The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 55: Want to see people lined up to be shot
If that doesn't work, just tell Brother Min and ask him to pry over the pair of big lions from the Chenghuang Temple.

That's a really old thing.

Anyway, there are only minor gods in the City God's Temple. Can they have any opinions in front of Young Master Fang?

Pang Tiande made up his mind and agreed: "There are some. I'll ask and I can deliver them to Mr. Fang tomorrow."

While the two were talking, they heard Axiu urging: "Fly faster, uncle, sophomore in high school, fly faster!"

It was rare for Fang Yu to play with her today, and Axiu was very happy today.

The sophomore in high school has been running for a long time, and now he is running slower and slower. He is panting so much that his big tongue is sticking out.

Fang Yu was also afraid that he would die from exhaustion by the moat, so he quickly replaced him.

After a while, the group returned to the camp and saw Old Man Zhao waiting there with a smile. He obviously had something good to say.

Old Man Zhao said: "Sir, Old Liu and the others have drilled out the first barrel."

This is really a good thing!Fang Yu asked almost every day, how many days has it been?

Just because it is very troublesome to roll a gun barrel these days, and the scrap rate is too high.

To be honest, Fang Yu had the heart to go to the Portuguese to buy it. With them knocking it off like this, when would we see the security team lining up to kill him?
Fang Yu sent Axiu home and followed Old Man Zhao to the gun shop.

This is also a temporary shack, with people living in the back and a workshop in the front.

Lao Liu and the others were different from the carpenters and blacksmiths in the county. They were craftsmen under the direct control of the county. If it weren't for Fang Yu's great reputation, they would not have been able to leave the city.

Of course, according to the rules of Lao Zhu's family, all craftsmen's households were originally managed by the county.

But since the eighth year of Chongzhen, the craftsman household system, like the guard system, has become irreversible.

Many craftsmen and military households are living in a state of indifference. If they continue to be maintained by force, won't they be able to rebel?
Lao Liu and the others were more unlucky because they were in charge of the county's military affairs, so they were kept in the hands of the government.

This time Pang Tiande "borrowed" them (the kind that would not be returned), which can be regarded as saving their lives.

When Fang Yu saw them for the first time, it was really hard to believe his eyes.

Liu Scissor, Lao Cai, and Wang Carpenter are also "masters" and they are living a prosperous life. (The order cannot be completed)
But these "gun-making experts" in front of them were in rags, with sallow complexion and thin skin, and looked exactly the same as those from the Beggar Clan.

If Pang Tiande and Min Wenggong hadn't personally led the team, they might have been regarded as remnants of the beggar gang by the security team.

Now Lao Liu and the others were forging a new pipe. When they saw Fang Yu coming, they quickly stopped and came over.

Lao Liu made a gesture that he wanted to kneel down. Fang Yu quickly supported him and asked first: "Why are you wearing these clothes again? Didn't you all receive two sets of clothes?"

There are a total of six masters in the shop, including Lao Liu, and several young helpers who are their sons.

In addition, they brought their old parents, wife and daughter with them, which was Fang Yu's special request.

Hearing the commotion outside, the family members in the back room also came out. Fang Yu discovered that none of them were wearing new clothes, they were still wearing the same "beggar clothes" a few days ago.

There were more than a dozen of these people, old and young. Seeing Fang Yu and Old Man Zhao, they felt a little at a loss.

Lao Liu wiped his eyes and replied: "When forging and rolling iron, it is easy to turn the clothes yellow. The clothes were so brand new that we didn't even want to wear them."

Well, Lao Liu is just like those refugees at the beginning. He would rather expose his buttocks than put on new clothes and work.

As for his family members, Lao Liu also explained: "You can wear whatever you want at home, even if you wear old clothes appropriately, no one will laugh at you."

How come no one is laughing?The gang in the camp regard you as a gang of beggars...even though they themselves have only been wearing new clothes for a few days.Fang Yu already had experience in dealing with Lao Liu's thoughts.

There was no need to spend time persuading them, but he said directly with a straight face: "It won't work without wearing new clothes."

"Now that you have come to the new city, you are the people in the new city. You are wearing rags. What will outsiders think when they see you?
They will say that we are stingy, and they will think that we have no money and are poor!This will have a serious impact on the image of us New Town residents. "

Is it wrong to be reluctant to wear new clothes?
Lao Liu's red eyes widened when he heard this. (The old blacksmith’s eyes are red)
On the other hand, several young people who helped the workers were very happy to hear it. They felt that what the boss said was very reasonable.

That's it for wearing clothes. Since my boss is unhappy, he has to put them on no matter how reluctant he is.

Moreover, the owner also said that this clothes will be distributed more than once.

Lao Liu and his family thanked him profusely, and it took a while before it was his turn to get down to business.

"Master, please take a look, this is the style of a gun barrel." Old Liu handed over a drilled gun barrel.

Fang Yu held it in his hand. The style of the barrel was the same as the two borrowed from the weapons library. They were both eight-sided barrels with water chestnuts.

There are probably two types of matchlock guns made by Ming Dynasty craftsmen, one is an imitation of the Ottoman Rumi gun, and the other is an imitation of the Spanish and Portuguese bird gun.

What Lao Liu made was a blunderbuss, and the eight-sided tube was for easy fixation.

Rumi guns and bird guns are the most popular and classic matchlock styles in the world.

But the bad thing is the corruption and expropriation of civil and military officials of the Ming Dynasty and the low management level. The matchlock guns made by the Ming Dynasty craftsmen are not only inferior to Europe and Ottoman Turkey.

Even Japan's "iron cannon" is far inferior.

Therefore, Fang Yu's requirements for this batch of matchlock guns are first to ensure quality, and second to speed up the production.

The first requirement is easy to fulfill. Feed the craftsmen well, clothe them well, and ensure there is no shortage of salary and rewards.

Then came the materials. Teacher Pan threw down a few scrap iron nails, which turned into large iron pillars.

It was enough for them to knock tens of thousands of gun barrels.

Don't underestimate these scrap iron nails. First of all, they are made of wrought iron, which saves Lao Liu and the others from refining them in the furnace again and again.

Secondly, the carbon content of this iron nail is extremely low (0.02%), and the quality of the rolled barrel is also the best... The best means: the best in the world.

So Fang Yu was very confident about the quality of these matchlock guns, but he was really helpless in terms of speed.

Let’s just talk about the gun barrel in your hand. Do you think it’s a finished product?
No, no, no, it's still early.

Next, the barrel will have to go through the steps of grinding, reaming, and repeated corrections, and it will take at least ten days to complete these steps...

According to the normal rhythm, it takes a familiar master about 27 days to complete a complete gun.

In other words, Lao Liu and the others could not deliver 10 matchlock guns in a month without any rest days and with several sons working as helpers.

All 90 members of the security team have to wait at least a year to replace their sticks with matchlocks.

This does not include the expansion of the security team and the training loss of matchlock guns.

How can this be done?Fang Yu believes that this speed is completely unacceptable.

(End of this chapter)