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    Chapter 200 Almighty Scientist Zhu Ming

    The atmosphere of the banquet at noon was very lively, but no one drank, because Zhu Ming said that everyone would have fun in the evening and fill their stomachs first. A court meeting would be held in the afternoon to provide general guidance for the work of all craftsmen.

    Everyone is full of hope for the court, and the talent of the king is obvious to all.

    When the time comes, all the craftsmen gather together. First, the chief person talks about the categories they are responsible for.

    Wu Wenming, who is in charge of firearms production, is naturally the top priority. The most advanced flintlock muskets are not sold for sale now, and the management of craftsmen is also very strict. Each process is carried out separately, but Zhu Ming also understands that the spread of muskets  There will definitely be more development in the future, and the pace must be accelerated.

    Nowadays, gunpowder has been installed in small packets and has been changed to flint ignition. It is already relatively difficult to continue to use clever methods to improve the technology. Only hard technology can solve the problem.

    "However, Zhu Ming dare not think about breech-loading rifles and copper-cased bullets. That is too far away, but there is still a way to strengthen individual parts of the musket.

    The first is the production of gun barrels. Nowadays, craftsmen use heated iron to coat a steel core, hammer it into shape, and finally remove the steel core.

    It can be said that this method is the oldest, and if the craftsmen are highly skilled, the strength and toughness of the iron pipes produced are guaranteed. However, this method is too labor-intensive, and the quality of the barrels produced by different people is very different.

    Zhu Ming¡¯s idea is to create a hydraulic or wind-powered machine that drives a drill to directly drill a hole in the iron pipe.

    Of course, there are many things involved here. Whether it is a drill or an iron pipe, precise concentricity needs to be maintained. The hardness of the drill bit is also an issue.

    But Zhu Ming is just giving an idea today. Zhu Ming doesn¡¯t know whether many of the inventions in the original world were made in the era, so he is not sure whether these craftsmen can finally make them according to Zhu Ming¡¯s ideas, but he always knows  Can achieve certain results.

    In order to prevent this task from being too difficult for firearms craftsmen to complete, Zhu Ming also proposed another idea - carving rifling in the barrel.

    Today's gun barrels are all smooth-bore, and the projectile is filled from the muzzle. Often, the projectile and the barrel do not match well and cannot be inserted, or the gap is too large. When the gun is fired, the momentum generated by the gunpowder is leaked from the side, and the projectile cannot be inserted at all.  Can't hit very far.

    Zhu Ming's solution was to make the projectile into a longer oval shape, and at the same time use the craftsman to carve three to five rifling lines in the barrel. This would reduce the contact between the projectile and the inner wall of the barrel, so that the projectile could be filled smoothly.  When pressed tightly with a straight bar, the projectile can be slightly deformed and closely matched with the rifling in the barrel, preventing the gas from leaking out. Zhu Ming assured the craftsmen that the gun will shoot more accurately after the modification.

    Two better ideas were provided to Wu Wenming at once. Wu Wenming breathed a sigh of relief. If he could follow these ideas to increase the power of the musket several times, it would not only be a great achievement, but also the face of the country would be bright.  Is there any less reward at this time?

    So Wu Wenming sat back in his seat with satisfaction.

    Next, Zheng Chong also had many questions to ask. At present, except for muskets and gunpowder, the ordnance manufacturing of the Blackwater Ming Dynasty is directly managed by Zheng Chong. Many of them can be sold directly, so he is more concerned about it.  It's about quality, it's about output.

    Nowadays, ordnance is a major product produced by the Hematopoietic Kingdom of Heishui Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, it would not have gathered such great popularity. After all, many countries dare not sell ordnance, but Zhu Ming has never been afraid. No country has manufactured ordnance.  Those who are defeated are defeated.

    Therefore, Zheng Chong was anxious every day about how many plate armors and long knives he could hand over at the end of the month. Each of the leaders of the Free Business Association was responsible for a certain area, and everyone wanted to get more weapons quotas from him.  It's all bad. I didn't expect that the head craftsman would also become an errand that would offend people.

    Zhu Ming has already considered this. It doesn¡¯t matter if the quality of the armor he sells is inferior.

    So Zhu Ming roughly sketched a sketch on the silk paper at the back: a weird machine with two huge rolling pins sandwiched together.

    "I call it a rolling mill." Zhu Ming pointed to two rolling pins. "It is made of pure steel and set up on an iron frame. The billet cast with molten iron is sent in from this end, and these two rollers are powered by wind and water.  Okay, roll this iron billet out like a dumpling wrapper."

    Zheng Chong¡¯s eyes lit up, there is such a machine?  Then there is no need for a craftsman to hammer it, but is the rolled iron sheet hard enough?

    Zhu Ming seems to have seen through Zheng Chong.As I was thinking, I immediately said that you can try to make this machine. As long as the machine can be made, I will guarantee that the iron sheet you roll out will look the same as the iron sheet you hammer out.  "

    Zheng Chong also retreated with satisfaction. The most labor-intensive and most widely sold item now is the chest plate armor. If it could be as simple as the leader of the country described, it would be easy to roll out an iron plate at once.  There will be so much pressure.

    The atmosphere became more lively next, and the craftsmen were also motivated by Zhu Ming's whimsical ideas. Many of them had surpassed their expertise to make suggestions for others.

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    Zhu Ming was greatly comforted. This is one of the reasons for adopting the court method. The brainstorming method of later generations is to brainstorm. Everyone expresses his or her own opinions and proposes opinions and methods to solve things. Many golden ideas can often be harvested from it.

    Unknowingly, late at night, Zhu Ming looked at the craftsmen in the audience with a smile. These people will have a great name in future generations - scientists, but the value of this group of people has not yet been recognized.

    In this ignorant Middle Ages, the craftsmen and craftsmen of all kinds in the Central Plains region were considered to be relatively light despite their low status. In Europe, many mastered wonderful skills.

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    Chapter 200: Almighty Scientist Zhu Ming

    Chapter 200: Almighty Scientist Zhu Ming
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