Chapter 65: Flintlock Pistol
Snow crouched on the ground, carefully examining the fur of various beasts. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but except for the sulfur just discovered, there is no trace of saltpeter.
Although he didn't find it for the time being, Snow was not discouraged. The endless mountain forest is so vast, there is a high chance that saltpeter is hidden in it. After Elena recovers, you can ask her to help, control a few small beasts, and go to the mountains and forests to search, I think there will be a lot of gains.
Early the next morning, led by Snow and Arlene, the two brothers and sisters met with Elena. They have experienced a life and death crisis, and they are naturally full of emotion when they meet again. After lunch, Snow writes and draws in the house, thinking about making firearms.
Ordinary firearms are mostly composed of triggers, stoppers, re-entry springs, magazines, firing pins, barrels, sleeves, and so on. These things were originally out of reach for Snow, but the addition of Cecily gave him a glimmer of light. Inside the castle, the magic of Cecili's magic was something Snow had seen with his own eyes. So as long as Cecily can make these parts one by one and combine them, she can get a gun.
It's just that the proportions and sizes of these parts, Snow has to draw them accurately, and let Cecily know them. This is very difficult, after all, firearms require extremely high accuracy, and the slightest deviation will not work. This was a challenge for Snow.
But Snow doesn't need to be in a hurry, precision firearms can take their time. Until then, Snow could make relatively simple firearms. For example, the flintlock pistol, which is improved on the basis of the revolver musket, greatly simplifies the shooting process, and the firing rate and shooting accuracy are not bad, and it is easy to use and easy to master. The most important thing is that it has a low cost and is convenient for mass production.
Moreover, Rook Town is now ready to produce flintlock pistols, there is plenty of steel, Cecili's magic can help make them, and there are many flints that can be used to ignite the fire door to ignite the gunpowder.
Flint is commonly known as flint and is a relatively common siliceous rock. Because it is hard and can produce sharp fractures after crushing, it was first favored by primitive people in the Stone Age, and most of the stone tools were made with flint strikes. In the town of Rook, there are also improvised spearguns with flint strapped to them.
With the target Snow full of energy, he carefully drew the production drawings of the flintlock pistol, took out each part of it separately, and drew it exactly according to the scale, and there was an enlarged version of the details next to it.
Just as Snow was finishing the drawing, there was a knock on the door.
"Please come in." Snow put down the drawings and said.
The door was pushed open, and the Contz siblings entered.
"Mayor, are you busy?" Kantz was smiling.
"It's okay, what? Is there something wrong? Snow asked.
"It's not a big deal, I just want you to arrange some work for our brothers and sisters." Over the course of an afternoon, Koontz and Cecily discovered that the entire town had their own work to do, Koontz said. Even Yalian is helping to care for the injured residents.
And Contz and Cecili, whenever they wanted to help, they would be politely rejected by the residents. The big guys are very sympathetic to the experience of the two, so just let them go and rest. The two of them really can't help it, and since they have joined Rook Town, they are part of the town, and they must have a job in hand, otherwise they will be weak when they eat in the future.
Kantz's words were exactly what Snow wanted, and after waving his hand to signal the two of them to sit down, he said with a smile: "To be honest, even if you two don't come to me today, I will have to go to you for help in a while." ”
"You saved the lives of our brothers and sisters, if there is anything we need to do, just say it." Koontz patted his chest and said, "And the whole town is busy, and we don't look like it's okay." “
"Well, you go to the patrol to find Mandarson, starting with the team members first." Snow looked at Contz and said, "But remember not to reveal your identity as a wizard. ”
"Don't worry, I know it." Koontz happily said, "Then I'll go to Mandason." "With Snow's appointment, Mandason will certainly not refuse himself.
Snow nodded, and Kontz walked out of the room with a smile on his face.
Seeing that Contz had something to do, Cecily on the side couldn't sit still, pointed to herself and asked anxiously, "Mayor Town, what about me?" What am I going to do? ”
"Don't worry, your abilities are the most useful compared to all the inhabitants of the town." Snow picked up the production diagram on the table, handed it to Cecili, and said with a smile: "You take a look at this first, can you make it with your magic?" ”
Cecily took the production drawing, looked at it a few times, and said, "Although these things are small, they are very demanding, and it takes three days to complete them with my mana." ”
"Three days? Can't it be faster? Snow asked, in this era, although the production efficiency of one gun in three days is not low, it is far from Snow's expectations.
"This is already the fastest, because my magic is attached to different objects, and the effect will be different." Cecili thought for a moment and said, "The heavier the thing, the more laborious it is to change its shape. ”
Cecili's statement Snow immediately understood, which was easy to explain, the denser and harder the object, the more mana Cecily had to consume. For example, changing the shape of wood and stone, relatively soft wood, will definitely save a lot of effort.
In the past, Cecili's weapons were made simply to make spear shafts and spearheads, and the same was true for swords, but with more blades, so the speed was faster. But flintlock pistols require several parts and are very demanding, so the efficiency is naturally lower.
"Three days is three days, as long as it can be produced in proportion, it can be delayed." Snow said that the brimstone and saltpeter had not yet landed, the gunpowder had not yet arrived, and the flintlock pistol did not need to be in a hurry.
"Hmm." Cecily looked at Snow and whispered, "Mayor, can you tell me what this thing is?" What's the use? ”
"This is called a musket, and it can be used to fire hidden weapons, and it is very powerful." Snow didn't need to go into detail about the types of firearms, and in a way that Ceclily was more acceptable, he simply and violently interpreted the role of the flintlock pistol.
"Oh." Cecily nodded as if she didn't understand, "Then where do I work?" ”
"That's a problem." Snow frowned, Cecili's musket must use magic to make the musket, while hiding it from the townspeople, and at the same time, she also has to give everyone an explanation. A flintlock pistol is as delicate as a flintlock pistol, and it certainly doesn't come straight out of the furnace.
Snow thought for a moment, turned his head to look at Cecili, and asked, "Well, do you know how to strike iron?" ”