Carrying AK into Ming Dynasty

Chapter 197 Fixed paper bullet

Black gunpowder, the formula mainly consists of saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, and it is made by artificial mixing and refining after reasonable proportioning.

The power of black powder is closely related to the ratio of the three substances.

Gunpowder is one of the four great inventions of the Chinese nation, and black powder is a great contribution of the Han people to the world. From its invention in the late Tang Dynasty to its maturity in the Song Dynasty, after hundreds of years of experimentation and practice, the ratio of black powder has become customized.

"My lord, I have done some research on gunpowder. There is a special gunpowder production workshop in our armory. I can take you to have a look!"

Song Yingxing was very humble. After all, the formula of gunpowder had long been solidified, and most craftsmen with a little bit of military research understood it.

The gunpowder workshop was built in the southwest corner of the entire armory, and there was a large wasteland outside the wall.

Although the production of gunpowder has been strictly followed, for safety reasons, it is still far away from the southeastern Minzhuang settlements.

The gunpowder workshop is not very big, only a dozen craftsmen are busy wearing something like masks, and the room is filled with the unpleasant smell of saltpeter.

When the craftsmen saw that the second stall head and the first stall head came here together, they were a little embarrassed for a while.

"Don't be nervous, you are busy with your work, I just came to see!"

Liu Hongjian was startled when he saw several craftsmen who were distributing the gunpowder flustered and scattered a bucket of black things all over the ground.

This is black powder. I don't want to tell you if you can use some snacks.

Liu Hongjian walked to the stove where the three substances were mixed, and stopped him when he saw the craftsman using a scale to weigh the three substances.

"It's such a mix for me." Liu Hongjian said to the weighing craftsman.

Naturally, the craftsman did not dare to be negligent, and immediately restarted the weighing. After waiting for about half a quarter of an hour, the black powder that Liu Hongjian wanted was ready.

Liu Hongjian took two large porcelain bowls, took about one or two from the original black powder, and took the same amount from the newly prepared black powder.

Song Yingxing didn't know why Liu Hongjian changed the ratio of black gunpowder privately. After all, the formula ratio of gunpowder had already been customized. If there was a more suitable ratio, his ancestors would have proposed it long ago.

The two walked to the open space outside the gunpowder workshop and put the two bowls on a stone bench.

It was Liu Hongjian's first time playing with ancient black powder, and he was a little nervous. He held a lighter in his right hand, fearing that he would be burned, so he found a long wooden stick.

Light the wooden stick with a lighter, and slowly poke the black powder with the original ratio with your right hand.

There was a bang, and the porcelain bowl containing the black gunpowder erupted with a burst of strong light, and at the same time, a thick cloud of smoke filled the surroundings, and the bottom of the porcelain bowl was blackened by smoke.

Liu Hongjian shook his head, then poked the wooden stick at the newly prepared black powder.

There was another bang, and the newly proportioned black powder produced a brighter flame than before, and there was even a bang in the smoke.

"Oops! I'm second!" Liu Hongjian yelled while clutching his arm, startling Song Yingxing who was beside him.

It turned out that the newly configured black powder was too powerful, and directly shattered the large porcelain bowl, and a piece of porcelain directly scratched Liu Hongjian's left arm.

"My lord, are you alright!" Song Yingxing hurried to Liu Hongjian's side, ignoring the power of the new black powder.

Fortunately, it was only a skin trauma, and the arm was slightly bleeding. Liu Hongjian took out Yunnan Baiyao from the ring, sprinkled some on it, and asked Uncle Song to help wrap some gauze on it.

"Your Excellency, you still have healing items with you!" Song Yingxing exclaimed as he helped Liu Hongjian treat the wound.

"I'm also a genius doctor, habit, habit!" Liu Hongjian laughed, he couldn't say he had a storage space, could he?
"Where did your lord get this proportioning method? This new formula is more than twice as powerful as the original gunpowder. Look at this porcelain bowl, it has been blasted into pieces.

If this is loaded into the barrel of a gun or a gun, it will definitely increase the range by a lot. This is simply a miracle. It seems that I am still too ignorant! "Song Yingxing sighed sincerely.

There is nothing extreme and absolute in the road of scientific research. It is a never-ending road. What you have to do is to constantly break your original thesis and bring it closer to the end.

"Ha, this is what I thought about at home the day before yesterday. It's a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning!" Liu Hongjian said modestly.

You can't say that you have a plug-in, can you?

The more modest Liu Hongjian was, the more Song Yingxing felt that the young man in front of him was unfathomable.

Is this still trivial?If this new type of gunpowder had been manufactured earlier, not to mention other things, the range of the artillery would have at least doubled.

What does this mean?It means that the two armies are fighting. When the opponent's artillery has not entered the range, our artillery can overturn the opponent's defense!

"Mr. Song, apart from this new formula, I have another mission for you." Before he felt anything, Liu Hongjian felt a burning pain in his arm after applying the medicine.

"What's the matter, my lord? I'm determined to do my best for your lord." The two returned to the main room in the middle of the armory.

"See if our workshop can make this thing?" Liu Hongjian grinned and took out a blueprint from his waist.

The illustration of 'Paper Shell Bullet' is written impressively on it.

"Paper shell bullets?" Although the illustrations are in simplified characters, except for some rare characters, the characters at the end of Ming Dynasty are not much different from those of later generations.

Song Yingxing read the instructions carefully, sometimes frowning, and sometimes with a look of sudden realization.

"My lord, according to my understanding, this is to make the projectile and gunpowder into a fixed device, and put it in a paper tube. Well, this is a novel usage. I think it can improve the soldier's reloading speed!"

Now Song Yingxing no longer asked why, because the surprise given to him by the young man in front of him had already made him numb.

He guessed that Lord Hou was either instructed by an expert, or he was born a god.

Otherwise, no one can explain why he is also a human being, and why is Lord Hou so outstanding?

In fact, Liu Hongjian’s customized paper shell device for Uncle Song was the final version. When the Europeans first put it into use, they only used paper tubes to stabilize the gunpowder, and the bullets had to be manually pressed into the barrel.

This method has been used for decades, and then I don't know who put the projectile in it on a whim.

Things in scientific research are so weird sometimes, and when you make something, it feels just like that.

But why couldn't I think of it at the time?

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