"Chief, when will we use this powerful weapon?"

The violent explosion made Chi's blood boil, and he was eager to use this more powerful weapon.

“It’s still early!”

Li Qi shook his head and said with a smile.

During this period, in Li Qi's plan, it was only a R&D period, which was still very, very far from production. First of all, there is no perfect industrial foundation now. Not to mention, even lime, sulfur, and nitrate cannot be produced in large quantities, and it is not large-scale. Li Qi can only use a small amount of experiments, which require a lot of basic equipment.

Secondly, he would not say that he would develop the fuse first and then develop the smoothbore. He would definitely jump the bore directly, because the steam engine has come out and he has complete technical information.

Finally, it is not necessary for the time being. At present, the Huaxia Alliance is quite safe and can be mainly produced. Without enough raw materials, even if it can be produced in large quantities, it will not be produced.

Chi is very depressed. Are you sucking people’s appetite?

Li Qi glanced at Chi and smiled, "Why are you so eager to get this powerful weapon? You don't need to fight now."

Equator: "I just hope we have enough strength to protect ourselves."

Of course, he also knew that there were no enemies in the Huaxia Alliance at present, but he always felt that the Huaxia Alliance is relying on the protection of the royal family, and is pretending to be powerful, rather than relying on its own strength. If the royal family wants to destroy him, it is like playing. Since leaving the blessing of God, he has always longed to become stronger, rather than relying on the protection of others.

"Of course it's right to think so. I always say that you must be defensive." Li Qi nodded and said, "But if you can not use force, try not to use force. Moreover, weapons cannot make an army stronger. A powerful army must be able to strictly abide by discipline, obey orders, and have an iron-blooded will, which is what our soldiers need to strengthen."

Chi just nodded slightly.

Li Qi asked, "You don't seem to agree."

Chi was a little stunned and seemed a little surprised.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Tell me."

Equator: "I always believe that the warriors must fight to become a real warrior."

Li Qi nodded and said, "You are right, but first of all, you have to get them qualified to go to the battlefield."

Chi asked, "How can I be considered qualified?"

Li Qi said, "I will have a way to try out theirs at that time."

Chi frowned slightly. Li Qi didn't explain it clearly, and he suddenly felt very stressed. If Li Qi tried it, it would be embarrassing.

.......

Although it successfully exploded, this is not the final recipe. As a chef, Li Qi always hopes to do better.

Therefore, based on the formula No. 9, he slightly changed the ratio of the formula and then tried it repeatedly.

If you give, you will naturally pay off!

Finally, he still found a more perfect gunpowder formula.

And he is not the hardest-working person in the China Alliance.

There is also a pair of combinations that work harder than him. This pair of combinations is Rong and Agu. They are different from Li Qi. Li Qi really has no choice. If there is a choice, he hopes to sit in a chair, drink coffee, read newspapers, and enjoy the afternoon sunshine lazyly, instead of hiding in the cave, and researching various formulas every day. Rong and Agu are very fascinated by fire and machines. This is their hobby. When they are resting, they are also studying and discussing how to produce more precise parts.

They have made a cylinder boring machine with larger and higher efficiency, which is of course necessary. If the second one is the same as the first one, then what else can be developed and directly mass-produced is to continuously improve it.

"Grand Chief, I have made some improvements to this steam machine because I think the mobile boring tool is more convenient to operate, and it will definitely help us produce better and larger cylinders."

Agu stood by the big machine and introduced to Li Qi excitedly, but he was thin and looked a little funny.

Li Qi's design is that the boring tool does not move and the cylinder rotates. Agu thinks that the boring tool should be lighter than the cylinder. If the rotating boring tool is faster, the speed will be faster and the operation will be more flexible.

Li Qi smiled and said, "I like to speak with facts."

"I'll make a cylinder for the chief to show it."

Agu immediately directed four people to carry a large cylinder embryo over.

His figure is limited, so he has to cooperate with others. In addition, Li Qi will not let humans rely entirely on sluts, so he arranged a team to develop them here, and most of them are humans, with only three sluts.

Soon, they installed the cylinder embryo on the machine and fixed it.

The other side immediately pushed the firepower, and soon, white air was spraying out.

At the same time, the long shaft with the boring tool is very rotating.

Agu just listened like the god of gambling, and then directed his subordinates to operate the machine, moving the boring tool back and forth.

In a short while, the fine processing of a cylinder is completed!

After cooling down, Li Qi reached out and touched it inside, and smiled and said, "No, good, very smooth."

“If there were more colorful stones, we could do better.”

As Agu said, he came to the machine again, pointed to the boring knife and said, "This boring knife was melted by the bronze we brought back by the chief last time. Although this copper is harder than black iron, it is still not as good as the colorful stone. If it is processed with the colorful stone boring knife, it will definitely be better."

Rong stood behind Agu and nodded silently. The high-end metal was like a drug to him.

While speaking, Agu came to the front of the previous steam boring machine and said, "Chief, I have changed this machine to processing screws and boring tools. Chief, please see, the boring tools containing the colorful stone..."

Agu seemed very excited. While he spoke, he was excited to demonstrate to Li Qi.

When the boring tool that rotates quickly touches the iron plate, fire suddenly splashes.

Soon, a threaded hole was punched!

Li Qi saw it and thought to himself, if I want, I can produce guns now!

In fact, the most difficult thing to make a gun is the barrel. Without the help of a machine, you can only use the method of rolling the barrel and rely on skilled workers to hit it out with hammers. However, with this boring machine, you can drill holes directly on the iron pipe, and the cylinder can be processed there. As long as you change it slightly, the boring tool will become more precise. It is not difficult to rifle in the barrel.

Agu quickly handed over a screw and said excitedly: "Chief wants to try it?"

"OK!"

Li Qi picked up the screws and placed them on the thread hole that had just been drilled and gently rotated them. It was really seamless!

"Very good! Very good!" Li Qi nodded with a smile, and then promised Agu: "I will find a way to get more colorful stones next time."

The kingdom restricts the sale of colorful stones, and there is no sale on the market. I can only say that I can find a way to exchange them from the hands of those high-ranking officials.

"Thank you, Chief."

Agu said excitedly.

Li Qi smiled bitterly and said, "No need to thank you for this. We do all this for the sake of the Huaxia Alliance, not for me."

Having said that, Agu and Rong actually don’t think that they are working for the Chinese Alliance, but purely for themselves, because when their talents are displayed and appreciated and recognized by others, this is a very happy thing. Why are the beasts very unhappy in the kingdom? It is because no matter how good they do, they will not be recognized by the royal family. At least they cannot become a first-class race.

"Although you did a good job, that's not enough." Li Qi said: "The factory over there is already under construction. I need larger and more precise cylinders to provide us with greater power. The screws just lift the parts on the machine. Although the melting is great, he can never beat a very large iron plate."

Rong said nervously: "Chief, I can try how old you are."

He felt abandoned.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Don't worry, the reason why I want to produce a larger steam engine is that I hope it can help you. No matter what, you must stay here."

After hearing this, Rong suddenly felt relieved and smiled honestly.

The next step for Li Qi is to develop steam hammers to forge larger machines.

But the meal had to be eaten one bite at a time. Li Qi did not say that Agu and the others would make it immediately, but just made a suggestion to let them think about it. Anyway, the factory has not been built now.

After staying in the smelting area for a day, Li Qi returned to Yehu. Although Agu and his team made a quick progress, they were all made of money, so he had to find a way to make money.

early morning!

"Oh...how long has it been since I had a long vacation!"

Li Qi, who had just gotten up, stretched his waist in the tent and complained, but he still got up and left the tent. He saw a long table outside his tent with a basin of water, a handkerchief and some tooth grass on it.

After the publicity of the Propaganda Department, the treatment of leaders is naturally gradually taking shape. Everyone has no opinions on this. It’s not that they dare not, but that Li Qi has done more work than the others, but it’s not physical work. Don’t let those trivial things interfere with the leader. This is of course also what it should be.

Li Qi had just bit off half of the tooth grass and was still chewing it. Mo ran over there and gasped slightly, "Great Chief, the Fukuya tribe has sent some fruit."

It's so fatal! Li Qi quickly spit out the teeth and said, "I understand! I'll come later."

He is now looking for fruits for winemaking, and he specially sent a small team to ride the deer beast to pick fruits elsewhere.

After Mo left, Li Qi put the remaining half of the tooth grass into his mouth, "Don't waste it."

Suddenly, the stimulating smell of tooth grass made a light of inspiration flash in his mind. Looking at the remaining tooth grass beside him, I thought to myself, yes! Why did I forget this tooth grass even more? It is not enough to have beautiful clothes alone. If it is smelly all over, other races will not be willing to approach humans. Moreover, the royal daily necessities are not suitable for us humans, so we still have to produce them ourselves.

The royal family does not use toothbrushes, but uses mouthwash quenched from a plant. They are also very special in taking a bath. Their veils are really used to dry their bodies. They mainly use brushes for bathing. They do not use soap. Instead, they use fine sand in shells, first apply to brush them, and then use brushes. It’s not that they like to clean, but that they think it’s very pleasant to brush like this. Therefore, they all like to take a bath in the big bathhouse. Except for the guild halls and the love halls, the royal family rarely has bathrooms at home, because they can brush each other in the bathhouse, and there are special services. Niu Tuofeng’s big bathhouse is built on a large hot spring. It is said that the hot springs in their kingdom have a large bathhouse.

Li Qi has never been there, so he dare not go there. It is terrifying just thinking about it.

Li Qi immediately asked someone to send some tooth grass, then pounded it into pieces, and dripped the juice into the ph test strip.

"Sodium bicarbonate? It turns out that the main ingredient in this tooth grass is a high-purity sodium bicarbonate."

Li Qi's eyes suddenly flashed, as if he thought of something, but just a little bit, he couldn't help but pound his head, "What? What should I think of?"

Suddenly, he opened his eyes and said, "Yes! Why did I forget that thing!"

He couldn't help but laugh. After laughing for a while, he shouted outside again: "Xiao Ding, come in."

I saw a young man walking in, "Chief, what's the matter?"
Chapter completed!