Li Zhe nodded, he didn't say anything, and continued to walk forward, and the two continued to follow behind.

This output, for a workshop where a large part of this process is all manual, is definitely a very high output, and the technical characteristics of today have been used to the limit, and everything that should be done has been done, even Li Zhe himself has no other way.

You must know that in the later Republic of China period, when the famous first arsenal in the late Qing Dynasty, the Hanyang Arsenal had just been built, the annual output in the first year was only 1,300 rods.

It is important to know that it was hundreds of years later, and the technology was much more advanced than it is now.

Just like Master Zhang once said, before there was no machine, it would take half a month for his blacksmith shop to build a musket.

The main reason why Li Zhe's workshop was able to achieve much higher efficiency than the blacksmith's shop was that Li Zhe obtained several specially customized machines from the workshop, and the most important one was a drilling machine driven by a steam engine.

This machine tool is not the same as the deep hole drilling machine used for drilling in later generations, but it is also based on the similar principle of drilling machines in later generations, fixing the rotating drill bit, and then using the workpiece to be drilled to do the axial feed movement.

Although the steam engine is used to drive, the stability of the work is far from the same as that of the motor drive in later generations, but this era has been an absolutely epoch-making innovation, this thing, using the original coolant, used to drill the barrel, absolutely easy to use.

In these years, the most labor-intensive thing to make a gun is the barrel, with this machine tool, dozens or hundreds of them can be drilled casually a day, so that Lao Zhang and other masters are shocked at first sight. Where have the older generation of blacksmiths seen such a good thing, they all regard this as an artifact.

Originally, those masters were still very disdainful of Li Zhe's application of machines in the workshop, and what else did they say now, they were as rare as babies, and they couldn't wait to get to the machine tool every day.

Li Zhe came to the treasure in the workshop, and as usual, it was crowded with a group of people. Watching the man maneuver the drill machine roar, a finished gun barrel was drilled out in a short time, causing a group of people next to him to exclaim in unison.

In fact, ancient China has always been able to produce skilled craftsmen, but they are too lacking in the environment to show their talents. Although this machine tool looks ugly, as soon as this effect comes out, even the most stubborn blacksmith will be impressed.

Needless to say, this machine must have aroused the curious nature of the craftsmen. Spend the whole day studying on the sidelines.

When a group of people saw Li Zhe coming, they scattered and returned to their posts.

Li Zhe shook his head, and didn't punish them, craftsmen are craftsmen after all, if a craftsman doesn't even have the most basic curiosity, then he will be completely saved.

In short, he couldn't be as disciplined as the factory in later generations, as long as it wasn't clear that he was delaying and sabotaging, he would let them go.

Li Zhe only said to Hu Shi and Lao Zhang beside him:

"Fifteen? Hey! Do you know that the order from the imperial court and military is about to come down in the near future?"

"Down, military order?"

The two listened, but Hu Shi didn't react, and Lao Zhang first cheered. The military orders of the imperial court were unimaginable to blacksmith masters like Lao Zhang and them in the past, and they instantly felt lofty just by listening to them.

His own boss got this workshop, and he was able to get orders from the military, which is really, Lao Zhang followed behind Li Zhe, and immediately felt that his boss was really an unusual person, really like the legend of the neighbors, with a halo.

Lao Zhang said that when he was bought and merged into the wilderness, he was still a little unhappy, but he agreed this time only because of the face of the large amount of money given by Li Zhe.

Who knew that his boss was so powerful, this time he was really with the right person, Lao Zhang thought happily in his heart.

"Hey! Don't be in a hurry to be happy, you say that the military order is also like ours in this workshop, can you fool the production of a dozen or a dozen strokes a day? ”

Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then woke up to this layer, knowing that it was impossible for the military to order a small amount, he still asked cautiously,

"How much is that?"

"How much? Hum! ”

Li Zhe said with a smile,

"Just one batch, it will cost tens of thousands of rods!"

"Tens of thousands!"

Lao Zhang was dumbfounded when he heard it, tens of thousands of rods. Just the workshop in this manor, the output of a dozen rods per day, how many years will it take to produce?

"You don't have to think about it, I also know that you can't produce it at all, and I will pass on this order to outsiders."

Lao Zhang was a pity when he heard it, and he made a lot of money in Zhuangzi this time. He can also calculate the experience of making a few times with a fire gun in his previous shop, and his boss must have lost a lot of money this time.

Thinking that so much money should have been earned by himself, but it turned out to be handed over to someone else, Lao Zhang's heart ached, it was tens of thousands of firecrackers!

"Therefore, you still have to work hard, with me, we will never lack this order, just see if you can produce it. You say, this money is made by outsiders, what is the meaning of my workshop? ”

Hu Shi and Lao Zhang, both felt very embarrassed when Li Zhe lowered their heads when Li Zhe said.

Li Zhe properly knocked two sentences, and then stopped, his original intention to come this time was not to do this, the output of the workshop is low, but there is really no way, after all, the scale is still small, the time is still short, many of the system reforms he proposed in the workshop, it is difficult to put in place in a short time, after all, this social atmosphere is different from that of later generations, and it is difficult for people to adapt to the rhythm of later factories.

Another one, many of the machines that Li Zhe purchased to improve the efficiency of the workshop are still unfamiliar with the operation, and the efficiency has not really been raised.

These are all difficulties that are difficult to overcome in a short period of time, and it will take time.

The real reason why Li Zhe came this time was for a small thing.

"Lao Zhang, look,"

Li Zhe took a set of drawings that he had drawn overnight last night, which was also the workpiece design drawing that he had worked hard to draw with the three-view method in later generations.

"Is this, Boom?"

Li Zhe:

"Yes, it's a thunderbolt, but it's an improved thunderbolt!"

What is the thunderbolt, in fact, it is a grenade, but in this Great Song Dynasty, because of the poor quality of black powder for a long time, in order to ensure the power, the charge is very large, and it is the size of a watermelon.

But if the thunder is small, people can throw it with their hands, but it doesn't have much power.

In short, the grenade was not unman-made in ancient China, but because of various reasons, the practical effect of making it was very unsatisfactory, so it was not applied.

As far as Li Zhe knows, this thunder thunder, there are other variants such as pepper thunder and poisonous smoke thunder in the Great Song Dynasty, but they all have little effect, and not many people use them.

In later generations, grenades were the last to make a name for themselves in the West, and even in battle, there was a special unit that made a name for itself by throwing grenades, that is, the grenadiers who were famous in modern warfare.

This thing, the process is simple, but it is very convenient to use, in this era for field warfare can be called an excellent effect, Li Zhe is also about to go to the battlefield, just remembered, busy overnight took out, ready to take advantage of this last time, let his own workshop to make a batch, just in the Northern Expedition to come in handy.