Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

Dozens of top-level craftsmen gathered together and whispered to each other.

"Sure, when do you want it?"

"Just in half a month, make as many as you can. Even if the first generation of fully automatic rifles are hand-made and can't be mass-produced, we must have a batch of finished products."

"This... is also fine."

Everyone scratched their heads. This was not the first time Qin Ming had made such an outrageous request.

But the wisdom of craftsmen is infinite.

What's more, if they all work together, the fire will burn brighter, and they can complete Qin Ming's requirements even if they have to rush the work.

"Okay, as usual, don't leak the information. Break down the steps and assign them to different teams below to produce."

"no problem!"

Everyone patted their chests and made the promise.

"Go to the treasury later to collect a reward. If the job is done well, I'll give you double the reward."

Qin Ming said to everyone with satisfaction.

There is a saying that goes, you get what you pay you for.

Therefore, Qin Ming would give whatever he could to those who worked hard.

After all, Daqian’s resources are now extremely abundant, and after a while it will even be able to obtain huge amounts of resources from Yan Dynasty, which will be enough to withstand consumption in the future.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone thanked him repeatedly and went to collect their reward money happily.

Qin Ming didn't have to wait too long.

On the third day, a group of people broke into the palace.

"Your Majesty, we want to see Your Majesty!"

These craftsmen don't know much about etiquette, they just know how to study hard.

Therefore, he entered the palace directly and was naturally stopped by the palace guards under Chang Baishan.

"What are you doing? His Majesty is busy with all sorts of affairs. How can you see him whenever you want?"

"We are busy! We have something to show His Majesty."

"What? Let us first check if you have any bad intentions!"

"It's confidential. You can't see it."

"Hey, you guys are talented too. You said you had something to show His Majesty, but when you checked it out, you said it was confidential?"

The noise of the crowd soon attracted Chang Baishan.

"What are you shouting for?"

One of the leading Imperial Guards commanders quickly came to Chang Baishan and said:

"General Chang, these people are craftsmen from the workshop, and they insisted on breaking into the palace."

"Oh……"

Chang Baishan took a quick look and quickly remembered what Qin Ming had said before.

He was a close minister of Qin Ming and knew what those craftsmen were doing.

"You guys step back first, everyone, and follow me over here."

Seeing that they were really going to see Qin Ming, the surrounding imperial guards were all amazed. Could it be that they had made a secret weapon?

Soon, everyone was brought before Qin Ming.

"Your Majesty, they have already produced a batch of automatic rifles."

"what?"

Qin Ming, who was reviewing memorials, suddenly looked up, and a hint of surprise flashed in his calm eyes.

"Why so fast?"

"Of course it cost a lot of money!"

The craftsmen came to Qin Ming with a smile.

"Your Majesty, we use only the highest quality steel in the workshop, which is as valuable as gold!"

"Look at this."

As they were talking, they took out an automatic rifle from the package behind them.

This gun is similar in style to the automatic rifle Qin Ming saw in later generations.

But the casting material is very luxurious.

Even though Qin Ming often went to the workshop, it was difficult to see this kind of high-grade steel there.

But they used this material to make more than thirty automatic rifles.

"Let's go and try it."

There was a place for practicing martial arts in Qin Ming's palace.

Taking them to the training ground, Qin Ming picked up an automatic rifle.

The gun was heavy to hold, and the craftsmen nearby took out some wooden plugs and plugged their ears.

"Your Majesty, please take it easy. This thing has an absurdly fast firing rate."

As they spoke, they took out a small package and unfolded it.

The package was extremely heavy. When unfolded, it was a long strip filled with magazines.

"So much preparation?"

Qin Ming was a little surprised.

The craftsmen were all excited, and they all boasted:

"We made a dual-magazine design for this gun."

"After the first one is used up, we can continue suppressing fire, using the bullets from the second magazine."

"At this point, you only need to replace the ammunition in the previous magazine and you can shoot non-stop!"

They really have a lot of creative ideas.

Qin Ming couldn't help but praise it after hearing it.

"Next time, we should design some single magazines to reduce the weight and add more styles so that our troops can have more choices."

"Hey, don't tell me, we designed it, and the very first version was like this!"

"There are still more than 70 guns in the warehouse!"

One craftsman couldn't help but talk about their previous generation's products.

Qin Ming's eyes went dark.

"Didn't you say this material is more valuable than gold? How much did you use?"

"This one……"

Everyone was speechless for a moment.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Qin Ming, who was also knowledgeable, he said shyly:

"Including those that were burned during the calcination, there are only a few hundred... a few thousand."

Qin Ming's mouth twitched.

A gun weighs several kilograms.

In other words, they spent tens of thousands of taels of gold on this trip.

Although he had already known that research was very expensive, Qin Ming still felt a little heartbroken after hearing the actual numbers.

Three days, tens of thousands of taels of gold.

Fortunately, he opened the shipping route to Yan Dynasty and was able to make money.

Otherwise, Daqian would not be able to afford the research expenses alone.

"Your Majesty, when Prime Minister Chen was in office, he never withheld funds from us."

Seeing that Qin Ming looked unhappy, everyone quickly spoke up to remind him.

Qin Ming glanced at them and said:

"Prime Minister Chen has never embezzled funds because he followed my instructions. Don't worry, I won't cut research expenses because of these trivial matters."

After learning from them in detail how to use this thing, Qin Ming pulled the safety and pulled the trigger.

Suddenly, flames burst out.

With the continuous passing of the bullets by several craftsmen, Qin Ming pushed the magazines into the automatic rifle one by one.

After three incense sticks of time, the automatic rifle finally stopped.

Looking at the smoking muzzles, Qin Ming was amazed at the strength of their materials.

"Won't it deform at such a high temperature?"

"Your Majesty, there aren't many opportunities on the battlefield for you to shoot like this, and the enemy isn't a sitting duck."

"That's right, and we have another method!"

Having said that, the craftsmen gathered together and took out several more sets of items from the packages behind them.

"It doesn't matter if it melts or gets deformed."

"Let's get new ones!"

bang bang bang.

Before Qin Ming could react, they rushed forward and took things apart, replacing some new parts.

Then he turned to Qin Ming and asked proudly:

"Your Majesty, do you think this is a perfect solution?"