Since everything was fine, Claude returned to the forest farm and continued to live his leisurely life, patrolling the forest farm, practicing magic, and researching the trial production of flintlock guns.
The only unhappy thing was that Claude wanted to visit Ericson in the morning, but he didn't expect that he was turned down. Erickson refused to see him or let him in. His mother, Mrs. Elena, didn't say anything sorry. She just looked at Claude coldly, as if she didn't recognize him.
Obviously, they also got the bad news that the merchant fleet was destroyed by pirates, and they also learned that Captain Altruni was exiled to an uninhabited island. Unlike the families of the sailors, Erikson and his mother directed their anger at Mr. Morsan, the man behind the opening of new routes and investment in the merchant fleet, believing that they were the ones who caused the Austrian war. Captain Truney and others are the culprits of the fate of being exiled to an uninhabited island.
Claude could only return disappointed. He understood that Erikson and his mother were worried about Captain Otruny, but he could not forgive their actions of venting their anger on others. In fact, Captain Otruny himself also gathered some friends to invest in the cargo of a merchant ship. Speaking of which, he was also one of the shareholders of the merchant ship.
Viricero arrived at the forest farm in the afternoon. He told Claude that he had been in Erikson's room in the morning because he heard the news and wanted to comfort Erikson. He was very happy when Claude passed by, but he didn't expect Erikson to stop him from going downstairs to see Claude.
He said that it was easy for Claude to be rejected. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Morsand and others went to deliver condolences, but Ericson yelled at them, calling them the murderers of his father, and asked them to pay him back. 's father. Mrs. Elena did the same. She threw the condolence money out of the room and told them to get out. She said that Captain Otruny would definitely come back and there was no need to send these condolence money on behalf of the dead. As a result, everyone present was very upset. Awkward.
Well, Claude could only smile bitterly, not expecting that he would lose a good friend because of this. Erikson has always admired his father, and when he grew up, his goal was to become the captain of an ocean-going fishing vessel like his father, and to sail his beloved sea-going vessel across the sea. But no one expected that he would blame Mr. Morsan and other investors for what happened to Captain Otruny, and even Claude took a big blame for this.
Forget it, there's nothing to worry about. Erikson, who worships his father to such a serious extent, is still like a naive child mentally. He has not really matured yet. Rejecting Claude's visit means that their relationship as friends has come to an end. Claude is not angry, he just feels sorry for the friendship that once existed.
Because spring has come, Claude has also stopped hunting, so the arrival of Vericro made Claude unable to think of any interesting projects, so he took out his trial-produced flintlock gun and gave it to Vericro look.
Vericro did not question where Claude got the barrel from. After the test firing, he just asked Claude with some doubts, what is the point of making such a musket without a match rope and the same loading method? , the only difference is that the ignition is changed from an open flame to a flint fire, which does not improve much in terms of launch speed. It is not only inferior to the matchlock gun in terms of range and power, but also often misfires when fired. From these shortcomings, it is completely unnecessary to change the matchlock gun into a flintlock gun.
Claude was so angry that he was half-dead, but thinking about it carefully, Viricolo's words still made some sense. The development of the matchlock gun in the past six hundred years has almost reached its extreme. The complicated steps of firing the matchlock gun have been simplified into a few actions, just like Claude can fire two or three times in one minute if he moves quickly. However, the flintlock gun he trial-produced could not reach such speed. Firing once per minute was considered fast. The main problem was the flint striking the fire. If it failed to fire once, it was necessary to replace the hammer and lock, and check the medicine tank again. Then you have to aim again.
{} The modified matchlock gun is very practical and convenient, especially with the rear sight and sight, the shooting accuracy is greatly improved. Claude thought again and again, and simply modified his Obash II standard matchlock gun to look like this. Originally, I wanted to modify it into a flintlock gun, but now there is really no way to improve the flint strike, so I'll leave it like this for now.
Five days passed quickly, and Verricro went to the forest farm to pick up the gun on time. Seeing the match rope after successful modification