Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 23 Rifle
With Zhang San's help in carrying and stacking the wood, Chen Gu felt much more relaxed and saved a lot of time.

Seeing that Chen Gu did not ask Zhang San to help chop wood, Liu Er did not say much. After all, Chen Gu chopped wood to practice his swordsmanship and build up his strength. In fact, the intensity of chopping three hundred kilograms of wood every day was already enough.

After all, these woods are all crooked and twisted, and it will take more effort to split them. Chen Gu is not very old now, so there is no need to rush.

The reason why this amount was arranged at the beginning instead of doing it step by step was mainly because Liu Er wanted to test Chen Gu.

Liu Er doesn't object to Zhang San helping with the work, but he doesn't allow Zhang San to eat or stay at home.

Chen Gu had no choice but to rent a house for Zhang San outside, and then gave him twenty cents a day, letting him solve his own food problem.

Although twenty cents can only buy two pounds of food, it is barely enough for Zhang San to eat, because a large steamed bun only costs two cents, and half a pound of soup noodles only costs ten cents. Of course, twenty cents will definitely not be enough to eat well.

Upon learning that the daily food allowance was only 20 wen, Zhang San could not help but complain: "Boss, you already have 1,000 taels of silver, why are you still so stingy?"

"Your father works so hard to fetch water for people. Sometimes he earns less than 20 cents a day. I don't ask you to do any heavy work. Do you think 20 cents a day is not enough?" Chen Gu scolded unceremoniously.

"Other farmhands get paid thirty cents a day, and I'm even less than a farmhand?" Zhang San complained.

After each bullet was made, Chen would put it into a box and separate it with cotton. Ten bullets would be put into a small box, and five small boxes would be put into a large box.

"Then what work have you arranged for me?" asked Zhang San.

Zhang San picked up the receiver cover and looked at it, then asked, "What are these things used for?"

Unfortunately, Chen Gu was unable to produce the spring in a short period of time, so the originally planned semi-automatic rifle became the current fully manual rifle.

Chen took out a bunch of rifle parts and sandpaper and said, "It's very simple. Just polish these things. Polish them all until they are smooth."

The cartridge case, bullet and firing pin are all made of brass. Chen asked a gold shop to process it. One bullet costs one hundred coins, which is a bit expensive, but the craftsmanship is really good. Things made by hand can achieve the precision of machines.

"Why are you asking so many questions?" Chen Gu said unhappily, "I'll tell you when it's time to know. Work hard, and you'll be rewarded if you do a good job. Don't be lazy. After sanding it once, you need to polish it once with linen cloth and tung oil. Remember to come and help me load the truck after lunch!"

Chen Gu has already completed the precise grinding of the rifle parts with a file, and all that is left is polishing. Once it is done, he will try to put them together, and then make some fine adjustments where there are any deficiencies.

Chen Gu didn't dare let Zhang San do the canned bullet thing. If the amount of gunpowder was not accurate, it would be fatal.

Moreover, the technological content of the bullet primer was too high, so Chen Gu changed the bullet primer ignition to firing pin ignition.

Chen Gu smiled and said, "Other people's wages of 30 wen a day are to support their families. As for you, wait until you get married. I will give you 50 wen a day then!"

With Zhang San's help, Chen Gu could save half an hour every day. On that day, Chen Gu assembled fifty bullets.

Although it is a bit troublesome, it does not affect the shooting speed at all. At least it is much faster than the current matchlock gun.

Moreover, the explosives made by Chen Gu are very powerful and can cost lives if one is not careful.

Chen Gu also prepared a large box to hold the entire rifle. The length of the rifle after Chen Gu's modification was 1.2 meters. With a one-foot long bayonet, the length could reach 1.5 meters, which was taller than Chen Gu's height.

Even after removing the bayonet and putting it in the box, Chen Gu still needed to carry it at an angle.

After assembling the rifle, Chen couldn't let it go. He held it up and demonstrated a few bayonet moves, then aimed at all directions. "Is this a weapon?" Zhang San asked in surprise.

"Nonsense, it has a bayonet on it, so it's definitely a weapon!" Chen Gu said unhappily.

"No, this looks like a musket, right?" Zhang San asked tentatively.

"How did you know that?" Chen Gu asked casually.

"I've seen people hunting with bird guns. After lighting the gun, they raise it up and aim at the prey just like you do!" Zhang San explained.

Chen Gu nodded and said with a smile: "This is indeed a fire gun, but it is much more powerful than the bird gun you have seen. I will let you see it carefully when I have the chance!"

After removing the bayonet, Chen put the rifle into the box, then slung it over his body, ready to take it back.

"What should I do next?" Zhang San asked hurriedly when he saw Chen Gu was about to leave.

Chen Gu smiled, took out a tael of silver from his pocket and threw it to Zhang San, "It's okay for now, you can have fun for two days."

"Thank you, boss!" Zhang San took the silver and shouted with a smile on his face. He asked what to do next, not because he really wanted to do anything, but to remind Chen Gu that the work had been done, and if he was satisfied, he should be rewarded.

Chen Gu was very happy that the rifle was made, and naturally he was not stingy. He directly gave Zhang San one or two taels of silver, which was enough for him to live a carefree life for two days.

Although one tael of silver is not enough to go to high-consumption places, it is enough for ordinary consumption. After all, one tael of silver is an ordinary person's monthly income.

Liu Er looked at Chen Kui carrying a box back and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What are you carrying?"

"Weapon!" Chen Gu said proudly, "This is my Chen Gu's exclusive weapon. It's the only weapon in the world!"

"What kind of weapon?" Liu Er asked.

"I can't say it, and I don't want to say it!" Chen Gu paused and said, "Old man, do you have any enemies you want to kill? I can help you solve it!"

"So arrogant?" Liu Erdu became even more curious about what was in the box.

"Of course!" Chen Gu said affirmatively.

Chen Gu's rifle was imitated from the Type 56 rifle, but the barrel was longer and the caliber of the bullet reached two and a half millimeters, or nine millimeters, which was larger than the bullet of the Type 56 rifle. Naturally, the cartridge case was much larger as well, and it was longer.

Theoretically, the range is also longer than that of the Type 56 rifle, and the effective range of the Type 56 rifle is two hundred meters.

With a rifle with a range of over 200 meters, Chen Gu was certainly confident of killing the person. After all, this was the most advanced weapon of this era.

Of course, before killing anyone, Chen had to get familiar with the rifle first. After all, theory was just theory, and he had to try it out first to see how it worked.

In fact, after the rifles were assembled, Chen Gu wanted to test their power, but it was not suitable in the city.

(End of this chapter)