The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 40 Theory of Firearms

Time passed day by day, and in three days it would be the New Year. Apart from occasionally going to the youth guard's resident to inspect Wen Zhang's practice, he spent the past few days in the Royal Study Room and Shifeng Commercial Firm.

This day, just after he came out of the martial arts hall, he saw Eunuch Zhou coming to report and Lan Yu begging to see him outside the palace.

"Ah, are you back at last?" I said hastily, "Grandpa Zhou, thank you for your hard work. How many of them are there?"

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

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

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

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

In the imperial study room, Lan Yu and other four people lined up, knelt down and kowtowed: "My minister Lan Yu, my minister Shen Mo, my subordinate Yun Zhongfei, and the grassroots Yun Bofei are here to see the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live."

"Flat body."

Lan Yu got up and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, I 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, you three have worked hard, sit and rest." The person on the left said, "You are Yun Bofei, the son of Yunyue, right?"

"Back to the emperor, it is the grassroots."

Yun Bofei and Yun Zhongfei are somewhat similar in appearance, although they don't have Yun Zhongfei's heroic spirit, and his body is much thinner, but his eyes reveal the light of wisdom.The two brothers have a literary and a martial arts, but they complement each other.

"Yun Bofei, you sit down and talk too, there is no need to be formal."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Yun Bofei, you know why I asked you to come back."

"Caomin knows that Master Lan has already talked to Caomin on the way."

"Well, do you know the new type of stud gun developed by your father before his death?"

"Going back to the emperor, the grass people know that this is what the grass people mentioned to their father back then. It's just that this musket can't withstand the temperature of the gunpowder and the instantaneous expansion pressure, so it has no practical value."

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

"Your Majesty, Cao Min proposed to my father five years ago the improvement plan of the musket gun, but because of the bamboo tube problem, it was put on hold later, but my father wanted to make this work so as to honor my Yun family, so my father has never refused If you are willing to give up, you will end up with this catastrophe." Yun Bofei said sadly.

I suppressed the excitement in my heart and said: "Bofei, your father's wish will definitely come true. Have you ever thought about using other objects to replace the bamboo tube?"

Yun Bofei shook his head and said: "In the past few years, the grassroots have also thought about it, but they still haven't got the right way."

I nodded and said, "Bofei, please tell me about the condition of our firearms first."

"Returning to the emperor, today we apply gunpowder to weapons. Simply speaking, 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 gunpowder, it cannot be applied to Actual combat."

"Bofei, although these firearms have been used in wars, they can't work well at present. Have you thought about the root cause?"

Yun Bofei hesitated and said: "Your Majesty, the grassroots are stupid and never thought of it."

Right at this point, Xiao Qi brought Wen Tianxiang to the Imperial Study Room.

I pointed to Wen Tianxiang and said: "Bofei, come, let me introduce you, this Wen Tianxiang, Mr. Wen is the new weapon supervisor."

Yun Bofei cupped his fists and said, "Bofei has met Mr. 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, please sit down too. Bofei, 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 I am currently facing The materials used do not meet the requirements of making firearms. Take this musket as an example. There is no hollow long tube in the world that is so hard that it can absorb the instantaneous expansion force of gunpowder. Therefore, I think it must be made by myself. Only these guns Only when the basic components can meet the requirements can the firearm be widely used."

"Build it yourself?" Yun Bofei asked in confusion.

"Exactly, Bofei, there are many things that are not ready-made and need to be built separately with the resources in hand. Do you know copper and iron?"

"Of course I know."

"Bronze and iron can be used to make various agricultural tools and weapons, so why can't they be made into the barrel of this musket?"

"Ah?" Yun Bofei exclaimed.

"This is not a difficult task, as long as the mold is in place, the smelting technology of our dynasty can initially meet this requirement."

Yun Bofei thought for a while, and then he said happily: "The emperor's words are right. In this way, the pressure resistance of the gun barrel is completely sufficient, and it will not deform or explode. As for the mold, it should also be able to solve the problem." , In this way, not only the burst guns, but even the artillery can be improved."

I nodded and said, "I think the barrels of guns and artillery in the future will use pig iron or even better materials. Bofei, before this, you and your father must have made a mistake."

"Please advise the emperor."

"This is not only your father and son, Song Rui, Lan Yu, and even I are the same. It is the imprisonment of human thinking. This is like the shape of water. Can any of you tell me what the shape of water is?"

Yuan Ji said: "Water has no permanent form."

"Sir, you are right. If you pour water into a round teacup, the water will be round. If you pour it into a square object, the water will become square. So people's thinking must not be imprisoned, especially Bofei, you guys As a developer, it’s even more so. Let me tell you a word, there is nothing impossible in the world, only unexpected things, and everything must be boldly imagined and carefully verified.”

"Your Majesty, I will be taught."

"Okay, once the first point about the materials is resolved, it will not only be for guns, as Bofei said, it will also include artillery, etc. As for rockets, don't study it in the future. The second point is that the formula of gunpowder has not yet been developed. Need to improve, I have records about the formula of gunpowder in the "Wu Jing Zongyao", but it is not correct at all, I tell you, you should try to use [-]% of saltpeter, [-]% of sulfur, and [-]% of charcoal ratio to make gunpowder." I looked at the people present, and suddenly changed my tone, "This recipe is only known to everyone here, otherwise I will destroy his nine clans."

Although these people are loyal to me, but such an important matter, I also need to knock it down in advance.

"Your Majesty, I will know.

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

This ratio is the ratio of black gunpowder in the future, and the gunpowder formula in "Wu Jing Zong Yao" can actually only be regarded as a formula for incendiary materials.

Yun Bofei was very excited when he heard it, and he already had the desire to try it and said: "Ten times? Your Majesty, the grassroots will try it as soon as possible."

"Well, you will understand after the test. I will appoint you as the manager of the firearms workshop to take over your father's post. Once you think that you can manufacture firearms that can be actually used in war, I will appoint you as the chief inspector of weapons. The masters, middle masters, and junior masters in the workshop are all under your command, and this gun is named Yunhuo gun to sue your father's spirit."

Yun Bofei knelt down excitedly and bowed down: "Your Majesty, I obey the order, and I will definitely live up to my love."