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Li Zicheng was speechless, he definitely can't join Catholicism for the time being, he not only has Gao Guiying, the wife in his mind, but also Sun Mengjie, Chen Qiudie, Song Yulian The three women, should they be sent to the fruit building? Just kidding, besides, killing is not allowed in doctrine, he is a soldier, how can there be no killing, Mao Taizu is half right, "If people offend me, I will offend others", in a special period, if people don't offend me, I will also offend people, there may only be one chance, if you miss this opportunity, it is impossible to protect yourself in the future.

After pondering for a moment, Fang said, "Mr. Tang, I can't join Catholicism for the time being!" ”

John Tang suddenly showed extreme disappointment, "Mr. Li, if you refuse to join Catholicism, how can you persuade others to join Catholicism?" ”

"Mr. Tang doesn't know," Li Zicheng naturally couldn't say that he couldn't give up his wives, "I'm a soldier, and a soldier needs to fight, and if I fight, I will be killed, so I can't join Catholicism for the time being," and paused: "If one day, I am disarmed and returned to the field, maybe I will join Catholicism and beg God for forgiveness for my sins." ”

"A just war is not called killing, Mr. Li doesn't have to worry!"

Li Zicheng then remembered that although religion prevailed in Europe, wars were no less than those in the East, and there were many territorial disputes between small countries, and even for a queen and lover, the most extreme battles could occur, and wars were almost the norm, so didn't believers have to fight? It turned out that the Europeans themselves did not follow the doctrine very well, or rather, only when they needed it.

Or are they so powerful that they take the role of religion to the extreme, ruling over the people and carrying out wars and plunders as they please.

But Li Zicheng is still not ready to join Catholicism, at least not now, if necessary, at a certain critical pole, he can join in himself, in order to play an effective role.

"Mr. Tang, I am a soldier, not only to ensure the safety of the people, but also to protect the safety of the people and the church," he breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "In the future, if there is an illegal incident against the people, I can act as an outsider to suppress the rioters, if I join the church, and then I want to suppress the mob, the nature will be different, maybe it is a conflict between the church and the non-church, for the Ming Dynasty, Catholicism is a foreign religion after all, as a soldier, I have to prepare early," Seeing that John Tang was very disappointed, he comforted: " If needed, at some point in the future, I will join the Catholic Church. ”

For John Tang, this is already a rare result, so he no longer forced Li Zicheng to join the church.

Next, Li Zicheng naturally mobilized soldiers and government officials to widely publicize it among the people, and purchased a courtyard in the southeast corner of the city, near the center, which was slightly modified and used as the first Catholic church in Xining.

When the church was built, Li Zicheng did not want to save money to buy a house, but the Han people who first joined the church were probably mainly ordinary people, and the church was built in a residential area to facilitate the people to go to the church for mass.

After three days, the number of people who joined the church was extremely unsatisfactory, only two old people joined the church, Li Zicheng thought about it, and still felt that he would use the silver bullet offensive to start with the elderly and children.

The soldiers put up notices in the city, all the children who joined the church, accompanied by their fathers and mothers, went to the church gate two days later, and could get a candy, and the old people could get a piece of flour of no less than two catties, the only condition was that they were registered as parishioners, and in their free time, they needed to enter the church to disperse, listen to the clergy preach, and when they entered the church in the future, God would have irregular gifts.

In this way, the money spent is not much, and it can have a sensational effect, Li Zicheng also has a calculation, Tang Ruowang owes him a favor, and let him do things in the future, there is no reason to prevaricate.

Han people, especially poor Han people, are always greedy for small and cheap, when the time comes, sure enough, there are hundreds of old people and children, join the army of free collection, they are originally idle, run a trip, you can get some of the food they want for free, why not?

Because there were too many people, there was a long queue at the entrance of the church, and the order was a little chaotic, Li Zicheng sent several soldiers to help maintain order, and left two personal soldiers to help John Tang register these old and weak parishioners, and then left the church and went to the craftsman's workshop.

He was most concerned about the M1841 rifle.

When Fang Zhi saw Li Zicheng, he hurriedly came out and bowed: "The grass people knock to see the adults!" ”

"Get up," Li Zicheng had no time to deal with these false courtesies, "How about it, can you make a detonator#?" ”

"My lord, we tried it, and it should be possible," Fang Zhi turned around, went to the inner room, and took out a cardboard bag, "My lord, please see, this is a paper shell bullet made by us, but it lacks a copper warhead." ”

Li Zicheng took it and took a look, it was much larger than the metal bullet case, and the preliminary visual inspection showed that the length was at least twice that of the metal bullet case, "Why is there no warhead?" Is it a casting problem? ”

"Back to my lord, the grass people have been busy making detonators and casting during this time, and there should be no problem with the body of the gun in the future and handing it over to the blacksmith."

"That's good," there is no topic that can never be overcome, Li Zicheng put his mind at ease, "How long do you estimate it will take to make a complete fire # gun?" ”

"The barrel and body of the gun still need to be polished......" Fang Zhi thought for a moment before he said: "It is estimated that it will take ten days, once the first fire # gun is created, the grass people will notify the adults in time!" ”

"I believe in you, but don't be too anxious, focus on qualification," Li Zicheng turned back to He Xiaoxiao and said, "Reward twenty taels of silver." ”

He Xiaomi hesitated for a moment, but still took out the silver from his pocket and handed it to Fang Zhi.

Fang Zhi was so frightened that he fell to his knees, "My lord, this is all within the grass people's business, the grass people, etc...... That's a lot of silver! "There are only six firearms makers now, and on a per capita basis, they are all more than three taels, which is more than half a year's salary.

"Give it to you, take it, this is the result of your efforts, you as the leader, take five taels, and the rest of the people, three taels each," Li Zicheng said: "However, my words are ahead, everyone works together, if anyone has any discoveries and experiences, but they are hiding their armpits, this Lord will not spare them!" ”

"The grass people don't dare!" The gunsmiths knelt down together in thanksgiving.

"Get up," Li Zicheng smiled slightly, "I need you to hurry up, and I need you to produce qualified guns, if there are defective scraps, just wait to get out!" ”

"The grass people don't dare!"

Fang Zhi was secretly glad, fortunately he did not leave the craftsman's workshop, five taels of silver, maybe he would not be able to earn so much in his life, he also secretly swore in his heart, even if he worked overtime, he would also produce the guns that adults needed as soon as possible, who would dare not do his best in the future, without the orders of adults, Lao Tzu would drown him with a foaming core.

Li Zicheng came to the blacksmith workshop, Liu Fang was busy casting something, the molten iron emitted a huge amount of heat, his forehead was sweating, seeing Li Zicheng and his party coming, he screamed and shouted that the brothers hurried to come and visit.

Li Zicheng waved his hand, "No need to be polite, you are busy with yours, don't wait for the molten iron to be cold." ”

"Yes, sir!"

The craftsmen just got up and got busy.

Li Zicheng found that what Liu Fang was casting was the M1841 rifle, only to see Liu Fang pour the red-hot molten iron on a flat iron plate, wait for the molten iron to cool, and then use an iron hammer to hammer it flat, hammer it thin, and then polish it.

However, when this new iron plate is rolled into an iron pipe, the gap between the joints is uneven and needs to be re-polished.

In the slender iron pipe, you can only wrap the same thing as cotton with iron bars, while the iron pipe has not yet cooled, it is relatively soft, and it is polished in the pipe, but this is not only difficult, but also time-consuming and laborious, Li Zicheng frowned, such work efficiency is really too low, how can it be mass-produced if you want to use this method to make guns in the future? Unless there is a large amount of manpower, but this is impossible, Xining has a total population of only 100,000 people, all of which are used to make guns, so who will produce food?

After thinking for a moment, Li Zicheng called Liu Fang and said, "Did you cast utensils like this before?" ”

"It's all like that, my lord, what's wrong with that?"

"Ao, then the imperial court makes fire # guns and artillery, and does it also polish iron pipes like this?"

"The grass people have never been to Jingshi, but Xi'an has been, and they do the same......"

Li Zicheng was speechless, no way, in the era of handicraft, it still depends on the craftsmanship of craftsmen, not to mention efficiency, it can be manufactured according to the requirements, it is thank God, but he has come to this world, and he has to make some changes, at least let Xining make some changes, maybe Xining in the future will become the starting point of Daming's "industrial revolution # life".

"Liu Fang, do you think this will work, first cast a mold according to the size, polish the mold smooth, and then pour red-hot molten iron into the mold, and when the molten iron cools down, the barrel will be completed!"

"Mold?" The exile thought about it for a long time, and then he had some realization, "My lord is saying that in this way, as long as you polish the mold once, you can make a large number of barrels once and for all?" ”

"Yes, that's what it means!" Li Zicheng praised it, this Liu Fang's brain is still relatively good, and he can understand it at all.

"Why didn't the grass people think of it?" Liu Fang's eyes showed a strange light, but he scratched the back of his head with his hand, "How did the adults come up with it?" ”

"It doesn't matter how you think of it, the key is to improve the speed on the premise of ensuring quality," Li Zicheng said with a smile: "How about it, can this improve the speed of casting on a large scale?" It's kind of like 'sharpening the knife and not chopping wood', haha......"

"My lord, it's really, the grass people are going to design the mold!"

Li Zicheng thought that these processes have been tested on the battlefield, there should be no problem, the key is the material, I don't know if the iron quality is passable, so he said: "Liu Fang, don't be too anxious, wait for this gun to be manufactured, let the firearms craftsmen test the gun, and you will not be too late to cast the mold." ”

"Yes, my lord, the grass people hurry up and make this fire # gun."

"Liu Fang, there is one more point," Li Zicheng decided to teach him the knowledge and concepts that he could use at one time, "In the future, everyone does not need to make a complete gun for the sake of making fire # guns, as long as they are responsible for a part, so that they can quickly raise their hands to mature hands!" ”

Liu Fang was stunned for a moment, thinking that Li Zicheng was starting from the perspective of secrecy, so he hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Yes, my lord, the grass people understand!" ”