Directly connected to the mountain chamber

Zhang Rui is sitting on the main seat of the hall, and the two sides of the hall are sitting in a row with the various principals of Zhilian Mountain.

After such a period of running-in, the division of labor of all parties in Zhilianshan has a clear direction.

Zhang Rui, who was looking down from the main seat, couldn't help but sigh that it was not as easy as imagined to form a team temporarily.

If there is no time to accumulate and there is not even a basic division of labor, then everything in this team will be a mess.

A small Zhilian mountain management can be so chaotic, if it is a city, I don't know what the chaos will be.

As the old saying goes: although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs.

If a group has different government decrees, the division of labor will be unclear, and there will be confusion. Even if you build a city, you won't be able to manage it.

This is why many peasant uprisings have been able to lay down city after city, but they have not been able to run them well.

Most of the peasant rebel armies that were able to have a clear division of labor and could survive could succeed in their uprisings.

Accumulate grain, build high walls, and slowly become kings

Zhang Rui didn't dare to forget these. I also always remind myself to learn from history.

The people sitting in the hall are divided into left and right sides. On the left sit the officers of the anti-bandit army, and on the right sit the heads of the various government affairs of Zhilian Mountain.

"Sixth brother, these days, the merchants outside have begun to stop coming, and we are directly connected to the mountain. How do you think we can solve it? Liu Muxiu, who is the head of the administrative affairs of Zhilian Mountain, stood up from his seat and said to Zhang Rui

"Judging from what you said, it's the Tartar court that is going to attack us. How much do we buy when we should be buying? After Zhang Rui listened to Liu Muxiu's words, his fingers tapped lightly on the seat a few times, and then asked

"According to your previous orders, there are plenty of food reserves. And the second crop of rice can also be harvested, so there is no need to worry about the grain. However, iron and steel are consumed relatively quickly, and saltpeter and sulfur are also consumed quickly. Liu Muxiu said one by one

"I've also paid attention to what you said, don't worry if the gunpowder is still sufficient for the time being. But the weapon..."Zhang Rui said with some concern.

"Sit down first!" Zhang Rui said to Liu Muxiu

"Yes, Sixth Brother." Liu Muxiu replied and sat down.

I saw Zhang Rui ask a middle-aged man below, "Master Li Qi, what is the specific situation of this weapon building?" ”

Li Qi, who was asked by Zhang Rui, stood up from his seat and replied: "Sixth brother, although there is a water workshop to help now, it is much easier. But there are too few workshops after all. Today, about 60 musket barrels are produced a day, and 100 knives and heads are produced every day. ”

Li Qi suggested to Zhang Rui: "Sixth brother, why don't you let more people fight knives and guns, then there will be a lot more knives and guns." ”

"The people who build the barrel cannot be reduced." Zhang Rui stopped Li Qi's thoughts and said

The slow construction of the barrel surprised Zhang Rui. He has already put 200 people to build, and with the assistance of the hydraulic hammer, it can only produce so much every day.

It was much easier to make this knife and spearhead, and it was no wonder that the Manchus would not equip the Green Battalion soldiers with muskets.

In addition to preventing them from rebelling, there are also muskets that make trouble, maintenance is also troublesome, and the price is high. It's not as good as a big knife and spear, it's cheap, blunt it a few times, and then rub some oil.

"You've got a lot of work to do. I'll see if I'll give you more people later!" Zhang Rui said with some comfort to Li Qi

"Sixth Brother Xie." Li Qi replied movingly

"Don't be busy thanking you yet, I have to control the quality of this barrel. You must not be desperate to go down because you are greedy. Zhang Rui admonished

"Sixth brother, don't worry, I have been following what you said about self-inspection, mutual inspection and prenatal inspection. Moreover, the barrel that everyone turns in is to be embossed with their own name. Li Qi almost patted his chest and promised.

"Okay, remember to be as consistent as possible." Zhang Rui continued to command

"Sixth brother, don't worry, everyone asked them to measure it with the kind of calipers you made." Li Qi replied

"Well, very good. Then I'll leave everything to you, Master Li Qi. Zhang Rui smiled and praised

"Sit down first!"

"Yes, Sixth Brother." Li Qi, who heard the words, also sat on the seat with joy, after all, no one doesn't like to be praised by the leader in public.

Although the musket has some troubles, how could Zhang Rui, who knows the importance of hot weapons, let the workshop fight more knives and guns and give up the musket?

"Fourth Uncle Li, how is the rifling transformation over there?" Zhang Rui then asked Li Si

"Sixth brother, now you can only carve forty pieces a day. There are too few workshops, otherwise there should be more. Li Si said apologetically

Regarding Li Si's work, Zhang Rui is looking at it.

Li Si started construction every day at dawn, and then worked at night with the lights on.

Zhang Rui didn't expect it to be so difficult to pull the rifle. This is already the situation that Zhang Rui has reduced the depth of the rifle, and the output is still not optimistic.

When I was reading various time-traveling novels, I also studied the problem of gun barrels. Although there are various ways to get the barrel rifling, Zhang Rui found that he has no other way except for this method of drawing the rifling with the least efficiency.

"I can't blame you for this, take your time! You also have to pay more attention to your body. Zhang Rui comforted Li Si with a little emotion and said

Engraving - it is easy for those who understand this technology, but it is difficult for those who don't understand it to ascend to the sky. Therefore, for the sake of the secrecy of the technology, Zhang Rui currently only handed over this job to Li Si, Zhou Tong, and Zhou Tie.

"Thank you Sixth Brother for your concern, I'm fine." Li Si smiled with relief on his face.

Zhang Rui looked at Li Si and said softly: "Then you sit down first!" ”

"Okay, Sixth Brother." Li Si replied and sat down slowly

"Wu Lei, how is the situation with the artillery?" Zhang Rui asked Wu Lei, who was sitting next to Li Si

"Go back to the sixth brother. As long as the supply of iron molds is normal, it is generally possible to drill a cannon in four to five days. Eight guns have been drilled today. Wu Lei replied truthfully

This time, Zhang Rui no longer made the bulky cannons that he used to make with the iron mold casting cannon method, but directly drilled the cannon directly on the poured gray iron pillar with a steel cutter head.

At present, the unified scale of Zhang Rui's design is a four-pound cannon (similar to a six-pounder cannon). In order to explore its approximate data, Zhang Ruike spent a lot of effort.

The four-pound cannon is powerful enough compared to the previous cannon, and it is also more convenient to transport.