Chapter 907 Gunpowder Research and Development

After giving Michelle Ye a one-month long vacation, it is of course impossible for the follow-up research on gunpowder to stop there.

Luo Ji gave Zhao Lei the recipe he copied from the wall.

Under the circumstances of the minister being so out of character, Zhao Lei has been the deputy minister for so many years, and he is obviously very stable when he does things.

The formula of this gunpowder obviously cannot be put into production immediately.

Although the power of that explosion has been seen once.

But if you want to deploy a lot, you need more detailed data and a stable success rate.

This kind of thing is suitable for Zhao Lei to do unexpected things.

Of course, in order to avoid the occasional sound of explosions causing disturbance to the people, Luo Ji temporarily moved the test site of the Ordnance Research Department outside the city.

Then time flew by, and a month later, ye Xuan, who was "released after serving his sentence", resolutely approached Luo Ji with all his resentment.

"Your Majesty, where is my reward?"

In response, Luo Ji decisively rolled his eyes.

"The office building of the Ordnance Research Department was bombed by you, and it is still being rebuilt. How dare you come and ask me for a reward?"

Hearing this, Ye Xuan's face clearly flashed a trace of guilt.

Then he quickly shook his head vigorously, playing tricks.

"I don't care! Your Majesty, you said that as long as I research the formula of gunpowder, you will give me a new weapon design! I have researched it now, give it to me, give it to me quickly..."

Looking at ye Xuan who was standing below and barely rolling on the floor, Luo Ji suddenly felt a little pain in his head.

At the same time, under Zhao Lei's supervision throughout the month that ye Xuan was on vacation, a stable formula for gunpowder had indeed been worked out.

In the current situation, the research on weapons and equipment should quickly keep up.

Thinking of this, Luo Ji sighed heavily.

Then he took out a thick stack of design drawings that had been prepared a long time ago.

This stack of design drawings is exactly the gold-level stone-shooting cannon that he had opened from the golden treasure chest before.

Ye Xuan, who saw the design drawing, was like a cat smelling the fishy smell, her eyes were shining, she rushed up and wanted to take the design away.

Thanks to Luo Ji's quick eyes and quick hands, he hurriedly lifted the design in his hand to the top of his head, and while avoiding Ye Xuan's grab, he said with a smile on his face...

"Let's say it first, if you do something wrong this time, I'll give you a three-month vacation, do you understand?"

Hearing the three-month 'long vacation' in Luo Ji's mouth, ye Xuan's whole face turned white decisively.

"Your Majesty, are you a devil?"

"Did you hear that?"

"Well, I heard you."

"take it."

While speaking, Luo Ji handed Ye Xuan the stack of design drawings he held in his hand.

Ye Xuan, who took over the design drawing, naturally flipped through it on the spot.

On the design drawing, the shape of the stone-shooting cannon was undoubtedly novel to her.

After flipping through the two pages, Ye Xuan couldn't help asking aloud...

"Your Majesty, is this an upgraded version of the crossbow?"

Hearing this, Luo Ji raised his brows slightly, but it was really thanks to Ye Xuan that he could see the shadow of the crossbow from the stone cannon.

However, this statement is not entirely true.

"If you want to say it, it should be a weapon that combines the characteristics of a crossbow and a catapult."

The positioning of the crossbow and catapult itself is equivalent to the ancient siege artillery.

The characteristic of the crossbow is penetration.

The catapult's characteristic is the destructive power of bludgeoning.

The cannon is a combination of these two characteristics at the same time.

However, Luo Ji didn't have much expectations for the stone shooter at all.

At best, this is the key to let his civilization of all worlds step into the threshold of 'firearms'.

It has been said before that the range of the stone-shooting cannon is not as good as that of the three-bow crossbow and the return cannon.

At the same time, the accuracy is quite poor.

Instead of mass-producing stone cannons, he might as well continue to use triple-bow crossbows and return cannons for better results.

But after that, Luo Ji quickly realized something.

What he opened was indeed the design drawing of the stone shooting gun.

But there is no rule that he can only build stone cannons!

He is a modern person, so can't he improve on this basis?

Early cannons were collectively known as smoothbore guns.

The name comes from the fact that the inside of the barrel is smooth.

Stone shooters, apparently also scored in the smoothbore category.

The common problem of smoothbore guns is short range and poor accuracy.

But Luo Ji can improve on this point.

Based on the design drawing of the stone shooting gun, wouldn't it be enough to directly improve it into a rifled gun?

The biggest feature of the rifled gun is that the inside of the barrel is engraved with rifling.

Therefore, when the cannon fires, the flying shells will rotate and advance along the trajectory of the inner rifling.

So that the shells that are not very stable can achieve the effect of stable flight.

At the same time, the range and accuracy of the cannon have been significantly improved!

Of course, if you want to manufacture a barrel of a rifled gun, there are quite high requirements for the manufacturing process and technical strength.

There is also the structure of the entire gun body. Due to the change in the firing method, the entire structure has to be changed.

However, Luo Ji was fearless. In his hands, he possessed the technical and technological capabilities of both humans and goblins, as well as ye Xuan, a top-tier ordnance master.

Can this thing bother him?

As his thoughts flew around, Luo Ji directly referred to the design drawing and gave ye Xuan a brief explanation.

"This part is called the barrel, this is the shell, and this part inside is used to fill the gunpowder."

"However, on this design drawing, I missed a point before. The internal design of this gun barrel will cause the accuracy and range of the shell to become too poor, so..."

While speaking, Luo Ji quickly took out a design drawing on his desk.

The blueprint was obviously drawn by Luo Ji himself, and the main content was the internal structure of the rifled gun, as well as some of his ideas for the transformation of the overall structure.

However, the structural design diagram of the cannon is sensitive information after all, and there is not much information that can be found. To this point, he obviously tried his best. Can he use the limited information and ideas he provided to make a rifled cannon? It all depends on Ye Xuan's ability as an armament master.

Ye Xuan, who took the design drawing, quickly flipped through it.

"It turns out that if such trajectories are made on the inside of this barrel part in advance, when the shells fly out, they will naturally rotate along these trajectories, and the high-speed rotating shells can become more stable."

While speaking, Ye Xuan, who was excited, couldn't help but stretch out her hand and gesture.

"This looks like a simple design, but it can effectively increase the range and accuracy of the shells. Your Majesty, you are really amazing, you can come up with such a design!"

"..."

"But I think if you want to do this, the shape of the shell should also be slightly changed, and it's better to get the corresponding trajectory on the surface, so that the effect can be better, how about the conical shape?"

"..."

"And this structure here, I always feel that something is wrong, Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"..."

Terrible, is this the difference between top geniuses and mortals?

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