Facing the extremely shocked eyes of the craftsmen, Zhu Zilong maintained his sense of mystery and did not make any answer.

subtly diverted everyone's topic and attention.

"Liu Cannon, the initial part of the firearm you made is barely complete, but there are still some small problems, give you a few days to improve it, if it passes the acceptance. Not only is it rewarding, but next time I will promote you to be a collector! ”

"What did you say, my lord? As long as you complete the task, you have to promote the villain to be a pawn? Listening to Zhu Zilong's words, Liu Dacang trembled a little, and his trembling body couldn't help but move, looking very excited.

Seeing that Liu Dacang was a little overexcited, Zhu Zilong thought to himself, it seems that he still underestimated the desire of people in this era to be officials.

However, what is said must be realized. In the next second, Zhu Zilong patted Li Dacang's shoulder and said affirmatively: "Yes, as long as you complete the task I assigned, you will be the one who will collect the code in the military workshop in the future, and all the people in it will be under your control." Including those who expand the workshop in the future! ”

"The little one, thank you to the adult, and you will definitely live up to the trust of the adult!" Hearing Zhu Zilong's affirmation, Liu Dacang knelt down again.

This made Zhu Zilong a little speechless, saying that it was an official name, but it was actually not a formal official, but he didn't expect this to make Liu Dacang excited like this?

When most of us modern people talk about "officials" and "officials" in ancient times, most of us think that they are the same thing. At most, the difference in the size of the official position is a complete difference, however, in fact, it is completely different things!

An official is an official, and an official is an official.

In terms of identity, the official is a superior person, and the people serve him; And the officials are inferior people, who serve the officials!

Although the "officials" are responsible for law enforcement in the government, they are still ordinary people. In the hierarchical social structure of ancient times, officials were unmistakably inferior to officials.

It's just that for the common people in ancient times, because most of the time it was impossible to see officials, and what they saw were front-line officials, so they were also respectfully called one of the officials.

This is the same as Zhu Zilong is an official, and this pawn position is a housekeeper with an official name.

In modern times, it is one of many secretaries. For example, the secretary of the county mayor, the secretary of the town mayor, and the secretary of the mayor are not officials. It's just that ordinary people don't feel like they know how to do it, and walking in front of people makes these people feel like they have face!

"By the way, when you are building a firearm, you must add a layer of iron to the outside of the barrel, and you can't say that it is made of steel inside, you know? Otherwise, once it is found out afterwards, there will be a heavy fine! Before leaving, Zhu Zilong added another sentence to these people.

The advantage of him doing this is that for a long time, he can make people from the outside world think that his firearms are no different from those in the hands of other Ming soldiers.

As long as the firearm is fired a few times, the barrel of the gun will soon be obscured by the blackness, if there is another layer of iron outside. It's just that if you don't say it yourself, basically no one will think that you are made of steel inside, let alone think of any refined steel.

If it was spread everywhere from the beginning, what firearms in my house were made of refined steel, most people in Jinguan might not believe it when they heard it, but there would always be trouble coming to the door.

This is troublesome, as long as it can be delayed, just delay it as long as possible!

If there is no seamless modern steel pipe, it is estimated that these dozen craftsmen can build dozens of guns for Zhu Zilong a month, which is enough. And there is also a certain explosion rate!

Now with ready-made seamless modern steel pipes, they save a lot of time, not to mention only a dozen people. But now it can definitely build hundreds of them a month, and the production efficiency has increased by about ten times.

Of course, if the arquebus had not been replaced and the development of a new gun had just begun, there would have been some technologies to be solved, and it would have been faster.

Zhu Zilong calculated the time, looked at his schedule, and thought to himself, now he has more than 100 small strong horses that can be used for 40-50 meters. In addition, there are more than 100 cross-dressing guns, and when special times come, they can also be used by their subordinates.

Coupled with the fact that there are now hundreds of new-style flintlock guns that can be used in a month, this cottage little god machine camp can be regarded as a new sight, right?

However, after all, not all salt men and village warriors have seen blood.

Can a salt man and a village warrior who have never seen blood and never been on the battlefield be regarded as a qualified soldier and usable material?

The answer is no!

Seeing blood, seeing the world, it seems to be just a few words.

But for the ability of an army or soldier, it is fundamentally different from before.

It's like how well a person practices martial arts, but he has never really fought against people in life and death. It's just a fist embroidered leg!

In modern terms, the gangsters are afraid of the masters, but the masters are afraid of their lives.

(Take the author's own authentic sling, for example, in his usual life, he never even killed a chicken before.) Passing by the street, I saw thugs fighting, their heads bleeding. Obviously, my size and muscles are a few grades stronger than the gangsters, but it turned out that I was so tight that I ran away in fright, and I didn't have the courage and guts to fight at all. ）

Later, he became an apprentice with a relative. Relatives are pig killers, the author of me, a sling wire who is afraid of death, after several times to give the fat pig a white knife in, and a red knife out. When I passed by the street again, I saw the gangsters, often just a pig-killing common glance swept over, and I was so scared that the gangsters ran away!

PS One sentence, Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms seems to be the birth of killing pigs, ha!

Over the next few days.

Ma Xiaosan and they came to report one after another, and the content was: Because Zhu Zilong's fame is getting bigger and bigger, and he is obviously better than other places under his rule.

Many nearby military families and their descendants have secretly come to ask for part-time or full-time.

(In the late Ming Dynasty, not only did thousands of households eat a lot of empty salaries, but also the officers also developed new varieties to make money, and only if there were military households who could pay the money every month, the money of the idle people.) Then you're out of your jurisdiction, and you're fine. Anyway, your account is here, pay some money to Shangguan on time every month, and you can do whatever you want. ）

As a result, these barely half soldiers, much stronger than ordinary people, and the military households in other nearby households secretly ran to Zhu Zilong to prepare for a living.

After all, Zhu Zilong monopolized the illegal salt trade of more than 1,200 miles in the vicinity, and under his command, the military salary was paid according to the full amount.

On the other hand, Zhu Zilong has never been stingy with his own people, those so-called American miracle medicines (in fact, all kinds of modern medicines) that are worth a few taels and a dozen taels of silver in the eyes of outsiders.

As long as it is the people under his own rule, Zhu Zilong will generally sell it to you for treatment at half price when you are sick, and you can still owe money first.

As for his own salt men and regimental training soldiers, as well as the family members in Zhuangzi, Zhu Zilongtou directly packed medicine for free.

In this Ming Dynasty, even a cold could kill a person by accident.

Sometimes if you have money, you can only wait for death, but Zhu Zilong has a great chance of bringing people back to life, and he is almost generous to his own people, close to free. This alone can make countless people's hearts move!

Who can guarantee that they don't get sick or get hurt a little? Of course, it's hard to keep your wife and children from getting sick, right?

There were few doctors in the Ming Dynasty, and they were all based on solid Chinese medicine, and the effect was there, but the effect was slow. Most ordinary people can't afford to cure, and they can't afford to spend time and money. This is one of the reasons why Western medicine is popular because of its quick effect, let alone ancient times?

With modern medicines, it has to be said that this alone. It is very easy for Zhu Zilong to develop his power. It's just a matter of time!