The pirates' nest is called Feiyu Island. The island is lush and has a small area, except for the cliffs to the west of the island, the rest of the terrain is flat. Long Yufei found that many people plant vegetables and grain on the island.

As a new member of the gang, Long Yufei was assigned to a small wooden house at the foot of the mountain. Not far from his house was Li Hu's house. Most of the pirates who did not get married live here.

The furnishings in the wooden house are very simple, and there is not even a bed. They just put a wooden board on a few stones, which is just a hard bed. However, the island is responsible for rice, two meals a day, and the food is very simple. In the morning, steamed buns and salted fish, and at night, there are millet rice and salted fish, and occasionally some vegetable soup. For Long Yufei, it is good to eat a bite, and he is not picky about anything else. However, two meals a day make him, who is used to eating three meals a day, is a little uncomfortable. Often, before the meal time comes, his stomach is already hungry and roaring!

Gradually, he became familiar with the pirates on the island. Although everyone was a little wary of him, as an outsider, overall, he slowly integrated into this group. Especially Li Hu, he admired him very much. In the past few days, Li Hu also took him to travel around the island. There were more than 1,000 people on the island, but most of them were old, weak, women and children, and only more than 300 strong men who could go out to sea. Even so, Feiyu Island is also a relatively famous pirate in the entire Nanyang area.

However, since he went to the island, Long Yufei had never seen Luo Sangu again. Li Hu said that the boss was planning a big deal. If it was done, he would not have to worry about life on the island in the next two years.

Long Yufei has some expectations for this. Since he has officially joined the gang, sooner or later he will participate in the action. For an otaku, the life of pirates makes him feel very novel.

"Huzi, what is on this mountain? Can you go up and take a look?" Long Yufei asked.

"On the mountain? On the mountain is where Uncle Zhao and his friends live. There is a workshop for repairing some damaged muskets!" Li Hu replied honestly! Through the past few days of communication, he has completely regarded Long Yufei as his brother on the island.

"Fireware Workshop? Can Uncle Zhao and the others still make firearms?" Long Feiyu asked with some experience.

"That's right, Uncle Zhao and his son may have done it! Their ancestral tradition is made by making firearms!" Li Hu said. Then he did not lead Long Yu to the mountain.

The hill is not high, only a few dozen meters high. However, the mountain road is a bit rugged and difficult to walk.

Uncle Zhao and others' residence was on the mountainside. Before he could walk in, he heard jingling sounds coming from inside.

"Uncle Zhao, we are here to see you!" As soon as he walked to the door, Li Hu shouted loudly.

"Huzi, what are you calling? Didn't you see us working?" An invigorating answer came from inside.

After entering the yard, Long Yufei found that there were several burning stoves in the yard, several young people were burning iron blocks, and there was also a shirtless man who was scheming iron. It seemed that he was trying to make a knife.

"Mr. Long, this is Zhao Xingkai, Uncle Zhao's eldest son! Brother Zhao, this is Mr. Long, a newcomer!" Hu Zi introduced!

Zhao Xingkai looked up at Long Yufei, nodded, then focused on his hand and continued to beat the knife that had not yet formed.

"Brother Zhao, where is Uncle Zhao?" Hu Zi asked.

"It's in the house!" Zhao Xingkai said.

So Li Hu took Long Yufei into the house. Inside the house, Zhao Yi and a young man wiped the musket.

"Uncle Zhao!" Li Hu shouted quickly, and Long Yufei also called out like this.

"What are you two doing?" Zhao Yi put down the musket in his hand and asked.

"Uncle Zhao, let's take a look! Didn't the boss ask me to lead Mr. Long to take a look everywhere?" Li Hu said with a smile.

"Long Yufei, right? I remember you were studying machinery in the UK? Do you understand muskets?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Uncle Zhao, musket is not my major, but I have also been involved in research in this area!" Long Feiyu replied.

"Oh? Then look at these muskets? These are the muskets of the foreigners we seized. Many of them were damaged. We father and son finally repaired them!" Zhao Yi said. When introducing these muskets, he looked proud. It can be seen that he was still very satisfied with his skills!

"It's pretty good. This is the British Army's standard rifle, the Berka rifle! The maximum range is 200 meters and the effective range is 100 meters! But the distance that can really pose a threat to people is about 80 meters!" Long Yufei said.

"Oh? I can't tell, you kid is still an expert!" Zhao Yi was very surprised. In China, there are not many people who know muskets, especially young people, and there are very few. However, when I think that Long Yufei has returned from studying abroad, I feel relieved.

"Uncle Zhao, can you make muskets besides repairing muskets?" Long Yufei asked.

"Of course it can? The three of us father and son, plus those apprentices, can make five muskets in a month!" Zhao Yi said proudly.

How to say it? This production capacity is no longer low for a handicraft workshop with only a few people. After all, everything is handmade by them. But for those Western arsenals, it seems insignificant.

"It would be great if there was a steam engine, and the efficiency could be increased by more than ten times!" Long Yufei whispered.

"Steam engine? We don't have one here! Manila has one. However, even if there is a steam engine, our output will not be enough, and there are not enough materials!" Zhao Yi said.

In addition to wood and iron, it also requires copper. In addition, the bullets of the musket are lead, gunpowder, etc. For these pirates, they are relatively lacking.

"Uncle Zhao, this is a rifle I designed. Do you think it can be made?" Long Yufei took out a piece of paper and said to Zhao Yi. In order to find the paper and pen, he took a lot of effort. It was Hu Zi's help to find a piece of white paper.

"You can also design a rifle?" Zhao Yi said with some surprise, but when he saw the rifle on the white paper, he was stunned.

This is a design drawing drawn by Long Yufei based on the Mauser Type 71 rifle. The total gun is 1344 mm long and the barrel is 852 mm long. It uses breeze loading. The bolt is different from the flintlock device, but has a firing device with a striker.

"Dad, is this gun different from what we have seen? But it looks very good!" said Zhao Yi's youngest son Zhao Xingchuan.

"Boy, what's going on with your gun? You don't have flint, how can you fire it?" Zhao Yi asked.

"Uncle Zhao, this gun is not flintlocked, but fired! In Europe, thunder mercury was developed decades ago. They are using this kind of thing to design a brand new rifle. This rifle uses the breeze loading method. The bullet is a metal shell with gunpowder inside, and a bullet is added. The bottom fire of the bullet is hit by a striker, igniting the gunpowder inside, and then firing the bullet out!" Long Yufei explained!

Although Zhao Yi and his son didn't understand what Long Yu Fei General were, this did not prevent them from understanding this principle. The Zhao family and his son were both experts in firearms, and they could understand the general problem after a little thought. Many times, new inventions were just a layer of window paper from before. As long as they were gently pierced, they could enter a new era. The current state of the Zhao family and his son was undoubtedly like this. The design drawings taken out by Long Yufei undoubtedly pointed them into a new development direction.

"Haha! Boy, this design is good! If it can be made, the firing rate of this rifle will be greatly improved!" Zhao Yi said. The rifle used now, even skilled soldiers, can only fire four to five shots per minute. Generally, in the four major battlefields, there are only two to three shots! And the rifle designed by Long Yufei can undoubtedly increase the firing rate by more than three times!

"Uncle Zhao, it is not that easy to make this kind of rifle! First of all, the material of the barrel must be made of good quality steel. In addition, the rifle must be cut in the barrel. This kind of rifle requires four rifles to ensure the power of the bullet. In addition, both the bullet shell and the bullet head require copper!" Long Yufei said. Rifle is the key to the new rifle. Without advanced machinery, it is impossible to do it, and manual labor is absolutely unwilling. In addition, copper for making bullets is also very lacking. If these problems are not solved, his design is just a mirror and a moon!

Zhao Yi and his son frowned. Seeing the good rifle design drawings, they could not be made because of the lack of tools. This was as if they saw a beautiful woman who had already taken off all but found that she could not be hard at all!

"Uncle Zhao, without a steam engine, we can use hydraulic machinery to process it! However, without a river on the island, hydraulic machinery cannot operate!" Long Yufei said helplessly.

"Boy, let's put this design drawing here first, let's think of a solution!" Zhao Yi said.

Long Yufei nodded, just a drawing. If he wanted, he could draw better at any time! In the past few days, Long Yufei had an idea in his mind. Since God has brought him to this era and not doing anything, it would be a waste! Feiyu Island is located in a remote location, and as a pirate's nest, there is no problem. If it is to develop, there will be no future at all. Although Luzon is backward, its resources are very rich. If it can be occupied, it can undoubtedly develop into a military base. However, Long Yufei is now a commander-in-chief, and no one else listens to him except himself. The Zhao family and his son are experts in firearm manufacturing. If they subdue them, they will be conducive to establishing their own military industry!
Chapter completed!