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After some tossing, the sky was already bright. Although the sun had not yet come out, the light was already very good. There was no fog in the morning and the visibility was good. In short, the climate was very suitable for navigation. After the leak was repaired, the pirate ship had no major problems. After the white sails rose, the pirate ship moved slowly, headed west, came in from Mawan, and then stopped in Heilong Bay.

Heilong Bay is not far from Yangjiatun and is one of the many natural harbors in Mawan. Without any construction, Heilong Bay can moor twenty large ships. If it is built a little, fifty can be moored. If it is possible to carry out large-scale construction, there is no problem with mooring hundreds of large ships at the same time. On the north of Heilong Bay, there is also a Partridge Bay, which is similar to Heilong Bay. The two bays combined together can be enough to moor two hundred large ships.

At this time, the people on the shore also ran to Heilong Bay along the shore, standing on the rocks on the shore, looking at the slowly docking pirate ship in surprise and joy. The shelling of last night left a deep impression on everyone. At that time, everyone was still worried that the pirates would rush ashore and kill the people. Who would have thought that in a blink of an eye, this pirate ship would become the trophy of the guards?

When Zhang Zhun and others were escorting the pirates from the ship, cheers sounded again in the crowd, deafening and resounding throughout the sky. The guard soldiers who came off the ship carrying the spoils also raised their heads and chests, and were so majestic that they were so excited.

Xue Ningying was also among the cheering crowd. She opened her round eyes and her eyes fell on Zhang Zhun. She couldn't help but exclaim: "Brother Yulin is so powerful. She actually captured a ship! If Liu Xiang knew about it, she would definitely vomit blood! His men were so bad!"

Xue Zhidie said disapprovingly: "What do you know? It's just a reckless man!"

Xue Ningying said dissatisfiedly: "As long as you defeat the enemy, you will be a hero!"

Xue Zhidie said disdainfully: "Tsk! Aren't heroes very worthless?"

Xue Ningying frowned and said, "This is a ship! It's worth thousands of taels of silver!"

Xue Zhidie still said with disdain, "This kind of lucky ship is completely outdated and has no use at all. The warships used for real war are not like this at all! Apart from the three Lumi guns, this pirate ship has nothing worth seeing."

Xue Ningying pouted her mouth and stopped talking. She obviously disagreed with Xue Zhidie's words, but her seniority was indebted to refute her. However, her eyes quickly lit up because, she saw that Zhang Zhun was carrying a musket and walking towards them.

Zhang Zhun came to Xue Zhidie, raised the musket in his hand, and said loudly: "Miss Butterfly, what did you say just now? Are these three muskets called Lumi guns?"

Xue Zhidie glanced at the musket in his hand, glanced at Zhang Zhun again, and said coldly: "So you don't even know Lumi gun? You have been fighting with these pirates for a long time! I really don't know how he died!"

This time it was Zhang Zhun's turn to disagree. He said calmly: "I don't know the Lumi gun, nothing strange. No one in the world knows omniscient and omnipotent. Even if I don't know the Lumi gun, I can defeat these pirates. By the way, what do you know about the Lumi gun? Where can I buy it? If I want to produce it myself, what conditions are needed?"

Xue Zhidie's face turned slightly cold and she said coldly: "Are you asking me for advice?"

Zhang Zhun nodded and said, "Yes. I'm humbly asking you for advice, and please give me some advice."

Xue Zhidie hummed gently in her nostrils, as if she was about to take off, deliberately making things difficult for him to report his "rudeness" to her before. However, she accidentally saw Xue Ningying's begging eyes, and her expression calmed down again, and she slowly said: "The Lumi gun, as the name suggests, is a firearm from the distant Lumi country of Turkey..."

The Lumi gun was actually created by Zhao Shizhen, an outstanding firearm developer. The prototype was a coercion gun tributed by the Turkish Rumi Kingdom (Rom Sultanate). In 1598 (the 26th year of Wanli), Zhao Shizhen asked the Lumi messenger Duosima to ask the Lumi ambush structure and production methods. After improvement, it was made into a "Lumi gun", which weighed more than the previous bird gun, but the range (about 150 meters) was much higher than the latter.

The trigger and rail of the Lumi gun are made of steel and copper pieces, respectively, as thick as copper coins. The faucet (fuse rope clamp) and the rail are placed on the gun handle, and a small steel piece more than one inch long is placed close to the engine to increase elasticity, so that the faucet bolt can be pinched and fall, and can bounce it up by itself after shooting. In addition, the tail of the gun is also equipped with a steel blade, which can be reversed for a sabre. "Wu Bei Zhi" says: "Bird gun: Only the Lumi gun is the farthest and most poisonous."

After listening to this, Zhang Zhun was happy and asked eagerly: "It turned out that it was created by the Chinese people. I don't know what conditions are required to produce such a Lumi gun?"

Xue Zhidie said coldly: "Do you want to produce the Lumi gun by yourself? Let's die! After Zhao Shizhen's death, the technology of the Lumi gun manufacturing has been lost. Unless you can find the craftsmen of Lumi itself, don't think so!"

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "Since that's the case, where did the pirates' Lumi guns come from?"

Xue Zhidie said: "Of course I bought it from Lumi, Turkey. When Western merchants passed by Lumi, they sold Lumi guns from the local area to the East. However, it is probably not easy for you to buy Lumi guns from Lumi. The pirates have strict control over Lumi guns and they don't easily flow into the mainland. Even the Ming army did not have Lumi guns."

It seems that in order to show his rich knowledge, Xue Zhidie continued to introduce that there were many types of muskets in the Ming Dynasty, such as bird guns, thunder guns, three-eyed guns, five-eyed guns, and seven-star guns, which were not as many as thirty or forty types. However, in terms of power and range, they were not as good as Lumi guns. However, the Ming Dynasty was resistant to Lumi guns. When Zhao Shizhen discovered the method of imitating Lumi guns, the court did not pay attention to it. As a result, a very practical technique disappeared.

The reason is that the units that manufacture weapons and the units that use weapons are completely separated. The firearms of the Ming army mainly come from the military weapons bureau of the Ministry of Works and the internal military war situation controlled by eunuchs. Whether it is the military weapons bureau or military war situation, they only care about the production of weapons, and they don’t care after they are produced. As for the quality, no one cares about it. If it is broken, exploded, or scrapped, it is all the affairs of the army and has nothing to do with the production unit.

The Ming Dynasty army created many amazing world wonders and many brilliant achievements, but some of them were not suitable for showing off. For example, before the army set out, the commander must bribe the eunuch to obtain a large number of elite weapons. Because these weapons are locked in the inner ten warehouses, and the eunuchs are in charge of the inner ten warehouses. If they have no oil and water, it depends on whether your army has weapons or combat effectiveness. Even if all the soldiers on the front line are killed by the Tartars, it has nothing to do with them.

Just imagine, in such an environment, how could the military weapon bureau and military battle bureau actively improve the quality of weapons? Craftsmen without enterprising will naturally choose the simplest weapons for production. The craftsmen of Lumi guns are quite complicated, so craftsmen are of course too lazy to learn new craftsmen. No matter how well they learn, they cannot give up a copper plate in their pockets. Who would like to do such a thankless thing?

Zhang Zhun still asked unwillingly: "You really don't know how to make the Lumi gun?"

Xue Zhidie sneered and shook her head and said, "I have only a slight understanding of shipbuilding. How could I know how to make Lumi guns? I said that unless Zhao Shizhen resurrected or if he was taught by a craftsman from Lumi, Turkey, it would be impossible to produce Lumi guns by himself."

Zhang Zhun looked at her expression and didn't look angry with him. It seemed that the manufacturing process of the Lumi gun was really difficult. He put down the Lumi gun, changed the topic and said, "Since that's the case, please introduce this pirate ship to me?"

Xue Zhidie looked at him with a squinted eye.

Zhang Zhun said: "Don't you know how to build a ship? Why do you look at me with such a gaze?"

Xue Zhidie sneered and said with a angrily angrily: "Do I can't answer your question? You're going to expel us both?"

Zhang Zhun frowned and said, "You're thinking too much."

Xue Zhidie straightened her body and said proudly: "I won't give you a chance. I will prove to you that I am not making a living with you! Listen, this is the No. 4 blessing ship of the Ming Navy, also known as the Haicang ship..."

The size of the No. 4 Fu Ship is similar to that of the sentry ship. It is slightly smaller than the No. 3 Fu Ship, about five feet long, about seven or eight feet long, and has a displacement of about 50 tons. It is maneuverable when the wind is low, and it is generally not the main force of the battle. The biggest feature of the No. 4 Fu Ship is that it moves fast and is the fastest warship among all the Fu Ship and treasure ships. The original No. 4 Fu Ship had only one mast and was equipped with a hard sail.

According to the standard weapons and equipment of the Ming Navy, the No. 4 Fu Ship should be equipped with 4 thousand jin Folang machines, 3 bowl guns, 6 Lumi guns, 50 spray drums, 80 cigarette cans, 10 cannons (actually muskets), 50 fire bricks, 200 rockets, 6 medicine crossbows, and 100 crossbow arrows. 53 crew members, including 9 sailors and 44 soldiers.

Of course, these are standard equipment. When they come to the hands of pirates, they will definitely make various modifications according to their own needs. For example, reducing two Flang cannons and reducing three Lumi guns is of course the purpose of doing this is to concentrate limited resources on more important warships. After all, pirates themselves cannot produce weapons and equipment, and all weapons and equipment must be purchased, and the expenses are still very high.

In fact, except for the Lumi gun, other weapons and equipment were all produced by themselves in the Ming Dynasty. The cost, including the Flang machine cannon, was cheaper than purchased from the Portuguese. The key is that there is steel of good quality and a group of skilled craftsmen. Of course, ordinary people cannot do this.

Zhang Zhun nodded thoughtfully.

If ordinary people cannot do this, they must work hard to do it.

Nowadays, the most profitable thing is marine trade, and this part must be grasped in your hands.

The soldiers of the guards rushed the prisoners through the crowd. The monkey accidentally saw Xue Zhidie and was slightly shocked. He obviously realized something, but he quickly lowered his head and concealed his pace.

Zhang Zhun noticed it, ordered the monkey to stop, and said coldly: "Do you know them two?"

The monkey said honestly: "Know."

Zhang Zhun said, "Tell me, look."

The monkey said nervously: "The older woman is Xue Suoyun's sister, named Xue Zhidie; the younger woman is Xue Suoyun's daughter, named Xue Ningying..."

It turned out that Xue Zhidie's brother, named Xue Suoyun, was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen. He had been teaching in the Imperial College for questions. In the fifth year of Chongzhen, he was fortunate to release him and served as the magistrate of Haining County, Hangzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang. However, for some reason, he offended Ma Shiying, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Nanjing. As a result, Ma Shiying colluded with Liu Xiang and wanted to kill Xue Suoyun's family.

It just so happened that Xue Suoyun was going to Nanjing. He didn't walk the canal, but instead walked on the sea. Liu Xiang dispatched a warship to rob Xue Suoyun's family. More than 30 people in the Xue family were buried in the sea, but only Xue Zhidie and Xue Ningying escaped by chance. The monkey only knew that Ma Shiying wanted to kill Xue Suoyun's family, but did not know the specific reason.

Zhang Zhun nodded casually.

No wonder Xue Ningying could see all kinds of miscellaneous books. It turned out that I was from the Imperial College. But how could Xue Zhidie become Zhao Baolai's disciple? It's really a bit alternative to a woman who learns to build a ship. Also, how could Ma Shiying get involved with a pirate leader like Liu Xiang? It's also too strange.

Alas, this Ming Dynasty was so chaotic.

After temporarily imprisoning Monkey and others, Zhang Zhun immediately recruited Li Fenglai and others to study the creation of muskets. He only believed half of Xue Zhidie's words. He came from later generations and knew very well that the Chinese were able to copy the Lumi gun. Xue Zhidie said that no one could imitate the Lumi gun, so he did not believe in this evil! This is underestimating the wisdom of our ancestors!

In fact, he was very satisfied with the performance of this Lumi gun. It has a long range and great power. Such a musket is very good! If it can be built in large quantities, the combat effectiveness of the guards will definitely be improved in a straight line. Use cannons for long-range attacks, use Lumi guns for medium-range attacks, and use triangular piercings for melee. This is Zhang Zhun's initial combination.

"Yulin, we can't do this at our level."

However, after careful inspection, Li Fenglai and others shook their heads with difficulty, saying that they were not able to imitate for the time being. They did not know much about professional firearms, and they needed professional craftsmen to understand them. They were all ordinary blacksmiths, and it was okay to build some simple scimitars and spears, but they would not be able to build firearms.

Fortunately, Yin Gensheng also pointed out a way, that is, there are craftsmen specializing in making weapons in Fushan City, led by a general flag commander named Zhou Shiwen. They should know how to make muskets. As for whether they can imitate the Lumi gun, they don’t know.

In the garrison of the Ming Dynasty, if anyone had a life worse than a military household, it was a craftsman. The military household had a salary of at least one stone every month, deducting it from east to west, and dozens of kilograms. Although the court had owed it for a long time, there were always books, so the craftsman was worse. The craftsman only had a salary of three bulls per month, and if he wanted to earn more, he could only continue to work.

Of course, there is no work to do in Fushan City now, but the craftsmen live in Fushan City with no other livelihood. Life can be said to be as miserable as possible. There are people who starve to death. Even Zhou Shiwen, the general bannerman, lives a life of not filling his stomach. What's even more terrible is that they are just under Wang Shixin's nose. Even if they have any ideas, they dare not give them implementation, and they can only starve in vain.

Zhang Zhun did not give up and asked Li Fenglai and others to study the most common muskets. As a result, Li Fenglai and others still regretfully expressed that they had no experience in making muskets. If they wanted to copy muskets in large quantities, they still had to rely on the craftsmen in Fushan City. As for the Folang machine cannons, it was even more difficult. I am afraid that the craftsmen in Aoshanwei would need to be competent. The craftsmen in Fushan Institute should not have such technology.

Disappointed, Zhang Zhun had to find a mouse and ordered: "See a way to contact Zhou Shiwen to see if they can go out of the city to work for us. The salary is better, and they have a fifty-many salary a day."

The mouse agreed to go.

Zhang Zhun immediately came in handy for the captured Lumi guns and muskets. He specially brought Yang Zixuan to equip Yang Zixuan's team with firearms. Yang Zixuan had a strong comprehension ability and was more likely to accept new things. Sure enough, Yang Zixuan quickly became obsessed with Lumi guns.

After several tests, Zhang Zhun was becoming more and more satisfied with the performance of the Lumi gun.

No one can deny that the Lumi gun is indeed a powerful musket, which is definitely one of the most advanced muskets at that time. Its only disadvantage is that it is difficult to manufacture and has very high requirements for craftsmanship. According to Li Fenglai and others, to imitate the Lumi gun, two problems must be solved first: the first is to have good quality steel; the second is to have a master with very high craftsmanship. But these two problems are not easy to solve.

"There is no way out, can living people suffocate to death by urine?"

Zhang Zhun didn't believe in evil, so he took a Lumi gun himself and started to think about it with concentration.

The advantage of the Lumi gun is that the pipe body is integrated and not divided into sections. The vertical seams of the inner and outer pipes are in the opposite direction, which is safe. It is also small-diameter, good airtightness, gunpowder energy pushes the small warhead, and has very strong armor-piercing ability. It is precisely because of its advanced technology that it has an amazing range of 150 meters.

Through research, Zhang Zhun found that the biggest difficulty in manufacturing a Lumi gun is to create two casings. The Lumi gun is a double-layer barrel. In the era without the mechanical industry, two large and small iron rods were usually first built, each rolled a long iron sheet and made into an iron pipe (this requires very high quality of the iron sheet), and then the thin tube was put into a thick tube.

The description is very simple, but each step can only be done by professionals. Ordinary blacksmiths don’t know that the technology cannot be imitated at all. Especially the casing in the end, it is almost forced to drill down. Before the polishing and manufacturing of the two pipes, craftsmen who have not had enough experience have no way to start. Just making two long iron pipes that can be tightly put together can make all blacksmiths in the world despair. Unless there is a master who can make Lumi guns.

"This thing is really a bit difficult..."

Zhang Zhun studied it for two days and had no idea what to do, so he had to temporarily announce his giving up.

Just so happened that the mouse came to report that Hou Shanping and others had arrived in Yangjiatun.

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