"Yes, eldest brother, my second brother's name is Wang Er Donkey, and the bullets of these guns are made by my second brother." Wang Ergou immediately replied when he heard this.

"Big brother!"

Seeing that he was mentioned, Wang Erdonkey also walked over a little nervously.

"Haha...... Not bad! You two brothers are excellent talents of the Suzaku Army, if it weren't for you, I don't know when this gun would have been made! ”

Li Yun praised the two of them for a while, and then ordered: "Hu Da, Wang Ergou and Wang Erdonkey have made great contributions, each of them will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and all the craftsmen under his hands will also be rewarded!" ”

"No!"

"Thank you, big brother!"

Wang Ergou and Wang Erdonkey both replied excitedly when they heard this, the two of them were just poor craftsmen, how could they have seen so much silver, and at this time they just wanted to swear allegiance to the Vermilion Bird Army.

"Big brother should also have a domineering name for a magic weapon like him, and please give these three guns a name!" At this time, Wang Dahe said suddenly.

"Yes, big brother, it's too simple to just call a musket, why do you have to take a murderous and majestic name!" Wei Ning also said with a look of approval.

"Please also give the name of the eldest brother!"

At the same time, Hu Da also led many staff members of the arsenal to shout.

"Well, well!"

Li Yun nodded and then remembered, to be honest, Li Yun already had difficulty naming, and it was still a little difficult to name it. If you are too second-handed, you are a little embarrassed, too ordinary and have the enthusiasm of everyone.

So after thinking about it, Li Yun decided, "So be it!" These two spears are called Wang Ergou rifle and Wang Ergou riding gun, and the bullets are uniformly called Wang Er Donkey 15mm rifle bullets! ”

"Thank you, big brother, our brother is really beyond retribution! We ......"

As soon as they heard Li Yun's name, Wang Ergou and Wang Erdonkey were immediately moved, and hurriedly knelt down to thank them. Three generations of their family have been craftsmen, but they have never been respected. Today, Li Yun actually used their names to name these two weapons of the Transformation Era, which really made them grateful.

The other craftsmen next to him also shed tears of emotion when they heard this.

And Li Yun helped the two of them up and said: "These are what you deserve, and only with you can there be a future for the Vermilion Bird Army!" ”

Although this name is a little different from the mighty and domineering name in everyone's minds, everyone is still very satisfied.

"And what about this revolver, big brother?" Then Wei Ning handed over the revolver in his hand and asked.

I saw Li Yun laugh and say, "It's better to call it a guard-style revolver!" ”

When Wei Ning heard this, he quickly shook his head and said, "No! No way! Big brother, don't tease me, I'll take it! ”

"Then it's called Wang Dahe's revolver?"

"Nope! No! No! I can't do it either, I don't dare to accept this honor without an inch of merit! Although Wang Dahe is very excited, he is also self-aware.

Seeing that Wang Dahe didn't accept it, Li Yun immediately looked at Hu Da next to him, but before Li Yun could speak, Hu Da directly refused, "Big brother, don't look at me, the two battalion commanders didn't accept it, and I don't have this qualification!" ”

"What then? Is it named after me? Seeing that everyone didn't accept it, Li Yun said casually.

"That's right! Only big brother has this qualification! ”

"Yes! The hard work that the eldest brother has put into the arsenal is no less than that of us craftsmen! ”

"Big brother, let's name it after you!"

As soon as Li Yun finished speaking, everyone agreed, so he didn't refuse, "Okay, in that case, this revolver is called a cloud revolver!" ”

"No!"

After the gun naming conference, Li Yun discussed mass production with Hu Dawang Ergou and others. Although the development of the rifle has been successful, there is still a long way to go before mass production.

In the end, Li Yun gave a death order to Hu Da and the others, "You remember, from now on, if you ask people to give people money and money, I will order all resources to be tilted towards you." And I only have one request, that is, in the shortest possible time, all guns must be mass-produced and equipped with troops, can you do it! ”

"Please rest assured, big brother! We'll get it done! I promise to complete mass production within a month, and if I can't do it, I'd like to see you there! Hu Da said with a straight face.

"We have also made a military order here, and if we can't equip the troops within a month, we are all willing to die!" At the same time, Wang Ergou and Wang Erdon and other arsenal personnel also made military orders.

"Okay, there's morale! I'll celebrate you then! Li Yun nodded when he heard this, and was very satisfied with the morale of everyone.

Then Li Yun ordered everyone to disband, leaving only Hu Da alone to inquire about other matters.

"How are Hu Da's other projects going?" After everyone left, Li Yun asked.

And Hu Da replied with some shame: "Big brother, I'm useless, almost everyone is focused on the development of firearms these days, so there is not much progress in other projects." But don't worry, big brother, we have already studied it, and the difficulty of other projects is not very great, as long as the mass production of firearms is completed, we will immediately speed up the progress to ensure that the equipment of the troops will not be delayed. ”

"Well, you've worked hard."

Although he was a little disappointed, Li Yun did not blame Hu Da, after all, the workers here were all halfway monks and had never made firearms before. Now it is very difficult to suddenly make these advanced weapons.

Therefore, even if Li Yun supervises and checks the information at any time, there are still many people who find it difficult to adapt for a while.

After chatting for a while, Li Yun told Hu Da, "Hu Da, you remember, the work of the arsenal should be fast and not chaotic!" Don't rush those craftsmen too much, everything must be done step by step, and you must not ignore safety and quality because you are in a hurry! ”

"No! Subordinates must remember! There is no compromise in safety and quality! Hu Da immediately arrived.

"Hmm."

Li Yun nodded when he heard this, although Li Yun attached great importance to the manufacture of firearms, but he also attached great importance to safety and quality issues. Because he didn't want to be busy for a long time, he ended up creating a batch of defective products that could not be used.

Therefore, Li Yun has formulated an extremely strict safety and quality management system to ensure that the weapons that will leave the factory in the future are high-quality products, without any potential quality and safety hazards!

After leaving the arsenal, Li Yun stopped by to see the gunpowder factory in Fangyanggou.

Originally, the gunpowder factory was located in Yuehujian, but due to the increasing importance of Yuehujian, most of the factories of the Suzaku Army were concentrated here. The gunpowder factory was extremely dangerous, and if there was an accident, all the efforts of the Vermilion Bird Army might be in vain, so for the sake of safety, Li Yun deliberately moved it out and placed it in Fangyanggou.

At present, there are three types of explosives used by the Suzaku Army, namely black gunpowder, nitroglycerin explosives, and picric acid.

Among them, black gunpowder accounts for the majority, because the technology of black gunpowder is the simplest and the raw material is the most sufficient, so although its power is weak, as long as the amount is enough to kill, it cannot be underestimated.

The nitroglycerin explosives were also made by Li Yun using nitroglycerin mixed with diatomaceous earth. Previously, the soap factory produced enough glycerin to make soap, so the production of nitroglycerin in the gunpowder factory was not low. The last time Situ Qingyun was supported, it was Dana explosives made of nitroglycerin mixed with diatomaceous earth.

As for picric acid, it was synthesized as early as the 17th century, and it was used as a dye for nearly 30 years, until 1871, when a French dye workshop worker accidentally knocked over the barrel of picric acid and caused a violent explosion, which made people discover its great military value.

Unlike black gunpowder and nitroglycerin explosives, picric acid has a very high risk factor. Because it reacts easily with metals to form dangerous picrates, it is difficult to fill shells and bombs.

However, this problem was solved by the Japanese in a very simple way, which was to apply a layer of paint or paraffin wax to the shells and bombs.

As a matter of fact, Li Yun spent no less effort on the gunpowder factory than on the arsenal, because the soul of a hot weapon is gunpowder and explosives.

In order to make high military explosives, Li Yun checked countless materials, copied countless local production processes, and learned from the experience of countless underground arsenals. At the same time, there were countless accidents during the development process, which was also the reason why Li Yun moved the gunpowder factory out.

The mother of explosives is sulfuric acid and nitric acid, and if you want to make explosives, you must first make sulfuric acid and nitric acid.

After checking countless information, Li Yun finally found an ideal method of making acid, that is, the magical alchemy of the Eighth Route Army!

This kind of magical alchemy is the cylinder tower acid making process made by the Eighth Route Army in the case of extremely poor conditions, using large vats in rural areas.

This method of making sulfuric acid is extremely rudimentary, and at first glance it looks like a pile of broken porcelain jars. However, the Eighth Route Army used these rudimentary rags to produce sulfuric acid, which was used to make explosives.

When Li Yun found this information, he still couldn't believe it, because it was so simple that even Li Yun himself could hardly believe that sulfuric acid could be produced from this kind of rag.

But Li Yun still decided to reproduce this mode of production, after all, the most difficult road, those revolutionary ancestors have already helped him to walk.

However, Li Yun's conditions are much better than those revolutionary ancestors, at least he doesn't need to use those rural vats to change, and he can directly customize them in the kiln factory.

In fact, for this reason, Li Yun specially acquired a kiln factory outside the mountain and renovated the kiln factory so that it could not only burn pottery, porcelain, but also make glass. It is also used to produce special ceramic products and various glassware required by the Suzaku Army.

So under these extremely rudimentary conditions, Li Yun established his own chemical industry and successfully produced sulfuric acid.

With sulfuric acid, nitric acid is no problem, and explosives and mercury have also come into being.

It is precisely because of this that the guns of the arsenal were born smoothly, after all, the manufacture of bullets requires a primer, and the main ingredient of the primer is mine mercury.

Although the mercury is inconspicuous, the process of making it is not easier than that of explosives, and the period is also very thrilling, but fortunately some dangers have been rewarded.