Chapter 321: Entering the New Era (Go ahead, brothers!)
As expected, the powdery substance that the blacksmith named Goudan added to the steel bars was an unknown metal additive. The prototype of the weapon he forged seemed to be wrapped with a transparent substance.
It looks the same. Judging from the excellent toughness of the weapon, it seems to be what later generations would call a chromium salt compound. And this chromium salt compound is the memory metal that alchemy experts in later generations dream of.
I never expected that this kind of thing, which would be called ideal metal in later generations, would appear in this era.[]
Experts are among the people 1
After Lu Heng put down the steel bar, he reached out and patted Goudan's shoulder. After laughing, he turned and left. Wu Ningyuan and the emperor also picked up the prototype and took a look at it, with a look of surprise in their eyes.
Don't hide it.
"Good stuff!" Wu Ningyuan stroked his beard and nodded in praise. As a general who led troops, he naturally had a better understanding of weapons than others. On the side, the emperor took the steel bar, stretched out his finger and flicked it.
Seeing that the steel has extremely high toughness, I was also extremely happy.
"Well, from now on, you will be the supervisor of this level. In addition, I will give you... uh, the rank of Shangfu Bingcao, ranging from the eighth rank!" Mo rubbed his chin, and after thinking about a suitable official position, the emperor
Looking at the twitching dog balls, he nodded and smiled with satisfaction. After coughing, he said earnestly: "You must serve the country well, and you must not be arrogant. Do you understand?"
"I'm humble, I'm humble, thank you Lord for your kindness!" Goudan was so excited that he immediately knelt down and kowtowed. The thumping sound made the other people's eyelids jump. This is a stone ground, so hard, it hurts!
On the side, Wu Ningyuan couldn't help but rolled his eyes as he watched the emperor unknowingly demote his rank by another level.
After Lu Heng and the others left, Zhan Xiong said to Goudan with a smile, "You guys are just lucky," Goudan smiled happily.
Then, the three of them sat on the lifting mechanism...from the bottom to the top.
After getting off the mechanism, the first thing you see is a busy scene. The soldiers lifted the assembled weapons down from the lifting mechanism. After careful inspection, the qualified ones were carried away, and the unqualified ones were sent directly to the mechanism for lowering.
When you get to the bottom floor, reheat it.
In those wooden boxes piled high...dozens of standard weapons shone with a cold light. They made clanging sounds as the soldiers carried them.
Wu Ningyuan waved and stopped the soldiers who were about to carry away a box of sabers. He took out a bright and sharp saber from it and presented it to the emperor. Looking at the emperor who was full of interest, he explained with a smile.
Said: "This is a ready-made saber, specially equipped for cavalry!"
The emperor nodded, took the saber from Wu Ningyuan, and pulled it out of its sheath.
Looking at the shimmering blade, he could actually see his own shadow. After pulling out a long crooked beard on the blade, the emperor nodded with satisfaction and praised: "What a knife!"
Then... the emperor waved a few more times impromptuly, and his interest became even higher.
"It's very good. This kind of sword is suitable for cavalry. It's light, sharp, and powerful for cutting!" The emperor laughed loudly. After putting the saber into the box, he nodded and said with a smile: "The shape of this sword is very similar to that of my great Zhou."
The weapons seem to be different."
"Well... this is what Yong Zheng came up with!" Wu Ningyuan smiled and nodded... He was actually curious in his heart. He didn't know where Lu Heng saw this kind of knife... Curious in his heart, he turned around
He turned around and asked Lu Heng who was standing beside him: "Yongzheng, where did you learn about the existence of this kind of weapon?"
Lu Heng was holding a chain crossbow and looked through it carefully. When Wu Ningyuan asked, he smiled softly, put down the crossbow, coughed, and recalled: "Oh, you said this weapon?
.Well, like this. Once upon a time, there was a mountain in my hometown, and there was a temple on the mountain..."
"Brother Emperor, let's go and see where we can go!" He was shaking his head as he said it. When he turned around, he found that Wu Ningyuan and the emperor had already walked arm in arm and walked far away.
Well……
I'm not finished yet!
Lu Heng stood there, wiping his nose and muttering angrily.
Hand crossbows and sabers are some of the weapons produced in the arsenal, and they do not account for a large proportion. In the arsenal, the main research and production are the various types of firearms in the weapon illustration that Lu Heng originally gave to Wu Ningyuan.
After passing through the heavily guarded passages, the three finally arrived at the core area of the arsenal.
The environment and atmosphere here are very different from those outside. Outside, the sound of clanging iron and the sound of molten iron merged into one, mixed with the workers' slogans and the roar of the lifting mechanism.
The noise is so loud that it makes people’s heads grow bigger.
However, in this other closed hall, there is an extremely quiet atmosphere. The staff are all wearing simple and smart short clothes, and they wear a strange-looking filtering device on their mouths. They are walking around in this hall in an orderly manner.
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On the workbench nearby, an assembly line composed of dozens of workers was quickly assembling various standard weapons.
Looking at the platform in front of the staff, which was moving like a conveyor belt in later generations, Lu Heng was very puzzled. After asking the person in charge here, he found out that the conveyor belt used hydraulic power from a river outside the mountain.
Controlled with pulleys.
Haha... I was shocked. I thought electrification work had been completed here!
Looking at the assembly line of electrification work in the arsenal of later generations, Lu Heng shook his head in confusion, muttering to himself.
Looking at the mechanic responsible for controlling the mechanism, he looked super professional. Lu Heng sighed in his heart, the masters among the people. Accompanied by Lu Heng and Wu Ningyuan, the emperor looked like the great emperor who went to the countryside to comfort the people in later generations.
Dude. At this time, the emperor was holding a seamless steel pipe and asked with interest how such an ingenious thing was made.
Yes, that's right, it's a seamless steel pipe. This kind of seamless steel pipe appeared in the middle of the 19th century and was not mass-produced until the end of the 19th century. It really appeared before our eyes.
Lu Heng walked over, picked up the steel pipe and took a look. He was surprised to find that there were riflings in the steel pipe. The spiral riflings made Lu Heng greatly surprised.
Listening to the worker's patient and respectful explanation, Lu Heng suddenly understood.
Looking at the workers in front of the workbench, carefully manipulating the water flow to drive the force and perform stamping... Lu Heng was once again shocked by the infinite wisdom of the people.
The rotating drill used for stamping is inlaid with a diamond. Although the quality cannot be compared with those dazzling famous diamonds, under the action of the entire mechanism, drilling through the iron rod is still devastating.
However, it is a pity that due to the constraints of the entire mechanism, there are still very few successful seamless steel pipes. Others were either drilled out of place, or were drilled out due to the vibration of the mechanism.
However, this is enough!
Being able to produce seamless steel pipes is already unexpected. These other factors cannot be solved for a while with the current weak handicraft industry foundation in Dazhou.
Now that the seamless steel tube has appeared and the rifling has been pulled out, this shows that the firearms that Lu Heng and others will see next... are more powerful than previously imagined.
Thinking of this, Lu Heng's heart was filled with expectations.
Without hesitation, he urged the other two people and walked towards the room where they visited the finished firearms.
Following the guarding warrior, the room was opened. Under the light of the fire in the room... rows of dark, standard weapons exuding a cold and murderous aura suddenly appeared in front of them.
Neatly arranged long-barreled muskets, short mortars, and thunderballs like turtle patterns filled this huge room to the brim.
After everyone walked in, they were all amazed at such novel weapons. The emperor's eyes were full of curiosity... like a child who saw a fun toy. As he walked...momo this, move that.
Seeing that he was extremely curious, he picked up a thunderbolt bead and turned it over. From time to time, his fingers would quietly put it to his ears to listen to the sound inside. It was like picking a watermelon. Everyone was shocked, and their hair stood on end.
Woke up.
Wu Ningyuan, with quick eyes and quick hands, rushed over and snatched the thunderbolt bead from the emperor's hand with a whoosh. He looked at the bewildered emperor with a pale face and stammered: "Emperor, brother, the danger...
…Dangerous!”
He had seen the power of the Thunderbolt Bead, and that posture was like nothing. If it was the first time he saw this person, he would be so frightened that he would lose control of his bowels. At this time, he saw the emperor's indifferent expression, and look at that
The larger size of the Thunderbolt Pearl made Wu Ningyuan so scared that his liver trembled.
"Just this little thing?" The emperor's interest did not diminish. He rubbed his chin with a look of disbelief: "Is it so powerful?".
"Yes, yes!" Wu Ningyuan swallowed, put down the Thunderbolt Pearl with lingering fear, and said fearfully: "Even though this fist-sized thing looks inconspicuous, once it explodes, within five steps,
No chickens or dogs left!”
Hearing this, the emperor's face suddenly changed. He took a step back secretly, turned around, and saw that the others did not seem to notice his actions. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, coughed, and pointed at the dark thunderbolt.
Pearl, said in a deep voice: "In this case, you must take good care of it!"
"Yes, my brother knows it!" Wu Ningyuan was afraid that the emperor would be interested again, so he replied hurriedly, and then pulled the emperor to continue other things in the restaurant.
Seeing the emperor walking from the side of the Thunderbolt Pearl, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. They raised their hands to wipe the sweat from their foreheads and looked at each other with a look of relief after a disaster.
In order to prevent the emperor from making a mistake and causing everyone to fly on a plane to meet the King of Hell, Lu Heng and Wu Ningyuan made a decisive decision after discussing it and sent people to follow the emperor. Don't let this old boy risk everyone's lives here on a whim.
Lu Heng picked up a blunderbuss, glanced at the simple gun at the back, smiled slightly, and put it down. After all, steelmaking technology in this era was limited, and Lu Heng couldn't ask them to make high-strength springs or the like.
thing. Therefore, the firegun is still the matchlock gun of the Ming Dynasty.
However, despite this, with the addition of the power of the rifling, and the addition of a bullet similar in shape to later generations, the power is much improved compared to that of the matchlock gun.
"Have you tried it? What is the effective range of this fire gun?" Lu Heng asked the people accompanying him after putting down the fire gun.
"My lord, within two hundred steps, the shot will be flawless!" Piaotian Literature Network said, that day, he personally test-fired, and the result made everyone present excited.
Two hundred steps!
Hearing this, Lu Heng nodded, reached out and patted the man on the shoulder, complimenting him well.
The measurement unit of the Great Zhou Dynasty is still used in the Tang Dynasty. One step is the distance set by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, which is almost a little over one meter in later generations. Two hundred steps is almost 250 or so.
Under the current conditions...this result is already very amazing.
Lu Heng asked here, but he heard a group of exclamations suddenly coming from the front. He turned his head and looked around, and couldn't help but feel cold sweat on his face.
It turned out that Chongdi was so itchy that he grabbed a small cannon barrel out of curiosity and looked inside the cannon barrel with his eyes on one end.
Originally, it didn't matter that the cannon barrel was not loaded with ammunition. However, the emperor got carried away and almost kicked down a whole box of mortar shells beside him.
Such a dangerous move frightened the people accompanying him to death. Wu Ningyuan, with his sharp eyes and quick hands, once again showed his proud skills, picked up the emperor by the waist, and ran back to the original place.
The emperor who was clamped by Wu Ningyuan suddenly became furious and screamed. Beside Wu Ningyuan, Zhan Xiong and others stretched out their hands and quickly followed, fearing that the prince would throw the emperor out under the strain.
After one hundred and eighty heartbeats in succession, no one dared to let His Majesty the Emperor stay any longer. Wu Ning Yuan assessed the situation and immediately proposed to withdraw. This proposal was approved by everyone except the Emperor.
Seeing everyone's eager looks, they were so frightened that they trembled. Even if the emperor was reluctant in every possible way, he only had to agree temporarily. However, the emperor said that it is okay to agree, but after going out, he must see the power of these things with his own eyes.
If he is dissatisfied, all nine tribes will be killed!
The words left Lu Heng and Wu Ning far speechless.
Taking the lift, the three of them arrived directly at the top of the mountain. Under the guidance of the entourage, the three of them refused to stop for a moment and went directly to the martial arts field located on the mountainside.
Here, the area is open, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the air flow is smooth, it seems like, uh...
It seems to be a resort for cultivating immortals, not a martial arts arena!
Well, but for a weapons testing site, the conditions here are definitely more than enough.
Moreover, there was a huge trebuchet standing beside the testing ground.
When the wind blew, the hemp rope on the trebuchet swayed gently, as if welcoming the group of people.
Then, the entourage randomly selected a few of the weapons and took them to the martial arts arena.
For a moment, there were loud gunshots and explosions in the martial arts arena. Lu Heng, who was in the middle of it, smelled the smoke filling the air and smiled slightly, as if he had returned to the training ground in later generations.
After testing all the weapons, Wu Ningyuan chuckled and patted his palms. Then, in the surprised eyes of everyone, he saw several strong men walking away carrying a huge black barrel-shaped thing.
Come up.
"What is this?" The emperor looked at the strange-looking thing and asked puzzledly. While speaking, he casually lifted a strand of silver hair from his ear and shook his head gently.
Wu Ning smiled and said nothing, and just let those people load the thing into the trebuchet.
As the chants in the crowd stopped, the trebuchets were fired violently.
I saw the huge black object draw an arc in the air and then quickly fall into the opposite hillside.
There was a loud bang, and the mountains opposite shook the ground. Sand flew and rocks flew. Blazing fires soared into the sky amidst the thick smoke.
"This...!" The emperor was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth. He pointed blankly at the firelight on the opposite hillside and murmured.
Wu Ningyuan smiled slightly, put his hands behind his back to look like a gentleman, then coughed and said leisurely: "Everyone, in the era of hot weapons..."
Wu Ningyuan shook his hair and looked at the astonished eyes of the group, and smiled lightly, feeling extremely satisfied with the vanity in his heart.
When we were wiping out Qingcheng Road, gunpowder weapons were put to the test for the first time. At that time, the scholar stood in the yard with a smile on his face, pointed at the soaring fire, and said the words that a new era is coming. Until now.
, Thinking of the scene at that time, Wu Ningyuan felt itchy in his heart.
When will I have such an opportunity?
Now, the opportunity finally came! Moreover, he said it in front of the imperial brother. Wu Ningyuan laughed heartily and was extremely proud. For a moment, he was so high-spirited that he had the domineering power to dominate the world for eternity.
"Hey!" Lu Heng glanced at the blazing sea of fire on the opposite mountain. His heart couldn't help but twitch, he coughed, and stepped forward to pull Wu Ningyuan and said.
"Wait!" Wu Ningyuan finally had such an opportunity, how could he let it go easily? After pushing Lu Heng away arrogantly and unreasonably, he coughed and re-acted his sexual pleasure: "Everyone, from now on,
The world will enter the age of gunpowder weapons!"
After he finished speaking, there was no applause as expected. Wu Ningyuan couldn't help but feel discouraged. Looking at the strange looks in everyone's eyes, especially the emperor's dark face, Wu Ningyuan was puzzled.
Is it because my eloquence is not good or I haven’t aroused their emotions7
Thinking about what he had just done, Wu Ningyuan shook his head, "That shouldn't be the case. He was really excited just now!"
Looking up, he found that everyone was still looking at him in astonishment. Wu Ningyuan comforted himself: Well, he must have been intimidated by this king's aura, so he didn't react.
Seeing Lu Heng's speechless expression, Wu Ningyuan coughed, walked to Lu Heng's side, and asked, "What were you going to say just now?"
Lu Heng glared at him angrily, then pointed at the flames on the opposite side that were like a prairie fire. After coughing, he said seriously: "Ahem, it seems to be on fire!"
"Ah?" Wu Ningyuan was suddenly stunned. To be continued...!