Chapter 655: Granular Gunpowder
"Brother, yes, this is gunpowder!" Hu Niu replied crisply, and added with an expression that did not lie to you: "He is afraid that the gunpowder will be wet in the rain, if it weren't for me, he would have been beaten by Liu Datou just now!" ”
When he was sheltering from the rain just now, Liu Tiehammer went against Liu Datou's wishes and did not choose to leave in the rain. But it was not because he was hard-hearted, but because he was worried that the gunpowder would be wet.
Liu Tiehammer glanced at the tiger girl in surprise, he didn't expect this little girl to be so "discerning", and then he bowed his hand to Lin Haoran and petitioned again: "This is the gunpowder developed by the villain, please give it a try!"
Lin Haoran didn't say anything, his brows furrowed slightly. The Craftsman's Courtyard gathers the best craftsmen in western Guangdong, and the gunpowder has reached the optimal ratio, and the energy released by the same quality has reached the maximum.
It's just that he saw the persistence in Liu Tiehammer's eyes, and this beggar was brought in by the girl Hu Niu, and poured out the gunpowder in the bottle in hesitation, and then said with a slight surprise: "Granular? ”
But without Liu Tiehammer asking again, and without Hu Niu interceding, Lin Haoran immediately called Chang Shun, the person in charge of the craftsman's house.
The news spread from the compound and soon spread throughout the Craftsman's Courtyard. Everyone knew that a beggar had brought gunpowder, and Lord Lin valued it very much, and even invited several craftsmen from the gunpowder shop to watch the test gun together.
"This beggar is a cheater!"
"I don't see it, I see that he has some real skills!"
"Come on! It is a well-known fact that gunpowder has reached the optimal ratio! ”
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Many people gathered at the test shooting range in the backyard, pointing at Liu Tiezhu, who was dressed as a beggar, and expressing their opinions. Some people think that Liu Tiezhu is a liar, but some people think that Liu Tiezhu is a real person and does not show his face, and the two sides have a small dispute.
This time it was Ah Wu, who had a talent for shooting, who had been transferred from the Changlin Dyeing Workshop to the Craftsman Academy, responsible for the security work of the Craftsman Academy, and became a small leader.
It's just that Ah Wu is still that frivolous, and he is holding a firearm with a hippie smile. The gunpowder bottle was on the table next to him, and instead of rushing to reload it, he waved triumphantly at everyone.
Lin Haoran, who was wearing a four-grade regular clothes, sat on the chair next to him with tea, but did not seem to be in a hurry, but urged the tiger girl dissatisfiedly: "Ah Wu, hurry up, I will send Zhang Min a shaker later!" ”
Ay!
Lin Haoran was originally practicing "Qigong", so that he could achieve "Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remained unchanged, and the elk was prosperous on the left and his eyes were not instantaneous", but listening to Hu Niu's words, he immediately broke his skills, and his brows couldn't help frowning.
Zhang Min was pregnant for ten months and finally gave birth to a big fat son, and the girl Hu Niu wanted to be angry with him. He actually asked the craftsman's house he had worked so hard to build to build a shaker, which was simply insulting the reputation of his craftsman's house.
Hu Niu found that her brother frowned, and obviously said by mistake: "Ah Wu, hurry up, otherwise my brother will be angry!" ”
Burst!
Lin Haoran was about to regain his composure, but he was almost angry to death by his little girl.
"That's right! Ah Wu, hurry up! The onlookers watched Ah Wu grinding and immediately urged.
Liu Tiezhu did not urge, but at the moment he was pinching his left hand with his right hand, and his eyes were looking at Ah Wu nervously.
"Alright, let's get started!" Ah Wu knew the truth of the anger of the people, and glanced at Lin Haoran with special concern, so he neatly filled the gunpowder and prepared to conduct a test firing.
Looking at Ah armed with medicine, filling lead bullets, igniting gunpowder, etc., everyone's hearts gradually hung up, nervously looking at Ah Wu who was about to buckle the board machine and the wooden board not far away.
Lin Haoran always wanted to show a calm and breezy appearance, but at this time, he also turned his head to look at Ah Wu and the plank, and his eyes revealed a solemn look.
In his concept, famous generals and tactics are important, but the most important thing is weapons. Once they can crush both sides with weapons, then they will not have the reason to be defeated.
In the same way, whether it is dealing with the Red Flag Gang, or the next plan to dominate the South Seas, he needs to have a fleet equipped with the most advanced weapons.
Even if the Spanish warships could not be expelled directly from the South Seas, they must be able to compete with them and be able to defend their own interests and achievements.
Today, he focuses on the research and development of the Craftsman Academy. In addition to having the United Shipyard build a fleet, it is also necessary to equip the fleet with the most advanced guns and cannons.
It's just that whether it is a gun or a cannon, gunpowder is already a basic raw material, and it is also a project that needs long-term research and development and improvement.
Liu Tiehammer suddenly appeared in front of him with this granular gunpowder, so that he suddenly opened a door, faintly leading him onto a bright avenue.
Bang!
As the gunpowder burned, and Ah Wu deducted the plate, it made a bang, which immediately broke the silence of this test shooting field. It's just that Ah Wu's face turned pale, because the backlash was greater than expected.
Call!
The lead bullet flew at a speed invisible to the naked eye, drawing a trajectory in the air, and Ah Wu did have a great talent for shooting, and the lead bullet drilled into the center of the plank.
Yes?
Under everyone's curious gaze, Ah Wu made a tentative search, and then the buckshot headed towards the plank in front of him. However, the wooden plank was pierced by lead bullet, and the wall behind it was splashed with dust, which made many people's faces show surprised expressions.
The thickness of that plank had been confirmed, and at such a distance that the firearm could not penetrate it. It's just that this perception has been subverted by this lead bullet, and the credit is naturally attributed to this magical gunpowder.
Judging from this effect, this gunpowder can double the lethality of lead bullets. Don't underestimate this double of lethality, just like a long knife against a short sword, the hope of a long knife winning is undoubtedly greater.
"This ...... It's unbelievable! ”
Zhang Liang, the person in charge of the gunhouse, was also watching here, standing there stunned for a while, and then said with emotion.
Lin Haoran had already expected this effect, but he still couldn't hide his shock in his heart, but he quickly recovered, and gave an order to Ah Wu in a deep voice: "Shoot again!" ”
Ah Wu also woke up from the shock, arched his hand towards Lin Haoran, and planned to try again.
Bang!
As a puff of black smoke rose, a buckshot shot headed towards the sturdy plank, which did not move, but left a bullet hole in it, and dust splattered from the white wall behind it.
As before, this miraculous gunpowder boosted the kinetic energy of the lead bullet, more than doubling its power.
"What's going on?"
"Didn't you say that the gunpowder had reached the optimal ratio?"
"Who knows! But this gunpowder is really better than the previous one! ”
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The onlookers confirmed that it was really the gunpowder work, and they were talking about it one after another, looking at Liu Tiezhu, who was dressed as a beggar, in disbelief, feeling that this was a hidden master.
When Liu Tiehammer saw this test firing, his hanging heart seemed to fall, and then he turned his head to look at Lin Haoran, but there was a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Zhang Liang, quickly bring that suifa pistol!" There was no smile on Lin Haoran's face, but he solemnly ordered.
Zhang Liang, the person in charge of the gunning room, was stunned at first, but then his eyes lit up, and he immediately took the order and hurried away.
Zhang Liang is a military craftsman of Lian Zhouwei and has always been depressed. It's just that with Lin Haoran becoming the commander of Haibei, he has come and gone from time to time and has become the person in charge of the gunhouse.
He was already a little old man of nearly fifty years old, and because of his rheumatism, his legs and feet had always been difficult. But at this time, he was in a hurry, and he jumped up and disappeared in three or two clicks.
After a while, in everyone's puzzled eyes, Zhang Liang took back a self-hairing pistol.
"Go away!"
Zhang Liang walked straight to Ah Wu's side, but did not hand the gun to Ah Wu, and even more so to Ah Wu who asked for the gun, picked up the bottle of gunpowder and filled it.
Seeing this, Ah Wu turned his head and glanced at Lin Haoran, seeing that Lin Haoran did not say anything, he just left in a daze, and at the same time glanced at this strange bird gun suspiciously.
Hey?
Many craftsmen were also puzzled by the new type of bird, especially the one with the arquebus.
Of course, there are people here who are involved in the latest projects and know what it is.
As for Lin Haoran, he naturally knows it, because he is the promoter of this project. Recently, he has been in the Craftsman's Academy, and his main focus has been on the development of the rifle.
On the battlefield, time is of the essence, especially for the Birds. If you increase your shooting efficiency, you will not only increase the survival rate of the Birdmen, but also increase their lethality.
Especially in summer, there are many thunderstorms on the Leizhou Peninsula. Once in a thunderstorm, the arquebus cannot be ignited, so that the hard-working bird team becomes the head team in minutes.
In the same way, whether it is for the efficiency of shooting or to improve the ability to adapt to the environment, it is necessary for him to make a better trigger pistol.
In the whole Liangguang area, Foshan's iron industry is extremely developed, and it is known as "Liangguang Railway Goods". Every year, merchants from Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and other provinces carry hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to Meiling, and obtain iron tools from Liangguang here.
Lin Haoran did not encounter the quality problem of iron, but he encountered a big difficulty: the elasticity of the spring was insufficient.
It is known that the fire pistol is rubbed against the stone and the iron to produce high-temperature sparks to ignite the medicine pool. It's just that there is a difficulty here, the spring needs to be retracted and released freely, and it needs enough elastic force.
If the elasticity is insufficient, it will not allow the stone to have enough friction with the iron, nor will it be able to generate enough sparks to ignite the medicine pool.
When Lin Haoran developed the shuttle loom, he had already made springs, but he still failed to apply them to guns. The need for springs is significantly lower for shuttles, but it is different for pistols.
Even if the craftsman's house racked its brains, the result was only to build a spring that barely met the standard, but the success rate of ignition was less than 30%.
Lin Haoran naturally doesn't think that this is success, so he is pursuing springs with more elasticity and endurance, so that everyone in the gun room is working in this direction.
It's just that what he didn't expect was that at this time when he couldn't do anything, the gunpowder that could not be improved, with the appearance of this granular gunpowder, gave the Suifa gun a glimmer of hope.
As we all know, the key to the success of drilling wood for fire is not only the friction of elastic force, but also the more flammable combustible.
It was precisely like this that Lin Haoran had a crazy idea after seeing the granular gunpowder. If this granular gunpowder is used, will the problem of low success rate of ignition of the firing gun be solved?
Click!
There was a handle with a round handle next to the starting gun, but Zhang Liang was pulled back hard, making a sound of something being clicked, which was to store energy for the spring.
Mutter!
Watching Zhang Liang pick up the gun, everyone couldn't help but swallow and spit secretly. Looking at Zhang Liang's every tiny movement, I felt that after a century, everyone gradually suffocated.
Click......
Boom......
Zhang Liang finally gently buckled the plate machine, and there was a crisp sound in the machine, and the stone inside had a fierce friction with the iron sheet through the movement released by the spring, and released dazzling sparks.
With a scorching heat, the sparks burrowed into the pellet-filled medicine pool, and the granular gunpowder was ignited instantly.
The gunpowder underwent a strong chemical action, which produced a strong kinetic energy, and immediately pushed the lead bullet out. It flew out of the barrel with the boring line and slammed into the plank not far away, causing dust to splash the white wall again.
"It worked!"
When the craftsman of the gun room saw this scene, he immediately cried out in surprise.
Zhang Liang's heart was also pounding, and he looked excitedly at the pistol in his hand.
Lin Haoran's blood was surging, but he kept his composure and ordered: "Shoot again!" ”
If the high quality of gunpowder alone is not enough to make him happy, but it is related to the success or failure of the pistol, but it makes him feel excited and valued.
Once the pistol is developed, he will have the upper hand in the firearms and will not have to fear encounters. Although it cannot improve the ability of naval warfare, it is undoubtedly beneficial to land warfare, especially the ability to occupy land for camps.
Bang!
Bang!
With two shots in a row, the guns were fired smoothly, which made Zhang Liang very excited and looked at Lin Haoran excitedly. The problem they had been searching for had always been to enhance the performance of the spring, but they had succeeded in this improved gunpowder.
Today, this gunpowder not only increases its lethality, but also the key to the success of the gun.
Lin Haoran got up from his seat, met Liu Tiezhu's gaze, and asked seriously, "Who are you?" ”
"The villain is from Putian, Fujian!" Liu Tiezhu officially introduced himself.
"What do you want?" Lin Haoran seemed to see something, and asked seriously.
"The villain doesn't want anything, he begs the adults to redress me! This is the grass people's paper, please take a look! After Liu Tiehammer finished speaking, he respectfully handed over a piece of paper.
Hu Niu actually only guessed half right, the reason why he chose not to go out in the rain was not only the bottle of gunpowder in his arms, but also this copy of the paper he found someone to write down.
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