gunpowder, and then lift the battering ram.
"It's true this time!" Song Yang returned to his original position.
Pull the rope.
"boom!"
There were bursts of fire from the musket chamber, and then there was the sound of a gunshot.
Finally there was thick smoke scattered in all directions.
"Monsters! There are monsters!"
Someone shouted something from behind, and even the daring Renaissance Army took a few steps back.
"What are you shouting for!" Song Yang kicked Song Chengwang who was shouting just now.
Whenever there is something new, this guy is indispensable.
But he had never seen gunpowder before, so he thought it was a monster coming and screamed in fright.
"This is my king's musket! How about it? At least it looks good!" Song Yang looked at the crowd and asked.
"If the enemy meets for the first time, he may be scared away..." Xu Lin commented.
Song Yang curled his lips and walked forward to check.
The musket was successfully fired, and the medicine room was filled with smoke.
The projectile should have been fired.
Go to the board and take a look.
Sure enough, there was a projectile embedded in the wooden board.
"Is this shot from a musket?" Song Chengwang looked at the projectiles and said curiously.
After saying that, he reached out and touched it.
The projectile fell directly.
There was only a small hole left on the board...
Xu Lin stepped forward and looked at the crater, scratched his head and looked at Song Yang and said:
"Your Majesty, the power of this thing... seems... maybe... not too great."