Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

The PPSh successfully attracted the attention of the factory's top management, especially Deputy Director Zhang, whose interest in the gun made Li Qinwu embarrassed.

After being fished out, Deputy Director Zhang took Li Qinwu aside and asked him all sorts of questions, discussing various details of the gun. His seriousness made Li Qinwu feel a vitality that did not belong to this era.

This is easy to understand. As long as the Zhang family's army becomes stronger, the interests of Deputy Director Zhang will be more secure. Therefore, it is understandable that Deputy Director Zhang attaches great importance to a self-designed submachine gun with excellent performance.

At this time, in Lao Huotou's private workshop, more than 20 arsenal officials headed by Deputy Director Zhang gathered around a small blackboard. On the blackboard was the drawing of the PPSh submachine gun. Li Qinwu was explaining it carefully with a pointer.

"My dear superiors, considering that our factory has limited mid-level and senior technical workers, this gun, except for the barrel and bolt, is allowed to have a large tolerance in other parts. Junior technical workers can participate in the production of this gun.

In addition, considering the cost issue, many parts of this gun are stamped, which will greatly reduce the production cost of the gun! "

After Li Qinwu finished speaking, the crowd began to discuss. One of the officials whispered to Deputy Director Zhang, "Director Zhang, if what he said is true, then the cost of this gun will probably be very low!"

Deputy Director Zhang's eyes lit up. A low cost is good. A low cost can be used for large-scale equipment. He asked the technician, "What do you estimate the cost to be?"

The man hesitated for a moment and said, "Once the production line is built and the workers become skilled, the yield rate will increase. We should be able to sell it for 40 dollars a piece!"

Deputy Director Zhang calculated in his mind that the old sleeve rifles in their factory cost about 15 dollars each, and the submachine gun in front of him only needed the cost of two old sleeves. An infantry squad only had to pay an extra 25 dollars to provide a considerable automatic firepower. This was a good deal!

He looked at Li Qinwu who was explaining the technical details at the blackboard, and his eyes were filled with admiration. This young man was only in his twenties, but he had designed such an excellent weapon. Such a talent must be won over and used by his Zhang family!

Thinking of this, Deputy Director Zhang clapped his hands, and the others followed suit.

Li Qinwu stopped explaining and smiled shyly at the crowd. He thought to himself, damn it, if you are satisfied, just give your money and applaud!

Deputy Director Zhang seemed to have heard Li Qinwu's thoughts. He stopped clapping and said loudly to everyone, "Master Li is truly a young hero. He made such a good gun at such a young age! He is a role model for us old people to learn from!

From now on, Master Li Qinwu will be promoted to senior technician, senior engineer, and deputy director of the firearms design department! "

Everyone was stunned and looked at Li Qinwu with shock. It was the first time they had seen such a young director. This young worker in front of them had suddenly become successful. It was equivalent to a farmer in ancient times passing the imperial examination and becoming an official.

The old man stood beside Li Qinwu and patted his shoulder with a smile.

"Young man, from now on you are also an official, and you will also receive three salaries. Your salary is probably over 100 dollars a month!"

Deputy Factory Director Zhang corrected him, "It's 120 yuan a month! Director Li Qinwu is a senior technical talent, and our factory can't treat him unfairly!"

Li Qinwu looked extremely terrified and kept saying that he was not worthy of the position, but he was rolling his eyes in his heart. In a month, the Fengtian Arsenal would be owned by the Japanese. There was no point in me being the director. I couldn't even guarantee whether I would get my salary next month.

Damn it, didn't they say there was at least 10 yuan in reward? Why didn't the old bitch surnamed Zhang mention it?

The old man's eyelids twitched as he looked at the fake smile on Li Qinwu's face. It seemed that this kid had nothing good to say and his unhappiness was shown on his face. If Deputy Director Zhang saw it, he would be in trouble. He quickly opened his mouth to attract Deputy Director Zhang's attention.

"Director Zhang, last time I made a little gadget, you gave me a big red envelope and said that innovation is productivity. If we want to catch up with the great powers, we must use science, innovation, and encourage technical personnel.

Look, our disciple has invented a gun, isn't that also innovation? Shouldn't we encourage it?"

Deputy Director Zhang looked at Li Qinwu's expectant expression and suddenly said in a serious tone: "Well, we should reward young people's innovation, but whether this gun is really effective still needs to be tested!"

Li Qinwu's smile froze instantly. Damn, does this mean that he doesn't want to pay? The famous PPSh has been tested in actual combat during World War II, so it should have no problem passing the various tests at the Fengtian Arsenal. But even if it gets the green light all the way, it will take several months. By that time, the Japanese will come and it will be too late.

Fortunately, Deputy Director Zhang changed the subject and gave him a ray of hope.

"Although we haven't tested it, the old man has guaranteed that this gun is absolutely useful. Moreover, young people need to be encouraged in time, so the factory director has decided that our factory will pay 10 yuan to buy the production copyright of this gun from Master Li Qinwu, and the Marshal's Mansion will provide a personal reward of 4 yuan, and I will add another 1 yuan!"

As soon as the words fell, everyone was shocked. 15 yuan! This is 15 yuan! Although there are many powerful officials present, how many of them have seen so much money?

They looked at Li Qinwu with much more eager eyes, and they were all wondering if there were any female younger people in their families who were being married off as substitutes for others, perhaps they could help bring them together?

When Li Qinwu heard the 15 yuan, his smile became more sincere, and the look on Deputy Director Zhang's face softened a lot. He thought that designing guns was so profitable, it seemed like a good way to make money? Maybe in the future, this business can be made bigger and stronger! Let's reborn, I am a master of gun design in the Republic of China.

Everyone congratulated him and came up to shake his hand, congratulating the young man on his rapid success and entry into the powerful class.

Li Qinwu nodded and bowed, shaking hands with them one by one. But suddenly, when Li Qinwu shook hands with a middle-aged man in his 40s, the other party did not let go immediately, but held his hand tightly, and very hard, the kind of hard force.

The smile on Li Qinwu's face froze, but he still maintained a decent smile and asked doubtfully: "Shangguan, who are you?"

The middle-aged man also smiled, but his eyes were full of malice when he looked at Li Qinwu.

"Oh, Deputy Director Li, from now on we are colleagues. We must work together to make the light firearms design department a great success!"

Li Qinwu understood instantly, and the thought of Chen Hao flashed through his mind. It seemed that the other party had mentioned to him before when threatening him that Director Guo had taken a fancy to his gun.

"Oh, it's Director Guo! Indeed, we must get along well with each other in the future and make the gun design department flourish!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the blood vessels in Li Qinwu's right hand suddenly burst, his muscles suddenly tightened, and his palm squeezed Deputy Director Guo's hand like an iron clamp.

Deputy Director Guo suddenly felt the pressure increase. His wrist strength was no match for Li Qinwu's. His offensive and defensive momentum was also unstable. The bones in his palms were groaning, and the severe pain made him break out in a cold sweat.

"Young man, there is still a long time to live. We will have many opportunities to spend time together in the future!"

The guy was shaking with pain, and he secretly regretted why he had to use this method to intimidate the other party. At the same time, he cursed Li Qinwu, saying that this damn guy was so bold. I am your superior, and you dare to fight back. Just wait, don't even think about wearing shoes over size 48 with your size 30 feet!

The people around them seemed to notice that something was wrong with the two of them, and looked at them with inquiring eyes.

Director Guo now just wanted to pull his hand away, and his eyes were full of threats as he looked at Li Qinwu.

"Young people... young people are full of vigor and vitality. Middle-aged and elderly people like us are inferior to them!"

He planned to make verbal concessions first, get through the current situation, and then deal with Li Qinwu.

But Li Qinwu had a big smile on his face, with no intention of stopping. As for his enemies, he always adhered to the principle of killing them with one blow. How dare you jump in my face and mock me, and you still expect me to save your face? Eat shit.

Li Qinwu looked at him with mockery, and said with undisguised sarcasm: "Yes, we young people are full of vitality like the rising sun. This world belongs to the young and must belong to the young.

In comparison, shouldn’t some old guys who are just occupying the toilet but not doing anything give up their positions to give us young people more room to develop our talents?”

Now everyone around was silent, looking at the two people holding hands in surprise. It was the first time these two people from the same department met, so why did they seem to have a grudge against each other?

Director Guo has really become too powerful. He was wailing in his heart, "Damn it, he's been framed!"

His face flushed red and cold sweat dripped down his face. His palm was almost broken by Li Qinwu's grip. He looked at Li Qinwu with murderous intent in his eyes.

He wanted to threaten again, but when Li Qinwu saw that the old bitch dared to glare at him, he increased the strength of his hands again. Director Guo howled loudly and grabbed one of Li Qinwu's hands with both hands and tried to pry it apart frantically, but Li Qinwu just held his hand like that and had no intention of letting go.

"Let go! Let me go!"

Director Guo let out a series of screams and howls, and everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. There were many conflicts among the officials among them, but this was the first time they had seen it become so embarrassing.

At the same time, they gave up the idea of ​​winning over Li Qinwu. This young man did not leave any wiggle room for themselves when doing things. Such a person who made enemies everywhere would only be a flash in the pan in the officialdom. There was no need to put any effort into him.

They didn't know what Li Qinwu was planning, but Li Qinwu was not an idiot. How could he embarrass his boss for no reason? Wouldn't he be making a mortal enemy by doing this?

But what he wanted was to make the conflict public. He was just a small Karami with no one behind him. He had already made enemies with Director Guo over the gun sale. If such an old force wanted to target him, he would definitely suffer.

If Li Qinwu wanted to protect himself, he could not go on a track that the other party was familiar with, so he simply overturned the table and laid all the contradictions out in the open. If you have the guts, come and kill me in the face of public opinion. Once I die, everyone in the world will know that it was you who did it. Let's see if you dare to do it again!