The plan in Ke Chenshu's mouth stopped here, which was already polite, at least when the Ke family brothers talked about this matter, they still had the element of worrying about Chen Kai. Among those people of all colors who have the heart to see jokes, Chen Kai's self-proclaimed Shanxi people have been changed to Guizhou by them, and they are also donkeys from Guizhou, not people, which is in response to the sentence "Guizhou donkey skills are poor"!

In this regard, Chen Kai, who goes out early and returns late every day, and the scope of his activities is limited to the side room in the courtyard of the general town government and the arsenal workshop, can be said to know nothing. In fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care about these sarcastic words - if he wants to do something, if he is still afraid of people's words, then he simply don't do anything to be more worry-free. Because in this world, those who can only say sour words are doomed to achieve nothing, and the same is true for those who listen to sour words and go to their hearts.

In one day on the first day of May, plus overtime in the evening, a total of 15 guns were produced, and counting the nine on April 28, there are still 686 guns left to complete the mission. This is what needs to be done in the next 43 days, 39 days to be exact, because the 4 days of rest are still to be set aside.

"There is still a long way to go."

Chen Kai sighed, but with this sigh, his eyes deepened, and the original decline disappeared without a trace.

"Whether it's success or failure, it depends on what happened today!"

According to Chen Kai's order, on the morning of the second day of the fifth lunar month, the craftsmen could be half an hour late. However, most of these craftsmen not only did not arrive late, but rushed over early.

"Join the army, I waited until yesterday to discuss, come early every day, compress the lunch time, and I won't work overtime at night like yesterday."

The allure of the retreat, especially the changes that Chen Kai brought to them after coming here, made them willing to pay more effort and time to ensure Chen Kai's status, because Chen Kai's status was guaranteed, and their benefits that were originally taken for granted could be ensured.

The first time he met a subordinate who took the initiative to work overtime, Chen Kai's heart couldn't help but tremble. These days, he gives these craftsmen some preferential treatment within his ability, and he even uses it as a means to do so. But these simple and kind people repay him not only for their silent obedience to overtime, but also for their initiative at this moment. To win the hearts of such people, why worry about big things?!

Chen Kai took a deep breath and replied angrily: "The kindness of the gentlemen has been recorded by this official. However, overtime affects work efficiency, and the gains outweigh the losses. The official decided that unless there are special circumstances, no more overtime will be made. ”

"However, if you join the army, if you don't work overtime, won't you be able to complete the task entrusted by the country's surname?" Tang Quanyou said cautiously: "The villain thinks about it, if you make more of it, maybe the country surname is ......."

"Maybe the country surnamed Ye won't blame the official for exaggerating and let the official continue to manage this weapons workshop?"

Raising his hand to signal, interrupting Tang Quanyou's more and more whispered words, Chen Kai said with a smile: "The efforts of all the monarchs, as well as the intentions of the gentlemen, are already clear to this official. As for the task entrusted by the country's surname, you don't need to worry, the official already has a good plan, after these few days of observation, he is more confident, and he can solve this dilemma! ”

From 9 to 12, the output has been increased, the craftsmen originally planned to increase the output to 15 by compressing the time, but Chen Kai was not only unwilling to let them continue to work overtime, but also on the basis of not working overtime to achieve a leap of 18 guns per day, which really made some people present think that this soldier was in a hurry to the point of burning his brains.

However, after saying crazy words, Chen Kai's confidence overflowed on his face, and it infected everyone present, so that their most pessimistic ones began to have some expectations for Chen Kai's so-called good policy. Next, Chen Kai ordered two of Tang Quanyou's group and another blacksmith of a group of three to come out, and then asked the two, "Can you two polish and cut blades?" ”

"Go back to join the army, the villain will."

After confirming that the two of them agreed to the request, he turned to the master of the two groups of three people in the blacksmith group, including Tang Quanyou, and asked, "Then you wait for the four people, will they be affected without them?" ”

"Returning to join the army shouldn't have much impact."

"That's good."

After that, Chen Kai nodded, and then announced: "From now on, the blacksmith group will be divided into groups of two people per group, and Tang Ming and Yao Antai, who have just been ordered by the official, are responsible for polishing and cutting the blade, and they can only go back to assist when they have nothing to do." ”

When steel weapons are calcined, the iron or steel on the surface will oxidize or have a high carbon content, resulting in brittleness. Cutting is to grind these away at the edge of the knife so that the iron or steel part is exposed, so that it will be sharper. And Kaifeng continues to grind to a very sharp degree on this basis.

Unlike swords, spears do not need to be sharpened, but can easily stab them into the enemy's body and even through the armor. However, even if the process of opening the front is missing, if you want to finish a gun head, you still need to forge, polish and cut the edge.

There are only these eight blacksmiths in the armory workshop, three masters plus five apprentices, Chen Kai has carefully observed when he came here with Zheng Chenggong to investigate, the process of striking iron, a master with an apprentice can do it, and the existence of another apprentice is at most a bellows, and the apprentice with a sledgehammer is replaced when he is tired, most of the time he actually only exists as a bystander, which is undoubtedly a waste. What's more, after each tip has completed the forging process, three people and two people are idle during the grinding and cutting period.

Chen Kai's observation in the past few days made him more sure of this, in his opinion, the combination of work and rest is appropriate, but the waste of production capacity is unnecessary. And his method is to use the method of decomposing the process and division of labor to maximize the working time and eliminate this waste!

"Since there is no problem, let's get to work."

The spear head made yesterday has completed the process of grinding and cutting, and today it is said that it is a division of labor, but at the beginning, the two apprentices who were responsible for cutting the blade were still helping their master and father and brother, and the real effect could only be shown after the first spear head was forged.

The sound of large and small hammers striking iron alternately soon sounded one after another, and the percussions of the three groups of blacksmiths were intertwined, and the factory area was in full swing.

Chen Kai gave the blacksmiths an order to divide the labor, and began to give new production tasks to the carpenter group. Last night, when Chen Kai returned to the general town government, he asked to see Zheng Chenggong, and Zheng Chenggong expressed his appreciation for Chen Kai's behavior of continuing to add tasks to the ordnance workshop - after all, no matter what time it is, bureaucrats are fighting for merit, and if they can do nothing, they will not do it, and an outlier like Chen Kai is worthy of praise no matter what.

According to Zheng Chenggong's instructions, the carpenters' rich production capacity continued to produce pointed wooden guns, which were used to supplement the iron spear-headed spears in case they were damaged or lost on the battlefield, and could also be used to temporarily equip the recruits recruited during the attack on Haicheng.

Chen Kai has already made a plan for the carpenter's shift, and the group is responsible for making wooden guns and spears and going into the mountains with miscellaneous servants to cut the required wood. During this period, Chen Kai divided the work among them, but the amount of wood in the warehouse was still enough to consume, and it was completely too late to start doing it again tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

After the blacksmiths, the carpenters also began to work, and their first task was to install the last three spear heads that had been made overtime yesterday, so that they could be made into a complete weapon. But in addition to the head and barrel, there is one more thing that must also be installed, and that is the red tassel at the end of the gun.

"What is this red tassel used for?"

"When I go back to join the army, the villain heard from the master that when the head of the gun stabs into the enemy's body, a lot of blood will spurt out, and with this thing, the blood will not flow down the barrel of the gun, which will affect the soldiers to fight with guns."

Lin Zhengzhong is already a middle-aged man, and his master is probably gray-haired. Chen Kai described the scene of the battle in his mind, blood splattered on the head of the spear, flowing down, all of which were sucked by the red tassels, which was indeed as he said. However, he thought about it to himself, and always felt that this tassel must be red, perhaps also implying psychological implications, and at the same time taking into account intimidating the enemy army and improving the courage of his own soldiers.

"I see."

Chen Kai nodded, and motioned for them to continue working, while after taking a turn around the entire workshop, he also returned to the office room to continue thinking about what he needed to do.

After a long time, the first spear head was hammered out of Tang Quanyou's hand, and after handing the half-finished product to his son, the blacksmith and his son-in-law squatted down on a small stool beside them, drinking water and relieving their strength.

The time spent on hammer forging was estimated by Tang Quanyou to be no different from yesterday, but the degree of fatigue was slightly lower. Think about it a little, but it's normal. Yesterday, Chen Kai announced that he would increase his workload, and the frequency of their hammer forging was already much faster than usual, and it was inevitable that he would not be able to adapt to it on the first day, but fortunately he ate too much at noon, otherwise he would have been tired as he was when he was being stripped by You Er.

Putting down the water bowl, Tang Quanyou remembered some forging tricks, and explained it to his son-in-law in a whisper. Speaking here, Tang Quanyou was also observing Tang Ming's blade work.

Since ancient times, there have been various types of metal tools that need to be sharpened and edged, each with a different role and a different cutting edge. Tang Quanyou observed nothing else, it was the angle at which Tang Ming held the head of the gun, because the cutting edge effect of different angles must be different.

This is the technical knowledge of blacksmiths passed down by word of mouth, and it is not something that can be achieved by anyone who sharpens a knife on a stone. And in terms of the comprehension of this blacksmith work, Tang Quanyou is very fortunate that his son is not only stronger than his son-in-law, but even learns much faster than him, who is a father. It's just a juvenile mentality, and it's just a little playful, exercise and exercise, and it won't be able to come out of the blue in the future.

The angle of the son's blade is correct, in fact, the blade of the gun head is also considered to be a low level of technology, and it is relatively easy. After sitting and watching for a while, Tang Quanyou felt that his strength had also eased up, so he stood up and prepared to continue forging the next spear head.

"Father-in-law, I just finished making one, and I still have a lot of time, do you want to rest for a while?"

Tang Quanyou's son-in-law is also his apprentice. When he was very honest and had never been lazy, Tang Quanyou knew him very well, and then turned his head and asked, "Are you still tired?" ”

Hearing this, the son-in-law shook his head, he was young and strong, although he was holding a sledgehammer, he could continue to work after drinking saliva and slowing down, and it was just because he was afraid that Tang Quanyou would be tired from rushing to work. However, seeing that his son-in-law said that he was not tired, Tang Quanyou simply turned his head and walked straight towards the place where the fire and anvil were.

"Then hurry up and do it, joining the army is different from other officials, it can really make us live a good life, we naturally can't spare this strength, we don't regret taking medicine if we miss it."