Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

Chapter 90 Clothes
There was actually no problem with the rifle imitated by Bian Shichun, and perhaps because the craftsmen were more skilled, the rifle brought by Bian Shichun was even better than the rifle made by Chen Gu in some details, and the same explosives were used.

The only difference is the bullet. If you want to increase the power, the bullet must be as large as the inner diameter of the barrel to ensure the best airtightness. If the bullet is small, the gunpowder will deflate after ignition, and the power will naturally be smaller.

However, there was no problem with Bian Shichun's rifle itself. Chen Gu's own productivity was insufficient, so purchasing a batch of rifles from Bian Shichun was a good choice.

Bian Shichun was not opposed to selling rifles to Chen Gu. After all, it was a way to make money. Any money could be made.

"Twenty taels of silver for a rifle is too low. A gun barrel costs ten taels of silver!" Bian Shichun was ready to negotiate the price.

"Then do you think this rifle is valuable except for the barrel?" Chen Gu couldn't help but glance at Bian Shichun, "I've already said that I'm offering such a high price of twenty taels of silver in order to compensate you. If you don't want it, then forget it.

By the way, when will you send me the clothes and fabrics I want?"

"It takes time to produce finished clothes. As for cloth, the weather is hot now. You can't use such thick cloth even if it is delivered to you. Why are you in such a hurry?" said Bian Shichun.

Chen Gu thought for a moment and said, "Then send over as many clothes as you have made, and the remaining cloth will do. It just so happens that the women like Fobao have nothing to do right now, so it would be nice to let them earn some copper coins to supplement their family income!"

"Okay!" Bian Shichun nodded, then glanced at Chen Jue, frowned and said, "I noticed that you are very kind to these ordinary people, but you seem to be somewhat hostile to the gentry officials?"

"Okay, I guarantee that I will pay you in cash and I will never default on your payment!" said Chen Gu.

I feel that I have been good to you, Master Shichun. As for Addis, shouldn't people who sell opium be killed?"

"Not really?" Chen Gu thought for a moment and said, "These people are my tenants now. Don't you think your Bian family treats the tenants within your sphere of influence well?

Bian Shichun sighed and stopped trying to persuade him. After a moment's thought, he said, "The finished clothes and the remaining cloth will be delivered to you tomorrow. The thick linen will be given to you before the autumn harvest. I can sell you 200 rifles a month."

As for being hostile towards you, where does that come from?

"I can't say anything to prove it, it's just my feeling!" Bian Shichun said, smacking his lips.

After the deal was settled, Bian Shichun left.

Bian Shichun thought about it, nodded and said, "It's not that I haven't done that before, but you can't just do things based on your own preferences. Everyone else is charging 50% of the rent, but you only charge 30%. It's easy to be isolated if you do that."

Not long after Bian Shichun left, Lao Piao came in with a rifle. Perhaps he had something to hide after taking Bian Shichun's rifle. Lao Piao, such a tall man, came in with his body hunched and looking around, looking very wretched.

"You're wrong, I just feel sorry for them, but you don't need my pity, right?" Chen Gu glanced at Bian Shichun and asked, "Don't you have any compassion for these ordinary people?"

"It's just a remote place like this. I just stay at home and do my own things. How can I offend anyone?" Chen Gu sneered.

"The person has already left. It's just a rifle. Do you need to be so sneaky?" Chen Gu couldn't help but shout.

Lao Piao sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. Some people are so stingy!"

"There is no business to do for the time being, why are you so anxious to get a rifle?" Chen Gu frowned and asked. "You have to practice with this thing first. It will be very annoying if you don't know how to use it when you really need it." Lao Piao retorted, "By the way, give me some bullets!"

"Not at all. Practice with the pellets yourself."

"Then why does Yunhua have it?"

"They are going into the mountains for actual combat."

"Then I will go into the mountains to fight too. You give me bullets and I will go into the mountains to kill tigers, leopards and bears for you."

Chen Gu was so harassed by Lao Piao that he had no choice but to give him ten bullets. After knowing that this guy had entered the mountain alone and was planning to go deeper inside to take a look, Chen Gu gave him ten detonators and five bombs for self-protection.

The old forest inside the Buddhist treasure is an uninhabited area, and no one knows what is inside. Yunhua led his men in but did not go deep into the forest. They went and came back on the same day.

Lao Piao is planning to stay in there for a while as the danger is too great. Don't think that the South China tiger is weaker than the Siberian tiger because it is smaller in size. As long as it is a tiger, it cannot be dealt with by cold weapons. Even if there are hot weapons, it is not certain that one will be the other's food.

However, Chen Gu did not stop him, because Lao Piao's main purpose of going into the mountains was not to hunt, but to hone his martial arts.

According to Liu Er, Lao Piao has not encountered an opponent since he came out of retirement four years ago. Liu Er could have defeated him at that time, but Liu Er could not guarantee that he would not get injured, so he could not let Lao Piao really lose once, and it is even more impossible now.

As a result, although Lao Piao's martial arts skills are very strong, he has never been tempered by life and death and can never make a breakthrough.

Chen Gu didn't know ancient martial arts, and didn't know what a breakthrough or not meant, so he was reluctant to give Lao Piao a rifle so that he could go into the mountains without any worries.

This time, Lao Piao got a rifle from Bian Shichun, and Chen Gu had no reason to continue to stop him, so he could only let him go.

The next day, after Bian Shichun delivered the ready-made clothes and cloth, Chen Gu distributed the finished clothes first, ensuring that at least everyone had a new set of clothes. As for the cloth, Chen Gu planned to summon all the women in Fobao to come and sew clothes.

Buttons were already very popular at that time, so clothes were generally made a little tighter, which could save a lot of fabric.

However, the trousers still had a wide waist, which not only wasted fabric but also was inconvenient to tie a belt. After Chen Ke thought about it, he told everyone about the belts of later generations and asked them to sew six belts on the waist when making trousers.

This not only tightens the waistline, thus saving a lot of fabric, but also makes it easier to tie the belt.

Naturally, Chen Gu couldn't go and negotiate with those women in person about this matter, so he took a batch of cloth home, told Qin Ling and Wu Qing'er about his requirements, and planned to ask them to make a sample first.

"By the way, you two can make clothes, right?"

"Of course I can. Needlework is a compulsory course for us!" Qin Ling said with a smile, her little face showing confidence.

Chen Gu thought about it and simply told the two of them about the clothing styles of later generations to see if they could make them.

(End of this chapter)