The money in his hand gradually increased, and Li Zhe naturally became active.

On this day, Li Zhe took Hu Shi to the manor outside the city, which covers an area of more than 700 acres of land, which is of course large in later generations, but at this time it is just ordinary, there are 100 tenants in the Zhuangzi, and half of them are local Tianzhu people.

Master Zhang's apprentice's name is Tian Liu, which should mean the sixth in the family, and he is also a mixed race of Song and Tianzhu people, Li Zhe saw him and asked:

"Is the fire gun I told you to make?"

"Back to the master, it's all already built,"

Tian Liu is now Li Zhe's indentured servant, the ownership is already owned by Li Zhe, and he naturally has great respect for Li Zhe, he is now being transferred to Li Zhe, to some extent, he can be regarded as a teacher, the young craftsman is the first time to independently host a stall, of course, he hopes to show his skills and use his skills to win a better position for himself, and he can live more comfortably here.

And his greatest value is to build muskets.

He said to Li Zhe: "I have already thoroughly understood the pattern given by the master, and it is similar to the flintlock handcuff that Master Zhang has beaten, but the barrel is longer and the materials are more elegant. ”

That's right, the pattern Li Zhe gave him was a revolver flintlock pistol of later generations, and the flintlock pistol actually existed at this time, but because the firing rate was too low, it was not as good as the arquebus.

However, Li Zhe chose to let him try to use the best spring steel to make shrapnel to properly increase the firing rate of the flintlock gun machine, and the experience of later generations shows that such technological progress must be achieved with the long-term large-scale progress of metal technology, but if the cost is not considered, then a small amount of fine products should still be feasible.

After a while, Tian Liu brought an extremely exquisite flintlock pistol to Li Zhe, which was a sample created by Tian Liu according to Li Zhe's pattern during this period of time, and it already looked very similar to the pistol in Li Zhe's memory in later generations. It's just that this gun is the same as other craftsmen who advocate luxury in this era, and it is also carved with many exquisite patterns. It looks more like a work of art than a regular pistol.

"Sir, please look at the bolt I made, I have tried it, and the firing rate has indeed increased a lot."

After that, Tian Liu hesitated for a moment, and then spoke again, "However, if the master really wants to build this flintlock pistol often, then it is best to find a suitable clockmaker or locksmith to do this bolt part, those people are professional in doing this, and it must be faster and better than me to make the bolt." ”

Li Zhe took the bolt made by Tian Liu, the shape is indeed ingenious, it is made by imitating the principle of brackets used by watchmakers to make clocks, in this era, it can only be made by hand, and every part must be just tightly fitted in order to exert the greatest effect. The most expensive thing on this is the reed, and the biggest obstacle to the firing rate of the flintlock gun is the charging function of the reed, which can give the maximum force to the striking iron, so that the striking iron can hit the core with the flint at the maximum speed, thereby triggering a spark and igniting the gunpowder in the cauldron.

In this era, this complex fine structure is an extremely delicate thing, there is no CNC machine tool in this era, only the most delicate handicraft of the group of people can quickly and well manufacture the finished product, Tian Liu said is actually very reasonable.

More than professional gunsmiths, watchmakers and locksmiths were the leaders of precision metal machining in this era.

However, if Li Zhe finds another watchmaker who specializes in making bolts, it will definitely affect the importance of Tian Liu in Li Zhe's mind, so he can take the initiative to say this kind of thing, which shows that he is also thinking about the main family, and it seems that he is also a sincere person.

Li Zhe took the sample pistol made by Tian Liu, and went to his backyard to test fire, the range of this handgun does not need to be far, as long as it is about ten meters of accuracy, and the pistols of later generations are basically like this.

After loading the gun with bullets and medicine according to the procedure, aiming at Li Zhe holding the pistol and aiming at the bullseye ten meters away, holding both hands at the same time can barely maintain the center of gravity of this pistol, and then pulling the trigger, with a bang, Li Zhe's wrist shook violently, and a cloud of green smoke came out, and then looked forward, hey! Unexpectedly, this shot really hit the target.

Li Zhe stepped forward to take a look, and it seemed that it felt like a projectile the size of a pigeon's egg had been embedded deep into the wooden target, and a hole the size of a cup was punched in the target.

Such power, if it hits a person, no matter how strong and iron-clad he is, it will be a rotten end. Of course, Li Zhe is satisfied with this kind of power.

Moreover, the revolver flintlock pistol made by Li Zhe has many advantages over the arquebus, because it does not have to use a lit fire to ignite and fire, and has a variety of safety devices, so a reloaded revolver flintlock pistol can be safely hidden on the body and can be fired at any time.

And there is no doubt that the rate of fire of the revolving flintlock pistol is several times higher than that of the arquebus, and the shooting steps of the musketeers will be much simplified, and if you want to increase the density of fire faster, you can also make two-, three-, and multi-barreled revelry firing guns, which have high development potential. In later generations, there were also revolvers that could be hidden in the sleeves of their clothes and fixed to the arm to fire, probably the earliest recorded guns used by agents.

Li Zhe took this gun again, and had a good time in the backyard, tom tom, one after another loud noises, stirring up the chickens and ducks raised in the manor are not good to lie down, and they are frightened to run around, such a feat like a demon king in the world, so that everyone dares to be angry and dare not speak.

After practicing the gun, Uncle Li was full of pride,

"Okay, good fight, Tian Liu, good style!"

For the merits of the people under his hands, Li Zhe never hesitated to praise him verbally.

Na Tian Liu was praised by Li Zhe like this, and he only knew to touch his head and laugh.

"Come, Hu Shi?" Li Zhe said again.

"In!"

"Take ten yuan and give it to Tian Liu, from now on, Tian Liu will be the head craftsman in our family."

As soon as Li Zhe's words came out, the onlookers in the village were shocked, the head of the craftsman in the village, as the name suggests, is the head of all the craftsmen in the family, in the small society of Li Zhe's Zhuangzi, not only the status has been improved, but the treatment has also been greatly improved.

Tian Liu was a newcomer, and he was still a mere apprentice, and he was young at a young age, so he was entrusted to such a position by Li Zhe, which sounded like a fantasy at first.

Even Tian Liu made a fine product like a revolver, and he shouldn't be rewarded like this all at once?

The other farmers in the village were full of envy, and they all looked at Tian Liu with envy or jealousy.

Tian Liu himself scratched his head honestly, and opened his mouth again and again to excuse himself.

"No, you don't! Tian Liu, you deserve it. In my Zhuangzi, there will be rewards for meritorious service, and punishment for mistakes, and if you make achievements, you should be rewarded! If others are not angry, if they have made achievements like yours, I will do the same. ”

The young men in the village were excited, they didn't expect that doing this blacksmith work could be so valued by the master, not to mention the position of the craftsman, just ten yuan of money, that is also a huge amount of money for these ordinary dealers!

Li Zhe's eyes had already seen that the farmers were about to move, and he was happy in his heart, the reason why he rewarded Tian Liu so much was to stimulate the minds of his own farmers, and asked them to follow Tian Liu to learn how to make firearms.

What is the war of the so-called musket era, in fact, it is the craftsmen who fight!