The flintlock pistol developed by the Arms Department made Liu Xia feel a little happy in this gloomy day.

The munitions department was built in Longmen, and now it has been tightly sealed, guarded by soldiers from the logistics department everywhere, not allowing people to get close to this place for half a minute, although this is not a secret base, but as a logistics factory for weapons and equipment is still very important.

After getting the news that Liu Xia was coming, Fang Linyuan, the director of the military factory. Li Sanhan, director of the Arms Division, led most of the personnel of the Arms Division of the Arms Factory to greet them.

"Quick, quick. The general is coming. When the general came, he was ready, and when the general arrived at Baizhang, he began to shout, 'Welcome to the general'. Did you hear it all? Don't make a bad pool. ”

Fang Linyuan is a man in his forties, although he is a man, but his mind is still relatively delicate, otherwise he would not sit in the position of factory director, you must know that this position is also the deputy director of the logistics department, at the level of Yangwu School. The level is second only to the current highest Yang Yong School. It can be said that he is in a high position, and before Fang Linyuan was just an ordinary blacksmith, his life was down, and his clothes did not cover his body. My wife ran away for someone else. Only one son was left by his side, he thought that this life was such a muddy past, but he did not expect to meet Liu Xia, he was recognized by Wang En with his exquisite skills and careful handling, so he sat in the position of this factory. Since then, it can be said that his worth has doubled, and there are many people who are stammering every day, but he knows in his heart that he has worked hard to get this position, so he has never been corrupt or bribed, and he has used power for personal gain.

He has a deep admiration and respect for Liu Xia, if there is no Liu Xia, there would be no him now, so for Liu Xia's visit today, he has made sufficient preparations, and he has arranged several rehearsals for the ceremony to welcome Liu Xia.

"The general is here, begin! It's all shouted! ”

Fang Linyuan's voice fell, and the thousands of craftsmen in the military factory were full of joy, and shouted loudly: "Welcome to the general's inspection!" ”

"Welcome to the general's inspection!"

Wang En stepped forward and pointed at Fang Lin Yuan to Liu Xia and said, "General, this person is Fang Lin Yuan, who is now appointed as the deputy director of the Logistics Department." It was Li Sanhan who was in charge of the Arms Department. They made the arquebus. ”

The Arms Department should actually belong to the Arms Factory, but Liu Xia considered the status of the Arms Department in the future, so he raised the Arms Department from the Arms Factory, and now the status of the Arms Department is half a level lower than that of the Arms Factory. Although both of them are also the deputy directors of the Logistics Department, Fang Linyuan is the first director of the Logistics Department, and Li Sanhan is the second director of the Logistics Department, and the two also have a sequence.

"I've seen the general!" The two saluted Liu Xia at the same time.

Liu Xia smiled and said: "Both of them are talents from Benhou, you don't have to be like this, hurry up." ”

After hearing this, the two hurriedly got up, and then walked behind Liu Xia.

Wang En stood on Liu Xia's left side and said respectfully: "General, are we going to the munitions department?" ”

Liu Xia nodded and said, "Well, first go to the munitions department to see the muskets, and then go to the production workshops of other departments to see, Ben Hou has not seen the assembly line operation of the military factory!" ”

Liu Xia seemed to be very curious about everything, and looked east and west. The assembly line established in accordance with Liu Xia's requirements has already been implemented, and now all the weapons and clothes produced are made with the assembly line.

The entire military factory has nearly 5,000 people, which is a large number.

The central location of the munitions department in the munitions factory is mainly due to the special nature of the munitions department. After a while, everyone arrived at the location of the munitions office. In addition to some production halls, the Munitions Division also has a shooting range, which is a place to test the power and functions of muskets, such as whether the barrel is blown up.

Wang En didn't dare to do anything on the barrel of the gun again, and no one dared to do it at this time. Because the parts on each musket are engraved with numbers, and these numbers correspond to the person who produced the part. If several muskets had exploded in the same part, the person responsible for making the part would have no better time.

According to Liu Xia's importance to muskets, this guy must be sentenced to death. Because his irresponsible actions could kill a valiant soldier, which is equivalent to murder.

"Hurry up and bring the musket," shouted Li Sanhan, director of the Arms Division, who was still in his sixties, and was still in good spirits, not seeing the slightest bit of old age, with a red face and a rich and noble appearance.

Li Sanhan is now a high-level person in the army, and he really didn't expect that he would be able to have this opportunity when his whole life was about to pass. When I was a child, I listened to the fortune teller who said that he would be rich and noble in the future, but no one believed it, even Li Sanhan himself didn't believe it, this time is more than 60 years have passed, and he has already forgotten the hexagram of a few decades ago.

I never thought that now, when I was half buried in the soil, I would become a Yangwu school.

After a while, ten men of the munitions department came out of the building of the munitions department, and they saw that each of them was holding a musket, and then they were facing the target fifty paces away, holding the tongue of fire in one hand, and waiting for an order to start firing.

Liu Xia and the others watched from behind, and Li Sanhan bowed to Liu Xia and said, "Please give an order, general." ”

Liu Xia Zhengse said: "Shoot!" ”

With Liu Xia's order, the ten people quickly lit the fire rope, only to hear dozens of sounds, and the distant target had already fallen to the ground. There was a round of applause. Although the range was only fifty meters, and there were a few that failed to hit the target, it was much more powerful than the arquebuses of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that the arquebus has been made, the next step is the flintlock pistol, the firing gun.

Liu Xia asked, "How do you fill the guns?" ”

Li Sanhan continued: "Returning to the general, fill the gun **, that is, each soldier carries a bottle of **, pour it into the barrel of the gun when it is used, and then insert the lead." ”

Liu Xia shook his head and said, "No, this won't work." This is not only a waste of time, but it is also not easy to pour ** into the barrel of the gun, and it is not easy to grasp how much to pour in, especially on the battlefield, how can the enemy give you time to fill **? ”

Li Sanhan looked at Liu Xia with a puzzled face and said, "That's ...... This...... How is it good? ”

Liu Xia said with a smile: "You can completely divide the measurement of ** used each time, and then add the upper lead to make a cartridge." When on the battlefield, the soldiers only need to put the finished ** cylinder into it, and then ignite it directly before launching. In this way, there is no need to worry about uneven measurement, and there is no need to worry about various accidents such as spilling. ”

"Wonderful!" Li Sanhan clapped his hands and said: "What the general said is reasonable, the old man will order to go down and make this kind of cartridge." ”

"The guns were well made, and they were rushed in again according to the format of the cartridges, and then ordered to go down to the other weapons to suspend the production of the muskets overnight. In ten days, Benhou asked for 3,000 muskets. ”

Li Sanhan and Fang Linyuan both replied at the same time: "Yes, the subordinates (old man) must complete it."

Bidding farewell to the munitions department, under the leadership of Fang Linyuan, Liu Xia went to see the cold weapon production department and the military uniform production office, Liu Xia talked with those low-level craftsmen and encouraged them, and was supported by those low-level craftsmen.

"The personnel of your munitions department, on the basis of rushing to make arquebuses, hurry up to make flintlock pistols, Ben Hou hopes to see the appearance of flintlock pistols as soon as possible."

Then Li Sanhan was puzzled: "Back to the Hou Ye, the old man really doesn't know how the flintlock pistol works......"

After hearing this, Liu Xia pondered and began to recall the principle of the flintlock pistol. The flintlock pistol is followed by the flintlock pistol, but it is basically impossible to build a flintlock pistol at present, after all, ** is the biggest constraint. Liu Xia could only retreat to make flintlock pistols.

Everyone looked at Liu Xia quietly. After a moment, Liu Xia opened his mouth and said: "This flintlock pistol is a piece of flint on the jaws of the **, and there is a blow anvil on the side of the fire hole. ”

There are more flintlock pistols than arquebuses, but Liu Xia is confident that these clever craftsmen will be able to make flintlock pistols. Although the flintlock pistol is not too powerful, it is still a front-loading gun, but it is simple and practical, and there is no need to be afraid of rain anymore. Historically, flintlock pistols have been used for more than 200 years.

Li Sanhan frowned and said, "The old man has remembered it, and he must be making it for the general as soon as possible." ”

Now there are a lot of personnel in the arms department, Liu Xia is looking for people who will ****, and now there are hundreds of people.

Liu Xia said: "As soon as possible, this time with the Qing army, if you have these muskets, the chances of victory will be greatly increased." By the way, what about the artillery? ”

Li Sanhan said: "General Huiyu, we have already made more than ten tiger squat cannons, and they have all been taken away by Battalion Commander Wang. However, Lao Han and others made a new cannon on the basis of the red-coated cannon, which was mounted on two large wheels and made of stainless steel. It is stronger than a copper cannon, can be used more, is more powerful, and is easier to carry. However, the production of this steel is still very low, so it cannot be mass-produced today. Moreover, the barrel used in the musket also needs to be made of steel, so there is less steel, so this kind of cannon cannot be mass-produced.

The output of stainless steel at this time in the Ming Dynasty was indeed pitiful, after all, the industry at this time was not too developed, and it was very difficult to refine steel.

Liu Xia decided to set up an institution similar to the Academy of Sciences to specialize in the study of various weapons and scientific and technological products.