Huo Guang had no memory of what the man in front of him said before.
But when the other party took out the dark iron pipe.
Huo Guang's memory is like a pedestrian walking on a winding path, his eyes suddenly become enlightened.
It turned out to be him!
Three years ago, Huo Guang happened to visit the blacksmith when he went to Zhao State for the case of Prince Liu Dan.
On a whim, I tricked him into telling him that he had an ancient secret book about Ou Yezi's iron forging skills. Then, ask him if he can forge the barrel needed for the gun as a test of whether he has the qualifications to inherit Ou Yezi!
to be honest.
Huo Guang had long forgotten about this matter.
Just a whim.
It's been three years now, I can't remember this.
If Ouyang Zhi hadn't brought out the forged iron pipe today, I really wouldn't have been able to figure out who the other party was.
Huo Guang looked at the iron pipe in the opponent's hand with great interest, so he reached out to ask for it and said, "Oh, it's you. It took three years to complete the test, so you are barely qualified to inherit the legacy of Master Ou Yezi!"
"Come!"
"Show me what you forged."
However.
Ouyang Zhi immediately hid the iron pipe behind his back and said, "Oh, you still want to lie to me? You just said that Ou Yezi has nothing to do with you!"
Hear the words.
Huo Guang immediately wanted to slap himself.
Talk nonsense.
It's hard to lie now.
But who is Huo Guang? He is a dignified Marquis of Bolu, his majesty's personal minister, serving as censor and right-hand minister, and he is also the cavalry general of Nan Daying.
With his status, he wanted to scare a blacksmith.
Not simple yet?
so.
Huo Guang's expression remained unchanged and he continued to say seriously: "Master Ou Yezi and I really have nothing to do with each other!"
"But wouldn't it be okay if I accidentally obtained his ancient book on iron forging?"
"Is it possible?"
"With your intelligence, do you think that because I obtained the books left by Master Ou Yezi, I have something to do with Ou Yezi?"
As soon as these words were spoken.
Ouyang Zhi also frowned immediately.
After thinking for a while.
He also felt that Huo Guang was right, but he still said: "Okay, I can give you this black stick. But you must first let me take a look at Master Ou Yezi's ancient books."
Yo ho!
Pretty cautious?
Huo Guang immediately shook his head and said: "I was ignorant when I was young, and my family was poor. In a cold winter, I burned it as firewood. Huh? Didn't I tell you last time?"
Hear this!
Ouyang Zhi immediately became furious and said, "What, burn it? It's all burned and you lied to me about whether you are qualified to inherit the legacy of Master Ou Yezi!"
Hear the words.
Huo Guang couldn't help but feel happy.
This blacksmith looks a bit funny!
Huo Guang shrugged and said, "Why did I lie to you? Don't you know that there is a skill called photographic memory?"
"Although the ancient book has been burned, it does not mean that there is no way for you to inherit it."
"Master Ou Yezi's inheritance is all recorded in my head!"
Photographic memory, some people do have this ability.
But here's the thing.
There is a big difference between photographic memory before the invention of book paper and photographic memory after the invention of book paper.
In the former, the books and papers were bound into volumes and recorded a lot of text.
That photographic memory is indeed a real skill.
the latter.
Bamboo slips only record important words, with a small number of words. The so-called photographic memory can actually be achieved with a little good memory.
The slips used in Sima Qian's "Historical Records" might not fit in a carriage.
But in modern times.
A book a few centimeters thick will do the trick.
This is the gap in the amount of written records.
So when Huo Guang said these words, the blacksmith Ouyang Zhi's suspicion was dispelled a lot.
When Huo Guang saw this, he immediately said: "You came to Chang'an from a place as far away as Zhao today to find me. Isn't it just to show me the iron pipe you made?"
"Why, you're still acting coy today."
"If you don't want to see it, then please do so. I have many affairs and don't have so much free time."
Ouyang Zhi heard this and became anxious.
Seeing Huo Guang turning around, he was about to leave.
He quickly shouted: "Hey, Huo Yilang, I didn't say I wouldn't show it to you!"
"Na!"
"I can give it to you or give it to you."
When Huo Guang heard this, he was secretly proud of himself. He turned around and took the iron pipe, and he did not forget to say: "Wouldn't everything be fine if you were so transparent earlier? I had to take off my pants and fart. It would be unnecessary."
Ouyang Zhi could only smile when he was scolded.
at this time.
Huo Guang took the iron pipe and found that the pipe was not light but quite heavy.
It seems that the materials used are quite practical.
I just don’t know if the quality is passable.
Although during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were hundreds of steel-making technologies. But this is a secret of the imperial court. A blacksmith like Ouyang Zhi, who was born in a wild country, is naturally not qualified to have access to such secrets.
so.
Huo Guang still had some doubts about the quality of the iron pipes made by this guy.
"This iron pipe of yours looks okay. How is the quality? Can it stand up to use?" Huo Guang frowned.
Hearing this,
Ouyang Zhi immediately patted his chest and said, "That's absolutely no problem. Can I come to you if I have any questions? Huo Yilang, let me tell you, I used it as a weapon all the way from Zhao, which is better than a sword." It works!”
More effective than a sword?
This is really Wang Po selling melons!
If it was really more useful than swords, then Han Dynasty soldiers would not carry a ring-headed sword but an iron rod when they went to the battlefield.
Think of this.
Huo Guang said directly: "Whether the quality is good or not, you don't have to say, it has to be tested."
"correct."
"Let me tell you, Yilang, I have long since ceased to be the Marquis. You can call me Marquis Bolu, or, perhaps, Huo Shangshu!"
Ouyang Zhi nodded immediately and said, "Oh, okay, Huo Yilang."
This guy has some ax to grind!
Huo Guang was helpless.
I could only sigh in my heart, and then asked the slave to fetch gunpowder and the fuse used to make homemade hand grenades.
at the same time.
Take out a wooden plug, plug one end of the iron pipe tightly, keep the other end, pour out the gunpowder, and put the long lead into the pipe from this end.
Do you know those fireworks you held in your hands when you were a kid?
What Huo Guang did at this time was similar to this design.
but.
What he put in it were not fireworks particles that would explode in the air, but a few smooth pearls.
In the Han Dynasty, there was an industry of raising clams and cultivating pearls.
So things like pearls do exist, but they are also luxury goods.
Huo Guang originally wanted to get an iron ball into it, but unfortunately, he didn't prepare these, so he couldn't get it at the moment. Putting some stones in it made it feel sluggish and difficult to test.
Finally, I saw a handful of pearls in my house, so I immediately grabbed them and used them.
Didn't think too much about it.
Subsequently.
The iron pipe containing the pearls was placed on the ground and fixed, and a clay pot was erected not far away.
Huo Guang was about to light the fuse.
Ouyang Zhi didn't understand Huo Guang's behavior, so he asked, "What is Huo Yilang doing?"
Huo Guang glanced at him and said calmly: "You step back further and cover your ears."
"ah?"
Ouyang Zhi, a blacksmith with well-developed limbs, did not understand what Huo Guang meant.
Huo Guang had no choice but to say: "Do you still want to get the inheritance from Master Ou Yezi?"
See this.
Ouyang Zhi immediately covered his ears and took a few steps back.
immediately.
Huo Guang then lit the fuse.
Then.
He ran back a few steps quickly and covered his ears at the same time.
Soon, a "bang" was heard, and the clay pot broke instantly.
Ouyang Zhi immediately said in surprise: "Can this iron pipe be used like this?"
"Nonsense, this iron pipe is not used in this way, how can it be used? Do you think you can just use it as a stick?" Huo Guang patted the other party's shoulder and said.
Subsequently.
He walked forward and touched the iron pipe with his hand.
Since I only had one shot, it wasn't too hot.
then.
Huo Guang directly picked up the iron pipe, poured out the residue inside, and began to inspect it again.
There were no cracks or anything like that.
Of course, it may have something to do with the fact that I only had one shot. It's possible that after more than a dozen rounds, it might become soft or cracked?
These are all open to question!
"What method did you use to make this iron pipe?" Huo Guang asked tentatively while inspecting the iron pipe.
In fact, it doesn’t matter what the quality is.
Being able to make iron pipes already surprised him.
original.
Regarding the development of firearms, Huo Guang's early idea was to use the Song Dynasty's sudden fire blunderbuss.
What is a sudden fire gun?
The simplest firearms, made of something like bamboo, are useless at all and are very easy to explode.
Later, the Yuan Dynasty acquired this technology and changed it to an all-metal fire gun.
Then the Meng Yuan Dynasty used this weapon to fight in the north and south, and reached Europe, causing the technology of gunpowder and fire blunderbuss to be learned by foreigners.
This gave foreigners an understanding of gunpowder.
Only people who have no experience or no knowledge will criticize their ancestors for making fireworks with gunpowder and being Feng Shui masters with a compass.
Making gunpowder into firearms is the ancestor of the whole world.
But why was it surpassed by foreigners in the later period?
Now we have to talk about another thing, which is called seclusion.
This is not a criticism of the Qing Dynasty.
There will be one tomorrow too!
Firearms really started to lag behind Westerners in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.
Start with the Folan Machine Cannon.
During this period, firearms production in the West was already more advanced than in the Central Plains. Then the Central Plains introduced it, imitated it, and then reached or even surpassed the West.
After a few years of complacency.
I suddenly discovered that domestic firearms were not as good as foreign ones.
Then introduce it and then imitate it.
After such a cycle, the smart Chinese people suddenly discovered that they spent more money on counterfeit research than on direct purchases.
Simply.
It's okay to buy it directly, and you still don't do any research.
As a result, the gap between the level of Western firearms and the level of Central Plains firearms began to appear.
this point.
I really can’t blame anyone.
certainly.
If you dig deeper, it can also be attributed to the emergence of basic Western disciplines such as chemistry and physics.
With these, they could develop more powerful gunpowder.
Or make more sophisticated firearms.
certainly.
In these aspects, benevolent people have different opinions and wise people have different opinions, so we will not discuss them further.
When Ouyang Zhi heard Huo Guang's words, he immediately replied: "The method of making this clarinet, hey, it took me three years to figure it out, why should I tell you!"
The blacksmith looked proud.
Tell the truth.
The other party does have the capital to be proud!
Because the quality of this iron pipe is very good, better than Meng Yuan's fire gun pipe.
Even better than the fire guns of the Ming Dynasty.
I just don’t know if it can be made into a gun.
The gun is a matchlock gun.
It's not as good as a flintlock gun, but it's much better than a three-eyed blunderbuss or a fire blunderbuss.
It can be said.
It has the prototype of a modern rifle.
But if the clarinet made by the blacksmith cannot withstand more than a dozen rounds and explodes, then it's better not to. Huo Guang is afraid that he will be blinded by the explosion.
Think of this.
Huo Guang said seriously: "Don't worry, I don't want to get your forging technology, I just want to use your forging method to determine the final quality of the iron pipe you forged!"
Ouyang Zhi still didn't believe it and said doubtfully: "Really?"
Huo Guang said helplessly: "Really, I can touch my conscience and speak!"
See this.
Then Ouyang Zhi said: "Actually, the forging method is very simple. Find some iron tools, calcine them first, beat them into square iron, and then thin them into thin sheets."
"At this time."
"Then wrap it around a prepared iron rod and hammer it."
"After tempering this layer, then temper the next layer of iron wrapping."
"In this way, when the iron pipe is formed, pull out the iron rod, polish the inner wall smooth, and polish the outside smooth, and the black pipe is ready."
Huo Guang was shocked when he heard what the blacksmith said.
The joys and sorrows of human beings may be different.
but!
The development of human civilization is often surprisingly similar.
Western blunderbuss tubes are made using this type of technology. Although there are differences in techniques, they are pretty much the same.
Unexpectedly?
A blacksmith Huo Guang met three years ago could also come up with a similar method!
This was the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago.
In fact, Huo Guang had only heard of this method in his previous life, and he didn't know the specific operation.
If you know.
It has been done a long time ago, why wait until Ouyang Zhi comes to your door today.
Huo Guang at this moment.
Looking at Ouyang Zhi is like looking at a big baby.
The blacksmith opposite saw his glaring eyes and immediately said: "Hey, don't covet my skills. I spent three years thinking hard about this!"
"look!"
"I think about this every day, and I feel bald."
Huo Guang immediately shrugged and said, "Hey, don't worry, I won't covet it. I'm not a blacksmith. Besides, if you make this clarinet, no one knows its use except me."
"Even if you master this technique."
"But there's no place to put it to use, so what's the use of keeping it?"
However.
Blacksmith Ouyang Zhi didn't care about this, and immediately said: "Then I don't care, just don't covet my skills. But it's useless for you to covet. I'll only give you a rough idea. The actual implementation depends on me."
Huo Guang smiled slightly and said: "Craftsmen like you will keep a key secret from others and don't let others know about it. I understand, I understand!"
"but!"
"Have you ever thought that it is a violation of Han law to forge iron privately under the official management of Yantai Iron and Steel Co., Ltd.?"
As the saying goes, the people do not fight with the officials.
It’s not that you can’t fight.
But I can’t fight at all!
If Huo Guang has a dark heart, he has a hundred ways to make the blacksmith in front of him submissive and make him hand over his skills obediently!
even.
Make him a prisoner and work for himself.
Didn't some guys at the bottom who are not even officials say something?
Someday find a dark place and detain him for three days. If that doesn't work, deal with his son. His son is his weakness.
certainly.
As a righteous person, Huo Guang would not do such a despicable thing.
then.
He looked at the blacksmith who was silent after his question, and said with a smile: "I can build you a blacksmith shop in the name of the imperial court, do you want it?" (End of Chapter)
