The Weapons Production Division, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, is heavily guarded.

Today's Weapons Manufacturing Department has more than 200 researchers, about half of whom are former weapons supervisors and former weapons craftsmen from all walks of life, while most of the others are recruited from various schools, including the Lecture Martial Arts Hall.

Superior living conditions, rich income, and directly under Wang Song's moderation, high position, which also makes every staff member in and out of the "manufacturing department" have an inexplicable sense of superiority.

Especially their chief Lin Tianyou, the power is so great, even those ministers in the army are here, they are respectful and polite, all of them are short-handed, and the firearms of the manufacturing department are good or bad, but they are related to the safety of thousands of soldiers in the army.

In recent years, a large number of artillery, hand-pulled grenades, and spontaneous firearms, and every time a new type of firearm appears, it is a major improvement in the army's combat effectiveness.

On the day of rest, Lin Tianyou was sleeping soundly in the house, and was suddenly awakened by frequent knocks on the door outside.

The family home of the Manufacturing Division is also a military unit, but because of the principle of separation of work and residential areas, it is located opposite the Manufacturing Division, but it is still guarded by non-commissioned officers.

"Knock on the door early in the morning, and let people not sleep!"

Lin Tianyou was awakened from his sleep, sat up, and yelled dissatisfiedly.

I stayed up until midnight last night, thinking that I could take a break today, but I still had a good dream.

The knocker paused, then summoned up his courage and said in a loud voice:

"Director Lin, the villain is Zhang Shi of the Ordnance Division Research Institute, and it is already afternoon. Hu Gong asked me to tell you, the flowering bomb is ready to test the gun, just waiting for you. ”

Lin Tianyou got up from the bed at once, quickly got off the ground, put on his clothes and shoes, and opened the door.

"Hurry up, hurry up, why didn't you call me earlier!"

Lin Tianyou couldn't help but be anxious in his heart, after working hard for so long, he could finally test the bomb.

Zhang Shi smiled bitterly and shook his head, when he heard that it was a flowering bullet, now he blamed him for calling late.

At the test launch site, a large group of researchers from the Weapons Division were waiting restlessly. In front of them, on the gun carriage, there were several blue-gray shiny short-barreled guns, and here were the cannons used to fire flowering shells.

This two-foot-long short-barreled gun weighs 300 pounds and has lugs on both sides of the barrel. Together with the gun carriage, it weighs about 500 pounds, and it is no longer suitable for field battles.

And this gun can also fire shotguns, with a range of about 400 steps. However, although a lot of artillery has been built, there has been no breakthrough in the development of flowering shells.

Ahead, the soldiers of the Loyal and Righteous Army were fighting bloody battles with the Jin people and the Jurchens; In the rear, the Ordnance Division is also stepping up research and production of firearms in order to better serve the army and reduce casualties among soldiers.

A few months ago, their spontaneous firecrackers were finally put into production, and the firecrackers finally went to the front. And what they're focusing on now is the blossom bomb.

Seeing Lin Tianyou coming, everyone greeted him.

"There are no problems with the catheter fuse and the test amount?"

Lin Tianyou stepped forward, carefully looked at the wooden round bottom next to the gun truck, and the shells the size of watermelons on the upper edge and below, and asked loudly.

"Director Lin, it's been measured."

Hu Yiping walked up and introduced: "With a one-and-a-half-pound medicine bag, the effective range is 300 steps; If you use a three-pound medicine bag, the effective range can reach two miles. As for the conduit fuse, it was made of cedar soaked in salt liquid, and the fuse burned for the same time as the flight time of the shell. There are holes on the conduit, which are marked as two miles, one mile, and 300 steps, and you only need to adjust the shooting distance by hole before shooting. ”

"Two miles!"

Lin Tianyou nodded with satisfaction. The flowering bullet does not need penetration, but relies on its own explosion, which is equivalent to a long-range large grenade, and the power is naturally extraordinary.

This Hu Yiping

He was the son of Hu Ling, the original iron mill, that is, the craftsman of the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Division. Hu Lingtou is now in a state of semi-retirement, but he didn't expect his son to take over his craft.

"Hu Yiping, so to speak, has the final size and weight of the flowering bomb also been decided?"

"Yes, Master Hu."

Hu Yiping pointed to the shells on the ground one by one and said: "The final weight of the shells is 20 catties, 15 catties of shells, and a total of 5 catties of wooden pallets and iron hoops. The cartridge case contained 500 iron pellets. The flowering shell landed and exploded, and the steel balls inside the shell flew out to kill the enemy. ”

He smiled slightly: "Director Lin, as for the amount of power, I won't know until I try it."

Lin Tianyou perked up and said loudly: "Everyone is ready, start testing it!"

Hu Yiping personally went into battle and led a group of craftsmen to start working.

The craftsmen first packed the medicine into the chamber, and then put the shells with wooden pallets into the breech from the front.

Hu Yiping carefully inspected it carefully, and saw that one end of the fuse was facing forward, and the bottom of the wooden tray was close to the medicine bag, so he was relieved.

The medicine bag was punctured, and under Lin Tianyou's gaze, Hu Yiping personally lit the wire.

"Peng!"

The fire flashed, white smoke rose, and at the same time as the kit exploded, a part of the flame rushed from the gap between the shell and the chamber to the front of the shell, igniting the exposed part of the fuse, and the shell whistled out.

When everyone looked ahead, they saw that the shells were flying forward at a speed visible to the naked eye, landing two miles away, and in just a moment, they began to explode.

The violent explosion made Lin Tianyou's ears buzz. He didn't care about this, so he went with other researchers and craftsmen to the place where the shell exploded.

I saw that the ground was scorched black, and a small crater had already been raised, which turned out to have exploded after the shell hit the ground. The three-inch planks with a radius of more than ten meters were all beaten to pieces.

"It seems that the muzzle of the cannon is still a little low, a little higher by five degrees, and the volley explodes, and the lethality is even greater!"

Hearing Hu Yiping's words, Lin Tianyou nodded slightly. Now, though, he doesn't care about that. Testing the cannon is the gunner's business, and he just wants to step up production now and hurry up the shells to the north front line.

"Try again, shoot all the remaining flowering bullets!"

Lin Tianyou resisted the restlessness in his heart and gave the order again.

The sound of successful cannons made the faces of Lin Tianyou and the researchers become excited.

"Pan Xiaoyu, if your production institute makes flowering bombs, how much can it make in a month?"

The Ordnance Manufacturing Division has two major departments, one is the Research Institute, which is dedicated to the research and development of firearms; The other one is a production yard, which is mainly used for production.

Hearing Lin Tianyou's words, Pan Xiaoyu pondered for a while and said:

"Director Lin, if you stop the solid iron ball first, you can put in half of the personnel, and you can do about one a day, and it will be more than a thousand shells a month."

"No, no, it's too slow!"

Lin Tianyou shook his head and said: "Xianggong led the army to fight at the front, the military situation is as fast as fire, the sooner it is transported to the front line, the fewer casualties the brothers will have." Gotta think of a way to not waste it here. ”

In the land of Yanyun, more than 200,000 golden soldiers were piled up; There is also Western Xia, Liu Qi is facing the soldiers of the Xia people. If we can't get the shells and artillery to the front line as soon as possible, I don't know what the future war will look like.

"Master Lin, the villain has a way, I wonder if you would like to hear it?"

Zhang Shi next to him rolled his eyes and immediately had an idea.

"You guy, if you have something to say, talk about it quickly, if you have a fart, what kind of thing do you sell!"

Zhang Shi smiled lightly: "In this matter, I have to take charge of Cai."

China Iron & Steel Manufacturing Division, the original lobby, is now the main room.

There are a lot of potted plants in it,

Lots of greenery. The room is also quite tidy, and there are many ancient books, like a study, but it is not a study. There are a lot of account books on the table, and there are some finished and semi-finished products such as kettles, iron pots, knives and guns, etc., and it is obvious that this is an office place.

It's just that the two soldiers standing solemnly on the left and right of the door highlight the special identity of the people in the room.

Huang Xin, the director of the Trade Department and the Financial Secretary, and Wang Song's pillow person, was sitting in a chair in a daze at the moment.

The war in the north was tense, and the cost was the same. Despite the huge profits from salt, iron, and glass, she felt exhausted and overstretched.

Wang Song threw all the financial things to her, and she realized how difficult it was to run such a big mess.

The soldiers' monthly salaries and the expenses of the local government are a huge amount of expenses, and they will get four or five hundred thousand taels of silver every month.

If we add the investment in civil affairs, the construction of water conservancy, education and running schools, widowhood and loneliness, baggage and logistics, and so on, are astronomical every month.

"Ruthless man, how can you let me bear so much by myself!"

Huang Xin's heart suddenly became chaotic again.

"Suddenly, I saw the willow color of the strange head, and the penitent husband was looking for the marquis. Without you by my side, how can I stay this long night!"

Huang Xin remembered the day of the wedding, and he didn't even have a decent wedding, so he still got into his carriage without hesitation.

Whoever let him already have a wife in the main house, who let himself know him later.

Besides, isn't Zhao Ruolan also waiting for him willingly!

The lingering side of the wedding night, the heart-pounding words that men said in her ear, she still remembers it vividly, including those things that can't be said to outsiders.

"How can he make so many embarrassing moves?"

Huang Xin's face turned red involuntarily, and at the same time, she blamed herself fiercely in her heart. Thinking about these embarrassing things, isn't it too for me?

Looking back, that period of time was the happiest in her life, and she was often afraid that it was just a dream. Wang Song went to the battlefield, and she could only hope that Wang Song would return triumphantly as soon as possible, and she would no longer suffer from this lonely empty return.

His father, Huang Shishun, is now Wang Song's right-hand man and the head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Xuanfu Division.

Overseas colonization, which made the father, who originally only wanted to "live in strange goods", glow with great enthusiasm, running up and down, very happy.

I really don't know what medicine Wang Song gave his father, so that his father was so reborn, and he sacrificed his life to drive for him, like a pawn?

A pawn, why not yourself?

"Director Cai, Director Lin of the Ordnance Division asks to see you!"

Soldiers reported respectfully outside.

Lin Tianyou, I don't know what he wants?

"The villain has seen Master Cai."

Although both of them are in charge, Lin Tianyou does not dare to slack off. The identity of the person in front of him is not comparable to himself.

"Master Lin, what do you have to do, just come here."

When Lin Tianyou came, he must have gone to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. This person is her husband's right-hand man, and Huang Xin does not dare to treat him slowly.

Everyone knows that this person's every move has a bearing on the safety and security of the entire army and the war situation.

"Director Cai, regarding the production of flowering bombs, the villain has a reluctant request."

After listening to Lin Tianyou's words, Huang Xin thought for a moment and said softly: "First transfer 500 skilled workers from the General Iron and Steel Department for you, what do you think?"

Lin Tianyou was overjoyed and said, "Thank you Director Cai!"

Lin Tianyou left happily, and only Huang Xin was left in the house.

She came to the window and looked at the pair of birds chirping in the branches, her eyes glazed over.

"Official, may you be victorious and return as soon as possible. Let's cut the window candles together and talk about the past and the present. ”