Zhu Shun took out the cedar wood that had been selected long ago and planed it into a rectangular plank with a length of 248.92 cm, a width of 20.32 cm, and a thickness of 5.08 cm.

This cedar plank, which is nearly two halves in length, is the bed of the Iowa rifling machine.

Zhu Shun put the made bed aside, took out a piece of cedar wood, and cut it into a cylindrical worm with a length of 152.4 cm and a diameter of 5.04 cm.

A 7.9 mm wide trench was dug on the surface of the front of the worm, and a total of three were dug in symmetrical positions.

Tail shaft guides, front and rear brackets, broach heads....... Zhu Shun worked all morning and made the first rifling machine in the history of the Ming Dynasty out of fir wood.

Zhu Shun wiped a handful of sweat from his head, and didn't care about eating, so he took a gun barrel and fixed it on the bracket, stretched the worm into the barrel, and slowly pulled the worm back.

Immediately, there was a sound of metal grinding in the workshop, and even rifling lines appeared on the bore wall of the barrel, which was extremely beautiful in lines.

Waited until Zhu Shun finished making rifling and glanced outside: "Time flies so fast, it's dark." ”

Zhu Shun, who hadn't eaten for a day, had been hungry for a long time, and he was too excited to eat.

Zhu Shun picked up the rifled barrel, knocked the broken iron slag inside, took out a brush-like brush, brushed the inside of the barrel clean, resisted the urge to continue to pull and cut the rifling of the next barrel, and went outside to beckon a small craftsman to buy him something to eat.

That craftsman used to be Zhu Shun's subordinate, and now the craftsman is in charge of the factory, and the status of the craftsman as a descendant in Wang Gongchang's factory has risen.

The little craftsman is still counting on Zhu Shun to promote him to be the head craftsman, the current head craftsman is different from before, he used to look at technology, and now he looks at the attitude of doing work.

As long as you are serious and rigorous, and can complete the production share with the craftsmen under your hands, it is generally overdone, and you can serve as a craftsman.

The craftsman paid out of his own pocket to buy half a catty of ham from Jinhua Mansion for Zhu Shun, and bought five Zheng family baked cakes, which cost him three dollars and a penny.

Zhu Shun knew what this kid was thinking, and he didn't refuse the little craftsman's stammering, and took it and started eating: "Go and pour me a bowl of boiled water." ”

When the little craftsman saw that the factory had taken the things, his face was full of smiles, and he ran quickly to pour water for Zhu Shun.

Zhu Shun originally wanted to promote this craftsman to be the head craftsman, not to mention that the craftsman is his descendant, but his work attitude is much better than that of ordinary craftsmen.

After eating and drinking enough, Zhu Shun sat on a pile of fir wood in the craftsman's room, stroked the Iowa rifling machine, and began to think about how to find Chongzhen for policy.

The next day, Zhu Shun woke up from the bed and brushed his teeth next to the Yongding River with a wicker.

Zhu Shun frowned, and after he finished gargling, he called out to the newly appointed craftsmen: "Have you taken a collective break today?" ”

A young craftsman heard the meaning of Zhu Shun's words, and said helplessly: "In charge of the factory, it's not that we are willing to be idle, the iron material of our Wang Gong factory has been used up, and no new iron material has been allocated to the top until now." ”

In the past, these iron materials were enough for one or two years, but in the face of the explosive speed of industrial production, it is very good to be able to last for two or three months.

Zhu Shun nodded and said, "I'll do this thing, just take advantage of this time to store all these flintlock pistols in the old Wang Gong factory." ”

"In addition, inform the craftsmen of the old Wang Gong factory to transport all the gunpowder to the new Wang Gong factory together."

Zhu Shun was halfway through speaking, and saw Zhu Zhongyi, the chief banner, leading fifty fierce sergeants, and the queue came over in a neat line.

Zhu Shun took out a drawing that had been prepared a long time ago from his arms, walked over and handed it to Zhu Zhongyi, the chief banner: "Second uncle, don't train during this time." ”

"Second uncle, you take people and supervise the craftsmen to put all the gunpowder into the corresponding warehouse according to the instructions on the drawings."

"In addition, arrange for a sergeant with a small flag to guard the warehouse of the old Wang Gong factory, so as not to be stolen from this new type of firearm."

There are two uncles, these fierce sergeants who have retired from the border pass, and a few of them have retired from the Guanning Iron Cavalry, which is not known how many times stronger than the young master soldiers of the three major battalions in the capital.

Zhu Shun left here very relieved and went to the public office of the Ordnance Bureau.

Now who doesn't know that Zhu Shun is a person valued by the emperor, and he has a good relationship with Wang Chengen, a big celebrity around the emperor, and the way into the lobby of the Ordnance Bureau, whether he knows him or not, he takes the initiative to greet Zhu Shun.

Zhu Shun sat on the Taishi chair, and as soon as he took a sip of tea, Ambassador Zhang came over, and when he saw that this person was Zhu Shun, he smiled bitterly and blocked Zhu Shun's mouth first: "Zhu Zhangchang, if you come to ask for money, it's still the same sentence, no." ”

Zhu Shun put down the teacup in his hand, smiled and said, "I really didn't come to ask for money this time, Uncle Zhang Shi just gave some iron fir wood." ”

When Ambassador Zhang heard this, the tea in his mouth almost squirted out: "Your kid just asked for it once last month, and now he comes to ask for it again, Wang Gongchang only has about 500 people, and the speed of consuming iron fir is too fast." ”

"It's even faster than the armor factory, and the number of craftsmen in the armor factory is more than ten times more than that of Wang Gong's factory, a full six or seven thousand craftsmen."

Zhu Shun really didn't come to him to ask for iron fir, but to seal the mouth of his top boss, so as not to be red at that time, and take a sum of money from himself to build armor and arrows.

Zhu Shun smiled, and quickly put away his smile again, in case Ambassador Zhang saw the flaws, it would not be good: "Uncle Shi, look at this." ”

"Wang Gong's factory will not ask for material money from the Ordnance Bureau in the future."

The Ordnance Bureau is one of the most difficult official offices in the Ministry of Industry, and those military masters in the frontier send people to intimidate from time to time, asking for armor and knives and guns.

Even if the intimidation is ignored, Ambassador Zhang is at most worried that he will be scared for a few days, and the general soldier who has a more violent temperament directly sends people to the warehouse of the Ordnance Bureau to rob it, and he is more of a bandit than a bandit.

The people below often cry poor, saying that there are no materials to build things, Wang Gong Factory is like this, and the armor factory is even more short of money and materials.

Ambassador Zhang went to the waiter of the Ministry of Industry to ask for money, and if he didn't give it, he would forget it, and if he couldn't complete the task assigned by the Ministry of Industry, he would be punished.

There is no money and no materials, no matter how capable Ambassador Zhang is, he can't conjure armor, knives and guns like a trick, so he can only go to the Ministry of Industry to grind hard bubbles, and his mouth is broken, and he barely wants 30% of the money and materials.

The thirty percent of the money and materials were usually divided into three parts, two were sold to the armor factory, and the remaining half was made into gunpowder for Wang Gong's factory, and half for birding.

In the past few months, in order to take care of Zhu Shun, Ambassador Zhang took out 20% of the things and handed them to Wang Gong Factory, and the armor factory had already fallen out.

Even if it is twenty percent, it still can't satisfy Wang Gongchang, a gold-swallowing monster, and seeing his subordinates so capable, Ambassador Zhang doesn't know whether to be happy or unhappy.

Now that I heard that the gold-swallowing giant beast doesn't need money or materials in the future, Ambassador Zhang knows that Zhu Shun has a lot of ideas, so he must have thought of a solution.

Ambassador Zhang excitedly stood up directly from the Taishi chair: "This is what you said, and you must not go back." ”