City Titan, Iron Kingdom
Fortunately, reverse-engineering black powder and flint mechanisms without proper chemical knowledge was incredibly difficult.
The Frankish blacksmiths would likely blow themselves up a few times before they got the ratio right.
Ragnar had to create weapons that had a higher firing rate and precision, which would also be able to fire over a longer distance, before the Franks finished their copies.
But without proper rifling machines to carve spiral grooves into the iron barrels, Ragnar had to find another way to bypass this hurdle, and until then he had to produce some alternative equipment to deal with any possible crises.
And with Louis the Stammerer's new steam-powered machinery, he had the confidence in achieving this. Now, as long as Ragnar could draw the design, Louis would be able to process the object he wanted to create accurately.
Furthermore, the efficiency of City Titan had reached an extraordinary level.
