And most importantly, if someone came to steal it, they had only one choice - either move it with the box attached, or give it up, and it was unlikely that they would be able to remove some of the contents anyway. d-m

At the bottom of the box was a thick felt sheet, on which lay four large guns, which seemed to be magnified several times the size of a bird's gun.

It was the four-shot big gun that Dong Ce got from Zhao Mancang yesterday.

It's just that this gun has completely changed compared to yesterday. Yesterday, Dong Ce was taken to the warehouse by Zhao Mancang, and when he found this big gun from the corner, they were covered with dust, and even had a lot of spider webs. The barrel of the gun, the wooden hilt, and all the parts were covered with a thick layer of dust, as if they had been bought in the ground for many years. In addition, in some places, the ash and soil have formed husks, which is the yellow-brown color, which is the trace of rust caused by the erosion of iron in the ground by water and soil. Dong Ce looked at the muzzle of the gun, two of the four large-lift guns were already listed, but he couldn't find a record of casting large-lift guns in batches, but what he could conclude was that it was definitely impossible to cast only these. Because the weapon of the big lifting gun cannot be cast even in Datong Town, only the Jingshi has this skill and ability. Therefore, it must be cast in Beijing, and if it is cast in Beijing, it must not be a personal act of a high-ranking official in Datong Town on a whim, but it should be instructed by the Ministry of Industry - then it is even more impossible to start work once, and only cast so little.

The cost is too high.

Therefore, according to Dong Ce's judgment, a considerable number of large lifting guns should have been cast and distributed to some military forts in Datong Town or other towns, and the large lifting gun he found from Anxiang Dun last year should also be among them - but obviously this thought was in vain, and all the military forts were afraid that they put these things in warehouses and let them rust and rot.

Thinking of this, Dong Ce was excited in his heart, hoping that he could get some more of these big guns.

For him, this thing has a big role, especially for the next action.

After transporting the four big guns back yesterday, Dong Ce told Liu Daku to wash them well, and then told him that after cleaning, wipe the water stains on them with a dry cloth, and then apply oil to maintain them. Now it seems that Liu Daku is really concerned about what he explained, and these four big guns are already new compared to yesterday.

It's clean, it's refreshing, and there's not a trace of dust on it.

Dong Ce took out a rod from it and held it in his hand to examine it carefully.

This big lift gun is nine feet four or five inches long, that is, more than two meters eight and nearly two meters nine in length, which is not so short than the first big lift gun that Dong Ce found in Anxiangdun, but the barrel is about the same thickness as that one, that is, the diameter is about one inch and three or four minutes, as thick as a child's arm. The general thickness is a little longer, which shows that the range of this big lifting gun should be farther than that one.

Dong Cezai looked at it carefully, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Yesterday, the body of the gun was covered with dust and mud, and it was not very real, but today it was cleaned and put on protective oil, and the whole appearance of this big gun has changed. Stroking it, the barrel is delicate and smooth, and there is no unevenness on the surface, Dong Ce looked at the inner wall again, and the same is true. He was relieved, which showed that the gun was very well preserved and had not been rusted by mud and water.

I took a look at the other parts, and they were still in good condition, although they were not brand new, but they had more years of precipitation, but instead showed a deep and heavy color of old iron, which actually fascinated Dong Ce.

The surface of the butt is smooth, the luster is soft, showing a light black-brown color with purple, after all these years, the patterns on it are not very real, but you can vaguely see that it is a layer of wave patterns, which is very beautiful.

Dong Ce raised his eyebrows, this was black walnut - similar to the interior of the BMW car in his previous life. Although walnut is not uncommon in the Ming Dynasty, it is mostly white walnut and rarely black walnut, which is rare and tight.

Then Dong Ce checked the remaining three big guns one by one.

The workmanship of these big guns is not much, although there are slight differences, but it can be seen that the techniques used are the same, which further verifies his previous guess. The butts are all made of walnut - don't think it's a European thing when you hear walnut, the name sounds foreign, but in fact, China has been there since the Han Dynasty.

Walnut, in fact, is walnut, which was introduced to China along with guava in the Han Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, walnut is not uncommon, especially on the ground of Shanxi, I don't know how many walnuts are planted. This commonly known as walnut, is a wood native to Central Asia, which is delicate and hard and not easy to crack, and is the best wood for making gun stocks. However, the color of domestic walnut is slightly lighter, also known as white walnut, and Li Bai also wrote a poem "White Walnut".

Not only did it become clear at this time, but the famous German Mauser rifle and some other famous guns of other European powers were made of walnut butt.

It is a pity that there is a large lifting gun that is completely unusable, Dong Ce saw that a piece of the middle of the gun barrel has been completely corroded, revealing a willow leaf-shaped hole more than three inches long, and the gun barrel is the core and most important part of a gun, and the barrel is now damaged - this is equivalent to scrapping.

On the side, Liu Daku's heart trembled when he saw it, and he hurriedly said: "My lord, I got your order yesterday, and the villains took the Kuding to clean and wipe carefully, and some rusty places were polished clean and shiny." The villains are cautious, not daring to make any mistakes, but this rod, this big bird gun is really rusty, a large piece of iron bump nailed to the top, the villain has no choice, so he has to break it, and as a result, it will be penetrated as soon as it is broken......"

Dong Ce waved his hand: "It's okay, it's no wonder you." ”

Liu Daku breathed a sigh of relief, since he shook off all the responsibilities on his body, he naturally didn't want to say more, and stepped aside.

The other two rods, the preservation is still intact, but it is not as good as the first one that Fang just saw, there are some boundaries on it, and it can be seen that there have been rusts, but they have been polished off, so it should be okay.

However, these good three shots also have to be tested to ensure it.

He discovered a phenomenon - the barrels of these large guns were of different lengths, but the caliber was surprisingly consistent.

It's also easy to understand,

Although this big gun is very large, it is not in the category of artillery, and it can be seen from the name that it is still counted in the musket. The difference between building a firearm and casting a cannon is not the same, one is to fight and the other is to cast, which can be seen. The cannon could be cast, because the walls of the cannon were thick, and they could be thickened, and they could withstand considerable pressure, and there was no need to be afraid—at least not of exploding like a firecracker.

So it is easy to unify the specifications of the artillery, and it is made with a mold.

But this set would not work at all on the gun, and if the gun had been cast in a mold, the rate of explosion would have been 100 percent - because the barrel was not as thick as the barrel. To put it bluntly, the quality of steel is not up to standard, and it is far from the level of future generations. The barrel cast directly from iron simply does not reach the strength to withstand the impact of gunpowder, and it is strange that it does not explode. Therefore, the key to building a barrel is to type, hammer and forge, discharge impurities in the iron, and improve the quality of steel, so as to achieve a qualified level. In the East, there is a lot of hammering, and in the West, there is a way to do it a little tricky, but only the British do it. According to the experience of the British, the manufacture of a barrel required the choice of soft iron, and the best soft iron was the horseshoe of a used horse. This kind of horseshoe tramples the horse under the feet I don't know how long it has been trampled, and in terms of its strength, day after day it is trampled by the horse's hooves that do not know how to bear hundreds of pounds of great force, the effect will be worse than the blacksmith's forging.

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