The prince does not fight for the heir

Chapter 29 Genius Design
Yang Qian still refused to let Fu Xuechen go, and continued to talk eloquently: "In fact, someone has already thought of it, and tried to apply it to firecrackers, but flint ignition is not much stronger than matchlock, and it is also afraid of moisture, and even Ignition is unstable and maintenance is not easy, so it has not been popularized."

Yeah?Has anyone already made a flintlock?

Fu Xuechen couldn't help frowning, but his face was unconvinced. The flintlock device was just an extremely small step in the evolution of the firecracker.

Yang Qian smiled, different from yesterday's disdainful attitude towards these two children, today he is much more easy-going, and his mentality towards these two children has become tolerant and lenient. The design drawings and samples of the flintlock, do you want to take a look?"

Fu Xuechen has nothing to do, but Yoon Zuo was a little surprised. He thought that the idea of ​​the flintlock that he accompanied the reader was very powerful. It turned out that the Firearms Bureau had already designed and manufactured it, but it was abandoned because of the cost of the process. No need.

When we arrived at the Firearms Bureau, the bureaucrats greeted us warmly, and everyone’s treatment skyrocketed. Not only was there a warm charcoal fire to keep warm, but there were also comfortable chairs, fragrant hot tea and snacks, which made people feel good .

After carefully looking at the blueprints and flintlocks brought by Yang Qian's order, Fu Xuechen realized that the craftsman skills of the Darong Empire are a bit good!The unpretentious firearms of the later generations, in the hands of craftsmen these days, have to show off their skills. In addition to exquisite workmanship, they have also carved some exquisite patterns. Regardless of whether it is practical or not, it reveals a kind of beauty from the inside to the outside. A taste of luxury art.

Fu Xuechen nodded, then shook his head with disapproval, but said nothing.

Yun Zuo was still concentrating on playing with the flintlock, hitting sparks frequently, and praised him in his mouth.

On the contrary, Yang Qian has been paying attention to Fu Xuechen who invented the printing press, and seeing her reaction, he couldn't help it: "How? What can Master Fu Xiaohou teach you?"

Fu Xuechen felt that it was fortunate that she was a girl of science in her previous life, plus she had a grandfather who was a veteran, and she had played with guns in military training, so she glanced at related videos and materials because of interest, otherwise, at this moment, I really can’t give anything else better advice.

But why did she come up with this?Isn't the dislike attracting enough attention, and the father's anger not big enough?But Yun Zuo suddenly said with emotion at this time: "It seems that the practice of riding and archery is still necessary... Yuchen, when you go back, you have to strengthen the training of archery."

Fu Xuechen seemed to be caught by a cat with its tail, and immediately opened his eyes wide: "No! Why are you so obsessed with archery! Isn't it good to use this flintlock for self-defense? We are not soldiers on the front line, and we don't need generals. Archery practiced so well?!"

Next to him, Yang Qian laughed "poof": "Master Fu, Your Highness, this is for your own good! It's not a peaceful time these days. There are rebels in the rivers and lakes like weeds, and they can't be mowed down. What these people are best at is fighting with the crowd." As for the assassination of Bank of China, no one can say for sure, they will attract their attention one day, and there are some people who catch the chance to assassinate in the street. That’s bad! It’s better to master good archery skills! A few arrows will fly, and if you are not sure, you will kill.”

Hearing Yang Qian's ridicule, Yun Zuo also looked at herself with a look of hatred for iron and steel, Fu Xuechen's temper was aroused all of a sudden, and Yang Qian also said that she didn't have good archery skills I'm really afraid of being assassinated, so I might as well make a pistol and carry it with me when I go out. Then no martial arts master assassin will be afraid, and no master can dodge the bullet.

"Bring me a pen and paper and a class ruler!" Fu Xuechen yelled anxiously.

Yang Qian's eyes lit up, and he quickly beckoned to the public house officials to bring paper and hard pens to Fu Xuechen.

That's right!In ancient China, there were also hard pens, including charcoal sticks, graphite "pencils", and even copper ink pens with slits on the nib. They were generally used by craftsmen for drawing various design drawings, maps, and construction drawings. etc.

Fu Xuechen got the pen and paper and the class ruler, and immediately went to work at the desk.

She didn't measure the size carefully, let alone whether the lines were horizontal or vertical, she just drew a sketch casually, and thanks to the drawing level she had learned in the past ten years of school in her previous life, she just drew a sketch, but it was actually drawn by her Sophisticated feel.

Without thinking too much, what Fu Xuechen drew first was a cross-sectional view of a medium-length firing pin between a short gun and a long gun. It has a firing device and trigger matching the firing pin, and a safety bolt. The butt and the barrel with the front sight are also drawn, and the barrel is even drawn with rifling.

After drawing the firecracker, draw the cross-section of the pointed bullet, with a hole at the bottom, then black powder, wrapped with mercury fulminate in the middle, and finally the bullet.

Fu Xuechen was confident, and it didn't take long to draw these things. It took a few brushes and brushes to get it done, and it didn't take more than 5 minutes before handing the drawings to Yang Qian: "Okay, take it! This is what I said about the new firecracker It's all conceived!"

Yang Qian couldn't wait, and when he got the blueprint, he looked at it vigorously, and combined his own experience to examine it while looking at it. There were some minor changes in the firing device and trigger, but the way of exerting force could be seen to be in the same line as the flintlock. The hammer was replaced by a firing pin, but the shadow of the flint disappeared.

In addition, there is a small mechanism like a baffle, what is it?Is it a substitute for flint?And what is that little raised door-shaped hole at the front of the barrel?What do the short slanted lines inside the barrel mean?
He couldn't figure it out, but he felt that these designs had a lot of meaning. Yang Qian also forgot that he was a kid who was only twelve or thirteen years old in front of him. I mean, can I ask Master Fu Xiaohou to explain in detail?"

Fu Xuechen had known for a long time that there were many things he could not understand, so he pointed to those designs that had not appeared in the current era and explained them to him one by one: "This is a safety lock, which is designed to prevent fire accidents. It is usually closed, which can ensure safety. The firecracker will not go off and hurt people, only open it when it needs to be used..."

"...This is the front sight, which can use the principle of two points and one line to help people aim at the target... This is called rifling, which can make the fired bullets rotate at high speed, greatly increasing the accuracy and range of shooting."

Yang Qian is the head of the old Ministry of Industry. Not only is he familiar with the manufacturing process of various equipment, firearms are also the direction he is good at. Regardless of whether Fu Xuechen's design is reasonable or not, the principle she mentioned, Yang Qian is very familiar with it. I understand, I couldn't help calling Miao Lai.

(End of this chapter)