Sun Yuanhua is indeed a genius. On the fifth day of the sixth month, after seeing the ignition device of the flintlock fire in the military warfare bureau, he immediately threw himself into a feverish experiment. The firing rate of the War Bureau was too low, so he abandoned the design of the War Bureau and started anew. On the fifteenth, he successfully linked the ignition device with the trigger, and on the ninth day of July, he successfully linked the powder room with the trigger. That is to say, in thirty-four days, he made a practical flintlock firebolt. After Zhu Xiaoqi received Li Jinzhong's report, he hurried to the Military Warfare Bureau.

Picking up the firecracker, he looked at it carefully. There was a small piece of flint stuck in a spring hammer, and when the trigger was pulled, the spring would suddenly release the hammer, striking the metal cover on the powder pool and creating a spark that ignited the ignition powder in the powder pool, thereby ejecting the projectile. Zhu Xiaoqi wanted to test the gun himself, but Sun Yuanhua said that he would not do anything, so Li Jinzhong volunteered to test the gun on his behalf. Sun Yuanhua told him the basic method, Li Jinzhong put the crosshair on the door, and as soon as he pulled the trigger, a small fire ignited in the powder pool, and with a bang, a big hole appeared on the target fifty steps ago. He immediately knelt on the ground: "Congratulations to Your Highness, Congratulations to Your Highness!" ”

Zhu Xiaoqi called him up and saw that there were a few hairs in front of him that were roasted and deformed. Turning around, he asked Sun Yuanhua strangely: "Doesn't the arquebus have a fire door cover?" Why don't flintlock torches use fire door covers? It can also be used when it rains. ”

"Your Highness, if there is a cover, it will not be on fire, and the fire door cover will isolate the spark of flint."

Ancient people are ancient people, and their brains are still not as good as modern people's souls. Zhu Xiaoqi became proud again: "Wouldn't it be okay to hit the fire door cover with flint and lift it at the same time?" Sun Yuanhua was stunned for a long time, and bowed to the ground: "The wisdom of His Royal Highness, like the light of the sun and the moon, is the pearl of the next grain of rice, and I am willing to attach the tail and drive the king!" This change is really a stroke of genius, rainy days no longer worry about wetting the ignition powder, compared with the arquebus, the dependence on the use of the environment will be greatly reduced.

Sun Yuanhua has always been conceited of his wisdom, except for Xu Guangqi and a few people, he doesn't look down on people. Zhu Xiaoqi is young, although Xu Guangqi asked him to follow Zhu Xiaoqi with good intentions, and the future is predictable, but he actually has a lot of complaints in his heart. Today, Zhu Xiaoqi easily pointed out the shortcomings of the flintlock that he had painstakingly studied, and proposed a perfect solution, which made Sun Yuanhua admire him immensely.

Zhu Xiaoqi pretended to be modest, and then continued the experiment. A total of 100 experiments were conducted, of which 63 were successfully fired. With this achievement, it has far exceeded the arquebus by less than fifty percent. And the flintlock firecracker doesn't have to worry about other people's arquebuses lighting their own gunpowder, so that the density of the firecrackers can be greatly increased, and then get the bayonet out and use the queue shooting tactics, which will let the wild boar skin know that Da Ming is not easy to mess with.

The hit rate is relatively miserable, and Li Jinzhong is extremely lucky. Of the 100 successful shots, only 25 hit the target. This is no way, the progress of the process is a slow process, and when you are queuing up to shoot, the hit rate is actually not important, not to mention that when facing the enemy, although most of them fire at a distance of fifty steps, but the dense people on the opposite side of the battlefield can not hit Zhang San and Li Si. Shot rate is king.

Zhu Xiaoqi fully affirmed Sun Yuanhua's achievements and hoped that he could further improve his shot rate, preferably 80 percent or more. Of course, he also knows that it will not be easy, so there is no time limit. But he also felt that the matter of ordering gunpowder and bayonets should be put on the agenda.

"Sun Qing's hard work is well known, but the ancients said that the capable work hard, and the wise worry a lot. When the soldiers loaded the gunpowder, it varied to some extent, and the time it took was quite large, which was very inconvenient. Thinking in solitary hearts, can you divide it into multiple portions first, and hold them in a paper pot to make the dosage set at one, when the filling steps can be simplified, reduce the time, and kill more enemies. Or even put the projectile on the head of the paper pot to make it better, what does Sun Qing think? ”

Sun Yuanhua was already impressed by Zhu Xiaoqi, and he easily understood the fixed ammunition and understood its significance. Reducing the operation steps greatly saves time, and it is possible to fire three times when it can only be fired twice, and the gunpowder is fixed, which greatly reduces the risk of exploding the chamber, which is equivalent to greatly improving the combat effectiveness. His Royal Highness is young, and his whimsical ideas are endless, which can only be explained by the natural sage, so Sun Yuanhua first turned to a fan of Zhu Xiaoqi in a short period of time today, and then quickly turned into a powder of ashes. In his mind, Xu Guangqi is not to say that he is behind, at least he can only go hand in hand.

"Your Highness is wise, and you have also wanted to improve the method of filling, but you have not been able to think it through, and today I listened to His Highness's words, and suddenly became enlightened, which can really be said to clear the clouds and see the blue sky." Sun Yuanhua was another sycophant, and Zhu Xiaoqi was fluttering. Of course, the business was not forgotten, and he told him about the idea of the bayonet. Sun Yuanhua did not feel the need to load bayonets, because at that time the musketeers only accounted for a part of the infantry, and they were always mixed with spearmen in wartime. But since it was mentioned by His Highness, His Highness gave himself too many surprises in front of him, maybe he didn't have His Highness's foresight? So it's also full of promises. It can be seen that under the light of the traverser, geniuses will also lose their self-confidence.

According to what was said before, Li Chaoqin was rewarded with 119 taels of silver. Li Chaoqin thanked him and prepared to leave. Zhu Xiaoqi kept him. Preparations for standardization and assembly lines should also begin, and the first promotion in military production can greatly improve productivity and yield, and make the repair and replacement of weapons simpler and easier.

Li Jinzhong called in ten little eunuchs. According to Zhu Xiaoqi's requirements, after communicating with the professor of Neishutang, the eunuchs who were selected to read more seriously and respond more flexibly. Zhu Xiaoqi explained: "It takes nearly a month for a craftsman to make a firecracker, although there is a simple division of labor, but it still can't satisfy Lonely. Therefore, you follow Li Dujian in the War Bureau, take a closer look, and divide the steps of making the fire gun into some simple small steps, and then let a number of people do each small step, so that everyone is specialized in one thing and does not need to be comprehensive. Then each part of the fire gun must be consistent, and if a certain part of the gun is damaged, the same place of the second gun should be replaced on the top of the gun, and the use should not be affected. Therefore, the size and shape of the parts must be the same, and they must be carefully inspected before they can be assembled. ”

"The number of parts made by a person in a day is called the daily output, and the proportion of the remaining parts in the daily output is called the pass rate. We want to increase the daily output, but also to improve the pass rate. How to improve the yield and pass rate depends on you to formulate regulations that stipulate the requirements and methods for the production of each component. Let a new craftsman make parts that meet your specifications according to your regulations. It's a tedious matter, but it's extremely important. Therefore, the regulations are not too detailed, but strive to be detailed, and the language is straightforward, so that the craftsmen can also understand. If you do this well, you will be rewarded. ”

"Craftsmen make parts, and they are paid a certain amount according to their regular work and service. The remuneration is not fixed, calculated according to its output and pass rate, the output accounts for four, and the pass rate accounts for six. This is to be written down in an ordinance and read out among the craftsmen. Among the craftsmen who are serious in their work, and have a high yield and pass rate, they can be converted to regular work when they are discharged, but they must not be forced, and if the remuneration is good, I believe they will also be willing to stay. ”

"For every gun that is made, in the name of the person who engraved the pipe with the gun, if there is a normal operation and the bore is blown up, one case shall deduct one year's silver, and two cases shall behead him. This is a matter of the soldier's body and even his life, and he must not be sloppy. This should also be written in the regulations, and it should be preached repeatedly, so that every craftsman must know that there is a reward for doing well, and punishment for doing poorly. ”

"The weight of the ordinance is especially important to the reward and punishment. Let everyone know the regulations and make them in accordance with the regulations, so that the output and pass rate will be greatly increased. What the 10 of you have done is too big for you to figure out right now. I don't hesitate to reward you, and I don't want to punish you heavily, I hope you will work hard. ”

The little eunuchs knelt on the ground and kowtowed together, promising to live up to His Highness's high expectations and do a good job in formulating regulations, and then followed Li Chaoqin into the military battle.