"Ding Wu!" Lu Chen shouted directly to Ding Wu who was arranging for people to transport the glass. As soon as Ding Wu heard his father-in-law calling him, he quickly told the craftsmen to transport the glass carefully, and then trotted all the way to Lu Chen before.
"Master, do you have anything to say?" Ding Wu asked respectfully.
"Have you finished the drawings I gave you?" Lu Chen looked at Ding Wu and asked. Lu Chen gave Liulifang some glass design drawings. These were the weapons that Lu Chen used to deceive the aristocratic family.
"Master Qi, your drawings are indeed a bit difficult. I have been trying for the past few days and have only made a few!" Ding Wu said helplessly. They have been experimenting a lot in the past few days. It is really Lu Chen. Several of the designs given to them were too high for them, so after several days of trying, they could only make two.
"I'll go take a look!" Lu Chen took Ding Wu directly to Liulifang, with Ding Wu accompanying Lu Chen.
After entering Liulicang, a group of craftsmen saluted Lu Chen and shouted "Mr."
"No need to be polite, how are things going?" Lu Chen asked.
"My lord, everything that has been made is here!" Ding Wu went to the side and lifted up an oilcloth, revealing several glass objects underneath the cover.
Lu Chen came to those glass objects, picked up one and looked at it. The workmanship could not be compared to that of later generations, but it was pretty good in this era, not to mention that there were colors added inside. Looking at this object, Lu Chen Chen is quite satisfied.
"Where are the glass beads?" Lu Chen looked at Ding Wu and asked.
"Master, all the glass beads you want are here!" Ding Wu took a box from the side and opened it. Inside was a box of glass beads shining brightly in the sun.
"Not bad! You did a good job!" Lu Chen nodded, "Each person will be rewarded three hundred coins!"
"Thank you, sir!" Upon hearing that their father-in-law had given him another reward, these craftsmen immediately excitedly thanked Lu Chen.
"Do a good job, and you will be rewarded!" Lu Chen said with a smile, "I have taught you how to make glass, and it will be up to you from now on!" After speaking, Lu Chen left Liulicang directly. When he went to the foundry, he wanted to see how many flintlock guns had been manufactured in his arsenal recently. Those soldiers who were not on duty with their backs were practicing their gun-carrying postures every day!
When Lu Chen came to the steel workshop, he saw a group of craftsmen busy, and Liu Laosan, the general manager of the workshop area, was walking back and forth seriously.
"Sir!" Liu Laosan, who was inspecting the workshop, saw Lu Chen coming and hurriedly came over to give Lu Chen a gift.
"No need!" Lu Chen waved his hand directly. When the craftsmen heard Liu Laosan calling "Master," they all put down their hands and saluted Lu Chen.
"You are busy with your work!" Lu Chen waved his hands to the craftsmen. When these craftsmen heard what Lu Chen said, they continued to work with their heads down.
"Lao San, how many flintlock guns have been made?" Lu Chen pulled Liu Lao San aside and asked. The steel workshop here is only manufacturing parts. The place where the flintlock muskets are actually assembled has been moved away by Lu Chen. It is in a hidden location in the back mountain. If you look from the outside, it is difficult to find it directly.
"Sir, there are twenty-five!" Liu Laosan and Lu Chenhui reported.
"Have you tried them all?" Lu Chen continued to ask.
"I've tried them all! There's no problem!" Liu Laosan said solemnly, and after testing the gun many times, Su Dingfang and other commanders of the Beiwei Guards finally understood why Lu Chen valued this flintlock gun so much. , this thing is really terrifying. Even if it is given to a teenage child, it can easily kill people. You must know that it takes at least three years to train an archer, and as long as you are familiar with the flintlock gun, you can use this thing to kill people. Of course Accuracy is calculated separately.
"Very good!" Lu Chen nodded. With these twenty-odd flintlock guns, Lu Chen's plan has just begun. Why did Lu Chen want to make a hundred flintlock guns first? Naturally, it was to let Bei Wei The Wei first practiced with the flintlock gun. After all, this thing is the easiest to make at this stage. As for the good young men in the Beiwei Wei and the few commanders, after they are familiar with the flintlock gun, Lu Chen is ready to take it out from the base. They have been equipped with equipment. At this stage, the things in the base are all non-renewable resources.
"It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish!" Can Lu Chen take out everything in the base? The answer is yes! But if it is just used without cultivating talents and without passing on knowledge, then the things in the base will one day be used up. What will happen then?
Therefore, Lu Chen wanted to gradually popularize craftsmanship and knowledge, thereby promoting the development of the Tang Dynasty.
"How many bullets and grenades were made?" Lu Chen was naturally referring to the "paper shell bullets" used in flintlock guns and homemade grenades made from clay pots.
"Sir, paper shells are easy to make. We have made hundreds of rounds in the past few days. If we have more people, we can make more! There are only dozens of grenades!" Liu Laosan looked at his hands. pamphlet, reported by Lu Chenhui.
"Those women in Zhuangzi can also work!" Lu Chen directly gave Liu Laosan an idea, and compared to men, women would be more attentive when making bullets and grenades, "Especially those widows, of course. You have to pay wages. As for how to do it, you can discuss it with Du Chengze! Just report the results to me then!" Lu Chen directly patted Liu Laosan on the shoulder and said.
"Master, there is no reason for women to work in public!" Liu Laosan said in a dilemma when he heard that Lu Chen said that he wanted the widows and women in Zhuangzi to work.
"What? Are you just watching those widows live a hard life? In my village, everyone is treated equally, but you remember, women are the female workers' workshop, don't let those gentlemen in, do you understand?" Lu Chen directly glared at Mr. Liu San glanced at him, then turned around and prepared to leave, "By the way, send twenty guns and two hundred rounds of ammunition to the Beiweiwei camp!" After Lu Chen told Liu Laosan, he left the steel workshop, leaving only Liu Laosan looked helpless.
In the evening, Liu Laosan came to Du Chengze's home. Du Chengze's wife Liu made some dishes. The two of them and Du Yanliang sat in the main room drinking wine and chatting, "This father-in-law of ours really wants to come up with something." Once this happens, there is no precedent for a woman to go out to work!" After informing Du Chengze of what Lu Chen had told him, Liu Laosan sighed helplessly, then picked up the wine cup and drank it all.
"Aye, you are not allowed to talk to the father-in-law about this?" Du Chengze also looked at his father Du Yanliang with a troubled expression.
"What did you say?!" Du Yanliang glared at Du Chengze directly, "Can you and I change what the father-in-law decided?" Du Yanliang reprimanded Du Chengze, "Besides, I also think that the father-in-law's move is a big mistake. An act of kindness. The war has just ended. There are five or six widows in our village alone. We are an imperial village here. Even so, what about the villages outside?" Du Yanliang said quietly.
"I'm afraid I'm setting an example by doing this. Our Zhuangzi has been getting better and better since I came here." Du Yanliang asked Du Chengze and Liu Laosan directly, and they both agreed. He nodded. Since Lu Chen took over, the food in Zhuangzi has been much better than before, and the people's energy has also been much higher. What's more, after Yuan Day, the children in Zhuangzi But they are all going to school, which is something they never dared to think about before.
"My father-in-law dares to be the first in the world, and how much do you understand our father-in-law's fantastic ideas?" Du Yanliang directly gave his son and Liu Laosan a disdainful look, "So, my father-in-law wants to Whatever you do, just do it!"
"But are those women really willing to come out to work?" Du Chengze asked still worriedly.
"Then let Mr. Liu find a few good friends to go together first and set an example for them!" Du Yanliang said solemnly.
"But my son is worried that my mother-in-law is clumsy. Don't let the work fail and cause trouble!" Du Chengze said still worriedly, and at the same time glanced at Mrs. Liu who was waiting on the side.
"What? Are you born to work?" Mrs. Liu on the side said to Du Chengze unconvincedly, "Besides, the third brother also said that they are all simple handicrafts. Which of our women's families does not have good skills?" Hong, when it comes to fine work, you men may not be as good as our sisters!" Ms. Liu glared at her husband, Du Chengze. Judging from these words, Ms. Liu is also a person with a fierce personality.
"Haha! Yes! Yes! You are the most skillful with your hands!" Du Chengze looked at Mrs. Liu and smiled.
"Okay, I will take the sisters over to find the third brother tomorrow!" After Mrs. Liu glanced at Du Chengze, she turned around and went into the back room.
"Then let's try it!" Having said this, what else could Liu Laosan and Du Chengze say, they could only sigh, hoping that these girls would not cause trouble to the father-in-law!
The next day, Ms. Liu made an appointment with some neighbor sisters and came to see Liu Laosan. Naturally, Liu Laosan took them to the bullet production workshop. Of course, the bullet production workshop was separate, and the gunpowder was The furthest distance was in a separate place, and Liu and his team's task was to assemble paper shells.
Liu Laosan found a craftsman to teach these women how to assemble paper-cased bullets. To say that these women are indeed very capable. Even though they are not literate, they really got started quickly at such a delicate job.
As for Lu Chen, he had people carry boxes containing flintlock guns and paper shells directly to the Beiweiwei camp.
When I arrived at the Beiwei Guard camp, I saw the Beiwei Guard soldiers who were not on duty, using tree sticks to raise their guns while aiming with a single sling with one eye closed.
