Chapter 173: Silencer of the Stone Crusher Crossbow
When Gu Sheng was studying in his previous life, he liked to read some military magazines, and he claimed to have a good understanding of guns and naval guns.
The sound of gun shooting is also very loud, so people made a thing called a silencer. After the thing is put on, the sound of the gun will be much smaller. He used to use it to sneak up on people when he played shooting games before, and it worked very well!
At this time, an idea emerged in his mind, that is, to manually make a silencer for crossbows!
Gu Sheng had read some miscellaneous articles about military weapons in school and had seen the working principle of silencers. Although many years have passed and his memory is a little vague, he can still remember a few key words.
Spacers, vortices and energy absorption.
Gu Sheng was still young at the time and had only a vague understanding of these things. Even to this day, he still doesn't understand what vortices are, but he clearly remembers a cross-sectional view of a silencer he saw at the time.
In that image, there are many spacers inside the silencer.
Gu Sheng is a pragmatist. Although he doesn't understand how silencers are made, he still decides to give it a try based on his own ideas!
Gu Sheng put away his arrows and stone-crushing crossbow, and went straight to Shengdan City without even going back to Huozhulin.
With yesterday's experience, Gu Sheng did not waste time in the city, and went straight to Mu's Trading Company.
Coincidentally, Qingqing was still the one who received him.
Qingqing was also surprised when she saw Gu Sheng again: "Sir, are you still here to forge things today?"
Gu Sheng did not waste any words, and directly took out 500 silver notes and handed them to Qingqing: "Please help me arrange another foundry room, and give me another 50 kilograms of pig iron, five purple vines and a furry animal skin!"
The things Gu Sheng wanted were not very valuable, and the main reason for giving so much was that he didn't know how long it would take him to make a silencer.
Qingqing quickly arranged it, and when Gu Sheng came to the forging room, the things he wanted had been delivered.
Gu Sheng closed the door and took out the stone-crushing crossbow.
The silencer is like a sleeve on the barrel, so Gu Sheng wants to make a similar large iron sleeve to wrap the crossbow body. According to Gu Sheng's initial idea, the main body is made of pig iron, and then the spacers are made of purple wisteria, and finally filled with animal hair to absorb energy.
Gu Sheng quickly drew the shape of his mind on paper and immediately put the pig iron into the forging furnace to burn.
Gu Sheng is a person who strives for perfection. Although it is just an experiment, he still beats the pig iron into fine iron, and then uses small tools to knock out the shape of the designed silencer.
The silencer designed by Gu Sheng is divided into two parts. The main part can be completely covered on the stone crushing crossbow, and there is an open loose-leaf on the top, which is convenient for loading arrows!
After confirming that there is no problem with the size, Gu Sheng immediately began to process the inside. He first knocked out the groove for placing the purple wisteria spacer, and then pressed the animal hair tightly and then glued it on.
After all the work was completed, Gu Sheng couldn't wait to put the first generation silencer on.
After the silencer was put on, the stone crushing crossbow became fatter, and it looked a bit like a small grenade launcher in the previous life.
Gu Sheng opened the door and asked Qingqing excitedly: "Does your company have a place to test crossbows? I want to try the power." He shook the modified stone crushing crossbow in his hand at Qingqing.
Qingqing still had her signature smile: "Yes, but the test site will also charge extra fees."
Gu Sheng understood this, after all, testing the power of weapons can cause damage, and it is normal for them to charge some maintenance fees.
"No problem! Take me there!"
Under Qingqing's leadership, they came to the end of the passage, and saw that she pressed down a protruding bead on the side, and the wall in front of her actually split to both sides, and inside was a box that could carry people.
Seeing this scene, Gu Sheng was quite surprised: "Elevator? So advanced?"
Qingqing was a little confused by the new term Gu Sheng said, and could only explain: "This is an elevator, which is constructed by many complex mechanisms and can be raised and lowered in a straight line. This is the result of many years of painstaking research and development by many foundry masters of our Mu's Company! This is not amazing. There is an elevator in our headquarters that can carry people and goods to a height of dozens of meters!"
Gu Sheng couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the foundry masters of Mu's Company. It must be said that there are great people everywhere!
At least he didn't expect to see such an advanced thing as an elevator here.
After entering the elevator, the doors on both sides closed, and the clear sound of mechanical operation came to his ears. The descent speed was not too slow, and it was also relatively stable.
After more than ten seconds, the elevator door opened, and the view was a brightly lit and very wide underground space.
Here, there are hard granite walls all around, and there are many wooden stakes, grass stakes and iron plates in the middle. At this time, there are also many people holding various weapons to attack those grass stakes and wooden stakes.
"This is our weapon test site, the crossbow test site is here, please follow me!"
Gu Sheng followed Qingqing to a relatively edge position, where there were many thin iron plates similar to screens.
"This is the testing ground for crossbows. You just need to shoot at those iron plates. These iron plates are 0.5 centimeters thick. The power can be judged based on the marks left by the shot or the number of iron plates penetrated. According to the data provided by our Mu's Trading Company, a crossbow that can shoot through two iron plates is enough to pose a fatal threat to the Bronze Bone Realm!"
When Gu Sheng heard this, he counted the iron plates carefully and found that there were six in total. He asked curiously: "Why are there only six iron plates?"
Qingqing couldn't help laughing: "Because a crossbow that can shoot through six iron plates at once is beyond the range of ordinary weapons. Only treasure weapons can have such terrifying power! The test of treasure weapons is not here."
When Gu Sheng heard this, he understood clearly and couldn't help but ask: "Does your Mu's Trading Company sell treasures such as bows and crossbows?"
A touch of pride appeared on Qingqing's face: "Of course! Our Mu's Trading Company is the largest trading house in the Chiyun Prefecture and the strongest foundry family in the Chiyun Prefecture. The Helian family cooperates closely with us and is our special supplier. , In addition, our Mu's Trading Company also has forgers who can create treasures, but the demand for long-range weapons such as bows and crossbows is too small, so they are not in stock and must be customized! If you need them, you can ask us to customize them."
When Gu Sheng heard this, an awkward smile appeared on his face: "Well, I will if necessary!"
Gu Sheng just asked casually. He didn't have much money now. If he didn't find a way to make money, he wouldn't even be able to supply the elixirs used for cultivation. Naturally, he wouldn't have money to buy treasures.
Gu Sheng did not forget his purpose. He raised the gravel crossbow in his hand and aimed at the iron plate to trigger the crossbow.
"pang!"
The crossbow arrow was fired, and the sound of the gravel crossbow changed from a bang to a muffled sound. Although the sound was still loud, it was indeed about a third smaller than before. However, before Gu Sheng could be happy, he smelled a burning sound. At the same time, there was a smell of black smoke coming from the silencer. He hurriedly opened the lid, and a burning smell suddenly hit his face. The animal hair used to absorb energy inside actually ignited directly due to the high-speed friction of the arrow. Purple The partitions of the rhododendron are also basically scrapped.
Although the silencer failed, Gu Sheng's face was still full of smiles. Judging from the experimental results, at least he was on the right track! Just need to improve the materials!
"Little friend, what you just used was a gravel crossbow?"
An old man with a stooped figure and neatly combed hair looked at the modified gravel crossbow in Gu Sheng's hand with burning eyes.
Qingqing saw the old man's face full of shock: "Old Huang!"
Seeing Qing Qing's expression, Gu Sheng realized that the old man's identity was not simple, so he showed a puzzled expression: "Who are you?"
Upon seeing this, Qingqing hurriedly introduced Gu Sheng: "This is the general manager of the casting department of our Mu's Trading Company in Shengdan City, Mr. Huang! He is a top-grade Huang-level foundry master!"
Gu Sheng's eyes instantly became serious when he looked at the old man.
Although they are all casters, once they gain a level, it will be completely different! What ordinary casters forge are iron tools, which belong to the category of ordinary weapons, but what a high-level forger makes are treasures!
The gap is like a chasm!
Gu Sheng's attitude toward the old man also became respectful: "Yes, it's the gravel crossbow."
Huang Lao looked confused and pointed at the gravel crossbow in Gu Sheng's hand and said, "Can you show me this one in your hand?"
This old man is a top-level yellow-level blacksmith. For Gu Sheng, he is a big boss. Gu Sheng respectfully handed the gravel crossbow to him: "Of course!"
Mr. Huang took the gravel crossbow and did not dislike the pungent smell at all. He carefully removed the silencer made by Gu Sheng and then returned the gravel crossbow to Gu Sheng. Obviously, what he was really interested in was the silencer. Rather than the gravel crossbow itself.
After watching it for a long time, Mr. Huang had some shock on his face: "Wonderful! Wonderful! It's really wonderful!"
Mr. Huang looked at Gu Sheng with burning eyes: "My friend, who made this thing? Can you give me some recommendations? The design of this thing is too exquisite, I want to learn from it!"
When Gu Sheng heard this, he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment: "I built this myself."
Huang Lao's face was suddenly shocked when he heard this, "Did you make it?"
Gu Sheng nodded: "Yeah! The gravel crossbow is very powerful, but the sound is too loud. I want to modify it to see if I can find a way to reduce the sound. After preliminary testing, it still has some effect, but the effect is still there for the time being. It didn’t meet my expectations. Judging from the experimental results, the direction is absolutely correct and it should be a problem with the materials.”
When Mr. Huang heard this, a look of excitement suddenly appeared on his face, and he couldn't help but applaud: "My friend, you are really a genius. This thing you designed is very exquisite. If it can be successfully developed, it will be great." Solve the major pain point of the powerful special crossbow! Can you tell me your initial thoughts and the production process of this thing? I have achieved some success in the process of casting. Maybe we can work together to make this thing. Come out!"
Mr. Huang is a real treasure caster, and his strength in casting is naturally unparalleled. If he has his help, the hope will be much greater. Gu Sheng couldn't ask for it, and he immediately put all the knowledge about silencers in his mind All the points came out in a flash, regardless of whether they were correct or not, as long as he had seen them and had an impression, he said them all.
As the saying goes, there is a specialty in the art. After listening to Gu Sheng's explanation of the silencer, Mr. Huang quickly understood it and quickly deduced the working principle of the silencer in his mind.
After he disassembled the first generation machine built by Gu Sheng and observed it for a long time, he suddenly showed a happy expression on his face and laughed.
"I understand! I understand! Come on, follow me to my forging room now!"
He said that without saying anything, he pulled Gu Sheng's arm and ran wildly.
Although Huang Lao was old and looked a little hunched, he was completely different from before when he moved. His hands were surprisingly strong. Gu Sheng was almost carried away in his hands like a little chicken. Only then did Gu Sheng feel that Huang Lao's aura was very deep and far exceeded the Golden Bone Realm!
Huang Lao's speed was very fast. Gu Sheng only felt that the scenery in front of him became blurred. After more than ten breaths, Huang Lao stopped in front of a stone wall. He stretched out his hand and pressed down on the stone wall.
The stone wall suddenly appeared with a series of light circles, and the stone wall in front of him shrank into the ground. Inside was a super large forging room of two or three hundred square meters.
There are many cabinets here, filled with all kinds of forging materials, many of which Gu Sheng has never seen before, but Gu Sheng can feel a completely different breath from ordinary materials. Obviously, those are materials for forging treasures.
There is a super large forging furnace at the edge, and the flames inside are burning vigorously. The strange thing is that there is no scorching heat like in ordinary forging rooms, but a cool breeze can be felt.
After Gu Sheng looked around, he found a huge air outlet on the side. Through the opening, he could see the bellows outside, and the cool breeze was blowing out from there.
Huang Lao put the first generation of silencer on the operating table, and he quickly shuttled between the counters. Soon he came over with a pile of messy materials.
He took out a piece of silver-white metal from the pile of materials and threw it directly into the forging furnace. While controlling the temperature, he did not forget to introduce this special metal to Gu Sheng.
"This is deep sea silver, a yellow-grade lower-grade forging material. Its internal structure is relatively loose, but its surface structure is very tight, so it should have a good energy absorption effect."
After the deep sea silver softened, Mr. Huang took it out and put it on the forging table to start hammering.
It has to be said that the old experience is the old experience. The hammering efficiency is much higher than Gu Sheng. In just a few minutes, Mr. Huang perfectly reproduced the appearance of the first generation of silencers. Although they look similar, there are still some differences between the two. Mr. Huang's is much more delicate, and the part where the arrows are loaded on it is also made into an integrated roller by him using tools. This technique is too advanced. Gu Sheng has not figured out how he did it after watching it once.
After the temperature of the deep sea silver dropped, Mr. Huang took out two other materials to make spacers and fillers respectively! (End of this chapter)