Let's take a look at how much the ancients attached great importance to weapons made of good steel!

In "Water Margin", Yang Zhi sells knives and asks for 3,000 yuan, how much is it converted into RMB?

If the current price of rice is 5 yuan per kilogram, one stone of rice in the Song Dynasty is 148 yuan, which is about 300 yuan for 1 copper coin. Well, it seems to be similar to the Ming Dynasty?

Yang Zhi's treasure knife = 3,000 guan = about 750,000 to 1 million yuan!

Alas, my numbness. You can buy a few BMW cars!

Since Yang Zhi dared to call for a million-dollar price, why was his knife so expensive?

Mainly because the knife is hard and sharp, which is why Yang Zhi asked for about one million yuan. So why was an ancient knife worth so much money?

Because Yang Zhi's knife happens to be made of skilled craftsmen and refined steel. (Even if the ancients had poor steel management skills, there will always be some miracles, and then just like the best steel in modern times, there will be some of them.) ）

So ask again, why does the treasure knife made of refined steel have an extraordinary status in the hearts of people and knights?

That's because, in ancient times, samurai held swords that had to be able to cope with various situations with a single sword. For example, they cut through their clothes, pierced their armor, cut their flesh and skin, and even chopped off their heads.

In the modern 21st century, the knives we come into contact with are generally special knives (generally civilian), cutting soft objects, chopping hard objects, and cutting tough objects, using different knives.

Therefore, in fact, the civilian knives used by our modern people are not refined steel.

Military steel and special seamless steel are, just like the batch that Zhu Zilong is using now, which is somewhat similar.

In ancient times, to make a good knife that was invincible, it was necessary to have both hardness and toughness, as well as excellent cutting performance. The commonly used method is hand-folded and forged, also known as iron, and Damascus steel in the West.

Several pieces of steel with different hardness (different carbon content) are stacked together, bundled into one, sintered at a certain temperature, and then forged into a long strip, folded, and then forged.

This is repeated many times, and the middle is twisted like twisting a twist. In the end, like kneading a flower roll, a piece of rigid and soft knife blank is obtained, and then polished into a weapon. This process is called the Damascus process!

The process is quite complex and requires a lot of labor.

A good knife needs to be folded and forged more than a dozen times, or even dozens of times. And every time the hammer is dropped, there is a possibility that the knife blank will become a scrap. (Just like everyone playing online games and refining gem levels for equipment, one mistake will invalidate the equipment.) ）

So the cost is very large, and the yield is very low!

Not to mention, you still want to make this steel into the shape of a steel pipe, are you going to kill the ancient blacksmiths?

Therefore, it is not surprising that you can see the extremely shocked expressions of Li Cannon and others when they heard Zhu Zilong say that they wanted to use the seamless modern steel pipe in their hands to build firearms.

In their hearts, this is definitely 100% super loser.

Such a good steel, not to mention the priceless price, is only less than the same volume of silver is worth NNN times.

If the cost of a local firearm in the Ming Dynasty that they mentioned earlier was about five to ten taels of silver. Then using this modern seamless steel pipe, it is equivalent to the cost of increasing to more than 100 taels at once!

You're numb, Lord Zhu, can you be a little more extravagant?

Well, Li Dacang complained in their hearts, and Zhu Zilong couldn't hear it.

He is very happy now, because Li Dacang's reflection shows that he brought a seamless steel pipe back to the Ming Dynasty, which is very correct.

The precious swords of ancient heroes do not leave their bodies, a knife is often worth hundreds of thousands, and even priceless, and the knife does not leave the body, in the end, they are afraid of losing it!

That's it, Zhu Zilong is a traverser.

The hundred refined steel, which was more important than life to the ancients, he bought it from the modern 21st century, and used it all at the price of cabbage.

Therefore, there is no mention of the psychology of paying attention to it.

At that moment, Zhu Zilong said to Li Dacang and the others: "Craftsman Li, from today onwards, I will assign you a special room to build firearms." The monthly food wage will not be less than yours, and I will reward you for every qualified bird you make with such steel in the future. If it is not qualified, you will have to deduct your corresponding monthly ration to replenish the material loss. If a non-commissioned officer is injured, he will also be punished. ”

After being surprised, Liu Dacang and the others, you look at me, I look at you, and look at each other.

I thought that people themselves were willing to use stainless steel to build firearms, so what would they be coquettish about?

So, Li Cannon stood up, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, just according to what the adults say." There must be steel, but it can fail, and we will not be able to see our ancestors, and we will live up to our mission! ”

This is the end of the matter, but this is not the end.

If we follow the general line of firearm development, it must be arquebus first, then flintlock pistol, then breech gun, etc. However, Zhu Zilong really wants to say a word to the protagonists described in those online novels.

We're traversers, big brothers. We have known the development route of guns for a long time, what do you guys think?

For a while, for various reasons, you can't create a modern rifle, and you don't need to give yourself a mentally handicapped halo, so you have to start with an arquebus and develop slowly, right?

This is not the number of water words, this is reality!

Unless it is a last resort, it must be a traverser, vigorously developing flintlock pistols.

(The flintlock pistol was invented by Mahan, a Frenchman born in 1547 (mid-16th century) into a family of gunsmiths, locksmiths and watchmakers.) Improved on the basis of the revolver musket, the clockwork steel wheel was removed and a piece of flint was clamped to the jaws of the hammer. ）

When firing, the trigger is pulled, and under the action of the spring, the flint is hit the side of the fire door, and sparks emerge, igniting the gunpowder and firing. The firing process is greatly simplified, the firing rate and shooting accuracy are improved, it is easy to use, and the cost is low, which facilitates mass production.

In the middle of the 17th century, many European armies were generally equipped with flintlock pistols until 1848, which was more than 200 years old.

Look at it, foreigners invented flintlock pistols as early as 1547.

Now the Ming Dynasty is 1626, which is almost a hundred years slower than foreigners, and arquebuses are still used?

How brain-dead am I'm TM?

If arquebuses are still used, for fear of natural fire igniting gunpowder and many other reasons, the musketeers will not be able to stand in a concentrated position, and they will not be able to form an effective queue shooting effect.

Spread out and shoot, against wild boar skins and some special enemies, that's not to find your own pump, what is that?

Thinking of this, Zhu Zilong hurriedly said to Li Dacang and the others: "I heard that in the Ming Dynasty, don't our birds use fire ropes?" I came up with a way to shoot without an arquebus, and I saw if it worked. ”

"No arquebus? How did the bird fire, the little old man had never seen such a gun. Some of the old craftsmen shook their heads, looking incredulous, only Li Dacang fell into thought.

It is no wonder, even in the West, that the flintlock pistol was invented by the Frenchman Mahan in the 16th century.

But it was also snubbed by Western armies at that time, and it was not until the eighteenth century that the conservative senior generals of the army began to equip the army on a large scale. At this time, the eastern countries naturally did not realize the significance of flintlock pistols for hot weapons.

Many human inventions need a flash of inspiration and the attention of big people.