Since everything was fine, Claude returned to the forest farm and continued to live his leisurely life, patrolling the forest farm, practicing magic, and researching the trial production of flintlock guns.
The only unhappy thing was that Claude wanted to visit Erikson in the morning, but he didn't expect that he was turned down. Erikson refused to see him and wouldn't let him in. His mother
Lady Elena didn't say anything sorry, she just looked at Claude coldly, as if she didn't recognize him.
Obviously, they also got the bad news that the merchant fleet was destroyed by pirates, and they also got the news that Captain Otruny was exiled to an uninhabited island. Unlike the families of the sailors and crew members, Erikson and his mother
Their anger was directed at Mr. Morsan, the mastermind behind opening up new routes and investing in merchant fleets, believing that they were the culprits who led to Captain Otruny and others being exiled to an uninhabited island.
Claude could only return disappointed. He understood that Erikson and his mother were worried about Captain Otruny, but he could not forgive them for taking their anger out on others. In fact, Captain Otruny himself had gathered some friends.
He jointly invested in the cargo of a merchant ship, and he was also one of the shareholders of the merchant fleet.
In the afternoon, Verricro arrived at the forest farm. He told Claude that he had been in Erikson's room in the morning because he heard the news and wanted to comfort Erikson. He was still very happy when Claude went there.
, but unexpectedly Erikson stopped him from going downstairs to see Claude.
He said that it was easy for Claude to be rejected. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Morsand and several others went to send condolence money, but Erikson yelled at them, calling them the murderers of his father, and asked them to pay him back.
His father, Mrs. Elena, did the same. She threw the condolence money out of the room and told them to get out, saying that Captain Otruny would definitely come back and there was no need to send these condolence money on behalf of the dead. As a result, everyone present made a fuss.
Everyone is embarrassed.
Well, Claude could only smile bitterly. He never thought that he would lose a good friend because of this. Erikson has always admired his father, and his goal when he grows up is to become an ocean-going fishing boat like his father.
The captain was sailing on the sea with his beloved ship. But no one thought that he would blame Mr. Morsan and other investors for Captain Otruny's fate. Even Claude took a bad rap for this.
Big black pot.
Forget it, there's nothing to argue with. Ericson, who worships his father to such a serious extent, is still like a naive child mentally. He has not truly matured. Rejecting Claude's visit means that they are friends.
The relationship has come to an end, Claude is not angry, he just feels sorry for the friendship that once existed.
Because spring has come, Claude has also stopped hunting, so the arrival of Vericro made Claude unable to think of any interesting projects, so he took out his trial-produced flintlock gun and gave it to Vericro
look.
Vericro did not question where Claude got the barrel. After the test firing, he just asked Claude with some doubts, what is the point of making such a musket without a match rope? The same loading
The only difference in the method is that the ignition is changed from an open flame to a flint fire. From the perspective of firing speed, there is not much improvement. It is not only inferior to the matchlock gun in terms of range and power, but also often misfires when firing. Judging from these shortcomings, it will
There is absolutely no need to change the matchlock gun into a flintlock gun...
Claude was so angry that he was half-dead, but if he thought about it carefully, Verricro's words still made some sense. The development of the matchlock gun in the past six hundred years has almost reached its extreme, and the cumbersome firing steps of the matchlock gun have been simplified into a few actions.
, just like Claude can fire two or three times in a minute if he moves quickly. However, the flintlock gun he prototyped cannot reach such speed. Firing once a minute is considered fast. The main problem is the flint striking fire.
, if it fails to fire once, you need to reset the hammer and lock head, check the medicine tank again, and then re-aiming.
However, Viriclo also praised Claude for the sight and rear sight installed on the barrel. The setting of these two devices allows novices to quickly master the essence of aiming and shooting, making accurate shooting of the matchlock a
Maybe. From this point of view, he thought it would be more appropriate to move the medicine tank of the matchlock gun to the side and free up the front of the barrel to install the rear sight and the sight on the gun head...
Claude didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This may be the limitation of musket researchers in this other world. They only focus on the matchlock gun with the greatest range and power, and are not interested in the flintlock gun, which is far behind. But they don't know about the flintlock gun.
The gun is the originator of modern firearms. It was the gradual improvement of flintlock guns that gave rise to modern rifles.
Claude was too lazy to explain to Viricault that the development of flintlock guns was more promising than matchlocks, but Viricault made a request. He hoped that Claude could use his Galli Type III standard matchlock.
To improve the gun, just like what he just said, the original accessories such as the pill box, plate cover, matchlock gold handle, and hammer spring on the front of the barrel were moved to the side, leaving the middle part free to install the rear sight and sight.
He is willing to bear all modification costs.
Well, for the sake of face, Claude finally agreed to Vericro's request. Vericro happily went home to get his old matchlock gun, while Claude thought about how to use Lin
The charcoal-burning kiln built by Mr. and Mrs. Xioli was converted into a small blacksmith shop. At least it would look like the accessories were fired from that kiln.
But Claude was obviously overly worried. After Viricault brought his old-fashioned matchlock gun, he excused himself because he had something to do at home. He only agreed with Claude to come and pick up the gun in five days. It was not as Claude imagined.
He also stayed at the forest farm to participate in the modification work of this old matchlock gun. Claude's arrangement of the charcoal kiln was in vain.
In addition, after Viricero left, Claude found that he had left a gold crown on the stool he had been sitting on. This was obviously the cost of modification paid by Vericro, but he was worried that Claude would refuse.
Then he stayed secretly.
Claude felt that he really had to work hard on Vericro's old matchlock gun. Since Vericro had left the gold crown, he would not take it back, and would even deny that it was the gold crown.
What he left behind. Due to emotions and reasons, Claude had to work hard to transform this old matchlock gun into a better one.
Claude simply dismantled the matchlock gun completely. The Galli Type III matchlock gun was the army's standard equipment musket more than 20 years ago. The muzzle is still trumpet-shaped. Claude directly took out the barrel of the gun.
I went to the Alchemy Magic Talisman Array and refined it again, and changed the muzzle to a straight barrel type to improve the performance of the lower barrel.
Of course, the only thing that cannot be moved is the number engraved on the barrel, which is registered. As long as the barrel number is there, there will be no problem during the annual inspection of the gun, even if you modify the matchlock gun beyond recognition.
With the alchemical magic talisman array, it is very easy for Claude to modify the matchlock gun. No matter what device or accessory it is, it is like plasticine in the alchemical magic talisman array. Claude can shape the parts he needs at will. It only costs
In three days, Claude completed the modification of this Galli Type III standard matchlock gun.
Now this old-fashioned matchlock gun no longer looks like its original appearance. Instead, it looks similar to Claude's latest Aubache Type 2 standard matchlock gun. Claude even changed the wooden stock. The only thing that makes Ker
What is not pleasing to Lord's eyes is that after moving the medicine box and match rope clamping handle to the side, a large piece of the right side of the originally streamlined gun body protrudes, which looks very cumbersome.
But after the test firing, Claude discovered that Vericro was actually right. Using a match rope to strike a fire with flint was much more reliable. The only thing was that there were two more steps in launching: ignite the match rope, clamp it, and fire each time.
It is necessary to move the lit end of the match to the medicine box and wait for aiming and firing. But compared with the flintlock gun that always misfires, the match must be fired every time it is ignited.
The modified matchlock gun is very practical and convenient, especially with the rear sight and sight, the shooting accuracy is greatly improved. Claude thought again and again, and simply used his Obas II standard matchlock gun
It was also modified like this. Originally, I wanted to modify it into a flintlock gun, but now there is really no way to improve the flint strike, so I'll leave it like this for now.
Five days passed quickly, and Verricro arrived at the forest farm on time to pick up the gun. After seeing the successfully modified matchlock gun, he couldn't put it down, but he didn't ask Claude about the details of the modification, which made Claude relaxed.
tone.
The two of them were excited to go to the open space of the forest farm to test the gun. However, Claude discovered that he had run out of gunpowder and guns. So he drove a carriage with Verricro to the town to buy gunpowder.
Virikro thought it would be more cost-effective to go to the Old Monk Fishing Gear and Boat Supplies Store in the public dock area to buy, because although the prices quoted by Uncle Valkuri were more expensive than other grocery stores, the quality of his gunpowder and guns was
They are all very good, unlike the gunpowder sold in some grocery stores that is impure, affects the range and power, and has a lot of smoke.
Okay, then go to the public dock area. It doesn't matter if it's a little more expensive, but good quality is the most important thing.
When passing the old street, Claude felt something was wrong. The few pedestrians who occasionally passed by looked frightened and walked in a hurry. Before Claude could figure out what was going on, the carriage was stopped by a few big men.
However, these big men did not conduct any questioning. They just took a look inside the carriage and waved to let him go when they found that no one else was there.
"What's going on?" Seeing that Vericro didn't care at all, Claude asked after the carriage was some distance away from the big men.
"You don't know?" Verricro asked back, and then he understood: "You stay in the forest farm and rarely come here, no wonder you don't know."
"It's okay, the Shark Club and the Black Snake Club are at war again." Verricro explained.
"Start a war?" Claude thought of the scene that night when Gerald was tied into a ball, and the body of the guard lying in front of him and Catherine sisters. Perhaps it was because of the experience that night that Gerald made up his mind to fight with
Black Snake will turn his face...
"Where did he get such courage? Didn't something happen to the Merchant Marine? None of the elite backbones of the Shark Club came back. What could he use to start a war with the Black Snake Club? The county's security battalion is still enforcing military control in the town.
Does he have the courage to provoke, and is he not afraid of being caught? Also, isn't he afraid that the boss of the Black Snake Society, Bill the Butcher, will come out after completing his training in the military camp and use the garrison squadron to uproot the Shark Society?" Crowe
De is really curious.
Verricro shook his head and said: "I don't know the real reason, but what surprised everyone after the war started was that the Black Snake would be beaten so hard that it was almost unable to fight back. The strangest thing is that the Black Snake would
The second son of Fat Niu Bowen disappeared, and a group of Black Snake Society's masters were neither alive nor dead. As a result, no one in the Black Snake Society was in charge, and they were defeated one by one by the Shark Society. Now most of the Black Snake Society members are hiding.
No one in sight.
In addition, the Shark Club was also very smart this time. They did not gather their men to fight in groups. Instead, as we saw just now, they attacked the Black Snake Club in groups, avoiding the security battalion. This way, even if they were interrogated, they could
He said that he was looking for someone, just like they were checking our carriage just now. As far as I know, the Black Snake Society suffered a lot this time, and more than a dozen of the small leaders were captured by the Shark Society, and then they became missing persons.