Zhao Lie took a good look at the imitation flintlock gun, there was no hollow pattern decoration on the Western-style flintlock pistol, only the primary color of the wood, and the jet-black torch pipe and components, shining with jet-black metallic light.

"Yuan Tou, this firearm costs a few taels of silver." Zhao Lie asked as he looked at it.

"My lord, this fire, fine iron, components, wood, labor, etc., totals four taels and five pieces of silver. It is four feet two inches long and weighs five pounds and four taels. Yuan Yi said, seeing Zhao Lie's grinning, he hurriedly explained: "In the future, increase production, and a small estimate can reduce a few dollars of silver." ”

"Try it." Zhao Lie ordered.

Ten soldiers took up the ten firearms, loaded them with charges, and put them on top of the branches, took out the branches, put them on their shoulders, and aimed them at the target a hundred paces ahead.

"Put." The chief ordered.

"Bang." Gunshots.

"Down, check."

Inspections revealed that two firearms had not fired.

Ten repeated firing, the firing rate is roughly about eighty percent, slightly lower than the original gun, however, the range has not changed, under the firing of the new particle gunpowder, the projectile can break the armor in nearly 100 steps, and break the double armor in 60 steps, the gunpowder burns more thoroughly, and the chamber can be cleared after eight shots. Zhao Lie was already very satisfied, after all, the firing rate of the flintlock was far better than that of the arquebus on windy days and rainy days.

"Yuan Tou, very good, the reward is issued, and I will immediately go all out to produce, first produce 5,000 branches, and replace the original fire guns of the water division and the land division. The original firecracker is in storage, and I have other uses. Zhao Lie ordered. Alas, tens of thousands of taels of silver have gone out again, money, money, lack of money everywhere.

"Yes, my lord." Yuan Yi and the others smiled, and finally completed the entrustment of the adults, and the reward was issued.

"Yuan Tou, the production should be fast, and it is already a delay." Zhao Lie urged a few people and put pressure on them.

"Yes, sir. However, after all, there are only a limited number of craftsmen who can do it well from beginning to end. After all, this is a new gun, but it will be proficient in a month. Production will increase significantly. Yuan Yi explained with a smile.

Uh, misstep, assembly line, assembly line, this big killer must not be forgotten.

"If you separate the production process, specialize in drilling the pipe, build the fire door, shrapnel, and make handguards, and then allocate manpower in this way, the progress will definitely increase greatly."

"My lord, you are really tall, and the villain will definitely be able to touch it." Yuan Yi thought about it for a while, and understood the benefits, if a person is proficient in all links, then this person will spend a lot of time to become a skilled craftsman, if he is familiar with the same skill, he will get started quickly, and good skills can be concentrated in the critical place of the gun tube and shrapnel. Progress has definitely increased dramatically. So I immediately gave a sycophant.

Zhao Lie was speechless, how could this really high be so ambiguous, it reminded people of some scenes in later generations. When it comes to later generations, Zhao Lie realized,

"Yuan Tou, make up the number of the worker, that is, the small number that you were taught last time, and the parts created are marked with numbers, which has more problems, and punish that person, if there are man-made parts that rarely make mistakes, the number is more, and the reward is heavy, this is the reward and punishment system."

"Your Excellency, you're so tall." As soon as Yuan Yi heard it, it became clear that the more parts made, the better the income, which would make the craftsmen work hard to work quickly and well. So, with a thumbs up, a gray and disobedient sentence popped up.

I'll give it a go, and Zhao Lie only rolled his eyes.

"Guo Tou, the artisan battalion will make 30,000 iron catalpa, 3,000 iron pickaxes, 5,000 ploughs, 10,000 hoes, and 30,000 sickles."

"Big, big, my lord, this really doesn't have manpower, and thousands of iron armor are already keeping me busy." Guo Fu had a bitter face. Secretly, my lord, we are making armor, why did you make me a blacksmith. I don't blame him for complaining, these tools are nothing, but they are very annoying when there is a shortage of manpower to produce knives and guns and iron armor.

"There is a shortage of manpower to recruit from the refugees, time, there is no hurry, it will be ready in a year."

"Done, done." Guo Fu wiped his sweat, it was okay, a year was okay, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yuan Tou, produce some more old-fashioned firecrackers, well, five thousand branches, it's also a year." Zhao Lie turned to Yuan Yi again.

This time it was Yuan Yi's turn to cry with a sad face, the fire gun had just been finalized, Zhao Lie was urging again, and manpower was also a big problem, so he could only hurry up.

In the end, Zhao Lie explained that Yuan Yi tried to make grenades and explosives bags, and the reward was 300 taels, which were big killers in this era.

Zhao Lie came to the test site, Tiago and the others had been waiting for a long time, and after the salute, Zhao Lie came to the front of the four cannons, two were short and thick, and the other two were tall and thin.

"Test the gun." Zhao Lie didn't bother to say much, and talked about it after the test.

At the position of one mile, an earthen fence equivalent to a hundred-ton boat was set up, and the periphery was surrounded by five-inch cedar boards, and another was set up in the place of half a mile.

The cannon was locked onto one mile, and the twenty-four-pounder cannon fired three times and finally hit, and after the three cannons were hit, everyone took a closer look, only to see that the outer plate was broken, and the projectile pierced into the earthen enclosure.

The thirty-two-pounder cannon hit continuously, and when I looked again, I saw that the outer plate was shattered, and the projectiles were deeply embedded in the mound.

Moreover, due to the short barrel, reduced weight, and convenient charge, this kind of cannon can be operated by only three people, and the current gun crew of four people can be changed to three people, which greatly reduces the burden on the ship, which can reduce the consumption of water, food, and silver.

Half a mile later, only the second shot hit the target, and this time the destructive power increased greatly, and the outer plate was fragmented.

Zhao Lie was overjoyed, this kind of cannon was actually when he went to Britain to visit the Naval Museum, saw the Caron naval gun, at that time, when the naval battle was a few miles apart, although there were hits, but most of them did not damage the vital points, and often ended up on board the ship for bloody battles, and finally, the British Navy invented the Caron gun, which was less than a mile away, its destructive power was amazing, and it became the naval gun of the sail warship.

"Very good, Mr. Tiago, this cannon is well built and powerful, and the current naval guns are far inferior." Zhao Lie praised.

"Thank you, sir, for the compliment," a few of them bowed.

"However, the accuracy of this cannon is too poor at a mile away, and its power has plummeted, and the firing range is too short." Ming caster Zheng Yue said.

"Well, Master Zheng is right, however, in the past naval battles, one mile away was only one or two out of ten guns, and the damage was not fatal, now with this cannon, the warship will be forced to the enemy within a mile, the enemy will be destroyed, no need to rely on the help to fight, of course, this cannon should be mixed with the current naval guns, when bombarding the enemy's batteries, there must still be long-range naval guns. Moreover, there should be eighteen pounder guns, twelve-pounder guns, so that small boats can use them. Zhao Lie explained.

"Your Excellency is wise." The crowd complimented.

Next, the nine-pounder march gun and the six-pounder march gun were test-fired, and the nine-pounder gun roared, and the shell hit the ground at a distance of more than two miles, bounced off the ground three times, and stopped less than three miles away. The six-pounder gun had a range of only two miles, and the scattered shells were just over a mile. However, the two guns have been specially designed to jump more than 20 degrees in the firing angle, and can fire scattered shells, which has the meaning of howitzers.

"You have worked hard, and in a short period of time, you will be rewarded with five thousand taels of silver." Zhao Lie was extremely satisfied.

"Thank you, sir." The atmosphere was very warm, after coming here, although the work was hard and relatively hurried, however, the salary was good, the reward was rich, and several people were extremely satisfied.

"I don't know how many kinds of artillery pieces are cast, so I'll prepare the materials." Iuliano asked.

"One hundred naval guns, forty marching guns. Go all out and build it as soon as possible. Zhao Lie estimated and gave an order.

A few people were immediately a little confused, what a large number this is, plus the forty twelve-pounder guns, eighteen-pounder guns, and twenty-four-pounder guns customized by the fort, that is, two hundred and forty cannons, this, this is really a sea of artillery, but this progress is ......

"My lord, I'm afraid that there is a shortage of iron, and now, the firecracker, ironclad, and cannon are fired at the same time, and the artillery and ironclad are consumed a lot, and I am afraid that it will ......" Iuliano posed a dilemma.

"At the moment, it is now firecracked, mainly naval guns, and a small amount of ironclad equipment. In addition, the council immediately purchased a large amount of iron ore and charcoal, and there was a shortage of manpower, recruitment, training, and you must know that there are manpower in Daming. "Zhao Lie decisively said, time is running out, the fleet may depart at any time, and there should be no delay." Moreover, some of the ship's replacement guns can be mounted on the battery, so that the eighteen-pounder and twenty-four-pounder guns are missing from the battery, so you can concentrate on forging other guns. ”

"Yes, my lord." A few people bowed down and replied, thinking, after a few months of hard work, here, the salary has doubled, but this work has also doubled. My lord, he doesn't lose anything.

After Zhao Lie returned, he immediately issued an order to Zhao Meng and Wan Ji, informing the merchants of Shidao that thousands of households would buy charcoal, iron ore, war horses, and grain in large quantities.

ps A book friend said today, in the middle of the night, the writing is very realistic, but there are fewer thrilling fight scenes, indeed, the middle of the night is close to realism, because the middle of the night thinks that the history book should have its thick and real side, this is not a Xianxia interpretation, one suspense after another, too unrealistic, so the book is a little slow, but it erupts with iron blood.