Chapter 49: Weapons of Terror
"I wonder what kind of equipment the guest officer wants to order? Is there a sample? As soon as Wu Zhi and Hu Sanniang entered the store and sat down, the boss asked diligently, and his small eyes kept looking at Hu Sanniang.
Hu Sanniang was originally a stunning beauty, and after experiencing this transformation, she is even more radiant, and even a man will inevitably take a few more looks.
"I don't have a sample, but I do have a drawing." After speaking, Wu Zhi spread the drawings in front of the boss.
The combination of revolver and gunpowder bullets is complete, and even if people of this era hold it in their hands, they will think that it is just a child's toy, so Wu Zhi did not hide it, and there was no need to hide it to arouse suspicion.
After the boss took the drawings and looked at them, he couldn't help frowning, it's not that Wu Zhi's drawings are too complicated, and the complex Wu Zhi doesn't have the ability to draw, in fact, the drawings drawn by Wu Zhi are very intuitive, ordinary people can understand them at a glance, and the reason why this boss frowned was because he felt that the "things" on the drawings were too strange.
Palm-sized things, with handles and holes, have to be installed in them...... What the hell is this?
"Old soup, old soup! Come and see if this thing can be made? The boss could not understand it, so he shouted loudly to the shirtless blacksmith who was striking the iron.
After listening to the boss's shout, Wu Zhi was faintly familiar in his mind, but he couldn't think of anything.
"Old soup! Don't fight yet, come with me!! β
The shirtless blacksmith was strikingly striking iron with a sledgehammer, and where could he hear the shopkeeper's call, but the shopkeeper had to approach the sparkling stove before he called the spotted shirtless blacksmith.
After the blacksmith approached, Wu Zhi hurriedly protected Hu Sanniang and shrank back, Wu Zhi is a very hygienic person, this blacksmith is covered in brown spots, maybe it is some kind of skin disease, Wu Zhi naturally has to take precautions.
The blacksmith didn't notice any of this when he came, he wiped his sweat, picked up the drawings on the table with a big grin, and looked at them with great devotion.
Halfway through, the blacksmith nodded his head and said, "Well, it is not difficult to pour and form the shape of the instrument with a mold, but these machine springs take a lot of thought!" β
After Wu Zhi listened to the blacksmith's words, he was overjoyed, this blacksmith could get to the point just by looking at the drawings, which showed that his level was not ordinary, and listening to his tone, it seemed that he could make it, how could Wu Zhi not be happy?
"Dare to ask the master, can you make it?" Wu Zhi asked in confirmation.
"Yes!" The blacksmith nodded cautiously, and then asked Wu Zhi, "What's the use of just playing this thing?" β
"Hehe, this master doesn't need to ask more, you just need to make it as perfect as possible for me." Wu Zhi chuckled lightly and asked, "I want to fight two, how long will it take to finish?" β
Wu Zhi has long calculated that the pistol is a big killer in this era, and the lethality of those bows, crossbows, darts and so on cannot be compared with the pistol at all, because the bullets fired by the pistol not only have strong penetrating power, but also have terrifying destructive power!
For example, if a watermelon is pierced by a bow or arrow or a dart, it will only break a hole at most, and if the watermelon is pierced by a bullet, the whole watermelon will be blown apart!
This is the destructive power of bullets, under normal circumstances, if the human body is hit by a bullet, not only the tissues at the wound will be destroyed, but also the organs and tissues around the wound within a certain range will be greatly damaged by the shock wave of the bullet!
And in those TV series in later generations, the protagonist was shot in the chest and was not unconscious, and he could still stand and speak, purely because the plot needed......
Therefore, such a terrifying thing Wu Zhi only needs two handfuls to suffice.
"It depends on how much money you pay, ten taels of silver is better than five taels!" Before the blacksmith could speak, the shopkeeper hastened to reply.
Wu Zhi didn't pay attention to the boss, he looked straight at the blacksmith, waiting for his answer, after all, the blacksmith is a professional.
"One day! One day is enough! The blacksmith said in a deep voice.
After listening to Wu Zhi, he was also a little surprised, he couldn't believe that this blacksmith could make it in a day, but looking at the confident eyes of the blacksmith, Wu Zhi swallowed his suspicions, maybe he had met a master!
"Good! One day at a time! Wu Zhi didn't talk nonsense, he turned his face to the boss and said, "Build two of these things, I'll give you fifty taels of silver, and I'll come to get it myself tomorrow." After speaking, Wu Zhi wiped out a few taels of silver from his body and gave it to the boss, which was regarded as a deposit.
"Come on! Guest officer, you will come on time tomorrow to pick it up, and it will definitely not be your ......."
After leaving the blacksmith shop, Wu Zhi, Hu Sanniang and others found another blacksmith shop, but Wu Zhi didn't come this time to make a pistol, he came to make a bullet case!
Although even if the bullet casings and pistols were made in a blacksmith shop, no one would necessarily think that this was a big killer, but if you are not afraid of 10,000, you are afraid of what happens, and Wu Zhi can't help but guard against it.
The bullet case is much simpler to make, directly melt the brass and pour the bullet case and warhead in the mold respectively, and Wu Zhi can take it back and fill the gunpowder himself, although it is a waste of copper money, but this is a drizzle for Wu Zhi.
However, the setting of the primer at the bottom of the bullet is a little fine, the gunpowder of this era is very rough, and the variety is also very single, Wu Zhi can not find the kind of flammable gunpowder that can catch fire after a hit, but it is also difficult for Wu Zhi, after some research and study, Wu Zhi fixed a small flint at the bottom of the bullet, so that the spark excited by the firing pin of the pistol can also ignite the gunpowder in the bullet!
As long as you can shoot bullets, you can shoot bullets.
After spending nearly fifty taels, Wu Zhicai was satisfied and pulled Hu Sanniang back, it was almost dusk at this time, but there were still people coming and going on the streets of Qingzhou City, and people couldn't help but talk about it again and again when they saw this man and woman openly holding hands and parallel on the street......
Although there are also some old pedants, fat aunts point and point out what is immoral and unorthodox; However, most people looked at Wu Zhi and Hu Sanniang with fresh, curious, and envious eyes...... Men are thinking about when they can have such a beautiful woman by their side to talk and laugh with themselves; And the women were thinking that it would be nice if their men could pull them like this without any scruples......
"What you want to build is your secret weapon that night? But why don't you make more? β
Wu Zhi pulled Hu Sanniang without the slightest unnaturalness, but Hu Sanniang was a little ashamed and happy when he was held by Wu Zhi on the street, seeing that everyone was looking at the two of them, Hu Sanniang had to find something to say to Wu Zhi.
"This ......"
Wu Zhi scratched his head, he didn't know how to answer.
In fact, if the pistol can be perfectly built tomorrow, with Wu Zhi's current financial resources, it will not be difficult to equip the three little ladies and Wu Songyun brother Xiao Rang Jiang Jing and others with a pistol.
But now Wu Zhi's old enemy in this era, Ximen Qing, has been solved by Wu Zhi, and if he defends himself on weekdays, as long as Wu Zhi has a gun on his body, he can naturally protect the three ladies; As for Wu Song and the others, they don't need Wu Zhi to worry about it, as long as they don't go to trouble others......
The biggest reason why I didn't dare to make more of this pistol was because Wu Zhi was afraid!
Because you can't control it, you'll be afraid!
The craftsmanship of the pistol is not too complicated, once the power and construction are leaked, it will definitely bring unprecedented disasters to this era!
The reason why society will progress, has always relied on the continuous development of the productive forces, rather than the change of dynasty triggered by strong force, although the Great Song Dynasty has all kinds of drawbacks, but the prosperity of industry and commerce is unprecedented, such a society with the continuous development of productive forces, if it is given a stable environment, then the final will inevitably bring about a gradual change in the relations of production, thus affecting the superstructure...... Ultimately, this leads to the constant adaptation of the system.
Wu Zhi has read a lot, but he is not naΓ―ve, and some basic social knowledge is still understood.
If the pistol, a "weapon of mass destruction" for ancient times, is understood by the world, then there will inevitably be careerists who can easily conquer cities and even overthrow the Song Dynasty with this "advanced weapon"!
Even if the Song Dynasty cannot be overthrown, it will lead to wars everywhere, the lives of the people will be ruined, and the good times will be ruined!
It's not that Wu Zhi has "persecution paranoia", in retrospect, wasn't the prosperous Great Song Dynasty in his previous life perished under the strong iron cavalry of the Mongolian army? The Mongol iron cavalry was an unstoppable "advanced weapon" for the Song Dynasty, and what did this bring after the demise of the "advanced weapon"?
Is it progress? Stability? Prosperity? Rich and strong?
Neither!
It is the destruction of the productive forces, the extinction of prosperity, and the decay of culture!
It is the germination of the backward nomadic and small-scale peasant economy replacing the advanced industrial and commercial capital economy, and it is also a great retrogression of history!
Of course, Wu Zhi is afraid of coming and going, or is he afraid that his extravagant little life will be ruined...... The richer a person is, the more he wants his country to be strong and stable.
Therefore, when Wu Zhi does not have the ability to control this "weapon of mass destruction" for the time being, the best thing to do is to secretly hide two for self-defense by himself!
After Wu Zhi slowly came into contact with the characters who affected the "superstructure" of the Great Song Dynasty, or Wu Song had grown into the pillar of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Zhi would consider improving the equipment with pistols or other weapons of later generations!
Of course, even at that time, it must be a secret equipment, and it must be a descendant army that is absolutely loyal to the Great Song Dynasty and can be fully trusted by Wu Zhi......
All of this is still too far away for Wu Zhi, and at the moment he has not been able to send Wu Song into the army, in case his operation fails, let alone the unification of China by the armed forces, I am afraid that in eighteen or nineteen years, Wu Zhi will not even be able to keep the Northern Song Dynasty!
Although the Jurchen Jin State is now only a subject state of the Liao Dynasty, with the rise of the Wanyan family, when the Jin State attacks, not only Bianjing City is broken, the two emperors of the Great Song Dynasty are captured, and the entire Shandong is also the territory of the Jin State!
Thinking of this, Wu Zhi looked around at the bustling people, listening to all kinds of laughter, he couldn't help but grit his teeth secretly, since he had crossed over, then whether it was success or failure, he had to let it go and give it a try!
"That kind of hidden weapon is too dangerous, you better not use it!" smiled at Hu Sanniang seriously, and Wu Zhi didn't say anything more.
Hu Sanniang nodded as if she didn't understand, and didn't ask anymore, she knew that although Wu Zhi was obsessed with her all day long, he was by no means an irresponsible person, and he was a person worthy of complete trust.