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"My lord, the Ordnance Bureau has finished counting."

Yang Delu, the steward of the Ordnance Bureau, came up to report.

In fact, the Arsenal Bureau, the Shen Hangar, the Gunpowder Bureau and other warehouses are all guarded by Wang Shixin's cronies. After the escort took control of Fushan City, they were all replaced by their own people. Yang Delu can be regarded as a distant relative of Yang Kaide, and he is a very honest person. For these people who guard the warehouse, Zhang Zhun has only one standard for employing people, that is, he is honest and reliable. Acts of self-theft by guards must be stopped.

The Ordnance Bureau's collection is mainly cold weapons, as well as various miscellaneous items. According to the notes on the account book, there should be 50 pairs of armor and 1,120 military uniforms. 150 pairs of arms, 15 back flags, 50 flagpoles, 160 joint bows, 370 bowstrings, 37,500 large arrows, 1,200 waist knives, 600 spears, 15 bundles of thick ropes, 20 coconut scoops, 24 red rain cages, and 1,200 red felt jackets.

In addition, there should be 120 rattan plates, 20 iron shields, 120 pairs of cotton armor, 24 pairs of waist-length armor, 120 sets of battle skirts, 20 pairs of armor, 1,500 felt hats, 50 sets of guards, 120 brown hats, 120 grab handles, 120 wolf whisks, and 60 hook guns. There are also iron-tipped flat poles and a number of big sticks. There are also saddle fights, bridles, belly belts, tumbling bells, wooden shackles, straw shackles, and several pairs of tripping ropes.

Of course, these are the numbers on the books. As for the relationship between the numbers in the account books and the actual inventory of the surname, everyone knows very well. In fact, the various weapons and equipment stored in the Ordnance Bureau are less than 10% of the books on the books. Armor, military uniforms, and nothing. The guards of the Ming army are generally like this, and Zhang Zhun doesn't feel any surprises.

"My lord, the inventory of the God Hangar is complete."

Liu Shuiyuan, the steward of the God Hangar, reported to Zhang Zhun.

Liu Shuiyuan is Liu Hang's uncle and an honest person.

The God Hangar is a place where firearms are stored, and firearms, artillery, and the like are stored here. Similarly, according to the numbers in the account books, there should be 240 bird guns, 120 handguns, 36 three-eyed guns, 12 thunderbolts, 350 guns, and 140 tin turtles in the god hangar. In addition, there should be 1,200 rockets and 60 arrow baskets. There should also be 10 oil covers and 200 fire ropes. There should also be a medicine tube, a lead bag, a gun sleeve, gunpowder, and a number of leads. The most precious thing in the account book is a tiger squat cannon, equipped with a hammer and a pair of scissors. A handful of cones. One medicine wire box, one medicine liter, and two wooden sticks.

Of course, this is also the number on the books. Physical inventories and books are two different things. For example, there are only 50 firecrackers, and the rest are gone, not to mention the more accurate bird guns. Rockets or something, not a single one. There are a few arrow baskets, but unfortunately they are all tattered, and as long as they are touched, they will fall apart. The most eye-catching thing is naturally the tiger squat cannon. It's a miracle that it wasn't sold.

Zhang Zhun looked at the tiger squat cannon in the corner of the wall, and asked with some suspicion: "Is this tiger squat cannon unable to fire?" ”

For this only remaining tiger squat cannon, Zhang Zhun was deeply skeptical. If it can play a role, it is impossible for Wang Shixin, who is dying, not to use it, right? Sure enough, after testing, this tiger squat cannon could no longer be fired. As for the specific reason, no one knows for the time being. This kind of thing is also commonplace in the health center, and Zhang Zhun doesn't think it's strange.

"My lord, the Powder Bureau has finished counting."

Chen Yongxin, the steward of the Gunpowder Bureau, reported to Zhang Zhun.

Chen Yongxin is Chen Guoxi's son and Chen Xiaolei's brother, Chen Xiaolei is Yang Ruifeng's fiancée, and Yang Ruifeng is Yang Yinghan's brother, Yang Yinghan is Zhang Zhun's fiancée, the relationship between the two, Zhang Zhun really doesn't know what to call. He is also an honest person, who only knows how to work with his head bored, as if he has a door on his mouth, and rarely speaks. He won't speak unless you ask him. Such a person is the most suitable person to guard the warehouse.

As the name suggests, a powder office is a place dedicated to storing gunpowder. The firearms of the Ming Dynasty were quite developed, and the number of armed forces was also very large, so the demand for gunpowder was naturally quite large. In general, gunpowder is stored in the guards. At present, the Gunpowder Bureau of Fushan Institute has a total of about 500 catties of black gunpowder. According to the account books, there should be 2,400 catties. In terms of the amount of gunpowder, Wang Shixin's deficit is not very serious, and his own family Ding team needs to use it!

After inspection, Zhang Zhun found that the gunpowder technology of the Ming Dynasty was already quite developed, and he did not have much technical advantage as a traverser. In fact, according to Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao", the formula of bird medicine contains 75.8% nitrate, 10.6% sulfur, and 13.6% charcoal, which is basically the same as modern standard military black powder. Therefore, there was no need for Zhang Zhun to change this standard, and he only asked the craftsman to improve the purity of the gunpowder.

"Is there any granular gunpowder?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly remembered something and asked Chen Yongxin.

"My lord, all the gunpowder is here."

Chen Yongxin had just taken over the Gunpowder Bureau, and he had little knowledge of the types of gunpowder. When I heard Zhang Zhun's inquiry, I was stunned and didn't know why. Zhang Zhun then spread out all the gunpowder, carefully inspected, and found that there was no granular gunpowder in it, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

Granular black powder burns sufficiently, has less residue, is much more powerful than powdered powder, and is easy to store and transport. Zhang Zhun seems to remember that when Qi Jiguang wrote the "New Book of Ji Xiao", the Qi family army had already used granular gunpowder, the large particles were used on artillery, the small particles were used on firearms, and the smallest particles were used as ignition powder.

It seems that the fact that the Gunpowder Bureau of the Fushan Institute did not have granular gunpowder is not a problem of production process, but a problem of whether there is production. Wang Shixin was probably reluctant to spend money and did not equip his musket team with granular gunpowder. What a miser, so stingy that he even lost his own life. It seems that he has to find a way to produce granular gunpowder, and future weapons and equipment will not be able to do without it.

It's time to meet the craftsmen of Fushan, they are the treasures of this era! Technicians should be the most popular in any era. The people of this era do not understand the preciousness of technical personnel, and it is really a tyrannical thing to waste the value of these people in vain. Zhang Zhun from later generations will naturally not repeat the mistakes of the past, and he will definitely make full use of these craftsmen. Whether it is the production of more advanced firearms or the development of more useful gunpowder, the efforts of these craftsmen are needed.

"Ma Yi, help me gather all the craftsmen to the Thousand Households Official Hall."

When he left the Gunpowder Bureau, Zhang Zhun commanded in a deep voice.

Ma Yi agreed.

There were originally a total of 50 artisan households in Fushan, but after 200 years of reproduction, it has grown to more than 100 households, and with their families, there are about 500 or 600 people in total. In the original Fushan City, in addition to officers at all levels, there were also merchants, and the number of artisan households was the largest. In the craftsman's household, there are detailed divisions, such as blacksmiths, carpenters, shipmasons, stonemasons, masons, etc. What Zhang Zhun needs now is a professional craftsman who knows how to produce weapons.

If there are people in Fushan City who are the most undisturbed in this siege battle, it must be the craftsmen. Before the battle began, Zhang Zhun asked the craftsmen to protect themselves and not appear on the battlefield rashly through rats. At the same time, before the battle began, Zhang Zhun also specially restrained the soldiers of the escort team not to harm these craftsmen. Therefore, after the battle, all the craftsmen were retained. In Zhang Zhun's view, this is the real wealth, more important than the silver seized from Wang Shixin.

"My lord, Zhou Shiwen and Luo Dashan have arrived."

Soon after Zhang Zhun returned to the Qianhu Official Hall, Ma Yi came over with the craftsmen.

Hearing the call of the new Thousand Households, the craftsmen naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurried over. Soon, about 200 craftsmen appeared in the dining hall of the Thousand Household Official Hall. Well, it is very necessary to call someone to come, first greet a meal, and let the other person eat well.

"Let's let go of the belly and eat!"

"Enough rice, enough noodles, enough pork!"

Zhang Zhun said cheerfully to the craftsmen.

After taking Fushan City, Zhang Zhun distributed 200 catties of rice and flour to each artisan household through Ma Yi, temporarily solving their living problems. Therefore, when Zhang Zhun saw them again, they were no longer as decadent as before. Of course, if you want to live a better life, you must also work hard. Zhang Zhun will not feed them all at once. In fact, after the craftsmen received the rice noodles, they didn't dare to let go of their bellies to eat, and they were used to saving! Now, they can finally let go of their bellies and feast to their heart's content.

After eating and drinking enough, Zhang Zhun encouraged all the craftsmen, assuring that as long as each craftsman worked hard, their children would definitely be able to live better than others. The reason for this is nothing else, but because they know some basic techniques. What others can't do, only they can do.

The craftsmen were grateful, and they expressed their gratitude. They had never felt that they were important before, and in fact, the former thousand households did not care about the life or death of the craftsmen at all. The artisans have no monthly food, and there is no work to make money, so they can only calculate how to live every day, and life is too hard. Some of the artisans were starved to death. Now that we see the dawn of hope, no one is willing to give up.

"As long as everyone works hard, I will definitely let everyone be fed, clothed, and live with dignity!"

Zhang Zhun's sonorous and powerful tone ignited the long-pent-up enthusiasm in the hearts of the craftsmen.

How far away it is to live with dignity!

Because it was the first time to meet Zhang Zhun, these craftsmen were obviously a little cramped, although everyone's hearts seemed a little excited, but they didn't know how to speak. In the end, everyone's eyes invariably hit Zhou Shiwen and Luo Dashan. Zhou Shiwen is the general banner, Luo Dashan is the small banner, and the rest are ordinary craftsmen. Zhou Shiwen is black and thin, and Luo Dashan is also black and thin, as if he is the positive and negative sides of a person. Such a partner is really strange.

Zhou Shiwen saluted excitedly and said, "Thank you for the gift of Lord Qianhu, we are willing to serve Lord Qianhu!" Go to the soup and go to the fire, don't give up! ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head lightly and said with a smile: "This is wrong, I am reluctant to let you go to the soup!" You have your own business, and naturally there are other people to do it! ”

Luo Dashan said in an impassioned tone: "I didn't say it! Whatever adults want us to do, we do! Everyone says, isn't that the truth? ”

All the craftsmen replied, "Yes! Whatever adults want us to do, we do! ”

Zhang Zhun looked at everyone with shining eyes, and said gently: "Everyone has received the field, right?" ”

Zhou Shiwen replied on behalf of everyone: "It's all distributed, and it's all gone to the ground to see it." ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said in a deep voice: "The land will always belong to you if it is assigned to you, and you must take good care of it." Many soldiers of the convoy paid with their lives in order to let everyone get land! ”

Zhou Shiwen hurriedly said: "This is all the kindness of Lord Qianhu, we are grateful!" ”

Zhang Zhun waved his hand, expressing his gratitude to Zhou Shiwen was not worth mentioning, and said slowly: "Don't thank me, you should thank the soldiers of the escort team!" In fact, you have to repay the soldiers of the escort team, and the action is very simple, that is, to produce more and better weapons to make the soldiers stronger! The more powerful the warriors' weapons, the lower their casualty rate! The less you have to pay, the less you have to pay! ”

Zhou Shiwen said awe-inspiringly: "My lord, you can arrange for us to do things!" We will certainly live up to the blood and lives of the soldiers! In fact, among our craftsmen, there are also many relatives who work in the escort team! We all understand this! ”

Zhang Zhun nodded and said loudly: "In that case, I won't be polite to you." Indeed, I have come to you for important matters to discuss. I'm going to produce some of the firecrackers to equip the convoy. I don't know who has the most experience in building firearms? Ten people were left here to discuss the issue of the firecracker, and the others could disperse for the time being. ”

Zhou Shiwen immediately discussed with Luo Dashan for a while, leaving ten craftsmen. The other craftsmen dispersed on their own. The ten craftsmen left behind are all good at making firecrackers. The guards of the Ming Dynasty had to hand over a certain amount of weapons and equipment every year to the treasury for storage. These weapons and equipment, including waist knives, spears, combined bows, arrowheads, firearms, etc., were later abandoned by the guards, and no one strictly enforced these regulations.

However, the technology of making firecrackers has been handed down all the time, and there are not a few craftsmen who know how to make firecrackers. The fire guns of Wang Shixin's Ding team were produced by these craftsmen. It's just that Wang Shixin's tough apportionment has no remuneration, and the materials provided are not good, and the quality of the firecrackers they produce is indeed not good.

Luo Dashan patted his chest and said, "My lord, I promise you!" We will definitely strive for excellence and achieve the best quality in the production of fire guns this time! Our warriors must use the best weapons! Everyone says, isn't that the truth? ”

The same is true for other craftsmen.

Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction, summoned all the craftsmen to his side, and surrounded himself in a circle. He glanced at all the craftsmen, picked up a handful of Lu Mi Gong casually, and said to everyone: "This is Lu Mi Gong, I don't know if you have seen it?" The biggest difficulty in the production of the Lumi gun is to tightly fit the two barrels together. I don't know if you have any experience with this technology? ”

Zhou Shiwen took the Lu Mi Gong, studied it carefully, shook his head slowly, and then handed the Lu Mi Gong to Luo Dashan. Luo Dashan took Lu Mi Gong, studied it for a while, and finally shook his head with difficulty. Lu Mi Gong passed all the way and finally returned to Zhang Zhun's hands. All the craftsmen said that the difficulty of nesting two barrels was too great, and with their current technology, there was no way to solve it.

Zhou Shiwen said tentatively: "Perhaps...... Can we ask for help from the skilled craftsmen of the guard? ”

Zhang Zhun shook his head and said slowly: "Now at this time, will Wei Li let you go there?" ”

Only then did Zhou Shiwen come to his senses.

Just kidding, they rebelled and killed Wang Shixin and others just now, and now if they go to Aoshanwei, isn't it self-defeating? Don't talk about technical problems, it's already good not to be caught and hanged.

Luo Dashan frowned and said, "My lord, since we can't go, then we can invite them here." As far as I know, their days in Weili are also very sad, there is no land, there are no men, every day is tight, and they can't eat a full meal all year round. If they knew that we had land and work on our side, they would have gone crazy. As long as they have the opportunity, they will definitely escape with their families in tow. ”

The other craftsmen nodded in agreement.

Yes, the craftsmen of Aoshanwei are also having a hard time. If they had learned that there were such good conditions and treatment in Fushan City, they would definitely find a way to escape.

Zhang Zhun said with a smile: "Don't worry about this, I will send someone to arrange it." Now, the question we have to discuss is, since the technical problems of Lu Mi Gong cannot be solved, is there a better fire gun that you can produce than Lu Mi Gong? ”

The craftsmen suddenly fell into deep thought.

After a few moments, some of the craftsmen began to discuss with each other in whispers.

Although everyone was given five acres of land and could make a living from farming, the craftsmen actually liked to build weapons in their hearts. After all, it's a shame that their craft is out there. Over the years, I have also developed feelings for my craft. Besides, the salary provided by Zhang Zhun is quite generous, and they are still very impressed.

Let's put it this way, five acres of land, with the current level of cultivation, the annual output, that is, about five stones (about 1,000 catties) of grain, after deducting the cost of various cultivated land, in fact, there is not much left. But crafting weapons is different. As long as there is enough demand, they can earn more silver. One tael of silver per month is only the most basic income, and two meals a day can also save a lot of expenses.

Therefore, the craftsmen decided that it would be better for them to continue to work as long as they were given the land to their families. In fact, this is also Zhang Zhun's original intention. Each person is given only five acres of land. If you want more land, you have to put in more effort to clear the wasteland. He couldn't get everybody to farm. If the income from farming exceeds that of all other industries, then there will be big problems in this society.

With the advent of the new era, the agricultural society will be replaced by the industrial society, and the Western powers will soon begin the industrial revolution. If possible, Zhang Zhun hopes that we Chinese can get ahead of the Western powers and start the industrial revolution first. In fact, some places and certain industries in the Ming Dynasty already had the prerequisites for launching revolutions in various industries.

Luo Dashan said cautiously: "I don't know what kind of firecracker the adults need?" ”

Zhang Zhun said bluntly: "The range is farther than that of Lu Mi Gong, and the accuracy is higher than that of Lu Mi Gong. ”

The two looked at each other.

The other craftsmen are also you look at me, I look at you, and their faces are full of horror.

The range is longer than that of the Rumpy!

The accuracy is higher than that of the Lumi!

That...... What kind of firebolt is it?

As far as they know, there is nothing more powerful than the Lu Mi gun in the Ming Dynasty!

Zhang Zhun glanced at all the craftsmen and said in a deep voice: "If you don't have any good suggestions, I have a fire gun here, which has a farther range and higher accuracy than Lu Mi Gong. I wonder if you're interested in discussing with me? ”

Zhou Shiwen and Luo Dashan said in unison: "My lord, please speak!" ”

Zhang Zhun said calmly: "I'll solve the technical problem." You are only responsible for solving the problems of the manufacturing process. Now, I will explain to you in detail the firecracker technology that needs to be built. If there is anything you understand, please wait for me to finish before asking questions. ”

The two hurriedly listened intently.

Other craftsmen are listening, too.

What Zhang Zhun wanted to make was actually a Mini-style rifle.

The Mini rifle was developed around 1849 by the inventors of the Mini bullet, Captain Claude Edirne Minié and Captain Henri-Gustave delvigne of the Orleans Chasseurs of the French Army. When the French army fought against the Algerian revolutionaries in the North African battlefield, they found that although their rifles were much better in workmanship than their opponents, they could not maintain heavy fire and could not withstand the enemy's tidal attack.

Based on this, Minnie and others boldly improved the French rifle and created a new type of rifle cartridge, the Minny bullet. In order to match this bullet, Minnie and others developed a new type of rifle after repeated designs, which is the famous Minnie rifle (also known as the Minie rifle). The advent of the Mini rifle heralded the official arrival of the era of rifled rifles as mass equipment for infantry.

[Today's first update is delivered, 6000 words chapter, ask for collection, ask for recommendation ~~~~]

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