With design ideas, technology, and materials, the three most basic conditions are in place, the rest is just practice.
The clinking sounds of hammering echoed all day in the forging room.
In the hot dry season, spending long periods in contact with flames and heated metal was no easy task.
Every day leaving the forging room, Chen Zhou's shirt was soaked with sweat, as if washed by water.
But his hard work and sweat did not go to waste.
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On June 23, 1662, a newly assembled firearm reflecting the glow of the furnace was placed on the long table inside the forging room.
If at the initial design stage Chen Zhou took the Hall breech-loading gun as the sample for this firearm.
Once completely manufactured, due to the extensive modifications and complex structure, it could no longer be called the Hall breech-loading gun –
It could be considered an enhanced version of the Hall breech-loading gun, or a knockoff Mauser Rifle.
