It is an irreversible trend for hot weapons to dominate the battlefield, and it is only a matter of time before hot weapons replace cold weapons, after two years, after investing countless manpower and material resources, it is finally produced that can be said to be an all-weather combat firearm, it is not an exaggeration to say that this can be regarded as a simple version of the flintlock pistol, and it is also the world's first flintlock pistol.

The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are very professional, and the skills are passed down from generation to generation, because after Comrade Zhu Chongba obtained the world, the people of the world were divided into three kinds of household registration: military, civilian, and craftsman, which is passed down from generation to generation, and his father is a craftsman, unless the ancestral tomb is smoky and can change the household registration, or his son, grandson, great-grandson, great-grandson, etc. are all craftsmen, those skills have been passed down and developed from generation to generation, and they have become more and more exquisite, with craftsmen represented by Xu Xiang, plus Lu Haoshan said the principle and direction, and even drew drawings, Then all kinds of resources are infinitely available, and if they can't be recreated, people don't laugh and dogs bark.

Looking at the new-style firearm in Zhao Gongchang's hand, Lu Haoshan said in a voice that he could only hear: "Today's small step, a big leap for mankind." ”

"My lord, are you still satisfied with this firebolt?" Seeing Lu Haoshan talking to himself alone, he couldn't hear what he was talking about, and his daze expression couldn't guess what his adult was thinking, Li Nian couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

It's also ashamed to say that it took so much energy and silver to create a strangely shaped firecracker, and Li Nian felt a little ashamed of the feeling of the owner.

"Not bad" Lu Haoshan said without hesitation: "Give a great credit to the craftsmen, and in addition, the monthly money will triple this month." ”

In a good mood, he immediately rewarded the craftsmen, and Lu Haoshan has always been stingy with those who can work.

"Lord Xie Qianhu." When Xu Xiang and the others heard this, they were overjoyed and hurriedly saluted Lu Haoshan.

By the standards of later generations, these craftsmen are the survival of top scientists, not to mention the large shelves. However, the status must be very high, but in the Ming Dynasty, this military household is a lowly nationality, can not participate in the imperial examination, cut off the official career, in addition to the need to call to serve, usually grandma does not love uncle, it can be said that exploited, sometimes a hard day, even have to bring their own food, and now meet a good owner. Good food and housing, high status and good salary, I don't know how many words of the ancestors have been blessed.

The only bad thing is that there is less freedom, in the words of Li Junshi, the research is very important, the thousands of households have spent so much money and silver, naturally they don't want to be known by outsiders, which can be understood by a group of craftsmen, in fact, there is a shortage of soldiers outside. Some people walked and couldn't find anyone, and it is said that those hungry homeless people secretly caught people in the mountains and ate them.

Lu Haoshan turned his head to Xu Xiang and said, "Master Xu." You've worked hard, you've made great contributions, do you have any requirements? ”

Request? This is a reward of your own choice, with the means of a thousand households. If you don't have anything, you can say that you can have whatever you want, such as mansions, beautiful women, gold and silver. The eyes of the people on the side were red when they heard it, but a Xu Xiang was a contented person, his mind was all on research, and his materialism was not very strong, so he shook his head and said: "It's good here, you can have whatever you want, there are no requirements." ”

"Hehe, I haven't thought about it, I'm not in a hurry, I'll talk about it later, as long as it's not too demanding, this official can consider it."

"Master Xie."

Lu Haoshan smiled, and then said with a straight face: "Master Xu, you don't have a request, but the official has a request, this new type of firearm has been made, not bad, very good, the official is very satisfied, but only one is too little, you lead a group of craftsmen to create three thousand new-style firearms, and then the official will be rewarded." ”

Since it has been made, the shooting effect is good, and the weapon must be distributed to the soldiers in order to form combat effectiveness, Lu Haoshan decided to improve while arming, no matter what, his own strength is too small, and he must do his best to strengthen his strength.

In the battle of Feilaifeng, Lu Haoshan knew that he would lose in quantity, and it was right to think about it, there have been many elite armies in history, such as the Beifu soldiers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Xuanjia soldiers of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty, the Beiwei army of the Yue family in the Song Dynasty, etc., although they are extremely elite, but these armies can only play the role of the finishing touch, and those people alone cannot win the world.

When Xu Xiang heard this, he was not happy and shocked, his face turned pale, and he immediately knelt down and said: "Lord Qianhu, the angry villain is bold, these three thousand new-style firecrackers are too difficult, the villain is afraid that he will not be able to complete the task, please have mercy on the adults." ”

"Oh, why?" Lu Haoshan said with some surprise.

If you want money for money, you want people to give people, and you can't complete the task?

Xu Xiang said helplessly: "My lord, this new musket is very demanding, although there are many people in this institute, but there are only three or five people who can make zuò firearms, that is, the villain is an example, three new-style firecrackers are made in a month, this is already the limit, if it is three thousand, it is estimated that it will take more than ten years, in addition, the effort to consume those bullets is not small, there are dozens of processes in total, and it takes a lot of time, the villain doesn't matter, I'm afraid that adults can't wait." ”

More than ten years? It is estimated that the daylilies are cold, and Lu Haoshan's face changed suddenly.

Too overestimated the production capacity of this era, this is not the assembly line of later generations, those fully automatic assembly lines, as long as the program is designed, a button will be produced continuously, this is the Ming Dynasty, a qiē are pure manual, this efficiency is unsatisfactory.

Wait, Lu Haoshan's head is excited, the assembly line, yes, it's the assembly line.

It is said that the first person to come up with the idea of assembly line work was the Englishman Josiah. Wedgwood, who opened the Etruscan ceramics factory in 1769, practiced a fine division of labor in the field, and he divided the pottery making process that was originally completed by one person from beginning to end into dozens of special processes, which were completed by special personnel, thus greatly improving production efficiency. Ford was decades earlier.

In the research institute, it is obvious that one person does it from beginning to end, although there are many people, but most of them are to start or exchange experience, and there is no real division of labor and cooperation, if this process is introduced, the efficiency will definitely be greatly enhanced.

By the way, there is a set of hydraulic rotation device, complex process can not be done, but it is not difficult to do some simple and time-consuming processes, such as the iron sheet for making bullets, small and thin, very demanding, the molten iron has to be hammered out, if you get a simple grinding device, it will definitely speed up the efficiency, and at that time, you can also formulate some standards, and you can freely assemble on the battlefield, which indirectly improves the efficiency of the use of weapons.

Just do it, Lu Haoshan immediately called a few craftsmen led by Xu Xiang, and began to instill in them the concept of assembly line and the importance of standardization, and gave many examples on the way, in addition to the use of water power to make simple devices, these advanced working methods were proposed, Xu Xiang and others were stunned, so that after Lu Haoshan finished speaking, one by one still stared, standing stupidly with their mouths wide open.

"Master Xu, what's the matter, it's not feasible?" Lu Haoshan asked a little strangely.

It's not that there is a problem with his own expression, Lu Haoshan feels that he has spoken in detail, and some even drew drawings.

After Lu Haoshan asked, Xu Xiang came to his senses and hurriedly responded: "Feasible, feasible, Lord Qianhu is really talented, he actually came up with such a wonderful method, Lord Qianhu said well, there is a specialization in the art industry, each person is only responsible for one process, so he will do better and better, and can also speed up, especially the standardization of this item, it is even more wonderful, some simple processes ordinary people can also be competent, and only as long as a reader like an adult will have this kind of whimsy, the villain admires." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Xiang said with a smile: "If you change it in other places, it is estimated that it will be difficult to implement, but here, it will be unimpeded." ”

Lu Haoshan understands what Xu Xiang means, since ancient times, there is a saying that the apprentices of the church starve to death of the master, some craftsmen have any unique skills or good tricks, they are all hidden and covered, not lightly shown to people, that is, they teach the apprentices, often have to keep a hand, if the process is separated, that is, some craftsmen's unique skills must also be taught, and there is a problem with promotion, but in the research institute Lu Haoshan has always encouraged mutual learning, and also stipulates that whoever teaches the disciples has excellent rewards for the master, and the apprentices must also give part of the monthly money to the master as tuition, so that The more you teach, the greater the benefits.

In troubled times, if you can mix a round belly, you will burn high incense, who dares to care too much, without Zhang Butcher, you can still eat hairy pigs? You don't do it, many people rush to do it.

"Okay, since Master Xu said that there is no problem, then this matter is decided." Lu Haoshan made a decision on the spot.

This is the benefit of Yiyantang, Lu Haoshan has the largest official rank here, and the money and silver used are all taken out of his private wallet, so naturally he can do whatever he wants, who dares to say more? It is no exaggeration to say that this is a secret research institute, and outsiders don't know that all the guards here on weekdays are the old team brought by Lu Haoshan from Jiangyou, and they are loyal to each other, which annoys Lu Haoshan, and with an order, so many people here may all evaporate from the world.

With a new direction, Xu Xiang and others naturally cheered up, trying to find ways to divide the new firearm into a number of parts that can be assembled, and then painstakingly arranged candidates for multiple processes, which should also pay attention to the problem of confidentiality, some important parts can only be produced by themselves or handed over to trustworthy people, and how to build the decomposed parts to save time and effort? How to make a simple device and how to operate with water power, etc., these have to be studied, a group of craftsmen discuss endlessly every day, sometimes in the middle of the night to light a candle to discuss, Lu Haoshan will also listen to the opinions of a group of craftsmen in his spare time, from time to time to put forward new ideas.

Time flies quickly, here to deal with a little official business, at that time to do a little trivial, the New Year is also to exchange gifts, etc., before you know it, it is late December, close to the end of the year.

On this day, Lu Haoshan was in the backyard and Zhao Min was talking about love, it was rare to find time to please the beauty's heart, and when he was talking, his hands were not restless, he leaned in from under the dress, walked up and down in it, and made his wife blush and heartbeat, and her eyes were as charming as silk, and when she was about to pick up a gun and get on the horse, she suddenly heard a subordinate running in in a hurry, and shouted loudly while running: "My lord, my lord, there is a holy decree, and the holy decree is coming." (To be continued......)