Baidu otaku as Chongzhen

Chapter 32 Quality Assurance

The first year of Chongzhen.

February 22.

Royal School.

Today is destined to be an extraordinary day, and the calm state of the school field has changed from the past. The sound of "bang bang bang" musket fire can be heard endlessly.It was Yang Reform who fired muskets on a large scale.

Those who shoot are the craftsmen who make the guns and those who are in charge of supervision.The people in the audience looked tense, some looked depressed, some were even secretly crying, and some seemed relatively "peaceful".All kinds of strange expressions appeared on the school field in the imperial city.

Gunpowder smoke filled the school grounds, thick and choking.The small guards supervised the craftsmen and supervisors to test fire their muskets with serious expressions.For those that exploded, someone dragged them out immediately.For those who have cracks to apply for automatic withdrawal, there is no good looks.Take him away with a sword.

Yang Reform has stood motionless on the "stand" for a long time, watching the craftsmen and their supervisors test fire guns.When he saw a musket exploded, his expression became a bit terrifying.The little eunuch beside him unconsciously stood a few steps away from Yang Reform, for fear of bumping into the emperor's volcano.

Gunpowder smoke rolled in, and Yang Reform, who was in the stands, choked and coughed a few times before he felt his body go numb.Said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Big companion, come here, I think this leg is a little numb."

"Ah! Your Majesty, this, how did this happen..." Wang Chengen walked up to Yang Reform in horror and concern, and quickly supported Yang Reform.For failing to take good care of His Majesty, Wang Chengen was most responsible, and his concern came from the heart.

"It's nothing, buddy. I'm just a little numb after standing for a long time. Just take a rest." With Wang Chengen's support, Yang Reform moved to a chair, and he felt better.Standing with numb legs and sitting with numb legs, as an otaku, Yang Reform has a deep understanding of this.Naturally, this will not make a fuss.

Yang Reform also complained secretly that his health was too poor, he should find time to exercise his body, after standing for a while, he became numb.

Yang Reform sat for a while, the smoke on the school grounds gradually cleared, and the sound of "bang bang" shooting had stopped.A guard young general ran over, knelt down on one knee, and reported: "Your Majesty, all the muskets have been tested."

"How's it going?"

"Report to Your Majesty, there are more than 100 muskets that exploded on the spot, and more than [-] guns that have problems such as air leakage and cracks." The young general answered very simply.For the emperor's practice of letting the producers and supervisors test fire weapons, I expressed a hundred support, because it is not certain that those weapons that will explode will be used by myself that day, so let those who make them try it first Bar.

Yang Reform glanced at Fu Mingde who was limp on the ground.There was an unknown fire in my heart.Can't wait to kill.But Yang Reform, an otaku who was born in New China, grew up under the red flag, and has been educated for nine years of compulsory education, still has great psychological barriers to killing people.Still rejected this impulse,.

"Fu Mingde, what do you say about this?"

"This servant deserves to die, this servant is guilty! Your Majesty, please grant this servant a death..." Fu Mingde had lost all hope at this time, and only wanted to die.The bombing rate and defect rate are between [-] and [-]%. Originally, according to the old tradition, these are considered excellent results. However, the emperor set him even stricter standards. Therefore, Fu Mingde only wants to die for this kind of results. .

"I don't plan to kill you for the time being. You go back and think about what to do to improve the quantity and quality. Use your brain... My patience is limited. This is the last chance." Yang Reform has decided to give Fu Mingde has a chance, because no one is available to reform Yang.There is nothing to do!What's more, Fu Mingde has experienced this test firing, and he will definitely be more sensitive to quality problems, and will use his brain to solve the problem.This is what Yang Reform hopes.

"...Wow, my servant thanked His Majesty for not killing me. This servant must do everything possible to make a high-quality musket for His Majesty. Huh..." Fu Mingde broke down in tears.Walking through the palace of the king of hell, from hell to heaven, mixed with sorrow and joy.As for the quality problem of this musket, it is seen to the bone. "Quality" is like being branded with a soldering iron, engraved deep into the soul.

"Not only the quality of muskets, but all the weapons and objects that come out of you, you must keep in mind the word 'quality'. This is my advice to you, and it is also my hope."

"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant must engrave the word 'quality' in my heart and never forget it." Fu Mingde no longer cried, his eyes became much clearer, with a look of determination.After finishing speaking, he hit his head on the ground with a "bang bang" sound, kowtowed a few times, and finally finished.

Seeing Fu Mingde's resolute expression, Yang Reform knew that the quality of his muskets and weapons in the future would probably be fine.Thinking of this, I feel better.

I also saw a large group of craftsmen and supervising eunuchs on the school grounds. I guess after this test, I am afraid that these people also remember the "quality" deep in their souls.

"Let them all disperse. For craftsmen and supervisors who have no quality problems with muskets, each person will be rewarded with two taels of silver." Yang Reform still intends to reward silver, and the enthusiasm of everyone should not be affected by the quality problems of some craftsmen.

When the group of craftsmen heard that there were two taels of silver to take, they changed their nervousness and fear just now, knelt down on the ground and shouted long live.

"Let Li Gong, Zhang Gong and others come to see me." Yang Reform planned to meet those "experts" who were in charge of researching firearms.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang Chengen agreed.

After a while, Li Gong, Zhang Gong and the others arrived in front of Yang Reform.

"Grassmen... kowtow to see my emperor, long live, long live, long live." Several people kowtowed to pay their respects.

"Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron." Several people got up.

"You have all seen what happened today. The quality problem is what I like. I hope you will pay more attention to this quality problem when designing weapons in the future." Yang Reform first issued a warning.The purpose is to ensure the quality of weapons.

"The grassroots obey." Everyone replied in unison.

"Well, have you made any new progress recently? About muskets and bird guns?" Yang Reform began to ask about the progress of muskets. In fact, muskets (arquebuses) are far from reaching their "limit" at this time, such as upgrading to flintlocks. Guns, such as producing paper shells and speeding up reloading, etc., still have great potential.Of course, at the current level, it is impossible to make a serious breech-loaded copper-cased bullet.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Caomin and others are developing the technology that His Majesty said, using paper shells to fix gunpowder and speed up the charging speed, and there are already some eyebrows."

"Li Gong, tell me quickly, is it done?" Yang Reform had an impression of the few people in front of him, only this Li Gong and Zhang Gong, and the others had no impression.So, seeing Li Gong speak, Yang Reform called him by his first name.

Li Gong was very happy, the emperor remembered his name, this is a great honor!With a hint of excitement, he said: "Your Majesty, there are some clues. The grassroots have already made a sample, and they are waiting for the test to announce the good news to Your Majesty."

"Try it. Companion," Yang Reformed said.

"Your Majesty is here, what are your orders?" Wang Chengen responded.

"Hurry up and take the cardboard shells that Li Gong and the others made." Yang Reform couldn't wait.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After a while, a little eunuch sent samples.They were almost the same as the firecrackers that Yang Reform had seen before, except that they were a little bigger and wrapped in red paper.At first glance, one would almost think it was a firecracker.

"Is this the custom-packed paper shell?" Yang Reform asked.

"For Your Majesty, yes."

"Try it."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Cao Min obeys." After speaking, Li Gong took out a paper shell, and carefully tore open the paper seal of the paper shell, revealing the granular gunpowder inside.Li Gong said again: "Your Majesty, this is the prepared paper shell bullet. When using it, break off one end of the paper shell bullet and aim it at the muzzle of the musket, so that the gunpowder can be poured directly into the musket, which can save money." A lot of hands and feet..."

"Oh? That's it! Let's try it quickly, buddy." Yang Reform understood it. When using it, he tore off one end of the "firecracker" and poured the gunpowder from the "firecracker" into the barrel of the gun , because the gunpowder in the "firecracker" is quantitative and granular, so the speed of filling gunpowder with a gunpowder pot is much faster.Of course, it is incomparable with the real bullets of later generations.

(End of this chapter)