Zhang Feng personally designed this front-loading flintlock musket with a caliber of 15 mm, a total length of 1.35 meters (excluding bayonets), and can be loaded with bayonets, of course, the barrel is smoothbore, that is, there is no rifling. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Of course, Zhang Feng knew that rifled guns were better than smoothbore guns, but the process was also more difficult, according to the current level, it was basically impossible to process rifling in the barrel, so Zhang Feng retreated to the second best thing and designed and manufactured smoothbore guns first.

Zhao Zuolin was still very discerning, and after taking the design drawings and looking at them, his face was slightly shocked, because Zhao Zuolin knew that the musket designed by his boss was much more advanced than the arquebus he had seen before.

Wonderful!

It's so cleverly designed!

Even after getting along with Zhang Feng for so long, knowing that Zhang Feng could come up with some very ingenious things, such as the previous shuttle, Jenny spinning machine, vernier caliper, millimeter system, Arabic numerals, etc., Zhao Zuolin's admiration for Zhang Feng was still irrepressible.

"Boss, our musket is much more advanced than the arquebus."

Zhang Feng nodded and said: "This is a front-loading flintlock musket, which does not need to be ignited with a fire fold, and directly pulls the trigger to fire, which is basically not affected by the weather......"

After a brief introduction to this musket, Zhang Feng asked, "Lao Zhao, are you sure to make this musket?" ”

Zhao Zuolin took the design drawings and looked at them again, thought for a while and said: "Boss, there should be no big problem, all these parts have drawings and sizes, I can build them according to the drawings, but the most difficult to build should belong to the barrel." ”

The Ming Dynasty has long had all kinds of arquebuses, and the barrel building process of the arquebus has matured, and the barrel of this flintlock musket can be built in accordance with the current existing arquebus building methods and processes.

Zhang Feng knew that the best barrel processing technology was naturally drilling, using a solid barrel blank, drilling it with an alloy drill bit, and finally processing it into a barrel.

The problem is that now there is no alloy drill bit and no drilling machine, so such a processing process cannot be adopted.

According to the current level of technology, the use of arquebus barrel building process, is undoubtedly the most suitable, and after the process and technical level are improved, a better manufacturing process can be adopted, such as the above-mentioned drilling.

After a deep sigh, Zhang Feng said: "Lao Zhao, you take the design drawings of the musket first, and first create a sample gun according to the drawings, and the barrel of the sample gun adopts the current existing manufacturing process, but you must pay attention to the quality, and don't blow up the chamber after a few shots." ”

Zhao Zuolin assured: "Boss, don't worry, the barrel is built by me personally, and the quality will be guaranteed." ”

Zhang Feng was still very relieved about Zhao Zuolin's craftsmanship, and after explaining, Zhao Zuolin took the design drawings out of Zhang Feng's office and left happily.

The first sample gun, of course, is only an experimental product, and after it is built, it needs to be tested for shooting, and if there is something that needs to be improved and perfected, it must be improved and perfected.

After seeing Zhao Zuolin out of his office, Zhang Feng got up, walked around the office with his hands behind his back, thinking about his future plans.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, this is a typical troubled era, at present, it is still beneficial to Zhang Feng is that it is partial to the south of the Yangtze River, away from the war, and the next few years are basically calm, Zhang Feng can have a few years of development, but after the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

To be honest, since he has come to this troubled era, Zhang Feng doesn't want to waste this opportunity, he wants to do a big job, and it doesn't matter if Zhang Feng is ambitious, anyway, Zhang Feng has already decided, seize the opportunity, seize the time, work hard to develop, and strengthen his strength.

In the past, Zhang Feng's plan was to develop the economy first, so that he had enough silver taels in his hands, and then develop the military, but the matter of the Qinglong Gang touched Zhang Feng a lot.

Without strong strength, no matter how rich you are, it is a soft persimmon in the eyes of others, and others can pinch it as much as they want, now Zhang Feng has thought clearly, a strong economic foundation is important, but a strong military strength is by no means less.

It is precisely because of this idea that even if the conditions are not ripe now, Zhang Feng is ready to produce and manufacture Suifa muskets.

Develop the economy, develop military power, go hand in hand, walk on two legs, and do not make mistakes!

As for the Qinglong Gang, if the government does not eradicate it, Zhang Feng is ready to take matters into his own hands and use thunder means to eradicate this tumor in one fell swoop.

………

As the manager of the Oriental Textile Factory, Yang Shenghai was in a very good mood, like a bookkeeper, crackling with the abacus to settle the accounts.

Yang Shenghai was originally a good hand at settling accounts, and it didn't take long for Yang Shenghai to finish it, looking at the numbers he calculated, Yang Shenghai didn't believe his eyes a little.

More than 23,600 taels!

This is just a month's results, and this month, but also experienced two recruitment, training and run-in of new employees, etc., even in such a month, the sales of Dongfang Textile Factory reached more than 23,000 taels.

What about the next month, will it be more than 30,000 taels, thinking about more than 30,000 taels of silver per month, Yang Shenghai was excited in his heart.

The sales volume is more than 23,000 taels, excluding wages, raw materials, and some other expenses, it has earned more than 8,000 taels, and the net profit has reached more than 30%.

"No, I'm going to tell my boss."

Thinking so in his heart, Yang Shenghai rushed to Zhang Feng's office with the account book, and shouted without image as soon as he entered the door: "Boss, we have made a lot of money, we have made a lot of money." ”

Zhang Feng smiled, guessed that this month's accounts should have been calculated, and said happily: "Lao Yang, how much money did we sell cotton cloth this month." ”

"Boss, more than twenty-three thousand six hundred taels! I couldn't believe it, I was afraid that I had miscalculated, and I did it three times! ”

Zhang Feng smiled happily, it's good to be rich, he just needs money, Zhang Feng asked: "The sales volume is more than 23,600 taels, how much is the net profit?" ”

Yang Shenghai said happily: "Boss, the net profit has reached more than eight thousand taels. “

More than 8,000 taels, more than 30% of the profit, Zhang Feng happily thought, he has a shuttle, there is Jenny spinning machine, the technology monopoly is still good, if in the future, more than 30% of the profit is a huge profit, especially in the textile industry.

………

Liu Kee Restaurant.

The restaurant was bustling with activity, and business was so good that it was almost full of diners, but at least seventy or eighty percent of these customers were wearing blue overalls, and it was clear that they were from the Oriental Textile Factory.

Blue overalls, this is a beautiful scenery in Songjiang Province, and the workers of the Oriental Textile Factory are also proud to wear such overalls.

Boss Liu of the restaurant was happy to see such a good business, but he was also a little strange, what happened to the people from the Oriental Textile Factory, why so many people came here to eat.

Puzzled in his heart, Boss Liu pricked up his ears, listened for a long time, faintly understood something, seized the opportunity, and grabbed a person to ask.

"Brother, what's wrong with you? Why do so many people come to eat? ”

The middle-aged man in blue overalls said proudly: "You don't know, we are paid today, everyone has money in their hands, meet to eat something good, treat yourself." ”

Payday?

Seeing that Boss Liu was puzzled, the middle-aged man said: "It's the salary, we paid a month's salary." ”

"You're going to be paid?"

In Boss Liu's impression, the general boss pays wages at the end of the year, which means that the wages will not be paid until the end of the year.

The middle-aged man said happily: "We pay wages on a monthly basis, at the beginning of each month, and each person has more than one or two pieces of silver." ”

Once a month, more than one or two pieces of silver each time!

Boss Liu looked at the middle-aged man in surprise, and thought to himself, the salary of the Oriental Textile Factory is so high, and the work in his restaurant is only a few dollars of silver a month, and it is only a few taels of silver from a year to the end of the year.

This....this, it's unbelievable!

Today, when the Oriental Textile Factory pays salaries and gets salaries, most people either go for a good meal, buy something, or tear a few feet of cloth to make a new dress for themselves or their families.

The bosses who do business in Songjiang Mansion found that the business has been very good these days, not to mention the restaurant, that is, the grain store, and the business of the cloth village has also been invisibly improved.

Suddenly, the Oriental Textile Factory became famous in the Songjiang Prefecture area.

………

Today's heavy rain, the whole city looks at the sea, the streets are flooded, many cars are soaked in water, and there are power outages in many places.