His Majesty the Emperor did not know that at the beginning, the clockwork fired and muskets in Beihai Kingdom were indeed made by high-end watchmakers from Italy. But later, with the successful development of carbon spring steel, ordinary workers could also use spring steel bars to easily create clockwork according to standard procedures.
The wages and benefits of workers with similar levels to ordinary apprentices and senior craftsmen are very different. An ordinary worker's daily salary is only 3 Finney. A watch master's daily salary is at least 1 shilling, which is several times different...
Moreover, the clock masters beat an iron rod into thin strips and then bend it into a clockwork. The labor hours spent on them are much greater than those of the workers in Beihai Country bend spring steel bars into clockwork. The salary and benefits of the two are so big...
So, in the end, His Majesty the Emperor would be surprised to find that it seems that the cost of making a clockwork fire is much higher than that of Beihai Country, so it is better to buy it directly from Beihai Country. Moreover, the quality of clockwork fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire fire
But His Majesty the Emperor did not know the twists and turns, and as a successful king, His Majesty the Emperor also had his own pride and confidence. He believed that as long as Marin could do it, Austria could do it as long as he learned it. However, His Majesty the Emperor did not know that it was not that others would work hard, because Marin had a cheat...
As for clockwork, it is actually not difficult to fire a musket. The biggest difficulty is steel wheel clockwork. It takes a long time for senior craftsmen to build a steel wheel clockwork. The cost is at least 5 gold coins, and most of the time, 10 gold coins.
If this is durable, it would be a good idea. Even the monarch of a poor country can grit his teeth and equip a batch. But the key is that this thing is not durable, without mentioning wear and tear. The most serious thing is that it is easy to rust. If it encounters rainy season, although in the rain, fire the clockwork and fire the firearms in the fire will still be fired. However, it is highly likely that the steel wheel clockwork will rust and scrap.
Even if it doesn’t rain, you need to use a lot of grease to protect the spring and avoid rust. Otherwise, the spring of 5 gold coins or even more than ten gold coins will be scrapped immediately for you to see.
This is a big deal. You can replace parts of more than a dozen gold coins at any time, and dozens of such muskets are still fine, but you can't stand it if you have more.
In Beihai Country, there is a Cuban nickel ore that can be used to add nickel into spring steel. Now, chromite is also found, and chromium can be used to add chromium. In this way, the steel wheel springs in Beihai Country are not prone to rust, have strong durability, and the cost of use is much lower. Not to mention, the cost of building is much lower.
Moreover, Marin is very terrible and sells steel wheels to the Habsburg family, deliberately using ordinary ordinary carbon spring steel without chromium nickel. Although the price is very favorable, it cannot withstand the loss...
But Marin would definitely not disclose the secret of chromium nickel to the emperor. Because this involves a huge secret, that is, Marin used nickel and white copper to forge French silver coins. This is a huge matter. When the French know it, they will definitely start a war. Therefore, it is better to keep it confidential.
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In fact, in addition to His Majesty the Emperor copying Marin's "homework", the French are actually "broken homework". After all, they are the most powerful country in Western Europe, and there is no reason to be behind in technology.
Therefore, the French have now begun to organize craftsmen to develop their own clockwork and fire guns. It is not difficult to find craftsmen in France in such a big country, and they are not uncommon to find them in Italy. Moreover, France is a country with concentrated royal power. With the king's order, the whole country must contribute.
While His Majesty was still raising money, the French had already organized a large number of powerful craftsmen to build their own clockwork and fire muskets. However, the French found in despair that the western and northern regions of France were probably affected by the North Atlantic warm current, with high climate and humidity, and the steel wheel clockwork also broke quickly. To protect the steel wheel clockwork, a large amount of butter was required. Moreover, the French craftsmen had higher salaries than the German craftsmen and the cost was higher...
When François I learned the truth, he was also full of dark lines. After calculating the accounts for a few days, he was forced to give up the plan to install clockwork and fire a musket on a large scale. However, hundreds of equipment were retained in the King's Guard.
In addition, François I also retained a workshop for firefighting firefighting in the royal manor outside Paris, and retained a group of craftsmen with good skills to continue to produce firefighting firefighting firefighting firefighting.
Well, however, this workshop not only provides spare steel wheels and clockwork for the King's Guard, but also provides the nobles.
Why? Because François I invented the hunting activity of using clockwork to fire muskets...
After all, the nobles are nobles. If they use a cowlin gun when hunting, they will carry a bundle of flints on their bodies, not only will they be inconvenient, but they will also not be handsome and noble enough.
Therefore, François I simply used an expensive clockwork to fire a musket while hunting. Seeing His Majesty the King holding a musket and chasing his prey without carrying a bundle of fuses, other nobles were greatly inspired - Oh, it turns out that hunting should be like this!
Then, France is in a turmoil...
Because it is for the supply of the kings and nobles, the craftsmen in the royal workshop also thoughtfully installed gold and silver decorations on the clockwork, and carved exquisite patterns, which looked very beautiful. Of course, the price was also very expensive.
For example, the "golden hunting rifle" used by François I was wrapped in a lot of gold foil, which looked very luxurious and generous. In order to respect the king, other nobles did not use all the gold, but most of them were gold, and each hunting rifle was golden. Only the little nobles, because they didn't have much money and were afraid to be more handsome than the boss, so they used a clockwork fire hunting rifle with a larger silver ratio.
In this way, Baoyin's hunting rifle is also a luxury item, with dozens of gold coins per piece without negotiation. The king and duke use more than hundreds of gold coins...
"What? The French made fire-firing a luxuries?" Marin directly sprayed tea. Well, now popular in Europe - aristocrats were surprised to spray tea and threw porcelain in anger. If this was not the case, there would be no aristocratic style...
"Yes, the report sent back by John said that François I originally planned to promote the fireworks in the army, and benchmark against the North Sea Kingdom. However, the high cost scared François I away."
"However, François I love hunting (the famous Castle of Chambor, which later became the hunting palace built by François I), and the clockwork fired a musket is easy to use and looks chic. Compared to carrying a fuse like a refugee, clockwork fired a musket is now very popular among nobles," Kohler reported.
This matter is also a relatively important matter. After all, the French developed clockwork fired muskets, although they were used for hunting, and they also had military potential.
It is said that because of the high profits, many French craftsmen, especially those who originally built cots, are interested in changing careers to build expensive clockwork muskets.
According to spy John Lafite, the cost of each steel wheel clockwork of His Majesty’s craftsman is about 10 gold coins. For other craftsmen, the cost of a steel wheel clockwork is definitely more than 10 gold coins.
"We can't let the French build steel wheels and clockworks form a scale! We can't deal with royal workshops, can't we deal with those stragglers?" Marin said decisively.
He didn't care about building a small amount of steel wheel clockwork in the royal workshop. However, he was afraid that French craftsmen would become very interested in building steel wheel clockwork. Then, he improved the steel wheel clockwork and evolved into a flintlock rifle. So he decided to intervene and strangle this sign!
"Then how do we do it?" Kohler asked.
"You sent a few Italian watchmakers who were invited to build steel wheel clockwork early but did not participate in large-scale manufacturing to send them to Paris to open a shop!" Marin thought for a while and ordered.
"But they are purely handmade and the cost is no less than that of French craftsmen..." Kohler doubted.
Marin waved his hand and said:
"Opening a store is just a cover, and even they build their own steel wheel clockwork. My real purpose is to dump cheap steel wheel clockwork that is not rust-proof in Beihai Country and make huge profits. By the way, suppress retail craftsmen who want to build a clockwork fire gun!"
As mentioned earlier, French craftsmen built a steel wheel clockwork cost more than 10 gold coins. However, Beihai Country uses skilled workers to build a clockwork with steel bars. The cost of one is no more than 1 gold coin, and it can even be as low as 1 shilling, which is one fifth of a gold coin.
If you sell it in Paris and sell it for more than ten gold coins, it will be more than ten times the profit. The key is that it will also destroy the enthusiasm of French folk craftsmen to build steel wheels and clockwork. In this way, you will not worry that the French will develop advanced muskets in the future.
If necessary, Marin even allowed those Italian craftsmen who pretended to behave to dump and suppress French local craftsmen with the "cost price" of 10 gold coins. In this way, only fools in the French people would do this business that is not profitable...
Kohler quickly took the order and took action. In addition to major cities such as Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Nantes, they all sent spies and craftsmen to go there. Whenever someone was found to build a steel wheel spring, they would use low-price dumping to destroy his business...
As for places outside of several big cities, there is no need to be too involved. Because the French aristocrats and merchants like to gather together. Those who stay in the countryside are generally not strong. Even craftsmen are like this. Strong craftsmen like to develop in big cities, and those who stay in small areas in the countryside are generally more fashionable. Therefore, there is no need to pay special attention. As long as you take care of a few big cities, you can basically suppress the enthusiasm of French folk craftsmen to build steel wheel windings.
In addition to the steel wheel springs being transported from Beihai Country, other gun barrels and gold and silver leather for decoration can also be transported from Beihai Country. The quality of local gun barrels is naturally higher than that of other countries. Of course, the price will not be cheaper. Selling hard at a price is to specifically slaughter customers. As for gold and silver leather, the carvings on them are not done by craftsmen. They directly make molds, stamp them with a spiral press, and mold them in one go, which is clear and exquisite...
The craftsmen sent are just pretending to be good and pretend to beat the customer when they come. If you really want the goods, just take out the exquisite finished products for him to choose. As for the price... it is not cheap, but the steel wheel spring that needs to be replaced frequently is sold at a "low price"...
Chapter completed!