"Well, I ask you, do you have any better muskets there, like this one?" Zhang Qiang took out the short-fledged pistol he was wearing.

Francis said: "My lord, this is very good, but I don't think I can make this musket, and I guess you mean to make him a lance and a spear, not a short musket, which has long been popular in the West, but even Western armies are only equipped with cavalry, and after a single shot, they use spears and sabers to destroy the enemy, and they may not be able to fire." ”

After watching it for a long time, Zhang Qiang determined that this guy was not capable of producing a firestart gun, and it seemed that he could only improve on the basis of the arquebus.

The power can be increased by strengthening the step of gunpowder refinement, or increasing the amount of gunpowder, the amount of gunpowder increases, and the weight of the arquebus will inevitably increase, then the burden on the soldier will be heavy, but now Zhang Qiang can only do this.

The most important thing is the speed of launch, he has a way to do this, he told Francis the method he thought of, Francis said: "My lord, this has also appeared in the West, but in Asia, in the East, people are still used to using black powder powder to fire bullets, and only some Portuguese troops and Dutch troops are using some bad quality granular gunpowder, but to say that like you said, use a paper tube to load granular gunpowder and bullets together, I am in the East, this is the first time I have heard of it, and even in the West, It's not as rigorous and as good as you say. ”

"My lord, granular gunpowder and quantitative carton charge, I can try to do it, what do you want me to do at the moment?"

Zhang Qiang took that one, and it took them a day and a night to make it almost as powerful as the Portuguese arquebus, at most it was a relatively sophisticated work in the Portuguese arquebus, pointing to the pattern decoration on it and saying: "I don't want these, don't do this for me, it's a waste of time." ”

Francis looked at it, "My lord, if you don't have these arquebuses, you can save three days." ”

Zhang Qiang smiled: "That's right, why do you want to raise some unnecessary things on it, this thing is meant to kill, is it more enjoyable for you to look at these things and kill people?" ”

"And these," Zhang Qiang pointed to the more delicate dragon head above, "That's pretty much it, there's no need to be so delicate outside, what I want is to be able to push the fire rope into the medicine pool sensitively and ignite the gunpowder, these things don't need to be so exquisite, I think I can save at least two hours of time, two hours for one stroke, so how much time is seventeen strokes?" ”

Without waiting for Francis to return, Zhang Qiang said: "Seventeen shots is more than a day, and the time for us to build a gun has come out, I mean it's better to spend this time on assembly." ”

"Also, you don't have to manage every step, you have to participate in every step, you just need to tell your apprentice, I want this part, this part is like this, how much longer, how wide, how high, there is a hook, there is an acute angle, and so on, and then throw it to them, let them lead a group of people to take charge of this part, if he does not meet the target, then you will deduct his salary, if he does a good job, do one within the time you specified, make two, then you reward him for the extra part."

Zhang Qiang looked at him, "Look, don't you save a lot of effort?" Saving a lot of time? ”

Francis's eyes were wrong, he looked at Zhang Qiang, and said excitedly: "My lord, you are really very knowledgeable, why don't you build guns with me?" ”

Zhou Congee covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Adults are very busy, so I don't have time to fiddle with these things with you." ”

Zhang Qiang asked Zhou Congee for pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, and then used his ugly brush words to write and draw his thoughts, and made them out, explaining while doing it.

Francis listened like a student.

The more he listened, the more serious and serious he looked, the higher his admiration for Zhang Qiang, of course, as a technician, he had long ignored Zhang Qiang's ugly words, and the ugly and Zhou Xingxing's classmate similar to the abstract painting of the phoenix pecking rice, but focused on learning Zhang Qiang's thoughts and ideas, comprehended Zhang Qiang's two-knife industrial management concept and some management systems, as well as some ideological flashes about how to transform the arquebus.

I have to say that Francis is a very good student, and those Daming students who were selected are also smart and clever, and soon many students comprehended most of Zhang Qiang's thoughts and ideas.

When Francis took Zhang Qiang's dog crawling brush and abstract industrial parts to explain to Zhang Qiang again, Zhang Qiang was surprised to find that his thinking was also very smooth, but when he picked up the things he wrote and painted, there were many things that he couldn't recognize at once.

couldn't help blushing, he couldn't recognize the words he wrote, he secretly glanced at those students, and saw that none of them had a look of disdain on their faces, and they were all serious about understanding and learning Jin Sanfat's thoughts and spirits, Zhang Qiang smiled with satisfaction.

"Well, you guys, sort out these things of mine and compile them into a book, Francis, you help sort it out, and then come to me, I'll rest first."

It was given to Francis and his Daming students.

Zhang Qiang went to sleep.

In order to see the process of making arquebuses by Francis, find out some faults, try to use his brains, use his half-baked level to solve problems, and improve the combat effectiveness of his troops, he really spent a lot of energy and time, and he did not close his eyes for two days and one night.

When he got up the next day, Francis found Zhang Qiang and showed Zhang Qiang the specifications he and those Ming students had sorted out.

I have to say that Francis is very capable, and his thinking is clearer than Zhang Qiang's, and he quickly grasped the key points, and perfected the detailed manufacturing skills and technologies that Zhang Qiang did not know, which is simply a collection of management norms and technical manuals.

"It's very good, subcontract some parts that are not necessary for you to produce here to the outside Ming craftsmen, and then you are responsible for manufacturing the main parts, and you have thought of taking advantage of the water conservancy advantage of Xianju County by the river."

He turned another page, "Very good, improve some machine tools, then make parts in groups, and finally use the best personnel, plus your own participation in the assembly, to separate the main parts factories, and the distance is far away, although it increases the cost of transportation, but it makes the secrecy of our future firearms research better, and increases the difficulty of the enemy to spy on our military technology." ”

He looked up at Francis, "You should go to the security department, not at the factory." ”

Francis laughed, "Your Excellency definitely doesn't want your hard-working skills to be detected by the enemy, and I thought of this in passing. It's mainly because you mentioned such a thing, my lord, that I improved it, and this is your credit. ”

"Okay," Zhang Qiang patted the line manual, "In the future, you will be the director of this factory, the technical director, I will pay you a salary, one hundred taels per month, every excellent arquebus, I will give you a commission of one percent, I hope you can work hard to complete the task, increase the production of arquebuses, of course, if you improve the technology, increase the firing speed and range of the arquebus, the power, I will reward you with bonuses for each item, if you can make a sui fire gun, I will reduce your punishment of five guns per gun, You'll soon be free. ”

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." Franceston burst into tears and fell to his knees speechless.