Rebirth in America: Great Slave Owner Chapter 85

"Isa, you like this handkerchief so much!" Tangning couldn't help teasing as she watched Isabelle fold a silk handkerchief carefully and like a treasure.

"Of course I like it. Master, look at how beautiful the pattern on this handkerchief is, and do you know that in our tribe, such a handkerchief can be exchanged for two soldiers and prisoners!" Isabel said with emotion.

Tangning naturally knew that although he didn't know the value of silk in Africa, he knew how expensive it was in Europe and the United States, so if it was transferred to Africa, it would be extremely expensive. Just as Tangning was thinking about it, she suddenly saw Isabelle folded the handkerchief. After several layers, she carefully put it into her breast pocket. Seeing this scene, Tangning's mind suddenly flashed, and she thought of a good idea!

A few days later, New York-based Maxim received a long telegram from his boss, Tangning, to the effect of telling him to use silk fibers to make body armor.

"Use something as soft as silk to defend against bullets? How is this possible!" Mak Qin frowned and muttered to himself.

In fact, it is no wonder that Mark Qin thought so, because the bulletproof vests that appeared before this were all made of iron sheets, and even the earliest bulletproof vests were made by a bandit leader named Ned-Keley in Australia with the plows of the ploughing field. , A body armor weighs 44 kilograms. Although the wearer is inconvenient, it can effectively protect his torso and limbs. Of course, although the bullets of the police did not penetrate the bulletproof vests of Keely and the bandits, the hands and feet and other places where the bulletproof vests could not be protected were shot through by random guns, and they were finally caught by the police.

And this silk bulletproof vest is said to be the American physicist George Goodfarrow in 1881 who was unharmed after hearing that a businessman was shot. The reason was that the silk handkerchief he folded and put in his chest pocket blocked the bullet, so Tangning I get inspiration and associations when I see Isabelle folded silk handkerchiefs.

Goodfarrow wrote a paper titled "On the Ballistic Resistance of Silk" and began to try to use silk fibers to make body armor similar to medieval soft armor. Later, Kazmirz Ziegren, a young man who immigrated to the United States from Ukraine, also began to explore the mystery of soft body armor. In 1893, following the assassination of the mayor of Los Angeles, Zigren's first commercial body armor came out. This 4-layer body armor is approximately 3.2mm thick and is made entirely of silk fibers to withstand most low-velocity bullets of that era. To prove the effect of the body armor, Zigren personally put it on and did a test in Chicago, where a gunman shot himself at close range with a revolver, and the bullets were all blocked by the body armor.

Although Mark Qin had some doubts, he never discounted the boss's orders. Of course, he refused to let him go to the army to develop weapons last time, because he didn't want to invent that kind of weapons to beat his own family. In his opinion, no matter what Whether it's a northerner or a southerner are Americans, and Americans shouldn't hit Americans!

Although the bulletproof vest this time should also be regarded as an armament weapon, it is to protect people from harm after all, so Mark Qin felt that studying this thing did not violate his own principles, so he stopped the research on the automatic fire extinguisher in his hand and devoted himself to it. invested in the research and development of silk bulletproof vests.

But what Mark Qin didn't know was that Tangning didn't ask him to study body armor mainly for the Civil War. After all, the cost of this thing was too high, and it was impossible to equip every soldier. His main target market was those officials who cherished their lives. , billionaires and gangsters who are under fire all day long. Remember s:// for a second

Two months later, Tangning received a telegram from Mark Qin and learned that the silk bulletproof vest had been successfully trial-produced. It happened that he was tired of staying in London, so he came to New York to test the effect of the silk bulletproof vest and felt very satisfied. After that, the production methods and samples were sent to General Robert Leigh.

As a result, he received a telegram that made him feel a little helpless. In the telegram, General Li first thanked Tangning for all the support he had given to the Confederate Army. He also affirmed the effectiveness of the silk bulletproof vest, but then said that he was actually in the Confederate Army. What was lacking the most was quinine, because although there were many people in the northern army who got malaria, the southern army also got it. After all, many combat environments were very bad, but because the pharmaceutical factories that produced quinine were all in the north, the northern army could immediately get it. After getting treatment, the Confederate Army lacked medicines. Now in Richmond, the price of quinine had tripled and it was not easy to buy. Therefore, General Li hoped that Tangning could help find a solution.

To be honest, Tangning really didn't have a good solution. She could only ask someone to go to the black market to see if these guys who dared to do anything for money would dare to smuggle quinine to the south, but even if there was an estimate, it would be a drop in the bucket~www .mtlnovel.com~ Because this is still an issue of the industrial base in the final analysis, the Southern Army's foundation in this area is too thin, even if there is no problem with quinine, there will be problems in other areas.

At the same time, Tangning found Morgan with a body armor. At first, Morgan didn't believe that silk could defend against bullets, but after the test, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Oh my God! Tony, how did you make such a thing? , it's amazing! I didn't expect something as soft as silk to stop bullets!"

Tangning said proudly, "How about it, it's a good thing!" But then pretended to sigh, "Hey, the only pity is that the cost of this thing is too high, so it shouldn't sell well!"

Unexpectedly, Morgan immediately retorted: "What's wrong with the high cost? As long as it is easy to use, and no matter how expensive it is, it can be more expensive than your own life? Tony, you have to understand that this kind of thing is not sold to ordinary people, they also use it. If you can't use it, who can use this kind of body armor who is short of money? All they care about is whether it is easy to use or not!"

In fact, Tangning thought so too, because the money of the rich is the best way to make money, but he hoped that Morgan, a collaborator, would say such words.

After negotiating the cooperation matters of body armor, Morgan suddenly said to Tangning, "By the way, Tony, come to my house tonight, an old friend of yours wants to see you!"

"My old friend? Who is it?" Tangning asked curiously.

And Morgan replied mysteriously: "You'll know when the time comes!"

In the evening, Tangning arrived at Morgan's villa on time, and then saw a tall and beautiful familiar figure walking over, smiling and greeting her, "Mr. Tangning, long time no see!"

"Miss Julie, why are you here!" Tangning couldn't help exclaiming.

PS: Thanks to book friends "Master Bai" and "Yuanquan" for their support!

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