Chapter 78 Reducing Costs
Everyone's attention was focused on the flintlock gun. No one noticed that a frightening light flashed in Su Ling'er's eyes at this moment, which was a cold murderous intention.
After seeing the final product, Su Linger realized the seriousness of the matter.
Confidential.
This matter requires absolute confidentiality, and no information can be disclosed to the outside world.
For this reason, the idea of killing all those who knew about it came to her mind.
But fortunately, her murderous intention was quickly suppressed by her rationality.
All production links are strictly controlled by her, and the most important gunpowder is handled by ethnic minorities, so it is almost impossible for information to leak.
In the entire institute, only the Yuan family and his son knew about this matter. As long as they controlled these two people, they could keep it secret.
Moreover, the people who made gunpowder and the people who made guns did not know each other and could not communicate, which reduced the risk of leaks to a greater extent.
Thinking of this, Su Ling'er's murderous intention gradually faded away, but the dignity in her heart did not diminish at all. This matter was no longer something she could bear alone.
Quan Yi was so immersed in the test firing of the iron gun at this moment that he didn't notice the change in his mother's expression at all.
After trying several shots, Izumi put down the gun with satisfaction.
"As expected of Blacksmith Yuan, even after trying so many times, the gun body did not shake much and the barrel did not heat up. The quality is impeccable." Quan Yiyi did not praise Blacksmith Yuan. Absolutely.
The quality of this flintlock gun is top-notch. Whether it is the temperature resistance or toughness of the barrel, it is top-notch.
"Can you take me to your workbench? I'm curious about how this gun is made." Quan Yi was full of curiosity about everything here, and he was even more curious about how Blacksmith Yuan usually worked. working.
"Okay, please follow me." Blacksmith Yuan led Quan Yi inside.
The interior of the Independent Research Institute is spacious and can accommodate not only the test range but also individual workbenches.
Entering the workbench, the first thing that caught Quan Yi's attention was the large pile of drawings neatly stacked on the workbench.
The drawings are all densely packed with pictures. Looking at the drawings, Quan Yi's eyes showed a familiar look.
Blacksmith Yuan introduced: "These are design drawings about iron guns. I have organized all the drawings together."
These are design drawings about flintlock guns.
Moreover, some of them were painted by Izumi, and they were also painted vividly.
Izumi was also very surprised by this. In his previous life, his painting level was only at the level of a primary school student, but in this life, he was able to accurately depict the pictures in his mind.
This feeling of free hand movement, Quan Yi thought it might be the effect of the Sun Gauntlet.
With this skill, Quan Yi can use pictures to explain remotely during communication.
Quan Yi would draw his general idea into a drawing and give it to Yuan Tiejiang. After understanding it, experimenting and testing the feasibility, Yuan Tiejiang would then draw his experimental results into drawings and improvement plans to Quan Yi.
Quan Yi only knows about firearms in general, and many of his ideas require experimental support.
The two of them carried out trial and error and modification in this way within half a year, and finally created this flintlock gun.
These drawings embody the wisdom and hard work of two people.
Blacksmith Yuan then walked to the cabinet on the side. There were various metals and minerals on it, and the name of each mineral was written on the bottom.
He introduced: "These are the metals and minerals collected by the Young Master. This part is mainly responsible for my son. He is also working hard to study and test the properties of various metals according to the Young Master's instructions. and function. "
For the purpose of ironware research, Izumi was asked to collect various metals and minerals.
The materials in this world have yet to be studied. Quan Yi's ambition will not stop at flintlock guns, but if he wants to go further, Quan Yi needs to know more materials. However, this requires years of accumulation and experimentation to accumulate.
"Can I ask the cost of this gun?" Seeing the mineral material cabinet, Quan Yi suddenly thought of an important question.
"The iron gun that the young master just tested would have cost at least three to four hundred gold soul coins, if labor is not counted. If labor is counted, the cost will be doubled." Blacksmith Yuan Explained in an understatement. That tone seemed to be talking not about gold soul coins, but copper soul coins.
"What! Why is it so expensive?" Quan Yi couldn't calm down when he heard the cost. You must know that a great soul master can only earn ten gold soul coins by winning a battle in the soul fighting arena.
“Young Master, the material alone for this gun requires dozens of kilograms of iron essence. However, the price of iron essence on the market is ten gold soul coins per kilogram. The weight of this gun It's about thirty or forty kilograms.
Iron essence is the essence extracted from ordinary iron ore. It is extremely tough.
And the difficulty of using this iron essence to make items is basically the same as the difficulty of refining it.
So, if labor costs are included, its cost will double. "Blacksmith Yuan explained to Quanyi.
So that's it.
After listening to Blacksmith Yuan's explanation, Quanyi understood the reason why the cost was so high.
"Blacksmith Yuan, can't you use fine iron instead of fine iron for forging? "Quan Yi asked Blacksmith Yuan.
The grade of fine iron is one level lower than that of fine iron, but its strength and toughness are enough to withstand the explosion of gunpowder.
"But, young master, if If you use fine iron, you can't guarantee that the barrel will never explode. The durability of fine iron is far inferior to that of fine iron. A fine iron gun will be scrapped within a few years. "Blacksmith Yuan was very puzzled by Quan Yi's question.
In his opinion, although iron essence is expensive, its durability is far superior to that of refined iron. If properly maintained, an iron essence gun can be used for several times. Ten years.
Compared with the two, Iron Spirit is obviously more cost-effective
Quan Yi also understands Yuan Blacksmith's thoughts, but his purpose of making flintlock guns is not for his own use. Instead, it is used by members of the family who have no soul power.
Blacksmith Yuan may not realize this yet.
There are thousands of Quan family members, and it would cost hundreds of thousands of gold soul coins to equip each of them with a fine iron gun.
Furthermore, the density of fine iron is too high, and the weight of the fine iron gun is too heavy, making it impossible for ordinary people without soul power to use it.
With a weight of thirty or forty kilograms, just walking is a big problem.
"Tiejiang Yuan, I admire you very much for your attitude of striving for excellence, but I need at least thousands of flintlock guns now. If iron essence is used, even if our Quan family is rich, it will be unaffordable." Quan Yi explained to Blacksmith Yuan.
Yuan Blacksmith's way of thinking is still based on the forging of cold weapons, pursuing the durability and toughness of weapons.
However, this concept does not apply to flintlock guns. Compared to the toughness of the weapon itself, Izumi focuses more on replicability and low cost.
Quanyi needs to remind Yuan Tiejiang, after all, he will need to continue to cooperate with Yuan Tiejiang.
“I understand what the young master means. Using fine iron can indeed greatly reduce costs. Moreover, many blacksmiths can easily use fine iron, and labor costs can also be greatly reduced.
Furthermore, , if durability is not considered, we can also use wood to replace part of the refined iron, which can not only reduce weight, but also further reduce costs.”
After being awakened by Quan Yidian, blacksmith Yuan suddenly felt a sense of fear in his heart. He thought of the scene of thousands of people holding flintlock guns and shooting in unison.
At this moment, he truly realized the horror of this weapon.
At the same time, he also developed a deep respect for Quan Yi.
(End of this chapter)