After speaking, Liu Pei asked for two muskets from his entourage and handed them over. He said, "You two, take a closer look. Can you make fire guns like this?"

The two old men each stepped forward to take the fire blunderbuss and began to observe carefully. The two men looked inconspicuous just now, but as soon as they got the delicious food in their hands, the man's demeanor changed and he became confident! The two men each hugged each other.

Holding a firegun, he looked up and down. From time to time he would raise his head and think for a moment. He would touch here and there with his hands and click here. He also pulled a small hammer from his waist and knocked on the barrel of the gun. It could be seen that the two of them were

The movements are very consistent, they must have been taught by one person!

After a while, the two men looked at each other and handed the gun back to the Taoist guard. Liu Pei asked eagerly: "How is it? Are you sure?"

The older man said: "Reporting to the old man, although the idea of ​​​​this fire blunderbuss is very new, most of the parts are not much different from the fire blunderbuss used in the guardhouse. We can all make them. But the one inside is wrapped in circles.

We can't make steel wire! That thing must be made of good steel! Otherwise it will be useless after only a few uses."

Liu Pei understood. He was talking about the spring on the flintlock gun. But the spring problem cannot be solved at this time! Without good enough steelmaking technology, spring steel cannot be made. This makes Liu Pei feel very

Scratching his head. Do we still need to develop steel-making technology? But Liu Pei suddenly changed his mind and thought, Ming Dynasty couldn't make springs here, but modern society can! And the size of the springs is so small, hundreds of thousands of them can be customized at a time and cannot occupy a container.

So Liu Pei said: "If you don't consider the spring problem, you should be able to make other parts, right?"

The two old men looked at each other and both breathed a sigh of relief. The older man said: "The others are simple and can be made!"

Liu Pei asked: "I want a good firecracker, not one that explodes as soon as it is used!"

The old man sighed and said: "I'll tell you the truth. We can't make good things in the guard house! The iron materials handed out by Shangguan are not enough and of poor quality, and Shangguan doesn't give out rice all year round. I

When we can only withhold iron materials and make some farm tools in exchange for rice and grain to survive, we cannot watch our children and grandchildren starve to death! Such a situation

Come on, even if we have great skills, we can't make good things! I guess the big man makes firecrackers mostly for his own servants, so he should be willing to spend money. So I dare say, as long as the big man can give us

With enough iron and rice to survive, I dare say that all the fire blunderbuss made by our hands will be very useful!"

After hearing this, Liu Pei sighed deeply in his heart and cursed Boss Zhu's craftsmanship system. The good craftsmen were converted into craftsmen status by Zhu Yuanzhang's order, and their descendants were not allowed to leave the craftsmanship status.

The creative craftsmen became captive creatures. As a result, this system did not play any good role other than making it easier for the superior officials to deduct their food and wages. As a result, the level of the Ming Dynasty's ordnance continued to decline.

Liu Pei then said: "If you don't need to take care of this spring, and I give you enough iron materials, money and food, can you make the same firecrackers as they have?"

The two old men said in unison: "Definitely!"

Then Liu Pei turned to the craftsman who made gunpowder and asked, and the answer he got was similar to the first two people. The difference was that in order to make a living, the blacksmith sold farm tools, while he sold fireworks! So Liu Pei knew what he was doing.

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He said to these people: "I want to set up two workshops here. One is mainly for making firecrackers, and also makes some weapons and agricultural tools. So this workshop will be very big. You just can't support it.

The same is true for gunpowder workshops. So I ask each of you to teach more apprentices."

As soon as Liu Pei said this, several people in front of him looked embarrassed. Their lips moved to say something but they held it back. Liu Pei asked, "You can tell me if you have any ideas!"

But a few people still didn't speak. When Liu Pei was about to ask more questions, Liu Jiang stretched out his head and whispered in Liu Pei's ear: "It seems like they don't want to teach their disciples. This is because they are afraid that the master will starve to death!"

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Liu Pei suddenly realized that at this time, people at the bottom of the Ming Dynasty had no life security. These people had to rely on their apprentices or children when they were old. Therefore, there was often a phenomenon where the apprentices starved to death. As a result, many masters were always in trouble.

When teaching disciples, keep something in reserve! If you keep it, it will end up in the coffin. It will lead to death.

Many of Hua's unique skills were also lost, which is sad!

The few people in front of me must be worried that they will train apprentices and have no way out. But it doesn’t matter, Liu Pei has a way! Just throw money! Liu Pei said: "Are you worried that you will train apprentices?

It’s useless, so you just want to teach your children and grandchildren?”

Several people were obviously afraid that Liu Pei would be angry, but they still nodded firmly. Liu Pei laughed after seeing their reactions and said: "Don't worry! I will solve your worries. I tell you, your monthly salary is two days per month.

Two taels of silver plus five measures of grain. Moreover, every time you teach a qualified disciple, I will give you 5 taels of silver. In addition, I will also give each of you a one-time pension of 200 taels of silver. I think this is enough?

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These people were very surprised after hearing Liu Pei's words! The money and food Liu Pei gave was not a small amount! And with 200 taels of silver at his side, what would happen if he taught his disciples without providing for them in old age? If so, there would be no need to worry! So the old man

The blacksmith struggled and said: "If this is the case, I am willing to teach my disciples."

Liu Pei was very satisfied and said: "It's one thing that you are willing to teach. But you have to teach seriously and teach well, so that you can be worthy of the money I give you." Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Liu Pei turned to Liu Jiang and said: "Send them to Fushan Village for resettlement. When you send them there, give them the money. If you don't have the money, take it from Wang Chuanhao. Then you go and write a letter to the shopkeeper of Huashufenghua.

Tell him that I am going to set up a workshop and ask him to find a shopkeeper to help me. The monthly salary will be increased by 30% compared to the previous year."

Liu Jiang knew that the relationship between Liu Pei and Huashufeng was relatively close, so he agreed directly. When he accompanied Liu Pei out, he said: "Master, regarding the matter of the shipbuilder, please directly contact the important people or people from the aristocratic families.

It's impossible to borrow people. They can't be willing to have opponents appear! So my idea is, after the manpower below is trained, go directly to the south and kidnap a few shipwrights back. What do you think?"

Liu Pei nodded and said: "Well, this is a good idea, but you have to pay attention to one thing. If you want to tie him up, he will also tie up his family members! Otherwise, he will not be able to keep the person, but will become enemies, which will be boring!
Chapter completed!