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Su Changan smiled awkwardly. It was not that he did not want to practice, but he really had no talent. In his previous life, in order to practice calligraphy, he found copybooks of Wang Xizhi, Su Shi, Song Huizong and many other great figures. He practiced hard every day and bought boxes of ink for his home.
But the characters are ugly!
Nothing worked, so I finally gave up!
When he came to this world, he initially thought that he could change some things, but he also wanted to copy some things.
Very good, it is becoming harder to control my strength and the tip of my pen is becoming increasingly difficult to control.
It’s not that Su Changan didn’t work hard, but that he really has no talent.
Otherwise, he didn't want to let down Master Yao and the others.
The empress didn't say anything more. She walked to the paintings that Su Changan had spread out and looked at some of the strange paintings on it. Some of them she could recognize, but some were special.
For example, some mechanisms. She had read a book called "Record of Mechanical Equipment", which recorded many mechanisms and equipment.
but.
What Su Changan drew were somewhat strange.
Su Changan looked at the empress and explained directly without further ado, "This blueprint is the small parts that I asked Su Liheng to find someone to make for me. If nothing goes wrong, these parts can be combined to shoot gunpowder."
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Chapter 69 Su Changan, listen to me
The empress was puzzled: "Shoot gunpowder?"
But after thinking for a while, the empress asked again: "Fireworks or something?"
Su Changan thought for a moment and said, "It's a bit similar, but the power is different. Fireworks are like the direct explosion of gunpowder, while this thing is a handheld small weapon that uses gunpowder to shoot ammunition, thus causing harm to people."
The empress frowned slightly and looked down at the drawing drawn by Su Changan.
A long tube with a small handle and a round shape painted on one side.
After watching for a while, the empress looked at Su Changan thoughtfully: "How much damage does it do to people?"
Su Changan immediately said: "If he doesn't die, he will be disabled?"
The empress narrowed her eyes slightly, and then looked at the blueprint again: "Then what would happen is that if ten thousand people took this thing and fired at an army at the same time."
At this point, the empress smiled lightly and became more interested in the things on the drawing. But the next moment, she looked at Su Changan and asked, "Can you make it?"
Su Changan was not surprised when he heard what the empress said. After all, he had said so much. If the empress still didn't realize that this thing was used in the army, then he would have to teach this wife a lesson.
Su Changan frowned slightly: "Not sure, because I am trying it myself now."
The empress looked at Su Changan and asked, "Can you still draw the blueprint?"
Su Changan immediately understood what the empress meant and nodded, "Take the blueprint. I can still work on it myself."
The empress nodded, then suddenly thought of something, looked at Su Changan and asked: "If this is handheld, is there something that can directly launch gunpowder?"
Su Changan put the musket drawing aside, revealing the drawing underneath.
The drawing shows a cannon.
just
Due to limited knowledge, Su Changan only knew some simple principles, such as that artillery shells are divided into solid shells and shotgun shells.
A solid bullet is naturally just a lump of iron, which is ejected using gunpowder.
This thing is bulky and impractical. It is only used to charge into battle and destroy city walls. Its power is far less than that of shotgun and shrapnel.
The so-called shotgun is actually a cannon with a fuse, which is quickly fired after being ignited.
Shrapnel shells are a bit more advanced. They don't need to be ignited first. Instead, the explosion of the barrel is used to ignite the shell, and then the shell is launched out using the explosion.
The blooming bombs are naturally the best here.
but
That’s all Su Changan knows. He has never actually done it, so he only knows the principles.
There is also the problem with the cannon itself. Since I have never tried to make it, I cannot say that there is no problem with it.
After briefly explaining these things about the cannon to the empress, some joy appeared on her face.
Just because Su Changan said, "One shell can blow up a relatively thin wall. If it's not enough, just fire another one."
Su Changan couldn't take his eyes off the blueprint of the empress holding the cannon, so he poured cold water on her and said, "Don't look at it. I don't know if it will work."
The empress glared at Su Changan, as if she had thought of something, and immediately asked Su Changan seriously, "It's so powerful, you still want to try it yourself?"
Su Changan shook his head: "I gave it to you. Ask someone to study it. It should be simpler than a musket, after all, it is larger. Remember to remind people to make something to protect themselves when they study it."
The empress breathed a sigh of relief: "Don't touch such dangerous things. What if you get hurt because of your clumsiness?"
I'm not afraid that Su Changan will come up with these ideas, I'm just afraid that Su Changan will try them secretly himself.
Because the empress knew the power of gunpowder. She had heard a little about muskets before, but she thought that there was only a little bit of gunpowder and it wouldn't do much harm, probably.
But after listening to Su Changan's explanation about the cannon, he realized the danger involved.
Su Changan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid."
The empress looked at Su Changan's silly appearance and wondered why she fell in love with such a fool.
But on second thought, it seems even more stupid of me to fall in love with such a fool.
But thinking about it, I immediately went to look at the third picture.
but
The third picture is only half drawn.
It's just a rough drawing, but not as detailed as the previous two drawings.
Su Changan sighed as he looked at the third picture, then looked at the empress and said, "I'm not exaggerating, but if this thing is invented, it will directly usher in the era of the Industrial Revolution."
The Empress was puzzled: "Industrial Revolution? What does that mean?"
Su Changan shook his head: "It is a very powerful thing, but I don't think I can figure it out. This is the only impression I have, but the specific things inside are too complicated."
Having said that, Su Changan sighed again.
It's not that he didn't think hard enough, but this thing, let alone the fact that he is a liberal arts student, even if you call a science student, he probably won't be able to figure it out.
After all, many things involved in this are professional knowledge. If you don't have a hobby in this area or are already in the professional field, it's really a bit difficult.
When Su Changan first drew this steam engine, it was just out of interest, but he really had no idea what it was, so he just threw it aside.
The industrial revolution that Su Changan had originally envisioned also completely collapsed in the face of his own reserves.
But he was not discouraged. After all, it was already good enough that he could make muskets and cannons.
The empress looked at Su Changan, although she was a little confused, she didn't understand what this fool was saying.
But seeing Su Changan sighing, he thought it was because the blueprint didn't help him, so he said, "Su Changan, stop sighing! Sighing too much will give you wrinkles."
Su Changan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, because this was what he had said to the empress before, so he threw the steam engine drawing, which was just a painting, aside.
When the empress saw Su Changan smile, she also opened her eyes and looked down at the fourth picture.
but
When I looked at it, I found that it looked like a stove, but it was long.
Su Changan explained: "This is a barbecue grill. It's much more convenient to use it to grill skewers than to use a stove directly."
The empress rolled her eyes at Su Changan: "You only know how to eat."
Then reach out and look below.
The following drawings are mostly about small things in daily life, as well as some formulas for rouge and some methods of making perfume.
Inside, the empress also saw the blueprint of the crutch that Old Master Su was holding in his hand. She couldn't help laughing when she thought of Old Master Su showing off and bullying others.
but.
anyway
After reading it all, the empress looked at Su Changan with some surprise: "How did you come up with such strange things?"
Su Changan was stunned for a moment, then said: "In the past, there were some people in the village who always talked nonsense. I had nothing to do so I went to listen. After listening for a while, I finally understood what they said, and that's how all this came about."
The empress frowned and cursed, "You are always talking nonsense!"
But when Su Changan mentioned his previous village, he looked at Su Changan with some pity.
If it weren't for those messy things, I think the family should have lived happily in that village.
Moreover, this fool has such a personality, smiling and cheerful every day.
But thinking of this, the empress coughed, looked at Su Changan and said: "This is called muskets and cannons. You did a good job, so I can promise you one thing. You can get whatever you want."
Hearing this, Su Changan looked at the empress.
But that was at this time.
Yan Ruyu's voice came from outside: "Your Majesty."
The empress frowned slightly, walked over and opened the window, looking at Yan Ruyu who was standing in the courtyard with her fists clasped and saluted: "What's wrong?"
Yan Ruyu raised her eyes and said helplessly, "Madam Diao and more than 20 palace maids may need to be sent to the palace clinic because they have diarrhea."
Upon hearing this, the empress asked, "Is it so serious?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Su Changan beside him.
Yan Ruyu immediately said: "The maidservant fainted while using the toilet, and some other palace maids."
But when Yan Ruyu said this, I don't know if it was a problem with the image, the empress immediately said: "Don't tell me so much, since it's so serious, just send it over. But if it's like this, it doesn't look like it will get better soon, you can transfer some more people from the Chixia Army to Lingqi Pavilion."