The Soldier of the Ming Dynasty

It was the first time that such a serious accident as explosion of bore had happened since the old blacksmith shop in Guanglu island made bird blunders. Li Yuanqing did not dare to neglect and rushed to the blacksmith's shop immediately.

Blacksmith shop here order is still normal, there is no Li Yuanqing imagine panic appearance, this let Li Yuanqing heart a little bit stable.

Xu Liang got the news and rushed to see Li Yuanqing.

He suffered a little injury on his hand and was wrapped in bandages. He was in good spirits. He kowtowed to Li Yuanqing respectfully and saluted, "Xu Liang has met your adult."

Li Yuanqing nodded, concerned: "brother Xu, are you ok?"

Seeing that Li Yuanqing didn't directly ask about the accident, he first asked about his body. Xu Liang felt warm in his heart. "My Lord, thanks to the blessing of Bodhisattva, the small one just scratched some skin on his hand, which is not a big obstacle."

Li Yuanqing nodded, "it's ok if people are OK. Didn't everything go well before? How could this happen? Have you found out why? "

Xu Liang shook his head and said in frustration, "my Lord, the process of making the blunderbuss is completely in accordance with the process. Mr. Yang and I have also carefully checked, and found no abnormal. I don't know why there will be sudden changes during the test firing. It seems that the blunderbuss are not made of iron, but like ice. When the fire door is lit, something is wrong with the villain, but it is still late. "

Li Yuanqing nodded, "where is the bird gun that happened? Bring it here. "

With that, Li Yuanqing said to Xu Liang and Mr. Yang: "have you tried other bird guns? Any questions? "

"After Xu Liang's accident, the rest didn't test fire," Yang said

"Well." Li Yuanqing thought for a moment, "now try those too. Be careful. "

"Yes." The crowd did not dare to neglect, and hastened to take out these dozens of blunderbusses and test fire them in turn.

What is astonishing is that there are more than 30 pieces of blunderbusts, even more than 10 rods, and all of them have been blasted. However, some are heavy and some are light, but most of them can not be used.

Fortunately, everyone was prepared in advance, and no casualties were caused.

"Well, what's going on here?" Xu Liang looked at the remains of more than a dozen blunderbusses lying on the ground. He was in unspeakable pain.

Mr. Yang is also dignified, but not the way.

On the contrary, Li Yuanqing is very relaxed.

At this time, even though Li Yuanqing didn't know the skill of bird shot, he was the mainstay of all people. Once he showed a look of rage, the people below were frightened and frightened, and it would be more difficult to find a way out.

Li Yuanqing squatted down and carefully examined the remains of several blunderbusses. The inner walls of the blunderbusses were smooth. It can be seen that Xu Liang and his colleagues should have been carefully polished.

The thickness of the gun tube is about 0.5cm. According to the principle, this thickness, the impact force of gunpowder, can't blow the bore.

What the hell is going on here?

After careful examination, there is still no clue.

Li Yuanqing stood up and said to the two people, "is there any problem with this process? There has never been such a thing with the bird blunderbuss made before? "

Mr. Yang said, "my Lord, I don't think so. In our blacksmith's shop, we always follow the process of making bird's blunderbuss, especially the blunderbuss. According to the young man, this time, it seems that our iron is not good

"Oh?"

Li Yuanqing took a look at the remains of the blunderbusses and found that even though they were fragmented, their surfaces were black and shiny, and they were polished very carefully. This healthy metallic luster should not be a problem of iron.

"I don't think there is something wrong with the iron. Could it be something else? Like the heat or something? No control? " Yang is trying to keep his tone in check.

Mr. Yang nodded, but he shook his head again, "my Lord, I don't know. However, in the process of ironmaking, I felt a trace of something wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong. "

At this time, Xu Liang squatted in front of the remains of the blunderbusses and carefully examined them.

With this kind of incident, the blacksmith could not continue to produce any more. All the craftsmen and workers came out and watched from afar, afraid to speak.

Li Yuanqing glanced around, but he was also worried.

It's not easy for me to get on the right track, but I come across such a thorny thing.

The key point is that Li Yuanqing's culture is shallow, and he knows little about mathematics and chemistry, so he can't find out the cause of the problem.

At this time, he can only hold on to the hope of all people.

After more than ten minutes, there was no one to speak, and the atmosphere was terrible.

Li Yuanqing said with a smile: "we have made so many qualified blunderbusses before the blacksmith shop. This time, there are so many defects at one time. It can't be a small problem. But it's also a good thing. At least, we found the problem during the test. If on the battlefield, not only you, but also I, Li Yuanqing, should be responsible. Don't be nervous. Think about it. What's wrong? One man is short, all are long. Let's brainstorm. Don't be afraid to say something wrong. If anyone can find out the problem, I will give him 50 liang of silver immediately. "Hearing Li Yuanqing's words, there was a burst of discussion in the field.

When something happened to the blacksmith's shop, everyone was in a bad mood.

They are all blacksmith's employees. They want to live by the blacksmith's shop.

However, Li Yuanqing did not directly pursue the responsibility, but promised to reward, which made the people at the scene feel at ease. They began to use their brains to find ways to tide over the difficulties.

At this time, an old craftsman said, "my Lord, I also feel that it may be the iron material. Otherwise, the blunderbuss will not explode. Although he is not an expert at making bird's blunderbuss, he has been forging iron for decades. It can't be wrong. It should be about iron. It's very likely that there was something wrong with the iron at that time. "

A young craftsman also said, "my Lord, I agree with Mr. Wang. We have also made a lot of bird blunderbusses before, and none of them had such problems. You see, the blunderbuss are so badly blasted that there is little gunpowder in the FireGate. Even if the chamber is blasted, it is very difficult to explode like this. The blunderbuss didn't seem to be made of iron. It seemed to be made of ice. It broke when it was touched. What's going on here

“……”

There was a lot of discussion, but no one could tell the exact fault.

Li Yuanqing relaxed a little.

People dare to talk, even if there is no problem, but it is also a good omen, at least the people are stable.

"Don't worry, everyone. Can living person still give urine suffocate dead? So many people together. I don't believe that such a small thing can make so many of us difficult? "

At this time, a short and thin primary school apprentice said: "adults, small, small seems to want to understand some."

This little apprentice is about fifteen or six years old, less than 1.5 meter in height, very thin, just like a radish seedling, which will fall when the wind blows.

As he spoke, he jerked his runny nose and looked at Li Yuanqing with some timidity and hope.

Li Yuanqing couldn't help laughing, "this little brother, if you have any idea, just say it. Don't be afraid. Even if you are wrong, I'll invite you to dinner at night. "

Li Yuanqing's gentleness and closeness greatly moved the pupil, and his tears began to flow. He stood in front of him carefully and stammered to explain to Li Yuanqing and the others: "my Lord, gentlemen, uncles and uncles, I think that this may not be a matter of iron, but a matter of heat."

As soon as he said this, people could not help but murmur.

Mr. Yang said, "Cao tiehammer. Your father is a good craftsman. But you didn't learn his true biography. Although you don't blame you, you can't talk nonsense

Li Yuanqing didn't expect that the radish seedling had the name of hammer.

Although the child did not report too much hope, but since he worked hard to stand out, Li Yuanqing still wanted to give him a chance.

Waving his hand to Mr. Yang, he said, "don't worry. Listen to him

Xiaoradish Miao Cao tiehammer was greatly grateful. He knelt down and kowtowed to Li Yuanqing. Then he ran quickly over, picked up a piece of bird's blunderbuss and said, "my Lord, it's not good to learn a little skill. But since I was a child, I watched my father forge iron. I remember my father once said that. In winter, you can use carbon, but in spring, summer and autumn, you'd better not use carbon. Especially for making swords, you must not use coal. "

The more he said, the more calm he became. He raised half of the blunderbuss and showed them to the public. Then he said, "my Lord, uncles and uncles, I don't know if you have seen Japanese Swords? When I was a child, my father got one by accident and liked it very much. He said it was the strongest and sharpest knife he had ever seen. It happened that the owner of this knife had just returned from Japan. My father asked him, "how did the Japanese fight this sword?"

At this time, people were attracted by Cao tiehammer's words and raised their ears one after another.

"The man said that the Japanese didn't even have bellows. They just took charcoal and hammers and knocked them out bit by bit. My dad didn't understand. But later, he got a knife to build slaves. This knife is rough, but it is sharper than the sword made by my father. My dad hasn't figured it out. Several years later, I accidentally broke my father's stove. My father can't burn coal, he can only burn wood. On the contrary, his knife is much sharper than usual. "

When Cao Tiechui said this, Xu Liang suddenly slapped his brain and exclaimed excitedly, "adult, adult, I want to understand. Hammer, you child, you are really, you are, who said you are stupid. You know better than anyone else

Everyone did not know why, and master Yang was also baffled. He said, "Xu Liang, what is going on?"

Xu Liang looked at Cao Tiechui with a smile, "hammer, come on."

Cao Tiechui but a shy smile, "Uncle Xu, I, I can not say good, or you come."

With that, he was busy shrinking behind Xu Liang.

Xu Liang looks at Li Yuanqing. Li Yuanqing smiles and nods.

Xu Liang said, "the hammer is good. It's not about iron. We haven't mastered the heat. In fact, it's not that we don't have a good command of the fire, but that we can't use coal when we hit the bluff tube. ""Xu Liang, this, this is why?"

Xu Liang picked up half of the blunderbuss which Cao Tiechui had just left behind, knocked and said, "you see, the blunderbuss are not made of iron, but like ice. This is because there is something unclean in the coal. In winter, because of the cold weather, the fire will take a long time to burn up. During this period of time, these unclean things were burned out. But these days, it's warm. The fire doesn't have to burn for such a long time, so we'll get the iron directly. The dirty things were not removed and melted into the iron. In this way, even if it is refined iron, it will not be strong

Li Yuanqing also wanted to understand at this time.

At this time, after all, the equipment is not so advanced.

Coal contains a lot of chemical substances, such as phosphorus, which is directly used to refine refined iron without sufficient isolation equipment. These substances can easily react with iron materials directly to produce impurities and reduce the purity of refined iron, thus greatly reducing the strength of refined iron.

However, it seems ancient and laborious to use traditional charcoal, but there is no such trouble.