Zhang Han's status was not high in the Ming Dynasty. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and even craftsmen were actually ranked first among merchants. Merchants were not allowed to ride horses in downtowns, nor were allowed to wear silk clothes and satin shoes. Many restrictions were full of discrimination. Even though the restrictions on industry and commerce have been relaxed a lot, the status of merchants on the surface was still very low. It was because of the imperial court's contempt for industry and commerce that after the opening of the sea in Longwan, the development of industry and commerce did not transform the development of industry and commerce into national strength, and the merchants were not the same as the country, both Shanxi merchants in the northwest and Jiangnan merchants were the same.

The Ming Dynasty was completely different from the Qing Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty had only a very small channel for donating officials, and there were many restrictions. Unlike the Qing Dynasty, donating a case for as long as the country was insufficient, and if you had money, you could buy official positions. In the late Qing Dynasty, donating officials could even be a local official seal. It was not possible in the Ming Dynasty. Although Zhang Han's official position was very low, it was actually a peak that many people could not reach in their lifetime.

The official robe spread out little by little in Zhang Han's hand. The silk material was very smooth in his hand. The blue official robe color was very pleasing to the eye. The chest was embroidered with silk thread, and the pattern was a Biao with his head held high to the sky. Zhang Han did not put on the official robe and handed it to Jiang Kui beside him. He picked up the official seal, wrapped in yellow cloth, made of brass, and the seal of Daliangshan inspector was engraved on the top... Zhang Han breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Shenming: "With this thing, it is much more convenient to do things."

Li Shenming smiled but said nothing, and then handed Zhang Han the bronze medal of the officials of the hundred households.

The bronze medal contains Zhang Han's name and appearance characteristics, as well as his official position. From then on, Zhang Han was under the command of Tianchengwei as an official of a hundred households. The location of a hundred households is just next to Lijiazhuang. The hundred households are actually almost empty, and the military households have long fled. Zhang Han serves as an inspector as a hundred households. In fact, what is important is the inspection. The hundred households are just used as the reason for future promotion.

"Fear the inspector!"

I don’t know who made fun of it, but many people present knelt down.

Someone took the lead and even the people on the construction site knelt down. Only many children were ignorant and stood on the ground and looked at this side with their eyes wide open.

Of course, Li Shenming would not kneel down. He usually contacted high-ranking military generals and governors. The gatekeepers at Ma Chengen's mansion were probably all thousands of households, and hundreds of households could not even catch his eye. Besides, he also had fame and fortune.

"Get up, why are you messing around?" Zhang Han smiled and scolded, kicked the person who led the kneeling, and ordered everyone to continue to work hard.

"Wenlan has done a great foundation here."

Li Shenming followed Zhang Han and looked around, his eyes showing an envious look.

It is easy to do business. There are construction sites everywhere in the entire Lijiazhuang area. Armor yards, weapons yards, carriage yards, firearms yards, and houses are being built everywhere. The large warehouse area and workshop area are called Li Shenming. Water trucks are still being built along the river bank. There are also many people working in front of each water truck.

Zhang Han's eyes were full of pride. The thousands of people in front of him were all diverted by his will. This sense of pride satisfies his male feelings, and it is indeed a hundred times better than being a little boy in the store.

"I am confident that I will be able to hit three thousand miles of water for two hundred years..." Zhang Han somehow read these two lines of poetry.

"Holy! Admiration." Li Shenming's eyes showed a look of respect.

...

"Owner."

At the end of July, the weather was still very hot, and in the evening, various cries of grass and insects came from all over the country.

Jiang Kui was carrying a lantern, five or six tall guards stood beside Zhang Han with their knives, escorting him walking among various workshops. When he arrived at the door of the firearm, Wang Debang came over from afar and knelt down at the door.

Many people already call Zhang Han "Master", but the old man is still used to calling him the boss, so it is difficult to change his words. Zhang Han doesn't ask everyone to change his words. His officials from all households and inspectors are all small officials of the same size as sesame, so it doesn't matter.

"No need to be polite." Zhang Han pulled Wang Debang and said, "Don't kneel down when I see me in the future."

Wang Debang said: "The boss is now an adult, and the courtesy cannot be abolished."

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Then let's follow the previous rules. You can live whatever the craftsmen in the military households have to do, and the courtesy will not be abolished."

Wang Debang was startled, and his fat body took two steps back, and said with a smile: "I'm the one I listen to."

"Yeah." Zhang Han continued to move forward. This was a firearm. In addition to Wang Debang, Zhang Han also asked people to recruit skilled craftsmen in the capital, and sent people to Macau. However, Macau was too far apart, so it would take more than half a year to a year to bring it back and find a suitable candidate.

Now the firearm yard is still just a firearm, but it is no longer a mesh rope gun. There are more than 100 old-style mesh rope guns. The firearm yard only provides daily maintenance and no new ones are made.

"Owner, this is a reed." Wang Debang took a V-shaped reed, which is the core component of the flintlock rifle. Wang Debang made it for more than a month under the guidance of Zhang Han, and improved it many times. The reed in front of him finally became quite good.

Zhang Han originally thought that the mezzanine was already strong enough in this era. In fact, the Lumi gun he made by Wang Debang was indeed very good, and it was very effective in fighting horse thieves and the Northern Barbarians. However, after seeing the war mode between the Jurchens and the Ming army in Liaodong, he found that Lumi guns or bird guns were not useful... Even if it was not the garbage goods like the Ming army that fired three times and exploded the chamber once, it would be difficult to hit the Jurchens with a pure mezzanine.

The speed of the convex gun is slow and has too high requirements for the weather. Wind, rain, and snow will affect the disposal. When shooting, it cannot aim at it because it prevents the fire from splashing. Unless it is a long-term training for elite shooters, the hit rate is pitiful and the wind is too strong. The induced medicine in the medicine pool will be blown away by the wind and cannot be used in rainy days. Even if everything is normal, the steps for the convex gun to be disposable are too complicated. The speed of the convex gun is too low, and the effective range is not as good as the heavy arrows in the archery. According to the situation observed on the Liaodong battlefield, the pure convex gun is in battle with the archer troops of the Hou Jin, and the convex gun is not an opponent at all.

Zhang Han originally thought that the flintlock rifle was too big, until he saw a book called "Soldier Record" written by a Ming Dynasty man in a bookstore in Zhangjiakou.

This book was written in the 34th year of Wanli, an old book more than ten years ago. However, the author used pictures and texts to record the casting methods and usage methods of various cannons in detail, and also recorded the musket guns in detail. The one that surprised Zhang Han the most was that this Zhoushan deputy general named He Rubin also recorded the flintlock rifle.

"If a bird gun uses a fire rope, there are beads that are covered with water, and if a flint is used, they will use a steel machine to hit each other..."

Not only records, but also pictures.

Zhang Han himself knew the structure of the flintlock rifle. When he was a child, his cousin often took him to fight pheasants and rabbits. When he grew up, he often shot himself. The old musket may have a history of 100 years. It is a standard flintlock rifle, which is equipped with gunpowder, plugged in lead bullets, and fired. It is used too much and knows every component well.

Wang Debang himself had never made a flintlock rifle, but he had been a bird gun for twenty years. As soon as Zhang Han said that, he understood the structure, and the graphic explanations on the military records, the prototype had been made by him.

"Owner, this is a gun."

Wang Debang handed over a flintlock rifle that had just been made. The body parts of the gun were very well made. Zhang Han felt it sinking when he got it. It weighed about six or seven pounds, which also met his weight requirements. It was shorter than the Lumi gun and slightly longer than the bird gun. The longer gun barrel can increase the thrust and increase the effective killing distance.

Zhang Han pulled the trigger and slowly increased his force. After turning the critical point, he clamped the flint on the machine bracket and the fire sickle connected to the medicine pool cover. At the same time, he opened the medicine pool cover with the help of leverage. At the same time, the hit fire sickle burst out from Mars, and Mars fell into the open medicine pool cover. Then the gunpowder would be ignited, and the medicine would be connected to the injection medicine, thus completing the entire launch process.

After hearing the crisp "click" sound, all the copper parts completed all the movements as Zhang Han saw.

"Very good..." Zhang Han smiled.

Wang Debang was very happy, but Zhang Han then said: "The plate machine is still too loose and needs to be remade firmly. The machine should be strong when hitting, otherwise it may not be able to fire successfully and cannot ignite the induced medicine... Also, there are too many spare parts and the effective range needs to be strengthened. Try it slowly. After a little improvement, a batch will be produced first for the archers to practice."

"Yes, boss, I will try my best." Wang Debang took a deep breath, and the joy and pride just now disappeared.

This flintlock rifle is actually very close to success. Zhang Han knew that the biggest flintlock rifle was the firing success rate. The one made by Wang Debang now is probably not too high. In addition, he vaguely remembers that the structure of the most successful front-mounted smoothbore rifle of the British army was not as well as before. The safety lock looked completely different. The old smoothbore used by Zhang Han was used by the British army back then. After staying in China, it fell into his hands for more than a hundred years. It was used normally, with an effective range of more than 100 meters. Unfortunately, it was later confiscated and destroyed by the country. Zhang Han regretted it for a long time.

Yang Hegao and Li Changnian, who were on the side, both breathed a sigh of relief, but Yang Hegao still had many hidden worries on his face. Li Changnian's carriage was already very skillful, just slowly improving the details. There was no pressure. Wang Debang was not threatened for the time being. He only cared about military weapons and armor. Recently, a good player named Chen Yaozong came, a master dug from the Ministry of Works of the Capital. Chen Yaozong was making mail recently, which was much better than Yang Hegao, who only knew how to make cloth armor and cotton armor.

"How much money does this steel gun cost if it is modified and fixedly equipped?"

"It's more expensive than the bird gun, and it's cheaper than the Lumi gun... about six taels more. If you want to add the bayonet mentioned by the boss, you'll probably have more."

The bayonet was also designed by Zhang Han. It was installed with a casing on the head of the gun. Zhang Han told Wang Debang for a few minutes and then the other party understood that the Ming army actually had some similar things, which was to combine firearms and cold weapons. Although there was no bayonet on the bird gun, it was not difficult to understand.

The bayonet was shot from the other side of the weapon field. Zhang Han personally designed it. It has a flat blade with blood grooves on both sides and a sleeve at the bottom. It is inserted on the gun barrel and then turned it to get stuck and fixed.

Zhang Han thinks that the simpler the design, the better, and silly, big and thick black are practical!
Chapter completed!