One of the small consequences of being a member of the Yuwen family, some of my daily benefits disappeared.

The mysterious creature couldn't continue to stay under the same roof with me on the grounds that there weren't enough people around me, and the mansion hadn't been repaired, let alone be able to run through the courtyard to find me in pajamas or something day and night, or a few other people hanging out or something, and then it became some kind of noisy and lively daily life.

She was almost reluctant, and was begged by a group of people on her knees, so she almost moved to the newly expanded courtyard next door to live in front of her, and by the way, she enjoyed the service and care of the family.

Purple Shikibu naturally took on the chores around the mysterious creature, and with the slaves and maids brought by the family, I was arranged to take care of the people who took care of food, clothing, and daily life, and slowly replaced.

Then, under the mandatory requirements from the lord's family, the content of learning was added to the daily life, yes, learning, as the children of the nobles of the sea domain, before the coming-of-age ceremony, there was always no shortage of all kinds of content that needed to be learned, in order to enrich their knowledge and sentiments, especially for the enigmatic creatures who were placed on high hopes.

Although it was not possible to enter a formal school, it did not prevent some famous women from being hired to teach in short classes, and they even found a former court lady or something to teach some more private things through the connections of the Yuwen family.

This is also the only price and requirement for continuing to cover up and condone her mistakes as a family from Yuwen.

As a result, the time I could see her was reduced all of a sudden. At the strong request of Ah Zi beside me, I could only see the mysterious-like creature with a bitter face, as well as her stomach full of whining and complaining, at a few meals such as morning tea, dinner, and afternoon tea.

However, without being shown to be strongly contrary to the will of the mysterious creature itself, after hearing these daily reports, I had no choice but to let them go.

And Genjiuro took people under my command according to the requirements, scattered and mixed together, and did some kind of cooperation and tacit understanding in daily training.

Genkuro's people, although they claim to be righteous subordinates, are actually another form of private arming, mainly to bypass the restrictions on the vassals and countrymen of the feudal domain.

Of course, they are good at handling ships and fighting at sea, although they are generally not very old, but they have more or less experience in escorting ships and dealing with pirates. It has also made up for some of my shortcomings in the emerging maritime trade activities.

Of course, the banner was to protect the common interests of the two associations, so although some frictions and small contradictions inevitably arose, they were quickly quelled and suppressed.

Time is like the flowing water that opens the floodgates, and it quickly enters the hotter months. There is a weak chirping of cicadas, separated behind the heavy door,

"What do you want to do......"

The enigmatic creature glared at me warily.

Because of the increase in daily schedules, the enigmatic creature who was once at ease complained about it, so she found an excuse to discuss important things and came to stay with me, which became her rare leisure time.

It's just that I didn't expect me to take her directly down to the further expanded ice cellar, and suddenly a little.

I'm certainly not in the mood to do anything to her, at least at this size. It's just that from the Tiangong and Yakumo Society, which are operated by Hui Fù, I got some long-awaited good news, and by the way, I also called her to share it together

A bunch of real tools and instruments,

"What is this ......?"

The enigmatic creature looked at the small pile of hemp-paper, like coarse salt freshly dried by the sea, with some curiosity.

"Be careful,"

I pulled her away and handed her a wet mask.

"This thing is poisonous ......"

I carefully picked up a small pinch of particles with tweezers, put them in a stone container, and then used the lit incense sticks to put it together, only to hear a crisp crackling sound, a strange smell filled the air, and the incense sticks disappeared for a short time.

Then I put some more in, and then I knocked it a little hard with the long handle of the medicine, and there was a crackling sound of green smoke.

"Is it ......?"

The enigmatic creature's face was a little surprised.

"That's right, it's thundermercury, the original version of thundermercury,"

I said proudly

"It is also an important ingredient in the primer of detonators and bullets in later generations......"

"I asked the craftsmen of Yakumo Society to use mercury to react with nitric acid to produce mercury nitrate, and then mix it with alcohol to react, and finally get the crystal,"

"So it's toxic, and it's ...... stable."

The principle is simple, but in fact it is not so easy, mercury is good to say, since the pre-Qin period is a fairly common product, nitric acid has to be obtained from refined saltpeter, from the exhaust gas distillate of mine ironmaking, filtered and purified concentrated sulfuric acid called green vanadium water, secondary reaction; Then the alcohol is also distilled from the high liquor with a low cost-effectiveness ratio, and it is repeatedly distilled.

This is also thanks to the market supply of cheap soju made from a large amount of bagasse as a by-product of the well-developed sugar industry in Quang Phu.

Although it is still a handmade product on the test bench, at least there is a direction for mass production.

Although it has defects such as volatile, toxic, and corrosive, it is not a problem for guns with a limited number of shots in modern times.

Although it is unlikely that the primer will be in place in one step for the time being, as the development direction of the detonator, it can indeed go further in the field of explosives.

Then I led her to another special workbench, and the other piece was the product of Tiangong's precision machining technology.

It looks like a long metal block with a circle in front and a back, but it is actually composed of several large wrought iron parts, but thanks to the forging technology that has begun to take shape in this era,

"It's a simple bolt ......"

I explained.

The best flintlock pistol in this era is still a flintlock pistol, which has a flaw, that is, the number of firing is slightly more, and the mechanism of the flintlock wheel will gradually lose its elasticity, of course, for the rate of fire of the flintlock pistol, it is really nothing.

So I simply modified it into a simpler and more durable ram flintlock pistol, which further reduced the gap between reloading and firing preparation.

Of course, I don't want to do the so-called firing pin gun in one step, the problem of the right compression spring, this era has not yet been born, in contrast, the application of various elastic bolts and rivets has been quite common in this era, and even formed a set of normative standards.

The structure of this bolt comes from the prototype of the style of the modern post-fire gun, the so-called Dreiser, Hall rifle and Carman Ryder gun, which has been repeatedly discussed by military fans and enthusiasts on the forum.

The most striking feature is that there is a round tube at the rear of the barrel that can be lifted upward, and its principle is similar to that of the bullet casing of later generations, the gunpowder and projectile are added to the plug in turn, and then pulled down and tightened, so that the thread of the nozzle and the groove of the barrel are sealed, so as to prevent the leakage of most gunpowder gases.

What's more, I also have a big killer - the sealing ring, which was originally intended to be used on the steam engine. , I didn't expect to use it in the design of the musket first.

In this era, there was no rubber in later generations, but there was a substitute that had been used for hundreds of years - Eucommia ulmoides rubber, of course, it could not compare the hardness with vulcanized rubber, and it was mainly used as a wear and shock absorber for wheels, as well as waterproof raincoats and rain boots and other daily necessities.

In addition, I have a small improvement in ammunition, which is the so-called paper shell fixed ammunition, of course, because there is no primer, only gunpowder and projectile can be fixed, but this is enough.

In this way, although there are still more embers, the closed ring is heated and aging quickly, but for the original rear-loading gun with a limited number of shots, it is not a problem.

You must know that because of the limitations of materials and gunpowder, the firearms of this era must still be made relatively thick and strong in order to bring people a sense of psychological and physiological security.

A primitive rear-loading gun was enough to kill most firearms of this era.

In this way, I am one step closer to the era of barrage in which I dream of queuing up to be shot. The only thing that limits me is the processing and selection of materials for the barrel.

I now need to constantly count the various pipe diameters, thicknesses, and lengths to find a weight. Power, precision, and reliability are all compromised solutions that are then used as the standard for mass production.

At least I have a variety of refined iron materials to choose from, and the Southern Dynasty has the so-called four famous irons, Fuso Iron and Ryukyu Iron from Tokaido, and Nanan Iron and Tianzhu Iron from Saikaido, so it can be said that each has its own advantages.

"What do you need me to do......"

The enigmatic creature hears the song and knows the way of elegance

"A larger quantity of iron,"

I'm straight to the point

"Because the scrap rate of manual processing is still relatively high......"

"And sulfur ...... from the Wa Kingdom"

"You also need to borrow the channels of the Yuwen family to get ......"

"As for saltpeter, I'll find a way from Tianzhu."

Subsequently, I took her to meet Shen Yue, who was hiding in a private workshop somewhere, as some kind of handover.

This lame man Shen has eaten a full meal for a few days, washed his body, removed his weed-like hair, and put on a tailor-made green silk shirt, his rickety back has straightened a lot.

It is difficult for people to associate him with the hunchbacked lame guy who was like a cockroach and a ditch rat before, wearing a sack and rummaging through the garbage, but his crippled arms and eyes cannot be recovered.

Therefore, he can only act as a guide and supervisor, and also adjust some details, but cannot physically do most of the work that requires hands-on.

However, he still drew several mechanical structural drawings and presented them for my reference. As a master of a generation, the most valuable thing is undoubtedly the design and experience in his mind, for which I specially hired two people who have been specially trained in drawing to assist him, and slowly sort out the ideas and solutions accumulated over the years into drawings and tables.

What I need is not only a high-end craftsman, but also a craft inheritance system and categories that are relatively easy to promote and popularize. He doesn't have any opinion on this after going through too much.

Although I have a lot of ideas and a certain amount of hobby-based hands-on ability, after all, there is still a considerable distance from the professional field, so improving and revising the mature design system in this era is undoubtedly the easiest shortcut to achieve twice the result with half the effort.