The most powerful patriarch in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 139 The Firearms Workshop Has Achievements
Chapter 137

"The first group has an order, turn right and run away"

"The second group has an order, turn right, run. walk"

"The sixth group listened to the order and stabbed three hundred times"

"The tenth group lost the competition. Each person added five catties and went around the village ten times."

On the sun-drying field of Xingping Village, Gan Hui was training soldiers. He still used the old method of dividing people into groups and training in groups.

Unlike the training during the militia joint defense period, both personnel and equipment have been greatly improved.

All staff are equipped with iron weapons first, and the armor is being built with all our strength, and will be added in succession.
With full-time trained players, the division of labor is clearer,
It is temporarily divided into four arms: archers, spearmen, shield soldiers and cavalry, of which the cavalry is the least, with only 100 people.

There is no way, there are too few horses that can be obtained, and some need to be prepared for messengers and transportation. The hundred horses also include the twenty healthy horses sent by Cheng Liye.

The most ideal is to have two riders, and now there is not even a spare horse, so I can only make do with it.

Take your time, there is no rush.

Looking up from the grain drying yard, the most conspicuous are the two blast furnaces just built by the blacksmith shop, each of which is more than five feet high, and the top of the furnace is constantly emitting black smoke. The blacksmiths used the method given by Lu Changle to try to refine Produce better refined iron.

Last night, Xu Yiming, who was in charge of the blacksmith shop, sent someone to deliver a long knife made of newly smelted iron.

Lu Changle used the new knife to cut at each other with the military-made long knife, but the military-made long knife broke, and the new-made long knife only had a curling edge.

The quality has obviously improved a lot.

After the test, Lu Changle was still dissatisfied. The military-made long knife was obviously made by craftsmen cutting corners, and the stiffness of the new material was not enough.

Lu Changle asked Xu Yiming to continue to work hard, and he must refine better iron and create sharper and tougher weapons.

Lu Jinyuan and Yang Zhengpu have already begun to develop Yanping Mansion, and will give priority to mining iron ore.
In a word, neither material nor money is bad.

The new materials didn't produce results so quickly, so Lu Changle didn't rush to the blacksmith shop, but went straight to the firearms workshop.

After waiting for so long, I finally waited for good news from Lao Zhou, and successfully produced a powerful gunpowder.

He also manufactured the special ammunition for the Frang machine gun, and waited for Lu Changle to test the gun.

Unlike other workshops, the firearms workshop still has a team of guards. Except for the craftsmen, if anyone else wants to enter, they need a warrant written by Lu Changle or Second Uncle to enter.

Even Yang Xuan entered for the first time.

The gunpowder workshop is mainly divided into a gunpowder area and a firearms area.

Lu Changle first visited the gunpowder area,
I saw that the inside is divided into many different studios with bricks and wood, and each studio is far apart.
The advantage of this is that the injury can be minimized in the event of an accident.

Grinding, removing impurities, filtering, mixing, every step is careful,
Lu Changle was surprised to see that more than half of them were young women. If he guessed correctly, they were girls from a good family who were kidnapped by the Huntian Demon King and rescued by himself.

When those women saw Lu Changle, some smiled slightly at Lu Changle, some choked up and knelt down to thank Lu Changle, and Lu Changle asked Yang Xuan beside him to help them up one by one,

At this time, Lao Zhou, the person in charge of the firearms workshop, arrived after hearing the news: "I have seen my boss."

Good food and good living, no bullying, high monthly salary, and the most important thing is that Lu Changle also promised Lao Zhou that he would test any ideas at will, and open supply of various materials. Lao Zhou was not only satisfied with his work, but also very grateful to Lu Changle.

In the past, in the Military Weapons Bureau, if you dared to waste a little material, the manager would slap and whip you. It's not as easy to talk as it is now.

Lu Changle looked at Lao Zhou, who looked a little tired and had bloodshot eyes, and said, "Old Zhou, even if no one cares about you, you should take care of yourself. Don't stay up late all the time, pay attention to rest."

I heard from the guards that most of the time the craftsmen and apprentices were asleep, and Zhou Zhou was alone in the workshop to build tools, sometimes working overnight, very hard.

"Thank you for your concern, the younger ones will pay attention," Old Zhou said honestly.

"You have said this many times. It seems that my words as a boss are not effective. I have to find you a wife. When you have a wife and son, you don't need to call and go home early." Lu Changle said jokingly .

It turned out that the simple and honest old Zhou became excited all the time, and hurriedly asked: "Boss, are you serious?"

"Really, as long as you work hard, the matter of marrying a wife is on my shoulders. By the way, work hard is to let you do your job well, not to do it desperately, understand?"

I thought this guy was pure-hearted and ascetic, and nothing could move him, but I didn't expect that when a woman was mentioned, he would immediately get excited.

"My boss, don't worry, you must do a good job, you must do a good job."

In Lao Zhou's life, the biggest regret is not having a son. I'm sorry for the ancestors of the Zhou family.
In the past, I worked day and night in the Armaments Bureau. The wages were low, and the managers made all kinds of deductions. It was difficult to support myself. How dare I think about it.

I don't know how envious my old man Xu Yiming has a family,

Unexpectedly, the host is so good, delicious food, good living and high monthly income, and even promised to help me marry a wife,

There was an urge to die for the confidant on the spot.

Lu Changle said with a smile: "We'll talk about this later, you let me test the gun, everything is ready."

I just like this kind of employee, who has few requirements and great contributions, and doesn’t need to be supervised. He also works hard,
Lao Zhou is a bit older, but he is honest and has a high monthly salary. He can be regarded as a high-income earner. It is not difficult to find a wife with a little snack.

"It's been prepared a long time ago, my boss, this way please." Lao Zhou led the way attentively.

I don't know if he was teased by the word daughter-in-law, but Lu Changle saw from behind that Lao Zhou's footsteps were a little floating
The test site was set up in a depression at the foot of the back mountain. When Lu Changle arrived, he saw three Frang machine guns lying quietly on the frame, and a special wooden frame was placed next to each Fran machine gun. , There are five sub-guns on the wooden stand.

Brand new, shiny black gun.

The Fran machine gun is a kind of iron rear-loading smoothbore gun. The whole gun is composed of three parts: the barrel, the belly of the gun, and the sub-cannon. Among them, the fire door of the sub-cannon is ignited to shoot, and the structure of the mother blunderbuss and the sub-guns is adopted. The mother blunderbuss is the barrel, and the sub-guns are actually small fire blunderbusses. Each mother blunderbuss is usually equipped with four to nine sub-guns.
Each sub-gun is loaded with ammunition in advance for use. When fighting, first put a sub-gun into the bullet chamber of the mother gun. After firing, withdraw the empty sub-gun and replace it with another one. Since the sub-gun can be replaced in turn, it reduces the Time to temporarily reload ammo, greatly increasing the rate of fire.

Lu Changle touched the gun for a while, and asked in surprise, "Old Zhou, are these guns new?"

"If you go back to the owner's house, they are newly cast. The original blunderbuss are not well maintained. Some are rusty and some are cracked. The situation is worrying. For safety's sake, the young one made [-] new blunderbuss without authorization. pistol."

"If you are not good, you must do it well. This is not called arbitrariness. My request is very simple. I would rather be short than excessive. I would rather go slower or less. Quality must be guaranteed. By the way, every firearm produced by the firearms workshop in the future , must be marked, and any problem can be directly traced to the individual," Lu Changle said with a serious face.

When Zhu Chongba personally supervised the construction of the Nanjing City Wall, in order to ensure the quality, each brick must be engraved with the name of the maker, and the responsibility should be thoroughly implemented. If there is a problem with that brick, then the maker and the official in charge of the supervision Implement continuous sitting system.

Until later generations, after more than 600 years of wind and rain, the Nanjing Ming City Wall is still extremely strong and will not fall down.

"Understood, boss, I'll do it right away when I turn around." Old Zhou Yi immediately agreed after hearing this.

The owner's treatment is so good, even a junior apprentice can eat better than the master craftsman of the Armament Bureau, so it's normal to have requirements.

Lu Changle nodded, casually picked up a piece of ammunition and tossed it, weighing about half a catty, and said enthusiastically, "Old Zhou, come, teach me how to fire a cannon."

佛郎机炮传入大明多年，经过多年的心仿造和改良，有五个型号，戚继光《纪效新书》中载5种佛郎机，一号长8~9尺、弹一斤、药一斤；二号长长8~9尺、弹10两、药11两；三号4~5尺、弹5两、药6两；四号2~3尺、弹3两、药3.3两；五号1尺、弹3钱、药5钱。

Three Flang cannons were seized from Flying Tiger, number three.

The advantage is that it is not heavy, easy to transport, and suitable for field battles.

"No, no." Old Zhou was taken aback, and quickly persuaded: "Boss, this artillery is dangerous, just let the younger ones come."

The quality of iron used to build cannons in ancient times was mediocre, and no one could guarantee when the chamber would explode. Lao Zhou didn't dare to let Lu Changle take risks.

(End of this chapter)