On the fifth day of the fifth month of the 59th year of Kangxi, it was the folk Dragon Boat Festival, and the sun had risen, so that the farmers who were working scolded a few thieves.

In the cannon workshop, which has been expanded many times, Lei Huozi's braids are about to stand up, and he looks at Ning Yu with an incredible face, as if he is looking at a madman.

"You asked me to take out 3,000 thunderbolts before July?" The thunder camel has always been unaccustomed to the thunder-type flintlock pistol that is in the way, and has always insisted on calling the thunder-type flintlock gun.

Ning Yu looked at the old man with a calm face, "Yes, it's best to take out another forty six-pound thunder cannons and fifteen twelve-pound thunder cannons before July." ”

The thunder camel couldn't bear it anymore, and roared loudly: "Do you think this gun and cannon is a kind of cabbage? Say yes? ”

Ning Yu stretched out three fingers, bending down every time he said a word.

"First, I'll give you 30,000 taels of silver, and after a rough calculation, it's basically enough. As for wrought iron and other raw materials, I will entrust my family to send them over. ”

"Second, there are more than 700 people in the cannon factory today. I'll give you another hundred people, and divide them into a separate gun-making workshop to produce muskets with all their might. ”

"Even if you have people and things ready, it's too late!" Lei Huozi had a hot temperament and directly interrupted Ning Yu.

Ning Yu sighed slightly, and looked at the thunder camel rather helplessly, "Master, you wait for me to finish." Actually, I also know that making a gun is not that simple, let alone 3,000 guns, but I have a way to make a gun like a cabbage. ”

Lei Huozi has always known that this young master of the owner has a lot of ghost ideas, and immediately said with some flattery: "It's not that the camel is in a hurry...... Please also tell the young master in detail. ”

This is the tacit understanding between Lei Huozi and Ning Yu, Lei Huozi never asked Ning Yu what he wanted so many guns for, only how to do it.

Ning Yu said seriously: "The difficulty of making a gun is nothing more than the barrel, and everything else is not a big problem, and I have a way for you to greatly improve the speed of making the barrel while ensuring the quality." ”

This made Lei Huozi itch to hear it, but he pretended to be disdainful on his face: "Really fake? Although I recognize your ability, young master, this barrel is not as good as a barrel, the smaller it is, the more it is a real kung fu. ”

In fact, Lei Huozi is not bad, because in history, the development speed of artillery is much higher than that of guns, and there are many fewer technical problems.

Most of the gun-making methods of this era were handed down during the Ming Dynasty, which can be mainly divided into the volume method mentioned in the "New Book of Ji Xiao" and the splicing method recorded in the "Tiangong Kaiwu". The Thunder Camel is improved on the basis of the splicing method, which is actually not bad, it can make a long barrel, and the segmented barrel is cooled relatively evenly, and it is not easy to explode. However, the rolling method is directly rolled with a double-layer wrought iron plate, and the cooling rate is not uniform enough, and it is easy to explode.

From the point of view of quality, it must be the choice of the current splicing method, but this method has very high requirements for craftsmen, completely relying on the experience and craftsmanship of the craftsmen themselves, and there are no ten years of hard work or where to rest, so now it is already a thunder camel who has worked hard to make several apprentices to make gun barrels, in order to make a hundred flintlock pistols every month.

Now that Ning Yu wants to raise from 100 to 1,500 at once, the problem of this barrel must be solved. And Ning Yu has only one way, that is, hydraulic forging hammer.

In the vicinity of the current gun-making workshop, there is such a water conservancy environment, so what Ningyu needs to solve is the problem of forging hammer itself. Ning Yu was a little complacent in his heart, if he said what black technology was, this thing was definitely considered in this era, it can be said that without a hydraulic forging hammer, many things would not appear out of thin air.

Ning Yu had an idea of the general structure of the hydraulic forging hammer, and he had seen it anyway, when he drew a sketch, and then found craftsmen to start overcoming this technical problem.

Speaking of forging hammers, the thunder camel is no stranger, after all, there is a set of forging hammers in today's workshops, but this thing can only be used by manpower, so it can be said to be very barbaric, violent, and inefficient.

Seeing the twisted sketch drawn by Ning Yu, Lei Huozi felt that it seemed that it could still be considered, after all, the hydraulic forging hammer is not much different from today's human forging hammer in principle, and the biggest advantage is that it can liberate manpower, thereby expanding the scale of production.

Lei Huozi held Cao Tu and said with a smile: "I still only want you to take out some treasure, what is the difference between this and the water mill left by our ancestors." However, I can really try, and I'll pick a few days to transform the current forging hammer. ”

Ning Yu continued: "This alone is not enough, we also need to change the current barrel manufacturing process. Although the original method was good, it was still too slow, and it was made by the coiling method, and then replaced with a forging table with a groove in the middle, and the barrel was directly forged in it. ”

This point is also reflected in the sketch drawn by Ning Yu, but Ning Yu was afraid that the thunder camel would not understand it, so he mentioned it.

Lei Huozi snorted, "You little trick, the camel is still clear in his heart, you kid don't know where to learn these crooked ways, don't read this good sage book, and come every day to mix with our craftsman's style." ”

Although this is duplicitous, Ning Yu didn't care, but continued: "This method can be combined with the assembly line process mentioned earlier, for example, a person is arranged to forge the steel bone, and after the forging is done, it can be handed over to the next process for cooling, and you can continue to forge, so that the whole process does not have to stop, and when the cooling of the next process is over, it will be handed over to the next furnace for heating, continue to forge, and the whole system will come alive after the cycle." ”

This made Lei Huozi's eyes light up, "This is a good idea, so that the furnace workers can also forge in shifts, plus this hydraulic forging hammer, there is no need to pick up the hammer yourself, so it is not impossible to make three thousand barrels, hey, you kid is really a genius!" ”

Ning Yu in this life is used to hearing what others praise, no matter who it is, there is nothing like today, which makes Ning Yu feel weird, it seems that the thunder camel in front of him has been possessed by someone.

Without saying anything more, Lei Huozi hurriedly arranged for his craftsmen to start trial production of this hydraulic forging hammer. As for the body of the gun and other processes, it has also begun to gradually enter the assembly line state, and only when the time comes to directly assemble it, the manufacturing speed of the musket can be greatly accelerated.

Ning Yu didn't stay any longer, as soon as this incident was over, he was going back to be questioned.