"Grand Chief, when will we be able to use this powerful weapon?"

The violent explosion made Chi is blood boil, and he was eager to use this more powerful weapon.

"It's still early!"

Li Qi shook his head and laughed.

First of all, there is no perfect industrial base now, not to mention anything else, even lime, sulfur, and nitrate cannot be produced in large quantities, and it is not large-scale, and Li Qi can only use a small number of tests, which require a lot of basic equipment.

Secondly, he would not say that he would develop the arquebus first, and then the smoothbore, he must have jumped the rifle directly, because the steam engine had already come out, and he had perfect technical information.

Finally, there is no need for the time being, at present, the Huaxia Alliance is still quite safe, and it can be produced-based, there are not enough raw materials, even if it can be produced in large quantities, there is no production that cannot be produced.

Chi is very depressed, aren't you hanging people's appetite?

Li Qi glanced at Chi and said with a smile: "Why are you so desperate to get this powerful weapon, and now you don't need to fight." ”

Equator: "I just hope we have enough strength to protect ourselves." ”

Of course, he also knows that there are no enemies in the Huaxia Alliance at present, but he always feels that the current Huaxia Alliance is relying on the protection of the royal family, and it is relying on the power of the fox and the tiger, rather than relying on its own strength.

"Of course you're right to think so, I always say that you have to guard against people." Li Qi nodded and said, "But if you can not use force, try not to use force." Moreover, weapons do not make an army strong, a strong army must be able to strictly follow discipline, obey orders, and have an iron will, which is what our soldiers need to strengthen. ”

Chi just nodded slightly.

Richie asked, "You don't seem to agree." ”

Chi was slightly stunned, looking a little surprised.

Li Qi smiled: "Say it." ”

Equator: "I always believe that it is still necessary for fighters to fight in order to become a real warrior. ”

Li Qi nodded, "You're right, but first, you have to make them eligible to go to war." ”

Chi asked, "How can I be considered qualified?" ”

Li Qi said, "I'll have a way to try them out then." ”

Chi frowned slightly, this Li Qi didn't make it clear, he suddenly felt a lot of pressure, in case Li Qi tried it, it would be embarrassing.

......．

Although it was a successful explosion, this is not the final recipe, and as a chef, Li Qi always wants to make something better.

Therefore, on the basis of the No. 9 formula, he changed the proportions of the formula slightly, and then tried and tested.

There will be a reward for what you pay!

Finally, he was able to figure out a more perfect gunpowder formula.

And he is not the hardest working person in the Huaxia Alliance.

There is a pair of combinations to work harder than him, this pair is Rong and Agu, the two of them are different from Li Qi, Li Qi is really no way, if there is a choice, he hopes to sit on the chair, drink coffee, read the newspaper, lazily enjoy the afternoon sun, not hide in the cave, study all kinds of recipes every day, and Rong and Agu are very fascinated by fire and machines, this is their hobby, when they rest, they are also researching, discussing, how to produce more precise parts.

They have manufactured a larger, more efficient cylinder boring machine, which is of course also necessary, if the second one is the same as the first, then what else to develop, direct mass production, is to continue to improve.

"Big Chief, I've made some improvements to this steam machine, because I think it's easier to move the boring cutter and it can definitely help us produce better, bigger cylinders."

Ah Gu stood next to a large machine and excitedly introduced it to Li Qi, but he was thin and looked a little funny.

Li Qi's design is that the boring cutter does not move, the cylinder rotates, Agu feels that the boring cutter is lighter than the cylinder, and the rotating boring cutter will be faster and more flexible in operation.

Richie laughed: "I like to speak with facts. ”

"I'll make a cylinder for the Great Chief."

Ah Gu immediately commanded four people to carry a large cylinder embryo over.

He was limited in size, so he had to cooperate with others, and in addition, Li Qi would not let humans rely entirely on the beasts, so he arranged for a team to develop them here, and most of them were humans, there were only three beasts.

Soon, they attached the cylinder embryo to the machine and fixed it.

Rong immediately pushed the firepower, and soon, he saw white gas spraying out.

At the same time, the long axis on which the boring cutter is mounted rotates very much.

Agu is like the god of gambling, listening attentively, and then directing his subordinates to operate the machine, that is, moving the boring knife back and forth.

After a while, the fine machining of a cylinder is complete!

After it cooled down, Li Qi reached out and touched it, and said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, very smooth." ”

"If there were more colorful stones, we would have been able to do better."

Agu said, came to the machine again, pointed to the boring knife and said: "This boring knife is smelted by us with the bronze sent by the big chief last time, although this copper is harder than black iron, but it is still not as good as the colorful stone, if it is processed with the boring knife of the colorful stone, it will be better." ”

Rong stood behind Ah Gu, nodding silently, high-grade metals were like drugs to him.

As he spoke, Ah Gu came to the previous steam boring machine and said, "Great Chief, I have changed this machine to process screws and boring cutters. Great Chief, please see, this is a boring ...... of colorful stones. ”

Ah Gu looked very excited, and as he spoke, he excitedly demonstrated to Li Qi.

When the fast-turning boring cutter hits the iron plate, it suddenly splashes with fire.

Soon, a threaded hole was made!

Li Qi saw it in his eyes and said in his heart, if I want to, I can produce guns now!

In fact, the most difficult thing to make a gun is the barrel, without the help of the machine, you can only use the way of coiling the tube, relying on skilled workers to hammer it out, but with this boring machine, you can drill holes directly on the iron pipe, and the cylinder can already be processed there, as long as it is slightly changed, so that the boring knife becomes more precise, and it is not difficult to pull rifling in the barrel.

Ah Gu hurriedly handed over a screw and said excitedly: "Do you want to try it, big chief?" ”

"Okay!"

Li Qi picked up the screw, put it on the threaded hole that had just been drilled and turned it gently, it was really seamless!

"Excellent! Very good! Li Qi smiled and nodded, and assured Agu, "Next time, I will find a way to get more colorful stones." ”

The kingdom restricts the sale of colorful stones, and there is no sale on the market, so it can only be said that they can find a way to exchange them from those dignitaries.

"Thank you, Great Chief."

Agu said excitedly.

Li Qi smiled bitterly: "There is no need to thank you for this, we do all this for the Huaxia Alliance, not for me." ”

Having said that, Ah Gu and Rong actually don't feel that they are working for the Huaxia Alliance, but purely for themselves, because when their talents can be displayed, and they are appreciated and recognized by others, this is a very happy thing, why the beasts are very unhappy in the kingdom, it is because no matter how good they do, they can't get the approval of the royal family, at least they can't become a first-class race.

"You're doing a good job, but it's not enough." "The factory over there is already under construction, and I need bigger, more precise cylinders to give us more power," Li said. The screw was just a lift on the machine, and although the fusion was powerful, he was never able to hammer out a very large iron plate. ”

Rong said uneasily: "Big Chief, how old do you want to be, I can try it." ”

He had a feeling of abandonment.

Li Qi smiled: "Don't worry, the reason why I want to produce a bigger steam engine is also to help you, no matter what, you have to stay here." ”

After listening to it, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and smiled honestly.

The next step for Richie was to develop a steam hammer for forging larger machines.

But this meal still has to be eaten one bite at a time, and Li Qi didn't say that he should let Ah Gu make it immediately, but just made a suggestion to let them think about it this way, anyway, the factory has not been built yet.

After spending a day in the smelting area, Li Qi went back to the Wild Lake Department, although Ah Gu and their progress was relatively fast, but it was all money piled up, and he had to find a way to make money.

Early morning!

"Alas... It's been a long time since I've had a long vacation! ”

Richie, who had just gotten up, stretched out in the tent and complained, but he got up and went out of the tent, and saw a long table outside his tent, on which was placed a basin of water, a handkerchief, and some tooth grass.

After the propaganda of the Propaganda Department, the treatment of the leader is naturally gradually taking shape, and everyone has no opinion on this, not that they don't dare, but Li Qi has done more work than them, but it is not manual work, and do not let that trivial matter interfere with the leader, which is of course also due.

Li Qi had just bitten off most of the grass, and he was still chewing it, when Mo ran over and panted slightly: "Great Chief, some fruit has been sent from the Deep Valley Department." ”

What a curse! Li Qi hurriedly spit out the tooth grass and said, "I know! I'll be there later. ”

He is now frantically looking for the fruit of winemaking, and specially sent a small team to ride the deer beast to other places to pick fruits.

After Mo left, Li Qi put the remaining half of the tooth grass in his mouth, "Don't waste it." ”

Suddenly, the stimulating taste of the tooth grass made a flash of inspiration in his mind, looking at the remaining tooth grass on the side, and said in his heart, yes! How can I forget this tooth grass even more, it's not enough to have beautiful clothes, if it stinks, then other races will still not be willing to approach humans, and the daily necessities of the royal family are not suitable for us humans, we still have to produce them ourselves.

The royal family does not use a toothbrush, they use a mouthwash quenched from a plant, they take a bath is also very special, their handkerchief is really used to dry the body, the main brush used in the bath, they do not use soap, but use a kind of fine sand in the shell, first wipe on the body, and then use a brush to brush, not that they love to be clean, but they think that this brush is very cool, so they all like to take a bath in the big bathhouse, in addition to the guild hall, the love hall these places, the royal family rarely has a bathroom in the house, because in the bathhouse wash, You can brush each other, and there is also a special service, the large bathhouse of the cow hump is built on top of a large hot spring, and it is said that the hot spring of their kingdom is built into a large bathhouse.

Li Qi hadn't been there, he didn't dare to go, it was scary just to think about it.

Li Qi immediately ordered some tooth grass to be brought, and then pounded it into minced pieces, dripping the juice onto the PH test strip.

"Sodium bicarbonate? It turns out that the main ingredient in this tooth grass is a high-purity sodium bicarbonate. ”

Li Qi's eyes suddenly flashed, as if he thought of something, but just a little, he couldn't help but beat his head, "What is it?" What should I think of? ”

Suddenly, his eyes widened and he said, "That's right! How did I forget that! ”

He couldn't help laughing, and after laughing for a while, he shouted outside again, "Xiaoding, come in." ”

I saw a young man walk in, "Big Chief, what's the matter?" ”

Li Qi said excitedly: "You go and ask Mo to bring me some orange lemons." ”