Yang Ling and Huang Yueying, with a group of followers, left Luoyang City and came to the craftsman's workshop outside the city.
Upon hearing the news of Yang Ling's arrival, all officials from the craftsman's workshop came out to greet him.
"I have met His Highness King Qi!"
"You don't need to be polite. The success of our soldiers on the front line is inseparable from your hard work in the rear."
Yang Ling chuckled and entered the craftsman's workshop under the leadership of Huang Yueying.
Before long, the group came to the shooting range specially set up for muskets.
Yang Ling saw at a glance a machine standing on the long side.
There are two wheels below it, and a thick barrel on top.
Wang Defa!
Isn't this a fucking machine gun?
Seeing Yang Ling in a daze, Huang Yueying pursed her lips and said to a craftsman on the side,
"Diao Deyi, since this thing was invented by your research, it's up to you to introduce it to His Highness King Qi."
"Subordinates obey orders!"
The craftsman named Diao Deyi bowed his hands, then walked forward and introduced Yang Ling.
"To report to His Highness the King of Qi, this object was researched by my subordinates based on the principles of muskets and repeating muskets."
"When shooting, the gunpowder gas drives the bolt to recoil, allowing the musket to achieve continuous shooting..."
Yang Ling did not listen carefully to Diao Deyi's words.
Because he is definitely more familiar with so-called automatic guns than Diao Deyi.
He is in shock at the moment!
Because he never expected that someone could develop an automatic rifle in this era!
as expected.
The wisdom of the Chinese people far exceeds that of other nations. Otherwise, they would not be able to have a glorious and long history of five thousand years.
However, due to the limitations of feudal society, these craftsmen were suppressed.
Otherwise, how could there be such humiliating and dark days in the modern history of later generations?
I traveled through time and made explosive advances in technology with just a few tweaks.
Presumably, those dark years will never happen again in this world!
While Yang Ling was thinking wildly, Diao Deyi on the side said carefully,
"Your Highness King Qi, Your Highness King Qi, are you listening?"
"Huh? Oh, I'm listening. Just keep talking."
Yang Ling nodded and motioned for Diao Deyi to continue.
"Although this object can fire continuously, its structure is complicated. After a long period of shooting, the barrel of the gun will be too hot and it will easily explode."
"So my subordinates equipped it with a barrel with water inside for cooling."
Diao Deyi said eloquently.
Clothes!
Capitalized service!
You are such a fucking genius!
Isn't this a beggar's version of the Maxim heavy machine gun?
Yang Ling looked at Diao Deyi's expression, which was quite strange, and he said tentatively,
"Odd changes to even?"
"What does His Highness, King Qi, mean by these words?"
Diao Deyi asked with a confused look on his face.
"it's okay no problem!"
Yang Ling waved his hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
If you kid comes up with the secret code, I will have to bow down to you!
Looking at the machine gun standing quietly in front of him, exuding a cold metallic luster, Yang Ling couldn't help but sigh.
This is a machine gun!
With it, let alone one against a hundred, given enough ammunition, it is not impossible to defeat one against ten thousand!
In the current era, if you take out such a thing, I really don’t know how the barbarians around you should deal with it.
But then Yang Ling thought about it, and Hua Xiong next door got a Gatling at the beginning.
It seems reasonable that I only invented a machine gun after struggling in the Three Kingdoms for so many years.
"That... Diao Deyi is outstanding in his ability to develop such a powerful firearm."
"In order to reward him, I plan to promote him to a great craftsman, make him a Marquis of the Pass, and reward him with thousands of taels of gold!"
As soon as Yang Ling said these words, everyone present screamed in surprise!
After so many years of development, the craftsman workshop has formed a strict reward and promotion mechanism.
From trainee craftsmen upwards, they are ordinary craftsmen, senior craftsmen, special craftsmen, and great craftsmen.
Although everyone is receiving salary from the imperial court, their status is very different.
Only special craftsmen and great craftsmen were registered in the Cao Wei court and were considered real officials.
If you want to be promoted from an ordinary craftsman to a great craftsman, you not only need to have inventions, but also have years of experience.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the Marquis of Guannei. Generally, only those who have made military achievements can obtain it.
As for ten thousand taels of gold, it is a huge fortune!
And Diao Deyi was able to receive such a generous reward just for researching an automatic musket, which really made everyone envious.
"You should study carefully. As long as there are good results, I will never treat you badly."
Yang Ling smiled.
"We will obey the order of King Qi!"
Everyone said in unison.
"His Royal Highness King Qi, I have an unkind request."
Diao Deyi suddenly said softly.
"speak!"
"This thing doesn't have a name yet. Why don't you give it a name by His Highness King Qi?"
"give a name to?"
Ji Lie touched his chin, pondered for a moment, and said with a smile,
"Why don't we just call him Gatlin!"
Hearing this name, Huang Yueying, Diao Deyi and others were all a little confused.
They originally thought that Yang Ling would have a majestic name like Thunderbolt Cannon, Divine Fire and Dragon Crossbow.
But I didn't expect that he would be given such a weird name as Gatlin.
However, as Yang Ling was the King of Qi, everyone could not say anything and just nodded in agreement.
Next came the actual combat session. In front of Yang Ling, Diao Deyi tested the gun.
I have to say that Gatling is really powerful.
But it’s unstable, it’s really unstable.
In just one cup of tea, there were four or five malfunctions.
This made Diao De so anxious that he was sweating profusely!
He wanted to perform well in front of Yang Ling, but he didn't expect Gatlin to be so incompetent.
"Don't be nervous, you're doing a good job."
Yang Ling nodded approvingly, pointed out a few shortcomings, and then told Diao Deyi the working principle of the machine gun in his previous life.
When Diao De heard this, he instantly felt enlightened!
"His Royal Highness King Qi is indeed very talented!"
Yang Ling chuckled and encouraged,
"You have to work hard to improve it, so as not to disappoint me!"
"Your Highness, Prince Qi, please rest assured!"
Diao Deyi said solemnly.
Seeing that it was almost time, Yang Ling took Huang Yueying and left the craftsman's workshop.
As soon as he left the gate, he saw an eunuch rushing over.
"I have met His Highness King Qi!"
"Does your Majesty have any orders?"
Yang Ling said strangely.
"Your Majesty invited His Royal Highness King Qi to come over and said that the Xianbei people sent an envoy!"
The eunuch said respectfully.
Yang Ling's eyes narrowed, and a cold light quietly emerged.
When I conquered Goguryeo some time ago, the Xianbei people deliberately obstructed it, but failed in the end.
Today they sent an envoy again. Could it be that they are seeking death again?
If this is true, I will fulfill them!
