Chapter 40: The Theory of Firearms

Time passed day by day, and in three days it was the New Year, and in addition to occasionally going to the station of the young man to inspect Wenzhang's practice, he spent it in the imperial study and the Shifeng trading house.

This said, as soon as he came out of the martial arts hall, he saw Gonggong Zhou coming to report, and Lan Yu asked to see him outside the palace.

"Ah, are you finally back?" I hurriedly said, "Father-in-law Zhou, it's hard work, how many of them are there?" ”

"Back to the official's house, a group of four."

"Okay, Xuan, let them see me in the imperial study."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, it seems that the person has been recovered." Yuan Jian smiled.

"Hehe, sir, let's go. Xiao Qi, quickly pass Wen Tianxiang. I said impatiently.

In the imperial study, Lan Yu and the other four people lined up, knelt down and kowtowed: "Minister Lan Yu, Minister Shen Mo, subordinate Yun Zhongfei, grass people Yun Bofei See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." ”

"Flat."

Lan Yu got up and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have brought Yun Bofei back." ”

"Haha, okay, okay, I'm finally back, since you left, I've been looking forward to you every day, Lan Yu, Shen Mo, Yun Zhongfei, the three of you have worked hard, sit and rest on the side." I looked at the person on the far left and said, "You are Yun Bofei, the son of Yun Yue, right?" ”

"Back to the emperor, it is the grass people."

Yun Bofei and Yun Zhongfei are somewhat similar in appearance, although they do not have Yun Zhongfei's heroic spirit, and their body is also a lot thinner, but their eyes reveal the light of wisdom. These two brothers are literate and martial, but they complement each other.

"Yun Bofei, you also sit down and talk, you don't have to be formal."

"Your Majesty."

"Yun Bofei, you know why I came back to you."

"The grass people know that Lord Lan has already talked to the grass people on the road."

"Well, do you know the new assault rifle that your father developed on his deathbed?"

"Back to the emperor, the grass people know that this is what the grass people mentioned to their father back then, but this assault rifle cannot withstand the temperature and instantaneous expansion pressure of gunpowder at all, and it has no practical value."

I was surprised: "What, this is your idea?" ”

"Your Majesty, five years ago, the grass people proposed to my father the improvement plan for the assault rifle, but because of the bamboo pipe problem, it was later shelved, but my father wanted to do it to glorify my Yun family, so my father has always refused to give up, and finally got this catastrophe." Yun Bofei said sadly.

I held back the excitement in my heart and said, "Bo Fei, your father's wish will definitely come true." Have you ever thought of replacing bamboo pipes with other objects? ”

Yun Bofei shook his head and said, "In the past few years, the grass people have also thought about it, but they have never found a way. ”

I nodded and said, "Bo Fei, you can tell me about the situation of firearms in my dynasty first." ”

"Back to the emperor, today our dynasty applies gunpowder to weapons, in simple terms, there are roughly three situations, one is for rockets, the other is for artillery, and the third is for making detonator bombs. As for the assault gun, it cannot be applied to real combat. ”

"Bo Fei, although these firearms have been used in the war, they can't play a good role at present, have you thought about the root cause?"

Yun Bofei hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the grass people are stupid, I never thought of it. ”

Just as he was saying this, Xiao Qi took Wen Tianxiang to the imperial study.

I pointed at Wen Tianxiang and said, "Bo Fei, come, let me introduce you, this Lord Wen Tianxiang Wen is the new weapons supervisor." ”

Yun Bofei hugged his fists and said, "Bofei has seen Master Wen. ”

Wen Tianxiang looked at Yun Bofei and said, "You are Yun Bofei?" The emperor talks about you every day. ”

I smiled and said, "Song Rui, you can sit down too." Bo Fei, you are an expert in firearms, but I also have some suggestions, please listen to them, is it feasible? I think that the first point is that the materials used in our current dynasty simply cannot meet the requirements of making firearms, taking this assault musket as an example, there is no hollow long tube in the world that is extremely hard and can digest the instantaneous expansion force of gunpowder, so I think that it must be built by ourselves, and only when the basic parts of these guns can meet the requirements, firearms can be widely used. ”

"Build it yourself?" Yun Bofei said confusedly.

"Exactly, Bo Fei, there are many things that are not ready-made, and they need to be built separately by using the resources in hand. Do you know copper, iron, these things? ”

"Of course I do."

"Copper and iron can be made into all kinds of agricultural tools and weapons, so why can't it be made into the barrel of this assault musket?"

"Huh?" Yun Bofei exclaimed.

"This is not very difficult, as long as the mold is in place, our smelting technology has been able to initially meet this requirement."

Yun Bofei thought about it, and then said with great joy: "The emperor's words are exact, in this way, the pressure resistance of this barrel is completely sufficient, and it will not be deformed or exploded." As for this mold, it should also be able to be solved, so that not only the assault rifle, but even the artillery can be improved. ”

I nodded and said, "I think that the muskets and artillery of the future will be made of pig iron or even better materials for the barrels. Bo Fei, before this, you and your father should have made a mistake. ”

"Please ask the emperor for advice."

"This is not only your father and son, Song Rui, Lan Yu, and even me, that is the imprisonment of human thinking. It's like the shape of water, can any of you tell me what shape water is? ”

Yuan Jian said: "Water is impermanent. ”

"Mr. is right, pour water into a round teacup, water is round, if poured into a square object, the water will become square, so people's thinking must not be imprisoned, especially Bo Fei, you as a developer, should be even more so, send you a word, there is nothing in the world that cannot be done, only unexpected things, everything must be boldly conceived and carefully verified."

"Your Majesty, the ministers are taught."

"Okay, once this first point about materials is solved, it is not only for assault rifles, as Bo Fei said, but also for artillery, etc., as for rockets, don't study them in the future. The second point is that the formula of gunpowder needs to be improved, and there is a record of the formula of gunpowder in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", but that is not right at all, and I tell you that you should try to make gunpowder with the ratio of saltpeter 7 into 5, sulfur 1 into 5, and charcoal 1 into 5. I looked at the few people present, and my tone suddenly changed, "This recipe is only known to everyone here, otherwise I will destroy his nine clans." ”

Although these people are loyal to me, I also need to knock on such a big thing beforehand.

"Your Majesty, the ministers know.

"Yes." I nodded, calmed down and continued, "Yun Bofei, according to my gunpowder formula, you will find that with the same volume, its effectiveness will increase several times or even ten times. ”

This ratio is exactly the proportion of black powder in the later period, and the gunpowder formula on the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" can actually only be regarded as a formula for incendiary substances.

Yun Bofei was very excited when he heard this, and he already had the heart to try and said, "More than ten times? Your Majesty, the grass people will try it as soon as possible. ”

"Well, you'll understand when you've tried it. As soon as you think you can make a musket that can be used in war, I will make you the chief of the weapons superintendent, and the masters, middle masters, and young masters in each workshop will be under your command, and I will name this gun the cloud musket to tell your father's spirit. ”

Yun Bofei knelt down excitedly and bowed down: "Your Majesty, the ministers obey the order, and the ministers must live up to their love." ”