Douluo's journey to becoming stronger begins with eating soul beast meat

Chapter 78 Reducing Costs

Everyone's attention was focused on the flintlock gun, and 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 revealed to the outside world.

For this reason, the idea of ​​killing all the insiders appeared in her mind.

But fortunately, her murderous intention was quickly suppressed by her rationality.

All the production links are strictly controlled by her, and the most important gunpowder is in charge of ethnic minorities, so it is almost impossible for any news 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 with each other, 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 immersed in the test firing of the iron gun at the moment, and did not notice the change in his mother's expression at all.

After trying several shots, Quan Yi put down the gun in his hand 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 was full of praise for Blacksmith Yuan.

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 worked.

"Okay, please follow me." Blacksmith Yuan led Quan Yi inside.

The interior of the Independent Research Institute is spacious enough to accommodate not only the test range but also individual workstations.

Entering the workbench, the first thing that attracted Quan Yi's attention was the pile of blueprints neatly stacked on the workbench.

There are densely packed drawings on the drawings, and Quan Yi's eyes showed a familiar look when he looked at the drawings.

Blacksmith Yuan introduced: "These are design drawings about iron guns. I have put all the drawings together."

These are plans for a flintlock gun.

Moreover, some of them were painted by Quan Yi, and they were also painted vividly.

Quan Yi 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 can accurately describe 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, Izumi can use pictures to explain remotely during communication.

Quanyi 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 give an improvement plan to Quanyi.

Izumi only knew about firearms in general, and many of his ideas needed 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 both 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 metals and minerals collected by the young master on behalf of the young master. This part is mainly responsible for my son. He is also working hard to study and test the properties and functions of various metals according to the young master's instructions."

For the purpose of ironware research, Izumi was asked to collect various metals and minerals.

The materials in this world still need to be studied. Quan Yi's ambition will not stop at flintlock guns, but if he wants to go further, Quan Yi needs to understand more materials.

<divclass="contentadv">However, this requires years of accumulation and experimentation to accumulate.

"Can I ask the cost of this gun?" Seeing the mineral material cabinet, Quanyi suddenly thought of an important question.

"The iron gun that the young master just tried to fire would cost at least three to four hundred gold soul coins, if labor is not included. If labor is included, the cost will be doubled." Blacksmith Yuan explained lightly.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, this gun will consume tens of catties of iron essence just for its materials. However, the price of iron essence on the market is ten gold soul coins per kilogram. The weight of this gun is roughly thirty or forty kilograms about.

Iron essence is the essence extracted from ordinary iron ore, which 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 you include labor costs, it will cost twice as much. "Tiejiang Yuan explained to Quanyi.

It turned out to be the case.

After listening to Blacksmith Yuan's explanation, Quan Yi finally understood the reason for the high cost.

"Blacksmith Yuan, can't we use fine iron instead of fine iron for forging?" Quan Yi asked Yuan Blacksmith.

Fine iron is a lower grade than fine iron, but it is strong and tough enough to withstand gunpowder explosions.

"But, young master, if you use fine iron, there is no guarantee that the barrel will not explode. The durability of fine iron is far inferior to that of fine iron. A fine iron gun will be scrapped in just a few years." Blacksmith Yuan was very worried. Doubtful Quan Yi's question.

In his view, although iron essence is expensive, it is far more durable than refined iron. If properly maintained, an iron essence gun can basically be used for decades.

Comparing the two, Iron Essence is obviously more cost-effective.

Quan Yi also understands Yuan Blacksmith's thoughts, but his purpose of making the flintlock gun is not for his own use, but for use 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.

Moreover, 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.

Carrying thirty to forty kilograms of weight, just walking is a big problem.

"Blacksmith Yuan, I admire you very much for your attitude of striving for excellence, but now I need at least thousands of flintlock guns. If iron essence is used, even if our Quan family is rich, it will be unaffordable." Quan Yi explained to Blacksmith Yuan .

Blacksmith Yuan'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.

Quan Yi needs to remind Yuan Tiejiang, after all, he will need to continue to cooperate with Yuan Tiejiang.

"I understand what you mean, young master. Using fine iron can indeed greatly reduce costs. Moreover, many blacksmiths can easily use fine iron, and labor costs can also be greatly reduced.

Moreover, if durability is not considered, we can also use wood to replace part of the refined iron, which not only reduces weight, but also further reduces costs. "

After being awakened by Quan Yidian, Yuan Tiejiang suddenly felt a surge of fear. He thought of the scene of thousands of people holding flintlock guns and shooting together.

At this moment, he truly realized the horror of this weapon.

At the same time, he also developed a deep respect for Quan Yi.