It has been half a month since the Hu family was confiscated, and the Hu family's arsenal has officially settled in Pingli Fort.

On this day, Pingli Fort can be officially operated and start to build weapons, as the supreme leader of Pingli Fort, of course, Qin Yiming is going to come over to inspect and condole, so it is extremely important for the maintenance of his image and status, and he has a more important purpose.

"Let me introduce to you, this young and promising, handsome, tall and mighty young man is our Lord Qin of the De'an Thousand Households!" The little monkey introduced it in a heavy manner, surrounded by new craftsmen and technicians, who were a little timid, and immediately knelt down when they heard that it was the Lord of the Thousand Households.

"Everyone get up, Steward Hu, in the future, this iron workshop will be taken care of by you, you have to pay close attention to production, you can't be lazy!" Qin Yiming ordered.

Steward Hu was still very scared, after all, he was a person who had mixed with Hu Shoucai, at this time, hearing Qin Yiming use himself so much, his heart was extremely moved, and he swore and said: "I, Hu someone, must serve the adults and horses, and die!" ”

What Qin Yiming doesn't believe in the most is this set, but the play to be played on the surface still has to be acted.

"Well, good, I could have killed you, but the past is over, and it will be up to you to see how you perform in the future. Let me ask you, how many birds could you have produced in a year before? Qin Yiming asked.

"That's enough to produce 100 pieces a year!" Steward Hu replied very proudly, but he didn't expect Qin Yiming to be unhappy, and his heart trembled again, and he was used to slumping.

"My lord, this is already very powerful, it is the firearms bureau of the Ming Dynasty, tens of thousands of people can only produce 10,000 guns a year, and now the court has no money, and the muskets have been discontinued, we are such a small number of people, it is already very extreme to produce more than 100 guns!" Steward Hu explained that although he was apprehensive in his heart, he still mustered up the courage to talk to the new master with a smiling face, and he didn't understand the temper of the new master.

Qin Yiming didn't have any concept about this, so he didn't say anything. He took out a sketch, a sketch of a gun invented by Zhao Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty, put it on the table, and asked, "Come and see, can this gun be produced?" ”

Steward Hu said to the people below: "Master Tian, Master Shan, you two are veterans, you two go and have a look?" ”

Two slightly older people came out of the pile, and they stared at the drawings given by Qin Yiming.

"Lord Qin, this Master Tian is our master... Phew, it's Hu Shoucai's master who stole it from the Firearms Bureau, this master is a good hand at configuring **, and the two of them are our ...... The soul of our firearms workshop, as long as they are there, I think as long as it is a bird gun, it will not be a problem, this Master Tian said that he can even build Lu Mi Gong, but it is too time-consuming to build this Lu Mi Gong, so ...... "Steward Hu introduced his two experts on the side.

Master Shan stared at the drawings and suddenly said, "Wonderful! Replace the arquebus with flint and steel, so that you don't have to worry about the weather, and the preparation steps are greatly reduced, which increases the speed of shooting, but there are some points that are somewhat debatable. ”

"Oh? What do you think needs to be improved? Qin Yiming asked, he didn't know very well whether the picture he drew could be understood, nor did he remember very clearly how Zhao Shizhen drew the diagram of the electric switch, but he was clear about the principle, this electric switch was improved by Zhao Shizhen according to the Vulcan gun and the Fran machine gun.

"Well, it's really exquisite, this gun is divided into two parts, the child and the mother are separated, if you prepare enough guns before shooting, the shooting speed will be able to reach an unprecedented level, it is comparable to the rate of fire of a bow and arrow, there is no need to change, this is already perfect!" Master Tian was intoxicated by himself, they didn't take care of Qin Yiming's heart at all, and the feeling of being ignored directly was really a little uncomfortable.

"I've never seen this before, it's wonderful! It's just that it's a bit troublesome to do, especially the hardness of this gun, if you don't get it right, it may explode. ”

The two masters began to discuss it themselves, and they all had such a common problem when they were engaged in design, and they were easy to indulge in and get carried away.

"You two old boys are enough, as soon as you see the drawings, you get carried away, and you are drunk on your own, right?" Steward Hu scolded beside him, now that he has a new master, he has not yet figured out the temper of this new master, and he must be angry in his heart if he is so neglected.

Qin Yiming laughed dryly twice and said, "Hehe, it's okay, it's okay!" ”

"Excuse me, my lord, where did the idea come from?" Old man Tian asked.

Qin Yiming is very strange, isn't this the invention of the deceased Ming expert Zhao Shizhen, why don't these people in the industry know? But thinking about it, he was also relieved, many of Zhao Shizhen's inventions were not actually produced, only Lu Mi Gong was produced by the Ming Dynasty, and it also played a great role when Yuan Chonghuan guarded Ningyuan City, as for Zhao Shizhen's military work "Artifact Spectrum", I am afraid that it was also shelved by the Ming Dynasty, Qin Yiming can see it after hundreds of years, and it is almost impossible to see such a thing in this era.

"Ask so much nonsense, Master Qin asked if you can create it, you don't care whose idea is it, this was taken out by Lord Qin, of course it was invented by Lord Qin, Lord Qin is young and promising, extremely smart, inventing this thing is not the same as playing!" Steward Hu reprimanded the two masters beside him while complimenting his new master.

The little monkey stared at Steward Hu, and his heart was active: This old boy is more powerful than my little monkey, it's really hateful!

"Yes!" "Yes, we can!" Both old men nodded firmly.

Qin Yiming was happy to hear this, and said: "Very good, when you build the first electric switch, I will reward you with ten taels of silver per person in the arsenal!" ”

"Thank you, Lord Qin!" Steward Hu immediately smiled flatteringly, he has served people for many years, and he is experienced, if you want to have a status in the master's heart, the first thing is to show your face in front of the master more and talk to the master more, so that the master will have a memory of you.

The days passed day by day, Qin Yiming was busy every day, he almost forgot an important thing, and then Sun Shirui came to Pingli Fort to find him, he saw Sun Shirui and remembered, that is, he promised to destroy Ying Shanzhai, in fact, Sun Shirui did not mention this matter, he would have to destroy Ying Shanzhai sooner or later, mainly because he took a fancy to the horses of Ying Shanzhai, there are more than 300 horses in Ying Shanzhai, this is the family goods that Er Mazi has accumulated over the years of wandering the rivers and lakes, he does not take it for nothing, and captures Ying Shanzhai, He can make a windfall again.

However, at present, the biggest constraint factor for Pingli Fort is still people, the population is too small, the population base is small, and the corresponding military resources are very limited, with the current number of thousands of households, if he tries his best to fish, it is estimated that he can dig out about 2,000 soldiers at most, but he can't do this, now he has about 500 troops, plus more than 300 people on Ma Qianhu and Yang Yanshi's side, and the entire Qianhu has a total of less than 1,000 troops.

Now there is no shortage of food, but there is a shortage of people!

However, he also had an unexpected surprise, that is, the value that sweet potatoes brought to him, sweet potatoes are not a rare thing in Pinglibao, but this thing is sweet but not greasy, many people like to eat but can't eat it, Xu Zhen'er moved her mind, she went to Pinglibao to buy sweet potatoes at a high price, and then sold them at a high price, for which Qin Yiming earned more than 10,000 taels of silver, and Xu Zhen'er also made a lot. Qin Yiming heard that Xu Zhen'er sold sweet potatoes at a price that was more expensive than rice, so it can be imagined.