Chao Yong didn't go to the barracks for a few days after that, and now he is the god of war of Daliang, and the myth passed down by word of mouth occasionally makes people who are lucky enough to see him feel that Sansheng is lucky, and then brag about it with others.

There's no need to make yourself look like a stall, you can see it at any time. He just needs to maintain the myth of his invincibility, and under the praise of the veterans, he is the god of the army, the god of all worship. Although what the veteran says is not as fanciful as the storyteller, it is better to be true and easier to believe.

On this day, when Chao Yong was compiling his dictionary of the beams, news came from the Craftsman's Institute that the problem of gunpowder transportation had been solved.

Chao Yong immediately brought a team of personal soldiers to the craftsman's courtyard, not to protect the soldiers, but to open the way.

After Liang entered Tokyo, no one dared to run rampant on the streets, and all those who hit and injured the people were punished according to the law, and all those who were killed were paid for their lives. At the end of a month, the people of the city no longer avoided the chariots and horses as before, but went their own way, and when the people behind shouted, they slowly gave way.

If Chao Yong goes on the road alone, even if he rides a horse, he can't go fast, so he can only lead a team of personal soldiers.

The simple people still know where these days come from, and they will give way when they see people in military uniforms.

There were pro-soldiers who opened the way, and soon arrived at the gunpowder bureau of the craftsman's yard.

In the Song Dynasty, there was a gunpowder bureau, but the gunpowder in the Song Dynasty was not powerful, and firearms were not used on a large scale, so the status of the gunpowder bureau was not high. However, the Gunpowder Bureau of Daliang was the most important department of the Craftsman Academy, Ling Zhen served as the commander, and his subordinates were all carefully selected and reliable people, even so, most of them were only doing the work of purification, and only a few people could do the configuration of black powder.

Ten zhang away from the Gunpowder Bureau, there are soldiers guarding it, and without the emperor or the prince's token, even the commander of ten thousand cannot enter the Gunpowder Bureau.

After Ling Zhen asked people to send the news. Just waiting in the courtyard, when he saw Chao Yong coming, he greeted him with a big smile, spread his palms, and said, "It's solved." ”

Chao Yong saw that what Ling Zhen had in his hand was some granular black powder, and said happily: "Have you tried it?" ”

Ling Zhen nodded and said, "I just tried it outside the city in the morning, and the power of the explosion has not decreased at all. ”

It turns out that powdered black powder will stratify during long-distance transportation, and the heavier sulfur will run to the bottom, and the lighter charcoal powder will float to the top. It can only be used after stirring. Once the stirring is uneven, the power will be much less.

This time, when Chao Yong wanted to use black powder on the front line, he discovered this problem, so he immediately came back and asked Ling Zhen to improve.

It wasn't that there was no problem before, but the front-line soldiers felt that compared to the power of black powder, it was not a problem at all, and no one reported it to Chao Yong.

Ling Zhen thought about it for a day but didn't come up with a clue, and then Chao Yong remembered that the gunpowder he had seen was granular, and he immediately figured out this truth. Once ready, it will be granulated. As long as the particles are not crushed into powder, there will be no stratification.

After Chao Yong told Ling Zhen about the situation, Ling Zhen began to try to make the gunpowder into granules, and began to wet the black powder with water. But when the gunpowder dries, it turns into powder again. So I added adhesive things to it, millet porridge, paste, and so on.

Finally, a binder was created that could make black powder form particles without affecting the power of black powder.

Chao Yong picked up a few grains of black powder. I pinched it and felt that it was still very porcelain, and it would not easily turn into powder, so I nodded: "Okay." Each participant will receive 10 yuan in money. ”

Ling Zhen was not very sensitive to money, but he couldn't stop his subordinates' wealth, so he arched his hand and said, "Thank you for the reward." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "Let's go, stop by the gun bureau and have a look." ”

However, the Gun Bureau was just established by Chao Yong more than ten days ago, and the chief was Tang Long, the money leopard, and some skilled craftsmen were transferred from various academies to develop muskets and artillery.

The Gunpowder Bureau is next door to the Gunpowder Bureau, and although nothing has been done yet, the secrecy measures are also very strict.

When the two of them arrived at the gun bureau, they saw Tang Longzheng sitting in the courtyard with a few people, with a drawing and many small parts on the stone table.

When Tang Long saw the arrival of the prince, he hurriedly got up to salute.

Several other craftsmen who were skilled in design mechanisms heard that it was the prince, and they all hurriedly got up to salute.

Chao Yong smiled: "No need to be polite, has there been any progress?" ”

Tang Long smiled: "We already have a few ideas, and we can verify which one is better by building all the parts in the next few days." ”

"So fast?"

Chao Yong just talked about the shape and general structure of the musket, and the structure was the appearance of the toy gun that was dismantled when he was a child, and he still can't remember everything, so they need to improve it. I didn't expect that the Gun Bureau, which had just been established after the defeat of Tokyo, had an idea, and there were still several.

Tang Long smiled: "Actually, this thing is difficult in principle, the prince told us the principle, and the general appearance was also told to us." I've transferred the master craftsman who is the best at mechanics in the craftsman's house, and it's really not difficult to make this thing. The mechanism on the Divine Arm Bow is much more complicated than that. In another half a month, we will definitely be able to make muskets, but it is not clear how powerful they will be. ”

In fact, Chao Yong didn't know the principle of the musket at all, he just dismantled a few toy guns when he was a child, and he knew the general structure of the toy gun.

What is the difference between a toy gun and a real gun? There is really no such thing, many toy guns are made of imitation of real guns, and the structure is basically the same.

After Tang Long and the others got the sketch drawn by Chao Yong, after more than ten days of analysis, they figured out what the role of each part was, otherwise they would have made muskets a long time ago.

Chao Yong didn't want to make a musket come out at the beginning, first, he didn't understand the principle of muskets at all, thinking that he couldn't make it; If the two only have cold weapons, he is invincible in the world, and it is difficult for others to plot against him. And once he had a musket, he couldn't react faster than a bullet.

However, after conquering Tokyo, Chao Yong's mind changed.

The domination of the world by the beams is just around the corner, and the glory and wealth in the future are inexhaustible. But there are still many battles to be fought, and as long as they fight, people will die. Chao Yong didn't want to receive a battle report, which of the brothers above died in battle. Although it is said that the crockpot will not be broken from Inoue, and the general will inevitably die in battle, Chao Yong still hopes that everyone can share wealth and peace.

And Chao Yong also has an ambition, that is, to build a big empire and let the Han people spread all over the continents. Sooner or later, gunpowder would be introduced to Europe, and muskets would inevitably be introduced. Rather than this, it is better to let the Han people invent and apply it in advance. In this way, it is to enter the era of hot weapons, and the Han people will not lag behind. Of course, if the Han people are spread all over the world, then the war may be between the Han people.

Chao Yong nodded and said, "As long as you make it, the power will definitely be not small, but when you experiment, you must use those death row prisoners, so as not to cause casualties when you get it." ”

After the capture of Tokyo, there were originally many people who committed the most heinous crimes to be executed, but Chao Gai was worried that executing too many people at one time would put everyone in the city in danger, so he only publicly executed the seven thieves of the Northern Song Dynasty. Later, Chao Yong set up a gun bureau and asked people to keep death row prisoners. For death row inmates, they can live a few more days, and they are already extraordinarily gracious, and it is not too much to let them do some experiments.

Tang Long nodded and said: "We all did what the prince ordered, and a cannon made a few days ago suddenly exploded, and the death row prisoner who fired the cannon was blown apart, and it was terrible to think about." ”

Several people next to him also looked apprehensive, obviously the scene of the explosion was terrible.

Chao Yongqi said: "Do you know what the reason is?" ”

Tang Long said: "It should be the reason why the barrel is not thick enough, and later the barrel was thickened, and there was no explosion, but the cannon was also a lot heavier." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "This is simple, just add two wheels, how far can you shoot?" ”

Ling Zhen shook his head and said, "It can shoot more than a mile, but it is not accurate, and the route of the cannonball is not as easy to calculate as the catapult, and every time the cannonball is fired, it doesn't seem to go in a curve." ”

"How many days can you make a cannon?"

Chao Yong thought that he was about to rush to the Northwest War, and suddenly his heart moved, if there were hundreds of thousands of people on the opposite side, he didn't need to be on time, as long as he hit it, he would definitely be able to hit people.

Tang Long said: "The cannon used in the test is to temporarily thicken the barrel, that is, to test it, I'm afraid it won't be used many times." To make a cannon, you have to make a mold, and if you have a mold, it will be easier to cast. However, it will take a while to get the mold, and with the casting cannon, the first cannon will have to be a month later. ”

Chao Yong shook his head and said, "It seems that it is useless on the battlefield of Western Xia." ”

Ling Zhen said: "It's also stupid for us to say that the principle of artillery is similar to that of rockets." When the gunpowder is lit, it spews out. If I had thought about it earlier, artillery would have come out a long time ago. ”

Hearing Chao Yong talk about artillery that day, Ling Zhen felt that it was feasible. There are not a few firearms sprayed in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the actual combat performance is not high. And artillery

Chao Yong smiled: "You guys do it slowly, don't worry, as long as there is black powder, I can use other methods to get him into the enemy formation." After you do a good job, you have to do more tests, at least the artillery must be able to fire hundreds of times before it is qualified. ”

Tang Long nodded and said, "Since the prince is not in a hurry, we will do more experiments to find out the various problems of the artillery and then cast the cannon." ”

"Well, money, manpower, transfer at will, I told them."

Chao Yong nodded at Tang Long and a few people behind him as encouragement, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly remembered a word, turned around and said: "Rifling, adding rifling should be more accurate." ”

Tang Longqi said: "What is rifling? ”

Chao Yong said irresponsibly: "It's just that there are some raised lines on the barrel, I can't remember clearly, you should know if you do more experiments." Of course, also for muskets. ”

Tang Long frowned and said: "To do this rifling, the process will be complicated, but it is not impossible to solve, I will try back." ”

Chao Yong smiled: "You try slowly, there are not enough death row prisoners in Tokyo, you can transfer death row prisoners from other state capitals." (To be continued......)