Chapter 1383: Clear Goal

The next day after returning to the Black Moon City Palace, Zhou Xu got up early in the morning after a good night's sleep and left the palace. He went to the work areas where the various departments in their city were stationed to inspect.

Of course, his inspection was not aimless. It could even be said to be quite the opposite. He had a clear goal this time. After many twists and turns, he finally arrived at an independent courtyard. There was a wooden sign hanging at the entrance of the courtyard with seven large characters "Firearms R&D Project Team" written on it.

Just as he reached the door, he heard a gunshot from inside, which made Zhou Xu stop.

During this time, the two guards guarding outside the door also noticed Zhou Xu's presence. Just as they were about to speak, Zhou Xu raised his hand to stop them.

“Don’t disturb them while they’re working.”

After saying that, he opened the door and walked in.

Then, a heated argument could be heard from inside.

"See? Just like the longer the bow, the more powerful the arrow shot out and the longer the range, the longer the barrel of this gun, the farther it can shoot and the greater its power."

"No, that has to be reasonable, right? The barrel is so long that it was hard for you to aim at a dead target just now, let alone on the battlefield, where you have to aim at a live target. And with such a long barrel, if you were a soldier, would it be convenient for you to move?"

"That's lower in power, shorter in range, and has no practical value, right?"

For a moment, neither of the two people in the yard could convince the other.

In the end, the two of them simply threw the question to another person present.

"That's great, Consultant Qin, you go ahead and say it! Who of us is right?"

Hearing this, Qin Fen, who was standing there, was numb.

[Damn it, I really don’t understand guns! If you dare to talk to me about steam engines, I will kill you! ]

In their Great Zhou, there has long been a project team responsible for the research and development of firearms, but there are only a few members in the project team, and they focus on developing it in a Buddhist way first.

During this process, as one of the very few modern people in Da Zhou who had come into contact with firearms, Qin Fen took on a consultant position in this project team.

According to job requirements, he has to come over every once in a while to check on the progress here, and if there are any problems with the projects within the group, he will do his best to answer them.

In the first year, he was able to help a lot with his knowledge, and also helped to continuously improve the research and development progress of the project team.

But with the continuous research and development of the project team, combined with the actual situation, Qin Fen gradually felt that the R&D personnel in this project team were more professional than himself in related research.

Debates like this would occur every now and then within the project team. Every time Qin Fen was involved in such a debate, he would feel like his head had grown twice as big!

For this reason, Qin Fen went to Huo Qubing and Li Bowen many times, saying that he could no longer help and wanted to resign from the advisory position.

In response to this matter, Huo Qubing and Li Bowen also said in unison, "This position was assigned by His Majesty, and we have no right to revoke it. You have to go to His Majesty for this matter."

However, His Majesty is not in Black Moon City at all! Oh my god, this is a vicious circle!

At this moment, just when Qin Fen was racking his brain over how to deal with the situation, a figure he caught a glimpse of out of the corner of his eye made his eyes light up instantly.

"His Majesty!?"

Zhou Xu entered the city in a low-key manner yesterday and went straight back to the palace after entering the city. No court meeting has been held yet. Except for a very small number of officials including Huo Qubing and Li Bowen, basically few people knew that he had returned.

Qin Fen suddenly saw Zhou Xu's figure at this moment, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.

During this time, when the two project team members who were arguing in the yard heard the word "Your Majesty", they were startled and quickly turned around to salute.

"We pay our respects to His Majesty!"

"No need to be polite."

While signaling to everyone to excuse themselves, Zhou Xu's eyes immediately fell on the object in the other party's hand.

Noticing their Majesty's gaze, the project team member hurriedly presented the object in his hands with both hands.

"Your Majesty, please take a look. This is the latest research result of our project team."

At first glance, one can only say that what was made does look like a gun.

It's just that the barrel is a bit too long...

Taking the rifle, Zhou Xu's eyes kept looking up along the barrel.

Although Zhou Xu already had a rough guess in his mind when he listened to their argument before, when he actually saw the rifle, which was almost as tall as himself including the barrel, Zhou Xu still found it outrageous.

"Your Majesty, you don't know..."

Perhaps seeing Zhou Xu's speechlessness, the R&D staff member couldn't help but let out two dry laughs, and then repeated his theory that the longer the barrel, the longer the range and the greater the power.

Zhou Xu did not express any doubt about this statement.

Although he didn't know much about firearms, from the conversation he just heard, he could basically confirm that this statement had been verified by them.

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And precisely because it has been verified that it is correct, this set of statements is completely tenable and they are unable to argue with each other.

Without dwelling on this issue, Zhou Xu simply raised the rifle and made an aiming and shooting gesture towards the target in the distance.

He had no intention of actually shooting; he was just making a simple gesture.

With this gesture, the problems with the gun were immediately exposed.

"No, the barrel is too long. My entire weight is on that end of the barrel, which keeps falling down. It's not convenient to use. At the same time, once the gun is fired, the barrel will be thrown up due to the recoil. It may also accidentally injure comrades nearby."

Hearing this, the R&D staff member who had raised objections to the change suddenly felt more confident.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

As he spoke, the R&D staff member ran into the house, took out another rifle and presented it to Zhou Xu.

"Your Majesty, please look at this."

Looking at this rifle, one can only say that compared to the one with an overly long barrel, this one is more in line with his impression of a firearm.

"This is good, much easier to use. Did you make it?"

Zhou Xu held it in his hand and tried it out as usual. At least the feel of it was obviously better than the previous one.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Faced with the praise from their Majesty, the researcher who presented the second rifle was immediately flattered, which made another researcher beside him very depressed, and he couldn't help but emphasize one more sentence...

"But your majesty, the gun in your hand has neither the range nor the power of this one."

In response, Zhou Xu just glanced at the other person indifferently.

"Then, while ensuring that the design is reasonable and easy to use, you need to improve the range and power of the firearms. This is the problem you need to overcome, rather than simply increasing the range and power through stupid methods like increasing the barrel length."

(End of this chapter)