Natural disaster at the beginning: I will lead the system to build a safe zone

In the following days, the iron smelting workshop not only specially forged a lot of Mo Dao, but also produced the Zhuge Crossbow that Xiao Yi needed.

Originally, Xiao Yi just wanted to wait until the iron smelting workshop could produce better iron, and then make special arrows for Zhuge Crossbow to increase its power.

However, the last experiment with the Mo Dao made Xiao Yi extremely interested in the steel produced by the iron smelter. He modified the Zhuge Crossbow based on the original one.

Speaking of the inspiration for the modification, it actually came from the small pistol that Shi Anan gave him. That pistol covers the knowledge of modern firearms manufacturing. Although he cannot make it now, it does not prevent him from learning.

The traditional Zhuge Crossbow is rather bulky, and its firing speed and range are limited. Now that better quality steel is available, Xiao Yi used it to redesign the structure of the crossbow, making it lighter and sturdier.

Making the parts needed for the Zhuge Crossbow was also a big challenge for everyone in the iron smelting workshop. The polishing of each part required extremely high precision, and the selection and weaving of the bowstring also underwent many tests.

After many days of hard work, the first improved Zhuge Crossbow was finally launched. This crossbow has an exquisite shape and smooth lines. Its range and power are naturally not to be underestimated.

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[Ding! Congratulations to the host for leading his subjects to successfully develop steel, Mo Dao, and the improved version of Zhuge Liannu. Rewards include 1 guide to making various types of firearms, system currency + silver coins.]

Here it comes, it’s here, the waiter is coming with the familiar pancake!

The moment she received the system notification, Shi Anan sneered. Did she think she was the Shi Anan who was so excited that she couldn't sleep all night because of a small profit?

People grow up, how can she care about a mere ten thousand silver coins?

[If you don't like it, then I'll take it back? ]

The waiter seemed to have sensed her thoughts and spoke silently in his calm electric voice.

——No! You gave it to me, how can you take it back? Your game system has a rollback function!

Are you kidding? Ten thousand silver coins. Even if she could earn it, it would take her nearly a month. How could she really not think highly of it?

What she was sneering at was obviously the gun making guide.

Why do we say this is a big deal? Firstly, although their current iron smelting technology has made a qualitative leap, there is still a long way to go to fully produce some of the precision parts needed for firearms.

Take the simplest musket for example. There is a lot of knowledge involved in choosing the right material to make the barrel and making the barrel able to withstand the pressure generated by the explosion of gunpowder. This is a hot weapon, not a toy. If you are not careful, it may explode and injure your own people.

That’s fine, the most important thing is that they don’t have gunpowder!

Without gunpowder, what's the point of making this gun? Just put it on display for show. So this is the actual reason why Shi Anan feels that the system is just making big promises.

If they want to produce a large number of firearms, they will definitely try to equip every member of the security team with them. If the firearms cannot be used due to lack of gunpowder, then she might as well use cold weapons.

As for herself, she could just buy a ready-made one from the mall, just like she bought the pistol before, so why waste time making it herself?

Although I can't afford more advanced rifles and sniper rifles for the time being, I can still afford small pistols, but I can't buy them on a large scale.

Compared to the reward of firearms manufacturing technology, what An An wants more now is actually the gunpowder manufacturing technology. However, it may be that the system feels that gunpowder is too lethal in the current era, or it may be that her current level is not enough. Not only is she not rewarded, but the manufacturing technology is not even available in the system mall.

This can only wait until she upgrades again and see if the system will give her a reward. And even if she is rewarded, she still has to find a way to get the raw materials. In short, she should just use cold weapons honestly for now.

Even if cold weapons are used, the weapons manufacturing technology in Guangming Town should be in the leading position in the current era. This is the affirmation from Xiao Yi.

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After the iron smelting workshop got on track, Shi Anan finally found time to develop glass.

Glass is currently called colored glaze, but colored glaze is not transparent, and the Apocalypse Dynasty does not have a workshop to make colored glaze.

According to Xiao Yi, the royal family once had a collection of precious glassware, which were collected from somewhere by a tiny country and presented as tribute to the Emperor Tai'an at that time.

It can be said that colored glaze was a commodity with a high price but no market in the Apocalypse Dynasty.

Shi Anan was initially limited by the materials used in the production process. Later, because she was busy doing other things and did not need glass urgently, she delayed her research on the glass-making method that she had learned a long time ago.

Now that I have finally found some free time, I can put glass making on the agenda.

After all, in addition to being beautiful, glass is also very practical.

Take the mirror she uses every day, for example. It is made of copper that has been polished smooth. But for someone who uses glass mirrors, this copper mirror is not only not clear, it even distorts her face.

In addition to being made into mirrors, glass can also be made into glass windows.

The house they live in now is good in every way except that the lighting is a bit poor because the windows are covered with paper. Although light can pass through during the day, it is not as transparent as glass.

And she always felt that it was not very safe. After glass was developed, the first thing she wanted to replace was the windows of her own house.

In addition to these daily uses, glass also plays a big role in medicine and the military.

In medicine, it can not only be used to make containers needed for many chemical experiments, but also to make microscope slides. In the military, it can also be used to make telescopes, etc.

However, the manufacturing process involved in these lenses is more difficult, and one needs to understand the knowledge of light refraction and convex and concave surfaces. These can be discussed later.

At present, the most important thing is to make the glass first.

It just so happens that Li Changlin and his team have been practicing in the iron smelting workshop for a long time, and making glass also requires firing, so let them continue their research there :)

Now Li Changlin has become a standard scientific researcher. When Shi Anan asked him to set up a special team to make glass, he not only did not feel tired, but was full of energy. This was mainly because of the confidence brought by steelmaking. He enjoyed the feeling of achieving research results too much.

However, this time Shi Anan did not completely leave the matter to Li Changlin, as she herself was also in the special task force.

Before making the glass, she also called together members of the special group to learn about glass making knowledge together.