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Liu Zhang found these three guys and Xu Shu again in the afternoon, and several people secretly discussed the later research plan.

The exact recipe for gunpowder has been figured out, and all that remains is weaponization.

Liu Zhang gave two ideas.

One is a weapon like a gun.

One is a weapon like a grenade mine.

Both types of weapons are to be studied.

Muskets, is the point.

Usually when everyone talks about guns, they will say that steel pipes and the like are the key.

Actually, it's wrong.

The most critical thing is the bullet.

In the early days of history, muskets were all front-loaded. First fill the barrel with gunpowder, press it with a stick, then use iron pellets to make bullets, then ignite the fire rope, and with a tom sound, the projectile flies out. This whole gun is equivalent to a large bullet, and the barrel is the bullet case.

Liu Zhang, as a traverser, certainly wouldn't be so stupid.

Because this kind of gun without cartridge protection is easy to blow up. Therefore, everyone thinks that the key focus of the musket is the barrel. In fact, it was completely off track and missed the point.

Liu Zhang drew a picture of the bullet he imagined for a few people, and asked the Academy of Engineering to find a way to make it.

Copper shells, lead warheads in front, gunpowder, ignition powder behind the warheads.

In fact, the difficulty here is not the cartridge case, nor the warhead, but the ignition device.

According to the design of the gun drawn by Liu Zhang, pull the trigger, hit the firing pin to the bottom of the cartridge case, stimulate the ignition, explode the gunpowder, and push the warhead, the whole process is easy to understand, and the key is to fire the ignition part.

"Lord, it's easy to say in front of this, what is the ignition powder in the back?" Pu Fang asked.

"That's what I thought. Ignition definitely requires flint, which is followed by flint and a small amount of gunpowder. When the firing pin strikes the bottom of the cartridge case, the flint rubs out a spark and ignites the gunpowder. The firing pin should be surrounded by a ring of springs. After the gunpowder is fired, a reaction force will be generated, and the firing cartridge casing will retreat, and after the spring is pressed, the bullet casing will be rebounded out. The flint ignites this part. It's going to take a lot of experimentation. First make a few samples by hand, experiment a few more times, and then consider mass production when the model is finalized. ”

"My lord, you have copper, lead, flint, and steel, and you have made the whole thing. But the cost of killing an enemy is too high. It's like smashing the enemy with gold. Xu Shu questioned beside him.

"Yuanzhi, don't consider the cost when doing research, first make what you want to do to see if you can achieve the effect, and the cost will be considered when mass production." Liu Zhang looked at Xu Shu with disdain, why did he care so much about money. This thing will be produced in large quantities again, and the cost will definitely go down.

"Barrels, cartridge casings, designed specifications, can be cast; Triggers, firing pins, these. It belongs to mechanical design; The flint ignition part has to be tested first, and then put it into the bottom of the shell when the test is almost done. Let's divide the work. The barrel and cartridge casings are in charge of Lao Pu; I'll be in charge of the mechanical design; Yuan Zhuo was in charge of flint testing. What do you think? ”

The other two nodded in agreement.

"That's it for the musket, let's make a few samples first. The second weapon direction I just mentioned is grenades and mines, which is relatively simple. It is to encapsulate gunpowder with something, such as iron sheets. Then detonate with a fuse ignition. The size of the package is moderate, and the one that is in the hand is a grenade, and the one buried in the ground is a mine. This type of weapon is not technically difficult, the emphasis is on the lead. It is the need to precisely control the timing of the ignition. This also needs to be tested. ”

"This is easy, let's go back and make a few simple ones first, and use flint in them, just so that Yuan Zhuo can get them together."

"There is also gunpowder, which is very dangerous, and you need to pay attention to it when storing it. In addition to danger, there is also water and moisture resistance. Liu Zhang instructed again.

The weaponization of gunpowder is the most secret and large-scale special research program on weapons launched by Liu Zhang since his crossing. Liu Zhang focused on guns and ammunition (grenades, mines, etc.) instead of getting cannons, because cannons cost too much steel, too much raw materials, and too poor in cost-effectiveness. Cannons have a long research period, a long production period, and are not practical enough, far less practical than making muskets and grenades. If you want to build a cannon, you have to keep up with the production and quality of steel. Moreover, Liu Zhang's army is mainly infantry, and the main object of combat in the future is likely to be cavalry, and against cavalry, unless there is strong firepower or dense artillery fire. Intensive artillery fire is absolutely unrealistic now, so you can only find a way to have strong firepower.

On Liu Zhang's side, when he was secretly researching weapons of mass destruction, Cao Cao also got a humanoid weapon of mass destruction, the Son of Heaven, and it was at the nuclear level.

Liu Xie, the son of heaven, is also sad enough.

After listening to Zhong Xuan's deception, Liu Xie took his cronies and ministers and guards, secretly ran away from the east gate of Chang'an, and then went all the way to the east. Because I was in a hurry, I didn't bring much food, and I finished eating in two days. Liu Xie originally thought that he was the Son of Heaven, and wherever he went, he was not allowed to serve the most delicious food. Outcome...

When Cao Cao hurried and arrived in Luoyang, Liu Xie was holding a big bowl of broth and eating with tears rolling down.

Liu Xie is the emperor, and in China's thousands of years of history, it can be regarded as unique.

In that year, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the young emperor Liu Wei ascended the throne, and later the ten permanent servants rebelled and killed Liu Bian's uncle, the general He Jin, causing great turmoil in the palace. At that time, the young emperor and the brothers Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, escaped from the palace and met Dong Zhuo of Xiliang who came to King Qin. Dong Zhuo saw that the young emperor Liu Wei was not as smart and clever as Liu Xie, so he immediately abolished the young emperor and established Liu Xie, which was to present the emperor for the Han Dynasty. Later, Dong Zhuo was afraid that people would use the young emperor again, so he sent someone to poison Liu Wei.

Liu Xie himself is still very smart.

It's a pity that it was born at the wrong time. When he ascended the throne, he was only eight or nine years old, and the old emperor Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of Han, died two years ago, and he didn't have any systematic imperial education, so no matter how smart he was, it was useless. On the one hand, there are uprisings and rebellions in full swing in the world, armed secession in various places, and local forces have risen into princes; On one side, Dong Zhuo, a martial artist, dominates the government, and he is a little kid who has no power to speak at all.

When Dong Zhuo died, he was replaced by Wang Yun and Lu Bu.

Wang Yun died, Lu Bu fled, and Li Dao and Guo Yan came again, continuing to hold the Son of Heaven hostage.

Now, the thirteen-year-old son of heaven Liu Xie finally escaped from the clutches of Li Dao and Guo Yan, but he was hungry.

As a prince, Liu Xie has never suffered any crimes when he was a child. The golden branches and jade leaves are pampered, and they have always been clothed to reach out for food to open their mouths, and they have never suffered any hunger. A few days ago, I heard that there was a famine in Liangzhou, which affected Gyeonggi, and the young son of heaven Liu Xie also ordered 'to go out of Taicang rice beans and make porridge for the hungry'. As a result, a lot of food was sent, but more and more people were affected and more and more people died of starvation. The little emperor felt that someone was corrupt and cheating, so he called the official in charge of the matter over and asked him to personally take five buckets of rice beans and cook porridge in front of the hall. From this little thing, it can be seen that the little emperor is still very smart.

But what about being smart? In the uneventful world, in troubled times, your heart is higher than the sky, and your life is thinner than paper after all.

Liu Xie wanted to escape from Chang'an and escape from the clutches of Li Dao and Guo Yan, because he was in a hurry and set off lightly, but he didn't bring much food, and he finished eating in two days, which was still saved to eat. There was nothing to eat, so the accompanying guards tried their best to raise and loot food along the way. Unfortunately, little has been achieved. Liu Xie originally thought that as soon as the people heard that the Son of Heaven was passing by, not to mention the pot and pulp to welcome them, at least the guards should borrow some food. No matter how you say it, he is the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, and he is no one in the world. As a result, he was deeply disappointed.

When Liu Xie arrived, he rushed to Luoyang without a meal, and he was already hungry. Liu Xie, who had never been so offended, felt that he could no longer support it, and felt that he was about to die. Looking at the Han court in the ashes, Liu Xie felt that he was really ashamed of his ancestors, and he really had no face to see his ancestors. He was about to become the first Son of Heaven to be starved to death, which was even worse than the historical King Zhao Wuling.

That's when the big savior appeared.

Cao Cao appeared.

Cao Cao sent Liu Xie, the son of heaven, who was about to starve to death, a fragrant and hot broth.

Although the grace of a meal is small, it is a life-saving grace and a saving effort.

Liu Xie, who finally had a full meal, decided to reward Cao Cao greatly. (To be continued.) )

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