novelraw Chapter 27
Chapter 27
27~ Weapon~
"Mo has to keep her word, okay?"
"Ah yes yes yes..."
The little Princess hurriedly responded. She was afraid that one more round would really make her faint on this bed.
The Empress nodded with satisfaction. Whether Mo was just placating her didn't matter. What mattered was that Mo had personally said she liked her. That was enough.
Finally able to catch her breath properly, the little Princess felt that being able to breathe was truly wonderful.
"You are mine, and can only be mine."
The Empress held her and murmured, her hands gradually becoming more ambiguous as she continued teasing her.
Mo: "......"
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"Sigh..."
Two days had already passed, and her progress was still stuck at the draft stage. Moreover, the draft was stuck at a critical part.
So how exactly does the principle here work again?
What was drawn on the paper was half a draft of a weapon, firearms. Only this kind of firearm could greatly enhance the military's combat power in an extremely short time.
In her previous life, she had only casually looked at the working principles and structural diagrams of firearms. She roughly remembered the principles, but couldn't recall even a tiny bit of those structural diagrams.
Should she start with the simplest design, the bullet?
After pulling out a new sheet of paper and sketching a draft, she chose to give up again. Not because she couldn't draw it, but because she discovered that with this world's manufacturing level, it seemed completely impossible to mass-produce bullets... This concept was fundamentally impossible to realize from the very beginning!
So, she had to start over from scratch again.
"Sigh..."
"Mo, how's the progress?"
The little Princess sighed dejectedly once more:
"No progress. I even wasted two days."
The most core part of the entire firearm, the bolt mechanism. The draft got stuck right here. She could only say she was completely not cut out for this. Even though she still remembered the principles, whenever she started designing, she had absolutely no idea where to begin.
She was even drawing away when she suddenly remembered that this world fundamentally couldn't mass-produce such things. At most, they could only rely on high-level craftsmen to sporadically produce some. Even if she completed the design drawings, it would be impossible to popularize them.
The modern era had the support of modern mechanical craftsmanship to guarantee mass production, but what did this world have? Without advanced production machinery and sufficient production capacity, it was all complete nonsense!
After thinking through this point, she chose to give up on the path of using modern firearms for a dimensional strike. She could only think of other methods. Coming up with nitroglycerin might be much more reliable than this.
But the problem was that she took the postgraduate entrance exam in history, not chemical engineering. She wasn't familiar with this field either.
"Let me think for a few days. My head hurts a bit right now."
If she didn't resolve the combat power issue here, it would be very difficult for her later when the Alliance Nations marched toward Scarlet Phoenix Nation. If Scarlet Phoenix Nation collapsed, her Glaze Nation would be next.
"Then think it through carefully. Don't force yourself too much."
The Empress stroked her head comfortingly.
She's so gentle, I could literally cry.
"Mm..."
The little Princess nodded and went straight to lie down on the bed.
The Empress picked up the draft from the table and examined it carefully. It was something she had never seen before. The complexity of the structure and principles far exceeded her imagination.
As expected, this little wildcat could always bring her surprises. Just the structure and principles on this were enough to keep some ordinary craftsmen studying for a long time.
Another day passed. The little Princess had completely given up hope on modern firearms. This thing simply couldn't be made. She planned to start with the simple flintlock musket. She had even done specialized research on this during her postgraduate exam preparation.
Thus, she once again picked up her pen full of enthusiasm and sketched on paper, drawing a simple structural draft of a flintlock musket.
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"This thing can improve the military's combat power?"
"Yes."
The Empress held the design drawing and looked at it for a while. Unable to make anything of it, she could only first hand it to Qin Feng to manufacture one to test.
Seeing the little Princess's confident appearance, a hint of anticipation arose in her heart as well.
"Mo, go take a bath."
"Mm."
Before she knew it, evening had arrived. Today she had been completely immersed in the process of drawing design diagrams. This was a design drawing she had drawn based on the Western medieval flintlock musket in her memory. After revisions and modifications, it could be said to be a restoration. This might be a major milestone for this world. What impact it would have on the future, she couldn't predict either.
(PS/Author's Note: Please remember, this is a fantasy light novel. Do not apply reality to it.)
As expected, after a busy day, she comfortably fell asleep during the bathing process, lying in the Empress's embrace.
Sleep well, my little wildcat.
After washing the little Princess clean and placing her on the bed, she also took a bath and lay on the bed, tightly holding the little Princess.
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Very soon, Qin Feng manufactured a sample according to the design drawing, manufactured completely strictly according to the design drawing, 100% reproducing every component. The materials were also exactly the same, even the projectiles were carefully polished.
"Your Highness, please."
Qin Feng held up the tray with both hands, presenting the sample.
"What about the gunpowder?"
"Right here."
After obtaining the gunpowder and flintlock musket sample, the little Princess briefly inspected it. After confirming there were no problems, she loaded the gunpowder and projectile, cocked the hammer, and aimed at a stone ahead.
She pulled the trigger. The hammer struck the flash pan edge, igniting the gunpowder. With a "bang," the little Princess couldn't stand steady from the recoil force and fell to the ground. Opening her eyes, she discovered a deep groove had been left on the distant stone.
"This..."
Qin Feng hadn't expected that such a small object could create this kind of power. This was already enough to kill! Penetrating armor was probably not out of the question either!
She was extremely excited at this moment, wishing she could immediately kneel and take on a master. If the Empress weren't standing nearby, she might have really knelt down. She never expected that Princess Mo could design such a powerful weapon!
The little Princess stood up with the Empress's support, patted the dust off her body, and looked excitedly at the Empress. But the Empress's expression became serious.
And after that...
"So, I clearly designed such an amazing weapon for you. Why has my treatment gotten worse!? I'm a great contributor!"
The little Princess shook her little feet, the iron chains making a clanging sound. She pointed indignantly at the shackles locked on both her feet.
This detestable Empress! After she created the flintlock musket, not only did she not give her greater freedom, but she even added shackles to her. Now she couldn't even take large steps when walking.
"Precisely because you designed it, you need to be managed even more carefully, don't you think? What if you run around carelessly and get abducted by someone else?"
The Empress lifted her chin with a calculating smile and asked back.
This power was no less than the magic cast by a Great Mage. More importantly, it could penetrate armor forged from Mithril and Black Gold. This was equivalent to being a Great Mage who could ignore magic-resistant armor!
Her little wildcat could really bring her surprises~