I'm playing whack-a-mole in Siberia

Chapter 71 Old thief, shut up
  Yes, George was eyeing Maxim.

Compared with Gatlin, Maxim is king.

Maxim was born in Maine, USA. He first worked as a worker in a carriage workshop. Later in the Civil War, he was employed by the Olinford Company, which specialized in machinery production.

Maxim was very smart. He improved gas lighting and led to many important inventions. One of the most important inventions was the automatic fire extinguisher, and he obtained a patent for the invention of the fire extinguisher.

Fire extinguishers in the 21st century are still based on Maxim's basic principles.

In the Boston municipal lighting tender in 1880, Maxim's company participated in the bid, but was frantically squeezed out by Edison. As a result, Maxim was forced to sell the company and leave the United States for the United Kingdom.

Now Maxim should not have started research on heavy machine guns. George hopes to get the Maxim heavy machine gun patent before Maxim.

The principle of the Maxim machine gun is not complicated. It uses gunpowder gas to drive the bolt to recoil, compress the spring between the bottom plate of the butt and the rifle itself, and push the connecting rod to act on the trigger guard lever, causing the bolt to unlock and extract the case. The compressed The spring pushes the bolt back forward, pushing the next round into the chamber and locking the bolt, and the next round can be fired, allowing the weapon to achieve fully automatic shooting.

Well, Lao Yu confessed that all of the above were copied by Du Niang. George didn’t take Du Niang with him through time, so he could only speak human language.

"To put it simply, it is to use the energy generated by the bullet's propellant to achieve fully automatic shooting of the weapon. This is the principle. You need to solve the problem of how to achieve this." George felt that the language was feeble, but he had no choice. He had been there again in his previous life. I'm not a firearms expert, I've only played with match guns.

Joseph is an expert and has extensive experience in weapons design.

Master Igor and his apprentice can't design, and their hands-on ability is unrivaled. No matter how harsh the conditions Joseph requires, Master Igor and his apprentice can make them with their hands.

"The energy of bullet propellant, yes, just like the steam engine invented by Watt, is indeed achievable in theory. Let me think about it-" Joseph entered the state quickly. As soon as George finished speaking, Joseph had already started looking for drawings. .

As long as George didn't ask about the process, since all the questions pointed to smokeless gunpowder, George left the manor and went straight to the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

Butrelov kept his word, and the statue was erected, not only for Nikolai, but also for George.

But what makes George angry is that the statue of Nicholas is tall and energetic, with his chest raised and his head raised facing the distance. At first glance, he looks ambitious.

The statue of George is much smaller than Nicholas, and he has his hands folded on his chest. His expression is cold and distant, and his head is slightly raised, looking down on people.

"Who the hell did this?" George gritted his teeth and wanted to smash the statue.

"Your Highness, let me come!" Andre looked around for Brick.

George is absolutely stunned. Can you use your brain when showing loyalty?
  "Honorable Yuri——" Butrelov finally appeared and greeted George from a distance.

"Don't be disrespectful, what's going on?" George's fingers were trembling with anger.

"Tell me this, Vladimir is the best sculptor of our Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Are you satisfied with his work?" Butrelov seemed very satisfied. This group of sculptures portrays the greatness of the crown prince. incisively and vividly.

"Of course I'm very satisfied. Can I take this away and put it in my living room?" George said with a smile on his face. Regardless of what he should say, Vladimir's craftsmanship was quite good.

"This is not good. If you are taken away, the integrity of this group of sculptures will be destroyed." Butrelov fished with a straight hook.

"Shut up, old thief!" George's advantage in speaking more finally appeared.

Butrelov looked confused. There were very few people in Russia who knew Chinese.

"Tell me, how much does it cost?" George switched back to Russian.

"How can art be measured by money?" Butrelov said it sternly. If he knew Chinese, he would have two sentences about "wealth and honor cannot be lewd, and power cannot be subjugated." "One thousand rubles!" George raised a finger before Butrelov: "Don't go too far, otherwise you won't get a kopeck."

Butrelov immediately voted: "Thank you again for your generosity. You are really a kind person. God will definitely bless you -"

George did not stop Butrelov from talking this time. After spending so much money, he always wanted to hear a few good words.

"I'm about to find you. The stable smokeless gunpowder you need has been successfully obtained, but I can't give you the formula of the stabilizer. It should belong to the Tsar and the empire." Butrelov belongs to Pixiu, Only in and out.

"Oh, that's great. Do you still want the bonus?" George refused to pay until he saw the goods.

"You are so kind, you will definitely fulfill your promise-" Butrelov did not expect that George was so personal, and would fall out at any time.

"No, I won't." George sneered. Are you scared now?

late!

"Okay, let's let His Majesty decide." Butrelov also has a trump card.

This old thief!

George did not dare to curse this time.

"Although I don't understand what you are saying, I know you are scolding me, 'old thief', right? Very good, I remember, I will find someone to help me translate." Butrelov is cunning. .

Oh, you thief!

George is not fooled, one hundred thousand is one hundred thousand, and if he says it out loud, it will be like water thrown out, and he will admit it for the sake of Vladivostok.

When the thing was in the hands of the Tsar, it was equivalent to being in Nicholas's hands. In a circle, it was still George's.

George just hoped that bullets using smokeless powder as propellant would be available as soon as possible.

But even this small request could not be met.

"There are too many problems. If smokeless gunpowder is used as the propellant for bullets, then all our current gunpowder factories will be abandoned, and all the bullets that have been produced will also be discarded. If the troops are fully reloaded, the cost may be Reaching one billion rubles, this is something the empire cannot afford." George did not agree with the reasons given by Nicholas.

"Ha, who told you this?" George sneered, finding so many reasons, but they were just afraid of spending money.

"Everyone said that." Nicholas was wrapped in layers of information cocoons and had no idea of ​​the real situation.

"Do the generals and marshals say the same thing?" George had a natural ally on this issue.

If the Russian generals and marshals think so too, then George can completely let go.

At most, when the building was about to collapse, George ran away with Nicholas and his family.

"That's not true. The generals and marshals did not participate in the discussion of this matter." Nicholas' answer comforted George a little.

Fortunately, it's not completely hopeless.

(End of this chapter)