After a circle, Xiao Tianjian not only checked the training situation of each battalion, but also randomly inspected the training situation of many township soldiers in various places.

Needless to say, after several months of rest, supplementation, and intensive training, almost all the soldiers in the battalions have become fierce and fierce, and their desire to fight is extremely strong, and their combat quality and discipline have also been greatly improved, and it can be said that they have reached the peak state of the Xingtian Army since its establishment.

Even the township soldiers in various localities have completed their basic training after several months of agricultural and idle training by the local security chiefs, and have provided qualified soldiers to the barracks, thus laying a solid foundation, and at the same time they themselves have a certain combat effectiveness, and at least they have become a force for local self-protection, and there is no problem in dealing with ordinary enemies.

So he turned around and rushed to Shuangfeng Village, as soon as he arrived at Shuangfeng Village, he went straight to Tiezuo, at this time Shuangfeng Village has separated some civilian products from the creation of some civilian products, and handed over to Yangcheng County and Dongye Town to be responsible for the newly established iron work, and Shuangfeng Village has completely become the military base of the Xingtian Army, all craftsmen have invested in the creation of weapons, and now the most important products of iron work are artillery and firearms, followed by special bayonets equipped with bird guns.

With the proficiency of a group of craftsmen, the production process of Xingtianjun's bird gun has become quite mature, the quality of the gun pipe is getting better and better, the scrap rate is getting lower and lower, and the man-hours consumed are getting less and less.

Coupled with the use of more and more simple machinery, so that the manpower and cost are greatly saved, coupled with the increasing maturity of the assembly line operation, so that the output is also getting larger and larger, the original monthly Shuangfeng Zhai full horsepower, but only more than 200 guns can be produced, and now the full horsepower production has reached more than 500 per month.

Xiao Tianjian held a newly produced flintlock pistol, and pulled the trigger with a click, and the flint immediately fell in response, hitting the edge of the fire door, stirring up a ball of sparks.

"Excellent! Now the improvement of the trigger is quite good, the force is basically appropriate, and the impact on aiming is much smaller! Well done! It's just that how is reed production now? Can it meet our needs? Can it be mass-produced? Xiao Tianjian put down the new flintlock pistol, then reached out and picked up a flintlock pistol, looked at it carefully, tried to fire it twice, and asked Yang Changshou who was accompanying him after putting it down.

Yang Changshou replied respectfully: "Back to the general's words!" The reed has been built, and the brothers have been trying various methods all night long, and now after a special dip in the fire, the reed can fully meet the requirements! ”

"And what about the firing rate? How's the firing rate? Xiao Tianjian immediately asked.

"Much better! The firing rate of the self-generated fire gun created a month ago was less than sixty percent, and now it can reach about eight or ninety percent! Yang Changshou hurriedly replied.

"Eighty or ninety, I think it can fully meet the demand! It's basically about the same as the firing rate of the bird! Then don't hesitate any longer, all the bird guns will be discontinued from now on, and all the guns will be changed to produce self-generated fire guns in the future! In addition, for the craftsmen who are responsible for the trial production of reeds, each person will be rewarded with 20 taels of silver to commend their recent work results! Xiao Tianjian inspected the workshop with his hands behind his back and instructed Yang Changshou.

"Yes! But what about those bird guns in stock, and those bird guns ordered outside? Yang Changshou refers to the five hundred bird guns that Li Zicheng determined.

"It's simple, replace the bird guns currently equipped in the army with the newly made self-generated firearms, and renovate the old bird guns that are in stock and replaced them! In the future, our army will only be equipped with self-made firearms! The bird guns in the original army were gradually replaced and distributed to the township barracks for the use of the township soldiers! In addition, allocate some manpower, build more handguns, and distribute them to all the scouts and cavalry brothers, hum! In the future, when the cavalry has this thing, see who is still their opponent! Xiao Tianjian walked out of the gunning workshop as he spoke, and walked towards the gunning.

Zhang Chao and Yang Changshou both nodded and agreed, and followed Xiao Tianjian towards the cannon work.

The cannon has now expanded several times, the eight-pounder cannon is still in trial production, the iron fan has not yet been made, so it has not been officially put into production, the main production in each workshop is the three-pounder cannon and the six-pounder gun, there is a special wood as the cannon and the gun to provide the production of wooden parts.

When Xiao Tianjian walked into the cannon yard, he saw two rows of newly made iron cannons neatly arranged in the open space of the courtyard.

Among them, the three-pounder cannon accounts for two-thirds of the strong, there are nearly 30 guns, and the six-pounder gun has about a dozen, which is being finally assembled, and these cannons are all erected on the unified gun mount, and the key stressed part of the gun mount has replaced the original wooden parts with iron parts, making the gun mount much stronger, even the wheels are wrapped with iron, and the swarthy Chen cloth is in the courtyard, exuding an awe-inspiring murderous atmosphere.

The red-haired devil Gao Su also wore a new military uniform of the Xingtian Army, standing in the middle of the artillery, inspecting the production in the workshop, as soon as he saw Xiao Tianjian's arrival, he immediately greeted him, and saluted Xiao Tianjian with a proud face and said: "General, this batch of cannons is about to be completed, please check it out!"

Xiao Tianjian patted the barrel of a six-pounder cannon beside him, and said with a smile: "I don't have to worry about you doing things, how is the trial production of the eight-pounder cannon now?" ”

After Gao Su listened to Xiao Tianjian's question, he immediately turned sideways and said, "General, please!" ”

Xiao Tianjian immediately took Zhang Chao and others to follow Gao Su towards a separate new shed, after entering the shed, it was also a lively scene, because it was still in the trial production stage, so the iron fan of the eight-pound cannon had not yet been produced, and it was still trial-produced with a clay fan, and in the corner of the shed, a cannon barrel had been cast, and some craftsmen were erecting it under a wooden frame.

"This is the barrel of the newly cast eight-pounder gun, and it is about to start grinding, and at the slowest point, within half a month, this cannon will be able to test fire!" Gao Su pointed to the cannon barrel that was being erected and said to Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian walked closer and looked at it carefully, compared to the six-pounder cannon they were using now, this eight-pounder cannon was a whole circle larger, the caliber basically reached more than 100 millimeters, and the barrel length was also close to two meters, at a glance, he knew that this thing would be much more powerful than the six-pounder cannon, so he couldn't put it down and asked Gao Su after stroking it.

"How much does the barrel of this cannon weigh?"

"The barrel weighs 870 catties, but the outer layer has not been polished and shoveled out, and the final product should weigh about 800 catties. Gao Su immediately replied confidently.

"More than 1,000 catties, two horses can be pulled together! Well! Not bad! It's a bit difficult to exercise in the mountains, but it's okay to exercise on the plains! All right! So be it! If there is no problem after the test launch, it will be finalized and put into production! Don't have too many production quantities for the time being, and then produce in large quantities when you need them later! Now concentrate on production capacity and produce three- and six-pound guns! Within a month, twenty more will be cast for me! Xiao Tianjian turned around and instructed Gao Su.

Gao Su immediately stepped forward and said, "Obey orders!" ”

After walking out of the shed, Xiao Tianjian and Gao Su walked side by side and said, "Now you can basically hand over the affairs of this side of the cannon to your subordinates!" Your next step is to focus more on training gunners, I will hand over this matter to you, just hope that you can train more good artillerymen for me, you must not take care of one or the other! ”

Gao Su is very satisfied with his current situation, here compared to when he was a mercenary in China before, his status is much higher, at that time he was just a cannon fodder at best, and now he stays under Xiao Tianjian, with a salary of dozens of taels of silver every month, and from time to time because of his good work performance, he will be rewarded by Xiao Tianjian, and he often receives hundreds of taels of silver, compared to the kind of depression when he first met Xiao Tianjian, now he has saved a net worth of hundreds of taels of silver.

What's more, here, he is not only the head of the artillery work, but also the chief officer of the artillery school, the local craftsmen used to regard him as a monster, but now they have begun to respect him very much, last month someone even mentioned a family business to him, is a very beautiful little widow, so that he is very fascinated, in two days to get married, such a life almost makes him a little happy, if this kind of life can continue like this, then why should he go back to China? After returning to China, he can be a small rich man at most, but here, he can enjoy both material and spiritual pleasure, so gradually Gao Su this guy has more and more respect for Xiao Tianjian's employer.

"Please rest assured, the general is expanding the artillery school at the foot of the mountain, but I can't be busy alone, I hope the general can transfer a few qualified gunners from General Huang to the lowly position, come over as my deputy, and use them as instructors in the school, in this way, the effect will be better!" Humble duty can guarantee more qualified gunners for the general! Gao Su also made his request.

Xiao Tianjian didn't even think about it, so he immediately agreed, turned his head to Tietou and ordered: "Inform Huang Shengqiang that the best ten gunners under him will be immediately transferred to Shuangfeng Village and handed over to Gao Su for use, and in the future, they will be the instructors of the artillery school, and they will be paid five taels of silver every month!" Tell Huang Shengqiang, this is my order, be sure to be the best! If he dares to play tricks and hide and refuse to give it, then I will let him come over and be an instructor myself! ”

Tietou smiled and wrote it down, and turned his head to arrange for someone to pass the order to Huang Shengqiang.