The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 117 Get a weapon to defend yourself
"I don't know if I can transfer the subordinate officer to General Zhengxi."

"Why."

I didn't think about it, I can't say that Xu Da's place is not safe, I can only find a lame reason.

"The ancient Silk Road, the lower officials yearn for it, and want to follow in the footsteps of their ancestors to appreciate it."

It was a great battle, and I really thought that I would go on a trip. Zhu Biao was at a loss for words for a while, but everyone thought it was safe, and the trip was similar.

"When I go to the palace, I will mention it to my father. There is not much hope. It is reasonable for you to prepare early."

"Thank you, Your Highness, I won't bother Your Highness any more, so I'll take my leave."

Zhu Biao had a lot of things to do, so he nodded.

Zheng Xiong, who left the Prince's Mansion, did not go to the Jiaofang Division, and went directly back to the pharmacy. Zhu Biao had no choice but to do nothing.

Ask Wu You to gather all the people in the pharmacy, and within a short time, they are all assembled and tell the imperial decree.

"His Majesty ordered the doctors of the pharmacy to follow the army. I am on the list. You should follow along. There is a mutual support."

"You don't have to worry, I, Daming, have always been invincible in the face of Meng Yuan, and this time it will definitely be the same."

Although Zheng Xiong gave a reassurance, the future of going out with the army is still uncertain, and everyone couldn't help worrying.

There was a lot of chatter, and Zheng Xiong was not in a hurry, and let everyone whisper to each other.

After a long time, they stopped talking and looked at Zheng Xiong.

After the discussion was over, Zheng Xiong spoke up.

"How about it, have you finished talking? If you have any comments, questions, or if you can't get away, you can explain it to the official in advance. It will be registered in the register later, and it will be too late for you to talk about it."

"Withdrawal, the doctors in the pharmacy are all taken away. There is no law to cure the injuries in Nanjing City. Are they people who need to stay behind?"

Glancing at the person who spoke, he was a passer-by doctor in the pharmacy, a member of the old oil, not brilliant, not outstanding.

"Well, there are two physicians from Sifang Pharmacy who stay behind and are mainly responsible for dispensing medicine. For surgery, Zhang Peng will stay and be in charge of surgery, and the others who follow me will be with me."

"Tiling, a small old bone, can't stand the toss and turns of the long journey. Please also let the little one stay at the pharmacy. The little one is very grateful."

It was the same person just now, waiting here, and asking questions was also paving the way for himself.

Zheng Xiong didn't answer, and continued to look at the crowd.

"If you have any comments, hurry up and answer them later."

"Tiling, the little one's old mother needs someone to serve her, and the little one can't get away, so please forgive me."

"Ah."

Seeing Zheng Xiong nodding, the rest of the doctors spoke hastily.

"Tiling, my son's marriage is approaching, and I need a little care, and I can't get away."

All kinds of reasons, all kinds of strange things, accounted for half of the crowd, the expedition was really hard, and the long-distance travel plus the unexpected visit at an unknown time, there are many people who don't want to, let alone these old people.

"Is there any more? If not, let's stop here. The reason they said just now will be verified by Medical Officer Wu and Deputy Yang. I hope it is true. If there is any deception, don't blame me for charging you with fleeing."

Seeing Zheng Xiong's resoluteness, the man who had just found a good reason began to change his tune.

"Tiling, I remember wrongly, I was nicknamed old by them, but I just look old, but I'm only thirty, so it's no problem to join the army."

"That's right. In fact, my brother's uncle and brother are in charge of my son's marriage. There shouldn't be any mistakes. It's fine for me to join the army."

Zheng Xiong's words pulled back half of them, and the rest were handed over to Wu You for verification.

"It's just this one thing this time. It's okay just now. Those who can run and jump will follow me. The rest are old and weak, and those who can't get away. Doctor Wu will make statistics, and finally leave it to me. As for who will stay and who will stay, I will talk about it after I see if it is true."

After going here, the future is uncertain, and the doctors in the pharmacy couldn't help but look sad.

Zheng Xiong rushed to the glass factory again and prepared a self-defense weapon for himself. The firecrackers are available now. Time is tight and the task is heavy. Zheng Xiong plans to get some steel pipes and make some guns for self-defense.

The range of the existing firecrackers is not far, probably between tens of steps and two hundred steps, mainly due to the limitation of materials.

The principle of guns and cannons is not difficult, especially the front-loading gun, which is essentially a steel pipe or copper pipe, with one end sealed and a hole left at the other end for bullets to fly out.

Steel pipes are definitely enough at this time, all Zheng Xiong did was get a weapon for self-defense.

The steel pipes were enough, and Wang Zheng was instructed to purchase some steelmaking and lead powder through special procurement channels, as well as the necessities for making gunpowder, and then Zheng Xiong continued to talk to Wang Zheng.

"The glass that is currently being smelted is finished, so don't make it again, I am useful."

The melting point of steel is 1000 degrees, and the temperature of glass is more than [-] degrees. It stands to reason that hard work should be enough.

"Cast another mold, pipe style, one end is seamless, and the other end has a hole."

After ordering Wang Zheng, Zheng Xiong waited quietly.

When the Baishen and lead powders were all in place, the glass factory began to smelt the steel, and the ready-made Baishen steel was re-melted. The process was much more convenient.

The temperature for melting into molten steel is still not high, so we can only use coal and increase the blast. As for whether the built furnace can withstand it, Zheng Xiong doesn't care so much.

After some operations, the steel pipe is formed, and many things are ready-made, which can be used immediately.

However, the cast steel pipe had some flaws, some pits and pits, Zheng Xiong ordered it to be polished first, and then made gunpowder.

One nitrate, two sulfur and three charcoal, the best proportion of black powder, nitrate 70.00% five, sulfur 15.00%, charcoal [-]%.

Instruct the employees of the glass factory to crush the purchased nitrate, sulfur, and carbon one by one, then weigh them with a small scale with relatively high precision, and mix them together.

This is black powder, the best ratio of mature black powder, otherwise there will be more or less, and the effect of fireworks will be set off.

Then take the barrel and let the glassworks employee make some ammunition of the same caliber out of lead powder.

Before experimenting with the amount of charge, Zheng Xiong also got some water to wet the gunpowder to make granular gunpowder. Whether it is transportation or combustion, granular gunpowder has more advantages, which is between one and three times compared with traditional gunpowder.

Just a steel pipe, there is a small hole in it, pour gunpowder, compact it with a cleaning rod, then put lead bullets to plug it tightly, and then put priming powder into the small hole made in advance.

Open the fire folder, ignite the primer, and with a bang, the lead bullets disappear quickly like a wild horse running wild.

It took them a while to find it.

Lead bullets were found hundreds of paces away.

Looking at the steel pipe in Zheng Xiong's hand, everyone in the glass factory looked puzzled. This inconspicuous thing is even better than a firecracker.

However, with the firecracker pearl jade in front, even if the current steel pipe has the blessing of black powder, it is only more powerful than the firecracker.

(End of this chapter)