Chapter 857: Research and Development of Firearms
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Facing the "Aurora" offensive of the Britannia Empire, the Holy Hiran Empire did not sit still and wait for death.
After learning that Chupol Fortress had fallen and all the fortress defenders were wiped out, the Central Committee of the Holy Hiran Empire didn't even have time to feel shocked and sad.
The Central Committee of the Holy Hiran Empire is seizing the time to summon rescue forces these days to rescue the increasingly eroding southwest battlefield...
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Holy Hiran Empire, imperial capital Ailianmuya, suburbs, Boji Town.
These days, El has been staying in Boji Town, located on the outskirts of the imperial capital Ailianmuya.
El has been staying in Poji Town on the outskirts of the imperial capital these days, not because there are any places of interest in Poji Town that attract him.
The reason why he stayed in Poji Town these days was to focus on the development of muskets.
In the spring of the 213th year of the Holy Hiran Empire (the 291st year of the Britannia Empire), El, by a very accidental opportunity, bought 100 pieces of output from Ulihan, a big businessman from the grassland. The muskets of the Qing Kingdom in the East.
El saw the potential of the muskets, so he tried his best to persuade his teacher, Dominic, to buy these 100 muskets.
After buying these 100 muskets, El asked Dominic to help him get an opportunity to meet Emperor Vasili and give him the opportunity to sell these muskets to Emperor Vasili.
El has been waiting for this opportunity to meet for more than half a year.
It was not until the winter of the 213th year of the Holy Hiran Empire (the 291st year of the Britannia Empire) that the opportunity to meet Emperor Vasily finally came.
Er cherishes this opportunity to meet him in person that he may never see again if he misses it.
After meeting Emperor Vasili, El tried his best to persuade Vasili to allocate funds and set up a special department to develop muskets.
But no matter how El tried to persuade him, Vasily had no interest in muskets.
In the end, for the sake of Dominic, Vasili finally reluctantly agreed to develop the musket.
The reason why Vasili reluctantly agreed to develop the musket was because the R&D funds he was willing to allocate were too shabby...
Establish a "Musket Department" dedicated to developing muskets,
Appointed El as the first minister, with a monthly R&D fund of 100,000 Nar.
N100,000…
This little money is really too little to spend on developing high-tech weapons like muskets.
But El was not qualified to bargain with Vasili, so he could only bite the bullet and agreed...
Not long after Vasili agreed to establish the Musket Department to develop muskets, the "Iron Hammer" operation was launched, and El was also mobilized on the battlefield. The research and development of muskets was put on hold as soon as it started...
It was only now that El finally had the energy to develop muskets under the title of "Minister of the Musket Department".
Because R&D funds were too small, in order to save money as much as possible, El set up the R&D center of the musket department in Bochi Town on the outskirts of the imperial capital of Ailianmuya.
Boqi Town is located on the outskirts of the imperial capital Ailemuya. If you rent a place here to research and develop muskets, the rent will be much cheaper.
After securing the location, it was time to recruit craftsmen.
El has never known much about these instruments. If he wants to develop a musket, he still has to recruit a group of skilled and experienced craftsmen for research and development.
Because the research and development funds were so meager, in the end, El only recruited three craftsmen who were very interested in this musket...
Renting a medium-sized place, recruiting three craftsmen, and spending a fortune...
One El plus three craftsmen, although it had a difficult start, the musketry department can finally start to operate.
The first task that El gave these three craftsmen was to study the principle of this musket.
If you don't even understand the principle, then don't think about improving it - El still understands this truth.
Half of the 100 muskets were kept at home in the imperial capital, and the other half were placed here in Boqi Town for craftsmen to use for research.
In order to study this musket, the three craftsmen adopted the stupidest and simplest method - dismantling the musket into parts and then studying them bit by bit.
This research method consumes the muskets very violently. In just one month, 12 muskets were completely scrapped.
This speed of scrapping made El feel a little distressed.
He only has a total of 100 muskets on hand. If one is scrapped, one will be missing. He has no way to replenish the muskets now.
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"Mr. Oleg, haven't you understood the principle of making a musket?"
El looked at the pile of gun parts on the table in front of him with a wry smile.
Oleg was one of the three craftsmen hired by El, and he was also the one with the best skills and the greatest interest in muskets among the three craftsmen.
Because he really felt sorry for these muskets, El couldn't help complaining to Oleg.
Faced with El's complaint, Oleg chuckled.
"Mr. Bernard, don't worry."
"Just looking at these parts, you should also be able to see what a sophisticated weapon the musket is."
"It's difficult to study such precision weapons."
"Don't worry, Mr. Bernard, these dismantled muskets did not die in vain."
"The research has progressed a bit."
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When he heard the word "progress", El's eyes lit up.
"What progress? Have you figured out how these bullets are fired?"
"Not so fast." Oleg waved his hand, "Although we still don't understand how to make the bullets fire, we now understand how to make gunpowder."
After that, Oleg brought a bowl of black powder.
"These are the gunpowder we made yesterday."
"After the experiment, the gunpowder we made is completely usable!"
Hearing this, El's face showed great joy.
"Have we mastered the technology of making gunpowder?" El held the bowl of gunpowder with a look of joy.
Although they still don't understand how the bullets are fired from the barrel, after these days of research, they still figured out that the reason why the bullets can be fired from the barrel has a lot to do with these gunpowders.
Now that they can make their own gunpowder, this is undoubtedly a great victory!
The development of muskets has taken a big step forward.
"Now that we can make gunpowder, it shouldn't be far from figuring out how the bullets are fired." Oleg smiled.
"But--"
At this moment, Oleg changed the subject.
"Mr. Bernard, you have been asking us to improve the musket, so it is time for you to tell us the specific direction of development, right?"
Oleg smiled bitterly.
"If we don't set a few specific research directions, we will be like a headless fly, and the research efficiency will be very low."
As soon as Oleg finished speaking, El immediately smiled and said:
"Mr. Oleg, don't worry."
"I have been thinking about this problem."
"I finally have an answer recently."
"Mr. Oleg, please focus on the research and development of muskets to find ways to reduce the production cost of muskets and improve the firing rate and accuracy."
Dear, this chapter is over, I wish you a happy reading! ^0^