Rise From the Humble - Chapter 1646

  Chapter 1646 I was in charge of the Library Pavilion of the Imperial Academy

“Where is Carpenter Ou’s family name? How many people are there in the family? Although our Zhejiang Army does not allow family members to enter the camp, but Carpenter Ou can place his family members in the nearest town. For Carpenter, the camp will allocate thirty taels of silver.” The settling allowance of 15 taels of silver will be allocated to apprentices.”

   “This is a mountainous area. You can add a brazier to the camp. It can be used to boil water and heat food, and you can also warm up by a fire. Just leave a vent for ventilation to avoid coal poisoning.”

  Zhu Ping’an was in Ouzhige’s tent, chatting with Ouzhige about the family affairs with a gentle face, asking about his health.

   “Caomin is from Yangzhou. There are five people in his family. I will send a letter to my family in a few days. Thank you for your concern.”

  Ou Zhige was very moved, but he was obviously not good at talking, and he was a little cautious, so he just answered dryly.

“I heard from my wife that Carpenter Ou has always devoted himself to the study of firearms and has made a lot of achievements. The most important firearm in our Zhejiang Army, Carpenter Ou will definitely show his strengths in our Zhejiang Army. It doesn’t matter how many hours a day, as long as Carpenter Ou wants to If you want to study firearms, then just study firearms.”

   Zhu Pingan said that giving Ouzhige full autonomy in firearms research is the most basic treatment for scientists.

  As soon as firearms were mentioned, Ou Zhige raised his head, his eyes began to light up, and his whole body became radiant in an instant from being restrained, and he started to talk non-stop.

“My lord, I think that firearms are sharp weapons from God. They are more than ten times more powerful than swords, bows and crossbows. For example, the firearms that have been passed down since the Song Dynasty to the present. Both human and cowhide are broken, and armor and iron are both transparent-now firearms are not reused enough, just because the firearms are not satisfactory and have many shortcomings. Need to add iron nails, tiles, etc., plus the outer iron sheet, a thunderbolt weighs at least ten catties, which is too heavy, so it needs to be thrown by a trebuchet, or it can only be used to defend the city, and the fire rope must also be calculated There are quite a lot of restrictions on the distance that the fuse burns and ignites the thunder. I just want to study and improve the firearm so that it can be as good as I want, easy to use, easy to use, and can exert a combat power far beyond the loss of swords, swords and crossbows …”

  When Ou Zhige talked about firearms, he started talking endlessly, as if his whole body was glowing.

  Zhu Ping’an listened patiently, and asked curiously, “How did Craftsman Ou study and improve firearms? Xin is like thunder.”

   It seems that this Ou Zhige is a person who is obsessed with the study of firearms. According to such a crazy research level, he should be able to make some achievements in the field of firearms. Why is he not well-known.

  So, Zhu Ping’an is very curious about his research direction.

  If the direction is wrong and the opposite is the opposite, then no matter how serious he is and how fascinated he is, it will be useless.

“My lord, for Chen Tianlei’s cumbersome and inconvenient use, we have improved the ratio of gunpowder, iron nails, tiles and other fillings, and have successfully reduced the weight of Chen Tianlei by half without losing any power. If you use A trebuchet or a trebuchet can double the throwing distance.” Ouzhige said proudly.

   “Not only how can craftsman Ou improve the ratio of gunpowder?” Zhu Pingan asked again, this is the most critical issue for firearms.

“Caomin studied the gunpowder formulas recorded in books such as “Fire Dragon Artifact Array” and “Gunpowder Records”. There are more than 90 kinds of gunpowder formulas recorded in them. They tested their power one by one and found that five gunpowder formulas are the most powerful. , carefully studied the five gunpowder formulas, conducted many experiments, and finally determined the gunpowder formula to be nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal at a ratio of 80% to 10%. After the first experiment, it was determined that adding clear oil was the best, and in order to increase the lethality of Zhentianlei, Caomin also added poisonous aconitum smoke…”

   Craftsman Ou replied in detail.

   Then, he said gratefully and confidently, “Thanks to Madam, for giving the “Fire Dragon Scripture” to the grassroots. I believe that if the grasslanders are given a little more time, the grasslanders can improve Zhentianlei again.”

  Zhu Pingan listened to Ou Zhige’s words, he admired and sighed in his heart. He admired that the proportion of gunpowder was close to that of black powder, and sighed that his research direction was still wrong.

The gunpowder formula researched by Mr. Ou is 8:1:1 of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal. In fact, it is quite close to the ratio of 7.5:1:1.5 of black gunpowder, saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal. For Daming, who does not pay attention to science and theory For the feudal era of research, it is already very good, but there are still some deviations from the powerful black powder, especially after adding combustion-supporting clear oil and lethal poisonous smoke, the ratio of gunpowder becomes complicated and impure. , it is far away from the development of black powder, and its power is naturally discounted.

  Actually, as long as the ratio of gunpowder is adjusted to that of black powder, the flammability is completely sufficient.

  There is absolutely no need to add clear oil. Adding it will add impurities to the gunpowder and affect the performance of the gunpowder.

   As for adding poisonous smoke to gunpowder, the direction is even more biased. We must know that the explosive performance of gunpowder is the most essential advantage of gunpowder, and it is also the most lethal force of gunpowder. How can poisonous smoke compare with the explosive performance, and how powerful ancient poisonous smoke can be. And strong.

  Gunpowder is gunpowder. If you want to use poisonous smoke to kill people, you should turn to develop poisonous gas bombs.

   If you are blindly greedy for everything and want everything, then you will not be able to do everything.

“Master Ou, after I was a Jinshi in the capital, I was granted the honor of the sage Shang Longen, and I was appointed as the editor of the Imperial Academy, and managed the Book Collection Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy. The Book Collection Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy has three floors. Rare and unique books are all-encompassing, including a large number of books on firearms. I am very interested in military affairs, and I think that future warfare must be the era of firearms, so I read a lot of military affairs and firearms during my duty in the library. classics.”

  Zhu Pingan found the most appropriate source for his knowledge of firearms ahead of this era.

  The Royal Collection of Books must be authoritative, leading, and unquestionable, and they still have no way to go to the Library of the Hanlin Academy to verify.

  As soon as he heard that Zhu Pingan had read a lot of classics on firearms in the Royal Library of the Imperial Academy, Ou Zhige’s breathing became short of breath, and he looked at Zhu Pingan as if looking at a peerless treasure.

  He was able to sell himself to Li Shu for a copy of the “Fire Dragon Classic”, which shows how fascinated he is with firearms research.

  If it is said that the collection of books is rich and valuable, the entire Ming Dynasty cannot compare with the Royal Collection. The Library Pavilion of the Hanlin Academy is the best among the Royal Library Pavilions, and the value of the firearms and classics inside is thousands of times higher than that of the “Fire Dragon Classic”.

   One can imagine how excited Ou Zhige is now.

  If all the ancestors and future descendants were sold in exchange for a chance to enter the Hanlin Academy Library to read firearms classics, Ou Zhige would sell them all without blinking.

  (end of this chapter)