For the next period of time, the entire workshop was working at full capacity to make all kinds of ordnance.

Among them, Yuan Chao also visited the workshop many times and put forward some suggestions on ideas.

Some of the ideas proposed by Yuan Chao even made Ricardo and Ferreira and others feel that their whimsical ideas are infinitely creative.

They didn't expect that their employer was an employer who knew and valued firearms so much, and to be honest, they privately felt that this was an employer with a vision beyond ordinary Ming officials and even nobles.

They are also determined to build a more sophisticated firecracker.

In a blink of an eye, the time came to the fourth year of Chongzhen, and he had just finished a comfortable New Year.

There is no war outside Chenzhuang, and all undertakings within Chenzhuang have made great progress.

Yuan Chao was feeling the happy days of the people of Chenzhuang and accepting the New Year's greetings from his subordinates, and lived leisurely.

However, as the New Year ended, Yuan Chao was thinking about his army again.

On this day, Yuan Chao entered the military camp again.

In the barracks south of Chenzhuang, there is a full number of thousand households.

This is also the core deterrent force of the Yuan Dynasty.

Yuan Chao watched the army train after the New Year.

Now the army of a thousand households is wearing red armor, marching in a queue, and the military appearance is very strict.

Yuan Chao, who was on the platform, looked around at the army that had been drilled.

"Well, Yuan Xu's four spear teams, yes, are all qualified soldiers with military temperament." Yuan Chao did not hesitate to praise the four hundred households under Yuan Xu's jurisdiction.

"Yo, Yang Hao's three hundred households are also good, between a few formation changes, there is no panic at all." When Yuan Chao saw Yang Hao's three hundred households, he also praised it.

"Rack, rack." In Dada's horse's hooves and horseback riding slogans, one of Kong Ergou's cavalry hundred households shows superb riding skills and chopping skills.

"Good. He really deserves to be the pioneer of my Chen military camp. Yuan Chao saw Kong Ergou's cavalry hundreds, and even stood up and applauded.

"Bang bang." The familiar sound of a bird's gun sounded.

A hundred birds trained by Quling skillfully completed the three-stage shooting.

Yuan Chao looked at Ning slightly, and twisted his forehead.

Then came the highlight of the drill.

The 100 artillery households managed by Quling have launched two tiger squat guns and two newly built Franc machines in their own workshops.

After intensive adjustment and installation.

The flag-bearers waved small flags to signal that preparations were complete.

"Master, the artillery is already in place, please give the order." Qu Ling stood quietly behind Yuan Chao and spoke.

"Well, let's practice." Yuan Chao gave a bland order.

"Knock knock knock." After receiving the order, the four guns were installed and ignited in one go, and four roars were issued.

A field of shells was fired three miles ahead.

"Tiger, Tiger, Tiger" The officers and men of the whole army who saw the effect of the artillery shouted in unison.

Yuan Chao nodded with satisfaction when he saw this.

"Okay, all the generals are well managed by the army, and I ask the generals to continue to maintain it." Yuan Chao made a positive reply and gave them a positive evaluation of the managers of the army.

But Yuan Chao is also narcissistic enough. If you call a few people under your command a general, then you mean that you are the commander of an army.

However, in fact, not only Yuan Chao himself thinks so, the entire army is looking up to themselves at one level, their combat effectiveness and sophistication, it is estimated that there is really no opponent in the guard station can match, even compared with those border troops known as the elite of the nine sides, they also have absolute confidence to be superior.

After watching the whole exercise, it stands to reason that Yuan Chao, who should have been smiling, was a little frowned.

Yuan Xu, Qu Ling, Zhou Weihang and others all observed this, and they were a little puzzled.

Out of the barracks, Zhou Weihang, who couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, asked.

"Owner, today we saw the strong combat effectiveness of the army, but why did I find that the owner was a little worried? I also asked the owner to solve my doubts. Zhou Weihang sincerely asked Yuan Chao.

Yuan Chao listened to Zhou Weihang's words, thought about it, and said it. "Wei Hang, the army is well-organized, and the team is very skilled in marching and changing formations, I am very satisfied, but, to be honest, we still have too few firearms." Yuan Chao said the boredom in his heart.

"Oh, why don't you go and buy some more?" Zhou Weihang tried to elicit more reasons.

"Buying? Even if it is a fine bird, it is a rough majority, but it still does not meet my requirements, and it cannot be used as a long-term solution. ”

"A better way is to polish your own well-made bird's guns, but what? Our workshop has been rotating for a month, and we can only produce about 20 guns, which is at most to keep our monthly fee, which is really too little. ”

"This kind of problem is also plaguing our artillery." Yuan Chao spoke in a tone with some unwillingness and helplessness.

Zhou Weihang, who understood the worries of the Yuan Dynasty, also fell into deep thought.

"My owner somehow attaches great importance to firearms, but the production efficiency of firearms is too low, so I am very anxious."

"In order not to make the owner anxious, the only way to improve production efficiency is to improve production efficiency, but where is the production efficiency stuck?" Wei Hang thought back and forth.

"Owner, the two layers of iron plates tightly wrapped in the bird's drill are the most laborious, that is, the drill hole."

"If you drill too fast, it will easily make the inner chamber of the gun uneven, and it will become an inferior product."

"If you drill carefully, it will take a lot of manpower and time, and there is no way to do it." Wei Hang was also there to analyze the reasons and enlighten them.

"It takes manpower, manpower, manpower."

"The Law of Conservation of Energy."

"Clean energy."

These words were instantly connected to the line.

"That's right, as long as the problem of strength is solved, the rest will be much easier to solve."

"Wei Hang, you are so smart, you are on time, it's really great." Yuan Chao said happily with a fist there.

"Me? What did I do? What was said? Zhou Weihang looked confused.

"Clean energy, clean energy, wind, nuclear, hydro, tidal, solar energy......" Yuan Chao whispered to himself.

"Wind energy? Not bad, nuclear energy? No, hydro? Not bad, tidal energy? No conditions, solar, no. Yuan Chao himself listed the clean energy that could be used there.

"Wind energy, water energy. With these two, I was able to achieve a productivity upgrade. Yuan Chao was complacent about the two clean energy sources he had found.

However, in Zhou Weihang's opinion, is his owner a little nervous, he was not happy just now, then he was very happy, and then he was there like chanting a spell, and finally he was happy again.

Zhou Weihang shook his head, he really couldn't guess the change in his owner's mood.