"It's much easier to use than beef tendon."

"Do you think it's a bow and arrow? It's definitely not possible to use animal tendon strips..."

Lu Zhou said with a smile.

Lao Zhang once said that using tendon strips instead.

There are many good ribs in the farm, which is not a pity.

And in history, some people have done this.

However, after this, Lu Zhou would rather use a coercion gun.

Although the flintlock rifle is good, it has suffered a great loss for a while when it is equipped with its army in the early stage. The reason is that it is sudden and dull from time to time.

The irregular impact components usually make the boards that soldiers decapitate and make them lonely.

Experience is always exchanged for blood, and Lu Zhou's head is full of answers exchanged for human wisdom and blood.

Lu Zhou observed these two parts and couldn't help but continue to instruct:

"Old Zhang, the things we made in our blacksmith shop must be perfect.

This firearm is for the strong man to use for his life, and it must be used in accordance with the actual use.

Therefore, what you must remember in everything is that life is more important than Mount Tai, and quality is higher than life.”

......

Old Zhang was slightly stunned. After a long time, he lit up his head desperately.

“What the master said makes sense.”

I couldn't help but remember this sentence silently.

I don’t know how the master came up with this sentence, but I feel that it is indeed very appropriate to use it in the blacksmith shop.

"Well, when I go back, I will also educate the apprentices..."

......

"Well, Luzhuang's future craftsmen need to be educated well."

"Creen Moon, go to the house first and heat me up the meat!"

Lu Zhou nodded first, but then ordered Xinyue on the side.

Ever since she knew this was a Tatar princess, Lu Zhou always liked to instruct her to do this and that.

So in addition to working in the farm, Xinyue also has to help the owner of the farm to do a lot of personal miscellaneous things.

Xinyue naturally didn't dare to complain. She took her long legs and went in quickly.

Lu Zhou's evil taste was satisfied, and then he returned the parts to Lao Zhang: "Lao Zhang, let's go, let's go to the porcelain kiln to take a look!"

On the other side of the porcelain kiln.

In the past two days, the women were skillful and squeezed out time to pinch some clay pots.

For Luzhuang, today's clay can have unlimited resources without signing in, and it is the best quality.

It doesn’t take long to burn a batch of earthen pottery. With the fire uninterrupted, it can be finished in one day and night.

This provides many convenient tools for the farm, which invisibly makes life more decent.

However, Lu Zhou pulled back the clay, not just to get some tile pots.

The fundamental purpose is to build Zhuangzi.

It happened to be the time to leave the kiln, and a pile of fired pottery was pulled out.

In such a pile of clay jars, there are a few tilted clay styles, and this is also Lao Zhang's "masterpiece".

During this period, there have been more horses, and the stirrups have become a little insufficient...

Lu Zhou took out a mud pattern and watched it in person: "That's it?"

Old Man Zhang blushed: "Master, when I was in my hometown, I only squeezed stirrups..."

Stirrups are stirrups, but unfortunately they are too ugly, and each size is different.

But thinking about it, Lao Zhang is so old.

In this blacksmith shop, only an old and weak technician, it is impossible for him to have everything.

"Well, it's fine if it's useful for stirrups."

Lu Zhou nodded at last, but then raised his tone and said, "But today, you must pinch it well, and then set up a stove and kiln, and follow the appearance of this hammer and try to burn a batch tomorrow!"

"Component?"

Lao Zhang did not nodded this time, but asked in confusion: "Master, it's okay to say that stirrups are. If you make this part, using mud pattern would be a waste of time..."

If it is normal, it may be faster to use mud pattern.

But Lao Zhang said this mainly because the iron in the village is indeed very easy to get started.

The casting process is not very difficult.

And the master said this part just now, it requires precision.

With Zhuangzi's current technology, the parts poured from the mud pattern are definitely not qualified enough and have only a shape. The details will need to be polished manually...

The clay pattern is also disposable, and it has to be kneaded, fired, and poured again and again, and in the end it is just a shape cast.

When I had that little time, I had to use the advantages of iron and polish it with hand.

So, from the perspective of an old blacksmith, the working hours are a bit cost-effective.

Lu Zhou smiled unfathomablely. He came here today to illustrate this truth.

He picked up the hammer in Lao Zhang's hand, raised it, and said, "Look, if you use this perfect part as a template, can the clay style in the future be made like this?"

Old Zhang nodded without hesitation: "Indeed, it's probably like this, but the mud style is rough and it's not perfect when casting, so you have to continue polishing..."

Lu Zhou continued: "Although it is rough, at least it should be the same in appearance, length, thickness, size, etc."

Lao Zhang seemed to have some understanding: "Well, master, this is certain. If you all use this part as the basis, the clay pattern made will be the same. The size of the cast parts will be the same.

Then, it can be polished manually for a while, and in theory, the same parts can be produced.

But it took labor hours,

Exactly the same, but useless..."

Lu Zhou felt that what the old boss Zhang had learned was almost the same, so he smiled and explained further: "Yes, what he wanted is exactly the same! Usually, the firearms in the Ming Dynasty are built at will.

But look at this gunpowder, every time it is ignited, if there is too much, it will easily explode. If there is too little, it will often not be able to be hit, or the power will be greatly reduced.

And is there often a critical point between more and less, which can make the gunpowder ignite best and make the projectiles farther away, and the stronger the power?"

Old Zhang said subconsciously: "Yes, it's true. Every firearm has such a critical point, but the critical point of each firearm is different..."

Speaking of this, Lao Zhang suddenly stopped talking, his old eyes widened, and his beard almost raised.

Lu Zhou nodded with satisfaction and returned the parts to Lao Zhang: "This critical point is called standardization. In the future, all the firearms in the village must be standardized!"

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"specification......"

Lao Zhang took the parts and kept murmuring from his mouth.

The importance of standardized manufacturing for firearms is to have a standardized usage process.

There is the same optimal solution for the amount of gunpowder used and the number of projectiles.

And most importantly, this plan can be popularized and is suitable for every firearm and everyone.

What Lu Zhou had to do was that every strong man could go to battle and kill the enemy as soon as he picked up his gun.

Lu Zhou was not sure whether Lao Zhang had a thorough understanding of the deep meaning behind him.

And this was never realized by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty.

Although it is not difficult to admit.

Firearms developed rapidly in the Ming Dynasty.

The craftsmen in history not only built themselves, but also had the courage to actively introduce overseas technologies and improve them.

I have to admire the wisdom of the Ming people.

From continuous guns, crooked guns, thunder guns, frank cannons, and even divine fires of various shapes, flying ducks are all available, with a variety of...

But that's all, strange things.

Above the Nine Sides, those soldiers with no cultural level do not have much patience to use.

Faced with tedious and complex steps, they would rather use bows and arrows to do it at critical moments.

Therefore, the firearms in the Ming Dynasty were fast, but there was never a standard way to use them.

It is fundamentally irregular, so there has never been a stunning standard tactic.

"Master, I..."

Lu Zhou was not sure whether Lao Zhang could understand the profound meaning behind him.

But what I do today can still instill some ideas in him.

Lu Zhou patted Lao Zhang's shoulder, then went back to the house to eat meat.

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Chapter completed!