[There are a lot of things, there are almost no updates this week, I offer a big chapter to apologize, ask for red tickets, ask for collections, ask for comments]

Tian Shijiu looked at the board in front of him, then looked at the distance, and ran towards the crowded end happily, bringing up the dead leaves under his feet.

After several feet, there was joy in his voice, "Hit, hit, hit." ”

The soldier Tian 19 who ran over was a small soldier in the Guiyang Guard, and today he followed the commander to the north gate to test a firearm.

The famous young proprietor of the Futai in the city, who had just made a big fuss, was now with several ministers. Originally, not far from the east end of the warehouse courtyard of the Futai, an iron smelting area has been expanded, which was originally a warehouse, but as the owner of this warehouse was involved in a major case last month, this place has become Wang Xingping's industry after a district, which can be regarded as Zhang Heming's addition to him.

In fact, the residents who are familiar with the north corner know a little, the previous owner of the warehouse was originally surnamed He, and it was He Degu, a well-known big economy in the city, because of the collusion with the Tusi to implicate the matter of preventing autumn grain and grass, and now it has been sent to the south prison, and this place that was not included in the official courtyard was also occupied by the He family from the military tun, this time it was to pull out the radish and bring out the mud and dig out the old things from many years ago. The governor's yamen sold Wang Xingping a face and allowed him to buy it at a discount, and now it has become the foundation site of the Wangjia Iron Field, and the wide yard has been temporarily changed into today's shooting range.

Ye Da Cabinet has not come back with any news, Gu Er Cabinet was scared that day and suffered a stroke and now has to lie on the bed half dead, the two sons of the Gu family and their uncle He Degu have been admitted to the inner prison of Guiyang Mansion, and the final sentence must not be small. In addition, the military and Han brothers of the Shaodong family took the lead in besieging Shuiwo Village that day, and the Zhuangzi of the Gu family has now been pacified by the official army. You Wu and the others were all imprisoned, and even the previous destruction of people's ancestral graves was revealed, I am afraid that in the end, the sentence will not be much lighter than that of the Gu and He families, and only Gu Fengming's nephew, He Degu's own son He Jin, secretly ran away to Shuixi, and it was only a matter of time before he was arrested.

On that day, Wang Zhongde and his uncle Wang Jianzhong went to Shuiwo Village to meet Liao Si, and before they could wait for a while, they came to Zhang Heming's tent to help with the Fu Biao, those healthy soldiers saw the merits, and heard that they wanted to get back the food and salary that had been raised for the official army, so they all scrambled to take the lead, but the Zhuang Ding of the Gu family saw that the heavenly soldiers did not have a decent resistance at all, and Zhuangzi was broken. The thousands of stone military grain that was removed from the warehouse behind the village, together with the more than 1,000 stone rice grain accumulated by the Gu family themselves, were neatly and completely taken over by the official army.

Because of such a big crime, the lackeys of the Gu and He families were quickly cleaned, the property of Gu and He was quickly divided, the governor and the prefect pushed the boat down the river, and the 'efficiency' of the officials below was also amazing.

Although Wang Ge and others who went to Guangdong have not yet returned, Zhang Heming is also quite interested in this given that the performance of Lu Miquan after the previous improvement is quite good. At present, there are less than 10,000 soldiers in Guiyang, and it is precisely when you need to work on the equipment and armor, not to mention that although this kind of improved firearm mentioned by Wang Xingping will take some man-hours, it is extremely powerful, as evidenced by the night half a month ago.

But if the official wants to support it, it still needs to have a good statement, just those thieves who were killed by the musket naturally can't tell whether they were shot before or after death, and the musket at that time was a transformation on the original basis after all, Wang Mingde and Gu Congxin are still responsible for this, not to mention that it's okay, making such a big move, naturally there must be a reasonable reason Zhang Heming's face is good-looking, after all, he is half aware of this matter.

It took more than half a month to rush to work, and the same son and mother Huo Ding Deshui and several people created eight more expenditures.

In the first round of test firing, eight muskets fired three rounds in a row at a distance of thirty paces, and finally only four missed the target, which is really very high in terms of this hit rate, and the one-inch thick plank pierced through a layer and then firmly set on the back layer, with this effect, even in the face of iron armor, it can also kill the enemy behind the armor, and it is enough to deal with ordinary thieves as long as they can shoot through the leather armor.

Sun Changzuo, who was in charge of supervising the shooting, was Wang Jianzhong's superior, and the garrison battalion of more than 2,000 people under his command was the most accustomed to fighting in the Guiyang army.

Fang Cai's last shot was shot by Sun Changzuo himself, he recognized this weapon very much in terms of loading speed and accuracy and power, if it could be equipped with his garrison, only three or two hundred, the surrounding barbarian toasts would be better obedient.

But Sun Changzuo is not the only one who came to watch the performance today, the Guiyang prefect and the governor of Guizhou are sitting on the two chairs at the end of the shooting range, and next to him is a patrolman Yang He, who has always been singing with Zhang Futai.

As the commanders of one side, their minds were not all about whether the improved musket could fight.

Zhang Heming hopes to open up the situation in the Tusi of Guizhou Province as soon as possible, and if he can change the land in more places, it will also be his means of governance, but what about Sun Chongxian? If Zhang Xianggong is short of money and food, he can still send a letter to the court to urge the neighboring provinces, what about him, the newly appointed prefect of Guiyang? The document that won the court to Sun Chongxian has already written his name twice, of course, this is also thanks to Zhang Fujun's support, but such a credit is inevitably envied by his colleagues, because Sun Dafu is also acting quite cautiously now, for fear of being detained by the official to open a hat without permission, not to mention that the person who likes to buckle the hat is now sitting firmly on Zhang Futai's side, all of them are cool, and he is still holding a Sichuan fan in his hand to make a sample, and some of the dissatisfaction in Yang He's heart is written on the gently shaking fan.

Previously solved the grain and grass, Zhang Heming originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to take advantage of the night attack on the Wang's cangyuan to start the house, but was persuaded by Wang Xingping, this young man is now in the heart of the Futai Prime Minister is bullish, he said that he wants to use the soldiers who surrender without a fight to become a tiger in the mountains to deter the small group, which is also Zhang Heming's spleen.

"Seriously, what do you think of this rapid-fire musket?" Zhang Heming tasted the hot tea in his hand and asked Sun Chongxian next to him with a smile.

Sun Chongxian glanced at Wang Xingping, who was standing behind Zhang Heming, and was relieved, "Compared with the firearms I have seen before, it is indeed much better." ”

In fact, Wang Xingping also felt lucky, with his later insights, this combination of the electric gun and the Lu Mi gun was difficult to enter his vision in terms of rate of fire and range, but on the basis of the original design and the ingenuity and improvement of the craftsman, there was a great improvement in accuracy, and it was naturally good for the martial artists at this time. Sun Zhifu is also a figure who has led troops to fight, and if such a weapon can be assembled into an army in actual combat, it is indeed excellent, as for the second power, it is enough to deal with the infantry lead shot at this time.

But as I said before, at the moment, all the officials and even Wang Xingping himself have their own thoughts.

Zhang Heming's main battle, eager to make contributions, and the military strength in his hands is just so, although the grain and grass are temporarily abundant after the autumn harvest, but the territory of the Tusi is also harvesting, although Zhang Heming is not long in Fuqian, but what does the word Zexi mean in the house The guests will mention him. [Note: Zexi has the meaning of granary in Yi language, and by extension, it is the location of each administration. 】

Sun Chongxian and the soldiers in the palace also have to make contributions, but after all, his status is one level lower in the eyes of the governor and the governor, and it is not good to be too competitive. For Sun Zhifu, it is best to be safe, even if he supports the change of land and return to the stream, it is better to take it step by step.

As for Sun Changzuo, Wang Jianzhong and the others below, as long as the things are excellent, no matter how much they cost, if they really have this rapid-fire musket, it will be easier to fight against the barbarians, and it will be safer for their own brothers to fight, and the reward for merit is naturally important, but it is good to have more brothers alive to receive the reward anyway.

What about Wang Xingping? He was anxious to open up a business outlet.

Relying on the trade in grain, there was no loss in military supplies this time, and each family even gained a lot of money when they divided the two industries, and they made more money than serious hoarding, but they couldn't do it for long. The technical content of such a grain trade is too low, and Guizhou is already short of grain, and the land is also barren, this kind of prerequisite cannot be changed by his personal strength, and it is not a long way to rely on the outer provinces, after all, there is no foundation outside, this sense of crisis prompted Wang Xingping to find a more appropriate way to make money, and it is also a means of self-protection.

At present, because of the 'shootout' in the north corner, at least under Wang Xingping's definition, the technical strength of Wangjia Iron Smelting has the opportunity to be officially recognized, since the arms business has been the most profitable business throughout the ages, such an opportunity needs to be firmly seized.

It's just that Yang Zhaoyuan, who has been silent, finally put down the folding fan in his hand and opened his mouth, "This musket is good, but I don't know how much it costs?" I also hope that the proprietor of the king will tell me the truth. ”

'It's expensive, isn't it?' This is the reaction that Wang Xingping heard from Yang He's words, but it is a pity that this time it will disappoint the Inspector Xianggong. He had already prepared, since it was a transaction, how could there be a reason not to pay attention to the cost, otherwise Zhang Heming would not dare to sell it if he dared to buy it.

After clearing his throat, the young master of the Wang family began to talk about his business.

"According to the institute, it may be known that the cost of the ordinary bird gun in the Ministry of Industry is three to five taels, and the specific price should be converted into iron and labor. Let's talk about this iron material first, although the iron used in the past came from the government-run iron factory, but the forging is often not fine enough, and the drilling chamber is inevitably inappropriate, these are all years of craftsmanship, but it happens that Master Ding in this iron yard is a good hand, and the apprentice he brought out is not bad in craftsmanship, it is precisely because of this craftsmanship that the quality of the gun body after forging can be guaranteed. ”

The cost of three to five taels is actually a little subtle, according to the method of the Ministry of Industry, the cost of the bird gun should be five taels and five dollars, but for decades, with the progress of technology, the cost is not unreducible, but this is also known in private, and the public is such an unspoken rule.

In fact, the design of the child and mother gun still has a great impact on the accuracy of the Lu Mi gun at a long distance, but according to the 30 zhang range designed by the Lu Mi gun itself, even if it really has hit accuracy, the lethality is worrying, it is better to get closer, and the distance is closer, the rate of fire is more critical. Compared to the bird's gun, which has to wait for nearly half a quarter to fire a round of guns, the design of the son-mother gun is much simpler, even if you don't change the gun, it is also simple to replace the gun in a minute or two. Although this speed is still slow in actual combat, it is not comparable to the bow and arrow, but the power of the musket is above the crossbow, the same five rounds of salvo, changing a gun to a rapid-fire musket is much lighter than winding a heavy crossbow with seven or eight stone power, it is precisely because of the realization of such obvious benefits that several military officers who participated in the test firing today will nod frequently.

Wang Xingping continued to explain, "The method of shotgun was used more in the coastal anti-Japanese war when Sejong was in the past, and now the method of Lumi gun has been introduced to our country for nearly 20 years, and the technique of building is simpler. In terms of iron material, the previous iron yard improved this one weighed six and a half catties, because the previous construction was hasty, and the old gun pipe had already burst out, and only a short section was taken on the original gun pipe to prevent explosion. If it is made according to the serious method, one should be about seven and a half catties, of which the pipe and the body and the trigger, the rail, the door, the star and other clever objects totaled more than four catties, with four and a half catties of fine iron to calculate the need to get twenty-five catties of square wool iron to be refined, calculated into today's iron price is also one or two or two dollars of silver, but compared with the material of the bird gun is more than three percent cheaper, plus the cost of the faucet, butt and other miscellaneous materials is less than half. Then there is the price, which is a great saving compared to the past. The most difficult thing to make a musket is to drill the chamber, and now the craftsmen in the student's home have their own set of methods, so that it only takes three workers to drill the chamber of a musket. ”

The first to be surprised was Sun Changzuo, "What? Just three days? ”

A worker is a craftsman's day's workload, and the time required by the bird gun to rely on manual drilling is generally 30 days per person, and now I heard Wang Xingping say that the working hours can be shortened to one-tenth of the past, no wonder this young man has the confidence to do this business with the official.

"Indeed, only three days." Wang Xingping smiled, he thanked Sun Shoubei for singing and harmonizing, but how to rely on the hydraulic screw drill bit and the fairly delicate machine tool to achieve this staggering result He didn't plan to say in detail, this set of technology ahead of the times was restored by him with his memory, and he himself couldn't guarantee to do his best, if he was learned, then he could only hit the wall.

"And how much does your musket cost?" Yang He was also a little moved when he heard it, but he still had to ask for an understanding.

"Two or two......" Wang Xingping dragged a long note, carefully observing everyone's expressions.

Yang He was also shocked when he heard this, "There won't be any more?" ”

"It could be cheaper." Wang Xingping replied in the affirmative.

"Can it be cheaper?" This time, even Yang He couldn't sit still.

Wang Xingping was not in a hurry to solve the confusion for several ministers, "The student previously asked Mr. Ye, the head of the counter, and the master craftsman to go to Guangdong to invite famous teachers, if you can learn the method of Guangzhou iron smelting, then this iron material can be fooled and save another 30% of the cost." ”

Zhang Heming was overjoyed when he heard this, but the craftsman from Guangdong was Yuanshui, and now the cost has satisfied him, even if Wang Xingping's profit is added, the price of this musket is nearly twice as cheap as the official-made one, not to mention that the performance is even stronger, he hurriedly asked: "In this way, three workers can make one, and one person is ten a month." ”

This time, it was Sun Chongxian who poured cold water in front of Wang Xingping, "Xia Guan thinks that the three days that Tiancheng said should be just a drill, but in fact, I am afraid that there will be more than these times, and there will be defective products." ”

said what Wang Xingping was going to say first, but he was not angry, wouldn't it be easy for someone to do it for him, "Dafu is right, if you add miscellaneous items such as loading, calibration, and building the body of the gun, it will take ten workers to build such a suitable one, but Ding Shijiang and others are skilled workers, and they will have to hire more workers in the future, if it is a newly recruited craftsman, it should be around fifteen workers, so one person can only build two in a month." ”

"It's okay." Zhang Heming quickly calculated in his mind, if this iron field is expanded again, not more, dozens of craftsmen, a month's output is no problem to equip a high-level general's personal master, as long as the effect is good enough, it can continue to expand, thinking of this, the old man's gray hair trembled with laughter, "Then in the future, your rapid-fire musket of the Futai will be famous." ”

In a few words, the business is settled, and as for the follow-up details, it is agreed that they will have their own staff to do it, and the ministers don't have to do it themselves, but Wang Xingping still crossed his hand, "Speaking of which, the students have something to do with the army." ”

"What?" Zhang Heming was tall in nature, so he asked directly.

"The student is not going to use the current size."

"Oh? Tiancheng wants to be named after Benfu? The old man reacted suddenly.

Wang Xingping denied it, "How dare a merchant name be named by the old minister, he has asked the house to settle the truth, and he just wants to ask the old minister to mention a plaque for the contempt." ”

Zhengshu is the name of the yin and yang scholar in the house, hearing Wang Xingping say this, he has naturally seen feng shui, Zhang Heming laughed and said, "I don't know what the name is?" ”

"Zhang Zhengshu in the house took the sentence 'Baohe Taihe, Nai Lizhen' in the Book of Changes."

"The main road changes, each is life, and he is in harmony with the peace, and he is rich." Zhang Heming's imperial examination is the Book of Changes, how not clear these sentences, I saw that he recited the whole sentence with a little contemplation with his humble eyes, this is the way to seek peace in the mean, the iron field that produces weapons is too heavy, and it is not bad to take the word from this sentence, so he asked, "Take the word Taihe?" ”

Wang Xingping heard what he said but did not echo it, "Poly ......"