The old saying goes, don’t go to temples, don’t drink water, don’t carry trees, and don’t get close to water.

This is the first place that cannot be visited without entering the temple, because temples are generally built in remote places, and this remote place can easily hide dirt.

The robbers, fugitives, and even some monks with inappropriate minds will also attack passers-by who enter the temple.

Monks in ancient times were not all Taoist monks. They had done anything, whether they were robbing things from passers-by or forcibly pulling them into monks. Of course, there were more rumors that they didn’t know whether it was true or false than Sun Erniang’s black shop.

It is precisely because of this that Xiao Heng was not surprised that these White Lotus Sect members were hiding in a dilapidated temple. But what he was surprised about was...what exactly did the White Lotus Sect want to do? Was it just taking advantage of the war to develop the church members?

Thinking of this, Xiao Heng wrote a note and asked someone to send it to Zhang Fang, asking him to contact those people from the world outside the city to pay more attention to the trends of the White Lotus Sect.

However, the blacksmith still needs to be strong himself. Even if he finds the stronghold of the White Lotus Sect, Xiao Heng cannot run over to ask them why they pretend to be themselves... Just like the conflict between Xiao Heng and Jing'an Society, it ultimately depends on his own strength.

So where does strength come from?

A certain type of weapon that can convert chemical energy into kinetic energy is naturally the first choice...yes, that is thermal weapons.

The invention of thermal weapons led to the permanent withdrawal of personal courage from the stage of history, and gradually evolved war to a level that was completely unimaginable to the predecessors...

With the emergence of machine guns and armored units, technical troops surpassed ordinary infantry and became the main force on the battlefield. Even if we put aside the fusion weapons that ruined the world, the modernization and informatization of the new century directly allowed the commander's orders to be accurately transmitted to a soldier on the front line! Smarter firepower can even clear a house or a car at a designated location without hurting civilians a few meters away.

Killing the enemy's head thousands of miles away, this word that only appears in the myth of immortals and gods has become a reality in the new century.

But that's all a story... Now, everything about Xiao Heng has to start with the most basic thermal weapon unit - bullets.

Every modern war consumes a huge amount of bullets, but this seemingly inconspicuous consumable is the most technological part of a gun.

First of all, slow-emitting drugs is a special topic. You can search for eight or nine hundred papers on CNKI! And this is just a launching drug... As for the information related to the underlying fire, it is already difficult to find on the public Internet, because this is more sensitive information than launching drugs!

As for rifling... Xiao Heng didn't have any good idea, because this is no longer a technical issue, but a processing technology issue.

The recognized turning point of thermal weapons surpassing bows and arrows is the invention of fixed ammunition and rifling. There is no shortcut to improving rifling performance, so you can only improve metal manufacturing and processing capabilities step by step.

And the fixed ammunition can still be done.

The fixing ammunition that Xiao Heng wants to do is different from the traditional primer structure. After all, without the support of the modern chemical industry, even the purity of various chemical reagents is not enough, so the primer produced cannot meet the requirements... Even if it can barely meet the requirements, the huge amount of waste caused by its extremely low yield rate is still a very uneconomical behavior.

Xiao Heng's inspiration came from the electrochemical cannon of the third-generation cannon - the electromagnetic cannon... circulated online. Of course, so many disposable lighters he bought that were useless also gave him the possibility of realizing this idea.

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In the backyard of Qin Mansion, Xiao Heng and Wang Tiechu were busy.

As the water trucks were continuously manufactured, a water truck was also built near the river in the backyard. However, due to the relatively flat terrain, the water truck here was much slower than the one in the back mountain, and could only barely drive the blower.

However, today the water truck is not carrying a blower, but a strange steel platform with clips and drill bits on the platform... If modern people come and see, they will find that this is a simple multi-purpose lathe.

"Wait, loosen up... OK... Tighten up! Try it first." Xiao Heng held an iron rod about 20 cm and placed it on the iron clip, and then asked Wang Tiehui next to him to tighten it.

After tightening, Xiao Heng let go of the iron rod and reached out to turn the rotating wheel... His fingertips at the outer wall of the rotating iron rod.

"Well, I think it's almost done, what do you think?" Xiao Heng moved away from the position and asked Wang Tiechu, a professional craftsman, to touch it.

"I feel... I'm still a little bit off..." Wang Tiechu carefully readjusted, and Xiao Heng assisted on the side... After the iron rod was fixed again, Wang Tiechu turned the rotor again, and the iron rod suddenly rotated quickly.

"I think it's almost done."

"Yeah, good, perfect."

Xiao Heng was also very satisfied. At this time, he felt more and more that he had dug up the treasure... Wang Tiehai was at least a high-level fitter who could not run away with this hand.

When the transmission belt is hung, the rotor will drive the iron rod to rotate quickly.

Xiao Heng gently shook the robotic arm, allowing the drill bit in front of the iron rod to slowly approach forward...

"Come on, I'll spray fuel." After Xiao Heng adjusted, he gave the operation rights to Wang Tiechu... He was still a little self-aware. Although the lathe was still the creativity he provided, he was definitely not as professional as Wang Tiechu in actual operation.

"good."

Wang Tiech held the rocker's arm and gently shook it forward. Xiao Heng also sprayed some grease up from time to time... As the blue smoke came out, iron chips splashed around the drill bit, and metal slag continued to fall from the iron rod.

"Slow down... and then go in again... don't let the drill bit overheat, otherwise it will get back on fire and soften." Xiao Heng always pays attention to the temperature of the drill bit while spraying oil in.

For Wang Tiehui, although his touch is sharper than Xiao Heng, these backfires, heat dissipation and other things are still his unknown areas... However, as the two of them cooperated better and better, an iron pipe gradually took shape in their hands.

"Okay, turn off the power."

As the control lever was pulled open, the gear set was out of contact, and the rotor on the lathe gradually slowed down.

Xiao Heng took off the hollow and solid iron crutch, picked up the vernier caliper and clamped the tube wall to measure it.

"How?" Wang Tiechui asked with some trepidation.

"Not bad! It's the most perfect time so far!" Xiao Heng was also a little excited.

At this time, there were already a lot of iron pipes lying in a mess on the ground, either broken or biased. In short, every good one is good.

"You will know what's going on when you cut it open." Xiao Heng took out a hacksaw and gestured to slowly cut the last small piece of solid iron pipe.

In fact, the best way is to use a turning tool to directly cut off the excess part on the lathe... But the technological content of the turning tool is far greater than that of the hacksaw, so it is still floating on the "road".

After the two of them changed hands in turn, the base of the iron rod was cut off soon, and then Xiao Heng got an iron pipe that was transparent on both sides... After measurement, he finally nodded with satisfaction.
Chapter completed!