Chapter 1647 Come out, black gunpowder
"Sir, do the books in the Hanlin Academy's library contain records of gunpowder formulas? Do they contain records of thunder, fire blunderbuss and other firearms?" Ou Zhige couldn't restrain himself. He couldn't wait to ask with excitement in his heart.
"Of course there is. The Hanlin Academy Library is the royal library. All the most valuable classics of the Ming Dynasty are collected in it. There are hundreds of classics on gunpowder, blunderbuss, artillery and other firearms. Each book contains hundreds of books. The value of one book is immeasurable, especially as there are dozens of them that have been researched with the efforts of the Ming Dynasty. The latest, most cutting-edge, and most confidential firearms classics published, as well as the firearms classics on Europa, Franconian, Red-haired Yi and other foreign peoples carefully collected by more than ten departments, are even more valuable." Zhu Ping'an replied without hesitation. He said, openly mixing the private goods among them, his face was not red at all and he was not panting at all.
There are naturally books on firearms in the Hanlin Academy library, but they are all old antiques from the Song and Yuan Dynasties. They do not have much reference value. There is nothing that integrates the latest, most cutting-edge, and most secret research and development of the Ming Dynasty. There are no firearms classics of the European countries, and there are no firearms classics of the European countries.
The reason why Zhu Pingan said this was to find a reason for his knowledge of firearms that transcended the times.
Hearing Zhu Ping'an's words, Ou Zhige became even more excited. Oh my god, there are hundreds of firearms classics... dozens of the latest, most cutting-edge, and most secret firearms classics developed by the Ming Dynasty... more than ten books The firearms classics about Europa and other foreigners that I have carefully collected are so exciting. However, there is one question. Ou Zhige asked nervously. He said, "Have you read all these classics?"
The collection of books in the Hanlin Academy is a treasure mountain. Master Zhu once entered the treasure mountain, but I don't know if he got the treasure in the treasure mountain. He would not enter the treasure mountain and return empty-handed. Right? If Mr. Zhu obtains the treasure in Baoshan, he will also have the opportunity to ask for advice from Mr. Zhu, which will be of great benefit to his research on firearms.
But if Mr. Zhu enters Baoshan and returns empty-handed, then he will definitely be heartbroken to the point of bleeding.
So, Ou Zhige was extremely nervous.
“When I was in charge of the Hanlin Academy Library, I didn’t have many official duties and had plenty of time. I carefully read and studied these classics, especially the dozens of the latest, most cutting-edge and European firearms classics from the Ming Dynasty. , I have read it several times. People are born with a good memory. Although I cannot say that I have a photographic memory, I can remember most of the contents after reading them two or three times. I have read through the dozens of firearms classics several times, and I can probably still remember them now. About 70% to 80% of the content.”
Zhu Ping'an noticed Ou Shangge's nervous expression, so he smiled slightly and said softly.
Hearing Zhu Pingan say that he had read it several times and memorized about 70% to 80% of the content, Ou Shangcheng stood up from his chair in excitement, and then knelt down without warning. He fell down in front of Zhu Pingan and kowtowed sincerely. , "Please teach me, Ou Zhige, a common man, is willing to be your lackey in this life."
"Hurry up, Master Ou, please come up. It doesn't have to be like this. Master Ou is the master of our Zhejiang Army, so naturally I will I know everything and can tell you everything. I can't call it 'teaching'. I am just We have read some books and have some knowledge from the books. We discuss and exchange with each other. As for the actual operations of preparing gunpowder and forging firearms, we have no experience. These will depend on your research and exploration, Master Ou. If our discussions and exchanges can help Ou. Craftsmen, you have something It will be enlightening and helpful to the research of firearms, which is a great good thing for our Zhejiang Army, and it will not be in vain for me to study hard for months in the library."
Zhu Ping'an stood up quickly and bent over. He helped Ou Zhige up by his waist and said with a gentle smile.
"Thank you, sir. The common people will definitely live up to your expectations and work hard to research practical firearms." Ou Zhige said confidently.
"I have read too much content back then, and it was a bit confusing and unsystematic at the time, so I will just talk about whatever comes to my mind. Anyway, there will be plenty of time in the future. I will come often to discuss firearms with Master Ou," Zhu Ping'an said. .
"Please give me some advice, sir." Ou Zhige said excitedly.
“Let’s talk about the gunpowder formula first. Most of the current classics record that the gunpowder formula is 80% saltpeter, 10% sulfur, and 10% charcoal. It is exactly the same as what Ou Jianshi studied. This is the most common and mature formula in the Ming Dynasty. I have a gunpowder formula, and it is more powerful than other gunpowder formulas; however, I carefully studied After studying the gunpowder formulas of European and other foreign peoples, we found that after hundreds of years of research, the foreign people finally determined the gunpowder formula to be 75% saltpeter, 10% sulfur, and 15% charcoal. They called it "black gunpowder". It is the best ratio of gunpowder and has the greatest power. Yangyi emphasized that the most essential advantage of gunpowder is explosion. The purer the gunpowder ratio, the greater the power of the gunpowder explosion. It is forbidden to add clear oil and other combustion-supporting impurities, otherwise the gunpowder will become impurities and greatly reduce the power of the gunpowder. Yangyi emphasizes that the greatest lethality of gunpowder is also the explosion, and there is no need to add poisonous smoke, etc. Damage, if poisonous smoke and other substances are added, the gunpowder will be impurized, greatly reducing the The destructive power of gunpowder. One of the latest and most cutting-edge firearms classics from the Ming Dynasty is dedicated to the study of foreign black gunpowder and is full of praise."
Zhu Pingan picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. Moistening his throat, he spoke slowly, taking the opportunity to push out the epoch-making black powder.
“The proportion of black gunpowder is 75% saltpeter, 10% sulfur, and 15% charcoal. If the proportion of saltpeter is reduced, and the proportion of charcoal is increased, the power will be greatly improved. I I’ll have to research it myself later. Let’s do some research and verify it. If the power of the black powder is really great, then the weight of the Thunderbolt can be reduced. By the way, there are also fire blunderbuss. With the increased gunpowder, the power and range of the fire blunderbuss can also be increased.”
"Yangyi said that the most essential advantage of gunpowder is explosion. The greatest lethality of gunpowder is also explosion. The purer the gunpowder ratio, the greater the power of gunpowder explosion. There is no need for clear oil to support combustion and no poisonous smoke. I have this idea. Do some research and verify it, such as If this is really the case, then my previous research has taken a detour, but it doesn’t matter, it’s still too late to make corrections now.”
After hearing Zhu Pingan’s words, Ou Zhige seemed to be stunned, his face Excited, muttered words.
Zhu Pingan did not interrupt Ou Zhige and waited quietly for his brainstorming to end.
"I'm sorry, sir, the grassroots were excited and went a little crazy."
After a while, Ou Zhige came back to his senses from Zhu Pingan's words and hurriedly apologized to Zhu Pingan. .
"Mr. Ou's words are serious. Oh, I remembered that Europa and other foreigners have a special point about the production of gunpowder. That is, after they prepare the black gunpowder, they also add water to the black gunpowder, stir it, dry it, and use it. Use rollers and other objects to beat the gunpowder Grinding and granulating it, it is said that after granulating the black powder, the power can be nearly doubled, and the granulated gunpowder is easy to transport, is not susceptible to moisture, and burns evenly."
Zhu Ping'an slapped his head. , then continued.
"Gunpowder granulation, I really want to see it in a book. Granulated gunpowder can have such great benefits, doubling the power of gunpowder. No, I have to study it carefully." Ou Zhige listened After seeing the advantages of granulating gunpowder, I became even more excited and crazy, and I couldn't wait to study it right away. (End of this chapter)