Riding and chopping: Overlord of the Han and Hungarians

Chapter 338 337. Gunpowder and Cannon

"Moved!"

"It's really moving!"

The craftsmen present all shouted excitedly.

In their eyes, it is unbelievable to let such a big guy made of iron move without using cows or horses.

But the locomotive is actually moving.

And the speed is getting faster and faster!
"Hahaha, good!"

"Where is my horse!"

Zhang Qi laughed out loud and moved, which means half of the success, and the rest depends on the service life.

Behind Zhang Qi, the personal guards led his cross-country horse over.

Zhang Qi got on his horse and copied the iron horn in Hu Ling's hand.

"drive!"

Zhang Qi chased forward.

Hu Ling and the others naturally followed suit.

Billows of white smoke drifted toward the rear of the car.

Ah Yan in the cab was even more excited.

It felt like he was driving a top-notch horse, and no one could beat him.

Big is better.

Big is beautiful.

Big is justice!
Ah Yan, who was so excited, didn't pay attention at all. The speed of the train he was driving was getting faster and faster, and the white smoke behind the car was almost pulled into a strand.

"Why are you laughing! Relieve stress!"

A loud shout awakened Ayan from her drunken state.

That is the voice of the King.

The person hasn't come to his senses yet, but his body has already formed a conditioned reflex, and his right hand pulls down one of the several levers on the side.

The locomotive let out a deflated sound.

呵呵味——

Then the speed slowly slowed down and returned to the beginning.

off-road right now.

Zhang Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

The speed of the train just now has reached the level of twenty kilometers per hour, which is forty miles.

Although it was still not fast, the place they were in was not in the wilderness at the moment, and the space was limited.

Now there is no obstacle remover installed in front of the locomotive. Once it collides with the wall, they will have to wait for a while before installing another one.

waste time.

"Okay, release the pressure, brake, the locomotive is fine, go to the test track outside the city to continue the experiment."

"promise!"

Holding the tin horn, Zhang Qi's voice clearly entered A Yan's ears.

He closed the boiler port, pulled the pressure release lever all the way, and then lowered the brake lever.

The wheels stopped rolling and the steam train stopped steadily.

"Your Majesty, forgive me!"

After getting off the train, the first thing Ayan did was to apologize. As a personal guard, it is a taboo to get carried away.

"Forgive you once, and you will be punished if you commit the crime next time!"

Zhang Qi didn't pay too much attention to it. He was also like this when he got his driver's license in his previous life and drove for the first time. Are you a man? I understand.

There was the sound of horse hooves behind him.

Hu Ling and other personal guards rushed over.

"how?"

Zhang Qi raised his eyebrows at Hu Ling, with a hint of showoff in his eyes.

"Your Majesty is holy."

Hu Ling hurriedly bowed her hands and agreed.

"Hahaha, yes, the train can move and the speed is not slow, which means that the outside world can carry out production. The previous assembly workshop will continue to be reserved and will be used as a steam engine assembly factory in the future."

"Hu Ling, arrange for people to work and produce steam engines. This thing is not only used as a car, it is of great use. The water forging workshop in Liaoning can replace the power source!"

"promise!"

Hu Ling took the order.

Zhang Qi waved to those personal guards again.

"Get some pack horses and drag this thing to the trial rails outside the city. The experiment needs to continue."

"promise!"

"Ayan, you can go too. You are still in charge of the follow-up experiment on the train."

Zhang Qi looked at Ayan who was beside him.

The latter froze for a moment, then nodded with great joy.

"promise!"

Then he quickly ran to work with his colleagues.

Zhang Qi looked at A Yan's back and smiled, clamped the horse's belly, and the cross-country horse took him back to his house in Shanhai City with ease.

"The steam engine is done. It will be enough for more than 500 scholars to keep a handful and continue to work hard. The remaining people will fill in the two projects of gunpowder and generators."

"It's time to speed up the gunpowder. There are only a dozen or so people. It's been more than ten years and the black powder is still in the initial stage. It's just usable."

After getting off the horse, Zhang Qi sat in the gazebo in the garden of the house, while the maid in the mansion made tea for him.

While sipping tea, Zhang Qi was thinking about things.

Steam engines, generators, gunpowder.

These three things are Zhang Qi's three major scientific research projects in the world of riding and hacking.

Now that the steam engine has been completed, the follow-up is trivial matters such as transformation and optimization.

After all, Zhang Qi also knows that the internal combustion engine is the kingly way, and the steam engine is just a stepping stone that needs to be stepped into at present.

Bring pen and paper.

Zhang Qi began to write and draw on paper.

"The school can set up new subjects. Talents need to be cultivated. Later, scholars in the world of riding and hacking will need to compile one or two steam engine theories for teaching."

"Weapons supporting gunpowder should also be produced and tested. As far as the quality of the powder is concerned, guns are out of the question. Cannons are king."

"Thick, durable, and the barrel of the original cannon is also easy to handle, in the words of the artilleryman"

As he wrote, Zhang Qi began to think.

"The training of the mechanical soldiers is a stroke of genius. Ballistics is a compulsory course for them, and they can transfer jobs seamlessly. Then"

"Well, it's time for the barracks night school to be reformed. It is also beneficial to establish a military academy directly to train special professional arms. It is also beneficial to learn cultural courses for middle and high-level generals."

"dynamo"

"I still haven't noticed the usefulness for the time being. It's just that the lighting is a bit wasteful. The conversion of electric energy is also a problem. It's not something that can be used directly after completing one item. Trouble."

Although he knows that electricity is very important, Zhang Qi really can't think of what to do after generating electricity. Lighting up the lights may be the most straightforward.

But with electricity, it cannot be used for lighting alone, and as far as the current situation is concerned, using electricity for lighting is not as convenient and cost-effective as directly using oil.

Electricity storage, electricity application, and electricity transformation are all things that need to be studied step by step.

After thinking hard for a while, Zhang Qi couldn't think of it, so he temporarily put the phone aside.

"Then let's focus on gunpowder. Black gunpowder is ready to be prepared, but there are still some problems with the quality of the powder and it needs to continue to be optimized."

"Granular gunpowder is actually simpler. If I remember correctly, it can be solved with egg whites. And there is a saying, add some sugar to Big Ivan. You can try it when you have time."

"Casting Cannon, um, that's it."

Zhang Qi left the last touch on the paper, and listed the optimization of gunpowder and the casting of cannons as new projects in the world of riding and cutting.

"Uh-"

Stretching his waist, Zhang Qi looked out of the gazebo, and the sky was getting darker. It seems that he has been writing here for a long time.

"When you're concentrating, time really speeds up. Eat and eat, and think about things related to casting cannons after eating."

"When casting a cannon, there will definitely be no problem if you use the casting method."

"Hehe, Liu Che, Liu Che, this time"

"Times have truly changed!"

(End of this chapter)