"Can you make a replica of this musket?"
White couldn't wait to ask the blacksmith of weapons."
It's no problem to copy, we've disassembled and reloaded the musket several times, but it's a bit troublesome to build individual parts, especially this iron pipe, it should be a waste of time to build one."
The weapon blacksmith replied.After a pause, he added: "Your Majesty, in fact, the key to the musket is not the musket itself. ”"Oh?
What do you mean?
”"The musket is in the service of this thing."
The weapons blacksmith picked up the pouch containing the black powder, "Without this thing, the musket will not work at all." ”Taking the pouch, White opened it and saw that it was the black powder that had been poured into the musket.There was also a pungent stench, which was so bad that he closed the mouth of the bag in disgust.The blacksmith continued, "We studied the black powder and found that it ignites easily and produces a lot of white smoke.The musket is a flint shot that fires sparks, ignites the black powder, and then pushes the projectile out of the iron pipe. ”It turned out that the black powder was so important, and White weighed the small bag in his hand."
What is this?
Did you know?
”"I'm very sorry, Your Majesty, we don't know."
The blacksmith said with a look of regret, "I guess it must be made by grinding several things into powder and mixing them, but what are them?"
What is the ratio?
We're also scratching our heads. ”"Tsk!"
Hearing this, White couldn't help but smack his mouth, not knowing the key black powder formula, even if the musket could be imitated, it would be useless.I really want to send troops to arrest Owen Eisen right now and ask him about the recipe for the black powder.Thinking that the king had been angry, the blacksmith of weapons present could not help but feel a little afraid."
Forget it."
White turned his head to look at the six weapon blacksmiths and said, "Now that you have completed the task I have delivered, then your own lives and those of your families are safe." ”Hearing this, the weapon blacksmiths breathed a sigh of relief that their lives and their families had finally been saved."
However, I have a new assignment for you."
White continued.The six weapon blacksmiths listened with pricked ears, and silently prayed in their hearts that their new mission was not to study the recipe for black powder, which they were completely ungood at."
I'll find someone else to study this black powder."
White said slowly: "Go back with your muskets, give me a copy, and then I will order all the blacksmiths in the city to make muskets, and you will be in charge of this."
I will send the Chancellor of Finance to talk to you about the materials you need and the remuneration. ”When they heard the black powder earlier, the heartstrings of the weapon blacksmiths suddenly tightened, but fortunately, White did not let them study the black powder.Fortunately, fortunately, if you just copy and mass-produce muskets, there is no problem.In the blacksmith circle of the royal capital, these six weapon blacksmiths are quite famous, and they are qualified to command and manage the blacksmiths of the city.What's more, they are still under the orders of the king, and no one will dare to disobey the king's order."
Yes, Your Majesty."
The blacksmiths of weapons replied in unison.Although he would find someone else to study the black powder, White didn't know who to turn to.It's unlikely that all of the things needed to make the black powder are locally produced in Frontier Town, and it should be necessary to purchase some raw materials in large quantities from outside.Moreover, the musket is a weapon that has only recently appeared in the border towns, and the required black powder should not be invented too soon.With this in mind, White decided to send someone to investigate the recent anomalous purchasing behavior in Frontier Town.As a result, this check really found some cats.Last year, the border town came all the way to the royal capital to purchase grain; In winter, a large amount of saltpeter for ice making was purchased from the nitrate-making field; There is also the large purchase of hot magic stones from the magic stone merchants after the ashes have been exhausted.Grain can be eliminated directly.White had learned about the situation in Frontiertown, which needed to import food to meet its needs, and it may have been something that Duke Eddie did to force Marquis Eisen to go elsewhere to buy food.The purchase of saltpeter and the ashes of the scorching magic stone is very suspicious.Why do you buy so much saltpeter in winter?
It's not summer, because it's too hot, so you need saltpeter ice to cool off.The ashes of the scorching magic stones are usually disposed of as garbage, so what does Frontier Town do when they buy them?
Obviously, these two things have a lot to do with black powder.That being the case, without further ado, White immediately issued two new royal decrees in the royal capital.It is forbidden for the royal capital and the surrounding nitrate factories to sell saltpeter to the border towns, and then force all the saltpeter to be purchased at a low price.Merchant Magic Stone is forbidden to collect the ashes of the Scorching Magic Stone, confiscate all that has been collected, and force the purchase of large quantities of Scorching Magic Stone at a low price.The magic stone merchant also thought that Frontier Town would continue to buy ash powder in the coming year, so he was secretly collecting it.As for the purchase of the Scorching Magic Stone, it is because it is the middle of summer, and no one will buy the Scorching Magic Stone for heating.Therefore, White plans to find a place to drain the magic power of the scorching magic stone in order to ensure that he can obtain enough magic stone ash.After that, White summoned Salal Henry, the president of the Royal Capital Magic Stone Research Association.Since the composition of the black powder may contain the ashes of the scorching magic stone, he plans to leave the task of figuring out the recipe of the black powder to the magic stone research association.The work of the Magic Stone Research Association is to research and synthesize new magic stones.The phonograph magic stone used by Marquis Lyman before was synthesized by this association, and the magic power induction bead used to detect magic power is actually a synthetic magic stone.The technology of synthesizing magic stones is extremely complex, and it is quite a waste of money, requiring the consumption of a lot of high-quality magic stones.The Wangdu Magic Stone Research Association spends a lot of research funds every year, but the research results are not good, the gramophone magic stones they synthesize and manufacture are disposable, and so many high-quality magic stones are wasted.If it weren't for the fact that the establishment of the Magic Stone Research Association was a symbol of the country's financial strength and a matter of national face, White would have shut it down a long time ago.Council Hall.Ceral Henry, the gray-haired president with an intellectual stellarity, walked into the hall and saluted the king respectfully."
Greetings, Your Majesty.""
Celer Henry, I have a task for you to complete with the Magic Stone Research Association."
White gets straight to the point."
It is the honor of our association to be able to solve problems for His Majesty."
White instructed the servant to hand the bag of black powder to Serral, who opened it and looked at it, smelling a pungent stench and frowning.Closing the mouth of the bag, Celal asked, "Your Majesty, what is this?"
”"This is a very easy to ignite combustion, I only know that it is composed of ashes and saltpeter after the hot magic stone has exhausted its magic power, and there may be other things, I want your association to study the composition and ratio of this black powder."
White said."
This task ......," Celal looked at the bag in his hand, "and it's not easy." ”"If you don't work out, your association's research funding will be cut in half next year."
White threatened, "Your association hasn't made anything good anyway." ”"This ......" actually blackmailed himself with research funds, and Celal was embarrassed.If there is not enough funding, the Magic Stone Research Association will not be able to sustain itself, and the new magic stones they synthesize and produce are expensive and frustrating, and they will not be able to earn enough money to buy high-quality magic stones for research.There was no way, so he had to take on the task head-on."
I understand, Your Majesty, I will definitely lead the members of the association to complete the task."
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