[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

As the originator of cold weapons, Chengjing Mubai should be the natural opposite of hot weapons in many people's assumptions, but in fact, Mubai has been full of interest and desire to study gunpowder since a long time ago.

In fact, he would also come into contact with this kind of armament in the previous mission worlds, but in those mission worlds, most of the hot weapons in the world can only be used as soy sauce, and neither the missionaries nor the people in the world rarely use this kind of equipment , let alone give him the opportunity to study.

As for the real world... I don't know that the quester who killed the sky knife made a fuss about bringing modern technology into the quest world. In the end, it is said that the client was melted down. flooded.

So when we came to Mubai, the Demon Control Bureau came up with a new regulation. Those who have not been awake for 20 years after waking up are not allowed to touch various modern scientific and technological materials, which of course include information about firearms and gunpowder.

The establishment of this new regulation is because they are afraid that these "young monsters" whose minds cannot keep up with modern development will not be able to control themselves from using too many technological products beyond the times in the task world, and the result will be that the small world will collapse.

Therefore, if Mu Xiaobai hadn't been lucky enough to meet a sub-team who was extremely soft-hearted to him and happened to be knowledgeable, he would probably be no different from an old hat after he arrived in this world. After all, for him who lived in the Spring and Autumn Period , everything in Daming has advanced to an unimaginable level.

——But the deputy team didn't know anything about firearms either. Apart from muttering a few words, Mu Bai didn't know anything about firearms either.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have done what he did when he sneaked into the Ming army's arsenal in the middle of the night and was caught by Mu Chun.

And after entering Yingtian Mansion, he finally got access to some of Daming's top secrets as him. Emperor Hongwu's rule for raising a baby is - you can use it, but you can't.

So the princes and grandchildren of Daming have all been in close contact with Daming's firecracker, and have observed the attack power and distance of the firecracker at close range. Of course, they have also watched how it exploded at close range.

Yes, bomb.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so generous that someone specially blew up a firecracker for the bright little princes and grandchildren to see. Although the distance was far enough, the scene when the firearm suddenly exploded and scattered fragments was like a basin of cold water. Like, "Boom" poured on the cubs.

Although the incident was within Emperor Hongwu's budget and there were no casualties at the scene, the thrilling scene directly answered the doubts of the little princes at that time-why not stick the bow and arrow to the cheek to increase the accuracy, Instead, hold it in front of your stomach and launch.

Because it exploded in front of the stomach and was protected by armor, but it exploded on the side of the face and could not save its life.

Yes, today's firecracker is such a weapon that can injure the enemy by one thousand and self-damage by eight hundred. Although it has a great deterrent effect and a strong deterrent effect, one must consider its loss and cooling time, otherwise your own people will be prioritized instead. Get rid of it, all of this is due to the material of today's firecrackers.

The firecrackers of the Ming Dynasty were mainly made of iron. In fact, they were made of copper with better ductility in the early days. However, after Emperor Hongwu ordered the entire army to cover 13% of the garrison with firearms in the [-]th year of Hongwu, the raw materials had to be expensive. The scarce copper was replaced by cheap and abundant iron.

Iron products have their advantages over copper, such as cheap materials and easy availability, higher hardness, longer service life than copper materials, and higher ignition point and resistance to gunpowder.

But in a sense, because of its advantages, iron firecrackers are easier to explode than copper ones.

Higher hardness means that it is more difficult to polish, and the barrel is different from ordinary iron pipes. When the gunpowder is fired, the impact force is huge, but any place with a little uneven thickness can easily become the explosion point of the whole gun.

The ignition point of iron is extremely high, and it is difficult to reach the melting temperature with ordinary fuels. The current method of melting iron in the Ming Dynasty is still to add various combustion aids to lower its ignition point.

However, there are many iron ores in Daming, but the quality is different. In the case that there are already impurities in it, and it is calcined in this way, the finished product will depend on luck.

Although copper products have many disadvantages, they are also easy to explode, but because of its low ignition point, copper casting technology is sufficiently developed, and there are iron products with higher hardness that can be used for grinding, so the copper fire blunderbuss The finished product quality is higher instead.

Moreover, copper has higher ductility, so when its temperature reaches the limit, the gun body will bulge slightly, and experienced gunners will know that they must stop shooting. Although its lifespan and accuracy are lower than iron products, but The protection for soldiers is much higher.

Although there are some advantages and disadvantages, in terms of raw materials, both China and the West chose to go the same way in the end—they both chose iron as their raw material.

The problem of bombing the chamber alone is actually the same in China and the West. The forging technology in the West is even backward compared to the East, and the local iron ore reserves in Europe are quite scarce. In order to achieve stronger combat effectiveness and avoid bombing the chamber, and To save materials, they can only find another way.

As soon as the eunuch handed over the gun to his hands, Mu Bai discovered the problem. He turned the Yibang firearm with only an iron barrel and no wooden stick to support it, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Very light, even without the weight of the superimposed wooden stick, the weight of this firecracker would be too light.

"In my country, guns are extremely expensive. A long gun made by an ordinary craftsman is worth an ox, while an excellent gun made by a great craftsman is worth as much as gold." The third Venetian merchant—a Venetian merchant with curly brown hair When Gan Erda said these words, many people in the field showed some subtle expressions.

Gan Erda cupped his hands at the grandson of the Ming emperor above him, with a bitter expression on his face, "My father used to be a good gun maker, but he passed away when I was five years old, and he left me a fortune. enormous debt,"

As a well-known gun maker in Venice, Ganda's father naturally had many orders before his death, but his death was too sudden, and most of those orders were not completed, so he sent ore and The buyers of the gems immediately changed their attitudes, and the orders that used to represent wealth immediately turned into high liquidated damages.

In order to compensate for this debt, the house of Ganda's family was sold, the ores and raw materials in the workshop were bought by peers at low prices, and his mother became a helper. I played with my ore and my father's letter.

Maybe he really has the talent in this area. When he was 14 years old, Gan Erda used the inferior ore left by his father to knock out and successfully made an inferior gun with a range of only ten steps. The inferior gun was sold for a very good price, and this money became Gan Erda's starting capital.

But this money is just a drop in the bucket compared to the purchase of ore, so Ganda, like all Venice and even European gunmakers, took a completely different path from Daming—they began to transform guns enthusiastically, and according to The needs of users have added many personalized services.

The long gun presented by Gan Erda is the result of improvement.

"Wait a moment," the minister of the Ministry of Industry standing beside him couldn't help asking at this moment: "This... Sir, if I understand correctly, what you meant just now is that both you and your father are selling and making Fire guns for a living?"

"Yes, dear sir." Gan Erda didn't seem to understand why the other party had this question. Under the intentional words of the minister of the Ministry of Industry, he pulled out the national conditions and secrets of his country like a bamboo tube pouring beans .

In the past, the Yuan Dynasty brought firearms and gunpowder to the Arab countries in the war with the Arabs, and the Arab countries brought this fierce weapon to Europe in the war with the Europeans.

Unlike the origin of firearms and gunpowder, which are fully government-operated and not allowed to be owned and researched by the people, most European countries do not have a strong and binding central government.

In Gan Erda's mouth, the situation of European countries today is similar to the era of strong branches and weak branches in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period.In Europe, where the regime is dispersed and there are many "vassals", the local forces act independently. Out of the need for self-protection, firearms have reached the hands of the local regimes.

However, the highly developed business environment and the geographical location far away from the Pope led to the emergence of capitalism in Europe, and the identity and status of capitalists in the city gradually increased. When the voice of money appeared in the market and politics, then the status and privileges Naturally, it began to tilt towards capital.

Soon, such weapons of mass destruction began to be controlled by private individuals. Not to mention the privatization of firearms manufacturing, high-quality firearms themselves even became tributes to their "emperors" by "princes" and wealthy businessmen everywhere.

Such behavior has many hidden dangers for the regime, but it is not a bad thing for the gun itself.

All the firearms in Daming today are made of military equipment, and the internal craftsmen are equivalent to the establishment of the company. They get a salary for doing more or less, and doing poor work.

Although these firecrackers will not have major quality problems under the strict quality supervision and registration system, they are inevitably lacking in vitality.

But Europe is different. According to Gan Erda's narrative, excellent craftsmen in his hometown will be sought after and a lot of money, and will achieve a higher status than ordinary people.

Moreover, driven by fame and interests, European craftsmen will naturally have a sense of competition and competition, and some craftsmen will openly hold their most satisfactory finished products in the street to compete. This is called a man's game, and the winner's firearm will become sought after.

There is competition and incentives to make progress. Therefore, the guns presented by Gan Erda are very different from Daming's existing firearms.

The first is lighter weight, which is undoubtedly more convenient to carry if the attack power and durability are not reduced.

What caught Mubai's eyes was its ignition device. Nowadays, Daming's firecrackers are ignited by twisting medicine, and they also use matchlocks as lead wires. The former fires fast, but requires the help of a second person, and the latter can give soldiers plenty of time to fire. Preparation time, but slow launch.

At present, the mainstream of Ming Dynasty is the matchlock style. After all, it is impossible to equip the musketeer with an ignition soldier specially in the war, but this kind of matchlock style also has disadvantages - it is not concealed enough.

When they were in Yunnan before, Daming's army had suffered this loss.

The local Tu people were very unfamiliar with firearms, especially the range and timing of firearms. Although the firearms in the early days were cumbersome and slow, they were very effective in defeating the enemy.

But soon someone discovered that they could make a prediction by observing the situation of the fire rope.

In order to achieve firepower coverage, the length of the fire rope of the Ming army was of course calculated, and the soldiers and commanders also knew the time from ignition to launch, but it was uncomfortable for the enemy to grasp this time.

It’s okay in broad daylight, but the fire rope is very obvious in the gloomy sky or in the dark. Once the fire is lit, the Ming army can hear the warning sounds of the Tu people. After being exposed by the fire several times, the Ming army can only avoid the night attack plan = =.

But Ganerda's firearms can effectively avoid this point, because although they also use matchlocks as fuses, but I don't know why, the matchlocks of this European gun burn very slowly. The matchlock is not so much a one-time ignition equipment as it is similar to the usage of a fire fold.

Gan Erda covered the match with a machine buckle and an iron box, and when it was needed to ignite, he only needed to use the machine buckle to press the burning match into the ignition port.

Because of this setting, the fire rope has changed from one-time use to multiple use, and because of the existence of the small box, the fire rope is not easy to get wet, and it can also cover the firelight, making the whole more concealed.

Of course, he also has his own shortcomings. For example, it requires skill to precisely press the burning matchstick in, and the length of the matchlock also needs to be adjusted in advance. Time to adjust the matchlock is not too much trouble.

If this improvement can only be said to be full of ingenuity and convenience, the other improvement makes Mu Bai somewhat confused.

"Why...did you dig the thread in the barrel?" Mu Bai finally found the reason why the gun was lighter. He touched the uneven thin thread in the barrel with his fingers, and he couldn't believe it: "This is the gun. To save iron?"

"In the beginning...it was like that." The unscrupulous businessman Gan Erda, who cut corners and was discovered by the new boss, showed an embarrassed and polite smile, and said in a low voice: "But I found that the gun that I drew a line aimed at the head Better than a smooth gun!"

……seriously?