Chapter 133 Treasure Girl, American Version of Huang Yueying
"My dear, my daughter is only slightly obsessed with firearms. She didn't forge that musket. She doesn't have the skill to do it!"

"Please let us go, my dear man! I kowtow to you."

"Forget it, let's go up the mountain with the hero. My two sons have no skills and are stupid, so why not let them go back to their hometown to farm..."

I will let your son go if we can catch him all at once?

What are you thinking!

As they got closer to Liangshan Lake, Liu Guang's face became uglier day by day.

"May I ask your name, sir?" Liu Guang said helplessly.

He really didn't want to know the names of these people, just like a kidnapper doesn't want to see the face of the robber.

He might even kill the person!
When they arrived at his own territory, Cao Jie pointed to the Eight Hundred Miles of Water Marsh and said proudly: "I am Cao Jie from Yuncheng, and I invite you all to Liangshan. Please don't be ungrateful!"

"Yuncheng Yanwangdi, Xiao Mengde?"

Liu Guang was horrified and slumped in the carriage, muttering, "I really can't leave this time! I have to go up the mountain to become a bandit. I might as well live with Chen Xizhen in Yuanbi Village!"

"Are you really Yan Wang Di, Xiao Meng De?"

On the ship bound for Liangshan, Liu Huiniang looked at Cao Jie carefully for a while: "Is there nothing special about him?"

"Do I have to be born with three eyes to be considered a gifted person?"

Liu Hui Niang rolled her eyes and asked, "Did you kidnap us to the mountain because of my craftsmanship?"

"What else? Are you interested in your two brothers' rough martial arts, or your father, a ninth-rank chief clerk?"

Liu Hui Niang twisted her hands and said awkwardly, "It's not that I can't work for you...but you have to ensure the safety of my family."

"This is natural."

"You still need to tell me more about the granulation of gunpowder..."

In addition to the favorable factor of the decline in the cost of gunpowder in the late Middle Ages, another type of gunpowder technology also played a role in promoting the development and promotion of firearms.

That is the gunpowder granulation technology.

This technology, which can increase the power of gunpowder, is a revolution in gunpowder technology and an important turning point in the history of firearms.

Before this, people used powdered gunpowder as gunpowder (propellant) when using firearms. This form of gunpowder has many disadvantages when used in combat, such as inconvenient transportation, uneven burning rate, and easy to be affected by moisture.

The technology of granulated gunpowder solves these problems.

First of all, after bumpy transportation, the granulated gunpowder will be stratified, with the largest particles going to the bottom of the gunpowder barrel and the smallest particles going to the surface of the gunpowder barrel, but this will not affect the quality and use of the gunpowder.

Secondly, the moisture absorption of granulated gunpowder is much lower than that of powdered gunpowder.

Because granular powder has a smaller surface area to volume ratio, it absorbs less moisture from the air.

During the Age of Discovery, the best granular gunpowder was polished with a graphite grinder to remove the pores on the gunpowder particles, in order to reduce the hygroscopicity of the gunpowder and greatly extend its storage period.

Finally, because granular gunpowder is in granular form, even when compressed, they do not fit tightly together and will not form a "whole" like powdered black powder.

The gaps between the gunpowder particles allow oxygen to assist the combustion of the gunpowder (facilitating the spread of the flame), making the burning rate more uniform and improving the efficiency of the gunpowder combustion. Unlike powdered gunpowder, a considerable portion of the unignited gunpowder is sprayed out of the barrel when shooting, so its power is greatly increased. Cao Jie is indeed half-baked, but after carefully recalling the fragmented knowledge of his previous life, he still speaks coherently.

Mrs. Liu San was so fascinated by what she heard that she cried out in her heart that she had learned a lot.

"So, how do you granulate gunpowder?"

There was a gleam in Liu Huiniang's eyes, and she had an expectant expression, as if she wanted to swallow Cao Jie in one bite.

Whether it was the musket, the swarm, or his own flying thunder, the most important thing was gunpowder.

She calculated in her mind that if the power of gunpowder increased by 10%, the overall power would at least double.

Cao Jie was in no hurry to tell her. He smiled and said, "It depends on your ability. If you can really make a batch of arms for Liangshan, I will tell you. Not only will I tell you the formula of granular gunpowder, but I will also let you sit on the throne and become a world-renowned female hero. Have you thought of a nickname?"

"Humph! What chair do I want? I want the formula for gunpowder."

Seeing Cao Jie ignored her, Liu Hui Niang stamped her feet and said loudly: "The flying thunder I made is the most powerful. It is made of hard wood, with forty thick ropes and twenty pedals. Each frame requires twenty-five strong soldiers, five of whom replace the thunder, and twenty people step on the poles.

The thunder is made of cast iron, as big as a watermelon, five centimeters thick, hollow inside, and contains poisonous smoke and divine fire, and is wrapped in a skin of thirty-six small thunders. Inside the small thunder, there is a bullet of gunpowder lead, and the powder line is coiled inside with a spiral. Wherever the thunder falls, it strikes in all directions, and thunder and lightning strike, turning people and horses into powder.

"Oh!" Cao Jie imagined it in his mind and asked, "Use a catapult to throw it!"

"If we don't use a trebuchet, do we have to use arm strength to throw the ball?" Liu Hui Niang rolled her eyes.

"Why not make a barrel like a musket and use gunpowder to propel it?"

Liu Hui Niang shook her head like a rattle: "No, no, muskets are prone to explosion. Such a big barrel, so much gunpowder, it will kill people."

In Cao Jie's opinion, muskets can be done without, as bows and crossbows can be used as substitutes, but cannons cannot be done without!

To capture cities, we rely on cannon fire!
Even if this is a world of demons, the power of the red cannon is enough to destroy the city gate.

And because this is a world of demons, each of them has their own strength, the power of this cannon is even greater.

One of the shortcomings of Ming and Qing cannons is that they are too heavy and inconvenient to transport.

Now, as long as one has practiced successfully, one will have the strength of a thousand pounds. He or she will not need mules or horses to pull him or her. He or she can just let someone carry the cannon and run.

"Let's not talk about this. Apart from the Flying Divine Thunder, what else can you do?" Cao Jie asked.

Liu Huiniang looked at the vast expanse of water and said happily, "Sailors are indispensable for the 800-li Liangshan Lake. I have a water-defending tugboat that allows people to dive underwater as flexibly as on land, and allows people to see objects underwater, and also has a certain degree of defensive power... I will give this water-defending tugboat to you."

"A diving suit! This one is good, what else?"

Liu Hui Niang pouted and said, "The Flying God Thunder and the Water-Defending Tuo Ke are enough to exchange for your gunpowder formula."

Cao Jie helplessly spread his hands: "But you have to know that I have tied you up on the mountain and made you my wife, and you have no chance to resist! You want to negotiate terms with me? Am I too easy to talk to?"

If you press down on this treasure girl, some good treasures will probably fall out!
Moreover, she is beautiful.

She’s simply the American version of Huang Yueying!

(End of this chapter)