Ning Xiu has been inspecting the production of firearms in the past few days.

He set up a firearms bureau on Wuzhushan Island and was responsible for the production of firearms.

In his view, the production of firearms is divided into two levels. One is to imitate the guns and cannons of the Tessians such as the Franc Robot. The second is to develop its own new types of firearms.

Although Ning Xiu also coveted firearms such as flintlock pistols, this kind of thing was not in a hurry. He had already informed the craftsman of the basic principles of the flintlock pistol. As for when it will be developed, it depends on their understanding.

After all, Ning Xiu is not an encyclopedia, so it is impossible to do everything.

Even the imitation of firearms is not all smooth sailing.

Ning Xiu originally thought that he could easily imitate the eighteen-pounder cannon of the Franc Man, but who would have thought that even if he had bought the spot, he would still not be able to make it according to the imitation.

The craftsmen he hired scratched their scalps and barely made a three-pounder cannon, and even the six-pounder cannon was far away.

Ning Xiu couldn't help but sigh that the development of artillery was not so easy.

Fortunately, it is not sunny in the east and sunny in the west.

Although the flintlock pistol was far away, there was a major breakthrough in the development of the Lumi gun.

A Guangdong military craftsman developed an imitation of Lumi gun.

Although it is slightly worse than the genuine goods of the imperial court, it is not much worse.

With Ning Xiu's current status, it is impossible to get a large number of Lu Mi guns from the Ministry of Industry, and the only way to do it yourself is to have enough food and clothing.

Ning Xiu gave the warcraftsman a reward of five hundred taels of silver. In his opinion, this major breakthrough is worthy of a heavy reward.

He also announced in front of everyone that he would be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver for the development of a flintlock pistol.

Ning Xiu believes that there will be brave men under the heavy reward. Science must burst into life because of money.

Ning Xiu inquired about the craftsman's production cycle, and was very disappointed when he learned that he could only make a shot in five days by himself.

Even if he hired a hundred craftsmen, it would take him fifty days to make a thousand.

It seems that the soldiers have to practice shooting with bird guns first.

However, Ning Xiu had already made up his mind to equip all the soldiers with Lu Mi Guns.

This kind of gun is far from comparable to bird guns in terms of range and power, and can increase the combat effectiveness of the army by an order of magnitude.

In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the craftsmen, Ning Xiu stipulated that for every qualified Lumi gun produced, five taels of silver would be rewarded. At the same time, in order to prevent craftsmen from hiding their own secrets, he also established an apprenticeship system.

You must know that the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are basically passed down from father to son, and the craftsmanship is basically not shown to outsiders.

Every craftsman who is skilled in the craft of making guns can bring apprentices. Once his apprentice is out of the school, he can be rewarded with ten taels of silver. At the same time, he can get a 30% share of the apprentice's future production of fire guns.

That is to say, one of the five taels of silver of that apprentice will be given to the master.

This undoubtedly stimulated the desire of the masters to pass on the technique. They no longer have to worry about the disciples starving their masters.

In addition to this, Ningxiu has also established strict quality screening measures.

The reason why Daming's firecrackers are often blown up is because the quality control is not strict enough. Specifically, the quality of the gun tube is not up to par. Some of the tubes are too thin, and some of them have uneven walls. All of this will cause the explosion of the gun, which will seriously endanger the safety of the soldiers.

Ning Xiu stipulated that every craftsman must engrave his name on the gun, so that there was a traceability mechanism. In the future, if there is a problem with which gun, Ning Xiu only needs to compare them according to the name to find the craftsman who made the gun.

A penalty of ten taels of silver for a bad gun that blows up a barrel is more than the reward for making a gun.

This allows the craftsmen to be careful with each shot they make. After all, if one is not careful, he will have to lose ten taels of silver, which is equivalent to the reward for them to make two guns.

No one is going to have trouble with their own money bags. Money is always the most effective.

Of course, Ning Xiu will not put all the blame on the craftsmen. He also has a strict control over the quality of steel. If the quality of the gun is not up to par due to steel, the person who provided the steel will be held accountable. All in all, Ning Xiu wants to monitor every link of the production process, leaving absolutely no dead ends.

The benefits of being a superior are gradually becoming apparent. Ning Xiu only needs to say an idea, and hook his fingers, and the people below will do it.

As for the specific implementation process, it is not something that Ning Xiu needs to worry about.

Since he came to Wuzhushan Island, Ning Xiu naturally had no reason not to look at the training of recruits.

Qi Wen took Ning Xiu to the barracks to inspect, but those recruits didn't know about it and trained on their own.

Qi Wen's method of training them is the same as Qi Jiguang's method of training Qi Jiajun, both emphasizing large training volume and repetitive training.

This kind of training can ensure that the basic quality of the soldiers is passed, and there will be no soldiers who are dragging their feet.

But that's just the first step. In order for these soldiers to become real strong soldiers, they must be allowed to see blood.

The corners of Ning Xiu's mouth raised slightly. It seems that the training is better than he thought. If they continue to practice like this, it will take up to three months before they can try to suppress the bandits.

The combat effectiveness of the bandits is very average, that is, they are the ones who let them see blood. As long as the recruits see blood in the bandits, they can be considered veterans.

"My lord, according to your request, there will be a gentleman to teach them literacy in the evening."

Qi Wen clasped his hands into fists and said.

Although he didn't understand why Ning Xiu did this, Qi Wen still did it.

In his opinion, the soldiers are all old and coarse, and their vocation is to fight, and they can't read and write.

Ning Xiu said with a smile: "That's good, if there is a family letter to write in the future, they won't have to ask someone to polish the pen." ”

This is a joke, of course.

Ning Xiu's original intention of letting the soldiers read and write was to make them familiar with military rules and regulations.

After all, military regulations are finally written on paper, and Ning Xiu asked them to memorize them, so they can't ask someone to read them every time.

Of course, Ning Xiu wouldn't ask the soldiers to learn any Bagu Wen. They are taught the basic three-character scriptures and thousand-character texts, as long as they can understand the basic characters.

"How's going on with Tuntian?"

Originally, there was a lot of fertile land on Wuzhushan Island, but no one cultivated it.

After all, it was a group of pirates who originally occupied this island, and the pirates lived by looting, so why bother farming by themselves if they had no money to spend and no food to eat?

But Ning Xiu is different.

In his opinion, since Wuzhushan Island has been developed as a base camp, it is necessary to make full use of every inch of land here.

The plan of farming when busy and training troops in leisure time is very feasible. The only thing to be careful about is not to train soldiers into military households.

Ning Xiu's idea was to train soldiers according to the government military system of the Sui and Tang dynasties. This ensures the upward passage of the soldiers, thus keeping the soldiers motivated.

And if it is the military household system of the Ming Dynasty, the upward passage is locked, and naturally no one will sell their lives.

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