Morris 'hands trembled uncontrollably when he heard that. He forced himself to calm down and poured the mercury fulminate in the test tube onto a piece of paper. After wrapping it up, he put it into quicklime for storage.
"The most difficult problem has finally been solved!”Looking at this small bag of mercury fulminate, Zhu Youxiao's anxious heart finally relaxed and he let out a long sigh.
The rest was simple.
"Your Majesty, this minister has something to show Your Majesty!”In the Heart-warming Hall of the Donghua Pavilion, Prince Xin Zhu Youjian said after bowing to the Tianqi Emperor.
"Oh? Could it be that the 1,000 muskets that my brother promised me have been made?”Zhu Youjian put down the plane in his hand and asked excitedly.
"A mere firearm is not worth mentioning. If this thing can spread across the world, it will benefit the billions of people of my Ming Dynasty!”
"What exactly is it?" The Tianqi Emperor's interest was piqued. He threw away the plane and led Wei Zhongxian and a group of eunuchs and serving girls to the War Bureau.
The entrance of the War Bureau was already firmly guarded by the black-clothed archers. Outsiders were not allowed to enter, and even the Emperor's personal guards were barred from entering.
"This item is an important treasure of our Great Ming Empire.”Song Yingxing said loudly in the face of the guards 'protests.
"All of you stay outside and guard!" The Tianqi Emperor nodded in agreement and followed Zhu Youjian into the War Bureau.
Wei Zhongxian followed him in.
On the square of the War Bureau, there was a brand-new steam forging machine. The huge boiler was made of pure copper, reflecting golden light under the sunlight.
The towering chimney, exquisite connecting rods, and flywheels fully demonstrated the violent beauty of machinery.
"Light the fire!" Zhu Youjian waved his hand. Song Yingxing hurriedly opened the stove door and threw the burning torch inside.
Boom!
The coal that had already been poured with oil burned with a bang. The water in the boiler made a sizzling sound and soon boiled.
Powerful steam flowed through the iron pipe into the valve chamber, and under the drive of the connecting rod, it pushed the flywheels and started to spin!
Dang dang!
Driven by the flywheels, the hammer that weighed more than a hundred pounds hammered the anvil below without stopping, producing a crisp sound.
"Start forging!" Zhu Youjian gave a second order.
Blacksmith Master Cao responded. He picked up a piece of pig iron with a pair of iron pliers and placed it under the anvil. The hammer smashed on the pig iron.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the incomparably hard pig iron was like dough. With a few hammers, it was easily smashed into a piece of iron sheet that was as thin as paper!
"This, this is simply, simply wonderful!”The Tianqi Emperor never dreamed that his usually quiet brother would have such a wonderful idea!
" It's marvelous. This way, not only can we save a lot of manpower, but we can also create more exquisite objects…" Wei Zhongxian touched the metal sheet that was as thin as paper and praised it repeatedly.
To be honest, he still couldn't figure out what force was pushing the hammer up and down.
"This item is called a steam forging machine. It was created by my brother, many craftsmen, and Brother Song after months of painstaking research. Once it is activated, it can be used by hundreds of people.”
"Amazing!" The Tianqi Emperor walked around the steam forging machine a few times and praised repeatedly," I can't compare to your ingenuity, Imperial Brother. Men, reward Imperial Brother and the meritorious officials with 1,000 taels of gold and 10,000 taels of silver!”
"Your Majesty, please give this item a name." Zhu Youxiao handed the naming rights to his emperor brother.
"This item's appearance is as smooth as a mirror, and there's a flying wheel beside it. It looks like a flying bird. Why don't we name it after the ancient Divine Beast Halcyon!”
"Good name, good name!" Wei Zhongxian hurriedly clapped his hands and praised," Chongming, Chongming means double, Mingming means my Ming Dynasty. My Ming Dynasty used the virtue of fire to rule the world, and this thing is driven by fire. It is a sign of the prosperity of my Ming Dynasty!"”
Zhu Youxiao was dumbfounded. It was just a divine beast's name, but after this old eunuch's interpretation, he could actually link it to Glory World. Wei Zhongxian, you f * cking graduated from a f * cking school, right?
" Congratulations to the host for completing the steam forging machine Halcyon. Reward: 25 Emperor Points. Current accumulated points: 283 points. Reward: Landmine Blueprint…"
"Your Majesty, please take a look!" The surprise was not over yet. Zhu Youjian led everyone into the workshop and took a newly made copper bullet from a coppersmith master. He also picked up a new rifle that had been made, pulled the bolt, and pushed the bullet into the chamber.
With a crack, the guns collided with each other, making a clear sound.
On the square in the distance, a barbarian raised a small red flag and waved it.
Only then did the Emperor realize that a wooden plaque with red circles had appeared about 300 steps away from the square.
Zhu You raised his gun to his shoulder, narrowed one eye, aimed at the target in the distance, and pulled the trigger.
Bang!
With a dull sound, white smoke came out of the muzzle. He pulled the bolt, and a hot copper shell jumped out with a click. It fell on the ground and spun twice.
A young eunuch looked at it curiously and reached out to pick it up. However, he was scalded by the hot bullet shell and grinned. He hugged his hand and cried in pain.
"This gun is my younger brother's latest invention, a breech-loading rifle. Although the manufacturing process is slightly complicated, it has high accuracy, fast shooting speed, and is easy to operate. If it is used on the Liaodong front line, it will definitely be able to kill the Jian Krupp.”
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