Nanming Yiming

Chapter 58 The Mysterious Tianjiazhuang
As for the technical improvement of the firecracker, Qian Mo himself is not good at it.

But he thinks that he can find some craftsmen who can make Lumi guns, and use the "gunpowder granulation" technology to solve the disadvantages of Lumi guns' low power at close range, so that the advantages of Lumi guns' long shooting distance and high stability can be brought into play.

In addition, the production process of firecrackers must be improved.

The manufacture of guns must be componentized, standardized and assembled.

Now the craftsmen themselves or bring an apprentice to build a firecracker from the beginning to the end.

This efficiency is too low.

It took almost a month to make a firecracker, even after Qian Mo issued a subsidy of 2 taels of silver per shot.

Skilled craftsmen can only upgrade to 20 days to create a qualified bird gun.

The general structure of a bird gun is a gun barrel, a gun body, a bolt, and a trigger.

Among them, the production of the barrel is the most cumbersome and requires the highest experience and technology.

For example, if you have 100 craftsmen, only 60 of them can make barrels.According to the current method, only 60 people are starting work, because other people do not know how to make bird guns.

But if the labor is divided, 60 people only make the barrel, 15 people only make the barrel, 15 people only make the bolt, and 10 people only make the trigger.There are 100 people who can participate in making bird guns.

In this way, more bird gun accessories can be produced in the same time, and more bird guns can be obtained after combination.

And what makes perfect is that each person only specializes in making one part, which is more conducive to improving the production speed of a single part and unifying the specifications.

The Ming Dynasty's "Tiangong Kaiwu" records his method: every hammer bird gun is first made of an iron pole as big as a chopstick, which is wrapped in red iron and hammered.First for three connections, the interface is blazing red, try to hit it.After combining, use a square steel cone as big as a chopstick, and turn it through it, so that the aurora is clean, and the medicine will be released without hindrance.

So the gun barrel is actually divided into 3 parts, which are built separately and welded together.

Even with the same number of craftsmen, the implementation of component manufacturing will at least double the efficiency.

It is also more convenient for the maintenance and repair of bird guns.

Of course, higher requirements are put forward for the quality inspection and unification of specifications of the components, otherwise it would be embarrassing that the two components cannot be combined into a bird gun due to different specifications.

Three days later, the first batch of miners sent to Tianmu Mountain brought back the first batch of marl samples. Because the information given by Qian Mo was relatively accurate, it was certain that this batch was marl.

After repeated calcinations several times, the Ming version of "Modern Cement" finally came out.

People were surprised to find that this gray powder becomes very easy to shape when exposed to water, and it is extremely hard after air drying, comparable to rocks.

This is really amazing.

Qian Mo felt that the name "cement" was too modern, so he simply called it "fairy lime".

In this way, it is also convenient to make a name in the future and sell it as a commodity.

However, everyone disagreed on where to build a workshop for firing "fairy lime".

The main reason is that it is not easy to build a workshop for burning lime powder due to the remoteness of Tianmu Mountain.

So Xia Wanchun suggested: directly spend money to hire people to dig locally, and then transport the ore to Tianjiazhuang.The "fairy lime" produced in this way can be directly used to build bastions, and it is not easy to leak the firing technology of "fairy lime".

Gu Yanwu believed that the quantity of ore needed was huge, and the cost of transporting ore was too high.If the delivery volume is insufficient, it will affect the production of "fairy lime" and the construction progress of the bastion.

"Although the direct construction of a firing workshop in Tianmu Mountain requires a one-time investment of more manpower and material resources, it is much easier to transport 'fairy lime' later than to transport ore."

In the end, Qian Mo decided to let the "Chongming Camp" go directly into the Tianmu Mountains, find a suitable place to build a camp, and spend money to hire people to mine and transport before Tianmu Mountain could not produce "Fairy Lime".

Just take this opportunity to lay a foundation in Tianmu Mountain. After all, both the Taihu cottage and Tianjiazhuang are just temporary bases.

Although the Taihu cottage is relatively safe, the place is too small to accommodate more people, and it is far away from the land, so it is inconvenient to transport various materials.

Taihu Lake is not without big islands. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xishan Island near the coast of Taihu Lake was relatively large, and it could accommodate tens of thousands of people. However, this island is too close to the land. Occupying it will definitely alarm the Qing army in Suzhou. .

For the time being, the Taihu Rebels can only nest on a small island deep in Taihu Lake.

Tianjiazhuang is located between Jiaxing Fucheng and Jiashan County, and is closer to Jiashan County.

Right now, according to the news from Lu Bingwen, he has been appointed as the prefect of Jiaxing by Governor Xiao Qiyuan of Zhejiang Province. Although the official approval has not yet come down, he has already begun to exercise the rights of prefect of Jiaxing.

At present, Jiaxing Mansion is seriously short of troops, but since Tian Xiong has led 5000 troops to Songjiang, Hangzhou is also short of troops and cannot dispatch more troops to support.

In the end, Wang Zaixing was promoted to the deputy general of Jiaxing because of his meritorious service. Hangzhou allocated a batch of military funds and ordered the Jiaxing government to cooperate in recruiting 2000 recruits to deal with the harassment of "bandits" in Chongming.

The overall situation in Jiaxing has been basically under control. Lu Bingwen replaced the county magistrates of Jiashan and Pinghu counties with people from Jiashan's Qian family and Pinghu Lu family. The subordinate officials and officials need to be adjusted slowly.

I believe that within a few months, Jiaxing Mansion will be under the jurisdiction of Qian Mo, the "Governor Su Song".

But right now, Tianjiazhuang still needs to keep a low profile and not be too eye-catching, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Qing army.

Fortunately, the father and son of the Tian family ran rampant in the village on weekdays, and the common people were afraid to avoid this Tian family village.

In addition, this Tianjiazhuang is heavily fortified on weekdays, and people don't know the situation in the village.

Moreover, the fields around Tianjiazhuang have been contracted by several businessmen, and the tenants in the fields have been ordered by their masters not to approach Tianjiazhuang, otherwise they will be taken away and no one will care.Tianjiazhuang also dispatched "family members" to be in charge of guarding, so this place has become extraordinarily mysterious!
At this time, Tianjiazhuang is actually more like a mysterious "people's commune". Except for the fleet and horse-drawn carriages that continuously transport supplies, the people in the village can't get out, and everyone's work and life are all in the village.

However, as long as the common people have food and clothing, it is nothing to sell a little strength. Many people are already willing to accept this way of life. After all, in addition to taking care of food, there are also silver rewards for overfulfilling tasks.

Although the rewards don't seem to be many every day, the win is that they are distributed in time, and the accumulation of small things becomes big.

Many Zhuang people who were assigned as apprentices in the workshop were able to acquire a skill, which was much better than being assigned to the construction site to mine and carry stones.

At this time, Mr. Tian, ​​who had only one ear left, was also working hard to carry stones on the construction site.

Although Mr. Tian's crimes are extremely heinous, Qian Mo, who has always "attached importance to promises", spared his life and let him continue to shine for the cause of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty!
Although there are soldiers standing guard, there are no people on the construction site who beat them behind the back with a whip.

Qian Mo implements a group system, first assigning daily work goals to each group, and each team leader assigns work goals to everyone in the group according to the actual situation, as long as they complete their personal goals, they will have food.

When the group goal is completed, the excess part of the group can get rewards.A special person is responsible for recording and distributing rewards, and checking the goals set by the team leader to prevent the team leader from cheating for personal gain.

In addition, if you complete the top 3 teams every day, you can get extra rewards and rewards for adding meat to dinner the next day.

For the group that failed to achieve the goal, a meal was deducted for the first time, the team leader received 20 whips for the second time, and the whole group was beheaded for the third time.

Even if you want to be lazy, your team members will not agree, and some people will urge you to work.

After a few days of trial, the effect is quite good, and the amount of completion is getting higher and higher day by day.

The daily work goals have also been adjusted appropriately.

Of course, an unexpected situation also occurred. After working for a few days, the prisoners of the Qing Army collectively asked to join the Taihu Rebel Army.

Qian Mo naturally understood what they were thinking, but the loyalty of this batch of descendants still had to be questioned.

Qian Mo said: Even if you join the Taihu Rebel Army, you still need to work, and the soldiers of the Shenji Battalion are also building bastions.

However, in order to appease these surrendered soldiers, Qian Mo agreed that these people would temporarily form a surrendered army camp, and once the bastion was built, they would be converted into regular volunteers and enjoy military pay.

Li Bazong, who surrendered, was also solemnly appointed as the chief general of the surrendered barracks.

Although Qian Ning hadn't heard about Song Yingxing yet, Liu Yichen brought Xu Ermo, a firearms talent, to Tianjiazhuang.

Xu Ermo is the grandson of Xu Guangqi, Minister of Rites of the Chongzhen Dynasty, a scholar of the Wenyuan Pavilion, and a second assistant to the cabinet. He was born in the 38th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1610). ".

A few days ago, I heard that Chongming was taken back by Wang Shi, and wanted to find a ship to join Chongming Wang Shi.

After finding out the news, Liu Yichen immediately sent someone to contact Xu Ermo, and found that he had a special gun on his body, so he had a detailed discussion with him.

Knowing that Xu Ermo also has a lot of research on firearms, he wanted to dedicate the method of making self-generated firecrackers to Master Wang, so he sent it to Tianjiazhuang.

Qian Mo originally thought that Liu Yichen was very keen on intelligence work, and planned to let him take over Jiaxing's industry in an all-round way, and be in charge of the entire intelligence network in Zhejiang and Susong areas.

I didn't expect him to bring such a big surprise, so he needs to be promoted and reused.It seems that the position of commander and deputy envoy of the intelligence department belongs to him.

Xu Ermo, who came to Tianjiazhuang, was also very surprised. Although the fort on the high ground outside the village had just started construction, Xu Ermo could tell at a glance that it was building a western-style fort.

The various workshops in the village are also relatively complete, especially after seeing that the craftsmen in the firearms workshop actually only build one kind of parts each, Xu Ermo feels that this way of building can greatly improve the efficiency, as long as they are assembled together in the end, it will be a complete piece. firearms.

Everything here made him look more novel, as if this place should not appear in this world, maybe this is the place I have been looking for in my heart!
Tianjiazhuang, a mysterious and yearning place!
Xu Ermo brought Qian Mo a self-generating gun.

An explanation of self-generated fire blunderbuss in "Illustrations of Military Weapons": "It is inconvenient for a blunderbuss to encounter wind and rain. All blunderbusses must open the fire door first, and then they can be released to the enemy. Often there are those who are wet by the wind and rain and cannot fire it. Those who send out by mistake must transform the faucet into a message, so that the flint will trigger itself and the medicine will be spontaneously ignited.

Self-generating musket is a kind of flintlock gun, which is another big leap forward compared to arquebus (just like the meaning of arquebus to musket gun).The self-generating gun was made in 1635 (the eighth year of Chongzhen) by Bi Maokang, the right servant of the Nanjing household department. It used a flint bolt instead of an arquebus bolt. It is the earliest recorded flintlock in my country.The flintlock uses the trigger to drive the hammer through the spring to hit the flint flakes. The rapid friction with the flint flakes produces sparks to ignite the gunpowder. Therefore, it is not necessary to drag a long burning match like a matchlock gun when fighting. Use, the light of the matchlock at night is also easy to expose the shooter.

As a person of later generations, Qian Mo naturally understood the advantages of flintlock guns over matchlock guns.

But in this era, even in Europe, the arquebus is still the main weapon used by various countries.

There are two reasons:

One is that the craftsmanship of the flintlock gun is complicated and expensive, and it cannot be equipped with a large number of troops in a short period of time.

The second is that the technology of flintlock guns in this era is not mature, and the ignition rate is not high, and the actual use effect is not as good as that of mature matchlock guns.

This is also the main reason why the self-generated firecrackers were not equipped with the Ming army.

Looking at the self-igniting gun, Qian Mo asked, "How is the ignition rate of Mr. Xu's self-igniting gun?"

Xu Ermo said: "I have done many tests, and the actual ignition rate can exceed 9%, but the service life of the flint is limited. After 50 ignitions, the success rate of ignition will become lower and lower, and it needs to be replaced in time."

Qian Mo said: "The artisans here happened to make a Lumi gun, why not do a test with the bird gun and Mr.'s self-generated fire gun."

At this time, the target is placed 50 steps away.

A cotton armor was hung in front of the wooden target, and a red heart was drawn on the cotton armor.

Each firecracker fires 3 rounds in a row.

In terms of firing speed, the shooting speeds of the three types of firecrackers are actually almost the same. The self-generating firecrackers are the fastest, and the shooting speeds of the bird guns are slightly faster than the Lumi guns, but the difference is not much.

In terms of shooting accuracy, all three shots of the Lumi gun were near the center of the bull's-eye, while two of the bird's guns were on the edge of the bull's-eye, and two of the self-generating fire guns missed the bull's-eye.

In terms of power, the bird gun with the least amount of medicine has the largest wound, but its armor penetration is not as good as the Lumi gun and the self-generating fire gun with a longer barrel. The Lumi gun has better armor penetration than the self-generating fire gun.

But after the target moved to 70 steps, all the self-igniting fire blunderbusses missed, and the bird blunderbuss also missed one shot, missing the bullseye.

The Lumi guns still hit all of them, and at this distance, the trauma of the Lumi guns is greater than that of the bird guns.

Then, the following manufacturing time and cost were calculated. The material cost of making a qualified bird gun is 5 taels of silver, while the Lumi gun needs 8 taels, and the self-generating fire gun needs 11 taels.

In terms of time, the combined casting of parts is adopted. On average, it only takes 10 days for a skilled craftsman to make a qualified bird gun, 13 days for Lumi gun, and 25 days for self-generated gun.

The self-generating firecracker basically has no hit rate beyond 50 steps and the manufacturing cost is the highest. The Lumi gun has the best shooting performance and stability, and the bird gun is superior in its low manufacturing cost and short time.

After comprehensive consideration, it is decided that the firearms workshop only manufactures Lumi guns at this stage.

Self-generated firecrackers continue to be developed and improved. After all, the firing rate is unstable and the army cannot be quickly equipped.

It is also a rule that new things are often inferior to mature old things when they first appear.

Schulmer, a Catholic, said: "I know a Franji (Portuguese) priest who is proficient in firearms and bastion, and should be able to help improve self-propelled guns."

Qian Mo said: "Then trouble Mr. Xu to write to him quickly, and I will send someone to invite him right away."

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