Gao Heng looked at them and couldn't help but feel happy in his heart. Since he was a time traveler, he had to master some knowledge that people at this time did not have. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a golden finger. In fact, many inventions are just smoke and mirrors in the early stage. The ancients have been close to the final result countless times, but they could not succeed because the last layer of window paper was not pierced.
In fact, it is remarkable that Europa was able to design a spring-loaded blunderbuss during this period. The ignition principle of the spring wheel gun is actually the same as that of lighters in later generations, using gears to rub flint to form sparks and ignite the gunpowder. But the ancients were just one step behind. If we still use a lighter as a metaphor, it was how to turn a steel wheel lighter into an electric shock lighter.
What Gao Heng showed Nan Huairen and the others was the basic principle drawing of the flintlock gun. Although Gao Heng could not have drawn it so carefully, I believe that since Bu Mige and the others have dabbled in this aspect, it should be easy to associate it. It turns out that this is indeed the case. This means that as long as the bottleneck of turning the spring wheel gun into a flint hair gun is solved, the process of manufacturing fire gun will be greatly simplified.
Seeing that everyone was still looking at the drawing, Gao Heng immediately explained: "This is just a simple idea of mine. The matchlock gun has too many restrictions. For example, it cannot be used on rainy days. Although the spring wheel gun perfectly solves these problems, the manufacturing process It is too complicated and not suitable for large-scale equipment. So I have been thinking about how to combine the two, which can not only achieve the advantage of being able to fire at any time, but also simplify the process. This is how I came up with this drawing, but I didn’t I am not a craftsman who makes firecrackers, I have an idea, but I still need your help to turn it into reality."
"This." Bu Mige hesitated for a moment. Listening to Gao Heng's words, since he wanted their help, he must want to keep these missionaries, but is this the only condition? Their most fundamental purpose is to preach. Even if they use their knowledge of physics, chemistry, etc. to serve the young lord in front of them, the ultimate goal is to preach. If they cannot achieve the purpose of preaching, they will definitely not be able to stay.
Gao Heng smiled in his heart. It seems that these foreigners are not really stupid when it comes to worldliness. At least the leader, Bu Mig, is very calm. Although he does not reveal what he is thinking, his hesitant expression has betrayed him. .
Gao Heng said: "Don't worry, missionaries, I don't have so many pedantic ideas. In my heart, I have always felt that everyone is equal and everyone has the freedom of belief. You come to the East just to promote Christianity. I can agree to that." You, in my defense zone, you can preach freely, and I will build you a church and provide you with some funds."
Bu Mige turned around and looked at everyone. Everyone's eyes were shining. They had been coming to the East for a while, but they had never found anyone who was as willing to accept them as Gao Heng. Originally, their destination was the Ming Dynasty. But if there are such lords here who are willing to accept them, of course they can also preach on the spot. Anyway, where is preaching not preaching?
Bu Mig sighed: "God, finally someone has heard your voice, and finally someone is willing to accept us. Thank God, thank you, the great general."
The missionaries were extremely excited. People cheered and hugged, and their faces turned red with excitement. Among the crowd, there was only one person lying on the table, casually finding a brush and writing and drawing on the drawing.
Bu Mige was a little unhappy and said: "Nan Huairen, didn't you hear what His Excellency the General said? You are a little rude, and you didn't come over to thank His Excellency the General."
Nan Huairen seemed not to have heard, and was still writing and drawing intently. Bu Mige wanted to pull him over, but Gao Heng waved his hand to Bu Mige, signaling him not to move. Gao Heng leaned over to see what Nan Huairen was doing.
It turned out that Gao Heng just roughly drew a hammer, a gunpowder pot, and a trigger on the drawing, indicating that this was the principle of the flintlock gun. To put it simply, it is to improve the spring wheel gun, link the trigger to the hammer, use the hammer to hit the flint, and then sparks will ignite the gunpowder. However, Gao Heng is a later generation after all, and he knows the firearms of later generations very well, even with his eyes closed. It can disassemble and assemble firearms, but there are still many things that I don't understand about this ancient firecracker.
But Nan Huairen was very interested. Maybe it was because he had studied for a period of time, or maybe he had a high talent for making firearms. He immediately used his imagination to improve the drawing.
Gao Heng didn't say a word, just quietly watching Nan Huairen's performance. No one dared to disturb the general's interest, but Bu Mige's expression was a little awkward. This Nan Huairen was really too ungrateful. He is a young man, so it is understandable that he is interested in these novel mechanical concepts, but it also depends on the occasion. In the presence of important people, he must be low-key after all.
But Gao Heng's expression became clearer and clearer. Every time Nan Huairen wrote, a muscle appeared on Gao Heng's cheek. Let alone, a professional is a professional, and a genius is a genius. No wonder Nan Huairen in history Ren was able to achieve such great achievements in firearms because he just sketched the principles, but this guy could directly sketch out the parts.
"Okay! That's probably it!" Nan Huairen suddenly put down his pen and shouted loudly. Only then did he realize that the people around him were looking at him. When he was drawing the picture just now, he had obviously entered a state of selflessness and did not take into account the feelings of the onlookers at all. Now that he came back to his senses, he realized that he He might have caused a big disaster. If his rudeness made Gao Heng angry, the missionary work would be ruined.
"Your Majesty General, it's me." Nan Huairen said nervously.
"Tell me, come on, tell me your idea." Gao Heng stopped talking and pointed to the drawings and said to Nan Huairen.
Seeing Gao Heng's concern, Bu Mige winked quickly, and Nan Huairen immediately explained: "General, please see, my picture is actually a current idea. Whether it can become a real thing requires further testing."
He pointed at the drawing and said: "Your Majesty the General just gave you the idea of hammering flint with hammer. I improved it. You see, my drawing includes hammer, flash cap, anvil, anvil base, and firing powder. , fire door, and gunpowder pot, these structures form a complete gun machine."
Gao Heng immediately showed a somewhat excited expression. He counted and found that there were only seven structures in total. You must know that the spring-wheel gun machine has twenty structures. This saves more than half, which is suitable for mass production. Said, this is a very good news.
Nan Huairen continued: "The hammer is nothing special. You can use flint and flint, embed the flint into the hammer, and fill the inside of the anvil with percussion powder. The upper end is the flash cap, and the lower end is the fire door. Of course, this part It must be made of high-quality steel, otherwise it will not be durable. In this way, when the trigger is pulled, the hammer and flint hit the flash cap hard, and the sparks generated by the impact ignite the percussion powder in the anvil, and the anvil's The structure can be based on the medicine pot of a matchlock gun, as long as the firing powder and the gunpowder in the barrel can be connected, then it will be fired directly, just like the ancients used flint to make fire."
"Awesome! It's really awesome. If there are such weapons, the army's combat effectiveness will be improved by several levels." Gao Hengjie praised. Nan Huairen was really powerful. He came up with an idea and he immediately turned it into a production sketch. If the craftsmen could make fire blunderbuss according to his idea, his army could completely eliminate the matchlock blunderbuss.
You must know that the real large-scale application of flintlock guns in history should be in the 18th century. If you can make it yourself, you will have a weapon that is a century ahead of you. The lethality is terrible.
Nan Huairen said: "However, even so, we still need to conduct a lot of experiments. After all, no matter how simple a fire gun is, it is a relatively sophisticated weapon, and it requires good steel to develop it."
Gao Heng said: "You don't have to worry about the materials. There are iron ores in Shangwen Prefecture. We have workshops in Tuo County and Shangwen Prefecture. There are blacksmiths who can refine the iron ore. I already have a port and will introduce more in the future. Talents. Priest Bomig, if I entrust this work to you and equip you with craftsmen, can you be sure to complete it?"
Bu Mige looked at Nan Huairen and then at the other priests, "General, please rest assured that you are so generous. Naturally, we will do our best to repay the general. Leave this to us. Don't say anything. Although Nan Huairen is young, he has many ideas and his creativity is extraordinary."
Gao Heng said: "Let me add one more thing. Anyway, you are going to develop firecrackers, and by the way, you will also develop ammunition. Have you heard of paper shell bullets?"
"What? Paper shells?" everyone asked in unison.
Gao Heng nodded and casually drew on the paper: "You see, the current matchlock gun is first loaded with gunpowder, then loaded with ammunition, and then the gunpowder and ammunition are compacted with a rod. It seems that it is a three-step process. Paper shell The principle of the bullet is very simple, which is to shorten one of the steps, combine the gunpowder and ammunition, and complete the loading at one time.”
"Complete the loading in one go?" The missionaries immediately started discussing and made a buzzing sound.
Bu Mig slapped his head suddenly, as if he remembered something, and said: "I understand, I understand what the general means. What the general means is to use a cylindrical shell made of paper to store gunpowder and ammunition. Wrap them up at the same time and stuff them into the barrel together, so they only need to be loaded once."
Gao Heng nodded and said: "Not bad." Gao Heng was still confident about this golden finger. The principle of paper shell bullets is basically the same as that of later generations of bullets, except that it lacks a primer, but this does not prevent Gao Heng from directly explaining its principle. Come out and wrap the gunpowder and ammunition with paper. There is no problem with the craftsmanship, I just want to see if anyone has thought of it. The ancients would not have thought of it for a moment, but Gao Heng could blurt it out.
Gao Heng explained to everyone: "We can do this. First, roll three layers of kraft paper into a tube shape slightly larger than the mouth of the gun, and then cut it into small sections of about three inches with a knife. Then mark the position on the tube and cut the bottom Tie it tightly, pour in black powder, then tie it tightly in the middle, then put in round lead bullets, and finally tie the head tightly. Just make sure that the scale marks on the cylinder at each tightening position are the same. Fix the gunpowder. Then apply some grease on the outside to increase air tightness and reduce friction."
Gao Heng gestured: "When shooting, we bite the tail of the paper shell bullet, pour some black powder into the medicine pot, then stuff the paper shell bullet into the whole, and fire it directly."
Bu Mige couldn't help but applaud. They worked together and in just a short time, they defined an epoch-making firearm. This young general was really unpredictable, or he had a certain aura about him. Mysterious meaning. Who would have thought that a young military general would have so much knowledge in his mind. If Bumig hadn't met Gao Heng in Annan, he would have thought that he was a firearms craftsman who stayed in Europa all year round.
Gao Hengyao pressed his hand and said: "Okay, basically our communication today was very pleasant. I initially called this new fire gun a flint hair gun because it uses the principle of flint to make fire."
Bu Mig flattered him and said, "It's very appropriate. What a good name."
Gao Heng said: "Priest Bomige, fellow priests, I have already said this. I wonder if you are willing to all stay and contribute to the cause of all the people under the rule of this general and the Xinghua Army?"
Bu Mige took a step forward and said: "I sincerely thank you, General, for retaining me. We are very willing to stay and serve you."
Gao Heng smiled and said: "I need to correct a small mistake of the priest. You are not serving me alone, but tens of thousands of people in this land. Please rest assured that as long as you work well, the reward will be There won’t be any less.”
Bu Mig and the others looked at each other. In Pudman's introduction, Gao Heng was the lord of this land. To put it bluntly, he was no different from a king. However, he said that they were not working for him personally, but for the entire people. This The concept is very novel. But it doesn't matter. Anyway, as long as they are allowed to preach and financial support is given to them, Gao Heng can say whatever he says, and there is no need to argue with him.
Bu Mig bowed and said: "Your Excellency General, your smile is as bright as the rainbow in heaven. We will always remember Your Excellency General's kindness. At the same time, if other talented companions come, we will definitely introduce them to Your Excellency General." .”
Gao Heng's cheeks twitched, what the hell kind of metaphor is this? Bu Mig's Chinese still needs to be practiced, he is still young, why is he related to the Kingdom of Heaven?
After the meeting, Gao Heng immediately set about settling them all in Tuo County. Tuo County had the earliest craftsman's shop, which was where these Western missionaries came into play.
