"Want to give you a musket?" Shang Wu looked at Cao Cao and asked.

"Yes. Just a musket, I don't want much. Cao Cao said. He was very fond of the flintlock pistol used by the cavalry. Small, the power is also larger, at least it can be hidden.

"Yes, you can, but we have some conditions." Shang Wu thought for a moment and said.

"Whatever conditions I can do, I will definitely do it for you. Besides. I've been a staff officer for you for a while, and that's fair. Cao Cao said.

"You have the money to buy my musket, but you can't buy it." Shang Wu said.

"Forget it. What conditions do you say, as long as I can do it, I will do it. Cao Cao said.

"Hmm. Actually, I haven't thought of any conditions, but I'll put them forward in the future. This musket, with only one, is not very well done. Why don't I give you two at once? What do you think? Shang Wu said with a smile.

"Okay. Two handfuls are of course good. But you may be too harsh on this price adjustment. Cao Cao said with a full mouth of promise.

"Alright. Let's go and see how the military factory is doing. Shang Wu said. As for the muskets, it is also okay to give Cao Cao two. Pistol flintlock pistols were mainly used to equip cavalry units. However, the production is too small. It is not yet possible to effectively carry out large-scale assembly. After all, the problem of production cannot be solved yet.

"Sir, the problem of the barrel, we can only solve the barrel of that kind of pistol, and the barrel of the rifle is too long, we can't do such a point." A craftsman said to Shang Wu.

"Oh. How do you make it? Shang Wu looked at the barrel of the processed pistol. Cao Cao also cherished holding these barrels very much. He knew that this single barrel would make a musket.

"It's the steam engine that the chief said, this guy is much better than our manual propulsion, and his speed is a certain amount. If it is made manually, although it can also make a barrel, the problem is that according to the speed mentioned by the commander, and some deviations in propulsion, the barrel is still unqualified if it is too long, and sometimes there will be some deviations in the barrel. These are all substandard products. The old craftsman said.

"Hmm. Let's go check it out. Jia Xu said. Instead of hearing about it, it's better to check it out, because then the situation will be better. In this way, many things will also turn out to be favorable. Making real decisions based on the actual situation is what they should be doing.

The steam engine, Jia Xu knew about the existence of such a thing, but the steam engine was relatively unsuccessful, first of all, he was very bulky, and the power generated could not drive him forward. Moreover, the steam engine uses a lot of advanced technology, such as screw mouth, etc., some of these technologies are not stable, resulting in the steam engine sometimes not being able to work for a long time. But comparatively. His advantage is that he replaces manpower, he can provide greater strength, and the strength is also sustained and stable. These are all things that can't be compared to manpower.

It was the first time Cao Cao had seen such a big guy, as long as someone went to burn the fire, the machine could keep running, and the big wheels kept driving the crankshaft, steaming white heat. After driving the crankshaft linkage, a certain amount of power can be generated, and then through a complete set of gears, the power can be output.

The barrel was previously manufactured by hand by blacksmith. First of all, the speed of production is relatively slow, and the caliber of the barrel is not very uniform. The production was not very high, a month, an ordinary blacksmith could only have a maximum of thirty barrels. It takes a lot of skill to build forty-five barrels. Such production simply cannot meet the huge arms needs of the Republican Army, and judging by the existing basis, they cannot do such a thing for the simple reason. That is, if they do so, they will lose more and more labor, as well as material resources. The IRA could not provide such support, and the only way to do that was to use the equipment.

The steam engine was put into use under such circumstances, and it was impossible to make a longer barrel because it could not last long, and the power it provided was very limited, which led to the fact that after the manufacture of the blank tube, the drilling could not further solve such a problem. But there was no problem with ****, and the production of pistols increased all of a sudden. But the production of rifles has not been able to increase yet.

"The only way to raise the barrel is to improve this steam engine, big guy, he can solve a lot of our problems, but there are still some problems that need to be solved. The main thing is that the production of some parts is not very good. The craftsman said after visiting with Shangwu. In contrast, the musket had to evolve to the flintlock pistol. Then you can enter a fast lane. The arquebus was too bulky for him to be considered a transitional product. This product is not sustainable. So, Shangwu cares about this.

"Well, in this way, you specially assign some people to conduct this kind of research, to carry out such a project, no matter how much improvement is made, as long as you improve a little bit, most of the problems can be solved. What do you think? Shang Wu said.

"Your job is to specialize in the production of such machines. Produce one, and the rewards will become more and more numerous. Shang Wu said.

"This. Sir, you found out, this thing, we promise to get it done. The craftsman said. Such a situation is extremely advantageous for them. Because it allows them to solve more and more problems.

"Hmm. Very good. I don't care how you do the rest. In short, you have to speed up some of these things. This is a great help for your production. Shang Wu said.

The biggest point of help to increase the production of the barrel is that the steam engine can help them solve many, many things. Cao Cao can see this.

"What's that big machine called?" Cao Cao asked Shang Wu. Shang Wu was going to discuss with Jia Xu how to separate the steam engine project and set up a factory. In this way, they were able to produce more steam engines quickly.

"Steam engine. It's a machine that can provide a lot of power. This machine is not mature at the moment, but you can see it. This machine is capable of solving many, many problems. Shang Wu said.

"Steam engine. Is that how it works? Cao Cao asked.

"Hmm. Thermal expansion and cold contraction, but at present I can't tell you how to solve such a problem, what I need to say is that we have to produce such a machine on a large scale, because this kind of machine can help us solve a lot of problems. Shang Wu said.

"I think we should separate all the processes, for example, cylinders, we need to cast more and more cylinders, set this up as a factory, if someone is willing to do it, we encourage them to do it, bearings, but also crankshafts, gears, etc., we want to encourage them to do things like this, if it's good, these equipment are going to be exported. Let them do it. Shang Wu said to Jia Xu. He doesn't care about explaining these principles to Cao Cao now, and Cao Cao doesn't care, he knows, there are some things, he understands, but he really has to do it. It will also take them a long, long time to solve such a problem.

"It takes a lot of money to do that. How can this problem be solved? Jia Xu asked, Shang Wu asked.

"Wang Ming sent a telegram from Handan." Shang Wu and Jia Xu said as they walked out of the factory.

"Bonds are not paper money, nor are they coins. He is worried that the number of red and black tickets that our market needs will be very large, and in such a situation, our situation is not very good. So, they sent us a telegram asking us to think about the issue of banknotes as soon as possible, because if the banknotes were not issued, many things would not be able to proceed. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. That's true. Shang Wu said. The issue of paper money was once experimented with on a small scale, but paper money was promoted as a bond, and as a result, paper money was never pushed back after being issued for a period of time. But this problem must be continued, and many things have been solved, and if this situation cannot be solved, all the problems will still be difficult to solve. Because paper money connects everything.

"In this case, our banks need to lend, and at the same time, those who open factories are under a lot of pressure, and if we don't give them a lot of financial support, many things can't be carried out." Shang Wu said.

"Yes, so, we have to find a way to convert it into paper money. The issue of paper money must be solved. Because it's about some of the relationships in society. Jia Xu said.

"What do you think if we recycle those bonds?" Shang Wu asked Jia Xu.

"Okay, but it's the most important thing about how paper money connects everything." Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. Let's look into this question. The problem is huge. Shang Wu said to Jia Xu.

The problem of paper money will solve most of the economic problems once and for all. But banknotes and bonds, stocks. and the relationship with trade must also be balanced. Because the republican military was the first to adapt to paper money, paper money was an outlier in the metal money period, and such an outlier usually aroused everyone's alarm, because such a thing, if such a problem is not solved well, most things will become difficult to solve. That's what they're going to do right now. In the face of such a situation, everything has to be well resolved. Therefore, paper money must be carefully implemented, once it is not done well. It will encounter great difficulties, and eventually lead to a complete collapse.