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Chapter 867 Thunder Gun

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    Qingyi Villa is another open-air hot spring near the lake.

    Zhao Hao, Li Chengen, and Zhao Shizhen, who came from the research institute after hearing the news, were also in trouble.

    The scene here is much more bold. Li Chengen and Xiwa were drinking three white wines while dancing naked.

    Mainly Li Chengen was bragging about his numerous achievements while hunting in Nanhaizi.

    ??According to the young prince, his achievements include more than 200 wolves, more than 100 bears, 30 tigers, 6 elephants, and more than 1,000 rabbits

    Xiwa was convinced of this, shouting that the young prince was invincible, and kept asking Li Chengen, is the elephant's trunk really that long?

    No wonder Li Chengen likes to play with him so much.

    Zhao Hao and Zhao Shizhen were sitting on the other side of the bath, drinking Biluochun and talking about business in a low voice.

    There is no way, inventors are all workaholics, Zhao Shizhen came to Mr. Zhao to report his work.

    "Uncle, the Longqing style has been finalized, and the paper-cased fixed-loading ammunition has also been developed." Zhao Shizhen said as if conjuring a magic bullet, handing Zhao Hao a candy-like bullet.

    Zhao Hao¡¯s eyes widened and he looked Zhao Shizhen up and down. He saw that this kid was naked from top to bottom, and he didn¡¯t know where he took out the bullet.

    Mr. Zhao was somewhat suspicious and took the paper bullet with the bamboo tweezers used to hold the tea cup and looked at it under the light.

    I saw that it was about the same length as a human index finger. The whole thing was wrapped in a paper shell, with one end pointed and the other thick.

    "When using it, just bite open the tip of the bullet with your teeth and pour the gunpowder inside into the fire pool. The bullet is in the middle of the paper shell, blocking the rest of the gunpowder from pouring out." Zhao Shizhen explained like a treasure:

    "Then close the fire door and stuff the remaining gunpowder and projectiles into the barrel with a purge strip. We have tried it. After using this kind of bullet, we can fire three times a minute reliably."

    The research institute has long been using Thai and Western clocks from Macau, so it naturally has the concept of minutes.

    "That's not bad." Zhao Hao made some calculations. If this gun got into the hands of Qi Jiajun, it should be able to fire a rain of bullets dense enough, and it would no longer be weak even in the face of a cavalry charge.

    ¡®With the addition of a bayonet, it can basically meet Zhang Idol¡¯s requirements.  ¡¯ Zhao Haoxin said, this way when I go to see him in Beijing next year, I won¡¯t have to worry about the meeting ceremony.

    "By the way, uncle, my breech-mounted gun." Seeing his uncle's approval, Zhao Shizhen bravely said, "I named it Thunder Gun."

    "Thunder Gun." After hearing this name that meant so much to an otaku, Zhao Hao took a sip of tea silently and praised it for a long time: "What a good name, but it's a pity that it doesn't have a magnetic chain, so it still won't work after all."

    "Uh, magnetic chain?" Zhao Shizhen asked curiously: "What kind of device is that?"

    "Pretend I didn't say it." Mr. Zhao shook his head, hey, in an era when teachers were not born, Thunder was of no use.

    "" Fortunately, Zhao Shizhen often heard some new and confusing words from his uncle, so he was no longer surprised.  He then turned his attention back to the Thunder Gun that he had been thinking about for a long time and said: "My nephew shot a prototype and tried it. It is indeed as my uncle said, the air leakage is severe and the bullet cannot shoot thirty steps."

    "Of course." Zhao Hao said lightly: "The advantages of breech-loading guns are great, but it is a pity that this one is punishable by death."

    "No, uncle, I thought of a solution." Zhao Shizhen sat up straight and said excitedly: "It's what my uncle once said - great strength can produce miracles!"

    "Oh?" Mr. Zhao looked stunned and in awe, secretly thinking that he is indeed a man who is determined to capture Ah Shi alive. Is he really going to create a miracle?

    "Since the air leakage cannot be solved, then I will increase the power of the gunpowder, and I can still drive the bullet farther!" The gun-making maniac shouted: "So I increased the amount of powder!"

    "Then what?" Zhao Hao looked forward to it.

    "Then it exploded" Zhao Shizhen said with a downcast face: "Fortunately, my nephew was on guard against this attack and used an extended trigger, otherwise his finger would have been blown off."

    "" A stream of bright tea water dripped down the corner of Mr. Zhao's mouth.

    "So uncle, for the present plan, there is only one last resort!" Zhao Shizhen looked at Zhao Hao with bright eyes, and said with clear eyes: "The nitrocellulose you mentioned last time"

    "Are you stupid? Black powder can explode the chamber, but nitrocellulose can't explode the chamber?" Zhao Hao slapped him hard on the head.  "You'd better think of a way to start steelmaking first!"

    "My nephew has estimated that even if it is changed to a steel barrel, if you want the thunderbolt to hit two hundred steps, you will have to make the barrel as thick as your forearm." Zhao Shizhen still refused to give up: "Is it a gun or a gun???Ah.  So uncle, we still need more powerful gunpowder"

    "No, absolutely not. That thing is too unstable and will blow you up" Zhao Hao shook his head decisively when he heard this. He originally thought, 'Someone make me a gun,' but he felt it was too ungrateful, so he changed his words: "  I will feel bad."

    "Uncle" The orphan Zhao Shizhen was immediately moved and his eyes filled with tears. He looked at his little uncle who was as old as him with admiration and said, "Just once, promise my nephew just once."

    "It won't work if you say no." Zhao Hao hit him hard on the head and said in a deep voice:

    "I have told you many times that the reason why I did not teach Chemistry to you is because you are too impatient and too courageous! If you continue to talk nonsense with me, just go to Kunshan to study. Don't  I want to go back to the institute!¡±

    "Oh, I got it, uncle" Zhao Shizhen was like a deflated ball. There was nothing in the world that could threaten him more.

    Seeing his battered look, Zhao Hao sighed and said:

    "You have to learn to be patient. Science is like this. From the emergence of an invention to its practical application, it takes a long time of trial and error. You must do it step by step in a down-to-earth manner and avoid being impatient."

    "I understand, uncle." Zhao Shizhen nodded eagerly.

    In fact, what Zhao Hao said is half true and half false.  Half true is that this is a universal law that straddles the gap between invention and application.  Nitrocellulose eventually became smokeless gunpowder, and it did take a long time to experiment.

    ¡° Half of the lie is that Zhao Hao knows how to prepare smokeless gunpowder, so there is basically no need for trial and error.

    First, soak cotton linters in a mixture of sulfuric and nitric acid, then take out the cotton, wash it and dry it to become nitrocellulose.

    Then use sulfuric acid and alcohol distillation to prepare ether, dissolve nitrocellulose in a mixture of ether and alcohol, and then add camphor as a stabilizer to make a solid. The solid is tableted and divided into particles to make black gunpowder that is two to three times more powerful.  of smokeless gunpowder.

    ?? Okay, let alone ether, Zhao Hao has not even begun to prepare sulfuric acid and nitric acid.

    ¡°But pyrite has been found on Xishan Island. With pyrite, can sulfuric acid be far behind?  With sulfuric acid, can nitric acid be far behind?

    Zhao Hao is confident that he can overcome all difficulties and achieve all conditions for the preparation of smokeless gunpowder within three to four years.

    And Zhao Shizhen¡¯s genius intuition was correct. It was the birth of smokeless gunpowder that allowed breech-loading guns to replace front-loading guns.

    But the problem is that Mr. Zhao has made up his mind not to tell his disciples the formula of smokeless gunpowder even if all the conditions have been met.

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