Chapter 165: Primer Shot

Qingfengzi and Zhang Shoutan and others have been listening to Zhang Zhimu's command, busy with this, Zhang Zhimu said that now the potassium chlorate solution is ready, and the remaining crystals are white ** potassium chlorate. Zhang Shoutan asked: "What are the glass tubes doing in salt and lime water now?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "The ** that comes out of the jar is very poisonous. Absorb excess ** with an aqueous solution of salt and lime. When I teach you chemistry in the future, I will explain the truth in detail. You just have to have an intuitive understanding today. ”

When the water in the jar containing the potassium chlorate solution had almost evaporated, while it was still a little damp, Zhang Zhimu personally wore gloves coated with rubber skin, slowly scooped out the white crystals with a small wooden spoon, and then rolled them out with a wooden stick on the wooden board and put them in a cool place. It's winter, so don't think too much about the storage temperature.

Zhang Zhimu said: "This white ** is chlorine-based**, which is much more powerful than nitro**, but its manufacturing cost is high and the sensitivity is too high, which is not conducive to large-scale use." But it is very useful to use it to make quotations and matches. ”

Qingfengzi asked: "What is the match that Mr. Zhang said?" ”

Zhang Zhimu had to explain a lot when he heard it, and he thought that he couldn't talk much in the future, and it was tiring enough to explain this, "We all use a fire sickle to light the fire now, right, this thing is slow and inconvenient to light." A match is such a thing, like a small wooden stick, with a little medicine on its head, and it catches fire when you wipe it. In this way, it is very convenient to use fire. ”

Qingfengzi seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and he didn't ask again.

Zhang Zhimu said that our next step is to make antimony sulfide, let's see that this is called Lian Xi, in fact, this thing has nothing to do with tin, but it looks a little similar. We know that tin is a very soft thing, but when you add antimony, it becomes very hard and wear-resistant. But today we're going to vulcanize him and make antimony sulfide.

It is still more troublesome to make antimony sulfide with antimony, first of all, the antimony is heated in a crucible to a molten state, the sulfur is placed in a closed jar, and the evaporated sulfur vapor is heated at the bottom with a ceramic burning tube, which is passed into the melted antimony and stirred for more than an hour, and the melted antimony completely turns red. After the crucible is cold, take it out with a wooden spoon and roll it with a wooden stick.

The next step is to make glass powder, and the production of glass powder is very simple.

Zhang Zhimu asked Zhang Shoutan and others to fill a wooden bucket with water and come to the glass factory. Zhang Zhimu said to the director of the glass factory: "We want to make some glass powder and ask for your help." ”

The director of the glass factory was a little embarrassed and said: "The glass is too hard, and it is not easy to make powder." ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "It's not as difficult as you said." I'll show you that, so that you can also have a long insight. ”

Zhang Zhimu asked people to hold a spoon with a long wooden handle, and used the spoon to catch a little molten glass, and then suddenly poured it into a wooden bucket filled with water. Immediately there was a splash. Zhang Zhimu told Zhang Shoutan and the others to go back and collect the glass slag at the bottom of the barrel and then crush it. I went back and tried it, and sure enough, such broken glass was easily crushed.

Finally, Zhang Zhimu mixed potassium chlorate with antimony sulfide, glass powder, and sulfur powder in the proportions of 70%, 20%, 5%, and 5%. The mixing step is to dissolve potassium chlorate with water, then add antimony sulfide and stir with a wooden stick, then add glass powder and sulfur powder and stir until viscous, and then pour it into a small wooden mold, which is exactly the same size and shape as the primer of the musket.

Zhang Zhimu said to Qingfengzi and Zhang Shoutan: "That's it today, wait for a night, after these things dry naturally, you can test whether they can be used or not." ”

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that these bottom ** made by Zhang Zhimu were completely dry. Zhang Zhimu asked people to call Li Yunhe over and asked him to come over with a musket.

Zhang Zhimu picked out the primer of the musket bullet brought by Li Yunhe with a bamboo skewer, cleaned it, and then slowly put the freshly made primer into the primer. and glue it with wax paper so that it does not fall out. In this way, a total of ten rounds were modified.

When the group came to the river, Zhang Zhimu asked Li Yunhe to shoot directly without lighting the torch. Because this musket is designed with the primer fired in mind, the bolt is powerful enough to fire the primer. Li Yunhe loaded a bullet, and as soon as the muzzle of the gun soared into the sky, the trigger was pulled, and the "bang" sounded strongly. Li Yunhe was overjoyed when he saw it, took aim with his gun again, and "touched" the trigger and released a shot. Li Yunhe, who put down the gun, said: "Great, the previous arquebus had to stop after pulling the trigger, because it took some time to ignite." But these few ignitions were gone, and I thought the bullets were out after I pulled the trigger. Great, you don't need to ignite the torch in the future, and you can shoot if you have a situation and raise your gun. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Now this thing is not perfect, if you are not careful, touch the bottom **, the gun will go off." Security is not good yet. ”

Li Yunhe asked: "Is there any way to solve it?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "You use copper to punch out a ignition bubble, put *** into the copper ignition bubble, and then put the ignition into the hole of the primer and seal it with lacquer, which is both safe and moisture-proof." And the primer and bullet can be produced separately. However, the copper ignition must be made very thin, and it can be pierced at once with a bolt. ”

Li Yunhe nodded and said, "It seems that I am going to organize a team to produce the primer again." ”

Qing Fengzi and Zhang Shoutan didn't speak beside them, and their excitement was obviously not on fire. Seeing that Li Yunhe finished speaking, Zhang Shoutan couldn't help but ask: "When will Mr. Zhang tell us the truth of this thing." ”

Zhang Zhimu smiled and said, "What's the hurry." After a busy few days, I will immediately give you a chemistry lesson. But I need to prepare for chemistry class. ”

Seeing that Li Yunhe was about to shoot again, Zhang Zhimu said, "You can leave a few bullets for Uncle Chen and them to see." Also, you'll have to work on a fuse that will make our bow and crossbow mines explode as soon as they hit the target. ”

Li Yunhe said: "The needle-like sharp blade in front of it is changed to a firing pin, no. ”

Zhang Zhimu shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, you also need to have a safety device when you don't use it, and you can't have too much impact force when you launch, and it will explode before you go out." It is best to have a secondary unlocking device. It is a device that takes a little time to unlock after flying out. In fact, these requirements of Zhang Zhimu are already requirements for mortar fuses. With the firing **, Zhang Zhimu is already brewing to make mortars. There are no technical difficulties in making mortars with the current capacity of the kiln. If the mortar is successfully made, then the combat effectiveness of the kiln will be greatly improved. But it's better to get smoke-free** out and talk about it. During this time, do more basic work, and when these foundations are done, the rest will break out again.

Back in his office, Zhang Zhimu was preparing a technical scheme for making caustic soda and nitric acid. Chen Yufeng, Li Mao, Li Yunhe and Liu Yun came over, and as soon as they entered the room, Chen Yufeng said: "Zhimu, we just watched the musket that Yunhe test-fired just now, this thing is very good. We all rolled over the battlefield, and we knew at a glance that this thing was so useful. ”

Zhang Zhimu rarely sees Chen Yufeng when he is very excited, in fact, there is no need for Chen Yufeng to say, Zhang Zhimu also knows how important this thing is to Chen Yufeng.

Liu Yun also said: "Before going into battle, you have to light the fire rope every time, and during the shooting process, you must ensure that the length of the fire rope is exposed at any time." It's just too much trouble. It's much more convenient with this guy. ”

Chen Yufeng also said: "The soldiers standing guard now, if they want to fire a warning gun when they encounter a situation, they must first fire a fire sickle and light a fire, and then they can fire a shot. Sometimes the situation is urgent, and there is no time to call the police. But with this musket, all it takes is to give him a chance to pull the trigger. ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Li Yunhe: "See, you will immediately organize a team and prepare a workshop." A primer specifically designed to produce bullets. ”

Li Yunhe said: "I have begun to arrange for people to make a mold for stamping copper **. Personnel will be there immediately. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I recommend Qingfengzi to be the technical guidance of your primer factory. They've been following me all the time. ”

Chen Yufeng said: "This kind of primer can only be kept for our own use, and the muskets for other people are all used in the original ignition method. ”

Li Mao, who had not spoken, said: "This firing method is more practical for the south, where the weather is humid, and if you don't care about the dampness of the fire rope, it will be very difficult to ignite the fire." With this strike primer, it is much more convenient. ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Li Mao: "When you go back, try to let you bring more of these bullets." Actually, we'll have more good stuff soon, so you'll have to wait and see. ”

When everyone talked for a while, Zhang Zhimu left Li Yunhe behind.

Zhang Zhimu drew a sketch with a pencil, which was a schematic diagram of pulling a fire pipe.

Zhang Zhimu pointed to the picture and said: "This is a fire pipe, about seven or eight centimeters long, about 0.6 or 7 centimeters, I don't care if you make wood or copper and iron, of course, it is best to roll it into paper, put **** medicine in it, put a thin iron wire with burrs twisted into a wavy shape in the medicine, the top of this ** is an iron sheet with a thin eye, and one end of the thin iron wire leads to the outside of the fire pipe through the thin eye. The outer end of the fire pipe should be glued tightly, and there should be no gaps except for a thin wire. Put a *** at the other end of the fire pipe. As long as you hold the body of the fire pipe with one hand, and pull the wire outside the fire pipe with one hand, drive the thin wire to quickly pull out of the pipe, and the thin wire with burrs quickly changes from curly to straight line, and is squeezed out from the small iron piece, and the heat generated ignites the ** in the tube, ** clings to the heart of the ***, and naturally *** is ignited. ”

Li Yunhe immediately understood what Zhang Zhimu meant, and said: "From then on, our ** doesn't need to ignite, just install this fire pipe." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, it is to solve this problem. In the future, I will use this fire pipe to make a fire type** and so on, which is too useful. But I'll let you use this to make a hand first**. In fact, it is to put the ** on a wooden handle. Then install the fire hose. The advantage of this is that it is not easy to roll when it hits the ground. ”

Li Yunhe said: "These are not very difficult, I will get the fire pipe out first, and the rest is easy to say." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Yes, after my smoke-free ** is made, my hand ** will be made a little smaller." ”

Li Yunhe asked puzzledly: "What is smoke-free**?" Can it still be smoke-free? ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In fact, it is nitrocellulose, which is not only smokeless but also two to three times more powerful than black **." I'm getting ready to make this thing. ”

Li Yunhe: "I'll try it when I make it." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "In this way, our chemical industry is about to start drying, and I want to centralize the production of all chemical products, so that it is convenient to manage." You also have to get people right. The chemical industry has a lot to offer in the future. Just one of these products. You observe whether Qingfengzi's master and apprentice have been able to manage these. ”

Li Yunhe said: "It depends on whether they are willing to do it." Our people started from the lack of ability, and slowly worked out. ”

When Zhang Zhimu heard this, he said, "Okay, Yunhe, you have the best level of this sentence." People's abilities are forced, and there is no pressure to produce results. ”

Li Yunhe was a little embarrassed by Zhang Zhimu's praise and said, "Come on, don't make me happy." I'll tell you a happy thing. My family may have found a few. ”

"Tell me, what's going on?" Zhang Zhimu asked.

Li Yunhe said: "Director Li said that after searching, his people found a few women who had sold them as slaves and maids in the house of an official in Beijing, who were from Shanxi. They were slaves after their entire family was raided. The characteristics are very similar to my family, and Director Li dare not say that we are looking for them and want to spend money to buy them. But I heard that the name was wrong, and I was afraid that I bought the wrong one. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "If you are wrong, you have to buy it." Buy it back and talk about it. ”

Li Yunhe said: "Director Li said the same thing. Director Li said that if it is fast, it can be bought back before the Spring Festival. It was bought back at a large price in the name of a Shanxi businessman in Beijing on the grounds that he liked Shanxi people as subordinates. ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Don't worry about money, you have to get it done no matter how much you spend." Don't tell your father just yet, don't let him worry so early. Tell him when he gets back. ”

Li Yunhe said: "That's what I told Director Li. ”

When sending Li Yunhe out, Yang Yulin saw Zhang Zhimu's happy appearance, so she went into the inner room with him.

Yang Yulin, who entered the house, asked, "Why are you so happy, tell me." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Come over and I'll tell you slowly." Yang Yulin knew that Zhang Zhimu was going to mess with him again, but this time Yang Yulin did not refuse. Zhang Zhimu hugged her, and she also hugged Zhang Zhimu. This made Zhang Zhimu very excited, Zhang Zhimu moved Yang Yulin's head and began to kiss her, obviously Yang Yulin kissed for the first time, she made a little effort and obediently let Zhang Zhimu kiss her. When Zhang Zhimu kissed her, he obviously felt Yang Yulin's body tremble for a while. When the tongues of the two were mixed together, Yang Yulin's body was a little soft, but fortunately, Zhang Zhimu kept holding Yang Yulin with one hand, and the two fell on the sofa. After a wild kiss, when Zhang Zhimu's hand was about to make the next move, Yang Yulin quit, she got up and went to the other end of the table to tidy up her clothes, and asked in order to divert the embarrassment: "Is Uncle Chen's wedding date set?" ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "I heard your sister-in-law say that there are still ten days to be a good day, or the day that Ouyang He counts." ”

Yang Yulin asked again: "You want me so much, have you ever thought about when to marry me?" "Who is Yang Yulin is much more generous than other women now, but it is not easy to ask such words.

Zhang Zhimu was really not ready how to answer Yang Yulin. Because he really didn't have time to think about it, but he couldn't hurt Yang Yulin's heart, Zhang Zhimu had no choice but to say: "You also know my heart for you, and I hate to marry you right away." But you see, how can we have time to do this for me? I think we'll wait until it's warmer next year, okay? ”

Yang Yulin sighed and said, "Okay." What can I do if it's not good! ”

Yang Yulin got up and hugged Zhang Zhimu and went out.

Zhang Zhimu drank some tea, settled down, and began to write his technical plan for caustic soda and nitric acid.

Caustic soda is also the preparation of sodium hydroxide:

First, lime is put into water and stirred to react lime (calcium oxide) with water to form calcium hydroxide, and then soda ash (sodium carbonate) is added, and calcium hydroxide reacts with sodium carbonate to form calcium carbonate and sodium hydroxide. Calcium carbonate is insoluble in water precipitation, the precipitate is filtered out, the solution is heated to evaporate water, and the crystallization is caustic soda.

Preparation of nitric acid:

Zhang Zhimu knew that nitric acid could also be prepared by heating and drying saltpeter like sulfuric acid, but that method was inefficient. This time, nitric acid was prepared by the reaction of saltpeter and concentrated sulfuric acid. It should be that sulfuric acid is a non-volatile acid, and the nitric acid produced after the reaction of saltpeter and sulfuric acid is volatile after heating, and nitric acid can be prepared by dissolving nitric acid in water.

Zhang Zhimu, who put down the pen, was thinking that these three acids and one alkali are the foundation of chemical industry. With sulfuric acid, nitric acid, chloric acid, and caustic soda, many things can be made.

By the way, the first thing after the production of caustic soda is to build a soap factory, although now due to the limitation of soda ash production, it is not possible to produce caustic soda in large quantities, but if the electricity is made, this problem can be solved, and the output can be done. The second thing to engage in should be nitrocellulose that is, smokeless**, which requires sulfuric acid, caustic soda, nitric acid, it seems that sulfuric acid and soda ash are the bottleneck of all this, and a large number of sulfuric acid and soda ash should be produced first, otherwise everything else is restricted. Saltpeter can go to purchase in large quantities.

When Zhang Zhimu was thinking about the future chemical industry, Lu Chengxiang came.

Lu Chengxiang said: "Mr. Zhang, it's a good thing, the old owner Qiu of Yuncheng sent thirty carts, twenty carts of white salt and ten cartons of carnallite. The person who came said that Qiu's old owner confessed that he was not allowed to charge a penny. ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded and said; "It seems that the salt gang handed us over, and the old owner Qiu is a caring person, which is an expression of gratitude for the last incident, and also an expression of the sincerity of the salt gang wanting to make friends with us. Because now that he's gone, this salt also represents the meaning of the Salt Gang. ”

Lu Chengxiang said: "They don't collect money, and we can't let people go back empty-handed." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "Let Yan Bo choose five good horses, and ask for red ones." The second child of the Qiu family lost the red horse. Go to Li Yunhe's and get five muskets with fifty rounds of ammunition each, and let them take them back. Don't forget to teach people to shoot muskets. ”

Lu Chengxiang was also generous for the first time, and said: "Yes, we definitely don't take advantage of the Salt Gang." ”

Zhang Zhimu said: "This is called courtesy. The guests should be well entertained, and when you leave tomorrow, don't forget to bring a basket of steamed buns and two jars of wine. ”

When Qiu's old owner left Yaogang, he had mixed feelings. His admiration for Zhang Zhimu came from the bottom of his heart, his heartache was that his second child was gone, otherwise he would definitely let the second child make this friend, and his eldest and third child had no way to interact with others, that is, those big owners in the Salt Gang, most of them relied on their ancestors to leave some foundations, and it would be good to be able to maintain it in the mixed days, and there were few people who could compare with people like Zhang Zhimu. cough, don't mention Zhang Zhimu, even the people under him are all terrible, and those who want to be literate and martial are martial. Thinking of this old Qiu Dong's heart, could it be that this Zhang Zhimu has the intention of fighting for the world? Look at his people, but his mind seems to be in business, otherwise he wouldn't have done anything with the transportation company's ticket number.

Back in Yuncheng, Qiu Lao's family set up a table of banquets, invited several big proprietors of the Salt Gang, and introduced to them the process of this trip to Yaogang and what they saw and heard in Yaogang. This makes the hearts of these rich people of the Salt Gang, who usually consider themselves rich, a little unbalanced. Someone asked, "They only heard about the kiln during this time, how can it be better than what we have done for generations?" ”

Qiu Laodong said: "Alas, don't mention it, I've made a fool of myself in other people's places." As soon as I sat down at someone's place, the bottom of my ass was so weak that I almost didn't jump. It turns out that people make spring sofas. The room was as bright as the outside. The windows are all glass clear. Besides, the girl ring who pours tea and water, alas, if you don't call people a secretary, they are all literate and hyphenated, which spiritual head, we can't find it in Yuncheng. The third child in my family almost didn't fall out of his eyes. The one who put me to shame! Hey! ”

Everyone laughed along. Qiu Laodong said: "This Zhang Zhimu is magnificent, we have the opportunity to socialize with him more, and before I can speak, they say that our salt gang will never interfere in the salt business of Yuncheng, and they will abide by this rule." Tell me, what else can we say? ”

When they heard this, they all let go of their hearts. After a while, Qiu Laodong said: "However, people said it." They don't do the salt business in Yuncheng, and they can't guarantee that the salt business elsewhere won't do it. ”

Someone from several big proprietors said: "Oh, it's good that we can manage the affairs of Yuncheng." ”

Then the old owner Qiu talked about the two businesses to be done in the kiln gang, transportation and ticket number. Everyone thinks it's a good thing. Qiu Laodong said: "Since everyone thinks it's a good thing, it's the best." My Qiu family owes Zhang Zhimu a favor. I will try my best to help the people of Yaogang in this matter, and when the time comes, everyone must give my Qiu family a face, and no other things are allowed. "There is a reason why the old club said this, the salt gang has a characteristic, it often sets up a lot of obstacles for outsiders and their rejection.

These people said one after another, we will not make it difficult for Qiu Laodong to speak.

Qiu Laodong said, what I mean in the future is that we will strive to become friends with Yaogang, which will be good for both of us. This proposal waited for unanimous approval. That's why the Salt Gang gave gifts. Zhang Zhimumu is pleased that he has gained a foothold in Yuncheng and has a forward base for development to the south.

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