The training of the new army of the superintendent has entered the regular, it doesn't matter if Yang Meng goes or not, the usual training is watched by Du Boss and Du Laosan, waiting for the knifesmiths to hit the big blade, Yang Meng has to find someone to create a few knife techniques.

Good knives and good knife techniques can only play the best effect together, thinking of this, Yang Meng also regretted a little, he watched a lot of TV and movies with big blades back then, but as a mercenary, he was still a little unqualified.

If you see it, you have to learn it, when the big blade was popular, there must have been a knife technique created by a martial artist, but Yang Meng, who didn't pay attention to cold weapons, didn't learn such a knife technique, and now he can only organize people to innovate by himself.

But there is no kind of knife is in vain, now there are many well-known martial artists in Yunnan, and there are many people who know swordsmanship, and when Xishan comes out with a sample knife, he can arrange people to study the knife technique, but whether it can succeed or not, Yang Meng does not count in his heart, whether it is successful or not, not who can have the final say, this needs to be tested with human life.

Xishan can't come in vain, on the turret of Xishan, he still has a foreign sparrow! It's also idle to be idle, and it's not bad to go up and play, but Wei Zhiqing, who has been following her all the time, is a trouble, take it to have fun, I'm afraid she won't be able to accept it, and drive her back to the old house, and I'm afraid that the old man will know that this thing is difficult to do!

Fortunately, Tiffany was more proactive, Yang Meng got a gap, so she came up, Wei Zhiqing looked at the ambiguity between this foreign girl and her own man. With an ambiguous attitude, she knows that there is something in the Dao, but the current Wei Zhiqing is not the previous Wei Zhiqing, and this matter is not within the scope of her jealousy.

Ge Shiyang went to work, and Yang Meng also took the two of them to live on the turret, with Yang Meng's orders. More than a dozen guns have been installed on the turret. See these foreign cannons. Yang Meng's heart was anxious again.

Since Li Xingyuan became the governor of Liangjiang, this has not stumbled on the Yang family's fleet, with Li Xingyuan's constraints in Jiangsu, the Yangtze River copper road is half wasted, and some of the Yang family's dazzling goods are taken by the Pearl River waterway, in case the Pearl River waterway also goes wrong, it can only open up the waterway in western Yunnan.

It was not so easy to resolve the suspicion between him and Li Xingyuan, and he put down the chaos in western Yunnan that year. The Yang family pulled him Li Xingyuan's retreat, and the current world reported quickly, and after this arrived in Liangjiang, he immediately gave the Yang family a powerful one.

Fortunately, there is a banner of Yunnan copper over there, otherwise he would not even be able to keep the ship with the goods, such a thing, once or twice, and many times, I am afraid that Li Xingyuan will catch the sore feet of the Yang family.

However, the waterways in western Yunnan, although the construction of forts in critical positions has begun. But there's no artillery, and there's no use in building a fort!

Now this western mountain can't come often. It's a troublesome thing to come, but if you don't come, I'm afraid that Ge Shiyang won't be able to handle it alone, and this matter is also a head-scratching business.

After living in the fort for five days and playing a combination of Chinese and Western, Yang Meng was very comfortable, but Ge Shiyang, a foreign product, did not come up to get annoying people, and whenever he had time, he would come up upside down and report those annoying livelihoods.

Xishan Academy has been built for more than two months, and there are a lot of achievements, involving all walks of life, but most of these achievements are only half of the good things, and the remaining half still needs a lot of time to improve.

All in all, the future is bright and the road is bumpy.

In five days, the sword factory produced more than a dozen sample knives, and tried the performance one by one, Yang Meng did not choose the best one, the best one with a large blade, the performance is not inferior to the imported foreign knife, but the workmanship is too complicated, the quenching requirements are too high, and the man-hours required are too much.

More than 20 first-class knifesmiths took turns to fight to make such a good knife, but the back of the knife with a thickness of three minutes and the blade with a width of a palm, these superb knife fighting skills could not improve his lethality for a large blade, so Yang Meng did not choose.

And the worst one, although the weight is also eight catties and eight taels, but the workmanship is too rough, and the pitted blade is not conducive to slashing, although this knife requires the shortest man-hours and the lowest cost, but it is not what Yang Meng needs.

A large blade with a general construction technique, but the blade is as smooth as a mirror, and the large blade with a slight blue light is Yang Meng's choice. This knife is also regarded as the product of the combination of Chinese and Western, the second charcoal firing makes the blade of the large blade unusually sharp, and it is extremely simple to maintain.

The oil quenching was brought by an English technician, and after adding a few knife makers' secret recipes, the knife became a little blue after the oil quenching. After the blade is scraped, it is as smooth as a mirror, and the sharp blade and the smooth blade will cut people into two pieces, and this big blade should be able to do it.

This knife is not without shortcomings, the biggest disadvantage is that the toughness of the knife body is not good, but the blade of a palm width, the back of the knife is three points thick, just offset this shortcoming, although compared to the lack of some flexibility compared to other issued knife bodies, but two or three hundred pounds of horizontal weight, this knife can still bear.

Yang Meng took this knife and walked several times according to his routine, no matter how single or hand, this knife was obviously scheming, and it was just two words: refreshing!

The right one is the best, whether it is for the newly built superintendent or the new army in Yunnan, it is a superb killing weapon, sharp and durable, beautiful in appearance, and has its own power in the hand.

"How long did it take to make this knife?"

This knife is really good, I am afraid that the production time is too long, the cost of work is too large, many of the processes mentioned by Ge Shiyang, Yang Meng has never heard of it, and the cost is the problem that Yang Meng should care about.

"A skilled craftsman can make the blade of a knife in one day, and with three apprentices of the hammer, a skilled craftsman can make more than five knives a day; The secondary charcoaling, oil quenching, and knife surface trimming also take a day, and if it is manufactured in batches, the time will be greatly shortened; But these items need to be done by professional craftsmen.

Coarse grinding, fine grinding, and polishing take a little longer, and if you do it alone, it will take about five to six days; Weighing, assembling, and decorating also takes half a day.

This knife was made in a hurry, it took four days, and the normal process would take about seven to ten days, if it was manufactured in large quantities, and with some sharpening machinery, this time would be shortened to about half.

In a month, we may not be able to complete the manufacture of 5,000 such broadswords. But. With the familiarity of the craftsman with the process. After graduating with a large number of apprentices, our efficiency will increase exponentially. ”

Finally got the lord's approval, Ge Shiyang was also a little excited when he spoke, and a grand scene was also shown from his mouth.

"Humph! Don't be too complacent, you're still far from it, I want artillery, muskets, iron-hulled ships. You are guarding so much machinery and equipment, as well as professional mining and metallurgical colleges, and you have made a big blade alone, what is there to be excited about?

It's not the era of cold weapons now, this is what you once said to me, let your lord, with a group of soldiers in the era of cold weapons, do you Master Ge have a light on his face?

Copper, iron, coal, lead, silver, these are the projects you want to renovate, including the smelting techniques of these ores. And the reuse of associated minerals, how many of these have you done?

Exploring the geography of Yunnan. What did you accomplish in preparation for the construction of bridges, roads, railways, and waterways?

What have you done to transform the refining methods of the salt industry, transform the agricultural tools, and transform the production methods of agriculture?

In addition to a Xishan Iron Works, what have you done to build all kinds of modern factories in Yunnan?

A big blade turns you on like this? Master Ge, your Xishan Mining and Metallurgical Academy is still far behind! ”

Yang Meng's scolding, said that Ge Shiyang was sweating profusely and ashamed, yes! It's just an ordinary steel knife, do you need to be so excited? What the lord said just now is the goal he is striving for, although many things are being done, but if you want to get results, it will take a few months, and even if you get results, it is not certain whether you can use them?

"I can't afford to read it, my lord, I'm proud, can you repeat what you just said? You said it too fast, I didn't write it down. ”

Ge Shiyang is such a person, upright! But what Yang Meng just said, he couldn't remember it clearly, just thinking about letting Ge Shiyang stabilize his mentality, and those words were basically said casually.

"This ...... Zhiqing, do you remember what I just said? ”

Lord Yang didn't want to show his cowardice, so he directly kicked the ball to Wei Zhiqing on the side.

"Master, I remember it very clearly."

With a good temperament, her brain is active, and after living in the turret for a few days, Wei Zhiqing's mood is quite good, and she naturally remembered Yang Meng's words just now.

"Write it down, let Master Ge go back and reflect on it, a big blade, as for the excitement like this? The artillery and ships that Lao Tzu needs! ”

Yang Meng also knew that Xishan Academy had just been built, and many things were not on the right track, but Yunnan needed too many things, Yunnan put pressure on itself, and he had to pass on the pressure layer by layer, so that everyone in the Yang family was nervous and moved, otherwise the pressure from the whole Yunnan, he couldn't bear it even if he squeezed out the oil alone!

"My lord, what do you mean by the reuse of derived ore?"

After reading what Wei Zhiqing gave him to transcribe, Ge Shiyang asked what he wanted to remember just now but didn't remember, this word is a new word!

"Can you test the iron ore, copper ore, silver ore, and other metals contained in the residue now? Find out and use it, just like the method of making ink and removing smoke, everything in Yunnan, as long as there is a trace of value, you have to squeeze it out for me. ”

The reuse of derivative ores, what you say? Yang Meng didn't believe it, he had heard this word before, but what it was and what kind of process it was, he was also a mess, and he didn't know anything.

If you can say it this time, it can only be regarded as having God's help, it's not easy! It's not easy!

"Tests? But is it a chemical test? Your lord, your knowledge is too extensive, but Xishan Academy does not have this condition now, and there are no Europeans in Yunnan who are proficient in chemistry! ”

For the endless ideas of his lord, Ge Shiyang is not only deeply helpless, but also deeply admired, helpless because every idea of the lord has to be practiced by himself. What he admires is the lord's profound knowledge, although he is the lord's master, but more often, this lord is more like his master.

"If you don't have one, you're going to look for it? What is missing to make a list, Patrick and his son, now they have made a round trip to Europe, let him take the silver and go to European countries to invite, it doesn't matter how much it costs, this matter must be done immediately!

The matters I just mentioned were also explained to Patrick and his son, and let them remember that making money is not their task, and doing these things you have arranged and getting back the scarce things in Yunnan is their main task.

There is also a matter for Patrick to try to register a company in Belgium and then buy a regular navy from the Belgian government, of course, these things must be done in secret, in your own language. I'll give him an order from my side, too. ”

It is not appropriate to go out behind closed doors, no matter how to say that the overall science and technology of Europe is stronger than that of the Qing Dynasty, dig deep into the things left by the ancestors, and at the same time absorb the advanced things of European and American countries, a big blade can lead to this topic, and this big blade does not suffer!

"I understand, I will work harder in the future."

Ge Shiyang wiped the cold sweat on his head, since he was scared by Yang Meng in the turret, he had been in awe of his lord.

When Yang Meng is not angry, Ge Shiyang can still deal with it calmly, once Yang Meng's face sinks, Ge Shiyang's heart will also be uneasy.

"Hmmm! Now the big blade is a big thing, make a hundred within three days, and at the same time run in the process, eight catties, eight taels and eight dollars, is a standard that cannot be changed.

That craftsman is not doing well, don't lower his monthly salary first, now that the year in Yunnan is not good, the silver will be less, and he will starve! Whip them with a whip, whip them hard, and let them imprint the standard of eight catties, eight taels and eight dollars to the depths of their souls.

I will have someone give you fifty thousand taels of silver, and make five qualified knives in a row, and reward one tael of silver for each sword; Ten in a row are qualified, and one knife is two taels of silver; twenty handfuls, three taels of silver; And so on. Rewards should also be given out in a timely manner, and remember that the reward must be given by your own hand, and no one else can replace it.

Xishan Academy has produced results, you also have to report it to me, I will distribute a different number of rewards according to the size of the results, and research the skills, formulas, and processes that can be used, and you can make a fortune and make a fortune! We must promote this idea in Xishan Academy. ”

Eight catties and eight two eight money knife, is the first step of Xishan standardized production, with this step, the future will slowly develop a habit, standardized accessories, will greatly improve efficiency.

There must be brave men under heavy rewards, corporal punishment and heavy rewards, I believe that everyone knows which one to choose, with the appropriate punishment and reward mechanism, I believe that Xishan will move towards the idealized direction step by step. (To be continued......)