Dylan is an imperial unit of weight. A dash of blue is approximately equivalent to 1.77 grams of the metric unit of weight.

　　 Ishikuma said that 2 dozen rand is a little more, which is about 4 grams.

Lieutenant Ferguson said in disbelief: "Boss, we have tried to charge less, but the effect is not good. The range of the projectiles shot out is much lower, and the penetration power is also much worse, especially because of the lack of power of the projectiles. , It will also lead to a significant drop in accuracy."

Shixiong nodded and said: "What you said is bound to exist, which is why I asked you to develop a new rifle. The new rifle I asked you to develop is not only for the reloading speed, but more importantly, to try my best. The clearance between the projectile and the barrel is reduced, and the utilization rate of the gunpowder is further increased. In this way, the range, power and accuracy of the projectile can be guaranteed."

　　 "What you can't think of is that if the gap between the projectile and the barrel is small enough, using a little more than 2 dallans of gunpowder will have a much better effect than using 5 dallans."

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson continued to look at his boss. Obviously, if Shixiong didn't explain the reason to him, this stubborn guy would keep asking.

Shi Xiong naturally understood Ferguson’s gaze. He smiled and held up a handful of black powder and continued to explain: “This handful of powder is about 2 dozen rand, which is about 4 grams in weight. This ignition powder is made with the best proportion of black powder, so just such a small amount of powder can produce up to 280 liters of gas after being ignited! Do you know what 280 liters of gas is? Probably? It is 10,000 times that of this small amount of gunpowder!"

　　 "Ah!" Ferguson, Kuai Ma and Hard Bones cried out in surprise.

"Yes, it's just such a little ignition powder. Just click it, and the volume will expand ten thousand times in an instant! The most important thing is that the expansion speed of this gas far exceeds the speed of sound! If we can take all these gases Utilization, then think about it, how powerful is the projectile shot out of the barrel? How far will the range be?"

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson swallowed dryly, "Boss, I listen to you!"

　　 "Hehe, of course you have to listen to me. Patrick, can you make gunpowder?"

　　 "Yes! When I was in the army, I often made gunpowder by myself."

　　 "Well, then you remember the standard ratio of gunpowder, saltpeter is (75±1)%, sulfur is (10±1)%, and carbon is (15±1)%. Don't say this data."

　　 "Don't worry, boss, even if I return to Jamestown, this data is only known to me. And I will only use this ratio to make gunpowder for myself."

"Well, remember what you said. Then, the fire and sulphur will be handed over to you to make gunpowder. Well, what kind of charcoal is needed, you can tell the fast horse or the hard bones. Now they will prepare it for you."

　　 "Charcoal is easy to say, the key is the secret agent. Boss, I can't make granular gunpowder without the secret agent."

Shi Xiong nodded and said, "This is okay. I'm responsible for getting the private agent out for you. But I can't get out the insensitive agent, mainly because I don't have those equipment here. But is there any insensitive agent in black powder? It doesn't matter anymore, it seems that the gunpowder you are using now has no desensitizer added, right?"

　　 "Insensitive agent?" Ferguson looked blank, "What is that?"

Shi Xiong shook his head helplessly. He accidentally engaged in a big oolong. The violent drugs of later generations all need to be added with desensitizing agents, but now there is only one kind of gunpowder in the world, and that is black gunpowder. The gadgets are not as sensitive as those violent drugs, and naturally there is no need to add desensitizing agents.

　　 "Okay, just pretend I didn't say it. Um, the private agent is a little troublesome, but I promise it's okay."

　　The so-called private agent is the main medium for making black powder into granules. The earliest gunpowder smuggling agent was egg white.

　　 But using egg white as a private agent is obviously too extravagant. Although there are many chemical products used as a private agent in later generations, in this era, the best private agent is castor oil.

　　 In the museum where the stone bear of the previous life is located, there are many records of our army beating little devil back then. At that time, our army was very difficult and the conditions were poor, but even under those conditions, our army successfully produced a violent drug.

　　 Of course, in that era, the black gunpowder made by our army was made of castor oil.

　　The castor plant is originally produced in Africa, but with the advent of the great nautical era, there have been such plants in the pimple of America for a long time, but there are not many of them.

　　 But it doesn’t matter. There is castor in Europe. The big deal is that next time he trades with Major Hank, let him get some castor to squeeze the oil by himself.

　　 Anyway, there is no rush to do gunpowder. After all, the black gunpowder seized from the French this time also weighed thousands of pounds. Even if the seized guns were scrapped, the gunpowder could not be used up.

　　 And once the new rifle is developed, the black powder that was captured is enough to be used for military training temporarily.

　　 After coming out of the cargo warehouse of this ship, Shixiong took them to the cargo warehouses of the other three ships, but the cargo holds mostly contained food, cloth, salt and other daily necessities.

　　Ferguson is not interested in these things, but Kuai Ma and the hard bones are happy. They seized so much food and cloth all at once, and they were as excited as other people.

　　Ferguson is very interested in the Valerian guns erected on the deck~lightnovelpub.net~ I have to admit that the British are really inferior to the French in terms of making artillery. At present, in the whole of Europe, the highest artillery manufacturing technology is the French.

Despite the fact that Spain is the most powerful, the British defeated the French in the just-concluded Seven Years’ War, but the French’s military technology is among the best in Europe. The Spanish and the British, including the Germans and the Dutch, are here. Not as good as the French.

　　 "It's a pity that these are good artillery! These artillery is totally blind in the hands of the Frenchman." Lieutenant Ferguson stroked an 84mm Valere cannon and exclaimed with emotion.

"These artillery will be able to guard our tribe in the future. Our leader said that we must erect these artillery around the tribe. If those Chekashas dare to attack us, we will bombard him with artillery!" Bone said excitedly beside Ferguson.

　　 Lieutenant Ferguson nodded with a smile.

　　The power of these artillery is pretty good, and it is naturally excellent for guarding the tribe.

　　PS: I will report a bad news to everyone. Well, that is, Lao Mo is going out today to participate in a very important tender, which lasts about four or five days. To be honest, Lao Mo has saved manuscripts, but not many, because summer is the company’s peak production season, and the health of the old lady at home is not very good, so there is less time for Lao Mo codewords during this period of time. Naturally, there are not many drafts. It happened that this time the bidding was a lot of work, so Lao Mo estimated that there was almost no time for the code word after going out, and he could only use the saved draft. Therefore, in these four or five days, Lao Mo could only change once a day. Please forgive me a lot on this point. However, after the bidding comes back, Lao Mo will have plenty of time, and then Lao Mo will try to make more codes. Thank you!