Every major technological change is accompanied by war, and every technological innovation is first applied to military use. Gunpowder, an invention that originated in alchemy, was used in warfare.

However, war is based on the highest technological level at the moment, and the power of weapons on the battlefield plays a decisive role in victory or defeat. In this era, the use of gunpowder was not mature, but it also became an effective offensive weapon.

Of course, Liu Feng will not give up using advanced scientific and technological knowledge to crush the enemy. Under the Armaments Department of the Provincial Guard, there are two weapons research and development and manufacturing centers, the military battalion and the gunpowder battalion. After Liu Feng learned that "artillery" and "rockets" had been used as conventional weapons on the battlefield, how could he not be in a hurry, and he was even the difference between hot and cold weapons fighting.

The gunpowder camp is also located in the Qiang camp and the military camp is next to each other, in the gunpowder camp, the pharmaceutical masters dug up from all over the place are gathered here, and the good medicines made by Liu Feng have been divided into types, flammable and explosive, and the gunpowder formulas have been different.

Although the proportion of nitrate and charcoal has not yet reached the most reasonable proportion, it is still close, but the use of gunpowder weaponization is still being explored, and the raw materials are also a major problem to limit the use of gunpowder on the battlefield.

Fortunately, Liu Feng knew the best ratio of gunpowder formula, and the extraction of saltpeter, and he also knew the best direction for the use of gunpowder in weapons, but when he could not refine enough steel and copper, he could only make some artillery muskets in small quantities.

The establishment of the gunpowder battalion also made the mineral mining capacity of Xiangheshan in Wu'an to a higher level, in Liu Feng's experimental command, the development of the gunpowder battalion was rapid, through the purification of raw materials and the birth of granular gunpowder, the gunpowder in Liu Feng's gunpowder battalion has been far higher than the power of gunpowder of other people in this era.

But Liu Feng knows that these are not what he can be proud of, as long as the gunpowder is sufficient, more experimental explosions, people will always be able to carry out these experiments, the leadership of science and technology is not the leadership of a method, but the overall system of the concept of leadership, in order to cause in technology, crush any opponent.

Fortunately, Liu Feng established the most perfect workshop system at the moment, as long as the system does not collapse, so that these craftsmen can live a stable and prosperous life, their creativity cannot be underestimated.

The newly recruited pharmaceutical craftsmen have burst out with unprecedented energy under the vision of future life, and in just over a month, they have brought good news to Liu Feng, and the musket that Liu Feng has explained has been made.

Liu Feng didn't know that the manufacture of artillery and muskets was difficult, but he simply thought that the barrel of muskets was easier to make, and artillery was more difficult to cast, so he explained several key points of muskets to the craftsmen of the gunpowder battalion of the military battalion, hoping that they could explore and manufacture them as soon as possible.

But he didn't expect that the hands-on ability of these craftsmen was so high, and they could make what they wanted in the rest of the month, and what Liu Feng arranged was the earliest musket-shaped smoothbore gun.

After the craftsmen figured out the principle of the bolt, they could quickly produce it, but in the loading of gunpowder, they experimented many times, and then gradually gained experience, continued to improve, and after six consecutive improvements, the musket that Liu Feng wanted was finally available.

After receiving the news from the Qiang camp, Liu Feng hurried over, the Qiang camp at this time has already been very different from before, as an important place for weapon manufacturing, the original Qiang people, have moved out of here, to live in Yucheng, and the current Qiang camp is more like a military camp, with a battalion of eagle guards stationed here.

The whole jurisdiction has a hot atmosphere, Qiang camp is no exception, when Liu Feng walked into the Qiang camp, he intuitively felt this atmosphere, simple and simple buildings, craftsmen come and go busy, in this winter time, there is no trace of desertion in the Qiang camp.

Feng came to the Qiang camp, the craftsmen he knew came to salute and say hello, and Liu Feng also greeted them one by one, these craftsmen are tantamount to those high-energy scientists in later generations for him, so Liu Feng's treatment of these craftsmen is the same as that of the sergeants, after all, they are for food and drink, and their rewards are also the most.

How can this not make the craftsmen full of energy, such treatment, such a system, such a workshop, it is difficult to find it all over the world.

After seeing the main craftsmen who specialize in making muskets, Liu Feng stepped forward and said with a smile: "Brother Lin, there is good news so soon?" Thank you very much! ”

A thin man with a height of seven feet smiled and said: "It's okay, it was made a few days earlier, but during the test, the handle was damaged, and after it was confirmed, I sent someone to call you!" There was not much respect in his words, but rather a conversation between friends.

This person is the treasure that Liu Feng picked up, the chief craftsman of the musket development, Lin Boyuan, he is a native of Xingzhou, but he likes to develop rare objects since he was a child, and Liu Feng fell in love with it all of a sudden, and pulled to develop new gunpowder weapons such as muskets, it seems that every person with skills has a rebellious personality, so Liu Feng has always been commensurate with his brother, coupled with Liu Feng's advanced knowledge system, it can be regarded as impressing him.

He took Liu Feng to the musket development workshop, as soon as he stepped into the workshop, Liu Feng felt a wave of heat rushing to his face, the craftsmen in the workshop were clanging in the barrel, all this was carried out as scheduled without Liu Feng's arrangement, which is why Liu Feng attached so much importance to Lin Boyuan.

However, the pride in Boyuan's expression, Liu Feng was not in a hurry to make the musket, he walked to the shelf, and there were dozens of barrels that had been made, and Lin Boyuan on the side smiled proudly: "How?" These barrels may meet your requirements? ”

Liu Feng also smiled: "It's just reluctantly, it's far from meeting my expectations!" Such a barrel can only break armor in 30 steps at most, hurt people in 50 steps, and ...... power in 100 steps."

While saying this, he shook his head, and suddenly Lin Boyuan was aroused, and he stepped forward to pick up the barrel: "Is there a defect in such a barrel?" “

Liu Feng took the barrel of nearly one meter in his hand, weighed the weight, about ten catties, and then said: "The barrel is too heavy, plus the butt bolt, etc., it is inconvenient to use it for sergeant combat, the first element of our production of weapons is to adapt to the battlefield and be able to exert the greatest power on the battlefield." ”

Boyuan's contemplative appearance, Liu Feng knew that the words of such a blow were in place, so he said again: "But it's already great, such a musket is already a sharp weapon!" In time, the musket of my Fanyang Mansion will definitely be famous all over the world, and your name Lin Boyuan will also be remembered by future generations! ”

Lin Boyuan was still trapped in Liu Feng's words and couldn't extricate himself, pondering how to improve the barrel. Liu Feng was also used to seeing him like this, so he didn't pay attention to it, so he walked to his research and development room and made a musket.