The test of the field tiger squat cannon and the new flintlock gun is over, and the overall effect Zhang Bin is still quite satisfied, although there is a little problem, it is also very easy to solve, and the development of this new gun is considered a success.

After the test, Zhang Bin specially set up a banquet in the Guanchao Building to celebrate, this time it was not only Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua and other research and development personnel, Cao Wenzhao and Qi Yuangong and other generals He was also called together, and he happened to sit at a large table.

With all the wine and food ready, Zhang Bin first praised the research spirit of Bi Maokang and Sun Yuanhua and others who forgot to sleep and eat, and then earnestly persuaded a few rounds of wine, and then got to the point, and said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, I want to change the artillery to flint ignition, do you think it is difficult?" ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he didn't answer immediately, but discussed with Bi Maokang in a low voice for a while, and then smiled: "It's not very difficult, just remove the original square of Zigong, put a few small holes below, and install a set of larger flints and triggers outside." As for positioning, you can make a square gap directly below the mother gun, and then weld a square at the corresponding position of the child gun. ”

In this case, the difficulty is really not very great, and even the existing five guns can be used with a slight change, Zhang Bin immediately clapped his hand and said: "Okay, then change it like this, all of them are changed to flint hair, what about the output, you can roughly estimate how many muskets and artillery can be made in a month." ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he discussed with Bi Maokang in a low voice, and even Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing joined the discussion, and the four of them discussed for a while, and Sun Yuanhua raised his head and said embarrassedly: "We roughly estimated that with the existing craftsmen and machine tools, we can make about twenty tiger squat cannons and one hundred flintlock pistols every month." ”

To equip the existing army, it is necessary to have more than 2,000 artillery pieces and more than 10,000 flintlock guns, and according to this output, it will take almost ten years to produce, which is too slow!

Zhang Bin frowned and pondered for a while, and then asked: "If all the relevant military craftsmen and craftsmen in Fujian are gathered over, and more drilling machines and lathes are made, how many muskets and artillery can be made every month?" ”

Sun Yuanhua discussed with Bi Maokang and the others for a while, and then replied: "If this is the case, we can make about fifty tiger squat cannons and two hundred flintlock pistols a month." ”

Five years, it's still too slow, he doesn't know if he can stay in Fujian for five years, Zhang Bin thought about it, and said decisively: "Don't care about any military craftsmen and craftsmen, select a group of clever young people from the Tunwei military households, train them, and make at least 100 artillery pieces and 500 flintlock pistols a month!" ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he gritted his teeth and solemnly arched his hand: "My subordinates do their best." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, then picked up his wine glass and fell into contemplation again.

The existing army, all equipped with gunpowder weapons, I am afraid that it will be two or three years later, but next year, he must exterminate the pirates around Fujian, otherwise, he will blow the cowhide open.

The lesson of the round dudu is there, it doesn't matter if you brag in front of Chongzhen, but you must not blow the cowhide, once you blow the cowhide, you will die quite ugly.

Either way, we must eradicate the pirates next year!

If you suppress pirates, land warfare is actually not very difficult to fight, as long as the five thousand Qi family troops are equipped and the mandarin duck array is drilled well, no need for any firearms, and the pirates can be beaten.

In other words, fighting pirates doesn't actually need too many field tiger squatting guns, a few dozen are enough, but the guns on the warship must be matched as much as possible, because pirates are mainly fighting at sea.

Thinking of this, he said directly to Qi Yuanfu: "Yuanfu, how are the five thousand people under your command doing, and are they fully equipped with weapons and equipment?" ”

When Qi Yuanfu heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The Mandarin Duck Formation will be practiced for at least three months, and in terms of weapons and equipment, knives, guns, palladium, wolf whisks and shields are almost equipped, and now they are all short of muskets." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then instructed: "In this way, you will divide the five thousand people into four hundred groups, Changshan, Changlin, Changfeng, and Changhuo each bring one hundred groups, and the remaining two hundred people will be divided into forty teams, and each team will be responsible for controlling a tiger squat cannon, which will be commanded by you personally." ”

Qi Yuanfu naturally had no opinion, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." ”

Zhang Bin then said to Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, you arrange it like this, first make forty tiger squat guns, strive to make them before the year, and make every effort to produce the artillery on the battleship after the year, make two hundred guns for one hundred catties, make one hundred for five hundred catties, and make fifty for one thousand catties first, these must be made in the first half of next year, is there a problem?" ”

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he thought about it seriously, and then nodded solemnly: "There is no problem." ”

Zhang Bin then said to Qi Yuanbi: "Yuanbi, the chariot won't have time for you next year, so you will first equip all your subordinates with spears for training." ”

When Qi Yuanbi heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." ”

Zhang Bin then said to Cao Wenzhao: "Wenzhao, what kind of weapons did the pirates who were recruited mainly bring?" ”

Cao Wenzhao thought for a while, and immediately replied: "They are mainly equipped with short bows, there are tens of thousands, and the others are swords and spears." ”

Zhang Bin nodded, and then ordered: "You gather the carpenters recruited by the city to make five thousand wooden shields that are half a man high, and then concentrate the swords and train five thousand sword and shield men, and the other five thousand people under your command are equipped with spears and train spearmen first." ”

When Cao Wenzhao heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said: "The last general understands." ”

Zhang Bin then said to Cao Bianjiao: "Bianjiao, you have gathered all the short bows of the original pirates, and all the 10,000 people under your command have been trained into archers. ”

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said, "The last general understands." ”

At this point, even if the 30,000 feet of weapons and equipment gathered in Yuegang are all decided, these are of course not their final equipment, but next year, the pirates will be exterminated, and the muskets and artillery will not have time to be manufactured at all, Zhang Bin can only barely make up this lineup to fight.

It was already the beginning of December, and seeing that the New Year was approaching, Zhang Bin began to urge his troops to practice.

The first is the foot, at this time the city wall of Yuegang City has been built, in addition to the road and ditch in the new city is flat, Zhang Bin will all the steps concentrated near the new east gate of Yuegang City, concentrated practice.

As for the sailors, they were gathered by him near the center and left to train intensively.

In less than a month before this year, Zhang Bin was running around at two ends every day, and in the morning he would appear on time on the city gate tower at the east gate, standing there to supervise the foot drills, one stop was all morning, after lunch, he would sit on the battleship that came to pick him up, go straight downstream, rush to the center and left, and supervise the naval drills.

After the New Year, he is going to go to war with pirates, he doesn't dare to relax for a moment, this battle is related to his future and fate, but also related to whether the maritime trade can develop smoothly, Daming is about to enter the mode of lack of money, Chongzhen is poor every year, only by making money from the sea, can he save Daming in turn.

Pirates must be exterminated, and this battle is crucial!