Li Dongxue walked in a large area of the factory, which was originally a wasteland near the mountains, a large area of dead trees and shrubs and hilly areas, people did not reclaim this piece of land, and later Zhang Han bought this piece of wasteland, connected with Li Zhuang, and used this as a factory area.

Seeing Li Dongxue coming, Wang Debang, Yang and Gao Li Changnian and others all came out to greet him.

"How many craftsmen and workers are there in the workshop area now, together with firearms, carriages, weapons, and miscellaneous items?"

Now the factory area is all under the jurisdiction of the Military and Political Department, and everyone is very respectful to Li Dongxue, Wang Debang said: "Now there are 137 craftsmen, 350 apprentices, and 463 miscellaneous workers. ”

Li Dongxue said: "It's almost a thousand." ”

He didn't continue to speak, but Wang Debang and the others were very nervous.

Craftsmen and apprentices plus almost 1,000 miscellaneous people, together with the cost of materials, the monthly expenses are more than 10,000 taels, of which they are more than a dozen taels, more than 100 taels a year, and their deputies, the salaries of craftsmen are not low.

As a result, they only had three liters of grain a month, and the family could only live on wild vegetables and miscellaneous grains, and they did not have enough to eat all year round.

Compared to their social status and living environment, military craftsmen are always the lowest level of this empire, and even prostitutes are much better off than them.

Only homeless homeless people and beggars, and untouchables, may be worse than them.

Li Dongxue said again: "Can the flint hair be shaped?" ”

Wang Debang's face was even more nervous, and he said with a bitter expression: "It's still not, mainly because the adults proposed to cancel the safety buckle and link the trigger pill box and the brake together, it is indeed a bit difficult, and it is estimated that it will take a long time." In addition, Lord Fusiliers proposed to sharpen the bayonet and attach it to the casing, and it was more difficult to set the bayonet as standard. ”

Li Dongxue said: "In this actual battle, the soldiers at the front all proposed that the diameter of the bird gun pipe is different, and the bullet has to be polished to adapt to the barrel, and each person's projectile is of different size, which is troublesome before the actual battle, and it is not convenient during the actual battle." ”

Wang Debang said: "Each craftsman has different forces and tools, and it is very difficult to find the same empty path. ”

"That's the purpose of my visit, not only for birds, but also for the production of carriages and weapons." Li Dongxue said to several other craftsman leaders: "From now on, production must be standardized, whether it is tools or personnel." ”

Li Dongxue walked into the factory area in an instant, there is a north-south avenue that divides the factory into east and west, the carriage and the weapons group are in the east area, and the west area is the territory of the firearms group.

After Zhang Han came back from Liaodong, he knew that the bird gun could not fight against the Houjin, although the flintlock gun would not be much higher in range, but it would increase a lot in the reloading speed, and the increase in the rate of fire represented the strong lethality, in addition, the flintlock pistol was much stronger than the arquebus in bad weather, and the flintlock replaced the arquebus was a big development trend, just as the breech eventually replaced the breech, and then the fixed bullet replaced the projectile, and the rifled gun replaced the smoothbore gun.

Zhang Han did not think that he wanted to take a step too big, the flintlock gun had appeared at this time, the Ming Dynasty had made a sample gun, Europe had begun to equip it, and more than a hundred years later, the British brown bethel breech gun became a classic of the flintlock pistol, and the British army used this beautiful breech gun to fight all over the world and robbed countless colonies...... What he now asked Wang Debang and others to make was the Beses breech flintlock pistol that the British army had begun to finalize in the late seventeenth century.

For Wang Debang and others, it is a craft that has been advanced for decades, and the craftsmen Zhang Han has collected so far are all good hands with experience in making bird guns, and Wang Debang's craftsmanship is also very good, after all, he is a good hand picked out in Datong Town, and he leads a group of masters to do such research and development, Zhang Han feels that it is still very likely to be made decades in advance and equipped with his own troops.

He didn't think that 100,000 AK would sweep Liaodong, but 100,000 Bethes would be enough.

Li Dongxue didn't know much about Zhang Han's thoughts, and he didn't need to know, what he knew was to do his part.

When he arrived at the workshop of the Firearms Bureau, Li Dongxue pointed to the rows of tools and said: "Lao Wang, pick out the most suitable and best tools, and then remember the size and weight, eliminate all the previous tools, and everyone uses standardized tools." ”

Li Dongxue said to Li Changnian and others: "The rest of the workshops are the same, all tools, including rulers, must be standardized, and all tools must be the same length and weight. Then select the best quality spare parts, remember the forging process, including how many hammers, although the weight of the hit can not be completely consistent, but the number of times, the general weight should be the same. The parts produced in this way, the diameter of the pipe of the bird's gun, can be about the same. ”

Li Changnian nodded and said: "The quality of the carriage has been getting better and better, but the spare parts are not very compatible, if so, it should be much better in the future." ”

Li Dongxue said: "The repaired carriage can be slowly deployed and replaced with standardized parts, so that it will not only save trouble but also save money in maintenance in the future." ”

When deciding these things, Li Dongxue's expression was very calm and calm, but his tone was very resolute, which was completely unquestionable.

Li Changnian and Yang and Gao Wang Debang all looked at each other and smiled bitterly, they were already very busy, and there were even more things at hand this time.

"Also," Li Dongxue didn't look at their faces, and continued: "In the future, except for the craftsmen who have management responsibilities, all the craftsmen will not have a fixed monthly salary, but the apprentices will have them, and they can receive some subsidies, of course, not much, only living expenses, from apprentices to craftsmen, and then talk about money after this pass." ”

Wang Debang said: "How does the craftsman calculate the salary? ”

Li Changnian also said: "Has there been any change in the handyman?" ”

Li Dongxue looked at the two of them and said: "The handymen have not changed, how should they be or what, the work they do is fixed, the foreman can master some living money, I will approve it to you, the handymen who perform well are more per month, not more than thirty percent, called bonuses, and those who perform badly will not be able to get it. Craftsmen are paid piece-rate wages, and they do not receive a fixed monthly salary in the future. ”

"What is piece-rate wages?"

Li Dongxue picked up a flintlock gun parts, and felt heavy in his hand, he pointed to the part and said: "Didn't you just say that it is grouped according to each person's technique and expertise, such as the gun pipe group, then only take care of the gun pipe, the trigger group, only control the trigger, of course, the gun pipe is more difficult, the basic salary is higher than the trigger group, and then make a piece of money, do more than you will receive more, your foreman is responsible for quality supervision, unqualified not only have no money but will also be deducted money, and the waste will be cancelled if there are too many waste products...... I will issue a detailed rule for the specific management measures, and send them to each of you, remember to look carefully, you craftsmen do not take piecework wages, but the scrap rate is high, or the production can not keep up with you are responsible, and the punishment method is naturally to deduct your bonus at the end of the year. ”

At this time, everyone walked in the tall and spacious workshop of the firearms group, and on the left hand side of each man was a row of bottomless furnaces and forging rooms, each of which was on fire, and the loss from the forging of the pig iron to the barrel that could be used to make the firearm was not small, and every day the refined iron had to be smelted to replenish the used share.

On the right-hand side is precision machining, separated by dozens of rooms, each of which has craftsmen and apprentices, as well as handymen who are responsible for miscellaneous work, handymen do not need to learn skills, most of them are doing odd jobs and hard work, and craftsmen and apprentices devote all their energy to technical work.

Dozens of people are drilling the pipe, Li Dongxue frowned when he looked at it, there is more than one workshop for drilling the pipe, in the previous period of tension, all the workshops of the Firearms Bureau could see people drilling the pipe, and now the whole army, including the dart division and the guard team of the iron yard, has nearly 1,000 bird guns, which have been produced in more than a year, and the output in the past few months is especially high.

Li Dongxue said: "Hasn't the hydraulic drilling machine been successfully trial-produced? ”

Wang Debang said with a bitter face: "I have been rushing to make bird guns before, and there are high-tech machines that have been trying other machines recently, but they have not yet been made with drilling machines." ”

Li Dongxue said: "Last time you were rewarded with a thousand taels by an adult, you are bent on styling the flintlock as soon as possible, I know this layer." However, Lao Wang, I want to tell you that there are some things that we must do, some things that we must do in a hurry, and some things that we must do and do in a hurry...... Like the hydraulic drilling machine is the most important thing that must be done, with which it can greatly shorten the time and energy of the drill pipe, and the apprentice can keep drilling the pipe by taking care of the machine, and get twice the result with half the effort, which is the important thing that must be done. A while ago, the adults wanted to strengthen the training of the firearms soldiers and make the firearms flag team take shape, so you are in a hurry to do things, and you, the craftsman, must clearly distinguish the level and importance of the matter, and distinguish between what must be done and what is urgently needed in the allocation of resources......

At this moment, not only Wang Debang was touched, but several master craftsmen on the side were all shocked.

These words, no one has ever talked to them, maybe Zhang Han said some when talking to them, but Zhang Han didn't have time to talk about it in detail, there is no way to have the leisure to break and crumple the explanation to these craftsmen like Li Dongxue, in fact, after so long, Wang Debang and others have more or less knowledgeable words, and also have a lot of management experience, after all, from Xinpingbao to Li Zhuang, the number of craftsmen plus apprentices and handymen has expanded dozens of times, and they have a lot of things to manage, but no one has ever taught them how to manage, Of course, Zhang Han and the upper echelons will also intervene in the daily management, but the direct managers are still the leaders of these craftsmen.

Wang Debang said with a look of respect: "Siguan Li, listening to your words today, in literati terms, it is better than reading for ten years. ”

"Ten years of books?" Li Changnian said on the side: "It's worth it for us to invite Mr. Li to drink ten meals. ”