A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 650
The Jiajiaying Military Factory is managed by the Logistics Department. A total of [-] hydraulic drilling machines have been set up along both sides of the river. In order to improve the stability of the water flow, a dam is built on the river bed.

When Wang Dou arrived here, he saw long sheds lined up along the river bank. In the sheds, there were drill machines, and the drill bit kept rotating when the river flowed through.

These drill presses, the stressed parts, were all replaced with bronze.

There is also the rotating bearing shaft, which is also replaced with bronze. Compared with the previous wooden structure, the bearing capacity and service life are much improved.

Not far behind each drilling machine, there is a large box with drilled gun barrels placed one by one. Wang Dou walked to a box casually, picked up a gun barrel, and saw that the drilled holes were smooth and even. Wang Dou couldn't help but nodded.

According to Qi Tianliang, due to the use for many years and the construction of the dam, the problem of the speed regulation of the drilling machine has basically been solved. In addition, the number of experienced craftsmen has increased. Now there are [-] hydraulic drilling machines, and at least [-] gun tubes can be drilled in a month, which is more than usual. The [-] roots have improved a lot.

Moreover, the loss rate of drilling tools and the scrapping rate of gun barrels have dropped a lot, and there are fewer people to guard them.

Wang Dou is quite satisfied. Using machines is more effective and stable than using human hands. It's a pity that the river water is greatly affected by seasonality, and it is more troublesome during dry seasons.

The Jiajiaying military factory not only makes blunderbusses, but also produces armor and weapons.

It is not easy to make armor. In the Song Dynasty, the infantry armor had more than 800 armor leaves, and there were many processes of perforation and fine grinding. It took nearly a month to manufacture a pair of armor. Deputy, it will also take a month.

Although Daming's armor has been simplified a lot, it is still not an easy matter to get it into shape.

Passing through some factory buildings, there are quite a lot of military women inside. The iron-inlaid armor of the Ming and Jingbian armies requires patience to sew and inlay. Wife, during the time of Shun Xiangbao, some people worked in the armor factory and became managers at all levels one after another.

Their incomes are good, and some even earn more than the men in the family. This woman earns more than the men, which will inevitably lead to some family disputes. The male is superior to the female, which is the key to harmony. The female is superior to the male, and most of them are tragedies.

Of course, it is impossible for them to give up their generous income. When the Lijia chiefs adjust, they can only urge the men in their families to work hard.

There was the sound of tinkling irons, and they walked to a rather large factory shed, where the heat was overwhelming and the flames splashed everywhere. This was the place opened by Wang Dou, the most important place for making gun swords.
In the factory shed, many military craftsmen gathered, busy coming and going, they were divided into several groups, each group had experienced stewards and old craftsmen, they were responsible for building some key parts, as well as weapons after they were built. Quality inspection, all very carefully.

After all, the Jingbian army has a strict system, and the weapons are not up to standard, and one of the people who will be investigated afterwards will reach them.

These stewards, the colors of the fox hats on their heads, the shoulders and collars of the smocks, and the trimming colors are also different from those of ordinary military craftsmen, reflecting their rank everywhere.

Walking through the factory shed, the military craftsmen were so busy that they were all so absorbed that they didn't even notice Wang Dou and the others who were patrolling. When they went to the rear warehouse, boxes of guns and swords were also carried over and piled up.

One of the quality standards for these gun swords is the size of the sleeve, which needs to meet certain standards. When using it, you can put it on the gun barrel, and it can't be too big. Or small.

However, the results of the inspection, except for a very small number, basically meet the standards. This is also the result of Wang Dou's early implementation of weapon standardization and the use of weights and measures in the early Ming Dynasty.

The weights and measures in the early Ming Dynasty were very standardized. As early as the first year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty ordered cast iron dendrobium buckets to be raised for collation and lowered to the world. The dendrobium bucket scales used by the common people must be the same as those issued by the government.

The management of weights and measures in Ming Dynasty is complete, and the error is extremely small. In the large aspect, from Zhang, Chi, and inch, to the small aspect, from minutes, centimeters, milliseconds, seconds, and even to suddenly, there are fine calculations on the building ruler and tailoring ruler. .

Although businessmen colluded with bureaucratic landlords and arbitrarily increased weights and measures, causing some confusion, but as long as the weights and measures standards of Ming Taizu were restored and used to make weapons, there would be no problem at all, let alone the standardization of parts.

As early as the Shunxiangbao era, Wang Dou made weapons according to the weights and measures in the early Ming Dynasty, which is one of the reasons why his weapons are excellent.

Wang Dou also didn't think that to make a blunderbuss and blunderbuss sword by himself, he had to be accurate to the second, or even suddenly, the standard in front of him was enough.

Those who are in charge of the quality inspection of the guns and swords are each holding a bird gun, put the guns on a set, feel the fit of the guns and swords, and there are several procedures before they can be put into the warehouse. They dare not be sloppy. If you lose your job at the least, or go to jail if you are more serious, you have to be careful.

And for making excellent weapons, everyone will be rewarded. It is understandable that Jingbian Army's weapons are famous far and wide.

Wang Dou picked up a blunderbuss sword and looked at it. It felt a little heavy in his hand. Except for the rounded part of the sleeve and the front arc, the rest of the blunderbuss sword was a bit different from the bayonet in his impression.

It's not the kind of flat bayonet, but it's round as a whole. Looking at the blade, it looks like a long and pointed iron rod. About two-thirds of the front of the blade has blood grooves, which looks like Mosin Nagan. Four-sided thorn.

This is the result of group discussion, a choice made in desperation.

Metal processing technology is not advanced enough, and structural strength is needed, so it must be designed into this shape. In 1688, French Field Marshal David Vauban designed a sleeve-type bayonet, which was fixed by the bayonet on the barrel and the bayonet on the bayonet. , the cross-section is in the shape of a cross prism, which is what it looks like.

At the earliest, European and American countries used three-edged thorns or four-edged thorns, but with the improvement of steelmaking technology, this single-function military thorn was quickly eliminated.

After all, in hand-to-hand combat, military stabs can only stab, not cut, and after the flat bayonet is stabbed in the air, it can still be cut when the gun is recovered, and the second attack can be entered as soon as possible. Moreover, the flat bayonet has multiple survival functions. Military stab Being eliminated is inevitable.

Of course, three-edged or four-edged thorns also have advantages, that is, the body of the knife is stronger than a flat bayonet, and it is easy to make. After testing, the Jingbian army blunderbuss sword can pierce armor and is not easy to break, as long as it is not facing the wolf teeth. Sticks, big sticks and other weapons, there are also very effective combat.

Although the gun sword has a single function and may be eliminated in the future, it will be a matter of a long time. For now, it is still suitable. The so-called survival function should be handed over to the first-hand sword that everyone in the Jingbian army has.

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Chongzhen 15th year, April, East Road.

With a sound, more than a dozen fast horses rushed towards the Xiangyingshan residential area along the smooth road.

Everyone on the horse was dressed in brocade clothes, three mountain hats on their heads, and waist knives. They were dressed in fresh clothes and angry horses, and they were all dressed up as officers of the Jingbian Army. Everyone they saw along the way cast envious glances.

Soon, everyone rushed to the foot of a mountain, surrounded by a river, along the side of the mountain and the river, there were many houses, and the houses were connected by bluestone slabs and cobblestone roads, with beautiful scenery.

Here is one of the officers' residences of the Jingbian Army.

There are too many officers living in Yongning City, so the shogunate logistics department built a house in Xiangying Mountain. It is not far from Yongning City in the south and Liu Binbao in the east. It is indeed a beauty.

Walking here, there are all well-dressed men and women, as well as children. According to the welfare of the Jing frontier army, officers of the general level can be allocated rooms for free. Of course, it is just an ordinary standard courtyard house. If you want something better, you can buy it yourself Yes, but the price is much better.

There is also the level of Jiachang and team officer. If you want a house, you have to buy it yourself. However, if you put the houses with backyard gardens and rockeries in front of you, if you put them outside, the price will at least double. This is also the benefit of the Jingbian army. one.

Moreover, each officer can also use meritorious service to buy. In the Jingbian Army, meritorious service has many wonderful uses, and it can also be exchanged for money.

However, money cannot buy meritorious deeds. Therefore, none of the soldiers of the Jingbian Army were willing to exchange meritorious deeds for money. For them, it was the captain and team officer. It was not difficult for them to buy a house.

Along the cobblestone road and the stone bridge, everyone rode their horses to reach the opposite bank. There was no wall built in this house. Now the east road is becoming more and more peaceful. Many wealthy people have built gardens and houses outside the city. What kind of fence or something.

"Aha, Guangzong Yaozu."

Luo Liangzuo's fat body, wearing brocade clothes and a three-mountain cap, looked quite imposing. He rode on the horse, and roared countless times along the way.

"It's really glorious. There are five hundred acres of fertile land. For generations, I, Luo Liangzuo, was the most promising. Huh, when I was young, my father thought I ate too much. Fortunately, when I was ten years old, Huang Daxian in the city gave me I've done my fortune-telling, counted my fingers, and said that I will have a great day, and it's really not bad..."

Listening to his howling, everyone who heard it along the way smiled knowingly.

At the beginning of the year, the meritorious service of the Jingbian army began to be exchanged. According to the calculation of meritorious service, [-] points of meritorious service can be exchanged for [-] acres of fertile land outside the Great Wall, or [-] acres of grassland and mountainous land. This is done in batches, and you can take many days off , to personally witness beyond the Great Wall.

At present, many low-level officers in the Jingbian Army generally own hundreds of acres of fertile land, even if they own a thousand acres of land, it is not easy.

The land has been the dream of the Chinese people for thousands of years, and the deepest enthusiasm in the heart. Wang Dou is not worried about everyone's mentality of getting rich and being safe. If you want to retire, you can apply for retirement immediately after joining the army for three years , and their positions will be filled by those who come later, and there will be no shortage of talents.

Moreover, Wang Dou believes that advancing and retreating can also keep the flowing water from rot, so that the army can maintain vitality and vitality for a long time.

If you don't have the will to make progress, and occupy the latrine and don't shit, it's not a good thing.

The thin Lai Dexiang, who was on the horse, was also trembling: "Good guy, I have 450 points of merit, 250 points, exchanged for good farmland, [-] points, exchanged for [-] acres of grassland, I must raise a lot of cows, a lot of sheep, and more. There are chickens, ducks and geese..."

Wu Dingguo cried loudly: "Two hundred points of meritorious service means two hundred acres of fertile land. The rich man who rented the land in the village is not half as much as mine. It's a pity that my parents can't see it. It's a day of glory for my ancestors."

Han Kaihui is thinking, his family is considered rich in Zhending, but his ancestors have only a hundred acres of fertile land, and now he owns several times as much land as his family, and he has become a team officer and has been awarded the rank of school captain.

Although my father, mother and three older sisters have loved me since childhood, I have always regarded myself as a child who can't grow up, and now I have finally proved myself. I don't know if they have come to Donglu after receiving the letter.

Han Kaihui was eager to see him, his parents and three older sisters were surprised and happy.

Liu Lie and Mou Dachang looked at Zhao Rongsheng, and booed: "Old Chief Jia is now the general manager, and his meritorious service has reached [-]. He is the highest among everyone, so we must treat you!"

Immediately everyone started yelling as well, Zhao Rongsheng laughed loudly, and he said boldly: "No problem, I'll invite you tonight's honored guest!"

(End of this chapter)