"Your Majesty, I'm afraid it's not going to work." This is to be sent to the barracks, and it is related to the lives of the soldiers, and Chu Ze cannot be ignored.

I don't care about refuting it now, whether it will sweep Zhu Yuanzhang's happiness, and I don't care if he will lose face in front of so many ministers.

Even if he did, he wouldn't do anything to himself now.

Chu Ze is so confident.

He walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang, handed the flamethrower to Zhu Yuanzhang, and said, "The hand-cranked pump is not perfect enough, it needs to be further improved." ”

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face really faded.

He put his hands behind his back and glanced at Chu Ze with some displeasure.

Hearing Chu Ze's words, his eyes fell on the hand-cranked pump and asked, "Can it be used?" ”

“…… Yes. Chu Ze was a little puzzled, and he didn't quite understand why Zhu Yuanzhang was asking this.

Zhu Yuanzhang continued to ask: "Is there a leak?" ”

"Nope." Chu Ze said, "But it's not smooth enough, if it shakes too quickly, there will be a jam." ”

I see.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded clearly, and said, "I see that you used it quite smoothly just now." ”

Chu Ze smiled bitterly and explained: "It seems that there is no problem, but the person who uses it can clearly feel the stuckness." Usually it seems that nothing is wrong, but once on the battlefield, a small mistake will become a detail that determines life and death. So the minister suggested waiting. ”

It will be even more perfect when he perfects the hand-cranked pump and sends it to the army.

Chu Ze's idea is good, but Zhu Yuanzhang is a little anxious.

It's like a child who gets a new piece of clothing and can't wait to wear it out and show it to others.

Now he wanted to send it to the Tatars and show it off: Look, good things, you don't have them, do you? Chu Ze did it!

Don't be angry with those brutes!

But Chu Ze said that things were not perfect enough.

Imperfect means usable, but not the best.

Since it doesn't affect use, why not?

As for Chu Ze's decision on life and death, Zhu Yuanzhang also thought about it, these things can only take the lead, and they are not the main force.

There is a large army behind them, and it is expected that nothing big will happen.

At that time, he asked people to send these things to the front line on the one hand, and Chu Ze on the other hand to continue to improve.

That is, if the war is not delayed, and the use is not affected, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone?

Yes, that's it.

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said to Chu Ze: "Let's ask you, can this thing be used?" ”

"Absolutely." Chu Ze didn't even have to think about this question.

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands: "Isn't that over?" ”

"You do what you do now, and when it's done, we'll send it to the border immediately, so that those barbarians can have a good taste of what it's like to burn themselves. You're in Kyochu, keep improving it. When you finish improving, we can recycle this batch and replace it with a better one. Isn't this a delay? ”

Chu Ze: "...... Okay, too. ”

It's just that he's more worried about whether these hand-cranked pumps can last until he makes a new product in the hands of those muscular men.

His strength is certainly not comparable to those who fight for their lives with a single muscle.

Now it's all stuck in his hands, and in the hands of those people, the situation will only get worse.

But looking at Zhu Yuanzhang's excited expression, he couldn't persuade him.

Instead of doing useless work, it is better to do something else.

For example, to speed up the development process, such as making a detailed instruction for use.

In order to be able to illustrate the text, Chu Ze also specially invited a painter who is good at fine brush painting to draw the method of use in the way of drawings.

Zhu Di sat aside and asked Chu Ze: "You used to pay close attention to these things, why did you suddenly become so unparticular about this matter?" Aren't you afraid that someone will leak your drawings and then attack us with what you designed? ”

Chu Ze didn't raise his head when he heard this, and asked, "Do they have oil?" ”

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood.

"Let's just say, why did you suddenly become generous with such a 'buckle' person, it turns out that this is the case!" The fireworks thrower is fueled by oil, and without oil, even if you get the blueprints of the flamethrower and make it, you can only use it for view, and you can't use it at all.

Chu Ze was not worried at all that someone would follow suit.

Chu Ze slowly put away the drawings and continued: "You are only right about one thing. One thing is that they don't have oil, and the other thing is that they can't see the secret in that alone. And the real production drawings, we have always been able to collect them well. ”

Even when it comes to production, it's made separately.

There are also some critical parts, all of which are in charge of different people.

Even if it spreads, it will be useless unless all these people are gathered.

So he is not afraid.

Chu Ze handed the instructions to Zhu Di and asked him to take them to Zhu Yuanzhang, and when everything was ready, he could send it to the north.

Zhu Di wanted to stay longer, but was driven away by Chu Ze.

He's too busy to spend time with this idler.

After driving Zhu Di away, Chu Ze picked up the hand-cranked pump and disassembled it again and again, picked up every part and looked at it carefully, and then tested it carefully, constantly repeating these actions, and never tired of it.

On this day, Chu Ze walked alone on the road, fiddling with a hand-cranked pump in his hand.

As he walked, Chu Ze was suddenly bumped.

He looked up sharply, a hint of displeasure at being disturbed between his brows.

"Sorry, I didn't pay attention when I was walking, but please see you...... Well? Lord Chu? The gentle voice suddenly turned, and he smiled with a little surprise, "I really didn't expect that we would be so destined that we could bump into each other on the street." ”

Chu Ze carefully looked at the person in front of him.

Recognized.

It is Liu Ji Liu Bowen, the imperial history of this dynasty and the Taishi Ling.

Chu Ze was also a little surprised to see Liu Bowen on the street, he returned the salute and asked, "Lord Liu, I am fortunate to meet you." Lord Liu, is this going? ”

"I didn't arrive, I had nothing to do today, so I walked around. But I saw that Lord Chu frowned, and kept staring at this thing in his hand, I'm afraid I'm in trouble, right? Liu Ji's speech was not fast, and he suddenly poked Chu Ze's heart.

He raised the hand-cranked pump in his hand and said, "The emperor asked us to transform it to the best as soon as possible, but these days have passed, and we have not had any eyebrows, isn't this worrying." ”

As he spoke, the folds between Chu Ze's eyebrows deepened.

It seems that I am really worried.

Liu Ji is not very good at organs, but it doesn't hurt to take a look.

He asked to see it, but Chu Ze almost didn't hesitate and stuffed it directly into Liu Ji's hands.

After seeing Liu Ji take it, he joked: "Lord Liu, let's talk about it first, this is not for nothing, but after reading it, I have to give my opinion." ”

Liu Ji was amused by him.

While disassembling the handcrank pump, he joked with Chu Ze: "Lord Chu, this strong man has been caught on the street." ”

(End of chapter)