my brother champion

Earlier, Huo Guang had no memory of what the person in front of him said.

But when the other party took out the black iron pipe.

Huo Guang's memory is like a pedestrian who has walked through the winding path, and suddenly sees it clearly.

It was him!

Three years ago, Huo Guang visited the blacksmith by chance when he went to the country of Zhao for the case of Prince Liu Dan.

At that time, on a whim, I fooled him into saying that there was an ancient secret book about Ou Yezi's experience in forging iron.Then, ask him if he can forge the barrels needed for the guns, as a test of whether he has the qualification to inherit Ou Yezi!

to be frank.

Huo Guang had long forgotten about this matter.

Just a whim.

It's been three years now, how can I remember this.

If Ouyang Zhi hadn't brought out the forged iron pipe today, he would not have guessed who the other party was.

Huo Guang looked at the iron pipe in the opponent's hand and was very interested, so he stretched out his hand to beg for it and said, "Oh, it's you. You have only completed the test in three years and you are barely qualified to inherit the inheritance of Master Ou Yezi!"

"Come!"

"Show me what you forged."

however.

Ouyang Zhi immediately hid the iron pipe behind his back and said, "Oh, you still want to lie to me? You just said that Ou Yezi has nothing to do with you!"

heard.

Huo Guang immediately wanted to slap himself.

Talk nonsense.

It's not easy to cheat now.

But who is Huo Guang? He is a majestic Marquis of Bo Lu, and his Majesty's personal secretary is also the Yushi Zuocheng, and also the chariot general of the South Camp.

With his status, he wanted to bluff a blacksmith.

Not easy?
and so.

Huo Guang's face remained unchanged, and he continued to say solemnly: "Master Ou Yezi has nothing to do with this Marquis!"

"But the Marquis got his wrought iron experience by accident, can't he?"

"Impossible"

"With your ingenuity, don't you think that Ou Yezi has something to do with me getting the books left by Master Ou Yezi?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Ouyang Zhi immediately frowned.

After thinking for a while.

He also felt that Huo Guang was right, but he still said, "Okay, I can give you this black stick. But you must first let me take a look at Master Ou Yezi's ancient books."

Yo!

Pretty cautious?

Huo Guang immediately shook his head and said: "I was ignorant when I was young, and my family was poor. In a cold winter, I burned it as firewood. Huh? Didn't I tell you last time?"

Hear this!
Then Ouyang Zhi was furious immediately, and said: "What, burn it? You lied to me about whether you have the right to inherit the inheritance of Master Ou Yezi!"

heard.

Huo Guang couldn't help but feel happy.

This blacksmith looks a little funny!

Huo Guang shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why did Ben Hou lie to you? You don't know that there is a kind of ability called photographic memory?"

"Although the ancient books are burned, it doesn't mean that there is no way for you to inherit them."

"Master Ou Yezi's inheritance is all recorded in Benhou's head!"

Photographic memory, indeed some people have this ability.

But the problem is.

There is a big difference between the photographic memory before the invention of book paper and the photographic memory after the invention of book paper.

For the former, the paper is bound into a book, and there are a lot of words recorded.

That photographic memory is indeed a real skill.

the latter.

Bamboo slips only record important words, and the number of words is small. The so-called photographic memory, in fact, can be achieved with a little memory.

The bamboo slips used in Sima Qian's "Historical Records" may not even fit in a carriage.

But in modern times.

A book a few centimeters thick will do.

This is the gap in the amount of written records.

So when Huo Guang said these words, the blacksmith Ouyang Zhi's doubts were dispelled a lot.

Seeing this, Huo Guang immediately said: "You came to Chang'an from a place as far away as Zhao to look for me today, isn't it just to let me see this iron pipe you built?"

"Why, I'm still twitching today."

"If you don't want to show it, then please do as you please. The Marquis has a lot of affairs, but I don't have so much free time."

When Ouyang Zhi heard this, he became anxious.

Seeing Huo Guang turn around, he wanted to leave.

He hurriedly shouted: "Hey, Huo Yilang, I didn't say I wouldn't show it to you!"

"Hey!"

"Give it to you, send you off."

Huo Guang was secretly proud when he heard the words, he turned around and took the iron pipe, and said in his mouth: "Isn't everything going to be fine if you are so transparent earlier? If you have to take off your pants and fart, it's unnecessary."

When Ouyang Zhi was scolded, he could only laugh.

at this time.

Huo Guang, who took the iron pipe, found that the pipe was not light, but rather heavy.

It seems that the materials used are quite solid.

I just don't know if the quality is acceptable.

Although during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were hundreds of steelmaking technologies.But this is a court secret, and a blacksmith like Ouyang Zhi who was born in a wild way is naturally not qualified to touch such secrets.

and so.

Huo Guang still has some doubts about the quality of the iron pipe made by this guy.

"Your iron pipe looks okay. How is the quality? Can it stand up to use?" Huo Guang frowned.

hear this,

Ouyang Zhi immediately patted his chest and said, "That's absolutely no problem. Can I come to you if I have any problems? Huo Yilang, let me tell you, I used it as a weapon all the way from Zhao State. It is worse than a sword. Works!"

Works better than a sword?

This is indeed Wang Po selling melons!
If it is more useful than a sword, then the soldiers of the Han Dynasty would not be holding ring swords, but iron rods when they went to the battlefield.

Think here.

Huo Guang said directly: "Whether the quality is good or not, it doesn't matter what you say, it has to pass the test."

"correct."

"Let me tell you, Yilang, I am no longer a Marquis. You can call me Bo Luhou, or Huo Shangshu!"

Ouyang Zhi nodded immediately and said, "Oh, good Huo Yilang."

This guy has a bit of a shaft!

Huo Guang was helpless.

He could only sigh in his heart, and then asked the slaves to fetch the gunpowder and the lead wire used to make earthen grenades.

Simultaneously.

Take out a wooden plug, plug one end of the iron pipe tightly, keep the other end still, pour out the gunpowder, and put the long lead wire into the pipe from this end.

Do you know the kind of fireworks you held in your hand when you were a child?
What Huo Guang did at this time was similar to this design.

but.

Instead of fireworks particles that explode in the air, he puts a few smooth pearls in it.

In the Han Dynasty, there was an industry of raising mussels to cultivate pearls.

So there are things like pearls, but they are also luxury goods.

Huo Guang originally wanted to get an iron ball to go in, but unfortunately, he didn't prepare these, and he couldn't get them for a while, and he felt that it was not smooth when he put some stones, so it was not easy to test.

Finally, seeing a handful of pearls in the house, Dang even grabbed them and used them.

I didn't think so much.

Subsequently.

The iron pipe containing the pearls was placed on the ground and fixed, and a clay pot was erected not far away.

Huo Guang was about to light the fuze.

Ouyang Zhi didn't understand Huo Guang's behavior, so he asked, "What is Huo Yilang going to do?"

Huo Guang glanced at him, and said calmly, "Stand back a little bit, and cover your ears."

"what?"

Ouyang Zhi, a blacksmith with well-developed limbs, did not understand what Huo Guang meant.

Huo Guang had no choice but to say, "Do you still want to get the inheritance of Master Ou Yezi?"

see.

Ouyang Zhi immediately covered his ears and took a few steps back.

immediately.

Only then did Huo Guang ignite the fuze.

then.

He quickly ran back a few steps and covered his ears at the same time.

Soon, a "bang" was heard, and the clay pot was instantly shattered.

Ouyang Zhi immediately said in surprise, "This iron pipe can still be used like this?"

"Nonsense, this iron pipe doesn't work that way, how can it be used? Do you think you can use it as a stick?" Huo Guang patted the opponent's shoulder and said.

Subsequently.

He stepped forward and touched the iron pipe with his hand.

Since it was only fired once, it was not hot.

then.

Huo Guang directly picked up the iron pipe, poured out the residue inside, and began to inspect it again.

There were no cracks or anything like that.

Of course, it may have something to do with only hitting one round.It is possible to play a dozen rounds, and it may become soft, or cracks appear?

These are all up for debate!

"What method did you use to make this iron pipe?" Huo Guang asked tentatively while inspecting the iron pipe.

In fact, it doesn't matter how the quality is.

He was very surprised that he could make iron pipes.

original.

For the development of firearms, Huo Guangzao's initial idea was the sudden fire blunderbuss of the Song Dynasty.

What is a firearm?
The simplest firearm, made of something like bamboo, is useless at all, and it is very easy to explode.

Later, the Yuan Dynasty acquired this technology and changed it to an all-metal firecracker.

Then Meng Yuan used this weapon to conquer the north and south, and hit Europe, causing the skills of gunpowder and firecrackers to be learned by foreigners.

This gave foreigners an understanding of gunpowder.

People who have no insight or a little knowledge will criticize the ancestors who can only make fireworks with gunpowder, and be a Fengshui master with a compass.

Making gunpowder into firearms, China is the ancestor of the whole world.

But why, was it surpassed by foreigners in the later period?
Now I have to talk about another thing, which is called seclusion.

Not criticizing the Qing Dynasty.

There is also Ming Dynasty!

Firearms really began to lag behind Westerners in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

Start with the Francophone cannon.

The production of firearms during this period was already more advanced in the West than in the Central Plains.Then the Central Plains introduced, imitated, and then reached or even surpassed the West.

After a few years of triumph.

Then I suddenly discovered that domestic firearms are not as good as foreign ones.

Then import, and then imitate.

In such a cycle, the smart Chinese people suddenly discovered that they spent more money on imitation research than direct purchases.

Simply.

You can buy it directly, and do some research.

As a result, the level of firearms in the West and the level of firearms in the Central Plains began to appear a cliff gap.

this point.

I really have no one to blame.

of course.

If we go deep into it, it can also be attributed to the emergence of basic disciplines such as Western chemistry and physics.

With these, they could develop more powerful gunpowder.

Or make more sophisticated firearms.

of course.

In these aspects, the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom, so I won't discuss it.

When Ouyang Zhi heard Huo Guang's words, he immediately replied: "The method of making this clarinet, hehe, it took me three whole years to figure it out, why should I tell you!"

The blacksmith looked smug.

Tell the truth.

The other party does have proud capital!

Because the quality of the iron pipe is very good, better than Mengyuan's firecracker pipe.

It is even better than the firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty.

I just don't know if it can be made into a bird gun.

Bird guns are arquebus guns.

It's not as good as a flintlock gun, but it's much, much better than things like the three-eyed blunderbuss and firecrackers.

It can be said.

It has the prototype of a modern rifle.

But if the clarinet made by the blacksmith blows up if it can't withstand more than a dozen rounds, then it's better not to, Huo Guang is afraid that he will be blinded by the explosion.

Think here.

Huo Guang said with a serious face: "Don't worry, I don't want to get your forging technology, I just want to use your forging method to determine the final quality of the iron pipe you forged!"

Ouyang Zhi still didn't believe it, and said doubtfully, "Really?"

Huo Guang said helplessly: "Really, this Marquis can touch my conscience and speak!"

see.

Then Ouyang Zhi said: "Actually, the forging method is very simple. Find some iron objects, first calcinate them, and beat them into square iron, and then thin them into thin sheets."

"At this time."

"Then wrap it on a pre-prepared iron rod to temper it."

"After tempering this layer, then temper the next layer of iron wrapping."

"Reciprocating in this way, when the iron pipe is formed, the iron rod is pulled out, the inner wall is polished smooth, and the outer surface is also polished smooth, and the clarinet pipe is finished."

Hearing what the blacksmith said, Huo Guang was greatly surprised.

The joys and sorrows of human beings may be different.

but!
The development of human civilization is often surprisingly similar.

This kind of technology is used in the production of western bird gun barrels. Although there are differences in techniques, the differences are not bad.

Didn't realize it?
A blacksmith Huo Guang met three years ago could also come up with a similar method!

This is the Han Dynasty 2000 years ago.

In fact, Huo Guang had only heard about this method in his previous life, and he didn't know how to do it.

If you know.

It has been figured out a long time ago, so why wait until Ouyang Zhi delivered it to your door today.

Huo Guang at this moment.

Looking at Ouyang Zhi is like looking at a big baby.

Seeing his burning eyes, the blacksmith on the other side immediately said, "Hey, don't covet my technology, it's something I've spent three years thinking hard about!"

"look!"

"I think about this every day, and my head is bald."

Huo Guang immediately shrugged his shoulders and said, "Hey, don't worry, I won't covet it. I'm not a blacksmith. Besides, when you get this black pipe out, no one knows its usefulness except me."

"Even if you master this technology."

"But there is no place to display it. What's the use of keeping it?"

however.

Blacksmith Ouyang Zhi didn't care about these things, and immediately said: "Then I don't care, just don't covet my technology. But it's useless if you covet it, I'll just tell you a general idea, the actual operation depends on me."

Huo Guang smiled slightly, and said: "Craftsmen like you will keep key points and keep others from knowing. I understand, I understand!"

"but!"

"Have you ever thought that it is a violation of the Han law to strike iron privately in the Yantie official camp now!"

There is a saying that people do not fight with officials.

It's not that you can't fight.

But they can't fight at all!

If Huo Guang has a dark heart, he has a hundred ways to subdue the blacksmith in front of him and make him hand over his skills obediently!
even.

Make it a prisoner and work for yourself.

Didn't some guys at the bottom who are not even considered officials say a word?
One day the fuck will find a dark place to arrest him for three days, if not, he will fuck his son, his son is his weakness.
of course.

As a righteous person, Huo Guang would not do such lowly things.

then.

He looked at the blacksmith who was silenced by his question, and said with a smile: "I can build you a blacksmith shop in the name of the imperial court, do you want to?" (End of this chapter)