The frightened craftsman retreated. As soon as he left Timur's sight, he was pulled over by the silversmith who was almost killed by Timur: "You...are you crazy? Where have we ever done this before?" Musket? Are you willing to die by deceiving the Sultan?"
"Even if we don't deceive the Sultan, aren't we still going to die?" the craftsman said. After hearing this, the silversmith who scolded him paused, and his originally angry expression became slumped.
"Where did you take out that musket..." He was a little confused.
"Have you forgotten? Didn't we make a musket? It's in the warehouse at the end..."
"The warehouse at the end?" The silversmith looked surprised, and then he suddenly realized it after thinking about it. "You mean those..."
"B-but, those are just defective products..."
The muskets they were talking about were several tubes of fire muskets that had been made piece by piece by many craftsmen, imitating the appearance of the large open fire muskets. Although there seems to be no problem in appearance, in fact, these firearms are simply unusable. .bμν.
Because it has only its form but not its spirit, the airtightness of all parts of this handmade firecracker is not up to standard. Once the projectiles and gunpowder enter it, it is basically impossible to fire it. Even if there are one or two that can barely fire, the consequences will be more serious.
You must know that the Ming Dynasty's fire guns were made of new carbon steel refined by Zhu Su and Zhu Fan. This steel was far ahead of its time. It was not only tough but also had good heat resistance and could withstand the burning of gunpowder in the barrel. high temperature.
This ensures that the Ming Dynasty's muskets, while using new black powder to fire, can better withstand the high temperatures caused by continuous firing, ensuring that the barrel will not explode easily.
Although the muskets made by these Central Asian craftsmen look similar, the materials are very different. Although they can barely reproduce the appearance, even the power of yellow gunpowder is often unable to withstand the power of this gun barrel. .
It can only be said that the gap in basic industrial levels is often extremely difficult to make up in the absence of theoretical foundation. The generational difference in weapons caused by industrial progress cannot be replicated overnight by craftsmen.
It is a pity that Tamerlane, who was experienced in conquest and plunder, could not pay attention to the difficulties of the craftsmen.
In his eyes, firecrackers are the same as weapons such as bows and arrows and returning cannons. As long as the craftsmen are forced to work hard, the secrets can be copied...
"There is no difference in appearance between them and the Ming Dynasty's fire guns." The craftsman said, his eyes full of desperate redness and desire to live. "The great Sultan will not understand the difference at all. The Sultan will not understand at all how difficult it is to imitate the art of the Ming army's musket... Moreover, maybe that musket can just shoot projectiles? Maybe the Sultan will directly Spare us!".
"You're crazy..." The silversmith shook his head in fear. "If you dare to deceive the Sultan, the Sultan will definitely kill us all!"
"He originally wanted to kill us all!" The crazy craftsman roared. "I want to live! At least this way I can live a little longer..."
"I am extremely hopeful now that the Ming people will invade the city... It's not me who is crazy, but our Sultan, isn't it?"
The silversmith was stunned again, remembering what Timur had done these days.
Since the last failed breakout, the originally great Sultan began to impose a reign of terror on the city.
He confiscated all military power, trusted only his own family, brutally detained all craftsmen, and forced all civilians in the city to provide iron, sulfur and saltpeter to make firearms.
It was originally thought that this sultan's talent and strategy would lead the city of Samarkand to peace and prosperity. Unexpectedly, it was this Sultan who brought disaster to the people living in the city.
Now in this city, except for the relatives of the Sultan's family, everyone should be resentful of the Sultan, right?
What they didn't know was that not only the craftsmen and civilians in the city, but also some of Timur's relatives in the city were resentful of Timur's resolute resistance to the Ming army.
If we say that in the past, they, Timur's relatives, were still full of ambitions. They regarded Timur as a god and dreamed of following him.
Timur's footsteps made the Timur family become as great as the Golden Family of Temujin.
Originally they were confident that the Timur Empire's army was the strongest army under the blue sky. After hearing about the existence of the Ming Dynasty, they also regarded the wealth of the Ming Dynasty as the biggest goal of the Timur Empire. But now that they actually faced the Ming Dynasty's army, they were shocked to find that this army was a completely unbeatable opponent to the Timur Empire.
In terms of combat effectiveness, there is actually not that big a gap between these Ming people and the warriors of the empire. However, these Ming people are able to enforce orders and prohibitions, come up with clever schemes, appear mysteriously, and can also use a variety of strange but very effective weapons and tactics.
These unprecedented tactics and weapons could always easily exceed everyone's expectations and knock the empire's supposedly invincible army into the dust.
Their invincible self-confidence has long been shattered by the Ming army...
Once faith is lost, people's hearts will naturally be lost. The relatives who were originally focused on following Timur in the north and south, but after seeing Timur's invincible aura shattered, they also started to have their own little thoughts.
Nowadays, most of the military power in the city of Samarkand is given to Ulugh Beg and a few of Timur's most trusted descendants to guard the four gates. The Mamluk guards who were most loyal to Timur were also assigned to them by Timur as a supervisory team to intimidate the soldiers in the city. Today, Timur's guard work is taken over by a grandson named Alitaz.
Among the many grandsons of Timur, Alitaz is a relatively inconspicuous figure. Although he is better than some of the grandsons whose names cannot even be remembered by Timur, under normal circumstances, he will not get Timur. The credit of the company can be regarded as insufficient compared to the above, but more than the below. He was able to get the "good job" of guarding the Sultan only because Timur had no one available, and he did not have enough trust from Timur to allocate a large number of troops to defend the city. .qgν.
Alitaz is indeed not worthy of Timur's trust. Although he was able to stay by Timur's side, deep down in his heart he was not willing to be an enemy of the Ming army. He saw with his own eyes the Ming army's big ball that could float in the sky and possess the power of flying into the sky. Such an army with the power of the gods was definitely not something that mortals like them should contend with. What's more, the artillery of the Ming army was so terrifying. The daily artillery bombardment made Alitaz even more convinced that these Ming people were troops sent by the gods.
No wonder the originally great grandfather Timur Sultan would be defeated again and again... No matter how great the Sultan was, he was still a mortal. How could he be the opponent of the armies sent by the gods?
