"Your Majesty, you're still worried about the serial guns!"

"Yo, Master Zhou has arrived!" Zhao Hao, who was sighing, heard someone talking and looked up, it was Zhou Xiang who came, but he also knew the rules Standing at the door and did not dare to take a step, he said with a little surprise. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty has a call, of course your subordinates are coming quickly!" Zhou Xiang said as he raised his sleeves to wipe the sweat on his face, and bowed his waist.

"Okay, let's talk to the front room!" Zhao Yu waved his hand and went out of the doorway.

"Your Majesty is really a god, he has already created such a powerful firearm, and there is no need to worry about the bead gun." Zhou Xiang was half a step behind His Majesty, and still slumped down and persuaded him.

"Alas, if we can make it, why can't we defeat the Tartars!" Zhao Hao sighed again.

Of course, the bead gun in their mouth is by no means a modern semi-automatic or fully automatic gun, but a mechanical bead gun invented by a folk inventor Dai Zi in the early years of the Qing Dynasty. The gunpowder and projectiles of this kind of continuous bead gun are stored in the back of the gun, a total of 28 rounds, opened and closed by two wheels, when the first machine is triggered, the gunpowder and lead projectile automatically fall into the barrel, the second machine rotates randomly, rubs the flint, ignites the gunpowder and launches the lead projectile. It was a full century before the mechanical machine gun invented by the American Gatlin, but it is said that this major invention was not popularized and adopted because the Qing government was extremely conservative and did not trust the Han Chinese

However, because this kind of beaded fire gun has not been handed down in the world, nor is it found in the official history, it is only recorded as a legendary story in the wild history, and there are no graphics in the book, nor is there a detailed explanation, just a few words. Later generations have imitated it, but they have not succeeded, so it is considered to be a legend, and it is impossible to create it. However, many people still believe in this matter, especially the indignant youth, and it is often mentioned as a weapon to attack the corruption and ignorance of the Qing government.

If he can replicate the repeating firebolt, even if the rate of fire does not reach the machine gun, it is good to reach the '38' big pole, then he can increase the density of firepower and achieve the goal of winning more with less. However, he racked his brains and spent a lot of sketches, but failed to achieve the legendary result of making the flintlock pistol burst by mechanical alone.

"With Your Majesty's ability, it must not take long to do it, and the subordinates will still be willing to shoot the first shot!" Zhou Xiang still said with a smile on his face.

"Okay, no matter how loud the sycophants are, you can't do it, let's get down to business!" When he arrived at the small hall, Zhao Yu patted his fat face that stretched out to the front and said.

"Yes, yes, if there is something Your Majesty commands!" Zhou Xiang immediately saluted.

"Okay, no need to be polite, your waist is about to be broken!" Zhao Hao looked at him to the end, his face was almost on the ground, and it was really hard for him to be so fat, so he hurriedly mixed him.

"My subordinates will not give up for your majesty!" Zhou Xiang immediately changed his expression and said with a grateful look.

"This is what you said, if you can't complete this mission, I'm afraid that you will not only be broken!" Zhao Yu sat down on the couch, and pointed to the futon placed opposite him to sit down.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty, please command! Zhou Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and sat down after giving a salute.

"Well, I want you to produce 300 muskets a month in two months, and by the end of next year, you will give me at least 2,000 muskets and 200,000 bullets!" Zhao Yu said.

"Your Majesty, there are only 100 people in the newly formed musket workshop, but they are all new, even if they rush to work day and night, I am afraid that they can only guarantee the production of six guns per day, mainly because the manufacture of gun barrels takes too long!" Zhou Xiang did not answer immediately, but replied after a moment of silence.

"That's right, the barrel is the most labor-intensive!" Zhao Yu nodded and admitted that what he said was true, the manufacture of a barrel was forged from wrought iron into iron bars, and holes had to be drilled. The drilling is not achieved overnight, and it must be divided into at least five times and gradually expand the hole diameter with boring cutters of different diameters to meet the design requirements. Then the tail of the barrel is closed, a fare hole is drilled in the barrel, and a door and front sight are installed, and it takes seven days to complete a barrel. Even if productivity is increased through division of labor and cooperation and assembly line production, it will take 15 days to produce a gun.

"Your Majesty, it takes at least five people to operate a water conservancy boring machine, and it takes ten people to divide it into two shifts, if you can ensure that you can produce ten barrels a day, as long as you add ten more boring machines to your subordinates, a hundred craftsmen can complete it, and there should be improvement after proficiency! It's just ......," Zhou Xiang thought about it and said again.

"Hehe, you're worried that adding equipment and manpower will require more start-up capital!" Zhao Yu saw that he was vague at the end, and immediately guessed his thoughts.

"Hehe, Your Majesty is exactly what he said!" Zhou Xiang said with a smile, he knew that the little emperor's character, the more serious and old-fashioned, the more annoying he was.

"I'm adding 400 people to you, ensuring the supply of materials, and allocating 200,000 yuan, but after three months, I will allocate funds according to the amount of production, how much you produce, how much I want, but the higher the output, the more money I get. If you don't succeed in the task, the craftsmen ask you for a salary, whether you sell your house or land, or sell your wife to fill it, I won't give you a penny more. Zhao Yu said with a smile.

"Your Majesty takes care of his subordinates like this, if he can't complete it, he will really die!" Zhou Xiang gritted his teeth and stomped his feet.

"I suggest that you further refine the various processes, so that everyone only needs to master the production of one part, and even a rivet can be subdivided into several processes, so that even a novice will quickly become proficient, and can ensure quality and improve the yield." Zhao Yu was very amused when he saw it, and reminded again.

"Well, my subordinates get it." It is said that listen to the sound of gongs, listen to the sound of words, and this insider will understand it as soon as he hears it. Zhou Xiang was reminded and said excitedly, "As Your Majesty said, why should your subordinates bother to find skilled craftsmen, so that even if you are an inexperienced person, as long as you are not too stupid, you can quickly learn to do a job." ”

"Master Zhou is really a little bit of a thing, you have to understand that our army will get bigger and bigger, and there will be more and more firearms needed, and those knives and guns will be gradually eliminated, even if it is not enough to produce 100,000 pieces a year in the future, so we must improve the process as soon as possible, expand the scale, and increase the output!" Zhao Hao praised him and said.

"The subordinates will follow the teachings carefully, and they will definitely increase the production. But ......" Zhou Xiang was stunned when he heard this, and slowly said, he didn't expect His Majesty's ambition to be so big.

"Don't ramble, speak out, don't always have to guess!" Zhao Yu saw his appearance and knew that there were still difficulties, so he frowned and said with a slight reproach.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhou Xiang hurriedly saluted, "Your Majesty also knows that the paper-wrapped bullets used in muskets need to be coated with butter to prevent moisture, and the guns may be lubricated with grease to prevent rust. Therefore, the need for oil is huge, but we can find so much butter in Qiongzhou? ”

"Yes, this matter has to be resolved." Zhao Yu nodded. Butter is not only used to prevent moisture, but also to lubricate the barrel for easy loading, but although cattle are not rare, in the agricultural society, cattle are the most important animal power, but also the most important property of a farmer, or an important military material. Slaughtering cattle at will is punishable, even if they die of illness, they must report to the government, like the heroes of Liangshan in the Water Margin who let go of the cow at every turn, and ask for two catties of beef when they eat in a restaurant, which is an impossible phenomenon.

"Your Majesty......" Zhou Xiang saw that the little emperor was silent, and he was very embarrassed, and he just wanted to comfort him but was interrupted.

"I have an idea, we have few cattle, but there are thousands of whales in the sea, as long as you catch a big one, you can get tens of thousands of catties of fish oil!" Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said, the whales they caught at the time of Yashan were eaten with meat, and the fish oil boiled out could be used to light the entire line. Besides, whales and cows are both mammals, so there should not be much difference in fat, and it is not impossible to replace each other!

"Huh?! That's right! Zhou Xiang was surprised for a moment and high-fived, His Majesty had also heard about whale hunting in Yashan, which was a good idea.

"When I have some leisure, I'll go out and catch a ten-headed or eight-headed one for you to use first!" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing, it is very time-consuming and laborious to make the bayonet into a triangular shape, if each person is issued a long knife, it can also be killed!" Zhou Xiang made another suggestion.

"No way!" Zhao Yu didn't think about it, and categorically vetoed. He knew that after the appearance of muskets in history, the biggest tactical obstacle that prevented musketeers from dominating the infantry was when facing cavalry attacks, so musketeers also needed the escort of spearmen, so to maintain a formation, they also needed more troops, which was contrary to their current actual situation and the concept of elite soldiers, and the solution was - bayonets.

In fact, it was not until the late seventeenth century that a solution to this problem was finally conceived, and the earliest mention can be made of the Malays, who, after being given muskets, attached their corrugated swords to the muzzle of their guns, and used them as short spears, so that musketeers could also make temporary cameos as spearmen. This is a troublesome situation, and there is a dilemma: if the musketeers fail to repel the cavalry in the last salvo when the cavalry is approaching, they may face the risk of not being able to load the bayonet in time, but by loading the bayonet in advance, the opportunity to develop the musket's firepower is abandoned.

About a generation after the advent of the bayonet, the socket bayonet in the true sense of the word solved this problem. That is, it can be fixed to the head of the musket, which does not hinder the shooting of the musket, and can also effectively function as an old-style spear. In fact, the infantry with the bayonet was equivalent to a spearman, and although the spear was longer, the spear was shorter and weaker, but the saber charge against the cavalry was sufficient. And for long-range shooting, the bows and arrows of the cavalry were inferior to the muskets of the infantry.

In fact, it was precisely from the beginning of the introduction of the bayonet into actual combat that the spearmen completely lost the need to exist on the battlefield, and the power of the cavalry was greatly reduced in front of the infantry. But the application of this cassette bayonet also led to the fact that each gun had to be carefully manufactured according to the standard size in order to be equipped with a standard bayonet, which increased the difficulty of manufacturing, making Zhou Xiang discouraged and wanting to give up, of course Zhao Yu couldn't go back, and now the formation had not yet been practiced, and he couldn't say much, so he could only refuse.

"Your Majesty, can you change the bayonet to the shape of a sword? In this way, it can be loaded on the musket against the enemy, and it can also be used as a sword to chop, and the knife yard of our craftsman's workshop can also be produced, so as to reduce the pressure on the firearm yard. Although he received His Majesty's guidance and thought of ways to increase production, Zhou Xiang knew that this mission was extraordinary, and the manufacture of muskets was much more complex and precise than the previous ballistas and rockets, and the requirements were also high. And His Majesty is in a hurry, but he is guaranteed by his head, so he is under a lot of pressure, so he wants to ask for some tricks.

"Master Zhou, do you know anything about armor?" Zhao Yu shook his head when he heard this, he thought about 'speculation' again and again, how could he not see his thoughts, but he didn't answer, but asked a seemingly unrelated question.

"Your Majesty, my subordinates have served in the Great Song Arsenal for more than 20 years, although they are not proficient, they also know something." Zhou Xiang straightened his waist and said with confidence.

"Do you know what are the characteristics of the Jurchen armor?" Zhao Yu asked.

"Your Majesty, the Jurchens were all barbarians who drank blood back then, and it would be good to have leather armor. After they destroyed the Khitan and captured Jiangbei, they captured a lot of iron armor, which is no different from our dynasty, and uses fish scale armor more, which can prevent sharp blades from chopping, and bows and crossbows are difficult to penetrate! Zhou Xiang replied without thinking.

"Well, that's good. How can I break such a heavy armor? Zhao Yu nodded and asked again.

"Fish scale armor is difficult to break with knives and guns, and bows and crossbows are difficult to hurt, so generals often use heavy weapons such as bones, whips, and maces, so that even if they can't break the armor, they can also shock their internal organs and destroy their muscles and bones, in order to break the enemy." Zhou Xiang said.

"Then why do our infantry now use more swords, shields, spears, halberds, and bows?" Zhao Hao asked again.

"Your Majesty doesn't know, the armor of the Tartar is the willow leaf armor and the Tieluo circle armor, although the fish scale armor is also used, but the armor is heavy and only a few heavy riders use it, and most of the armor is the Tieluo circle armor." Zhou Xiang saw that the little emperor listened carefully, and asked himself again and again, and he also got up excitedly and stood up and even gestured with a sermon.

"Because the Tartars are mostly light riders, in order to maintain the horsepower, they often use iron ring armor. This armor is mainly made of animal skin, covered with iron nets, and only inlaid with iron leaves in the chest and crotch. This kind of armor is light, can prevent bows and arrows and light crossbows, knives and cuts, and because there is a skin as a pad, whips, maces, and sticks are difficult to hurt its internal organs when smashed on it, so all armies abandon it, and use more guns and spears, and kill the enemy with heavy crossbows and strong bows...... Your Majesty, your subordinates understand! As he spoke, Zhou Xiang's voice suddenly lowered a lot, and the person wilted like a frosted eggplant, and saluted the little emperor.

"Hehe, it's good that you understand!" Zhao Yu raised his hand and saluted, "We must do things according to the time, we can't stick to the common law, and the same is true for Tartar!" ”

"My subordinates have been taught!" Zhou Xiang hurriedly saluted again, and secretly sighed in his heart that the little emperor was extremely smart, and he couldn't be brilliant if he wanted to, but he was ugly......