At this time, Wang Qiuju, who is in charge of urban sanitation in Houshan Village, said: "My lord, our toilets and garbage ponds have not yet been built, and some people still litter and defecate in the open. ”

Zhou Xian said with some displeasure: "First post a notice in Monkey Mountain Village, and in the future, whoever litters in Monkey Mountain Village will be punished for cleaning for a month, and whoever defecates in the open will be fined for cleaning the toilet for a month." ”

Everyone applauded Zhou Xian's method, and then each factory director reported the situation of his factory, and Zhou Xian arranged the next work for them after understanding.

Two hours later, the first meeting between Zhou Xian and these factory managers finally ended, and everyone walked out of the conference room and returned to their posts, while Zhou Xian followed Zhao Laoyan to the arsenal.

Zhou Xian came to the arsenal for the revolver.

It's safer to bring a weapon with you if you want to go to the capital now.

After arriving at the arsenal, Zhou Xian asked, "Zhao Laoyan, how is the revolver made?" ”

Zhao Laoyan said: "I just finished two revolvers yesterday, so I'll take them for adults to see." ”

After that, he walked outside.

After a while, Zhao Laoyan walked in with a wooden box.

Zhao Laoyan put the wooden box on the table in front of Zhou Xian, and said, "My lord, how about you look at the revolver we made." ”

Zhou Xian opened the wooden box with great interest and saw two revolvers full of metallic luster inside.

The two revolvers were about forty centimeters long in total, with a revolver capable of holding six bullets, and twelve conical rounds next to them.

Zhou Xian picked up one of the revolvers and looked at it, this revolver was exactly the same as the one Zhou Xian taught them.

Zhou Xian looked at it and said with satisfaction: "Yes, have you tried it?" ”

Zhao Laoyan said: "I've tried it, the effective range is 100 meters, so let's try it." ”

Zhou Xian nodded, took the box and came to the shooting range of the test gun with Zhao Laoyan.

Zhou Xian took out the revolver and opened the revolver, loaded the bullets next to him one by one, and opened the safety after loading the bullets.

Zhou Xian pulled the trigger on a target fifty meters away.

With a "bang", a puff of white smoke came out of the gun, and Zhou Xian felt a recoil coming from the gun in his hand, and then looked at the opposite target.

Didn't hit!

Zhou Xian was not familiar with the revolver for the first time, and after being prepared, Zhou Xian secretly continued to shoot with his right hand.

"Bang bang bang" There were five gunshots in a row, and I saw that there were four bullet marks left on the target.

Zhou Xian nodded with satisfaction and said: "This revolver is good, but the recoil is a bit large, I am very satisfied, and I will make it according to this standard in the future." ”

"My lord, the recoil of this revolver is not large, much smaller than the flintlock pistol, but adults have no experience in using it for the first time, and it will be good to get used to it later."

Zhou Xian also felt that it was his own problem, and then asked: "How many revolvers have been produced, and how many bullets have been produced?" ”

Zhao Laoyan said: "This kind of revolver is polished by craftsmen one by one, so the production speed is relatively slow, only five were produced, and this conical bullet is not easy to make, relying on the craftsmen to make a little bit, only 300 rounds were made." ”

Zhou Xian said: "Now these fine parts are made manually, and the speed is indeed a bit slow, but after you develop the steam engine, you can use the steam engine to drive the lathe, and it is very easy to process these fine parts. ”

Zhao Laoyan heard Zhou Xian say that after using a steam engine to drive the lathe, she suddenly became excited.

Next, Zhou Xian chatted with Zhao Laoyan for a while about the future planning of the arsenal.

Half an hour later left the arsenal with five revolvers and three hundred rounds of ammunition.

When Zhou Xian returned to the Zhou Mansion, he called Zhang Dabiao outside the door in.

Zhou Xian took out a revolver and sixty rounds of ammunition and handed it to Zhang Dabiao, and said: "This is the latest revolver and bullet developed by the arsenal, you can hold it, this bullet is difficult to produce, you can save a little money." ”

Zhang Dabiao took the revolver with a surprised face, happily holding the gun left and right, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

Zhou Xian took out another revolver and said to Zhang Dabiao: "I'll show you it now." ”

As he spoke, he opened the pistol's wheel, took out the bullets from the box and put them in one by one, and put the bullets back into place.

Zhou Xian took the revolver and said, "You can shoot now, you give it a try." ”

Zhang Dabiao followed Zhou Xian's example, opened the runner and put the bullet into the closing wheel, and the whole process took only six seconds.

Zhang Dabiao said happily: "My lord, this revolver is so convenient, it is fast to load, and it can be loaded with six bullets at a time, thank you for the gun." ”

After speaking, he saluted Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian waved his hand and said: "It's nothing, give you the revolver to better protect me in the future, besides, this revolver is nothing, we will produce better guns in the future." ”

Zhang Dabiao was immediately excited when he heard that there would be a better gun in the future, and after thanking Zhou Xian again, he went down under Zhou Xian's signal.

Three days later, everything was ready, and Zhou Xian left Monkey Mountain Village with Zhang Dabiao, Xiang Shaoyun, and Sun Wu's two regiments.

Zhou Xian led the soldiers of the two regiments to dress up as a caravan, there were two hundred wagons pulling the items to be sold in the capital, and the flintlock pistols were also hidden in the carriages, and only two hundred soldiers were holding guns to do the guard task.

The first place to go to the capital this time is Shanxi Mansion, which will take about two days at the speed of the current carriage.

Zhou Xian, Xiang Shaoyun and Sun Wu sat in a carriage, feeling the bumps on the carriage, and Zhou Xian was a little nostalgic for the cars and roads of later generations.

Datong Mansion is only more than 100 kilometers away from Shanxi Province, and it only takes one or two hours to reach it according to the speed of later cars.

Zhou Xian said with some emotion: "We are going out now to suffer from the crime, and when we have money in the future, we must repair these roads and make faster transportation." ”

Xiang Shaoyun asked with interest: "My lord, what is the faster means of transportation you are talking about?" Is it horseback riding? ”

Zhou Xian also intends to cultivate these two people who come out with him, so he plans to talk to them more.

Zhou Xian thought for a while and said: "Let me tell you a piece of news, our arsenal is developing a steam engine, and after the development is successful, we will enter the steam age." ”

"What is a steam engine, a steam engine." Xiang Shaoyun asked with some confusion.

"The steam engine is a kind of water boiling through wood or coal, using the pressure of water vapor to drive the piston and crankshaft, and then the crankshaft drives the gear to drive various machines."

"What's the use of this machine," Xiang Shaoyun then asked.

"It can be used to drive lathes, pumping trucks, textile machines and other factory machines, and can also be used on ships, after the ship is equipped with a steam engine, it can sail freely without sails, and the speed of the ship can be greatly increased, and it can also make steam trains in the future, and a steam train can load thousands of people or hundreds of tons of goods." Zhou Xian taught the application scenario of the steam engine to the minds of the two through the mysterious ball of light in his mind.

Xiang Shaoyun and Sun Wu were stunned for a long time and didn't come back to their senses, and they were imagining the steam era depicted by Zhou Xian.