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The development of industrial technology, there are too many factors involved, just like a wooden bucket, even if a piece of wood is very long, if other wood chips can not catch up with this piece of wood, it is also in vain, even if there is only a short board, this bucket still can't hold much water, the science and technology of an era is the same, many different categories of science and technology need to go hand in hand, a single breakthrough, is not enough to pull the overall level of development, so many things can not be achieved overnight, It is necessary to accumulate gradually, which is also the reason why Xiao Tianjian is not engaged in flintlock pistol for the time being, he still plans to improve the technical content step by step. （）

After listening to Gao Su's explanation, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Very good!" You should do it, it seems that I am too anxious! In that case, then you continue to do it step by step! Since you do it, make it a boutique, don't let me down! ”

Gao Su immediately bowed down and replied, "Willing to serve the general!" ”

Although the progress of cannon casting is not as fast as expected, Xiao Tianjian is still relatively satisfied with the current work of Gaosu, and what the Chinese need most is the kind of rigor and meticulousness in them, which is also a style that he will promote in the artisan group in the future.

Since there was no result in casting the cannon for the time being, he didn't stay in Tiezuo anymore, turned around and took the iron head out of Tiezuo, and went straight to the gunpowder workshop on Gao Cheng's side.

When they arrived at Gao Cheng's place, Gao Cheng was very happy with a group of subordinates, but he didn't have to personally participate in the work of boiling the nitrate, and the trained subordinates were already fully qualified for this work, and he had already begun to take a few of his subordinates to start configuring gunpowder, Gao Cheng was generally a very careful person, and he followed Xiao Tianjian and knew that Xiao Tianjian had very strict requirements for the quality of craftsmen, so he was very careful when configuring gunpowder.

They first thoroughly crush the three raw materials to reach a considerable fineness, and then sieve the raw materials to fully meet the requirements, and then use a scale to weigh the three raw materials according to the proportion, and then pour them together to fully stir, and finally complete the configuration of gunpowder.

After the gunpowder configuration is completed, it is not the end, Xiao Tianjian wants not ordinary powdered gunpowder, but the final product he wants is granular gunpowder, so when the gunpowder configuration is completed, granulation will be carried out, and Gao Cheng is already familiar with the process, so it is not a problem.

After the granular gunpowder is dried, it cannot be regarded as completely completed, and it is necessary to separate various gunpowder particles of different diameters through continuous screening, and after the final classification is completed, it is encapsulated into wooden barrels and sealed with yellow wax to prevent moisture and delivered for later use.

Xiao Tianjian had nothing to find fault with such a careful gunpowder manufacturing process, and after following Gao Cheng to look at the finished gunpowder products, he expressed his satisfaction again and again, and asked about the output of gunpowder.

"Our gunpowder workshop can now configure forty or fifty catties of gunpowder every day, these days, hundreds of catties of gunpowder have been made, and now there is no shortage of gunpowder, the small one plans to hand over these tasks to his subordinates to do in the future, and I will go back to make those paper mines." Gao Cheng grinned and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"It seems that your subordinates have basically mastered the configuration of gunpowder, so you can also leave these things to them and take out your hands to do something else!

However, the amount of paper thunder needed at the moment is not very large, so there is no need to be too anxious, I came here this time to give you a new task! Xiao Tianjian walked out of the gunpowder workshop and said to Gao Cheng.

"Oh? What does the general command, just give it to the lesser one! The little one must do it well for the general! As soon as Gao Cheng heard that Xiao Tianjian wanted him to do something new, he became interested and said to Xiao Tianjian excitedly.

"This matter is actually very simple, we used to use small bamboo pipes to match gunpowder for the gunpowder hand, but now there is not much bamboo in this area, and Hsinchu is easy to make the gunpowder damp, it is not very convenient to use, so I want to use wax paper to package the gunpowder and projectiles used by the gunpowder hand in the future, and make it into paper shell ammunition, so that it will be more convenient for the gunner to use it in the future, I want you to be responsible for this matter, you will be renamed our ammunition factory in the future, not only the ammunition used by the bird gun should be made into paper shell ammunition, even with all kinds of artillery ammunition must also find a way to make fixed ammunition, so that in the future, our gun loading speed will be at least twice as fast as the enemy's, and the same amount of enemy troops will only have to eat if we encounter it! Xiao Tianjian gestured to Gao Cheng and told him his idea, he had this idea a year ago, but at that time because of the shortage of gunpowder, he put this matter down, now they have made their own gunpowder, and the wax paper has also been procured, and this work can also be carried out.

After hearing this, Gao Cheng immediately nodded and agreed, and carefully inquired with Xiao Tianjian about some details to make sure that he did not misunderstand Xiao Tianjian's meaning, and then said to Xiao Tianjian: "This matter is not difficult, but the matter of the projectile needs to be helped by Tiezuo over there, and the finished projectile will be sent to me first, and then I can arrange someone to do it."

In addition, according to the general's meaning, the amount needed in the future is very large, if only a few people under the current small hands, I am afraid that I will not be able to do a few in a day, which requires a lot of manpower to help! Therefore, in terms of manpower and venues, the general must give small arrangements! ”

Xiao Tianjian turned his head and said to Zhang Chao, who was following him: "Zhang Chao, it seems that you still need to help Gao Cheng in this matter, and you have to coordinate with Tiezuo to provide qualified projectiles for the ammunition factory!" In addition, choose a place for Gao Cheng to build a shed, it doesn't need to be too big, and then recruit twenty or thirty women to work here, and now there are some women among the homeless people who come to build the wall for us outside the village, and they are not very successful in manual work, but they can use their ingenuity and patience to do this kind of thing, you might as well recruit some to come over, presumably they are also willing to earn some wages for themselves! ”

Zhang Chao nodded again and again and agreed, now Zhang Chao is a bit like Xiao Tianjian's chief of ordnance, and many things involving production have to be coordinated and managed by him, so it can be said that he is now the busiest person in the Xingtian Army.

Xingtianjun grew step by step, it turned out that many things have become more and more detailed, and the demand for management personnel is also increasing, Zhang Chao's role has gradually shifted from managing the troops to managing Shuangfeng Village, and the original deputy under him took over the task of managing the soldiers.

And Zhang Chao has gradually adapted to this role change after these few months, he is missing an arm, and it is always inconvenient to lead troops in battle, and with his qualifications, Xiao Tianjian did not plan to let him be a security chief, so it is a more suitable job for him to manage Shuangfeng Village for Xiao Tianjian.

And Zhang Chao is also a coarse and fine person, he looks big on the big face, but in fact, he is still a very fine person, he can't rub sand in his eyes, and he is also vigorous and resolute, which is also one of the important reasons why Xiao Tianjian asked him to take charge of Shuangfeng Village.