readx;?“ Shortcoming? Zhong Bin raised his eyebrows, this finally got to the point, he was not in a hurry, picked up the wine bowl on the table and took a small sip, then picked up a few peanuts with chopsticks and threw them into his mouth, chewing slowly while making a look of deep thought. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The Ministry of Commerce and Trade has long discussed this matter with him, and the most important thing is that the first thing that the Ministry of Commerce and Trade wants to sell is the Senate rifle, because of the successful production of the 1628 rifle, which broke the Senate's initial weapons and equipment plan, and they originally planned to use the Senate rifle for at least ten years or so. You must know that the mother of the Senate rifle, the brown bass rifle, has been equipped with the British * team for two hundred years.

However, the bullet production line they brought with them became the only golden finger in this time and space, and the metal fixed loading and breech loading of the Type 1628 rifle made the breech loading of the Senate rifle extremely inefficient, so that these Senate rifles, which were claimed to be the most advanced in the time and space, were eliminated after only less than a month of equipping. However, due to the enthusiasm of these heartfelt veterans, especially those who were eager to open a black gun workshop in the old time and space, the work enthusiasm was too high, and by the time the Military Industry Commission found that the Senate rifle was outdated, the various parts produced were enough to assemble two thousand. As a result, the Military Industry Committee had no choice but to push these weapons to the Ministry of Commerce and Trade, which did not sell more than 400 rifles after selling them to the port of Champong. As the Marine Corps is about to start replacing the Type 1628 rifle in February after the year, the Senate rifle has gradually become an extremely chicken existence, and now even if these rifles are equipped to the militia, the equipment department is still unwilling to accept them, waiting for the 1628 rifle production capacity to come up and directly equip it better.

Therefore, this batch of Senate rifles can only find a home, and the eyes of the Ministry of Commerce and Trade are fixed on the Zheng family. Comparatively, it is a better choice to sell these rifles to the Zheng family. First, the Zheng family's sphere of influence is in Fujian, and if they want to be enemies of the Senate, they must eliminate Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang before they can reach Annan, even if everything goes well, it will be at least two to three years before they directly face the threat of the Zheng family; Second, after the Zheng family returned to the Wu Dynasty, they became the benchmark of the warlord power of the Wu Dynasty, and the Zheng family will definitely be able to stand out from the Wu Dynasty and many pirates after being equipped with the Senate rifle, so as to become the best advertisement for the Senate rifle, and these smoothbore rifles can be sold as a very profitable product at that time; Third, after this batch of weapons was sold to the Zheng family, due to a series of problems such as lack of maintenance, it would definitely cause a lot of damage, and just replacing some of the accessories was a big business, and ordinary pirates or ordinary warlords could not afford this price.

"There must be shortcomings," Zhong Bin swallowed the peanuts in his mouth, turned his head to look at Zheng Zhihu and the others, and continued: "Don't look at the weapons of the Senate, which are powerful and have a long range, these weapons are quite cumbersome to use, especially the spring cannon and machine gun. ”

"Can't you?" Zheng Zhihu was a little unconvinced, "I also hit a bullet board today, it's good." ”

"Yes, the operation is very simple, and he can even be proficient in it after three days of grabbing a random farmer from the field and teaching him, but the problem is that weapon maintenance is far more important than use." Zhong Bin's words carried a smug tone, which made Zheng Zhihu a little depressed. "What about weapons maintenance?"

"Weapon maintenance, that's what you saw today, Second Master Python, disassemble the gun, clean up the gunpowder residue inside, and then lubricate the structure inside the gun with grease to prevent the gun from rusting."

"Brother Zhong, why do you say this?" Zheng Zhihu was stunned for a moment, "The artillery on the ship often has to clean up the gunpowder residue." ”

"Hehe, cleaning up the residue is a bit close to the meaning of maintenance, but it is not the same thing. According to the Senate Navy Weapons Maintenance Ordinance, these guns must be serviced regularly every month, otherwise there may be firing accidents. Saying that, Zhong Bin mysteriously came over, "There was a big incident when I hit Wenjiazhuang at that time. ”

"What's the matter?" Zheng Zhihu's curiosity was immediately aroused, and they all hurriedly came up and asked.

"What else can it be, it's nothing more than not operating according to the rules, reloading, blowing up, several died at that time, and almost killed the patriarch." Zhong Bin said with a smile: "At that time, the position was so frightened that the artillery next to him didn't dare to go up and fire again, but it was a veteran who fired the cannon alone, which blew up the impacting Zhuang Yong." ”

"Wouldn't it? What does this patriarch mean? Zheng Zhihu asked, "The younger brother has been in Dongfang Port for a few days, and he always hears the title of the patriarch, what does the patriarch mean?" ”

"Patriarch? They are the people who founded the city, and I am afraid there will be no more than five hundred people. Zhong Bin smiled bitterly, "I don't know the specifics, since I was brought here by the Senate, the place where we are sitting now is still a jungle with no eye in sight. ”

"What? It's only been four or five months, and it's such a big city? Could it be that these people have the art of ghosts and gods? Zheng Zhihu was stunned, "In four or five months, not only will we build a city, but also build a workshop and a wharf, even if five hundred people are all three heads and six arms, I am afraid that it will not be possible, right?" ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't believe it," Zhong Bin said with a smile, "but all this was built under what I saw, and I wouldn't be able to believe it." ”

"So, Brother Zhong, do you think the firearms on display today are more suitable for us?" Zheng Zhihu is not very interested in what miracles the patriarch has made, this Oriental Port City is nothing more than a larger one, although the building does not look like the houses of the Wu Dynasty, but it is nothing more than used to live in people, and the cement dock looks like a whole stone or it may be natural. The attraction of all these things to Zheng Zhihu is not as good as these firearms of the bearded people, he was born as a pirate, even if his identity is whitewashed now, he still has to expand through weapons.

"It's suitable for you," Zhong Bin took another sip of the wine bowl, "Machine guns and cannons require mathematics, machine guns are a little better, cannons must be able to count, otherwise they can't exert the power of cannons." ”

"Count?" A captain couldn't help but laugh out loud, "It's not a bookkeeper, what's the use of dancing knives and guns?" ”

"What's the use of math?" Zhong Bin picked up a peanut from the table and threw it at the captain, "That's what it does." ”

Seeing that the captain was stunned and didn't know why, Zhong Bin laughed, "Do you know the parabola? Are you the peanuts I just threw away, do you see? ”

Several people hurriedly lowered their heads and went down to find the peanuts that had fallen on the ground, which made Zhong Bin cry and laugh for a while. "I'm talking about the route where peanuts fall in the air, and you don't even look at them?"

Seeing the four former companions who shook their heads, Zhong Bin couldn't help but understand why Yang Junbo had that painful expression when he explained the use of weapons and sea tactics to him at that time. "Cannonballs and bullets fly in an arc, and you never pay attention to them?"

One of the captains was still holding the peanuts he had just picked up, looking at him thoughtfully, which made Zhong Bin think that he had met someone who met the definition of "smart" among the patriarchs. Unexpectedly, the captain threw the peanut directly into his mouth after a long time and ate it, shaking his head while eating, "Eating a peanut is also so particular." ”

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Since Zhong Bin was not interested in educating these former partners in popular science, they did not understand the principle of parabola until they finished drinking, but Zhong Bin succeeded in explaining to them how machine guns and spring cannons were not suitable for the Zheng fleet, so Zheng Zhihu finally decided to jump into the big pit dug for him by the Senate - to buy a Senate rifle.

However, in fact, the Senate rifle is really a conscience weapon for the Zheng family, although the price is one or two taels higher than the sales price of Champa Port, but the only princess who knows the purchase price has been recalled to Hue, and there is basically nothing to prove, so there is no need to worry about being compared.

In addition, the warheads and gunpowder can be prepared and manufactured by the Zheng family themselves, and these things themselves are not very valuable, so it doesn't matter. However, the fire hat was sold at a good price, and this inconspicuous piece of copper made Zheng Zhihu grit his teeth. Although it is also possible to fire the fire door of the Senate rifle directly with the arquebus, the arquebus will not be able to be used at all if it rains or the sea conditions are very bad. But there is no problem with this small copper plate, as long as this small copper piece called a fire cap is placed on the fire door, and after pulling the trigger, the hammer hits this small copper plate, and this "Senate rifle" can be fired smoothly. Moreover, the ignition rate is almost as high as 90 percent, and the ignition rate of arquebuses in the same period is less than 70 percent even on a sunny day.

Because the mercury used in the fire hat is an absolute black technology in this time and space, and the natives, especially those who are full of black magic understanding of physics and chemistry, cannot analyze the components at all, so just monopolizing the fire hat is a profitable business. You must know that during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Little Knife Society, Britain and France and other countries did not sell ammunition to these rebels, but the price of ammunition was far less than that of a fire cap, and the price of a fire cap was directly one or two at the peak, which simply made both the Qing army and the rebels deeply understand the true meaning of war is to make money.

Of course, at present, the Senate is still counting on Zheng Zhilong's subordinates to advertise themselves with special use of the Senate rifle, and the matter of a fire cap or two is inevitably a bit of a killing for them, if Zheng Zhilong is reluctant to use it, then this advertisement is still a fart. Therefore, the price of the fire hat given by the Ministry of Commerce and Trade is one penny, although it does not seem to be particularly expensive, but compared with the weight of the fire hat, it is no different from a tael of silver and a tael of salt.

In addition, the military department will also conduct shooting step training and weapon maintenance training for some of the sailors who look clever on the ship, and strive to train a group of sailors who can operate the Senate rifle in a short period of time.

The Ministry of Commerce and Trade sent 30 rounds of projectiles and 30 packs of gunpowder and the same number of fire caps with the gun, of course, this ammunition was not enough for shooting training, so the Zheng family had to spend money to buy a considerable amount of ammunition and warheads.

Because Xu Wei bought a large number of products when he returned, Zheng Zhihu didn't have any money at all, and these rifles and ammunition were basically purchased on credit at this time. There is no commercial contract between the people of this time, and it is all based on the trust between people. Although there are many liars in this time and space, with the status and financial resources of the Zheng family at this time, the hundreds of rifles in this area are only tens of thousands of taels of silver at best, not to mention that they may have to purchase arms from Dongfang Port in the future, so there is no need to worry that the Zheng family will do stupid things to kill chickens and take eggs.

However, the Ministry of Commerce and Trade made a request that Zheng Zhihu could not refuse, and used the Zheng family's sailboat to take some veterans of the surveying and exploration department to the territory of the Nanban to search for the legendary oil stone. Now the senate's oil reserves have reached the point where the oil is exhausted, and if we do not quickly find a way to solve the problem, all the destroyers and cruisers of the navy will have to lie on their stomachs, and the engineering vehicles will also be unusable.

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At nine o'clock in the morning on January 20, 1629, the first plenary meeting of the Senate in New Time and Space was officially opened, and after several days of cleaning, the Assembly Hall of the Senate, which was temporarily used as a club of the Senate, has been restored to the appearance of the Great Hall.

"Hello to all the veteran comrades! I'm Yang Minghuan. Yang Minghuan, who was wearing a suit, was standing in front of the rostrum with a speech at this time, and behind him were the other four executive committee members sitting behind the rostrum. Today is the first plenary meeting of our time and space, and we have traveled through the wormhole from the old time and space to this place, for what reason, is to create a new time and space, a strong and powerful China. Although we are still in the initial stage, our construction has already begun to bear fruit. Now, I would like to ask the comrades of the Civil Affairs Committee to make a summary report on the work during this period. ”

In a round of applause, Yu Sha walked up to the rostrum in a slightly tight suit. Yang Minghuan shook hands with him cordially, and then sat down at the back of the rostrum.

Yu Sha stood in front of the microphone, touched the tip of his nose a little nervously, and felt that the wound that had been bruised some time ago was a little itchy, and couldn't help scratching it twice, and when he looked down, the audience eyes were firmly fixed on him, and he couldn't help but be more nervous, and suddenly felt a cold sweat on his face and neck.

However, as the head of the Civil Affairs Committee, it was impossible for him to come up and flee without saying a word, so he had to pretend to cough twice, and then took out a speech that had already been written from his pocket.

"Comrades veterans, comrades of the Executive Committee, hello everyone, I am Yu Sha, the head of the Civil Affairs Committee of the Senate, and now I will make a brief report on the results achieved by the Civil Affairs Committee in the months after the crossing......

"Words count! Don't say it's been too long! Someone below suddenly squeezed a sentence, which filled the venue with laughter.

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