My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 275 Add some firepower to the Ming Dynasty
"You have a Gatling gun?" they both said in unison.

As if he was a little embarrassed by the stares of the two, Li Momo nodded shyly, "Yes, I have a collection at home."

"An outlaw!" Xu Nian couldn't help but scream out!

"Does your family have powerful connections?" Li Han was much more rational and made a guess that he thought was reasonable.

"It's not as exaggerated as you two say!"

Li Momo hurriedly explained: "That was a long time ago, when my grandfather was dealing in antiques in other places, he brought back a lot of things.

A whole truckload of them. I heard they were bought from a wealthy family that had fallen on hard times. Their ancestors had been wealthy and even raised private soldiers during the Republic of China, but they were reformed later on.

Li Momo fell into memories and said slowly:

"That truckload had everything, bottles and jars, all kinds of copper coins, rubbings, and a bunch of metal devices, and I don't know what the jingling tangerines are."

At this point, Li Momo scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "After several days of cleaning, I finally figured it out. In addition to a pile of scrap metal, there were also a bunch of Gatling parts. My grandfather knew a little about military affairs. After checking for a long time, he confirmed that it was the 1877 model Gatling, which is an antique."

Li Han nodded and said, "That makes sense."

"What the hell is this reasonable?"

Xu Nian almost jumped up and exclaimed, "Is this possible? Collecting antiques can also get Gatling parts, isn't this a bit exaggerated? A rich man who can buy a Gatling is an outlaw among outlaws!"

"No one in my family knows how to assemble it, so we just store the parts together in the warehouse. If we don't tell anyone, no one will know that it belongs to Gatlin."

Li Momo said seriously, "But my grandfather likes guns. Although those parts have not been installed, they have been maintained."

"This is not a question of whether to install or not, wait a minute..."

Xu Nian stroked his chin and thought, frowning, then said thoughtfully: "Since it has been disassembled into parts, it is possible to melt some key parts, reassemble it, and weld the rotating mechanism to make it into a handicraft. It is not impossible."

"Can you assemble it?" Li Han suddenly asked Xu Nian.

When he was listening to Li Momo's explanation just now, he had already made up his mind that if this thing was given to the Ming Dynasty, it would definitely be a divine weapon sent from heaven!

"No, but this thing is not difficult." Xu Nian suddenly came back to his senses, "Old Li, I advise you not to use the Gatling gun. Although it is an antique, it is really dangerous!"

"I don't need you to assemble it, you just need to tell me how to assemble it." After Li Han finished speaking to Xu Nian, he said to Li Momo:
"Big sister, can you give me the Gatling gun? It will be very useful to me."

"Okay, I'll go back and move it for you right away." Li Momo acted decisively, but left Xu Nian dumbfounded.

I've been talking for so long, but do these two guys understand the situation?

"No, big sister, just because of Old Li's words, you gave away your grandfather's collection?" Xu Nian said in disbelief.

"It's okay, my grandfather will agree. If he doesn't agree, I won't allow him to play with my golden gun!"

After saying that, Li Momo took his own Long Yu Tian Ji Furnace and went out under Xu Nian's incredulous gaze.

"Old Xu, I remember there were two versions of the 1877 Gatling gun. One fired 7.62mm caliber bullets, and the other fired 14.7mm. Please help me prepare the manufacturing process for these two types of bullets."

Li Han's words brought Xu Nian back to his senses. "Old Li, tell me the truth, is there anyone threatening you?"

Xu Nian looked at Li Han with a worried look on his face. "It's okay. There's no need to use a powerful weapon like the Gatling gun. I have connections in the police station. Just ask and I'll help you settle the matter!"

Li Han was speechless and touched. The fat guy had a pretty wild imagination, but the matter couldn't be settled at the bureau's level.

After all, Zhu had a million soldiers under his command, at least half of whom were equipped with hot weapons, and they had also been baptized by the peak three-three system of infantry. If they were put in modern society, they would be able to penetrate half of Africa.

"Don't worry, Fatty, I won't do anything illegal or criminal!"

Seeing Li Han looking at him sincerely, Xu Nian breathed a sigh of relief and decided to trust his brother.

Then again, even if Li Han knew the processing technology of bullets, he couldn't make it himself.

After a while, Li Momo drove over in a Raptor pickup truck and asked the two to help her move the Gatling gun's parts into the store.

You know what, the wheels are wheels and the pipes are pipes, you really can't tell that it's a Gatling machine gun.

They are well maintained without a trace of rust. It seems that Mr. Li has oiled the parts a lot. I wonder what kind of expression Mr. Li would have when his treasured toys were given away so easily by his granddaughter.

Xu Nian agreed to help produce the production line drawings for the Gatling gun and bullets after he returned, but it would take some time. It was not because he wanted to play Black Monkey at home, but because he had something to do at work.

Li Han was not in a hurry. At present, the firepower of the Ming Dynasty was completely sufficient, and preparing the Gatling gun was just a matter of advance preparation.

Besides, this is also to give Xu Nian some psychological preparation in advance, as there will be artillery pieces waiting for him to come up with design drafts in the future!

After saying goodbye to the two, Li Han began to write a reply to Zhu Yuanzhang.

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In the huge production workshop, workers lift huge components one by one with thick iron chains, and then transport them to the assembly position via conveyor belts. After lowering them, the assemblers assemble the parts in an orderly manner.

This is a newly built workshop for manufacturing locomotives. In the air inside the workshop, a huge conveyor belt runs through the entire workshop. At one end of the conveyor belt is a huge steam engine, and workers are constantly filling it with coal.

Different assembly points are set up below the conveyor belt to facilitate the assembly of different parts. After the different parts are assembled, they are transported together to the final assembly line via the conveyor belt.

On the ground, a thousand-meter-long railway track was built according to the standards of Tieli's design drawings, leading to the open space outside the workshop, which was used for the trial production of locomotives.

This entire production line was designed by Liu Sanwu in collaboration with a group of elite craftsmen from the Industry Department based on the previous assembly line for producing guns and ammunition, combined with the characteristics of train construction.

After Liu Sanwu proposed starting from the simplest parts, with everyone's concerted efforts, the parts of the locomotive were conquered one by one.

These were two great achievements in a row. Zhu Yuanzhang forced Liu Sanwu to be promoted and given a raise. Liu Sanwu was powerless and could only kowtow and thank the master for his grace.

Liu Sanwu was promoted to Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry, a fifth-rank official, in charge of the entire Industry Department.

The steam engine, braking device, base, crank-connecting lever mechanism and so on have been conquered one by one. Now, under the attention of everyone, the first locomotive of the Ming Dynasty can finally be officially assembled.

(End of this chapter)