Xiao Lei was a little confused.
From a command perspective alone, the sooner the troops are equipped, the better.
But from the perspective of long-term military application, it is necessary to wait a little longer.
The power of the new weapons can indeed be seen, but because they are magic weapons, even if you bring some low-level mages on the battlefield, they cannot guarantee full charging, which will cause a lot of trouble and even affect tactical choices.
The same is true for daily support. If the entire gun needs to be transported to the research and manufacturing center for charging every time, will it consume too much transportation capacity? Can the people in the research and manufacturing institute withstand the daily training of thousands of magic weapons?
If these problems cannot be solved in the early stage, it will take more energy, time, manpower and material resources to actually equip the troops.
He did not make a decision on the spot and returned to the royal city to write a letter to the king explaining the weapons situation and his own concerns.
Two days after submitting the letter, two female soldiers who were training at the same time came over to understand the situation. If I remember correctly, they are now the deputies of Natasha, the captain of the inner court maid.
After waiting for another twenty days, somehow all the problems have been solved.
When I went to the research and manufacturing facility, I asked a question and got the answer:
"The high official of the inner court sent a magic research record. Based on it, we made a small automatic magic adsorption device. Its efficiency is not very high. After firing ten rounds from a gun, we connected the charging part to the device. It takes about three days to become full of magic.
The current charging part replacement plan also uses this technology. The weight of the gun has increased slightly by 200 grams, which can only barely ensure that the magic circuit does not fail. Simply relying on it to restore the magic power of the charging part will take more than a hundred days. . "
"What's its name?"
Hearing this question, Caroline was a little shy: "It...it's called Caroline's Magic Rifle...No. 1."
The Magic Weapon Research Institute is known as the Research and Manufacturing Institute to the outside world. It is an institution with complex functions and composition. In order to facilitate management, all research projects must have names for editing and archiving.
The main magic configuration of this gun is the Caroline Plan, and the name of the gun is directly edited with her name. She felt a little uncomfortable saying the name herself.
"Very good. Next, you will make two more samples. I will send a few people with different body types to cooperate and finalize the size and feel of the guns. In the near future, Wang Ting will send someone to discuss purchasing issues with you."
"Thank you General."
"You're welcome. This is the result of your hard work."
Although Xiao Lei doesn't have much experience, he also knows that changing a crossbow into a gun is not something that ordinary people can do. At least among the idiots of the Sharp Blade clan, not many of them can make bows yet.
Respecting knowledge and not blindly following force was also taught in the training class, he remembered.
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While the garrison was purchasing equipment, the Orangemen were already busy surveying the Wangting Tree and preparing for the design of the city's defense array.
After gathering a combination of wizards, alchemists and magicians, the analysis process of the ancient secret weapon went smoothly. Only a dozen indoor fires were caused, which were easily extinguished with magic.
Three months after the project started, that is, more than four months ago, they had indeed isolated an effective substance that has natural adsorption capacity for magic.
The next few months were even more difficult, because in order to build a large-scale urban defense array that Muggles could maintain and use, they had to be able to artificially produce this substance.
Therefore, we need to analyze the specific composition of substances and how to synthesize them.
The Phoenix King is not afraid of big troubles when watching the excitement. When Ms. Natasha came to see the progress one time, she gave the three of them a periodic table of elements.
They didn't know that it was copied from another world book, and they didn't know that No. 88 radium was far from the end of the list. They were only fascinated by the booklet that came with it.
The alchemy world in the human world has the theory of alchemical elements, but compared with the periodic table given by the Phoenix King, it seems a bit naive.
The theory of alchemical elements is more advanced than the theory of magical elements. There are only twenty types of recognized elements, and their ordering is purely based on the density of the constituent substances. Bangji is not aware of the recent progress, but it is impossible to compare with the periodic table in front of him. Comparable.
The periodic table truly understands the impact of atomic structure on chemical properties. The three of them can easily understand why the substance has such properties through the experiments in the booklet and the comparison table.
The booklet is very small, even handwritten, and there are not many specific experimental items, including more than thirty items in total including sulfur combustion, oxygen production, and charcoal re-ignition, which is enough for understanding the periodic table.
The periodic table cannot directly help the three people solve the problem, but it can help them clarify their direction.
After more than two months of hard work, hundreds of failed experiments, and nearly a hundred successful ones, the three had to accept the fact before them: the effective material for magic adsorption is carbon, and it is a carbon element!
It seemed outrageous to come to this conclusion after more than two months, but precisely because the answer was so unbelievably simple, they always thought they had made a mistake somewhere.
But at this point, the three of them were embarrassed again.
Limited by the lack of knowledge dissemination and systematization, the three people did not even know that diamond is also carbon. The only carbon they knew was amorphous carbon and graphite, and they knew that coal and wood contained such things.
And the carbon they knew could never show the strange effects of ancient secret weapons.
The three of them were worried and worried face to face for several days, not knowing how to enter the artificial production stage. In desperation, they took the initiative to contact Ms. Natasha for the first time and told her about their predicament. What happened next made the three of them doubt whether the Phoenix King was a scroll believer of the God of Knowledge. The three of them were shocked when Ms. Natasha sent several pieces of paper two days later.
These pieces of paper record the basic properties and basic preparation methods of several carbon elements. Considering the limited raw materials that can be purchased, the three people may not be able to produce them. Natasha also sent rough diamonds.
Diamonds are also a specialty of Phoenix City, and you can find them by just digging a hole in the hot spring area.
However, its magical properties are not good, and its color cannot be compared with various crystals and corundums. Also, because it is too easy to find, it lacks enough big-name consumers to pursue it. In addition to the gem craftsmen who need some for gem cutting, a small amount is circulated in the form of fake gems. The rest of the people are less aware.
According to the method recorded on the paper, the three of them converted a diamond into graphite on the spot.
Staring at the dark mass in the crucible, he was stunned.
"This thing is actually carbon!?" Bangji thought that the senior alchemist already understood the nature of the world very well, but now he found that he was not even a little bit behind. Compared with the Phoenix King, he was probably not even started yet.
"So the magic adsorption substance may be one of these two forms?" Rodri is a five-star magician hired by Bunji. Star rating is the way to evaluate magicians. Five-star is also a high-level profession, but it only counts magic. He is not as good as Oran with four rings. Rodri was not very interested in studying the nature of matter. He just wanted to finish quickly and get his big gem to make a big sword.
There are also two simple forms of carbon on the paper that the three of them have not recognized, and the labeled names are graphene and fullerene.
Likewise, there are preparation methods above.
It was very difficult to prepare these two substances in the laboratory, and the three of them did not know enough about the chemical system. They relied on magic to forcibly generate the environment, and it took more than ten days and nearly a hundred experiments to get it done.
The results confirmed that it was fullerene, but under the current conditions it was not clear whether it was c60, c70 or other structures.
In short, the small puddle of powder they made, whose main component was graphite, did indeed show the state of absorbing magic power.
Calculated in terms of adsorption efficiency and weight, the purity of the fullerene and graphite mixture they produced was much higher than that of the ancient secret vessel. This proves that the active ingredients in the ancient secret vessel were prepared in other ways, and may just be some kind of mixture. This coincidence resulted in the formation of small amounts of fullerenes.
Normally it would be a very exciting situation, but neither Olan nor Bunky were in high spirits, and only Rodri was having a good time.
The fact that the two of them are not happy is not because they are jealous or disappointed, but their world view has been greatly impacted. The richness of carbon alone proves that they still know nothing about the entire world. They need to understand the properties of the eighty-eight elements. I'm afraid it won't be enough in a lifetime.
After a few days of calming down, I went to notify them. They were also very cautious and asked them to sort out the copy and preparation experiment notes. Soon after taking them away, they received the remuneration for the first stage of the transaction.
The pay is a little weird.
Calculated based on the starting income of 5 yuan per day for a group of three people, in a total of half a year, each person will earn 900 yuan.
But whether the reward is more or less depends on what can be obtained.
The price of artificial gemstones that Ms. Natasha gave the three of them was 1,200 yuan per kilogram, which means each person could get 0.75 kilograms of gemstones.
Because it is man-made, the three of them have no idea what the price is. They can measure the gems in kilograms, which is outrageous anyway. If they work hard to make money on their own, and the three of them are tied together, they will not be able to come up with two hundred yuan to buy small gems in a year. gram.
And there are even more amazing gems to buy here, 0.75 kilograms, a total of two or three rough stones. I really don’t dare to take it out after leaving Phoenix City. Even if someone looks at it, I will be killed.
After receiving the first phase of rewards, the three of them began to engage in the actual inspection work of Wang Tingshu. The process also shocked them.
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