Daming: My boss Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 38
The next day, because Princess Yan's little maid had a rounded vagina, some people who came late did not get it. Today, these people came here early to wait.

The gathering of these people attracted more people's attention, and Li Wei's business gradually became prosperous.

The soap that cost 50 yuan a day was almost sold out soon after arriving at the market. People who wanted to buy soap also knew that this seller sold it for 50 yuan every day. If they wanted to buy it, they had to queue up early, so there was a situation similar to hunger. The effect of marketing is that the less you can buy it, the more you want to buy it.

With an income of about ten dollars a day, Li Wei's life is getting better and better. He no longer has to scrimp on food and clothing and worry about everything as before.

Now the accommodation is not bad, the food is good, but the food, clothing, housing and transportation are still poor and the clothing can be improved.

He took the time to take Xiao Qing'er to buy some clothes. Not to mention, people really rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and Xiao Qing became more and more beautiful.

Li Wei saw it in his eyes and felt greedy in his heart. He felt itchy and couldn't bear to look down. He felt extremely uncomfortable.

……

During the war, Fang Jianbao took out the newly made flintlock gun. His Majesty was going to see this new firearm today, and Li Wei specially arranged for him to check it again to make sure there were no mistakes.

When Zhu Yuanzhang went down to court at around ten o'clock, Li Wei went to find him.

After Xu Shou reported it, Li Wei saw Zhu Yuanzhang who was resting in Jinshen Hall.

"Your Majesty, the flintlock has been made. When will you go and see it?"

"Huh? Has it been built? Then let's go over and take a look."

The military battle station is in the imperial city, not far away. Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was about to leave.

The two came to the war bureau together. Li Wei called Fang Jianbao and brought him a flintlock gun. He first introduced the structural principles and various performance indicators to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Your Majesty, this new type of musket is called a flintlock. It is a new type of weapon that is fired by rubbing flint against a fire sickle."

Li Wei pointed to the flint clamp: "Look here, the flint is clamped on top. When the trigger is pulled, the flint rotates forward and hits the fire sickle on the cover of the medicine tank. It generates sparks and also knocks open the medicine tank. There is a fuse hole connecting the medicine pool and the gun barrel. If the gunpowder in the medicine pool is ignited, the gunpowder in the gun barrel will be ignited to complete the shooting."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. The thing Li Wei created was indeed very exquisite, and the principle was not complicated. He could basically understand it.

"How far can this gun shoot?"

"Two hundred steps, it won't be powerful any further." Li Wei said casually.

At this time, Ming Dynasty always calculated the range in steps. He did not have a meter stick. He only knew that one step was more than one meter, and two hundred steps was only about two hundred meters. The range of a flintlock gun was almost the same.

"Oh? How powerful is it? Is the shot accurate?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up when he heard that the range was two hundred steps. Most of the bows and arrows at this time had a range of about eighty to one hundred steps. Of course, there were some special strong bows that were farther.

However, the training requirements for soldiers are generally a distance of about fifty steps.

"Well, within two hundred steps, if the shot hits, there is no problem in breaking through the armor. The current Zha Armor will definitely not be able to stop it."

"Really?" Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and quickly ordered his guards to get a pair of armor.

If bows and arrows can compare with flintlock guns in terms of range, then they are not at the same level in terms of armor-breaking ability. Even the armor-breaking ability of ordinary fire guns is far stronger than that of bows and arrows. This is a combination of biological energy and chemical energy. an unbridgeable gap.

Li Wei returned the flintlock gun to Fang Jianbao and asked him to find a familiar craftsman to demonstrate.

First, Zhu Yuanzhang had his armor placed at a distance of fifty steps. The craftsman loaded the ammunition and hit it with one shot, directly penetrating it.

Then he increased the distance to a hundred steps. It was very difficult to hit the target at this distance. Fortunately, the target was large, so the craftsman fired several shots and finally hit it.

Zhu Yuanzhang ordered someone to take the armor over, and saw that there were two transparent bullet holes in the armor.

"Okay! Li Wei, you did a good job."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, but this is all due to the joint efforts of everyone in the military affairs department, and it is not the work of just one person."

Zhu Yuanzhang showed a rare smile and praised Li Wei, saying that he must be humble when compared to others. Everything is due to your majesty. Li Wei didn't care at all and directly agreed. At the same time, he did not forget to bring along the craftsmen of the war bureau. "Every job well done will be rewarded!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a happy mood and did not blame him for being rude. After observing for a while, he asked someone to place the armored general [-] steps away.

From such a long distance, people's faces can't be seen clearly, and the craftsman is almost crying. He is not a marksman, so he can only rely on luck to miss from such a distance.

Li Wei asked the craftsmen to make the gunpowder into paper-wrapped fixed ammunition. That is to wrap the gunpowder and lead bullets together in paper, and tie a string in the middle to separate the bullets and powder. When using, they can be directly torn apart. First, put the gunpowder into the barrel and then put it in the barrel. Just put the bullets and paper in it.

In this way, the reloading speed is improved a lot, but the barrel also needs to be cleaned. There are only three rounds per minute at most.

The craftsman worked for a long time and fired several shots, but they all came off.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, stepped forward and pushed the craftsman away and said, "Let us do it ourselves!"

The guards and Fang Jianbao next to him were both shocked.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that. Your Majesty's precious body must not be compromised. Let your subordinates handle this kind of thing!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, let them come."

Fang Jianbao followed the guards to persuade him.

"Hmph, why, this thing you built can also injure one of our own people?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said displeasedly that if such a gun could easily injure the user himself, then it must not be used by soldiers. This would be tantamount to useless trash.

"This, that's not the case, just don't be afraid of [-], just be afraid of the worst..."

Fang Jianbao quickly explained that this new type of flintlock gun is actually much safer than the previous musket. It is basically unlikely to explode or anything like that, but there is always something to worry about.

"Okay, it's okay. Your Majesty, you can try it if you want. It won't explode."

Li Wei was not worried at all. He still had confidence in the flintlock gun. Since it had a fixed ammunition load and a standardized amount of ammunition, there would be no explosion of the barrel. He dared to fire a few shots himself.

"Look, Li Aiqing is so confident. What do you have to worry about? If we are injured, we will just cut off his head and we won't blame you. Don't worry."

"..."

Li Wei rolled his eyes and thought that he shouldn't talk too much.

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored the dissuasion of others, took the flintlock gun, and aimed at the armor two hundred steps away.

After the bang, a guard hurried over to check, and came back after a while and shook his head.

A smile appeared on Li Wei's face.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him coldly, and Li Wei quickly put away his smile and remained serious.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked the craftsman to clean the chamber and replace the ammunition, and then raised the gun to shoot again.

After another gunshot, the guard took the armor over and said with surprise on his face: "Your Majesty is mighty!"

When the others heard this, they took one look at the armor and started to flatter him.

Li Wei surrounded him in surprise and took a look. He really hit the target. Is this Lao Zhu a blind cat and a dead mouse?

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him proudly.

Although Li Wei thought he was just lucky, he still flattered him wisely.

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