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Chapter 433 Generous Du Chengfeng
The catcher seemed very satisfied with this stick.

Nowadays, what the police usually use is an iron ruler, which is an iron rod. Sometimes a hand guard is added to make the iron ruler look like a short fork - this has also led to many government officials preferring to use water and fire sticks to go out on the street. , and I am not willing to bring this thing. After all, the iron ruler usually does not have a sheath. The half iron ruler is stuck in the waist. It is uncomfortable to walk, sit or lie down. It is also somewhat unpleasant to look at. It is far inferior to those who carry swords and swords. The knights are free and easy.

As for why the government officials don't carry swords... of course it's because they don't have much use for them. Most of the time they mainly arrest people, not kill people, so naturally they can't carry anything with a blade.

The sword cannot be used, and the water and fire stick is a long weapon. When there is space to swing the long weapon, it is naturally majestic and quite ferocious, but if it is used to catch thieves and take stolen goods, break down doors and arrest people, this thing is somewhat uncomfortable. Fighting in a small space - this is why iron rulers are distributed to the agents. After all, we can't let people go empty-handed, right?

"But this thing is better than an iron ruler!"

At the door of the blacksmith shop, the catcher took his stick back and then threw it away again, with a strange look on his face.

Compared with the water and fire stick, the iron ruler is already much more portable, but the swing stick is much more flexible than the iron ruler - it only has a seven-inch handle when stored. It was small enough to fit into your arms, but after you shook it off, you found an iron rod nearly two feet long, which was no different from the size of a normal iron ruler.

And the most important thing is that unlike the iron ruler that was slowly pulled out from the waistband, when the iron rod was thrown away, there was a crisp metal collision sound, and the momentum was like a sword being unsheathed.

This is of great use to the government officials.

When you pull out the iron ruler from your belt, the opponent may not notice anything, but when the iron rod is opened with a clang, the opponent is startled at least - to catch a thief, what you need most of the time is this kind of momentum, after all. Those who can be dealt with by them will not be some criminal thieves. Those ordinary thieves will be scared to the point where their legs weaken when they see this scene.

After making such a promise, the agent who accepted the stick happily left with the stick. It was obvious that the agent was very satisfied with the new guy.

After all, the stick-throwing thing itself is not particularly new. It is a three-section iron pipe that is connected together. This thing is actually easy to think of. For example, the telescopic spear he captured before is more refined than the stick-throwing gun. Weapon, but compared to his swing stick, the telescopic spear has a fatal flaw.

But Du Chengfeng rejected the deal.

"Okay, I'm a good friend. I won't take your things for free. I'll tell the staff later. Everyone will definitely be interested in this... Don't worry, I will definitely quote a higher price so that you can make money."

Of course, they may not necessarily be faster than bullets, but they must be faster than human hands. If the arm is cut off before pulling the trigger, the musket will not be able to exert its power no matter how powerful it is.

The policeman thought for a moment, then took out the money and wanted to buy it on the spot.

He has shot firearms before, and they are serious pistols that are more advanced than muskets. They are a relic left by Huang Tian's father, and they can be regarded as quite commemorative trophies - but they can only be used as souvenirs, after all. The pistol has no bullets, and if he is forced to rub the bullets by himself, it will be a bit too much of a test on his hands-on ability.

"If you want to be accepted by the public, this weapon must be convenient enough for everyone to use, but not too complicated, and the cost must be controlled, at least it must be affordable for everyone..."

Du Chengfeng was also very satisfied with this transaction.

As the world's number one slinger, of course he had to keep this prototype in his own hands - but he didn't refute the catcher's reputation too much. Instead, he made a second machine on the spot, and even Even the crafting fee was not confiscated, and the agent was only charged some money for materials.

Du Chengfeng, who was sitting in the blacksmith shop, was touching his chin and thinking. He felt as if he had entered an extraordinary field.

That is too refined and cannot be promoted on a large scale.

"So what will happen if I want to make the world's first musket?"

If a weapon can only be used by one person, then it is just a rather strange weapon. It may be able to use a unique move when hitting people, but in the end it will still remain at the level of a weapon - and Du What Chengfeng wanted was not this kind of ordinary iron. What he wanted was a weapon similar to the first Judge's Pen, a weapon that truly possessed the willpower of the masses.

"Why don't you sell me a copy!"

Thinking of this, Du Chengfeng shook his head.

Every strong person with evil energy can be regarded as a moving fort. The power of those swords and swords is much more powerful than bullets.

And now, after his third attempt, Du Chengfeng has become more and more aware of the secret.

What's more, are firearms really powerful?
If everyone's weapons are of the iron level, then the muskets can really do a lot, but once the evil spirit is released, the muskets are a bit too much.

Even if the evil spirit enters the body, he may be able to dodge bullets with his agility.

He is not short of this income. In fact, he can even give it away for free, but things given away for free will always seem worthless, so he takes some symbolic money - collecting money is actually secondary, the key thing is We need to spread this thing so that more people can use it.

"This also means that firearms are destined to not be popular in this day and age."

Du Chengfeng felt a toothache when he thought of this.

If there is no way to popularize it, there is no way for the prototype machine to carry the will of the public and the fantasy of all living beings. If the gun is made, it will only be made of ordinary iron.

It's just that Fan Tie's musket may not even be as good as the swing stick.

"This……"

Du Chengfeng suddenly realized that his past experience did not seem to be effective at this time.

In this hellish idealistic world, everything is a completely different set of logic. If he still holds on to the idea that a musket can definitely defeat a stick, then there is a high probability that he will not be able to do anything serious - of course, strictly speaking at the moment It is said that he has made one, and if this thing can be popularized in the future, the first swing stick in his hand may have the same incredible power as the Judge's Pen.

And it is not very difficult for him to popularize this thing. After all, he remembers that Jiang Wenyuan is far away in Jiankang Imperial City and is still working on prisons. As long as he can help promote it, everything will be fine.

If there was anything bad about it, it would be that the stick was not very friendly to him. It was just a toy in his hands, and it was not very convenient as a serious weapon.

"Hey, wait, am I going to make something for others?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly slapped his head when he thought of this.

He was so excited about making things just now that he forgot his original purpose.

Looking at the swing stick in his hand, Du Chengfeng put it away. Although he couldn't use it, this prototype, as the first promising work, was very memorable to him - also It was at this time that he thought that perhaps other people in the world also had such thoughts, which was why the original prototype of the weapon became so special in their eyes.

After all, whether it's the first or the first time, coming out on top is always impressive.

"So what should we do..."

Du Chengfeng continued to think. This time, he no longer thinks with inherent thinking, but tries to understand this assignment from an idealistic perspective - first of all, do not do any existing weapons, such as making swords, he will definitely not be able to do it. That first one. After eliminating some wrong answers, the remaining answer choices are also very interesting.

For example, if the slinging stick in his hand is really extended to all police officers, then this slinging stick as a prototype will definitely have some special abilities related to arrests, and taking into account these yamen officers The huge number of them, the willpower attached to this prototype machine must not be less.

In other words, his skill of throwing sticks has great potential in the future. If this kind of thing is given out, even he will be heartbroken.

"In other words, here's something with less potential."

Du Chengfeng gradually cleared his mind.

The potential is not so great, or there are not so many people using it. As long as the number of people using it is small, the willpower attached to the prototype can be limited to a relatively limited level - which means that even if this machine is used, He wouldn't feel too bad if the thing was taken out as a reward. Anyway, the potential of this thing is limited, so it doesn't matter to him.

So the question is, what kind of weapon will be used by a certain number of people, but not too many people will use it?

"Have it!"

Du Chengfeng vaguely thought of an answer.

This time, there was no need for a sledgehammer to modify the shape, and more reliance was placed on exquisite flame control to process the steel. After working for a while, Du Chengfeng finally came up with his new weapon.

It was a roll of thin steel wire.

"Killers should like this very much. After all, this thing can strangle people's necks and is very portable. With the current technology, it is difficult for anyone to make it... But is this too little?"

Just a roll of steel wire as a prize seems a bit too perfunctory. It would be better to add a few more to add some balance.

So Du Chengfeng used his brain again.

There are only two types of weapons that will be accepted by everyone. One is portable, which means it is easy to carry. It does not affect movement when carried on the body. It is best that others cannot see it, so that it is convenient to carry around. As for the other type, it is of course powerful enough. After all, weapons like weapons are meant to be used to kill people. No matter how concealed they are, they must at least have the ability to harm the human body.

"This should be okay, right?"

This time, what Du Chengfeng made was a steel flute. This thing has a strong and durable protrusion. It can be used as an iron rod to hit people on the head without any problems. The most important thing is that this thing can still play normally as long as it is not weighed. , no one can see that there is anything wrong with this thing.

"No, I still feel like something is missing."

When the new works came out, Du Chengfeng started scratching his head again. Although these works were theoretically acceptable, he always felt that they were still a little less interesting.

He was indeed getting started now, but he always felt that there was something more crucial that he had not touched yet.

Thinking like this, he simply made a few more weapons, such as a whisk with iron spikes, a long staff with a gun tip hidden, and a pipe made of pure metal, which could be used to hit people or held in the hand. Playing with the iron walnut... Although in theory there was nothing wrong with these weapons, Du Chengfeng always felt that something was missing.

In fact, compared to the swinging stick, the ones he made later were completely different.

Of course, these were originally meant to be used as prizes, and it was almost enough to achieve this level, but now Du Chengfeng was a little bit overwhelmed. He always wanted to challenge himself and hit the limit. See Can you make a better weapon than that swing stick?

"There must be somewhere else I haven't touched..."

With this in mind, Du Chengfeng started his creation again.

But this time, he was not in a hurry to swing the sledgehammer.

Instead, he sat in front of the forge and thought about it.

If you want your work to be attached to people's willpower, you have to make it recognized by everyone. This means that what you make must exactly meet people's needs, and no one has done this before. ——That is to say, from nothing to something, or even from zero to one.

"So, what are people's current needs?"

Du Chengfeng followed this train of thought and thought about it.

People's needs are actually quite confusing. After all, people don't think about it at ordinary times. As for life, people's needs are diverse. Ten thousand people can even put forward twenty thousand different needs - and now he wants to What I want to do is to find some commonality in this chaos, something that has not been discovered yet, but that everyone needs.

What everyone needs...

"and many more?"

Du Chengfeng suddenly realized that he seemed to have entered a blind spot in his thinking.

Does it have to be a weapon that everyone needs?

Something that everyone needs, couldn’t it be a useful tool? You must know that this judge's pen was originally made as a useful tool, and later evolved into a weapon - or, does it have to be a weapon? Doesn't armor work? Not clothes?

"Yes! That's it!"

Du Chengfeng caught the flash of inspiration in his mind.

Immediately afterwards, he began to get busy.

With his previous experience, he finished his work in a short while.

And in front of him, a shining silver coat was born.

Whether it had happened before, he didn't know.

But this is undoubtedly the world's first stab-proof clothing.

(End of this chapter)