"Jack, is there anyone in your family? For example, parents, wives, or children." Although the four alchemists have been in the tribe for a while, Shi Xiong has not yet figured out their details, so he took this opportunity , Shi Xiong intends to touch it.

After all, only by knowing their exact situation can Shi Xiong be able to treat them in a targeted manner.

Williams shook his head: "I haven't been home for nearly ten years, and before I crossed the ocean and came to the New World, my mother had already died of illness and my father's health was not very good. In ten years, he couldn't survive long ago..."

A sad look flashed across Jack's face, and tears flickered faintly in his eyes.

Anyone who hasn't returned home for nearly ten years, suddenly someone mentions home and relatives, and it is estimated that no one will feel well.

"As for my wife and children, I am not married. How can I have a wife and children? I was only twenty-five years old when I came to the New World, and I am only thirty-four years old this year. When I was in England, I didn’t have the intention of getting married. Later, when I came to the New World, there were no such conditions to get married, so I stayed alone. Well, David is in the same situation as mine." Jack smiled bitterly.

Jack's words surprised Shi Xiong. This guy seemed to be almost fifty years old, but he was only in his thirties. It seems that the contracted slave life in the past few years has really tossed him.

Shi Xiong picked up the wine bowl and met Jack. The two took a sip of wine. Jack attacked the fried peanuts. Fortunately, Shi Xiong prepared a wooden spoon for him. Otherwise, this guy would really use this. Little round beans have no way.

Taking advantage of Jack's gap in dealing with peanuts, Shi Xiong carefully considered it in his heart and said: "Jack, you should know that after you come here, you need to stay with me for a few more years. I can guarantee yours. Food, clothing, housing and other expenses can also provide you with research tools and materials as much as possible, and can also give you research directions and some pointers, and even introduce women to you and David, but you must Stay here for a few more years. Because the things you research are far beyond what your motherland can have, your research results must be kept secret for a long time."

It may be that Jack had already drunk a lot before Stone Xiong came, or he drank several times with him after Stone Xiong came. At this time, Jack's eyes had begun to look a little blurred.

He smiled, "Mr. Guardian, in fact, when Major Hank brought David and me from Jamestown, David and I already knew our future fate. Although the Major Hank who brought us didn’t I know what you want our down-and-out alchemists to do, but we all know what you want to do in our hearts."

Shi Xiong nodded seriously, and asked: "Will you stay? I have no other guarantees, but I can guarantee your safety and a certain degree of freedom. Of course, I can also guarantee that you can study enough Similarly, I can guarantee your success in the future. But if you want to obtain these, you must endure this kind of life for a few years."

Jack said with a wry smile: "Mr. Guardian, do we have another choice? Since we chose to be an alchemist, we have actually embarked on a path that can never be turned back."

Shixiong argued: "Jack, you should understand that I am not forcing you by saying this. If you do not want to stay here, I can ask him to take you back next time when Major Hank comes... ..."

Jack waved his hand. "Mr. Guardian, please forgive me for interrupting you. But what can we do even if we return to Jamestown? We don't have the money to buy tickets to the Old World, and the nobles and wealthy merchants are all Covet our technology, so even if we return to Jamestown, we will inevitably end up as contract slaves before. Therefore, instead of returning to Jamestown to continue living the dark days, we would rather enjoy the countryside here. Amorous feelings. Don’t worry, Mr. Guardian, we have already discussed with you, and we will follow you."

Shi Xiong smiled happily: "Jack, I have to say that you are very smart. You made a good choice."

Speaking of these words seems to have completely solved Jack's heart. He also smiled: "Mr. Guardian, the key reason that prompted us to stay is the idea of ​​making new guns that you provided to Lieutenant Ferguson."

After a pause, Jack organized a few words and continued: "Let’s not talk about the rotary locking mechanism you proposed, which allows the ammunition of the gun to be reloaded. It is the rifled broaching machine you made. I admire it. I have seen some immigrants in the countryside of Jamestown use wooden broaching machines to draw rifling, but the mechanical efficiency of that kind of broaching machine is too low. It takes at least three or four days to pull a barrel by one person. Therefore, although the military of various countries all know the benefits of rifled guns, the backward processing technology has greatly restricted the promotion of rifled guns."

"And you, you just instructed Lieutenant Ferguson to make some changes to that simple broaching machine, and the efficiency of this broaching machine has been increased several times. This is simply a genius idea. You know, I understand a little bit. Mechanical things, but when I saw your broaching machine, I was convinced."

"And David also said before he left. He said, Mr. Guardian, you can point out that lead-zinc mines are rich in lead and tin. Just this point makes David very admirable. David said that you are a man A mysterious and unpredictable person, you must have a lot of things in your heart that we don’t know but want, so we all want to make more good things under your guidance, and we also want to learn more from you thing."

Hearing these words, Shi Xiong laughed, "Jack, to tell you, I have accepted the instructions of the great sun god, and you must have heard of this from Patrick. This is not vain. It’s not that I deliberately wanted to put on a halo on myself. I really accepted the guidance of the great sun god."

"I know, Master Guardian, not only did Patrick tell me, your two little servants, well, one is called a hard bone and the other is a rabbit mouth. They also told me about the magical changes that have happened to you. Especially that tough guy. He has lived with you since he was a child. He said that your brain was a bit..."

"Hehe, there is nothing to hide. My previous nickname was Silly Head. Before I accepted the guidance of the great sun god, I was indeed a fool. But look at me now, do I look like a fool? And I’m a native of the New World. Before I came to the Gaoshu tribe, I only met Europeans a few times in my life. But you see, I speak English and French. It doesn’t seem to be much worse than your English, right? "

"Mr. Guardian, although I am very reluctant, I must admit that your London accent is too authentic."

Shi Xiong smiled and waved his hand, "Jack, I won’t say more if you’re superfluous. You have to learn from me. There’s no problem. But you’d better have a mental preparation. I will give you a general direction at best. Pointing, I may also give you some key pointers on specific things, but the tedious research work must still be done by you."

"Mr. Guardian, if you don’t say this, we can understand it. What we need most now is a directional guidance, such as the kind of rifled broaching machine developed by Patrick. A directional breakthrough. Therefore, some of us would like you to point us more directional things, so that our research will have a clear direction."

Shi Xiong smiled, picked up the bowl and drank another drink with Jack, then said: "Jack, since you said that, then I can give you a directional guide now."

Upon hearing this, Jack straightened up immediately, looking at the stone bear with longing in his eyes.

"You have also studied that broaching machine~lightnovelpub.net~ Then you should know that this broaching machine has many shortcomings, right?"

Jack nodded, "Yes, I think that broaching machine is really not perfect, such as the power source. Mr. Guardian, why don't you use water for power?"

"The hydraulic power is good, but it is not suitable for this kind of broaching machine now, because this broaching machine was only modified by me on a temporary basis. In fact, the fundamental defect of this broaching machine is not in power, but in transmission. You can also see Come out, this broaching machine is driven by belts and pulleys, so the stability is very poor. If hydraulic power is used for driving, the power is too large. Before the transmission stability is well solved, perhaps this broaching machine has just With a hydraulic drive, the entire broaching machine will fall apart. At the very least, the rifling drawn out is absolutely unqualified."

Jack nodded thoughtfully, "Mr. Guardian, how can we solve this problem?"

"It's very simple, change the belt transmission to gear transmission, and all the wooden structures are changed to steel structures."

"Gear drive? Are you talking about the kind of gear that the Frenchman Felipe de la Hill proposed more than half a century ago that uses an involute as a tooth profile?"

"Yeah, do you know this?" Shi Xiong asked with a smile.

Jack scratched his head with a smile, grabbing a large patch of dandruff.

"Yes, gear transmission will inevitably become the core and development direction of mechanical transmission in the future, because gear transmission has the stability that other transmission methods do not have. If you can solve the stability problem of gear transmission, then you will inevitably become a mechanical transmission. The giants in this regard."

"But, but I don't know much about gears..."

"It's okay, I can give you some pointers."