Steel Dynasty - Chapter 911

[Chapter 909 Climbing Technology]

“Your Majesty, do you want me to send secret guards to Europe to continue assassinating them?”

Li San looked a little guilty in the imperial study. After the war in the south, he returned to Qingzhou.

“No need, the appearance of the people from Dayu and the British are very different. Just like Westerners in Dayu, they will definitely be stared at.”

This matter is indeed not very pleasant for Xiao Ming, but the talent Loss is inevitable. For the sake of money and status, there are always some people who are willing to abandon their conscience and do betrayal, whether it is contemporary or ancient times.

Rather than wasting energy on this matter, it is better to focus on development so that domestic talents can have a comfortable environment and even attract Western technical talents.

“Yes, Your Majesty.” Li San breathed a sigh of relief. This time he tried his best. This time both France and the British made great efforts to protect those people, but their power was limited. After all, the army had not yet reached them. Guangzhou.

Lying on the chair and looking out the window, Xiao Ming sometimes had to admit the fact that the secret guards’ abilities were also limited. It was impossible to keep an eye on everyone, and it was impossible to succeed in every mission.

Really solving the problem still requires strong comprehensive national strength, and in the face of Europe, where scientific consciousness and national consciousness have risen, technology imitation will continue to occur in the future. What he needs to do is to always maintain the leading advantage and formulate policies that belong to the Great Chongqing Kingdom. the rule of.

Ignoring this matter, Xiao Ming said to Li San: “By the way, now that Jiangnan has stabilized, you will recall the idle personnel and ask them to go to the Japanese country and the western colonies to collect information. These troublemakers are in Dayu. The country is in so much trouble, it’s time for them to pay the price.”

Li San nodded excitedly. The civil strife was calmed down. Now the country of Chongqing has unprecedented potential. Unanimous foreign policy is the next strategy they will implement.

After saying this, Xiao Ming asked Li San to go back, and then called Song Changping, Su Liangcai, and Lin Wentao who had been waiting outside the door for a long time.

“I see you, Your Majesty.”

The three of them said at the same time.

Nodding slightly, Xiao Ming asked the three of them to level up. Xiao Ming looked at Song Changping and said, “You came to me. Could it be that there is some new progress in the rifle?”

“Yes, Your Majesty, I am here for this reason.” In order to stop the manufacturing of Falcon rifles, we can produce a new rifle that Xiaguan has just successfully tested.

“Oh?” Xiao Ming said with an interested look, “What kind of rifle is this?

” Rifle, after the trigger is pulled, the firing pin of this kind of rifle will pierce the paper shell and the bullet will hit the primer to detonate the bullet. It is much more stable than the Falcon rifle, and the air tightness when the gunpowder explodes will also be much improved. The official thinks This rifle is more convenient than using a flash cap,”

Song Changping said word by word.

Xiao Ming showed a smile. In fact, the Falcon rifle was just an upgrade carried out by Xiao Ming because he didn’t want to waste the musket. However, this rotating bolt-action rifle is the future direction of firearms development.

From Song Changping’s description, he was basically sure that the rifle he built this time was similar to the Dresser rifle. The key point of this firearm is a bolt that can be rotated and pulled back, and there is a spring in the hollow position of the bolt. A firing pin pierces the ammunition by pulling back to squeeze the spring, and then pulling the trigger to release the spring pressure. This principle is actually not difficult.

The difficulty is the strength of the firing pin. The weakness of contemporary Dresser rifles is the fragile firing pin.

However, now that Great Chongqing has long had high-strength alloys that can make knives that are hard enough, this collision needle will naturally be no problem for them.

In addition to the firing pin, another problem is the air tightness of breech-loading guns. Compared with front-loading guns, breech-loading guns are incomparable in terms of air tightness. This is why breech-loading guns It appeared in the fifteenth century, but it has never been used on a large scale.

Due to poor air tightness, the range and power of breech-loaded guns will be reduced, but the relatively flexible combat method makes up for this shortcoming.

As for the real solution to the airtightness problem of breech-loading guns, it is the emergence of metal-cased bullets, but it is a pity that he does not yet have the ability to build a production line for metal bullets.

Thinking of this, he looked at Su Liangcai. Now more than a year has passed, and the thermal power plant in Qingzhou has been under construction in full swing. In order to fully support him, the cabinet has given money and people unconditionally.

Everyone is waiting for Qingzhou to enter the electric age, and among these people, Xiao Ming is the most yearning for it, because coming from the electric age, he naturally understands the benefits of electricity.

Moreover, when he was searching for technological crystal content these days, he also discovered the technology of nuclear fusion power stations. He has a deep feeling for this technology that is still being pursued in this era.

Because once this technology is realized, it will mean the advent of the era of unlimited power.

But although this is very tempting, he can only think about it now. After all, the current level is still far away, and he has a long way to go.

“This rifle is indeed very special. In this case, follow-up rifles should use this rifle. However, the air tightness of the breech-loading gun still needs metal-cased bullets. You need to consider this issue.”

When speaking, Xiao Ming looked at Su Liangcai, “Su Liangcai, although this problem belongs to Song Changping, it can’t be done without your electricity. The production of metal-cased bullets requires stable energy and mechanical power.”

The purpose of Su Liangcai’s visit this time is to generate electricity from thermal power About the factory, he said: “Your Majesty, the thermal power plant will basically be completed in the second half of the year, but the production of the transmission lines is currently a problem. One is copper and the other is wire insulation. This is a big problem.”

Said this Xiao Ming suddenly got a big headache. For the country of Chongqing, where copper resources are scarce, copper is money. However, with the improvement of industry, more and more places use copper. Whether it is wires or motors, a large amount of copper is needed. copper.

But even so, these copper extrusions still exist, and the most important thing is the insulation. In the field of wires and cables, insulation is generally divided into two categories: plastic and rubber.

Plastic is currently out of the question. Rubber is available, but not much, and even if the Dutch sell it to him, the price is high.

If the price of rubber cannot be reduced, future industrial development will obviously be restricted.

“Just use rubber to produce insulated wires. Roll the copper wire in the hot rubber. After cooling, it will be a wire. If you don’t understand, go to Lu Tong and he will help you solve the problem. In any case, this electricity Things cannot be delayed.” Xiao Ming made up his mind.

For him, Qingzhou’s industry has now encountered a bottleneck. Some things cannot be produced without electricity, such as aluminum.

In addition, there are electroplating and electrolysis to produce chemical gases.

(End of chapter)