Building Industry In Old Times Chapter 10

Just as Roman Lu was waiting for the captives to come back.

Owen Wu groped around from somewhere and came back.

Lao Wu is extremely passionate about this kind of thing.

"Master, look, there are two swords, four pairs of boots, two daggers, four pairs of pants and this iron rod. I don't know what it is."

"This is a musket!"

Roman Lu saw it at a glance.

Taking it and examining it carefully, I found that this musket is of standard quality and the workmanship is acceptable.

In the late Ming Dynasty, firearms played a great role in border defense.

Since JianRoman Lu produces iron, the Jiannu also want to develop firearms.

Of course, it was just an idea at first. If they were asked to build it themselves, they would definitely not be able to do it.

The reason they have this awareness is purely because they are afraid of being beaten.

If you are not beaten, you will not create it.

Now two Jiannu soldiers have a musket in their hands, which is not good news.

Roman Lu recalled.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, Kong Youde shaved his head and defected to the Ming Dynasty, bringing a large number of firearms, artillery, and craftsmen to the Later Jin.

From then on, the Later Jin gradually gained the ability to manufacture firearms, which completely changed the balance of power between the two armies.

Therefore, it is said that "there were three traitors during the Chongzhen period, the chief culprit being Kong Youde."

There is some truth to this statement.

The next year, Huang Taiji ascended the throne and Han officials were appointed to important posts. The Jiannu's firearms and cultural construction finally began to get on track.

Roman Lu held the musket, looking thoughtful, and then went back to the tent to sleep.

But the cleaning of the "battlefield" has not yet been completed.

There were many miscellaneous things, and Ulla was so enthusiastic about it that he worked all night.

The next day, when Roman Lu opened the tent.

Then they saw Ula, wearing the shoes he had taken from the Tartars, standing at the door, leading four horses and two sheep.

"Master, Marshall Li really has bad intentions. Look, they only prepared four horses."

"Yes, so I killed him."

Roman Lu didn't expect that there were four horses in Lizhuang and two more sheep hidden, but the sheep might have been bought from Cooke City and eaten on the way.

Needless to say, horses are used for running.

But no matter what, the increase in livestock species is something that is worth encouraging.

"Old Wu, there should be a horse pen and a sheep pen in this farm, right?"

"Well, it's behind the manor? It's just a little torn, master, you don't know this?"

Owen Wu asked as he was stroking the sheep.

"I'm just asking!"

Roman Lu said this casually, feeling secretly happy in his heart. With sheep, he could make more warm clothes!

Significant!

He ordered Owen Wu to quickly move all the livestock to the pen and rebuild the horse and sheep pens.

Feeling refreshed, he went back to the blacksmith shop.

I signed one on the iron furnace:

[Ding, sign-in successful, congratulations to the host for obtaining 32 pieces of 20 steel! ]

Looking at the iron smelting furnace, 32 pieces of iron were taken out today! Harold Old couldn't help but secretly wipe his sweat!

Roman Lu took out the musket from his arms again and asked Harold Old:

"Can you make this thing?"

Harold Old took a look and nodded without hesitation: "I will!"

Roman Lu wasn't too surprised.

Because this short-barreled musket is outdated.

The wisdom of the ancients should not be underestimated.

Don’t think it’s the end of the Ming Dynasty now.

It is no exaggeration to say that this short gun is a technology that is hundreds of years old.

Now in the late Ming Dynasty, the imperial court not only manufactured it itself, but also imported a large number of them from the West. This kind of fire gun has been relegated to its place, and even bird guns (matchlock guns) have been installed.

Moreover, matchlocks were beginning to fall out of fashion in Europe. In 1635, when flintlocks were being replaced on a large scale, the great craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty also drew the composition of flintlocks. However, due to the collapse of national strength and the slack of military preparations, they were powerless.

"Sir, do you need to make a musket?"

"Yes and no."

Roman Lu shook his head.

This thing is already out of date, there is no point in making it.

Now he just wanted to use the high-quality iron as a sign-in reward to make a batch of high-quality flintlock rifles, so that he could survive the great crisis in the future.

But Rome wasn't built in a day.

If he wanted to make flintlock rifles, he had to first train a group of craftsmen who could at least make gun barrels. And from what he saw now, even making a gun barrel would be difficult.

"Harold Old, during this period of time, pick a few people with quick eyes and hands to specialize in this fire gun, mainly for practice. Once you have mastered the skills, I will start making flintlock rifles!"

Roman Lu instructed.

Flintlock.

It is neither difficult nor easy.

What’s easy is that it’s simple in principle and simple to build.

There are enough materials, and it is enough for one person to polish and assemble one in seven days.

The difficulty lies in the fact that the parts require high precision and the parts are not easy to make!

Otherwise, it would not have taken nearly a century from the birth of the first flintlock rifle to its popularization in Europe!

Bi Maokang of the Ming Dynasty also produced the drawings of the flintlock rifle, but it was not put into mass production.

In fact, everyone understands the truth.

But based on the industrial capabilities at the time, it was very difficult to do!

The main reason is that the parts cannot keep up!

The quality of iron can't keep up!

"What is a flintlock?"

Harold Old didn't understand.

"We'll talk about the flintlock later, since you definitely can't make it. But for now, you can practice making this musket."

Then, Roman Lu was afraid that he would miss out on some talented people like Lu Er, so he continued, "Also, the scope of this practice can be expanded to everyone in the village. Anyone who wants to play with the barrel of a gun can give it a try with a piece of iron!"

Harold Old was dumbfounded. He had never seen such luxury.

Roman Lu didn't feel sorry at all.

After all, I don’t have any advantages, except that I have a lot of iron.

With unlimited resources, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to produce a group of craftsmen?

After walking out of the blacksmith shop, Roman Lu turned around and walked to the center of the village.

All of Li Zhuang’s servants who were captured yesterday were gathered here.

The two "able-bodied men" of the Lu family were watching from the side, but these people looked more miserable than each other.

It seems that the Li family is preparing to leave in the next few days and has no intention of giving this servant a chance to survive.

They have been hungry these past few days, and their eyes are dazed. If Roman Lu hadn’t shown mercy and given them some soup last night, some of them might not have survived last night.

Roman Lu stood in front of a group of people, took off his mink fur, and shouted into the wind: "No more words! My Lu family is not the kind of robber who robs people. If anyone wants to leave, they can leave at will!"

As he spoke, he pointed a hand at the cold wind outside.

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No one spoke and everyone was confused.

Roman Lu nodded in satisfaction: "Well, since you don't want to leave, then go drink a bowl of meat soup over there, and then follow Owen Wu to work!"

After hearing this, the group of people walked towards the meat soup without hesitation or thinking. In their eyes, it was the same everywhere, and they were all struggling to survive.

In these dark days, every day you live is a day you live longer.

He is just the current owner of Manor Lu.

It seems a little different. I guess it’s stupid. Give slaves broth to drink?

The servants of the Li family just picked up the bowls and drank it up ravenously. As they were people who had just been captured by the Lu family, the meat in their soup was naturally not as thick as that of the Lu family members.

There was just some meat foam floating on top.

When the Lu family saw the miserable state of these people, they were filled with emotion and could not believe that they were the same as them just a few days ago.