Chapter XVIII: The Prototype of the Grenade
Wei Shiyue smiled slightly, he really couldn't fathom Jiang Hanchen's thoughts of Jiang Gongzi, he didn't know if a fishing village wharf was so important, not to mention the Jiang family's current financial resources, it was bought in three or five places, but why did he do it?
Is the private construction of a deep-water wharf obviously for the purpose of berthing foreign ships coming from the South Seas, and it is a good way to make money to avoid the taxes of the city shipping company and the commission of Pu Daren, but will Pu Shougeng allow you to do this?
However, what Wei October said just now was actually just saying what Jiang Hanchen thought in his heart, which is called tacit cooperation. Wei October also laughed at himself for his own value, whenever the son wanted to do something that hurt nature and reason, he would never say it clearly, and he would do it after Wei October said it, could he escape the cause and effect of good and evil?
"Do you want to leave a way for Meng Lu to go, or leave more young people to drive him, won't the son be able to help him do things in the future!"
Jiang Hanchen smiled at Wei Yue's face and said, "Does Mr. Wei want to accumulate virtue and do good deeds?" Haha, don't stay, after all, blood is thicker than water, and no matter how great the benefits are, there will be times when you get tired of it. When he remembers the past, he can't wait to pick my skin and pull my tendons, and he can't give him this opportunity. ”
"Okay, then after I go back, I will hurry up and contact the water ghost Han Liutao, those people under his hands are ruthless, and hundreds of extremely vicious people go ashore to face the fishermen, it shouldn't be a problem."
After Quanzhou returned, the people involved in the two boats gathered in the ancestral hall to receive the reward, and repeatedly emphasized that what happened should not be told to anyone, including their parents, children. Zhao Tianyou did not have hope for this, any secret can no longer be called a secret when so many people know about it, it is just the speed of the spread of the news.
The performance of Meng Wenshan, the star of Quanzhou, was not convincing enough, which was discussed privately by the Zhai soldiers, and people secretly picked on the arrangements with Zhao Tianyou in advance and the way to deal with the aftermath. The next day, he sent people with nimble brains in the fishing village to Quanzhou to inquire about the news, and learned that there was a delay in fighting the fire at night, and the entire second floor was burned down, and the bones sorted out inside were almost unrecognizable.
Originally, the waterwheel, sand and other materials for firefighting were neatly prepared in the market, but after the firefighting patrol arrived, they found silver coins in the courtyard and on the ground on the first floor, and immediately began to pick up money after putting down the buckets, and the scene was chaotic. After picking up the money in the courtyard, he began to pick up the money in the hall on the first floor, and in this way, the fire on the second floor has not been rescued on a large scale, so the people and objects on the second floor have been burned to ashes.
After hearing the news of Quanzhou, the soldiers of Mengjiazhai admired Zhao Tianyou even more for his thoughtful work, and the prestige of this sect leader was even more improved, especially Meng Qiang and Meng Hao, who respected Zhao Tianyou like a god.
Recently, all the things that happened in the Mengjia fishing village were transmitted to Meng Lu's ears by the Mengjia big tiger, and he was also shocked when he learned what happened in Quanzhou.
"Big Tiger, are you serious? Did he really set fire to Cao Jian in Quanzhou and burn him to death? ”
"Dad, really, I listened to Meng Qiang and their chatter when they were eating, and I also praised the surnamed Zhao in every way, saying that if there is no Zhao Jiaotou, our entire fishing village will be in danger!"
Meng Lu twisted his beard with one arm, and was very excited in his heart, if this news is mastered well, can he get rid of Zhao Tianyou and force Meng Wenshan to give way?
"Big Tiger, prepare the boat, I'm going to go into the city! Why is Jiang Gongzi untrustworthy, is it because he can't play the old man! ”
Meng Lu took a full body of resentment into the city to find Jiang Gongzi, while Zhao Tianyou studied the formula with Liu Jinli in the gunpowder workshop. After seeing the low-level mistakes many times, Zhao Tianyou couldn't help it, and pointed out the key, the purity of *** is too poor.
Zhao Tianyou did not find that Liu Jinli purified saltpeter and sulfur, but the charcoal powder was fired and ground by himself, and the first two materials were semi-finished products bought, and they were directly mixed with medicine after simple purification and refining.
"Lao Liu, you bought this thing for a lot of money, what kind of stuff is the Gada's awesome brain in it, can you buy some good ones and come back?"
Liu Jinli hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't we have to consider the cost, saltpeter and sulfur are trafficked from the north, and the price of good quality is three or four percent higher, and it may not be available often, so we have been reluctant to use it after buying five hundred catties each." Although these cheap scraps are not very pure, they can be used after refining and grinding, although the effect is poor, the money can be saved a lot, aren't we doing experiments now. ”
Liu Jinli observed Zhao Tianyou's expression as he spoke, the small drum in his heart beat properly, and he was so nervous that he almost peed his pants. This Zhao Jiaotou is too powerful, it doesn't look like an expert can see through it at a glance, and he can't be sloppy in front of him in the future, otherwise he will lose his job.
It turned out that the two of them had been buying low-grade saltpeter sulfur for fireworks, and there were some old materials left before they came to Mengjia Yuzhai, so they mixed them with the newly purchased materials, and they were not able to get a few silver taels. When they came, they had a little selfishness, when they started to make medicine, they first consumed their own leftover inventory, anyway, they did experiments at the beginning, and they didn't have the final say on whether they did it well or not, who would like to be seen through by Zhao Tianyou at a glance.
"Okay, don't be afraid to spend money on raw materials, we still have silver, adjust the formula as soon as possible, and mix out a lot of finished gunpowder, which will be used in large quantities in the next few days." Zhao Tianyou almost told the true ratio of one nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, *** Zhao Tianyou remembered it very clearly, but he still asked Liu Jinli to ponder for two days first, and then help him adjust it when it was time for mass production.
Meng Shuirou was also assigned the task by Zhao Tianyou, and took some women to select moso bamboo, specifically selecting the bamboo joints to be thick and uniform, and cut them for later use. If you want to make a bamboo turquoise gun, why do you have to cut it, and what do you want to do it section by section?
This is the way Zhao Tianyou thinks about it, with the current resources and technology, the best weapon for long-range attack is the longbow and hard crossbow, but the longbow and hard crossbow belong to the military resources, and the quality of the money bought in Fang City is several levels lower. It is usually used to shoot a pheasant and hare, but if you really go into battle to kill the enemy, the lethality is obviously not enough.
So what to do? Zhao Tianyou thought of the grenade tactics that were widely used in the War of Resistance Against Japan, because the Eighth Route Army did not have artillery at that time, the grenade was the largest lethal weapon in battle, and then at a certain stage it was used in large quantities, and there are very famous grenade tactics The story has been handed down.
What if you don't have a strong bow and a hard crossbow? Brother will make you some cannons to listen to, because the current black powder is not powerful enough, so you can only make up for it with more charges. Therefore, the bamboo joints that Meng Shuirou and the others sorted out are the grenade shells that Zhao Tianyou came up with, and what is the method of fragmentation killing of the warhead, does he have a good idea at the moment, but if he loads more broken iron, how can he collapse three or two people!