Chapter 413 Cognitive Interference Again
"Do you think I intend to recruit them into the expedition as Skitarii? No, I intend to recruit them as workers."
This was somewhat beyond Alexei's expectations: "But they are going to take revenge?"
"Revenge is revenge, fighting is fighting, and laying railroad tracks is also revenge for Nora." Hughes changed the subject and said, "And I think the most important thing to do when training a new soldier is to make him a worker first."
Alexei thought for a moment, then said thoughtfully: ".Holy Scripture?"
"Yes, this is also the idea behind the compilation of the Skitarii's holy codex. The holy codes carried by the Skitarii are not written randomly. The basic industrial knowledge is the cornerstone of solid cognition."
Do mortals need stable cognition?
Hughes had not been too worried before, after all, Castel had not experienced any pollution since the soap incident.
On the one hand, it was because of the careful precautions everywhere, and on the other hand, it was because Castel's education level was indeed quite high.
But just because Castel can do it doesn't mean others can do it.
News came from Blood Harbor two days ago that the new army formed by the prince encountered cognitive interference.
Hughes exported a batch of rifled rifles in stock to Blood Harbor. This weapon was only slightly more advanced than the Imperial musket, except that it had an additional Minié bullet. It was not much different from the musket in terms of operation or specific appearance.
Then the pollution came down.
The cause was that a soldier, on a whim, stuffed the Minié bullet into the barrel of the gun without sealing it properly - this saved a step, and since it was stuffed into the barrel anyway, as long as the cleaning rod was pressed tightly, there was a high probability that it would be able to fire.
It's just that the sealing becomes worse, some gunpowder is wasted, and the range and power are shortened.
The soldier then told the others what he had found.
That would be fine, if everything ended there, it would just be an ordinary misuse and would not cause cognitive interference.
The key point is that several craftsmen who were involved in disassembling rifles contacted the soldiers of the Harbor Guard privately.
The prince once summoned craftsmen to study the weapons given by Castel, and disassembled them on the spot to see their principles.
But the craftsmen told the prince that it was impossible to produce it in large quantities, so the prince gave up the idea of imitating it.
Just because it can’t be made in large quantities doesn’t mean it can’t be hand-rubbed.
Not only were muskets used in the military, but craftsmen also often made them privately and sold them to others.
This behavior violates imperial law, but...the queen is gone, so who cares?
The craftsman who disassembled the rifle thought he had found a way to make money, so he secretly contacted the new army trained by the prince, hoping to learn the specific shooting operations in order to reversely infer the functions of each part.
Not only did he secretly note down the dimensions of each part, he also worked out the functions of each part—and that's where the problem occurred.
It has to be said that this craftsman has a craftsman spirit. After some research, he actually figured out a process that can justify itself:
Minié bullets are a substitute for lead bullets and are prefabricated in advance for immediate use.
But since he didn't know that the rear of the Minié bullet needed to be sealed with cork, he had no idea what the rifling was used for.
So he went to inquire about the Crusaders.
The Crusader Army was naturally attached to the church. It was no secret that Castel had an Imperial Church of Truth. The craftsman pondered for a while and suddenly realized: This is a blessing from God! The rifling runs through the entire barrel, which means that the blessing is given as the bullet flies forward.
The rifling has a rotating arc, which means it surrounds the entire bullet without any blind spots.
The craftsman was also very cautious. He even went to the Secret Order to inquire about it. It was said that this organization also had an unclear relationship with Castel, but now it has been cleansed from being a cult, and Castel has specifically denied the teachings of the Secret Order.
As we all know, the more the authorities deny something, the more it proves that it is right.
The teachings of the secret order were certified by Castel.
——If it’s not right, why did Castel specifically mention it? The logic is closed, everything is right.
The secret society will face this and ask if the rifle has been blessed by the craftsman. Of course, it is! Every bullet has been blessed by my master. It is hard to say whether the empire has truth, but the earl must have it.
Rifled rifle? That's just a general blessing. Look at the Gatling gun, six barrels, six times the blessing, just like a banshee has six hands. Six must be the Earl's holy number.
The craftsman was almost converted on the spot.
After a round of verification, the craftsman who found that everything was done perfectly was convinced: this rifle is so powerful because of the rifled bullets.
He tried to make one, and was disappointed to find that the range and power were far from what the prince had said. However, this was normal, after all, the rifling he carved was definitely not as pious as that made by Castel.
It is normal that the bullet has less power if the rifling is not pious.
This even matched his perception, and there was no doubt that a step was missing.
Due to lack of basic knowledge, he didn't know that if the cork that seals the bullet was missing, all the gunpowder would be wasted in the air gap.
Such firm cognition and such blasphemous thoughts naturally caused cognitive interference.
Fortunately, he did all this secretly. In order to avoid being discovered, he conducted the test firing in the wilderness.
This also caused some land to be polluted and eroded, and many wild animals became ferocious due to the pollution, such as an entire population of coyotes - who were later taken in by the banshees and became fashionable pets.
Castel's fries stand was damaged due to the Blood Harbor craftsman's foolish thinking, and the investigation report on this matter is still on Hughes' desk.
The butterfly effect is nothing more than this.
"So, the most important thing in war is still learning." Zeus slumped in the chair with a tired expression on his face.
"I see." Alexei nodded. "No wonder you let the members of the secret society work as workers first. There is actually such a deep meaning behind it."
"Also, I have figured out the messy personality cult of the Secret Order. Instead of asking them to change their beliefs, it is better to teach them physics and chemistry. With more knowledge, they will realize that their Count Hughes is just as insignificant in front of these things."
Hughes spread his hands and said, "If you don't know math, then you don't know it. It's no use praying to me because I don't know it either."
Alexei's eye twitched.
"This solves the problem, not only can we recruit members of the Secret Order, but also solve the problem of too many people signing up for the expeditionary force."
"Uh, Lord, it seems that the problem has not been solved yet. The 135% reported by our islanders"
"Let's draw lots. It's exactly one out of ten. Write this into the expeditionary army's conscription law and call it the Eleven-Drawing Law."
(End of this chapter)
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