"What is this, grenade? Grenade? ”

Coming out of the Ordnance Bureau, Zhu Zilong and Liang Shicheng went through layers of checkpoints and came to the reserve firearms bureau in the palace. As soon as I entered, I was amazed by the nearest round thing!

"Lord Wang, this thing is called the Divine Fire Mixed Yuan Ball, and it is said to be extremely powerful. It is still offered by the Taoist officials, and it is said that Patriarch Zhang relied on this thing to exorcise demons and subdue demons! Liang Shicheng explained with a respectful face.

However, in the next second, he was frightened. Because he saw that Zhu Zilong had already picked up the Divine Fire Mixed Yuan Ball that he had boasted so much about, and he had dismantled it.

"Lord Wang, if it explodes, we'll be finished!" Liang Shicheng was shocked.

However, he said that he did not have the courage to come forward to stop him. Because Zhu Zilong's movements were too fast, and he was so bold that he scared him to death. I saw that Zhu Zilong only used a small knife to peel off the outer paper shell of this divine fireball along the medicine twist.

Then, after a while, like dissecting a cow rack or a pig rack, the parts were placed on the table one by one.

"Let me see what is here, in addition to nitrate, sulfur, carbon, Nima, Jingran, pig intestines, fire oil, etc., this green thing, what is this? Damn, there's only a dozen pieces of mess in this recipe, right? He also said that the power is huge, and he deceived fools! ”

Zhu Zilong was speechless, and later generations knew that the formula of the best black powder - nitrate, sulfur, and carbon ratio is 1:2:3!

In other words, putting any extra stuff in it will only reduce the power of the explosion, not increase it. This Song Dynasty cottage grenade is good, but not only is the proportion completely wrong in it, but also a lot of messy things are put in.

That's it, and it's still talking about subduing demons and subduing demons? Those ghosts are scared to death, aren't they?

With this power, Zhu Zilong is still more willing to believe that during the New China period, it is more practical to spend a few yuan to buy a large second kicker.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, Zhu Zilong and his friends didn't pick up fireworks to play, and they also dismantled them, just to get the gunpowder inside.

--- (two kicks, that is, double firecrackers, is a kind of traditional folk goods, often used in festivals, weddings, memorials and many other occasions, is the principle of relying on the reaction force caused by the impact force on the ground when the bottom gunpowder explodes.

The paper tube of the double-ring firecracker is divided into two layers of gunpowder, the function of the lower layer of gunpowder is to send the firecracker into the sky, and the upper layer of gunpowder bursts in the air after 10~20 meters in the air. It's big, gunpowder-filled, and can even throw a lot of fish into the river and kill a lot of fish! ）

"What's that?" Zhu Zilong, who had dismantled the so-called Divine Fire Mixed Yuan Ball into a small pile of parts, pointed to a long iron pipe and asked.

Liang Shicheng, who had cold beads of sweat on his forehead, replied: "This is a assault gun!" ”

"Assault guns? That's kind of fun! Zhu Zilong stepped forward again, picked up the long iron pipe, and looked at it carefully.

Zhu Zilong vaguely remembered that this thing seemed to have been invented by someone during the Kaiqing period of Emperor Lizong of the Song Dynasty.

In the beginning, it was not made of iron, but with a huge bamboo barrel as the body of the gun, and the inside was filled with gunpowder and bullets. After igniting the fuse, the gunpowder erupted, shooting the "Ziyi" at a range of up to 150 paces (about 230 meters). It is the world's first rifle that fires bullets, and of course, if you are not careful, it can easily become a disposable product!

"In the end, it's just the initial invention of firearms, and this thing is not even as good as the three-eyed gun of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Zilong thought silently.

The three-eyed gun was common in the Ming Dynasty after the Yuan Dynasty, but the range was short, and it was not comparable to the bow and crossbow; Reloading is too slow. However, the advantage is that three shots, or several dozen projectiles, can be fired at once, which can increase the hit rate with numbers.

Unlike the assault rifle in my hand now, I can only shoot one projectile at a time, and after firing, the hit rate is really like winning the lottery. It's a cup of cups!

Zhu Zilong asked for a test shot, and Liang Shicheng prepared it. Try it in the open space behind the Firearms Bureau!

With the sound of bang, bang, bang came one after another. The small tree more than ten meters in front of him was shot down more than a dozen times, and Zhu Zilong didn't hit it once. And the last time, the assault rifle in his hand also exploded cracks, and this safety factor is simply a pitfall.

"Lord Wang, these firearms are also happy. It is mostly used in folk acrobatics, puppet shows, or palace celebrations to achieve magical and mysterious effects. It is said that it is a fairy thing, but it is not. There are also more Taoist officials on the side than refining the elixir! Liang Shicheng and the accompanying firearms bureau officials were a little embarrassed on their faces, and they hurriedly stepped forward to explain with beads of sweat.

What else can Zhu Zilong say? And what can you say? I can only nod my head indifferently!

The "gunpowder" in the four major inventions of China is actually "black powder", first of all, it is a "medicine", and secondly, it is "black". It is said to be a "medicine" because it was originally "developed" for the purpose of curing diseases and driving away evil spirits.

The "developers" of gunpowder are those who are bent on "refining" the elixir of life, ancient Chinese Taoist alchemists and Taoist priests.

Around the time of the Tang Dynasty, at some point, one of them inadvertently mixed saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, and "smelted" a fire and burned himself. This kind of thing that can start a fire naturally cannot make people immortal, and it was quickly abandoned by Taoist priests.

However, after it was passed on to the people.

Folk artists were the first to discover the "artistic value" of gunpowder, and in the acrobatics and puppet shows of the Song Dynasty, they used the newly emerging gunpowder products such as "blasting war" and "spitting fire" to create a mysterious atmosphere.

In other words, in the early and middle Song Dynasty, no one used this thing for military purposes.

It is barely until the late Northern Song Dynasty that there are a few different products, which may be used in the military. But it is still widely not valued by the upper class and the officers and men in the army!

"This king is only the new squire of the Jingshi Daolu Academy, and he also needs to refine medicine and cultivate the elixir. In the future, the raw materials in this reserve bureau will be mainly assigned to me for what they will be used for. In addition, the king may also arrange for some people to participate, and all the big and small personnel in the original game will be retained. Zhu Zilong waved his hand.

When the firearms bureau officials on the side heard that the original team was retained, their hearts fell. Whether they can produce results or not, in fact, they don't care.

As an official of the Song Dynasty, they only cared about whether they could keep their officials and salaries. After all, it is an errand in the palace, even if it is a cold water yamen, this income is much stronger than that of the people.

As for Zhu Zilong to arrange for his own people to come over, this is normal. Who is the leader, and how many henchmen are not easy to insert in?

In their thoughts, they will please those Zhu Zilong's henchmen more in the future. It's not how to live this day, how to live it?

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Coming out of the Firearms Bureau, looking at Liang Shicheng's back from afar, Zhu Zilong sighed deeply, but then rejoiced.

"On the importance of reincarnation, Lao Tzu's identity as a prince is really right. In the past, I saw which protagonists crossed from the Chinese network, crossed to ancient times and wanted to develop firearms, which one was not sneaky? And in order to find sufficient raw materials, it is also nerve-wracking, where is it that I am like now, I am ordered to take raw materials for dry, or is it consumed with public funds, and it is convenient under the pretext of refining the elixir? ”

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