made a windfall, and the superintendent was built, but the weapons and equipment of the superintendent were very maddening, 3,800 people, counting 300 firehead troops, all red tassel guns.

The red tassel gun is also forgotten, it is still a red tassel gun with a miscellaneous wood rod, a stainless steel gun head, it stands to reason that it should be equipped with an ash rod, not that Yang Meng is reluctant to spend money to buy an ash rod, although the ash rod is not cheap, but compared to the stainless steel gun head, the ash rod is a worthless object.

Yang Meng also tried the gun with an ash rod, and it didn't look like it was dangling in his hand, and it passed through the person's chest.

The ash pole gun on the good can not be used, only the red tassel gun with a wooden pole, the three-meter-long hard rod red tassel gun, stabbing people with this thing, but also stabbing to death, but the distance is appropriate, once the hand-to-hand combat, you have to quickly throw away the gun, otherwise you will die quickly.

went to Sichuan and Guizhou to loot, almost all the casualties were caused by close combat, the right sword became the standard, the urgently needed equipment, under Yang Meng's constant urging, Xishan Iron Works took two months to finally come up with a sample knife.

Since Yang Meng prepared for Xishan Academy, it took two months to create dozens of sample knives, Yang Meng was extremely dissatisfied with this, and came to Xishan with his hands drooping his face, and after seeing the sample knives created, Yang Meng's face looked better.

The knife is well done, and it is a hundred times stronger than the garbage that Ge Shiyang gave him last time, but looking at the bright steel knives, Yang Meng still feels a little dissatisfied.

Among the dozens of knives, there are all kinds of knives, and one-handed knives account for the vast majority. From the Qing army configuration of the waist knife, single knife. to the flat-headed knives and Burmese knives of the mountain people of all ethnic groups. Yang Meng can not see much.

Yang Meng's standard for measuring these knives is also very simple, that is, lethality, the imported knives equipped by the new army are all one-handed knives, those knives in cavalry combat are quite lively, and in foot combat, the lethality of one-handed knives is far inferior to bayonets.

The weight of a one-handed knife is generally two or three catties, and four or five catties are considered heavy knives. Don't think that four or five catties is not heavy, most of the Yunnan New Army can't play with a single knife of four or five catties, not the master of strong wrist strength and arm strength, and if you go to the battlefield with a heavy knife, you are looking for death.

A chopping action, the knife is heavy and the wrist strength is not enough, the opponent can block a single knife in your hand, and the one-handed knife is used to block. The defense is also not enough, use the position of the grip. It was also difficult to block the thrust of the bayonet.

If you want to reduce the weight of a single-handed knife, you can only start from the width and thickness of the blade, which is too narrow and too thin, and the difficulty of creating such a knife will become.

Moreover, if you want to make a qualified single knife, the blacksmith's skills are extremely demanding, and too much attention is paid to sharpness, once the quenching is excessive, the blade will lose its toughness and is easy to break. The toughness is enough, the quenching is not in place, the blade is not sharp enough, although stabbing to death and slashing is the principle of cold weapon combat, but the difficulty of stabbing and chopping, there is still a big difference.

A knife handed to an ordinary person can be cut a few times, and assassination does not have a long practice, it is difficult to kill with one hit.

The simplest moves of blocking and slashing are the treasures of saving lives and killing enemies in white-knuckle combat, and the lethality of one-handed knives in white-knuckle battles is far inferior to bayonets.

According to this standard, except for a few daggers and sabers, most of the one-handed knives were swept to the ground by Yang Meng.

In the end, there were two daggers that were selected by Yang Meng, a single-edged knife-like dagger and a double-edged sword-shaped dagger, these two daggers are in line with the design of later sabers and can be used!

And the saber used by the cavalry, Yang Meng is still optimistic about the Cossack cavalry knife of Eros, but he looks pleasing to the eye, the cavalry knife has been practiced by European countries, and there is no need to make any improvements, as long as the knife type is found, it is directly imitated.

The remaining two-handed knife is the key to the choice, there are not many left-handed knives on the table, only three or five kinds, one is the Miao knife, this Miao knife and the Japanese knife have seven or eight points of resemblance, Yang Meng looked at it, and he didn't like it very much.

"How long does it take to build a seedling knife?"

This is the first sentence that Yang Meng said when he entered Xishan, Ge Shiyang could also feel the unhappiness of the lord, but some things could not be accelerated, and the process of making these swords could not be missing, and if there was one less process, the quality of the swords would be greatly affected.

"It takes at least two to three months for three skilled craftsmen to make materials from wrought iron, and more than a month to make them with steel."

Ge Shiyang answered Yang Meng's question truthfully, in Yang Meng's opinion, two or three months is too long to make a war knife, and a month is not short, this Miao knife is not advisable.

"What kind of knife is this?"

"Eight Banners Battle Knife, the style of this knife is not easy to come by, it can be used in horse warfare and foot combat, and the lethality is also good, and the time to make it is not much different from that of Miao Dao."

This Eight Banners War Knife is about the same as a small Pu knife, with a weight of about six or seven catties, a handle of forty or fifty centimeters, and a blade of seventy or eighty centimeters, which feels quite good.

Picking up this Eight Banners war knife, Yang Meng tried it, and the power was not bad, the hardwood barrel of the thickness of the egg could be split with one knife, and the blade was still intact, according to this sharpness, even if it couldn't split a person in half, chop a person's head or something, it was enough.

Although this knife is good, it has a fatal shortcoming, it is not very convenient to carry, it is troublesome to draw a knife in the waist, and it is even more troublesome to carry it behind the back.

Sticking the knife into the ground casually, Yang Meng felt that this trip to Xishan was not worth it, so he only selected two daggers and a saber to use as foot combat, which were not very handy, and the remaining two-handed knives were not very practical depending on the style, and Yang Meng had no heart to continue to try the knife.

Pulling out the ghost head knife on his waist, Yang Meng asked in a deep voice:

"Which of these knives can hit?"

This ghost head knife was collected for himself when the eldest brother Yang Yong ran the horse gang, and it cost thousands of taels of silver at that time, and this knife is definitely a treasure knife. Yang Meng's ghost head knife is also a two-handed knife, but his strength is large, and he has always used it as a single knife!

A palm-wide blade, a three-point-thick back, and a five-inch-long tip. A moire-covered blade. Sharp and unusually sharp blades. Sharpen iron like mud, but ordinary one-handed knives can't withstand the force of this ghost-headed knife, and they either collapse or cut off.

Yang Meng also tried it with a foreign knife, and against his own ghost head knife, a one-handed knife is no different from garbage.

And the weight of eight or nine catties, in a two-handed knife, is not light. But it's not too heavy, the two-handed heavy knife, it is said that there are twenty or thirty pounds, Yang Meng estimated, twenty or thirty pounds of heavy knives, he may not be able to play.

"My lord, when I made the sample knife, there was such a style, but it was too rough to be presented."

"Take it and take a look, these knives are of good quality just now. But it's not practical! ”

Seeing Ge Shiyang's embarrassed face, Yang Meng's tone also softened a little. Many things in Xishan have to be explored slowly, and it doesn't seem realistic to expect them to be how they are now.

The time was not long, more than a dozen black two-handed knives were carried up, although the workmanship of these things was rough, but it deeply attracted Yang Meng's attention.

The flat-headed blade is impressively in the ranks, this is a ghost killer. O artifact of the child! The first thing Yang Meng saw was this knife, and the first thing he picked up was also this knife, but as soon as the knife was in his hands, Yang Meng felt deeply disappointed, too light, too thin, too rough, this knife is not much different from iron leaves, two or three catties of weight, can only be said to be inferior handmade products.

"Which one hit this knife?"

I don't know if it's excitement or atmosphere, Yang Meng's tone sounded cold.

"Third Master...... I hit it. ”

A blacksmith in his fifties squeezed out of the crowd tremblingly, and this is not yet iron! His face was already covered with sweat.

"How many knives can you fight a day?"

"If I don't scrape the blade and only fight the knife, if there are two or three apprentices who can use the hammer, I can fight more than a dozen a day. I was originally a kitchen knife, and no matter how delicate the work was, I wouldn't. ”

This is also a real person, but the speed of more than a dozen a day is very amazing.

"How about this knife?"

Because the appearance of this large piece of knife is too poor, Yang Meng can't estimate his power.

"Although this knife is wrought iron, but on the blade, I use a little steel, as long as it is sharpened quickly, it is no problem to chop over three or five people, but it is only these three or five people, and if there are more, the blade will be rolled."

"So be it! According to the tip of my knife and the blade of your knife, I will make a steel knife on the spot, weighing about eight or nine catties! ”

This large blade is a good object, you can use it with one hand if you have a large arm strength, and you can use it with both hands if you have insufficient arm strength.

The 'clanging' furnace over there was opened, Yang Meng carried his own ghost head knife, and let a group of knifesmiths see it, not to mention that there are really masters in this batch of knifesmiths, and the three of them said that if they are given half a year to a year, they should be able to create the same treasure knife.

After a turn in the knifesmiths, Yang Meng's mood was also much better, these cutlers in Xishan were good, many of them were well-known figures from all over the Qing Dynasty, Ding Taichen of Yiliang, who did a good job in collecting people.

Yang Meng asked them one by one, okay! One person, one secret recipe, everyone is different, these methods of quenching and forging steel, although Yang Meng does not understand, but there may be a method to change the steelmaking formula hidden in it, Yang Meng is also generous, all the formulas are purchased, and Ge Shiyang's people experiment with new steelmaking methods.

After more than an hour, a large rough steel blade was successfully made. The rough blade still has residual warmth, and the handle wrapped in rags is not very smooth, but it can also use the performance of this large blade.

The sharpness is average, but the lethality of the slash is undoubted, from a flat head to a pointed head, and the effect of the assassination is much better. After Yang Meng tried it, he handed the rough blade to his guards, and after a dozen people tried it, they all thought it was good.

"That's it! First build 5,000 of these steel knives, and give me the process to figure out, the blade should be quenched, the blade should be smooth and tough, and the weight of the knife should be weighed for me. ”

I don't know if it's a coincidence or what, this rough blade has an extremely festive weight, eight catties and eight taels and eight dollars, others don't know whether they like it or not, but Yang Meng still likes the number eight, eight catties and eight taels and eight dollars, three eight is more good and more festive weight.

"Five thousand large blades are built according to this weight, and after they are built, including the knife grid and leather suit, they must reach this weight, and they must be equipped with leather sheaths that can be carried behind them."

It's easy to talk and hard to do, eight pounds and eight taels and eight dollars, the blacksmith who just hit the knife almost didn't roll his eyes after hearing this, such a detailed weight, this knife can't be built.

Ge Shiyang is also an expert now, the weight of eight catties is no problem, but eight taels and eight dollars is a big problem.

"Lord Lord......"

"Listen to me first, this knife is a man's work, scrape the knife surface, make leather sheaths, assemble knives, women can also do it, from today to prepare for the construction of Xishan Sword Factory, men fight knives and women assemble, in a month's time, give me five thousand large blades with excellent performance."

These blacksmiths in Xishan have never experienced assembly line operations, and their knife fighting skills are not high, so they just took the opportunity to train them.

"Your lord, this is difficult!"

Ge Shiyang really couldn't hold it back, eight catties, eight taels and eight money knives, which was difficult for some strong people.

"What's the difficulty? The weight of the raw materials is well controlled, the loss in the process of building is calculated, and the weight of the blade is changed during the quenching process.

The knife grid is made of copper, the handle is sandwiched with a wooden board, wrapped around the leather rope, the weight of eight taels and eight coins can also be controlled, and a knife of eight catties and eight taels and eight dollars can not be made, and what kind of musket is made? ”

The labeled production process is the basis of industrialization, one person, one kind, that is absolutely not possible, Yang Meng's requirement, it sounds difficult, but it is really not too difficult to do.

The loss of striking iron is basically determined, plus the mass-produced knife grid, wooden handle and leather rope, which is the key to balancing this eight-catty, eight-tael, eight-money knife, after Yang Meng's explanation, Ge Shiyang's face is much less worried.

"Your Lord, be wise!"

"Don't be a sycophant, standardized parts, this is my minimum requirement, the size of the blade should be consistent, the copper knife grid can also be handed over to a woman to complete, what you have to do is to formulate a standard, what kind of process to do, what kind of effect after doing it, these must be clear.

I can lower the requirements of these five thousand large blades, and after five thousand, from the cutlers to the women who assemble them, the large blades made are less than two catties, and the fine is certain, and one of them will give me a whip.

And to achieve this level, the main responsibility is on your shoulders, with the right guidance, they can create a standard product, can not meet this requirement, the person who formulates the standard process will also be whipped, as for you Master Ge, it is inevitable.

That's all I want, I can be rewarded, I can't wait to be whipped! ”

Yang Meng's requirements now seem to be very harsh, but without such harsh regulations, this standardized operation will never be met. (To be continued......)