After being locked in the room, Jiang Yang took out a pen and paper and started writing.
First of all, it is unrealistic to travel to the age of firearms in one step. Cold weapons are a must.
The pulley crossbow is a good choice, but I don’t know if the Wang brothers have come up with it.
Secondly, the armor must satisfy all the local warriors, that is, 30,000 people can be deployed.
Soldiers are more valuable than finesse, and fineness lies in weapons.
Calculated according to the current price of iron, to build armor for 30,000 people, he would have to spend nearly 10 million. Jiang Yang was not worried about money here, as the liquor factory and sugar factory were about to be expanded.
In addition, there must be cavalry. Chen Zhiyong's report has come. This time they captured more than 4,000 war horses, and they can form a heavy cavalry.
But heavy cavalry requires a lot of armor, both for men and for horses!
Judging from the current situation, Jiangyang is short of iron, seriously short of iron, and it is even said that as it continues to develop, there will be a shortage of steel for civilian use.
Steel and steel make people worry.
Jiang Yang thought about it for a while, and realized that the future development of civil society will be transportation, construction, food, clothing, housing and transportation. There is no need to worry about food and clothing, but housing and transportation require a lot of steel.
Iron ore! Jiang Yang punched the table, he must have it! It is a must!
Secondly, in addition to these, Jiang Yang knew that he had to take a long-term view. Cold weapons were not the ultimate goal. He also wanted to think more about hot weapons.
It is necessary to have two hands to handle the matter, so that if an accident occurs, it will not be fatal.
When it comes to firearms, gunpowder is indispensable.
Gunpowder first originated during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when it was accidentally discovered by an alchemist.
The application of gunpowder can indeed be traced back to the Tang Dynasty, but there are too few records. At that time, rockets were used as carriers. Of course, they were not rockets of later generations, but flaming arrows.
However, the usage is not yet proficient enough, and it can be said that it is still in the trial stage.
The development of this technology can go astray if we are not careful. We cannot call it a crooked path, it is just a limitation.
If gunpowder was used in the military when alchemists invented it, then firearms should have developed brilliantly from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty.
But without someone to guide it, the science and technology tree will go awry. Look at this gunpowder and high-tech military inventions being treated as fireworks.
If it hadn't been discovered accidentally by the military, it might have been regarded as a somewhat dangerous toy.
Getting back to the topic, if Jiang Yang intends to promote the development of firearms, he must do it step by step in a sequence. It is impossible to say that one moment he wants to develop and the next moment he takes out the blueprints of nuclear bombs to study.
Everything is from small to large, and there must be no fewer detours.
In history, the Song Dynasty invented the first musket with a bamboo tube as its body, but its range and lethality were not satisfactory.
Later, during Genghis Khan's expedition, he transformed the musket into an iron barrel, causing Westerners to suffer a lot.
This triggered the study of gunpowder, and for a time matchlocks, muskets, cap guns, etc. appeared, and naturally there were also some artillery to match them.
Then later came breech-loading guns, machine guns, sniper rifles, and even howitzers.
Jiang Yang first set his goal on fire blunderbuss. This theory was simple, could be easily produced, and could also give the craftsmen a certain amount of experience.
After the muskets came the cannons and flintlock muskets.
The burst gun is very simple, but has a range of 300 meters and an effective range of 100 meters. Once it is developed, it will be eliminated soon and cannot be installed.
So the first step is the flintlock gun.
The most critical part of a flintlock gun is the firing device. As for the other barrels, gunpowder, etc., these are all easy for today's craftsmen to do with just a few drawings.
However, the fire-fighting device is not difficult for Jiang Yang, as he has done some research in his previous life.
Jiang Yang recorded this first, and then the musket was followed by the rifled gun, which further increased the range and effective attack distance.
But there are also drawbacks. Jiang Yang's target is breech-loading guns, so these must be eliminated.
Jiang Yang planned to cross this stage, and after the Sui muskets were mature, he would first develop artillery, and then continue to develop breech-loading guns in one step.
After quickly sorting out the technology tree he wanted to develop, Jiang Yang started drawing.
The main body of the flintlock gun is made of wood, but the barrel is made of iron, and the firing device and the trigger area require some delicate small parts.
Jiang Yang constructed the entire structural drawing from large to small. As for the precise small parts and the firing device, Jiang Yang made new drawings and explained their meaning.
After enlarging the whole thing, I felt relieved. There were more than ten pages of drawings, from the concept to the forming device to why it was like this. Jiang Yang felt like he was being a teacher.
Alas, leading an era is troublesome, but Jiang Yang is not discouraged.
Of course, Jiang Yang could give them orders to make them according to the things he gave them, and assemble them according to the drawings he gave them.
But letting them act as thoughtless tools in this way will imprison their thoughts. It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them how to fish.
After the firearms were designed, Jiang Yang continued to take out the drawings before they were finished.
Because this flintlock gun is not loaded from the back, the ammunition needs to be inserted from the bore and then pressed tightly with a small hammer.
Therefore, there should be no shortage of matching items, and the size should be appropriate.
You know my strengths and weaknesses, and I know your depth and breadth. Only then can we work together.
After all the drawings were completed, Jiang Yang looked up and saw that it was already dark.
After packing up the compiled drawings, Jiang Yang got on the carriage and rushed towards Wang Ji's blacksmith shop.
Because of the armor captured by Jiang Yang, Wang Ji's blacksmith shop was still smelting, but some simple farm tools had been made. Shovels, hoes, etc. were all standing at the door. Jiang Yang shook his hand and felt it.
This is the labor gene engraved in our bones.
"Sir, you are here." At this time, a dark-faced guy came out of the house and was very excited when he saw Jiang Yang.
Jiang Yang was startled, took a step back, looked carefully for a long time, and then asked uncertainly: "Wang Pengyue? How did you do this?"
"Hey, I was not careful, but sir, we have researched something good!" Wang Pengyue excitedly took Jiang Yang's cuffs and walked back, regardless of his identity.
Jiang Yang was confused as to what he was doing.
As I walked and listened, it became clear that this guy had made a pulley crossbow. He was so excited that he accidentally lit a fire. After putting out the fire, it became so dark.
When we got to the back, a dozen pulley crossbows with cold light were placed on the table, with matching short crossbow arrows next to them.
What is a surprise? This is a surprise.
"Sir, we found these materials ourselves. You see, the strings of this crossbow are made of fine beef tendon. You see, my lord, that the body of this crossbow is made of steel that has been refined several times."
"And the arrowheads of these crossbows are made of the finest materials."