Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 327 - 325 What are they doing?

"This sentence instantly bewildered Lin Yi.

Just how long has he been gone, and yet, 100 units have already been produced.

The value of these 100 Firearms is unimaginable.

In his memory, producing Firearms was extremely difficult.

It is no exaggeration to say that Lin Yi was quite satisfied if one or two could be produced in a few days.

But he never expected that suddenly, there would be an additional 100 units. How could this not shock him?

It was absolutely impossible.

As a result, he didn’t even have time to eat and immediately went to the workshop with Ying Yi.

However, when he arrived at the workshop, what he saw was incredibly astonishing.

Right in the center of the workshop, a very crude device was still intact.

This thing was so simple that it was almost painful to look at.

But it had a very powerful function; there was something like a drill bit continuously rotating on it.

This device, despite its simplicity, was clearly a drilling machine.

Of course, the drill bit was not driven by steam or electrical appliances, but by human power.

A person was continuously rotating it by pulling on a string.

As he moved, the little drill bit began to rotate rapidly.

And very quickly, the drill visibly bore into the barrel.

This scene genuinely shocked Lin Yi.

He never imagined these people could assemble the machine so quickly.

Moreover, it was this most primitive kind of human-powered machine.

Upon seeing him arrive, the craftsmen immediately stood up and saluted.

Lin Yi waved his hand and called over the head craftsman.

"Who came up with this? How did you think of using this?"

Upon hearing Lin Yi’s question, the old craftsman immediately showed a smile and said to Lin Yi:

"Lord Lin, isn’t this the machine tool you mentioned before?

You said before that it would be great to have machine tools, as their efficiency would greatly increase...

And you also briefly explained the principle of the machine tool.

We figured this device was quite simple; the only difficulty was making the part responsible for drilling.

But you mentioned it should be twisted like a pretzel and needed to have two angles ground on it; we also tried that.

Unexpectedly, it actually succeeded.

Haha, Lord Lin, you wouldn’t believe it, but with this device, efficiency has noticeably improved.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it now only takes one hour to produce one gun barrel..."

It was only at this moment that Lin Yi suddenly understood.

And he also realized why 100 Firearms were made in such a short period of time.

Moreover, there apparently wasn’t just one machine; Lin Yi saw a second and a third machine not far away.

Indeed, there were three such machines in total.

Although they were very rudimentary and extremely primitive, it must be said that the efficiency was indeed greatly improved, much faster than hammering the barrels.

Nowadays, they only needed to forge the iron into a rod.

Then by drilling the interior of the barrel, they could manufacture one.

Also, because the interior of the barrel currently does not need any rifling or need to have a very smooth exterior, they just need to ensure the inner wall is round.

"Good! Excellent! I didn’t expect you could develop this so quickly, haha, it truly is impressive.

Bring men, reward each craftsman with ten taels of Silver, and the inventor of this device with an additional one hundred taels!"

Upon hearing these words, the busily working craftsmen immediately knelt down in a rush, with sounds of gratitude incessantly heard.

Hearing this sound, and these grateful words, Lin Yi also felt very satisfied and nodded.

He waved his hand, indicating that everyone should continue working, promising further rewards for good performance, and directly added two more sheep to their lunch.

Although the meals here were always good, with each meal including some meat,

such an instance of rewarding two sheep so everyone could have a large bowl of meat was rare.

This was not to say Lin Yi was stingy; resources were scarce these days, and lamb was not easily obtained.

Or to say, even with money, it could not be bought in large quantities.

Regarding this, Lin Yi had already started a breeding plan, having assigned people to specially clear an area on the back mountain for breeding.

He even had people capture many wild pigs from the mountains, and had them castrated.

When people saw this scene, each of them felt a thumping in their hearts.

This had caused quite a stir back then.

Everyone shuddered, wondering if Lord Lin, after losing that ’thing,’ did not want the pigs to have that ’thing’ as well.

This even made some unconsciously tighten their legs, fearing that if Lord Lin was unhappy, he might castrate them too.

But fortunately, Lord Lin did not intend to do this to them, which greatly relieved them.

Of course, this is a digression.

Now back to the present, Lin Yi, holding the newly developed Firearms, nodded in satisfaction.

It must be said, the barrels produced by drilling were much smoother than those forged, and they also looked much more uniform.

"Get me one; I want to test the power of these Firearms myself."

Following Lin Yi’s order, people immediately brought him several Firearms.

They also headed towards the training ground, and as for Ying Yi, she was closely following Lin Yi all the way.

Regarding whether to keep the workshop secret, and whether to let outsiders in, it obviously was necessary, but Ying Yi was not within this restricted category.

Thus, when the two of them arrived at the training ground, Ying Yi was taken aback.

Walking ahead, Lin Yi suddenly felt someone tug at him from behind, turned his head, and saw Ying Yi with an incredulous expression.

"What’s wrong, Ni-zi? What’s that expression for?"

"What are they doing? Why are they standing still under this scorching sun?"

Following Lin Yi’s question, Ying Yi’s eyebrows deeply furrowed, and she pointed at the 3000-person formation standing in the center of the training ground.

...End of Chapter..."

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