Zhao Heng has been very angry these days, not because his new army is disobedient, nor because his newlywed life is unhappy, but because the workshop that produces gun barrels was misappropriated by workshop director Qin Gui to produce gears.

After the gun barrels were mass-produced, Zhao Heng was still calculating the output. He thought that in just one year, he could save enough gun barrels for two thousand people. When the time comes, he will equip the new army for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains. He must not let Yangzhou Jiading in three days.

Tragedy like the Three Massacres happened in this time and space.

But the wish was beautiful, but the reality was very harsh. After the lathe workshop produced twenty gun barrels for Zhao Heng, it stopped the production of gun barrels. The reason was that the raw materials used to produce gun barrels, wrought iron rods, were gone.

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Zhao Heng was very angry when he saw that twenty gun barrels were produced in ten days. He immediately went to find Qin Gui, the new workshop director. Unexpectedly, Qin Gui's answer was very polite. There were only two blacksmiths on the island, Blacksmith Wang and his son, who had wrought iron rods.

Only the father and son can make it. Now the old man needs to make the iron balls inside the ball mill. Blacksmith Wang and his son have gone to make sand molds. How can they have time to tinker with wrought iron rods? Without raw materials, the barrel will be discontinued.

Already.

Zhao Zhikuan also needs to upgrade all the gear boxes on the island, which requires a large number of gears, so Zhao Zhikuan's order is to have the lathe workshop stop all work and fully produce all kinds of gears.

Hearing that it was his grandfather's order, Zhao Heng lost his temper. He had no choice but to take away the twenty gun barrels and wait for when the lathe workshop would be free to make other parts for him.

If Zhao Heng didn't take away these gun barrels, he didn't have much thought, but now every day when he sees that these twenty gun barrels in the room cannot be turned into muskets, he really wants to die. Zhao Heng waited for two days, and it was really painful.

Unable to endure this suffering, I decided to make my own gun.

The bolts of flintlock guns are generally divided into two types, British bolts and French bolts. The most representative of the British bolts is the dog bolt.

The English Civil War that occurred in 1642 was a turning point in British history. It was also an era of great development of various matchlocks, spring-wheel flintlocks, and percussion flintlocks. At this time, we were in a period of rapid development of individual firearms.

*The battlefield advantages of weapons are self-evident.

In addition to importing a large number of various individual firearms from various European countries, all parties in the British Civil War also learned from each other's strengths and developed various types of gun machines that were simple in process, easy to process, reliable and effective. The most famous of them was

Various dog machine types, this type of gun machine is equipped with a separate semi-cocking rod with a hook on the outside, which is used to hook the hammer in the semi-cocking position when carrying to achieve the safety function. This process is extremely

It's like tying a chain on a dog, so this type of gun was vividly called "doglock" by people at the time. The Chinese can be literally translated as dog machine. And because it originated in the UK, it was called a British gun.

Dog machines are divided into transitional types and early, middle and late types. Especially the early and middle types are more common. Some foreign data name them as type 1 dog machines and type 2 dog machines respectively. Among them, the technology of type 2 dog machines is mature and stable.

, the most widely used. In addition to the formal use by the British army, it is also widely used by the armies of the Netherlands, Russia and other countries.

The Type II dog machine is composed of several main components such as hammer, fire sickle, windshield, trigger, sear, positioning leaf spring, positioning connecting rod, card cover push rod, etc. These key components are connected to the bolt machine through rivets.

It constitutes the firing device of the flintlock gun.

This simple structural diagram drawn by Zhao Heng is of the Type 2 dog machine used by Brown Bess. However, due to the limited industrial level of the colony, many parts fixed by screws were changed to rivets. Although the maintenance is reduced, it is very suitable for those with weak industry.

Used by Zhao family forces.

Zhao Heng took the structural diagram and looked at it. He could understand it, but the blacksmith probably couldn't understand it. There was nothing he could do about it.

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Zhao Heng decided to find a carpenter to copy these parts first. Wouldn't this ensure processing?

There is a shortage of other craftsmen on the island, but there are a lot of carpenters. Now Zhao Fuxiang's chief steward is Zheng Song. When he learned that the eldest young master wanted to find some skilled carpenters, he immediately found a few and sent them to Zhao Heng.

Trained by the furniture of tens of thousands of people on the island, these carpenters' skills were indeed very good. The next day they copied the gun machine that Zhao Heng needed. Zhao Heng saw that their skills were very good and asked them to copy it.

Twenty gun stocks and handguards were made according to the design drawings. Although these carpenters did not know what they were doing, they still completed the task perfectly.

Zhao Heng assembled the wooden bolt and put it into the butt. He also modified a few inappropriate places. This was considered done. Now he just had to turn the bolt into an iron bolt.

Blacksmith Wang didn't have time to make the gun, so Zhao Heng could only go out to find a blacksmith. Zhao Heng planned to go to Fucheng to have a look. He didn't believe that there was only one Blacksmith Wang in the huge Qiongzhou Prefecture?

Zhao Heng handed over the affairs of the general camp to Zhang Guozhu. Now the training in the military camp is on track. There is no need for Zhao Heng to watch here every day. Zhao Heng returned home with a wooden gun. He wanted to withdraw some money from his wife Zhang Side.

, after all, it costs money to find a blacksmith, right?

Returning to his yard, Zhao Heng saw Xiaoyu hurriedly coming out of the house and carrying a basin of water. Zhao Heng didn't know what happened, so he quickly grabbed Xiaoyu and asked: "Xiaoyu, what happened? What happened?"

What’s the water for?”

Xiaoyu was so busy that she was sweating profusely. When she saw Zhao Heng coming back, she didn't forget to put down the water basin and salute Zhao Heng, and then said: "The young master is back. The young lady is suffering from chickenpox. Young master, please don't enter the house yet!"

Xiaoyu is Zhang Side's dowry girl, and she grew up with Zhang Side, so now that Zhang Side has become Mrs. Zhao, she cannot change her title.

When Zhao Heng heard that his wife was sick, he quickly put down his baggage and rushed into the house, regardless of whether it was chicken pox or not.

At this time, Zhang Side was lying on the bed, his face was red, and there was a rash on his neck. Zhao Heng panicked when he saw this. He knew that there were several infectious diseases in the Ming Dynasty that could kill people, so he quickly asked: "Qiuniang,

What's wrong with you?"

Zhang Side had his eyes closed, but when he heard Zhao Heng's voice, he quickly covered his face with a handkerchief and said, "My husband, you are back. Don't look at Qiuniang's face!"

Zhao Heng still didn't care about this. He pulled open Zhang Side's handkerchief and looked at it carefully, and then asked: "Qiu Niang, what's wrong with you? Why don't you ask my mother to come and take a look at it for you?"

Seeing Zhao Heng caring about her so much, Zhang Side was secretly happy. She tried her best to open her eyes and said, "Don't worry, sir, this is the cowpox that my mother-in-law inoculated for Qiuniang. She said it was to prevent smallpox!"

Hearing that it was cowpox, Zhao Heng breathed a sigh of relief. He touched Zhang Side's forehead. Although he had some fever, the temperature was around 38 degrees, which was not considered a high fever.

"It turns out that vaccination with cowpox was done when I was a child. After vaccination, I will not get smallpox again!"

After Zhao Heng finished speaking, he lifted up his sleeves and showed Zhang Side the scars on his arms. Zhao Heng did not know that the vaccine he had received back then was a weakened version of the cowpox virus, while the vaccine given to Zhang Side was a fully virulent vaccine, so it was naturally different.

Seeing that Zhao Heng cared about her, Zhang Side felt sweet in her heart. She smiled and said: "Mr. Qiuniang can't accompany you tonight, let Xiaoyu take care of you to sleep!"

Xiaoyu is the maid of the first wife, so she is also Zhao Heng's woman, but Zhao Heng has just gotten married, so how can he have the nerve to have sex with other women in front of his newlywed wife?

Zhao Heng quickly shook his head and said: "Qiu Niang, stop talking. Your husband only has you in his heart, how can he accept other women?"

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Although Zhang Side received a traditional Chinese education, women are jealous by nature and naturally do not want to share their men with other women, so he was very happy to hear what Zhao Heng said. But the thing is, if Zhang Side is sick and cannot serve Zhao Heng, why not?

It would be a serious crime to let the girl from the same house serve you if word spread.

Zhang Wenming has a very strict upbringing, as can be seen from Zhang Side's name. He hopes that his daughter will follow the three obediences and four virtues to be a good daughter-in-law and a good mother. The first of the four virtues is womanly virtue. You must know that jealousy is a real violation of women's virtue, and it is also one of the seven virtues.

Zhao Heng could definitely use this to kill Zhang Side.

At this time, Xiaoyu brought in a basin of warm water from outside. Her face immediately turned white when she heard what Zhao Heng said. She was sold into the Zhang family by her biological father when she was five years old, and she has been growing up with Miss Zhang Side. In terms of status,

Although the two are master and servant, they have actually become sisters.

Xiaoyu herself was secretly happy when she learned that her young lady had married a tall and handsome young man. She was Zhang Side's dowry girl, and she would naturally become the bridegroom's wife. If she gave birth to a son and a half daughters, her status would be very high.

If she becomes a concubine, she will become a concubine. According to the relationship between Xiaoyu and Zhang Side, she will not suffer much after becoming a concubine. Instead, her life will be guaranteed.

You must know that Xiaoyu is a domestic slave of the Zhang family, and her life is controlled by the Zhang family. If you encounter a crazy master, it is not unusual to take Xiaoyu in when she grows up, so she is willing to be Zhao Heng's concubine.

Xiaoyu is still looking forward to it.

According to the tradition of the Ming Dynasty, a dowry girl like Xiaoyu had to stay with her on her wedding night. But at that time, Zhao Heng was out killing people, and even Zhang Side didn't have time to accompany him. So if he was in the mood to accept Xiaoyu? After the pirate incident was over, Zhao Heng

After sleeping with Zhang Side for a few days, he hurried back to the military camp, and naturally the matter of closing the room was shelved.

Zhang Side also knew that his little sister was in a bad mood, so when Zhao Heng came back this time, he asked Zhao Heng to take Xiaoyu in regardless of his own illness. In addition to giving his little sister a family background, he also wanted to prevent Zhao Heng from looking for others outside.

woman.

Although people in the Ming Dynasty did not prohibit taking concubines, as long as people with status and status basically kept one wife and two concubines, for example, Zhang Wenming only had one concubine, and some people with strong self-control even did not take concubines. Of course, this kind of

There are still relatively few people.

When Zhang Side left home, his mother told him that she could not stop her husband from taking concubines, but she could help him choose concubines. The law of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that without the permission of the head wife, one was not allowed to take concubines privately. Since

If you can't stop it, why not help your husband find someone who is compatible with your temperament? Xiaoyu has been with Zhang Side for ten years. The relationship between the two is like sisters. The key is that Xiaoyu is a domestic slave of the Zhang family. Even if she gives birth to a son in the future, she will be controlled by Zhang Side.

Isn't this much better than the husband bringing home a wild woman from outside?

Zhang Side saw Xiaoyu entering the room and said with a smile: "Ms. sir, don't you make Xiaoyu sad by saying this? She has been talking to me about wanting to see you!"

Zhang Side's words made Xiaoyu blush, and she put down the basin and hurried out. Zhao Heng looked back at Xiaoyu just now and found that although this girl looked ordinary, she was very clear and juicy, just like his junior high school classmates, so sunny and cheerful!

Looking at Zhao Heng's appearance, Zhang Side knew that Zhao Heng was tempted. Although he was a little jealous, he still said: "Ms. sir, you will have to take a concubine sooner or later. Isn't it a good idea to find someone who can get along well with me?"

Zhao Heng felt itchy after being told by Zhang Side. He thought that the decadent feudal society was better. No wonder Dad said that modern times are a man's paradise!

"Since Madam said so, then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful. Let Xiaoyu serve me tonight!"

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