Since the Shuye City is in ruins and the guards' mansion, of course, they can't keep a balance of income and expenditure. In fact, from Zhang Zhenshou leading everyone into Shuye City until now, the finances of Shuye Town are all supported by the original income of the family property of the Saoge and the elders of Tuqishi. No matter how rich the elders' family background is, they cannot reach the point where they are rich enough to rival the country. Therefore, in order to avoid being in vain and stop expanding the scale of the army, it is almost a must-have choice for Zhang Qian!

"Calling the days, the caravan of Liushen Workshop is almost here. They will bring a batch of goods and money to lend it to Suye Town for emergency treatment. They will also bring the jewelry we seized last year and a large number of wool cloth produced by Suye Town to Chang'an for sale. In addition, our workshop has begun to produce, and the mines outside the city have also gained recently." Without any concealment from Ren Wu and Ren Liu, Zhang Qian explained to the two with a smile, "I guess that when the autumn harvest is over, the new training camp will start the second phase. At that time, you two will be responsible. However, the coach will have to replace half of the training camp and the selection standards will also be greatly improved."

"I understand!" Ren Wu and Ren Liu looked at each other, and then bowed together. "I will definitely live up to the entrusted envoy of the guard!"

It is inevitable to replace half of the coach. Even if Zhang Qian does not make any request, the two of them will start to return a few brothers who are not suitable for coaches to the personal army or the Thunder Leaf Camp. It is a good idea to improve the selection standards. Otherwise, according to the situation in the past two days, at least half of the young people in the city will come to sign up for the army and recruit them all into the military camp. In the future, there will be no one to find any work in the workshops in the city, and no one will be willing to work outside the city.

"Many workshops in the city were built in the name of Liushen Commercial Bank. After the caravan of the commercial bank arrived, they would repurchase according to actual expenditure and labor." There was no one available at hand, so Zhang Qian did not plan to let Ren Wu and Ren Liu go on vacation. After thinking about it, he began to assign tasks to the two of them. "After the commercial bank repurchase, there will be a portion of the workshop left. I plan to sell this part of the shares to brothers who have followed me for more than one year. Therefore, in addition to summarizing the experience of the new training camp recently, you two should not be idle. Go and notify the brothers about making money to invest. You can not buy it, but you can't buy more. The specific purchase amount needs to be waited for the bank's accounting to make a total estimate before you can decide."

"Yes! I will definitely do this, don't worry, the owner of the manor!" Ren Wu and Ren Liu were overjoyed, and glared at the radiant eyes and bowed again.

Others don’t know that they have seen with their own eyes how Zhang Qian, Ren Cong and Guo Nu used hundreds of capital to make such a huge Liushen Business Company! At present, the workshops in Suoye City, whether they are wool-woven fabric workshops, or workshops that make car plows, glass, cement, and lamp oil, have no need for sales, and only enough manpower and materials are needed. Therefore, as long as everyone is qualified to invest, they will probably double their costs in less than a year.

"Tell me brothers that if you have extra money on hand and are optimistic about the profits of the workshop on Saiye, you can only invest. If you don't have extra money on hand, don't hold on." After expecting Ren Wu and Ren Liu's reaction, Zhang Qian smiled and continued to whisper his advice.

Li Xian was seriously ill, and Empress Wei, with the support of Li Xian, would inevitably cause the court to operate poorly in a short period of time. The long distance between Shuye from Chang'an was destined to cause anything to happen on both sides, which would have to be at least half a month or even one month before it could spread to the other side. This situation was not conducive to his continued rise in the officialdom and gaining higher positions and greater power, but it was very conducive to his "unruly" things in the distant Shuye.

Most of these "unruly" things have no chance to be spread to Chang'an, and have been heard by some political enemies. Even if a small number is spread, their impact and availability will be severely reduced. Even if the other party uses them, it will be difficult for them to launch a fatal attack on him.

At present, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has declined severely. In order to ensure the peace of the Western Regions, the court chose to turn a blind eye to many behaviors of border generals. Therefore, as long as he is "uncompliant with the rules", it is not as good as Guo Yuanzhen's self-respecting as he was, it is basically within the security scope and there is no need to worry too much about political hostile attacks against him.

The stake in the workshop built by the government and the sale of some of the workshops to long-term followers is obviously a type of measure within the security scope. This will not only greatly enhance the loyalty of long-term followers such as Ren Wu, Ren Liu, Guo Jing, and Ren Qi, but in the future, Zhang Qian's many changes to the Sui Ye Jun will also become smaller.

In addition, once the interests of Sai Ye Jun are tied to the interests of Liushen Commercial Bank, even if he does not need his own intervention, the relationship between the two parties will become closer and closer. The history of another time and space has proved more than once that when the army is combined with capital, its expansion will be as crazy as a tumor.

What is this? East India Company? Junker Group? Or Japanese vassals? Several nouns that were not very positive quickly flashed through his mind. Zhang Qian was shocked. Just as he was considering whether to set a limit in advance to prevent Liushen Commercial Bank from growing into a tumor and sucking his head one day, there was a loud "bang" sound outside the door of the house, which scared Ren Wu so much that he rushed forward and blocked his chest with his body. Ren Liu decisively drew his sword and rushed towards the window.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's the sound of muskets. Secretary Luo Zhang fiddled with muskets in the backyard. He probably put too much gunpowder." Zhang Qian was also shocked, but he quickly calmed down, pushed Ren Wu away with a smile, and then waved his hand gently to Ren Liu. "You have all seen it, on the Yellow River ferry. I used this thing to kill the leader of the water bandit."

"On the Yellow River Ferry?" Ren Wu and Ren Liu carefully put away their swords, with confusion on their faces. It seemed that more than ten years had passed since the water battle on the Yellow River.

"It's that bronze tube!" Zhang Qian smiled and gestured with his hands to remind him in a low voice. "Did you both forget it. I spent a lot of effort to conceal the existence of this thing."

"If the owner of the manor doesn't say it, we really can't remember it."

"The owner of the manor has too many treasures, so we are not surprised!"

Ren Wu and Ren Liu were sweeter than the other, and flattered with a smile.

"Pretend to be stupid!" Zhang Qiancai didn't believe that they had really forgotten the existence of the musket, but they didn't get entangled on this topic. After thinking about it, he smiled and invited them, "Go to the backyard with me. It's far from Chang'an, so there is no need to hide it. This thing is powerful, but the cost is too expensive. So, I'm still thinking about whether to build more and equip the teaching team first. You can try it with me and then help me think about whether there is a large-scale equipment value. If so, when the teaching team's people are equipped, they will start the corresponding operation training in the new training in the autumn. If it is not valuable, wait a little longer."

"Yes!" Ren Wu and Ren Liu were stunned and then bowed excitedly.

They did see the bronze pipe, but they didn't know that the name was the musket, but they just thought it was a magic weapon from the master who took out another one. Anyway, since they met Zhang Qian two years ago, they had seen all kinds of magic weapons, and they had already been shocked and a little numb.

Since it is a magic weapon, they never dared to think that they could use it one day. Today, Zhang Qian invited them to try it out and asked them to decide whether this thing has equipment value. How could they not be flattered by the two?

With three points of anxiety and seven points of excitement, Ren Wu and Ren Liu followed Zhang Qian and walked towards the back garden of the guard mansion. As soon as they turned over the moon gate, they smelled a pungent smell of sulfur.

Luo Huaizu, the secretary of the Ruiye Town, was busy facing a child's arm, with a bronze tube with a wooden bracket and a bracket. Seeing Zhang Qian enter the garden, he immediately handed over the bronze tube, along with the wooden bracket and a bracket, and said, "The guard is coming just right, and the musket seems to be broken by me. I just hit it four times, and the fire was turned off halfway through three times. Finally, it succeeded once, and then the trigger was stuck again. I dare not break it too hard!"

"Is that right, let's take a look." Zhang Qian smiled and took the bronze tube and wooden bracket, and put them together in front of him to observe carefully.

Ren Wu and Ren Liu then discovered that the wooden support and bronze pipe are actually one. The brackets are separate components. Because the bronze pipes are thick and long and heavy, they must be supported by brackets for easy use. Otherwise, except for Zhang Qian and Luo Huaizu, who are naturally strong, they may not be able to be stable if they change to someone.

The combination of bronze pipes and wooden support should be a musket. For some reason, a lot of fragmented parts were installed behind the gun, and just looking at them makes people feel dizzy.

In the scene, Zhang Qian was probably the only person who could not be afraid of simple parts combinations. After erecting the musket, he immediately began to check every gear. Soon, he discovered where the fault occurred.

It turned out that it was because of manufacturing accuracy problems that the two pinions were stuck in each other. They could not continue to move with the trigger, which caused the user to be unable to continue to pull the trigger.

Without tools at hand, he could only draw out the horizontal knife and dig it a few times with the tip of the knife to the gear. At least he made the machine run back to normal. However, after aiming at the target in the distance, he found that flint had broken out of Mars, and most of it fell outside the induced medicine pool, and it was impossible to ignite the induced gunpowder in time.

"It's too complicated and too easy to break. If I have time to fire it once, I can shoot ten arrows." Luo Huaizu changed his previous appearance as a treasure. He raised his hand and wiped the oily sweat from his face. He said disgustedly, "Even the shaking crossbow with a shaking handle is several times faster than this thing. If you want me to see, you should keep it for yourself for the time being. Do an unexpected killing move as before. If you use the equipment for your brothers, it will cost you money and delay things!"

"It's a bit difficult to use!" Zhang Qian carefully observed the trajectory of Mars and nodded to admit it. Then, he lowered his head and found a stone from the ground, put it in front of the medicine pool, and asked Ren Wu to hold it down by himself with the tip of the knife. Then, he aimed at the target again and slowly pulled the trigger.

The trigger drives the coil spring to accumulate power, and then evenly releases it from the gear on the other side. The gear drives the grinding wheel and quickly rubs against flint. Mars splashes, and part of it splashes on the stones under the tip of the five swords, and bounces back to the medicine pool again. "Bang!", a white smoke spewed out of the muzzle, and directly punches a hole in the fist, 50 steps away.

"Ah!" The first time I saw the firearms exerting power from close range, Ren Wu and Ren Liu were all shocked. One fell to the ground with a knife in his hand, and the other screamed in a low voice.

This power is much greater than that of Zhangn's crossbow. No armor can be stopped at all, including the Yaoxing Armor which is only distributed by the brigade of the Shattered Ye Army.

If the tutors under the commander are equipped with this thing. As long as they can be fired, the opponents will immediately fall down in front of the two armies. No matter what the strict formation is, they must collapse. Then the Shattered Ye Army will have another cavalry attack and instantly lock in the victory!

"We need to braz a baffle here!" Zhang Qian himself was not surprised at the power of the musket. He pointed at the location of the stone with his fingers and whispered to Luo Huaizu. "In this way, Mars will not fly randomly. Even if it flies outside, it will be blocked by the baffle."

"It's better not to delay the jam!" Luo Huaizu seemed to be suffering from muskets this morning, and continued to complain with a sigh. "There are so many fragments, besides you, there are craftsmen who make muskets. Who dares to move around casually? Once it breaks, everyone doesn't know how to repair it. On the battlefield, they can only use this thing as a cooked copper stick!"

"Indeed!" Zhang Qian thought about it and nodded again to admit it.

In the past, he only knew one name and no specific structure for flintlock rifles. So when he was developing, he focused all on "preventing the blow-off" and "flaming flint". As a result, the barrel was made thick and heavy, and the ignition device became extremely complex.

Now in the back garden, a master like Luo Daxia, who has extremely stable psychological qualities, cannot help but be impatient if he fails to fire one after another. If he goes to the battlefield, the gear of the flintlock rifle is stuck at the critical moment, and the soldiers still don’t know how heavy the blow will be!

"Master, why do you have to use so many gears?" Ren Wu was worried that Zhang Qian would really give up the musket after hearing Luo Huaizu's words, and was also determined to give Zhang Qian a worry. He gently touched the ignition device with his fingers and asked in a low voice.

"In this way, you can turn the force of pulling the trigger with your fingers to the front grinding wheel, so that it can quickly rub against the flint and get angry." Zhang Qian figured out the entire set of fire devices himself, so he gave an accurate explanation without thinking at all.

"Since it's a flint, can you get angry if you hit it? If it really doesn't work, just smash it a few more times, at least it won't get stuck!" Ren Wu seemed to understand it, but frowned and continued to remind him.

"Yes, the owner of the manor made fire in the wild, and we also used two flints to smash them against each other." Ren Liu, who was also reluctant to give up the musket, looked up at the faces of Zhang Qian and Luo Huaizu, and then added carefully, "I see that the owner of the manor has used so many gears, which is a waste of materials. And if any part has problems, it will not be fired at all. It is better to make it simple and rough, and set up a stick to hit the flint, and it is enough to fire. At worst, it's okay to smash it a few more times, and it doesn't take much trouble!"

"Smash a few more times!" Zhang Qian was stunned and re-mounted the musket. Then, he ignored all the gears, ring springs and other components. He really picked up a stone from the ground as Ren Liu reminded and gently tapped the flint on the armature.

"Ba, bha, bha..." As he knocked, Mars splashed everywhere, not as stable as the ones rubbed out of the grinding wheel, but there were more than a dozen of them at a time, and the direction was erratic.

"Add a blocker in front, slightly slanted. In this way, all the sparks that were smashed will enter the medicine pool!" Luo Huaizu's eyes suddenly became as bright as Mars. He bent down and picked up Ren Wu's horizontal knife from the ground, used the blade as a block to block the medicine pool.

The splashing sparks, when they encountered the blade, bounced back into the medicine pool. After seeing the inspiration, they quickly ordered Ren Wu to help and hold the musket. Then they took the gunpowder himself and put it into the medicine pool.

Ren Liu took the initiative to help smash the flint. After the first blow, Mars ignited the priming medicine. With a "puff", a stream of white smoke instantly spurted out from the muzzle.

The experiment was successful! However, Zhang Qian did not show much joy on his face. After thinking silently for a moment, he shook his head and rejected it, "You can't smash every time you fire, otherwise the muzzle will shake and affect the correct head of the musket."

"Then use your copper spring, carry this iron hook, and accumulate power. The trigger is only used as a mechanism. Before each launch, pull the iron hook, and after pulling the trigger, let the copper spring lead it to smash the flint. Inlay the flint in the medicine pool. Once it is smashed, Mars will not run around, and directly ignite the induction medicine!" Luo Huaizu's eyes became brighter and he said it quickly and urgently.

"I used to put the medicine pool on the top of the side and specially blocked it with something to prevent it from raining and getting the medicine wet! If I put the flint directly in the medicine pool, there would be no obstruction..." Zhang Qian completely understood what he meant, thought for a while, and continued to shake his head. Then, his eyes lit up.

When flint strikes a hard object, sparks will be generated. The blank that blocks the spark can serve as a cutting board at the same time. In this way, just combine the armature and the spring, and then let the armature hold the flint to smash the metal blank!

The metal baffle can also be made into an arc shape, and it also serves as the function of replacing the medicine pool to block rain!

In this way, the coil spring can be changed to a copper piece with good elasticity! The gears and grinding wheels can be completely omitted!

In this way, the cost of the entire set of fire-induced devices can be reduced to 10% of the original ones. It is simple to manufacture and easy to repair.

As for whether the fire is stable, as Ren Wu and Ren Liu said, just smash it a few more times. Anyway, it is just about pulling the armature up again and pulling the trigger again!

"Let's go, follow me to the blacksmith's workshop!" Zhang Qian shouted excitedly, turned around and left, not caring about explaining to Luo Huaizu and others what he was going to do.

Luo Huaizu, Ren Wu and Ren Liu looked at each other and quickly followed. They were afraid that Zhang Qian would be too addicted to building weapons and were attacked by assassins on the road.

However, before everyone could walk out of the gate of the headquarters, a shrill horn suddenly came from mid-air, "Woo, woo, woo--"

Immediately afterwards, there was a fierce sound of horse hooves, along the long street, from far to near.

Zhang Qian immediately came back from his excitement and slowly stopped his steps.

Luo Huaizu stopped, took the musket from him, and then shook his head gently.

The alarm sounded. Unless there was an emergency military situation, the Sacred Ye Army would never be allowed to blow the horn in the city.
Chapter completed!