The rise of the prince

Chapter 707: A New Idea for the Musket
In the shed next to the experimental field, Zhao Si had already come.

"My lord, is this what you said?" Zhao Si asked curiously, looking at the thunder mercury powder on the table.

Li Xingzhou nodded, "That's right, the reason why I asked you to wait a moment, don't rush to finalize the new cannon, is because this thing is called Thunder Mercury."

"Lei Gong?" Zhao Si was surprised: "My lord, this. Lei Gong, Dian Mu?"

"Damn!" He immediately realized what Zhao Si was talking about, "What are you talking about?"

"He Qian, you write for him."

"Why don't you write it yourself?"

"If you tell me to write, you can write." Li Xingzhou said.

"Oh." He Qian reluctantly wrote the word "Thunder Mercury" on the paper with the pencil next to her.

As for why he didn't write it. I'm ashamed to say that I was afraid of making a mistake. Even now, Li Xingzhou still doesn't understand the ancient writing methods of many characters, and it is even more impossible for Li Xingzhou to have such memories in his mind.

The usual notes, or many important documents of the Privy Council, are all written by him and Gillian.

After reading it, Zhao Si finally understood what he meant, and scratched his head in embarrassment, "My lord, what is the use of these ashes?"

"You can see it when you look at it." He said, carefully tearing off a piece of oil paper used to wrap gunpowder from the side, and then took a spoonful of thormercure with a wooden spoon, put it on the paper, and wrapped it up.

Then put it on the stone beside it, took a hammer from the side, told He Qian and Zhao Si to step back, and smashed the paper bag from a distance.

"Crack!" There was an explosion, and the pieces of paper turned into debris and splashed.

Zhao Si froze for a moment, "My lord, this, this, this."

"Hahaha, how about it, this is thunder mercury. It will explode when it is hit, squeezed, or the temperature rises. I don't think I need to teach you the rest." He said proudly, this is the workshop in the back mountain It is a masterpiece of Li Xin's hard work and fear for more than ten days.

"My lord, there is such a miraculous thing in the world, it is even more powerful than those alchemy priests in the mountains." Zhao Si exclaimed: "With this thing, there is a way to stimulate the shells from the bottom of the barrel, and the shells can be launched more easily and conveniently. "

"This is my goal." Li Xingzhou said: "A new ignition method, which can be ignited without an external open flame. Not only cannons, but also guns can be improved."

As he said, he took a pencil, found a piece of paper from the side, and began to draw, "Think about it, if our bullets can be roughly divided into three parts, the fired bullet, the gunpowder that fires the bullet, and finally add thunderbolt. Let the thunderbolt ignite the gunpowder and fire the bullet, so that it does not need heavy and space-consuming flint, and the bullet can be loaded from the rear, increasing the firing speed and making the operation more difficult."

Zhao Si nodded happily: "Your Majesty, this idea is like a stroke of genius! No flint is needed, nor is it necessary to ignite the fire from the outside. The barrel of the gun can be made completely closed after the bullet is loaded.

As for the force required for excitation, springs can be used! "

The more he talked, the more excited he became, and he stood up as he spoke.

Li Xingzhou patted him on the shoulder: "Starting tomorrow, I will send you thunder mercury in batches. You start the research and development of new guns and guns. I will give you another 1 taels. You can use it as you like, regardless of expenses."

"My lord!" Zhao Si was so excited that he knelt down immediately, "Thank you so much for trusting me, lord."

"If you don't have the ability, this king won't trust you so much. You earned the trust yourself." Li Xingzhou pulled him up and patted him on the shoulder: "I told Wei Yubai before that you can reach a million troops, but she didn't believe it. , but now it seems that you are more than a million troops."

"My lord!" Zhao Si had tears in his eyes: "If there is no lord, this villain will be nothing more than a little carpenter who is afraid of internal incompetence in this life. I will never forget my great kindness and virtue, and I will keep a clear and detailed account for the expenses of money. Send it to the cashier."

"Haha, I won't let you trick me because I'm afraid that these trivial things will affect you. Besides, I trust you. If I say no, I don't need it. Do it well."

"Yes!"

In the next few days, Li Xingzhou finally gradually figured out a set of minimum steps and the safest operation method to make mercury fulminate, and asked He Qian to write it down carefully.

At the same time, the chemical factory building is divided into six rooms, each of which is responsible for one of the steps, and is prepared to use the assembly line for production.

In this way, firstly, the output can be increased; secondly, it can increase safety. This production process involves dangerous substances such as sulfuric acid, nitric acid, mercury, and mercury fulminate. And the fish pond, it will be much safer after being separated.

In the end, of course, there is also the consideration of confidentiality. The Wangfu already has a lot of top technology, but the core of the entire industrial system is graphite crucible, tool steel production, and glass production.

The high-temperature refractory graphite crucible formula, ratio, and manufacturing process are the top secrets of the palace, and all the data are locked in his bedroom, and only he can see it.With high-temperature refractory materials, there are tool steels and glass.

There are tool steel grades of steel, there are boring knives, and there are advanced firearms in the Wangfu.Only with glass can there be mercury fulminate, and only with new primers and other extensions.

Therefore, the core of Wangfu's industry lies in high-temperature refractory materials and graphite. Now that the graphite reserves of Wangfu are almost gone, it is very reasonable for later generations of big countries such as M to list graphite as a strategic reserve resource.

The core of Wangfu's arms industry is gunpowder formula, and now it will add another one, which is the production of mercury fulminate. Both of these are the most important, and they must not be leaked.

Mercury fulminate is much more complicated than gunpowder, and the process and process requirements are not at the same level, but the assembly line production can still play a good role in keeping secrets, so that every worker does not know the complete process.

The next thing is to recruit people, which is more difficult, because this time is more different than the previous types of work.

"What's the difference?" At night, the moonlight was just right, He Qian was fighting with Yue'er and Gillian in the small courtyard, and Qiu'er also came over curiously.

"This time people should be literate." Li Xingzhou leaned on Qiu'er's lap and said lazily, and Qiu'er obediently massaged his head.

"Literacy?"

"Yes, the process is too complicated, and there is danger of making mistakes. Therefore, the work process and precautions must be written out and posted on the wall at all times. Teaching alone is not enough."

"That's really difficult." Shiyu frowned.

"The other thing is to be smart, to be able to respond quickly when something goes wrong, and if you don't have a good brain and strength, you won't be able to do it."

"No effort?"

"Strength is not that important."

Shiyu was also in a dilemma, "How can there be such a worker, unless you go to the school to recruit, but how can students be willing to work."

"I don't care, you find a way." Li Xingzhou was about to be the shopkeeper.

Shiyu gave him a blank look, and didn't evade it, but just patted him dissatisfied, "I'll think about it again, give me three to five days."

(End of this chapter)