A new gun was released, and the performance was not bad, many soldiers, many officers quickly learned about it, and some battalion and company officers even ran to the shooting range in person, and used the new gun to shoot a few times, and had a good time. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Everyone was generally very satisfied with this new gun, so much so that when the gun was tested, some battalion and company commanders even had a slight dispute.

"This gun is really good, our first battalion must be equipped first."

"Why is it your battalion, I think it is our third battalion that is the first to install this new gun!"

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Wang Chaoyong is on the side, these days, Wang Chaoyong has to come and see every day, and sometimes he will try a few shots in person, just now, Wang Chaoyong tried a short gun.

The short gun is also a rifled gun, and officers above the platoon commander are equipped and can use the short gun, which is a status symbol, and ordinary soldiers can only use the long gun.

After the short gun was changed to a rifled gun, it also had a lot of improvement in shooting accuracy and effective range.

Seeing some battalion commanders arguing, and some company commanders, platoon commanders, etc., standing next to him, Wang Chaoyong walked over.

"Look at your little bit of interest, what are you fighting for, the Shanghai Machinery Bureau will soon start work, and then there will be mass production of this new gun, and then all of you will have a share, and all of our previous muskets will be eliminated and replaced with this new gun."

All new guns!

Suddenly, everyone stopped arguing, and looked at Wang Chaoyong with blank eyes, and one of the battalion commanders even said tentatively: "Division commander, this is true, then when can we use this new gun?" ”

Wang Chaoyong smiled and said loudly: "This question, you ask the chief soldier." ”

When exactly this new gun will be installed in large quantities, Wang Chaoyong really doesn't know very well, but Wang Chaoyong knows one thing, that is, it will definitely not be long.

With such a large Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, coupled with the current Xiaoqingshan Arsenal, if this new type of gun is produced at full capacity, the number of manufactured guns per month will definitely not be less.

Half a month later.

According to the results of the test gun, the design and process were improved and perfected again, and then the rifled gun began to be finalized and ready to enter mass production.

From the previous smoothbore musket to the current rifled musket, although it is still a front-loading gun, and the same black powder is used, it is already a huge progress.

The road has to be taken step by step, the meal has to be eaten one bite at a time, Rome was not built in a day, Zhang Feng knows this truth very well, according to the current level of technology, Zhang Feng can produce such a rifled musket, Zhang Feng is already very satisfied.

As for what rear-loading guns, smokeless gunpowder, etc., this is a matter of the future, when the level of production and manufacturing is improved, after the conditions are met, it may be able to be manufactured, but it is definitely not now.

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General Military Office.

Zhang Feng was looking at some rosters, all of which were the rosters of the various health centers under Zhang Feng's jurisdiction, and Zhang Feng asked the health centers to send them over by themselves.

Zhang Feng just looked at it casually, these rosters have a lot of moisture, just like Suzhou Wei, the roster says that there are more than 5,600 people, and they are in full status, but according to the news passed back by Guan Peng, this Suzhou Wei is very seriously paid, and there are only 2,000 people in the sky.

Just after looking at it a little, Zhang Feng didn't have much patience, Zhang Feng gave Guan Peng the task early, that is, to touch the situation of each guard and each institute under his jurisdiction.

Zhang Feng sighed, "I didn't think about it, the phenomenon of empty salaries is so serious." ”

Wang Chaoyong also said: "It's too serious, these guards are basically all abandoned, and there are basically no usable soldiers, just a tool used by some people to eat empty salaries." ”

Zhang Feng put down the roster in his hand, didn't want to look at it anymore, and asked, "Senior Commander Wang, so far, what have the commanders of the guards visited the General Military Mansion?" ”

Wang Chaoyong said: "Lord General Soldier, so far, the commanders of the guards, except for the vacancy of the Songjiang Guard, have all come to visit the General Soldier's Mansion, and sometimes you are not in the Commander's Mansion and have not been able to see them. ”

Zhang Feng nodded, no matter what, he was the chief soldier of Songjiang who was personally sealed by Chongzhen, commanding all the soldiers and horses in Songjiang, Suzhou, and Changzhou Mansion, and those military attachés of the guards under his jurisdiction, who dared not to come to worship the dock.

Zhang Feng is even a little proud, he has the title of chief soldier, which is really good. However, Zhang Feng sighed slightly while being happy, and couldn't help but shake his head.

The guards were rotten, not only were they seriously poorly paid, but they also lacked training, and there were many old, weak, sick and disabled people, and there were basically no usable soldiers.

Wang Chaoyong observed his words and looks, and when he saw Zhang Feng sighing and shaking his head, he couldn't help asking: "Lord Commander, are you worried about these guards?" ”

Zhang Feng nodded.

Wang Chaoyong suggested: "Lord Commander, the problem of these guards is so serious, it is better to rectify it in the future." ”

Zhang Feng shook his head, Zhang Feng didn't want to care about these messes, Zhang Feng said slowly: "These guards, let them fend for themselves, let's not care, let them go, our task is to train the new army and work hard to develop." ”

Zhang Feng's principle is very simple, let these guards go, anyway, they have been rotten to this point, rotten will be rotten, that is something Chongzhen should worry about, Zhang Feng is not ready to take care of this mess, as long as he doesn't bother me.

The tone was thus set, and the focus was on developing the new army, industry, and the economy. Of course, the premise is that these guards don't come out to make trouble and don't make trouble, if anyone dares to find something uncomfortable, Zhang Feng doesn't mind cleaning him up.

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Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

Now, there have been great changes here, the manufacturing bureau has been decent, the cement avenue in the factory area is straight, and the avenue is lined with neat and tall factories. And several factories have been completed, and some factories are under construction, depending on the construction progress, the completion is a recent thing.

A few days ago, the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau officially started, although there are many factories in the follow-up are still finished, but Zhang Feng has a little can't wait, several factories have been usable, this is enough, so decided to start construction immediately.

Zhang Feng needs new rifled guns, all kinds of machine tools, and steam engines to produce and manufacture these things, and the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is the main force, so naturally the sooner the work starts, the better.

There are already hundreds of craftsmen in the Machine Building Bureau, some of them are old craftsmen from the Xiaoqingshan Arsenal, and some of them have been recruited recently.

The Ming Dynasty may have lacked everything, but there was no shortage of craftsmen of all kinds, and through careful selection, hundreds of craftsmen have recently been recruited, and now, these craftsmen have begun to work in various factories under the leadership of old craftsmen.

Zhang Feng rode a horse, with a few guards, set off from Songjiang Mansion early in the morning, Zhang Feng came to Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, in addition to wanting to see the manufacturing situation, Zhang Feng also brought some drawings, ready to make new things.

Riding a horse over, it took Zhang Feng a lot of time, Zhang Feng even thought, the official road from Songjiang Mansion to Shanghai County needs to be repaired, the sunny day is fine, if it rains, that muddy, Zhang Feng has deep feelings.

On the basis of the existing official road, slightly widen, strengthen the roadbed, and then the road surface is reinforced with cement, such engineering technology content is not large, the total amount of the project is not too large, because the area around Songjiang Prefecture is originally flat, there are no mountains and valleys, plus there are ready-made official roads, the road repair project can be carried out now.

Get off the horse in front of the gate of Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, look at this spacious and magnificent gate, look at the words "Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau" written on the domineering plaque, and then look over the wall, and see the tall factories inside, Zhang Feng felt a burst of satisfaction.

Zhang Feng attaches great importance to the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, because Zhang Feng knows that this is a hen that lays eggs, and some machinery and equipment are made here, so that it is possible for other manufacturing plants to have machinery and equipment available, and steam engines are manufactured here, and some other equipment has power.

Of course, in addition to machinery and equipment, steam engines, etc., guns are also produced here, and together with the Koaoyama Arsenal, it can fully meet the current needs.

"Lord Commander!"

Knowing that Zhang Feng was coming, Zhao Zuolin immediately brought a few people to greet him, and all of them were the management backbone or technical backbone of the Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau.

Zhang Feng often instills some experience and methods of modern enterprise management to everyone, even if it is just some skin, but everyone benefits a lot, Shanghai Machinery Manufacturing Bureau has a little bit of modern enterprise management shadow.

Zhang Feng saw everyone, smiled slightly, said hello, and waved his hand: "Let's go, let's go to the manufacturing workshop to have a look." ”

A large factory building is a manufacturing workshop, just because it is still in its infancy, and the production equipment in the workshop is still relatively small.

Those steam-powered lathes, drilling machines, etc., also need the machine manufacturing bureau to do it themselves, make their own, fortunately, Zhang Feng has roughly designed these things, the main design drawings have been handed over to everyone, plus we already have a certain amount of manufacturing experience, the difficulty is not very great.

Although the production equipment is still relatively small, but fortunately, the shelves have been erected, and the enthusiasm of the craftsmen in each workshop is also relatively high.

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