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Chapter 126 An Engineer's First Step (Third Update, Please Subscribe)
From late at night to early in the morning, Li Qingen was drawing drawings in front of the case.It wasn't until the sky was about to shine that he stretched his waist, and his bloodshot eyes were full of longing, staring at the drawing and talking to himself.

"The good life of the Li family depends on you!"

After saying this, he simply ate some breakfast and hurried to the factory. Along the way, looking at the open space by the road, Li Qingen couldn't help thinking.

"Maybe when the time comes, I can buy a piece of land here and build three houses. If there are not enough bricks, wooden ones will do..."

Have a home of your own!
This is the dream of most people, but it is just a dream for now.

But every day, Li Qingen felt that he was getting closer to this dream.

The daughter-in-law who works in a garment factory can earn six yuan a month, and with Li Qingen's salary of ten yuan a month, she can live comfortably. After all, the three children eat in the school at noon.As a couple, they have almost twelve yuan left over a month.

All they think about now is to move out of the dormitory early. It is too inconvenient for a family to live in one room.However, they can't afford to buy a house at the moment. In fact, even if they can afford it, they don't have to sell it—the house everyone lives in is shared by the company.Workers just live in dormitories, and if they are a family, taking care of them means living in the same room.

However, if you want to buy a house, you must first collect enough money!

Soon, soon... This invention is indeed an invention. If it is adopted by the company, it will definitely reward money!With reward money, you can definitely afford to buy land and build a house!
When he arrived at the factory, Li Qingen went straight to the red building of the factory, where all the foreign teachers in the factory worked, and knocked on the door of the office of Mr. Storm, the chief engineer of the factory.

"Mr. Chief Engineer."

After entering the office, Li Qingen saluted.

"Li, what's the matter?"

Storm has some impressions of this studious Chinese.

"Mr. Chief Engineer, it's like this. I have an idea about improving the rifle. This is the drawing I drew. I would like to ask Mr. Chief Engineer to give me some pointers."

Although Li Qingen spoke politely, Storm said impatiently.

"Improve the rifle? You..."

Looking at Li Qingen, Storm's tone was full of suspicion.

"The rifles we produce are all very good products, and there is no need for improvement at all. Besides, you are just a worker. Designing weapons is the job of engineers. Li, there are still fifteen minutes until work time. I hope You don't waste your working hours, understand?"

Faced with the chief engineer's refusal, Li Qingen still tried to persuade him.

"Mr. Chief Engineer, please take a look. I'm talking about the P1853 rifle, which has been completely improved..."

Before he could finish, Storm said.

"Li, you Chinese have a saying that you are not doing your job properly, you are just a worker! Do you understand? Alright, you can go out now!"

After being blasted out, Li Qingen stood there and didn't recover for a while.

"It's a joke that a guy with braids can actually design weapons!"

The chief engineer's yelling spread into the corridor, only making his face turn blue and then pale, and he clenched his fists tightly, he murmured.

"Why, how could this be...why, why..."

Although the anger was burning in his heart, Li Qingen still took a few deep breaths, and then said to himself.

"Why don't you believe it? Why do you think we can't do it? You foreigners can do it. Why can't we..."

While talking to himself, Li Qingen glanced at the blueprint in hand and thought to himself.

"If you don't believe me, I will go to my boss, yes, I will go to my boss!"

As a worker, it is not difficult to see his boss. After all, Spencer can carry his invented rifle into the White House to meet Lincoln, as long as he waits in line.Besides, when he learned that some workers donated their inventions to the company, Zhu Xianhai's curiosity was aroused.

Workman's invention!
This is the first time I've heard of it, and of course I want to meet such a person.

"...the 1853 rifle has a long range and high power, but its rate of fire is slow. Although the Spencer rifle has a fast rate of fire, it has a short range and low power. The two weapons currently used by the security team have their shortcomings. My The idea is, if on the basis of the P1853 rifle, metal fixed ammunition is used and converted into a breech-loading gun, wouldn’t it be able to overcome its shortcomings?”

While explaining, Li Qingen pointed to the drawing and introduced its conception.

Looking at the drawings drawn by Li Qingen, Zhu Xianhai said.

"Is this your design?"

"Yes, sir, my idea is to remove the firing part of the original cap at the end of the barrel and install this valve receiver to become a valve rifle. The firing pin is placed obliquely in the valve. After pulling the trigger, The hammer rotates to strike the firing pin, and then the bullet is fired. Although the valve rifle is a single-shot rifle, it can complete automatic ejection. As long as the valve is opened, the cartridge case will be thrown out by the "ejector". Its modification cost is very low , but it can shoot metal fixed-load ammunition, so the rate of fire can be increased a lot, and I estimate it can be doubled at least."

Maybe even double it!
Zhu Xianhai said to himself in his heart.

Judging from the drawings, Zhu Xianhai can see that his invention is completely different from Schneider's design used to improve the Enfield P1853 rifle in the history of the United Kingdom. In terms of structure, it is a bit like the American valve rifle.

What is the biggest feature of this thing?Of course, it is to save money. The production of this thing can use a large number of parts of the P1853 front-loading gun, which can save a lot of money. After this modification, the combat rate of fire per minute can be increased to 8-15 rounds per minute, compared to the previous era of loading guns. Shooting 4 rounds per minute has more than doubled the firepower density...

Historically, Americans still have records of using similar valve rifles in the Mexican-American War. As for the similar Schneider rifles until the Sino-Japanese War, there was still a division of the Japanese army using them.

Although this thing is only excessive in nature, it will definitely be eliminated in the end.But to Zhu Xianhai's relief, this was actually designed by Chinese people. Although its structure looks rough and there is still room for further improvement, this is a good start after all!

Looking at Li Qingen in front of him with a smile on his face, Zhu Xianhai was really surprised by the wisdom of his compatriots. Similar improvements in European and American countries were after the Civil War, but the middle-aged man in front of him was a few years ahead of them. More importantly, he did not Said that he has not received education in weapon design, even the basic mechanics are half-understood.

"very good!"

After thinking about it, Zhu Xianhai said.

"In this way, I am very optimistic about this invention, and it must be very promising. Although there is no real object yet, just based on your idea, you should be rewarded. What kind of reward do you hope to get?"

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