Zhang Qiang came to Xianju County to inspect his territory, also to see the work of the Portuguese he had captured and their companions.

Here, Zhang Qiang met Francis, a Portuguese who was sent by him.

Walk into the weapons workshop set up, and there are materials all over the ground, damaged Ming army guns and Portuguese arquebuses, and some Furlong cannons.

Dressed in a reddish-brown Portuguese soldier's uniform, Francis was busy lying on a homemade wooden machine, carefully adjusting the height and angle, and explaining what to some of the young people around him who were involved in the study.

Zhou Congee was just about to ask Francis to come to see Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang stretched out his hand to stop him, and tiptoed behind Francis.

Listen to Francis explain some knowledge of machine tools and arquebuses to the Ming students in Chinese, which he is already familiar with.

Hearing Francis's almost pure Chinese, Zhang Qiang also blushed a little, he studied English in his previous life, although he worked hard, but in the end he did nothing, he became a mute who can only read English, but can't speak English.

Just when Zhang Qiang came to them, those students who were studying saw Zhang Qiang wearing a brocade robe and the official uniform of the governor of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately stopped and knelt on the ground.

Francis turned his head and saw Zhang Qiang, so he quickly knelt down in fear and shouted, "Weichen Francis, meet the Governor." ”

"Get up," Zhang Qiang said calmly.

"Master Xie." Francis got up from the ground, and then said to Zhang Qiang in a panic: "Lord Governor, the 100,000 arquebuses you asked Wechen to repair, Wechen didn't finish repairing, just because, just because......" He looked at Zhou Congee.

Zhou Congee smiled: "My lord, how can we have so many arquebuses for him to repair, even if it is ten thousand, there are not so many, so after he repaired three thousand arquebuses, I see that he has nothing to do, so I asked him to help teach some students, so far he has taught five hundred students, these students can already preliminarily repair some arquebuses, and for him, in this weapon workshop, produced a hundred Portuguese level arquebuses, I have seen, the effect is good." ”

Zhang Qiang laughed and waved his hand, "Okay, forgive you for your innocence, this is the arrangement of Governor Zhou, and his arrangement is my arrangement." ”

Francis became happy, and immediately hit the railroad while it was hot: "My lord, when can we let us people go?" ”

Zhang Qiang frowned.

When Francis saw Zhang Qiangyin's face, he immediately knelt on the ground again and kowtowed vigorously, "Adult, the villain should be damned, the villain should be damned, please be magnanimous, don't worry about the villain, just treat the villain as a fart and let it go." ”

Zhang Qiang squinted at Zhou Congee, Zhou Congee covered his mouth and said with a smile: "My lord, this Francis and the people around him have learned badly, and they can all say witty things." ”

"Hahaha" Zhang Qiang looked up and laughed.

After laughing, Zhang Qiang put on a straight face and said to Francis: "Why can't I keep you here?" ”

"Adult, villain is willing to stay." Francis hurriedly kowtowed, and blood broke out from his forehead.

Zhang Qiang looked at him in a Portuguese reddish-brown military uniform as if he hadn't changed it for several years, and he was dirty.

With a soft heart, he said to Zhou Congee: "Give him a few clean military uniforms, since people work for us, we can't treat others badly." ”

Zhou Congee said beside him: "It's an adult." ”

Zhang Qiang said to Francis: "Get up." ”

Francis stood up, blood was flowing on his forehead, but he didn't dare to wipe it, Zhang Qiang took out a white handkerchief from his body, gently wiped the blood from his forehead for him, and said softly: "As long as you are willing to work for me, I will not treat you badly, as for you to go home, then complete the task I gave you, you can go home." ”

Francis whispered, "But sir, you don't have so many broken guns for the villain to repair." ”

Zhang Qiang said: "Didn't you make a Portuguese arquebus?" ”

Zhang Qiang handed him the handkerchief, asked him to wipe his forehead, looked at him and said, "Make me an arquebus, build one and repair two broken arquebuses, is this okay?" ”

Francis's eyes rolled and a happy smile appeared on his face, "My lord, is this true?" ”

Zhang Qiang patted his chest and said: "Once you say it, it's hard to chase the horse, but you are very proficient in Chinese, I think you know what I mean." ”

Francis was delighted for a moment, and immediately showed an ugly face, as if he had swallowed stool.

Zhou Congee was unhappy, "Why don't you accept the grace of adults?" ”

Francis said embarrassed: "No, Lord Zhou, everything here is very backward, just with me and other people, even ten years can not make 50,000 arquebuses, such a small number of people, producing a barrel a month, is not necessarily qualified, isn't this a disguised imprisonment of us people?" ”

Zhang Qiang frowned, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhang Qiang couldn't figure it out, those traversers were so awesome, only 50,000 arquebuses were made in less than a year, and when he came to him, he got a Portuguese, who had worked in a gun factory, and also served in the army and navy, or a blacksmith, how could such a guy who was completely in line with the Portuguese blue-collar skilled workers be embarrassed by just 50,000 primitive muskets?

It is necessary to know that in the history of the development of muskets, arquebuses can be regarded as the most primitive muskets, which is Zhang Qiang's memory.

Francis walked up to the lathe just now, "My lord, you see, these lathes, I have to adjust them repeatedly, and then operate them myself, with the assistance of the students, within half a year, only one hundred arquebuses were made, and this is still Lord Zhou, you transferred so many students and prisoners to the villain that the villain was able to produce seventeen arquebuses a month, which is already considered fast." ”

"Actually, these arquebuses are all made by a few of us, and the excellent barrels are all produced by the five of us, my lord, 50,000 arquebuses, 200 a year, when will you get such efficiency?"

"So is there a way you can increase production?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Francis shook his head, "My lord, there is no way, the main thing is that there are no skilled mechanics here, in Portugal, they are all well-equipped large factories in production, there are many technicians there, and the process is also very mature, so it can be produced quickly, I used to be a mechanic for a while, but I am not one of those real mechanics who produce muskets, and I have never entered a large factory, you let the villain do this, it can be said that it is difficult to catch ducks on the shelves." ”

Zhang Qiang looked at him and touched his chin, "That's it." He turned back to Zhou Congee and said, "Didn't we capture more than thirty artillerymen and a hundred Portuguese prisoners?" ”

Zhou Congee said: "Yes, my lord, all of them have been sent from Fujian last month, and the emperor doesn't need these people, and he doesn't know what to do with them." ”

"All brought in, rationed to Francis,"

Zhang Qiang thinks that since the Ming people are not good, and the knowledge and technical literacy are very poor, then it is okay to use you Portuguese?

Francis said, "My lord, having these people does not necessarily increase production, these people are only soldiers, not mechanics. Maybe they're not as good as the Ming students I'm teaching now. ”

I see, I said that it was subject to productivity for a long time, which is easy to do.