Tang Zuoxiang glanced at the photo and said, "You can make it a little longer and move the fire door a little forward, but the steel knife at the head of the bed is not used." Our butts are designed by adults. When we hit the ball, it hits our shoulder. Isn't this steel knife hurting ourselves?"

Chen Xin gave up the plan after hearing this, after all, he had never seen such an application.

The weight of a five-foot puffer fish is seven and a half pounds. In the Ming Dynasty, one catty was five hundred and ninety-six grams, four and a half catties, less than half of the rifle, and its diameter was the same as that of the Lumi gun. The Lumi Short Gun was only a quarter of the size of the musket. The full length of the Lumi musket was six to seven feet. This tube is much longer than that of the pufferfish, and Chen Xin's plan is to hit it with at least eight or nine yuan of buckshot. At the same time, the barrel does not need to be too long, and the filling speed will be faster. If the barrel is made of Fujian iron, it should meet the requirements for such ammunition.

According to Tang Zuoxiang, the double-layered barrel of the Land machine gun required huge special tools, which were two or three people high. Chen Xin didn't do this kind of thing, and he didn't plan to do it. The Rugi gun came from the Middle East and should have spread to Europe as well. Since Europe, which uses the most firearms, does not use this type of weapon, and most of them are flawed in terms of performance or cost and construction period, Chen Xin does not intend to take risks.

What he needed was cheap killing tools that could be produced quickly. The large barrel he now makes costs only two or three silver coins, and the price is not expensive. However, due to the speed of the barrel, according to Tang Zuoxiang, the steel used for the barrel is not excellent, and the loss is very large. After drilling for a long time, the barrel may overheat and deform. You have to wait for it to cool down and drill it again, so that you can drill the cut-off pipe for a month, so Chen Xin doesn't want to add other tool restrictions.

Tang Zuo looked at Chen Xin without saying a word. He asked carefully, "My lord, what shape do you decide, and what shape the villain is made?" ”

Chen Xin looked at him and said, "I'm not sure. I'm still going to make the original big stupid pig. The new rifle of the last production was heavier. If you try again, the machine gun will be made according to the machine gun made of the machine gun. Try a few more models. The barrel is three to four feet long, and for every additional inch a sample gun is made. Air diameters range from 5 inches to 7 inches. You arranged for someone special to test it. The weight of the gun should not exceed ten pounds, the length of the belt bed should not exceed five feet, at least a hundred steps should be able to kill an unarmed target, and seventy steps should be used to break armor. After the end of the trial, several suitable ones should be selected. Each one is to be used as a test piece for the gun team to fight the bandits. If the new gun is successfully prototyped, all participants will receive a prize money. The total amount should be set at 100 taels, to be apportioned and distributed by Mr. Liu. The rank and monthly salary of craftsmen can also be increased according to performance. ”

Tang Zuoxiang's eyes lit up. If the gun was built, he would be able to fix the house as soon as possible, and his family wouldn't have to huddle into that small room.

Tang Zuo looked at Mr. Chen, who had been paying more attention to firearms lately. He thought of something else and planned to rob some people to come over. He said to Chen Xin: "My lord, those women were taken away by Wang Huzi to wear armor. Otherwise, they should split up to help with the loading of ammunition. "He was talking about a new oil-paper stationary ammunition. It's not high-tech, but it's a change from the original bamboo tube.

"With so few birds and clumsy people, let them make their own bags!, and besides, the gunpowder maker you brought should bring some people to adjust the recipe. For all the new gun tests, we had to use our own gunpowder and have Zhang Erhui memorize the formula. Tang Zuoxiang didn't steal chickens, but he didn't want to come. He had to accept new things and stop talking nonsense.

After Tang Zuoxianghe and Shi Pingli left, Liu Min looked at Chen Xin and said, "Do you really want to do your grand plan for hegemony? Hundreds of rifles need to be considered for mass production. ”

Chen Xin smiled and said, "It's just self-preservation. In the future, we must arm the peasants and see who dares to beat people in Weihaiwei. ”

Liu Min sat down, looked at the roof and sighed: "It's really good now." The place is quiet. We go to Japan every year and make enough money. If you marry Miss Zhao, I will marry a wife. This mound is getting better and better. Tatars, when are we going overseas. If we can't go to Australia, it's always possible. ”

"Australia, IELTS is better. ”

In April this year, Chen Xin set sail for the five islands. The two cargo ships carried more than 80,000 taels of silver. There were more than 80 sailors on board. One was led by Wang Zugui and the other by Scarab. Chen Xin took six soldiers and practiced land command on the ship.

Because of the limited conditions on the ships in this era, this small navy has no military capacity to speak of, and it is still shirtless and loose as before. Chen Xin basically doesn't restrict it, as long as it's not fighting and playing with fire.

Chen Xin was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the two ships. Instead, he bypassed the northern part of Jeju Island and headed to a private port. Along the way, Skazzi and Wang Yong played an important role in piloting and stargazing. They are first-hand professors of the operation of both ships.

In early May, they came to the Li family's private port and met Li Guozhu again. This handsome guy is still personable, but the tail next to him, the cool new promising door, has never been seen.

Chen Xin stepped onto the dock and looked at the surrounding scenery. Almost the same as last year. The private port town is bigger.

Li Guozhu came up to greet Chen Xin, Song Wenxian and others. After seeing Song Wenxian and others following Chen Xin, he knew that Chen Xin had become the new captain. He looked at the sailors on the two ships and said with a smile, "Brother Chen, you haven't seen him for a year." His looks are still the same, and his subordinates are smarter. Congratulations. ”

Chen Xin bowed and saluted back: "Brother Li, it's the same. The more prosperous Hong Kong is, the more it deserves to be celebrated. ”

They laughed, and Song Wenxian and Scar came to see Li Guozhu. Although Chen Xin wanted to understand Xu Xinsu, they were not good at talking before. They followed Li Guozhu to the original house. After the meal, Li Guozhu took Chen Xin and Song Wenxian to sit down in backward places.

A maid cleared her hand and came to make tea. Lee didn't make her too complicated. She quickly waved the maid away. Song Wenxian reached out and took the purple sand teacup, took a sip, closed his eyes comfortably, and sighed: "If you don't come to Mr. Li's house, how can you drink such a good red robe?"

Li Guozhu said: "Mr. Song loves her. It's just her daughter's big red robe. If Mr. Song likes it, he will take some back.

Song Wenxian put down the teacup and said to Li Guozhu: "The north is not better than the south of the Yangtze River. A certain official in the Song Dynasty could not drink such good tea on weekdays. Even though the Chen brothers are now officials in thousands of households, they rarely drink. ”

Li Guozhu raised his eyebrows and congratulated Chen Xin: "It turns out that Brother Chen is already a thousand households. I don't know where he is. Chen Xin said a few words about Weihaiwei modestly, but Li Guozhu also knew that Wendeng Sanwei, the easternmost coastal area of Shandong, asked Chen Xin: "Brother Chen, do you have a private port?"

Chen Xin nodded: "There is a port called Mazigang. On the shore, it is also like Mr. Lee. Here, there is a marina under management. ”

"Chen Qianhu had hundreds of soldiers, and there were hundreds of peasants. If you want to go north, you can stop there and be safe. ”

Chen Xin and Song Wenxian cooperated to show their strength. Li Guozhu now has a new understanding of Chen Xin. In one year, he went from an accounting office to a family with two boatloads of people. Several of the soldiers around him were strong. They are completely different from the leisure of ordinary sailors. If there are still hundreds of soldiers, they can be used in the future.

Li Guozhu decided to take Chen Xin as an important helper. After chatting for a few words, he changed the topic and said to the two: "Brother Chen, Mr. Song, the goods are still conventional." I ate them all. If Brother Chen has more ships in the future, I can buy three ships a year, and if there are more, I won't be able to sell them. ”

Chen Xin was grateful. As long as he has 3 ships a year, a profit of at least 100,000 taels of silver, plus the return profit, his annual income is very considerable, and he does not have to pay taxes. He only needs to check the Shangguan of Denglai. Most of the high-ranking officials in the coastal areas of the Ming Dynasty were involved in maritime trade. However, the court was unable to make any profit from the profits of tens of millions of silver per year.

Li Guozhu asked again: "Is this time to take money or buy some goods?"

"Mr. Li, we want to buy some copper. ”

Li Guozhu was not surprised. He thought for a moment and replied, "Not much copper. The shogunate has restricted the outflow of gold and copper in recent years. I can give you a maximum of 20,000 catties, and only I can give you that much near Nagasaki. ”

Chen Xin and Song Wenxian were disappointed at the same time: "So little!"

Note: See the relevant project for the machine gun diagram

The price of Daming copper is about 8 cents per kilogram. According to the price of Daming, 20,000 catties of copper are only worth 1,600 taels. Even if you earn a good amount of wholesale copper, seven leads, and three times as much, you can only get two or three thousand taels if you earn more than twice as much. Chen Xin originally planned to buy at least 300,000 catties of copper, but now there is less than 10% left. Chen Xin and Song Wenxian glanced at each other, and their plans to make a fortune were greatly discounted. Li Guozhu looked at their appearance and explained: "Most of Japan's copper comes from Shijian Silver Mountain, commonly known as Japanese copper. Unrefined, contains some silver. Now there is too much gold, silver, and copper outflow, and the shogunate is limited. It's good to get 20,000 catties. Even silver. It turned out that the blown ruthenium was the purest color, but too much silver flowed out. A few years ago, a silver furnace was opened in Nagasaki to cast silver. Now, most of the silverware is bought for money and is of poor quality. ”

After hearing this, Chen Xin guessed that Li Guozhu was refined by himself and would not sell too much. He asked him, "Mr. Li, are there any other goods here?"

Li Guozhu smiled and said, "Brother Chen, since you have hundreds of soldiers, you need lead powder and Japanese swords. You can buy it back. The sulfur in Japan is greater than that of the Ming Dynasty. Although the profit is not much, the good thing is that there are many things that can be taken advantage of. ”

Li Guozhu also wants to sell watches. Chen Xin was not very interested in them. Although Mrs. Zhao sold all the watches she bought last year in January last year, the price was very low and there was almost no profit. If she sells slowly, the profit will only be a little more. Chen Xin was not interested in this. Japanese knives are very poor value for money. At least a few taels of silver. Even if it was made of steel in the Ming Dynasty, it did not exceed ten taels of silver. The Japanese blade is thin, and it cannot be used as an elegant formation.