In order to distinguish the musket produced by Shangwen Arsenal, Yingyu did not shy away from carving a text on the back end of the barrel, and slowly pressed it with a stamping machine tool. Because it is the only musket that can be produced at present, after this musket was equipped, the soldiers of the Qin State called it a literary musket.

Yingyu not only produced muskets, but also began to cast artillery on a large scale, and similarly, the artillery produced was also stamped with the word "Wen". It is called a literary artillery.

Wang Qian, Wei Yu, Yang Duanhe, the muskets produced by the three companies, the artillery are all imitations of the literary musket and the literary artillery. In terms of competition, Yingyu has a good chance of winning. Yingyu herself is also determined to win. For this. Yingyu also specially wore a Western dress. A small purple vest. It's a little playful and cute.

People came forward to praise it. Shang Wen was dismissive of this. This guy is very flamboyant about everything.

It seems that the products participating in the election do not need to be compared. Because, people know it. The Li Arsenal is still under construction, but Shang Wen doesn't think so. Meng Yi told Shang Wen that there were as many as four sets of hydraulic machine tools and equipment supported by the Li Arsenal, in addition to a large number of barrel production equipment, and two steam engines had just left the factory. All were bought for a lot of money.

However, Shang Wen heard from others that the Li Arsenal was still under construction, but why was there so much production equipment for what was the use. Moreover, among the current bidding positions, the position of the Lee Arsenal is still empty. Why don't you come and participate? Shang Wen was a little disappointed.

"Your Excellency, your Excellency." A young man's voice came.

"I'm sorry, sir. It's late. A young man came to Shangwen with three muskets on his back. A scholarly dress. But he carried three muskets on his back. It's really tiring.

"My lord, can we still participate in the muskets of the Li Arsenal?" The young man said.

"My lord, he is Li Si's eldest son, Li You." Meng Yi whispered.

"Oh." Shang Wen nodded. This Li You is the future Taishou of Yingchuan County, and it is said that he was cleaned up by Cao Shen. I didn't expect to be so young now. At most, they are just adults. Immature body. It looks weak.

"It's not too late. It's not too late. Shang Wen said.

"My lord, this is a sample gun produced by our Li Arsenal. Please see. As he spoke, Li You unloaded the three muskets.

Shang Wen took it and looked at it. The literary musket is actually the American M1812 musket, which also has a strong European and American style. This can be seen in the design style of the butt. Straight, much like the British.

And this musket produced by Li You, the butt was completely improved. Use a lot of streamlined design. It makes it very comfortable to use and easy to use. Shangwen also noted. A large number of screw rivets were used in the bolt section. It is not a literary musket, which is pressed all at once.

"Can you tell us about the processing of this musket?" Shang Wen said.

"Yes. This gun has only twenty-three parts. And most of them are stamped by a press at one time, and then simply polished. It can be assembled quickly. Li You said.

Shang Wen took the musket and began to carry out various movements. Wave back and forth. In order to see how strong the musket is.

Shang Wen nodded. Expressions of approval. Li You was very happy.

At the same time, Shangwen asked.

"Why screw rivets?" Shangwen asked.

"Easy to disassemble. The reason is that if the barrel of the musket is used for a long time, it will be unable to fight in high temperatures, especially if it is shot for a long time. This necessitates the replacement of the barrel. But other methods. It's fast, but it doesn't hold the barrel very securely. With the use of screw rivets, it can be well controlled. in the back. Li You said as he opened a small hole in the back of the butt and took out some musket equipment.

"These can remove the barrel, the bolt. And, these things. Standard production is adopted. They can be used interchangeably. Li You said.

Shang Wen nodded. "How's the range?" Shangwen asked.

"It's on par with a musket." Li You replied.

"Yes." Shang Wen nodded. "Give it a try. Report to me in a moment. Shang Wen said as he handed the gun to Meng Yi. Comparatively. Lee's musket has an advantage because it is stamped as a whole and can be produced on a large scale. There are only twenty-three parts, which is very easy to assemble. Compared with. The literary musket is somewhat lacking. Some of the machined parts must also be manufactured by hand. The accuracy is a little worse. And speed is not guaranteed. There are also many parts and components, which are relatively fine.

Taking into account the speed of armament of the musket. Shang Wen had already made his choice, which was the Lee's musket. The advantages of this musket are obvious.

The results of the experiment were quickly brought in. Sixty rounds of ammunition, on a par with a literary musket at a distance of fifty and eighty paces. The choice is already obvious.

Shangwen immediately announced that the Lee musket had received a military order for one million muskets. Li You was very happy. For these. He did it on his own. There is no factory building. It unfolds in an old house. And he also began to study muskets, and has disassembled literary muskets countless times. only then did I understand the principle of musket firing. Then, regardless of the status of the craftsmen, the craftsmen were discussed, and finally, after countless experiments, a processing method that was different from the literary musket was developed.

Yingyu is very confident in this musket campaign. Because no one is better than her. But now. A Lee's musket ran out. Also took a million order quantities.

Yingyu left the scene immediately in a fit of rage. I didn't care about the artillery in the back campaign.

As a result, the bidding was barely ended in the depressing atmosphere after Yingyu left.

In the end, the order of a million muskets was taken by the newly established Lee Arsenal. However, the cost of a musket dropped from 50 and a half taels to 15 and a half 21. The price difference is very large.

The number of artillery pieces was a thousand. Equal production by each family. The production of gun mounts was carried out by the bicycle factory of Ki Lao. Because they have very thick technology. It is possible to produce a large number of light and strong gun carriages. As for being taken or something. were all divided up by some civilian clothing factories. The lion's share came from Zhao Gao's textile mills. Because he began to equip the steam engine production line, and at the same time greatly improved the spinning machine. It's not at all surprising to take a large share of orders.

On the contrary, Princess Wenyang's arsenal became the biggest unpopular. Only some orders for the production of artillery were obtained, and nothing else.

Shang Wen is also happy. Anyway, how to fight, just fight. Anyway, I don't care about it. Its own arsenal has completely become a research and development department, as long as it collects some technology patents. The more I produce, the more I receive.