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After some tossing, the sky has brightened. Even though the sun hasn't come out yet, the light is already good. There was no fog in the morning and visibility was good. In short, the climate is perfect for sailing. After filling the gap, there are no major problems with the Corsair. After the white sails were raised, the pirate ship moved slowly, heading west, coming in from Mawan and docking at Black Dragon Bay.

Heilong Bay is not far from Yangjiatun and is one of the many natural harbors in Mawan. Without any construction, Heilong Bay can moor twenty large ships. With a little construction, fifty ships can be berthed. If you have the ability to carry out large-scale construction, it is no problem to berth hundreds of large ships at the same time. To the north of Black Dragon Bay, there is also a Partridge Bay, and the conditions are similar to those of Black Dragon Bay. Together, the two bays are large enough to accommodate two hundred large ships.

At this time, the people on the shore also ran along the shore to Heilong Bay, stood on the rocks on the shore, and looked at the pirate ship slowly docked with surprise and joy. Last night's shelling made a deep impression on everyone. At the time, there was a lot of fear that pirates would rush ashore and kill people. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, this pirate ship would actually become the trophy of the escort?

When Zhang Zhun and the others escorted the pirates off the ship, the crowd once again resounded with cheers, deafening and resounding in the sky. The soldiers of the escort who came off the ship with the booty on their shoulders also raised their heads and chests, not to mention how excited they were.

Xue Ningying was also in the cheering crowd. She opened her round eyes, her gaze fell on Zhang Zhun's body, and she couldn't help but admire and said, "Brother Yulin is so powerful, he actually captured a ship!" If Liu Xiang knew, he would definitely vomit blood! His men are so bad! ”

Xue Zhidie said disapprerovingly: "What do you know? Just a reckless man! ”

Xue Ningying said unconvinced: "As long as you defeat the enemy, you are a hero!" ”

Xue Zhidie said disdainfully: "Cut! Isn't a hero worthless? ”

Xue Ningying frowned and said, "This is a ship!" It's worth a few thousand taels of silver! ”

Xue Zhidie still said with disdain: "Such a lucky ship is completely outdated and useless. The warships used for real wars are not like this at all! Aside from the three Rums, there's nothing worth seeing about this pirate ship. ”

Xue Ningying pouted and stopped talking, obviously disagreeing with Xue Zhidie's words, but where the seniority was, she couldn't refute it. However, her eyes soon brightened, because she saw that Zhang Zhun was walking towards them with a musket.

Zhang Zhun came to Xue Zhidie, raised the musket in his hand, and said loudly: "Miss Butterfly, what did you just say?" Are these three muskets called Rumi guns? ”

Xue Zhidie glanced at the musket in his hand, glanced at Zhang Zhun again, and said coldly: "It turns out that you don't even know Lu Migong?" You've been fighting these pirates for a long time! It's really dead, and I don't know how! ”

This time it was Zhang Zhun's turn to disagree, and he said calmly: "I don't know Lu Miquan, there's nothing strange." There is no one in the world who knows everything, knows everything. Even if I don't know Rumi, I can defeat these pirates. By the way, what do you know about the Lumi? Where can I buy it? What are the requirements if I want to produce it myself? ”

Xue Zhidie's face turned slightly cold, and he said coldly: "Are you asking me?" ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Yes." I humbly ask you for advice, and please give me some advice. ”

Xue Zhidie snorted lightly in her nostrils, as if she was about to have a seizure, deliberately making it difficult for him, and reporting his previous "rudeness" to herself, however, she inadvertently saw Xue Ningying's pleading gaze, her expression softened again, and she said slowly: "Lu Mi Gong, as the name suggests, is a firearm from the distant Turkish country of Lu Mi ......"

The Lumi gun was actually created by Zhao Shizhen, an outstanding firearms developer, and the prototype was an arquebus paid tribute by the Turkish Rumi State (Sultanate of Rûm). In 1598 (the twenty-sixth year of Wanli), Zhao Shizhen asked Duo Sima, the envoy of the Lumi Kingdom, about the structure and production method of the musket of the Lumi Kingdom, and made it into a "Lumi gun" after improvement, which was heavier than the previous bird gun, but the range (about 150 meters) and power were much higher than the latter.

The trigger and rail of the Lumi gun are made of steel and copper sheets, respectively, and are as thick as copper coins. The dragon head (arquebus) and the track are installed on the gun handle, and a small steel plate more than an inch long is placed close to the starting point to increase the bullet surname, so that the dragon head bolt can pinch and fall, and can bounce up on its own after shooting. In addition, the tail is equipped with a steel blade, which can be reversed for horse chopping knives. In "Wu Bei Zhi", it is said: "Bird gun: Weilu Mi gun is the farthest and most poisonous." ”

After hearing this, Zhang Zhun was overjoyed in his heart, and asked eagerly: "It turned out to be created by the Chinese people, I don't know what conditions are needed to produce such a Lumi gun?" ”

Xue Zhidie said coldly: "Do you want to produce Lumi Gun by yourself? Die to this heart! After Zhao Shizhen's death, the craftsmanship of Lu Mi Gong has been lost. Unless you can find the craftsmen of the Rumi Kingdom itself, don't think about it! ”

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "In that case, where did the pirates' Lu Mi Gong come from?" ”

Xue Zhidie said: "Of course, I bought it from the Turkish Rumi country. When Western merchants passed through the country of Rumi, they sold the Rumi guns from the local area to the East. However, if you want to buy the Lumi gun from the Rumi country, I am afraid it is not easy, the pirates have a very strict control over the Lumi gun, and it is easy not to let it flow into the interior. Even the Ming army is not equipped with Lu Mi Gong. ”

It seems that in order to show his rich knowledge, Xue Zhidie continued to introduce that there are many types of fire guns in the Ming Dynasty, such as flying birds, thunderbolts, three-eyed guns, five-eyed guns, and seven-star guns, and so on, at least thirty or forty kinds. But in terms of power and range, it is not as good as the Lumi gun. However, the Ming Dynasty was resistant to Lu Mi Gong, and when Zhao Shizhen invented a method that could imitate Lu Mi Gong, the imperial court did not pay attention to it. As a result, a very practical technique, disappeared.

The reason for this is that the units that make weapons and the units that use weapons in the Ming army are completely separated. The firearms of the Ming army mainly came from the Ordnance Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and the Inner Government Military War Bureau of the Taiguan system. Whether it is the Ordnance Bureau or the War Bureau, they only care about the production of weapons, and they don't care about it after they are produced, and no one cares about the quality. It's broken, it's blown up, it's scrapped, it's all the military's business, and it has nothing to do with the production unit.

The army of the Ming Dynasty created many breathtaking world wonders and created many brilliant achievements, but some of them were not suitable for display. For example, before the army goes on a campaign, the commander must pay bribes to the eunuchs in order to obtain a large number of elite weapons. Because these weapons are locked in the ten treasury of the inner government, and the one in charge of the ten treasury of the inner government is the eunuch. If they don't have oil and water, it doesn't matter if your army has weapons or not, whether they have combat effectiveness or not. Even if all the soldiers on the front line were killed by the Tartars, it had nothing to do with them.

Think about it, in such an environment, how can the Ordnance Bureau and the War Bureau actively improve the quality of weapons? Craftsmen who are not enterprising naturally choose the simplest weapons for production. The craftsmanship of the Lumi-gun is quite complicated, and the craftsmen are certainly too lazy to learn new ones. No matter how well you learn, you can't make an extra copper plate in your pocket, who wants to do such a thankless job?

Zhang Zhun still didn't give up and asked, "You really don't know how to make Lu Mi Gong?" ”

Xue Zhidie sneered, shook his head and said: "I also know a little about shipbuilding, how can I know how to make Lu Mi Gong?" As I said, unless Zhao Shizhen is resurrected, or if it is personally taught by the craftsmen of the Turkish Rumi country, it is impossible to produce Lumi guns by yourself. ”

Zhang Zhun looked at her expression, it didn't look like she was angry with herself, it seemed that the manufacturing process of this Lu Mi Gong was really a bit difficult. He put down the Lu Mi gun and changed the subject, saying, "In that case, can you please introduce me to this pirate ship?" ”

Xue Zhidie squinted at him.

Zhang Zhun said: "Don't you know how to build ships? Why are you looking at me like that? ”

Xue Zhidie sneered, and said obviously a little angrily: "Is it that if I can't answer your question, you are going to expel the two of us?" ”

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "You think too much." ”

Xue Zhidie straightened up and said proudly, "I won't give you a chance." I'll prove to you that I'm not here with you! Listen, this is the No. 4 Fortune Boat of the Daming Sailor, also known as the Haicang Boat......"

The size of the No. 4 Fuku ship is about the same as that of the sentinel ship, slightly smaller than the No. 3 Fuku, about five zhang long, about seven or eight feet in draft, and about 50 tons of displacement. The wind is maneuverable, and it is generally not used as the main force in battle. The biggest feature of the No. 4 Fortune Ship is that it moves fast, and it is the fastest warship among all the Fortune Ships and Treasure Ships. The original No. 4 Fuku, with only one mast, was equipped with a stiff sail.

According to the standard armament of the Daming Naval Division, the No. 4 Fu Ship should be equipped with 4 jack Franc machines, 3 bowl-mouth guns, 6 Lumi guns, 50 nozzle cans, 80 cigarette cans, 10 artillery pieces (in fact, muskets), 50 fire bricks, 200 rockets, 6 medicine crossbows, and 100 crossbow arrows. The crew consisted of 53 people, including 9 sailors and 44 fighters.

Of course, these are standard equipment, and when they are in the hands of pirates, they will definitely make various modifications according to their own needs. For example, the purpose of reducing the number of two Franc guns and the reduction of three Rumi guns is, of course, to concentrate the limited resources on more important ships. After all, the pirates themselves could not produce weapons and equipment, and all weapons and equipment had to be purchased and the cost was still very large.

In fact, in addition to the Lu Mi gun, other weapons and equipment were produced by the Ming Dynasty itself, including the Francophone artillery, and the cost was cheaper than that purchased from the Portuguese. The key is to have steel of good enough quality and a group of skilled craftsmen. Of course, the average person can't do that.

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

Ordinary people can't do this, and he must work hard to do it.

In this year, the most profitable thing is the ocean trade, which must be grasped in hand.

The soldiers of the escort team passed through the crowd with the captives, and the monkey inadvertently saw Xue Zhidie, and his whole body was slightly shocked, obviously realizing something, but he quickly lowered his head, disguised and quickened his pace.

Zhang Zhun noticed it, drank the monkey to stop, and said coldly: "Do you know the two of them?" ”

The monkey said honestly, "Yes." ”

Zhang Zhun said: "Let's talk about it." ”

The monkey said nervously: "The older woman is Xue Zhiyun's younger sister, called Xue Zhidie; The younger woman is Xue Suoyun's daughter, called Xue Ningying......"

It turned out that Xue Zhidie's elder brother, called Xue Suoyun, was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen, and had been teaching in the country to solve doubts, Chongzhen for five years, fortunately released, and served as the commander of Haining County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang, but he didn't know what the reason was, offended Ma Shiying, the head of the household in Nanjing, and as a result, Ma Shiying colluded with Liu Xiang to kill Xue Suoyun's family.

It just so happened that Xue Suoyun was going to Nanjing, he didn't take the canal, but took the sea route, so Liu Xiang dispatched a warship to rob and kill Xue Suoyun's family. There were more than 30 members of the Xue family, all of whom were buried in the sea, and only Xue Zhidie and Xue Ningying escaped by luck. The monkey only knew that Ma Shiying wanted to kill Xue Suoyun's family, but he didn't know the specific reason.

Zhang Zhun nodded casually.

No wonder Xue Ningying was able to see all kinds of miscellaneous books, it turned out that Lao Tzu was the person who came out of the country. It's just that how could Xue Zhidie become Zhao Baolai's disciple? A woman learning shipbuilding is really a bit unusual. Also, how could Ma Shiying get involved with a pirate leader like Liu Xiang? It's also weird.

Alas, this Ming Dynasty is really too chaotic.

After temporarily imprisoning the monkey and others, Zhang Zhun immediately summoned Li Fenglai and others to study the manufacture of muskets. Xue Zhidie's words, he only believed half of them. Coming from later generations, he is very aware of the strength of our Chinese copycat ability. Xue Zhidie said that no one could imitate Lu Migong, so he didn't believe in this evil! This is to underestimate the wisdom of our ancestors!

In fact, he was very satisfied with the surname of this Lu Mi Gong. Long range and great power, such a musket is very good! If it can be built in large quantities, the combat effectiveness of the escort team will definitely increase in a straight line. Cannons are used for long-range attacks, Lumi guns are used for medium-range attacks, and three-edged thorns are used for melee battles, which is Zhang Zhun's initial combination.

"Yulin, this thing, our level can't do it."

However, after careful inspection, Li Fenglai and the others shook their heads with difficulty, indicating that they were not capable of imitating for the time being. They don't know much about professional firearms, and they need professional craftsmen to understand them. They are all ordinary blacksmiths, and it is okay to make some simple scimitar spears, but if you want to make firearms, you can't do it.

Fortunately, Yin Gensheng also pointed out a way, that is, in Fushan City, there are craftsmen who specialize in making weapons, and they are commanded by a general banner named Zhou Shiwen. They should know how to make muskets. As for whether it can be copied from the Lumi, they don't know.

In the guard house of the Ming Dynasty, if there is anyone who is worse than the military household, it is the craftsman. The military household still has at least one stone of money every month, and there are dozens of catties, although the court has been in arrears for a long time, the accounts are always there, and the artisan households are worse. The artisan household only has three buckets of money every month, and if they want to earn more, they can only keep working.

The current Fushan City, of course, has no work, but the craftsmen live in Fushan City again, and there is no other livelihood. Even if it is Zhou Shiwen, the general banner, he has three meals without a stomach. What's even worse is that they are right under Wang Shixin's nose, even if they have any ideas, they don't dare to implement them, they can only starve in vain.

Zhang Zhun did not give up, and asked Li Fenglai and others to study the most ordinary musket. As a result, Li Fenglai and others still regretted that they had no experience in making muskets. If you want to imitate muskets in large quantities, you still have to rely on the craftsmen in Fushan City. As for the Franco machine artillery, it is even more difficult, I am afraid that the craftsmen of Aoshanwei can be competent, and the craftsmen of Fushan should not have such technology.

Disappointed, Zhang Zhun had no choice but to find a rat and instructed: "Find a way to get in touch with this Zhou Shiwen and see if they can go out of the city to work for us, and the treatment is preferential, fifty wages per day." ”

The rat agreed.

The captured Lu Mi guns and muskets were immediately put to handy by Zhang Zhun. He specially brought Yang Zixuan and prepared to equip Yang Zixuan's team with firearms. Yang Zixuan's comprehension ability is very strong, and it is easier to accept new things. Sure enough, Yang Zixuan soon became obsessed with Lu Miquan.

After several experiments, Zhang Zhun became more and more satisfied with Lu Miquan's surname.

No one can deny that the Rumi Gun was indeed a powerful musket, and it was definitely one of the most advanced muskets at that time. Its only disadvantage is that it is difficult to manufacture and has very high process requirements. According to Li Fenglai and others, in order to imitate Lu Mi Gong, two problems must first be solved: first, there needs to be very good quality steel; Second, it is necessary to have a master with very high craftsmanship. Neither of these problems can be solved.

"There is no endless road, and the living can still suffocate to death with urine?"

Zhang Zhun didn't believe in evil, so he took a handful of Lu Mi guns and pondered them intently.

The advantage of Lu Mi Gong is that the tube and body are integrated and not segmented. The vertical seams of the inner and outer pipes are in the opposite direction, and the safety surname is good. And it is a small caliber, the airtight surname is good, the gunpowder energy pushes a small warhead, and the armor-piercing ability is very strong. It is precisely because of the advanced technology that it has an amazing range of 150 meters.

Through research, Zhang Zhun found that the biggest difficulty in manufacturing Lumi gun is to manufacture two casings. In the era when there was no mechanical industry, it was generally made of two large and small iron rods, each rolled into a long iron sheet (which required a very high quality of the iron sheet), and then the thin pipe was put into a thick tube.

The description is simple, but each of these steps is something that only professionals can do. Ordinary blacksmiths don't know that technology simply can't be imitated. The last casing, in particular, was almost forced to drill down. Previously, the grinding and manufacturing of the two pipes could not be started without a craftsman with sufficient experience. Just by making two long iron pipes that fit tightly together, all blacksmiths in the world would despair. Unless there is a master who can make Lu Mi Gong to do it.

"It's a bit of a trick to get this thing......"

Zhang Zhun studied it for two days, but he couldn't get the essentials, so he had to give up for the time being.

It just so happened that the rat came to report that Hou Shanping had arrived in Yangjiatun.

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