The Empress came ashore and beheaded the meritorious officials, forcing me to wear the yellow robe

Musket!

Is the technical content high?

Actually, it's not that high! To be more precise, it should be the most basic firearm, with low technical content.

To put it bluntly, as long as you have gunpowder, an iron barrel, and a stone stuffed in it, as long as it can be ignited, it can be used as a gun.

Of course, to be used in a musket, you first need a fully enclosed barrel that can withstand the explosion of gunpowder.

Secondly, there is an ignition hole a few millimeters in size just above the barrel near the tail end to ignite the gunpowder.

The technical difficulties basically all lie in the barrel, and the function of the gun handle is just to fix it.

Of course, this thing looks like it's finished, but from the perspective of Li Jize, a doctor of military engineering...

No! It's too rough!

The length of quenching time and the strength of forging result in different wall thicknesses of the barrel.

If you use it forcefully, it might work once or twice, but if you use it for a long time, it might explode.

Apparently...

Firstly, it was the first time for the craftsmen to make such a thing and they had no experience.

Second, Li Jize has no experience!

He is a doctor but not a blacksmith. He knows the general process, but the key is that he has never worked with iron himself!

Such a primitive operating method, and using manual labor to drill the gun barrel, how stupid must one be?

A philosopher once said, what is the difference between modern people and primitive people?

Have guns and cannons?

No! If you were thrown into the primeval forest, you would be like the primitive people, transitioning from the Stone Age.

After all, modern people only have more insights and knowledge than ancient people!

Li Jize also wanted to come up with AK47 and Gatling gun with blue flames, but that was unrealistic.

After demonstrating the exact operation to numerous craftsmen and instructing them on how to forge, how to evenly distribute the force, and how to create a barrel of uniform thickness...

Li Jize left!

The temperature in the room was so hot and unbearable that the workers could work hard, but he really couldn't bear it anymore.

Li Jize is more accustomed to sitting in the office. If it weren't for the fact that it is difficult for humans to imagine things they have never seen, they really cannot create them!

He would never do it himself and make a model right away.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Li Jize stood outside, watching the victims busy coming and going.

Some people are busy farming, some are busy standing at attention!

Yes, that's right! With his hundred acres of land, Li Jize has taken in dozens of skilled fighters.

A good hand also needs to eat, a good hand also needs to marry a wife, and have parents and children.

Although he was already trying his best to select homeless bachelors...

But what about the craftsmen?

Those blacksmiths have skills and can at least make a living, so they must have brought their families with them.

Li Jize can't just want bachelors without craftsmen!

Looking at the people shouting slogans, running, standing at attention, and the women and children working in the fields in the distance, Li Jize felt a little dazed!

This seems like a paradise! Where is the troubled world?

Of course, he also knew that all this was just an illusion.

This was only the case on his small piece of land. Elsewhere, drought and floods were happening, and the people were becoming emaciated and had to eat their own children.

"King Qin..."

When Li Jize was staring at the front in a daze for a while, a man behind him spoke and brought him back to reality.

When I looked back, I saw a man with a scar on his face that stretched from the corner of his left eye to the right side of his lip. He was looking at me in embarrassment, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

The man with the scar is called "Chen Xiaodao"!

How about his experience?

The Great Qi version of Lu Bu!

This is not to praise him for his courage like Lu Bu, but to say that he is a "slave of three surnames"!

Chen Xiaodao was born into a military family. He could not stand the military leaders occupying his subordinates' land and forcibly taking tenants.

In a fit of rage, he killed the military leader and fled to the ends of the earth.

Later, he encountered the rebel army of the "Northern King" and simply rose up in rebellion and joined the rebel army.

The results of it……

Because he couldn't stand the rebel leader, he forced the refugees to serve as cannon fodder in the siege.

In a rage, he took advantage of the rebel leader's sleep, stabbed him with a knife and ran away!

This man was simply lawless. He killed military officers and rebel leaders, and finally dared to blend in with the victims and flee to the emperor's feet.

In theory, no one would dare to employ such a "traitor" who betrayed his superiors time and time again.

Rather...

Li Jize is not an ordinary person! He took Chen Xiaodao in.

Because he knew very well that whether it was the military leaders within Da Qi occupying the fields of their subordinates, or the rebel army forcing the common people to serve as cannon fodder, all of these were facts!

In this era of Da Qi, there is no so-called "Army of Justice" anymore. Everyone is just competing to see who is worse!

It is true that Chen Xiaodao is a "slave of three surnames", but it is precisely because of the "righteousness" in his heart that he will kill the unjust people with a knife.

Otherwise, he would just turn a blind eye and go along with the crowd!

Why risk losing your head by killing your boss and then running away?

Seeing Chen Xiaodao's embarrassment, Li Jize grinned and asked, "What's the matter? Old Chen, is there any problem with the manor?"

Chen Xiaodao smiled awkwardly.

He knew his identity and understood the status of the people living here.

Ordinarily...

They are all refugees from the disaster. The King of Qin gave them a bite to eat out of kindness and righteousness. They should not make any demands.

but……

"King Qin, you've taken in too many disaster victims! Moreover, many of the young and strong laborers are not engaged in production, but are just training..."

He was too embarrassed to even mention the King of Qin's "weird" training method of standing still, wondering what the point was.

After a pause, Chen Xiaodao continued, "Everyone has been training intensely, and the rice is always sufficient! Now... the food in the manor is running low! I'm afraid..."

Li Jize was stunned for a moment, then realized that they were running out of food!

It is not easy to maintain an army.

Although there are only a few dozen people here, everything, including food, gunpowder, and pig iron, costs money.

For an ordinary person, with the little money given by the empress, he could live a very comfortable life!

But when it comes to supporting an army, it's just a drop in the bucket, like throwing a stone into the sea without even making a bubble.

Li Jize had spent all the funds he had!

If he wanted to complete his rebellion plan, a few dozen people were far from enough. He would have to raise more and more people later. Where would he get so much money and food?

Seeing that the King of Qin was lost in thought, Chen Xiaodao sighed helplessly, "King of Qin, the brothers all know your compassionate heart! We also know that you've tried your best. If it really doesn't work... the brothers can still do some hard labor and earn some money to supplement the situation!"

coolie?

Are you kidding me?

What Li Jize wants is a professional soldier! A professional killing machine!

Wouldn't it be a waste to go and do the hard labor?

"As for the money and food, I have my own way!"

"This……"

Chen Xiaodao looked at the King of Qin in front of him. He knew very well that Li Jize was not a "corrupt official" before, and now he had lost power in the eyes of the emperor and the Li family. How could he have any money?

Li Jize suddenly grinned, a sinister smile on his face, and looked at Chen Xiaodao and asked, "Old Chen, have you heard of 'being forced to join the Liangshan movement'?"

Chen Xiaodao: “???”