He stroked the three-eyed gun in his hand, and his eyes were full of excitement, as if he was not touching a gun, but a peerless beauty.
"That's a good thing, you say, can we make it?"
he stared at the gun in his hand with his eyes intended, and didn't look back.
Several Khitan blacksmiths who were called were also full of fascination when they looked at the gun.
They had all looked at the gun carefully, but when they looked at it, they didn't understand how it worked.
"Hui Khan, this gun is easy to make, but the medicine is difficult to get, this medicine ignites when it encounters fire, and it can explode in the barrel, which is very magical."
The Khitan people are very good at iron, and their clan name Khitan originally means iron.
Like the Turks, the Turks were the first to forge slaves, and they were to strike iron for the Rourans.
After the Khitan blacksmith saw the gun, he felt that it was not difficult to imitate the body of the three-eyed gun, after all, it was three short iron pipes connected together, the middle was empty, and there was a hole in the back, which was quite simple.
It's just that they can't see through gunpowder.
"The Tang people call this gunpowder, can't you see the ingredients inside?"
"There seem to be saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, but these are all powders after processing, and I can't guess their proportions."
"As long as you can know the ingredients of this gunpowder, as for the formula, don't you try it yourself once, twice, and if it doesn't work twice, you can always try the correct formula." ” The blacksmiths were speechless, but this also seemed to be a way, although it was a bit stupid, but it was a way after all, that is, in terms of time, I don't know how long.
Although there are only three ingredients, it is very difficult to find the right formula.
"Let's go back and try."
"Very good, while making this gun, I tried the gunpowder ratio, I really found the formula, and I made the gun, I will give you a heavy reward, a thousand cattle and horses, and a hundred taels of gold."
When the craftsman went down, the son of Tara would be puzzled.
"Dad, I tried this musket too, but it's not that powerful.
Forty paces, the longest range, and basically can't find the right head.
Thirty steps, can hit people.
Twenty-five steps, can break the leather armor, twenty steps, can break the scale armor, ten steps, can break the Tang people's Mingguang armor. ” After careful test firing, Mo Hui looked down on the musket more and more.
Even if you can shoot three times, the range is too short and the accuracy is low.
In addition, it is also greatly affected by the weather, and another is the long reload time, even if it can be reloaded in advance, it can only shoot three shots at a time, and the reloading time in the middle is too long.
In comparison, the bow and arrow are much stronger.
Like the Mohui, you can shoot two or three pots of arrows at a time, and it is no problem for ordinary soldiers to shoot a pot of thirty arrows in a battle.
Moreover, the bow and arrow shoot far, and the influence of wind and rain is less than that of muskets.
Not to mention, a bow and arrow can shoot at least seventy or eighty paces away.
But he ignored his son's contempt.
"You see only the shortcomings of the musket, but not its strengths.
This kind of musket is amazing, and if it is extremely powerful at close range, even the heart goggles of the Tang people's Mingguang Armor can shoot through.
Besides, you have also seen their volleys, and you say, at a distance of twenty or thirty paces, no cavalry can withstand any more, and the fire is endless, too powerful. ” "Then we can shoot arrows out of their range."
"Do you think that the Tang army has no bows and arrows, and the Tang army has more bows and arrows than us, and each of their soldiers has bows and arrows, regardless of foot and horse.
But they have muskets, we don't, they still have heavy crossbows, and now they have this musket, which means that before we are in our range, the Tang artillery heavy crossbows can hit us. ” "When we get closer, they'll be able to shoot at each other again.
Closer, they had more powerful muskets. ” "Son, the crossbows of the Tang people used to be very powerful, but I can't imagine that there are even more powerful muskets now."
The most taboo thing for Duluo is the two points of the musket, one is the power of the salvo, the firepower is fierce and the momentum is large, the salvo is fired at that distance, there is really no one to stop it, and the war horse is also easily frightened.
This is also a great threat to the Khitans of the Ma people.
Another is that the muskets of the Tang Army did not replace bows and arrows, but were equipped at the same time, which made them capable of both near and far, like a tiger with wings.
This visit was an eye-opener.
However, while he became more and more in awe of Datang, he also secretly wanted to make the Khitan stronger.
"Can the cannon of the Tang Army be imitated?"
asked Luo again.
This time, the blacksmiths shook their heads in unison.
They have seen the artillery of the Tang people from afar, and they have also seen artillery firing, and the Tang people have several kinds of artillery, but either way, it is not simple.
"What's so hard about this, isn't the cannon just the magnification point of the musket?"
asked Mo.
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"It's not that simple, the cannon has to withstand so much gunpowder impact, and it has to shoot so far from such a large stone, and it is very difficult to cast this cannon body.
We don't have that kind of technology right now."
After all, the three-eyed gun is so small and short, it can be hammered out with a hammer, but the cannon must be cast as a whole.
And such a large cannon, the whole casting is too difficult.
They don't have such technology.
"Can you find some craftsmen from the Central Plains to cast cannons?"
"Such a large-scale copper casting technology, ordinary craftsmen can't, and those who know this technology are also in the government.
Even if it is the Tang Dynasty Mansion, there are not many craftsmen with this technique. ” The artillery is not as simple as an enlarged version of the musket, and a few Khitan blacksmiths still have a little common sense.
"Forget it, we'll talk about it later."
"Make guns first, and if I give you a hand, I can give me a few thousand muskets a month," asked Darla.
"Thousands" The blacksmiths screamed.
"How Much Can You Make" Several blacksmiths looked at each other, and finally hesitated, "It is not easy to make a musket, the barrel needs to be refined iron, especially the barrel needs to drill the chamber, a blacksmith can make about three three-eyed guns in a month." ” "Three" Then he jumped to his feet and shouted.
"What are you kidding, a blacksmith makes a gun in ten days" "Khan, if a blacksmith alone can't make a gun in ten days, he must have several helpers."
"What are you kidding," said Duro, glaring angrily at the craftsmen, "do you know how many muskets the Tang can make in a month, they can make a hundred thousand muskets in a month?"
” "Impossible" a few Khitan blacksmiths can't take care of it. 100,000 muskets, that's a shame to think about.
As blacksmiths, they knew how hard a musket could be.
It doesn't seem difficult, but it's never easy.
The barrel alone cannot be ordinary iron, it must be fine iron, and it takes a lot of time to process iron into fine iron.
And this has to be rolled into a cylinder, and finally it has to be drilled, which is not easy.
They estimated that a blacksmith with three apprentices would make one in ten days, which would be quite impressive, but he said that the Tang people could make 100,000 in a month "Look at the Tang Army, the 20,000 Divine Machine Army, all have guns and cannons, is this still fake?"
The blacksmiths couldn't answer, the Tang Army did have a lot of firearms, and the Tang Army's firearms seemed to have only appeared in the past two years.
I can't figure it out, but that's the case, and I can't refute it when I am scolded by Duluo.
"Dad, if you can't build it, you won't build it, just buy it from the Tang people."
"Buy" Araja shook his head, "Such a sharp weapon, how could the Tang people sell it to us" Although he also felt that this matter was unreliable, he really went to find Li Chao, but he ran into Su Zhi on the way.
The two of them smiled, they were actually here to buy firearms.
In the hall of the castle, Li Chao smiled when he heard the request of the two.
In fact, it is not a problem to sell some firearms to these Hu people, after all, selling them firearms, they also make gunpowder, and in the end they have to buy gunpowder, arquebus, and even bullets, muskets, which are still more restrictive and not very powerful.
If the quantity is small, it is useless at all, but if you want to form a quantitative advantage, the cost will be large.
Besides, muskets had to consume gunpowder, and once Li Chao controlled the supply of gunpowder and arquebuses, then their muskets were just burning sticks.
Selling muskets and gunpowder is a very profitable business, and it is an exclusive business.
However, Li Chao does not plan to sell it now.
Because Datang's production capacity is also limited, it not only requires enough craftsmen to make muskets, but also a lot of iron.
The muskets that are being made now have consumed a lot of steel in the Li Kee Iron and Steel Factory.
On the other hand, the consumption of sulfur, saltpeter, lead, etc. is also high.
It took several months for Li Chao to equip the Shenji Army.
Now the production capacity is about 10,000 sticks a month, and if it is increased, the supply of many materials will be limited.
"How much do you want to buy muskets?"
asked Li Chao.
"I want to buy 10,000 pieces."
The Lion opened his mouth.
"I'll buy five thousand."
Su Zhi didn't want that much.
Li Chao just smiled and didn't refuse immediately.
"Do you know how difficult it is to make a musket and how many materials are neededLet me tell you, it takes more than a thousand processes to make a musket, from raw materials to assembly and packaging of finished products.
This means that a gun must pass through the hands of at least a thousand people to produce it. ” Darla and Suzhi did not believe it.
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"My blacksmith said he would make one in three days."
He boasted about the bull and took a blacksmith with three apprentices to make a handful in ten days, saying that a craftsman could make a handful in three days.
"It's impossible for you to say, even the most skilled craftsmen don't have such speed.
Moreover, the way you make it is simply not possible to mass produce it.
And my gun, although it takes more than 1,000 people, is faster, and our workshop is running at full capacity, and we can produce 100,000 guns a month. ” Elo swallowed enviously.
"Then it's okay to sell us 18,000."
"Of course it's okay to sell you, we can produce 100,000 units a month, and it's no problem to sell you 18,000, but the manufacturing cost of muskets is very high."
"How tall" "A hundred guns for a hundred."
Li Chao made a price.
Then neither Suzhi nor Elo wanted to speak.
A knife is only worth a few hundred yuan, even if it is a horizontal knife in the Tang Dynasty, the cheap one is only three or five hundred yuan.
The sharp sword is only one or two through.
And Li Chao actually asked for a musket for 100 yuan.
"If you really want it, I can give you a discount, after all, you are also my Datang domain.
So let it be fifty for a musket, and you may pay or break your horses, and a musket will be broken into two horses, or three oxen, or twenty sheep. ” It's so expensive, it's really expensive, even Drah can't help but be staggered.
"I'll buy a thousand first."
"Okay, you can exchange horses, cattle or sheep for two thousand horses, or three thousand cows, or twenty thousand sheep."
"I'll give sheep for 20,000 sheep."
"Okay, I'll deliver it to you when you drive the sheep, and by the way, do you want bayonets, arquebuses, gunpowder, and lead bullets, and if you want, I can sell them to you cheaply."
A mouthful of old blood almost spurted out.
Shouldn't the muskets be sold together when they are disassembled like this?
"Originally, our relationship should not be charged, but the cost of these things is high.
I'll charge you the cost price, a bayonet and a fire rope, and a hundred rounds of gunpowder bullets, and you can also exchange cattle, sheep, horses, and camels, and furs. ” Dou Luo gritted his teeth, and bought the gun, so he couldn't not buy gunpowder.
"I'll buy a thousand sets."
Li Chao smiled and nodded, this business is doing well, it is worth it for 1,000 sets for 75,000 yuan or 30,000 sheep.
A thousand muskets, in the hands of the Khitans, are nothing like that.
"Okay, happy cooperation, wait for your sheep to be released, see the sheep hand over the gun." t1706231537: