At this time, there was no such thing as a prohibition on the recruitment of child laborers, and the children who strung the ropes were children of various military craftsmen's families, and they did what they could to help in the workshop.

After the Ming Dynasty destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, because of the problem of breaking the dynasty, many systems could only follow the Yuan Dynasty.

Among them, there is a household registration system, and ordinary people are divided into civilian, military, and artisan household registration.

Military households and artisan households are passed down from generation to generation, inherited from generation to generation, and cannot be changed.

These children will also become artisans, taking over the work of their fathers, and are now actually helping apprentices in the workshop.

Chen Wang walked closer and picked up an iron armor blade from the table that was used to make an iron arm.

In the Ming Dynasty, the army was generally equipped with iron arms covering, also known as arm hands or arm bindings, and the outer layer was made up of thin steel sheets layered on top of each other, and the protective area included the entire arm.

Then use cooked dog skin as the lining, leather rope as a belt, and the sleeves on the inside of the arms are sewn with cloth.

Qualified arm coverers provide excellent protection against slashing, stabbing and bow and arrow shooting.

What is now done is the first process, which is to connect these pieces of armor with ropes to give them the initial shape.

Chen Wang has no experience in forging, so he can't see any doorways, but from the first feeling, the atmosphere in the Ordnance Bureau is quite good, although the craftsmen are silent, but they are still serious and responsible when it comes to blades, at least there are no people who grind foreign workers.

The sound of striking iron and all kinds of sounds in the workshop gradually subsided, and all the craftsmen dodged their eyes and cowered.

Although many of them didn't know Chen Wang, they could see Chen Wang's outfit.

The armor scarf, the waist scarf, and the pair of cowhide official boots they wore at their feet, they may not be able to afford the money they have earned from a month's labor.

All the military craftsmen in the workshop also noticed that there were more than a dozen robes and belts, and armor soldiers with bows and swords followed behind them.

These armor soldiers looked imposing and murderous, and their eyebrows were fierce and difficult to hide, and they looked much stronger than those families under Li Tongzhi's command.

The person who can lead such a family is definitely not a petty official, and the most important thing is that all the craftsmen in the workshop who are next to the person know him, and that is their current chief officer of the Ordnance Bureau - Tang Shiping.

The workshop that Chen Wang walked into was a workshop specializing in making armor, and the head craftsman in charge was named Jiang Wanshan.

Jiang Wanshan was teaching his apprentice the details of how to make a bright helmet at the beginning, and he was engrossed in not noticing that Chen Wang walked into the workshop.

However, the people who saw it naturally did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reminded Jiang Wanshan.

Jiang Wanshan looked extremely nervous after discovering Chen Wang, and hurriedly dropped the affairs in his hand and walked quickly to the ceremony.

"This person's name is Jiang Wanshan, and he is basically in charge of the armor workshop at present, and he is the head craftsman."

When Tang Shiping saw Jiang Wanshan coming, he stepped forward a little and reported to Chen Wangyu in a low voice.

"The craftsman in charge of the weapon is named Qi Zhengsong, I have already sent someone to inform him, and he should be there soon."

Chen Wang bowed slightly, Tang Shiping was organized, and many things didn't need him to say to know how to do them.

Chen Wang glanced Jiang Wanshan up and down.

Jiang Wanshan was wearing a gray coarse cloth with a short brown collar, tied around his waist with a cloth belt, wrapped his head with a green cloth turban, and tied a knot at the sideburns.

He looks to be in his forties, has a short beard, and looks quite honest and loyal.

The reddish complexion may be due to being on the side of the furnace for many years.

"When you're done with the arm, you start making the armor."

"I have only one requirement for making armor, and that is that I must not cut corners."

Now in the army, there are almost 4,500 collars of various types of armor, plus the more than 1,000 collars of armor allocated by Sun Chuanting, there are a total of 5,500 collars.

Most of these armors were obtained from the hands of the rogue, and only a small part was transferred by Hong Chengchou, so the quality was basically uneven.

Cotton armor and chain mail are okay, and the quality is basically okay.

According to the regulations, 30 collar leaves, 209 body leaves, 17 distraction leaves, and 20 limb fossa leaves, and a total of 357 nail leaves need to be used for protection.

However, according to the statistics of Chen Wang's faction, in fact, there are only more than 300 cloth face armor leaves with more than 300 leaves, and there are not many more than 200 nail leaves, basically only more than 100 nail leaves.

Of course, among the cloth armor that Chen Wang obtained, there were only dozens of armor leaves, and cloth armor that did not even have nail leaves.

Those armors couldn't fight at all, and they were directly dismantled and disposed of by Chen Wang.

"All armor must be in accordance with the regulations, and three hundred and fifty-seven nail leaves need to be used, and the thickness of the nail leaves must also be made according to the standard, but the thickness should not be light."

Chen Wang calmly looked at Jiang Wanshan, who was standing in front of him, with no doubt in his tone.

The army is the foundation of life, and weapons and armor are an important factor affecting the combat effectiveness of the army, and Chen Wang is naturally extremely concerned.

The armor will definitely be renewed, but now is not the time to innovate.

At this stage, Chen Wang is still preparing to adapt measures to local conditions, directly imitate the Qing army, and superimpose armor to arm a group of heavy infantry to deal with the next battle.

Jiang Wanshan trembled, but he could only dare not do it.

"In the past, I didn't care what you did in the guard, but now the Weapons Bureau of Hanzhongwei belongs to me to over, and everything needs to be handled according to my regulations."

Someone moved a seat behind him, Chen Wang sat down on the spot, and Jiang Wanshan's waist also bent a lot as Chen Wang sat down.

Chen Wang noticed Jiang Wanshan's bent waist, and also noticed that Jiang Wanshan was wearing three or four patches of clothes.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of artisans was low, and they were often called to drink, and they worked mostly for free, so they could only find more work to do at other times, and many artisan households lived more difficult than military households and civilian households.

"You will know that if you do your best in your work, you will be rewarded."

"In the past, I don't care how you are treated in Weizhong, I will send someone to assess the skills of the craftsmen in the bureau in three days."

"According to the level of their skills, the grading is temporarily set into four levels, and the monthly salary of each level is different."

"The person who serves, for example, you are the head craftsman, in charge of the production of Jiafang and the management of the first workshop, you can receive another monthly salary for management."

If you want a horse to run, you need to feed it.

Jiang Wanshan, who was the head craftsman, was still wearing patched clothes, not to mention the rest of the craftsmen.

"As long as the things are done well, in addition to the monthly salary, there is extra money to be obtained, but if the things are not done well, or if they are missing, they will naturally have to deduct the monthly salary."

"Those who work more get more, those who work less get less, and the content of the Ordnance Bureau must not be lazy."

As for how to manage the Ordnance Bureau, Chen Wang has his own plan in his heart.

Chen Wang, the power of the right and last two thousand households of Hanzhongwei, was ready to firmly grasp it in his own hands.

The internal affairs of Tuntian, Zhucheng and other internal affairs are now basically in charge of Wang Yuankang.

Civil affairs and military administration are naturally separated, and in terms of military and political internal affairs, Chen Wang will let Tang Shiping manage them after preparation.

Although Tang Shiping's current ability is still a little lacking, after all, just over a year ago, Tang Shiping was only a vice president.

This alone is not important, ability can be exercised slowly, Chen Wang is now selected, the most important thing is loyalty.

Tang Shiping, as the first person to follow him, followed him all the way from Pizhou to Hanzhong Mansion, which is considered to be the descendant of the lineage, and he has always been quite diligent.

Moreover, Tang Shiping is also quite talented in logistics management, and now he is becoming more and more handy in handling military affairs.

"How many artisans are there in the Ordnance Bureau now."

Chen Wang's gaze swept over the workshop, and the number of people in the workshop was not small.

"After the reorganization of the Ordnance Bureau and the relocation of the localities, a total of 233 households and 856 military craftsmen were mobilized from the local health stations."

Tang Shiping had already typed the draft, and he remembered these data by heart, so he quickly reported it to Chen Wangyu immediately.

"There are one hundred and twenty armor craftsmen, and one hundred and thirteen armor craftsmen."

"It has been five days since the start of the military flag bureau, and according to the general's orders, the armor smith is making the arm covering with all his might, and the armor smith is rushing to make the spear."

"The weapons that have been stored in the army have also been stored in the arsenal, counting the spear heads and arms that have been made in recent days, and the arsenal now has 270 gun heads, 117 arms and arms, 7,270 arrows, and 543 helmets......

"There are three hundred and eighty-five catties and nine taels of lead, one thousand one hundred and twenty catties and three taels of gunpowder, two thousand seven hundred and thirty-two catties of wrought iron, and three thousand three hundred and fifty-seven catties of pig iron."

As soon as Tang Shiping's words fell, the sound of footsteps came from not far away.

Chen Wangxun followed the prestige, and happened to see a middle-aged man wearing a green cloth straight, looking quite lean, with a long beard, with low eyebrows and obedient eyes, following a scribe wearing a green robe and collar walking briskly.

This person is naturally Qi Zhengsong, the head craftsman and craftsman sent by Tang Shiping before.

As soon as Qi Zhengsong came over, he saw Chen Wang, who was surrounded by everyone, and saw Tang Shiping, who was in charge of the Weapons Bureau, standing on the side and saying something respectfully, and immediately knew who was the main master, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Chen Wang didn't beat around the bush, and asked directly between the doors.

"How many people in the workshop you lead can make bird guns now?"

"Back to ...... Back to adults...... It turned out that Weizhong asked us to hand in fewer weapons than birds, Fang ...... There are not many people in the workshop who can make bird guns, almost ...... Should...... There should have been only twenty or thirty people. ”

Qi Zhengsong stumbled a little, with a slight trill.

When he came, he was already the one who knew what to ask him, but now he is the deputy chief of the town guard of Hanzhong Mansion, and he is also the commander of their guards.

This is the deputy chief soldier, and the next level is the chief military officer.

It is much greater than the official position of their commander, and it must not be offended.

Chen Wang had already expected in his heart that Hanzhongwei was the guard of the mainland after all, and it had been peaceful for a long time, and it was also a matter of the past few years to make bird guns.

But as expected, when he heard the number of craftsmen who could make bird guns, Chen Wang still frowned unconsciously.

The three-eyed guns in the current army must all be replaced with bird guns as soon as possible, and the tactics of war must be reinvented.

Originally, the Three-Eyed Gun was used because it only needed to face the rogue who lacked armor, which was naturally enough.

But in the near future, in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, the Qing army re-entered for the second time and approached the city of Beijing.

In the original time and space, He Renlong and Cao Bianjiao and other generals in Shaanxi followed Sun Chuanting to the north to King Qin.

At that time, I am afraid that he will also have to lead troops to join King Qin's troops, and he will inevitably fight with the Qing army at that time.

The Qing army's charging armor soldiers all wore three layers of heavy armor, and the power of the three-eyed gun was too small, even at close range, it was difficult to penetrate the armor of the Qing army.

The advantages and disadvantages of the three-eyed gun are extremely prominent, but in general, the disadvantages are even greater.

Although the instantaneous firepower of the Three-Eyed Gun is strong, the power is too small, the range is too close, and most importantly, the follow-up is weak.

Once it is gone, it is basically impossible to reload in normal combat.

Therefore, it is the general trend to replace the bird gun as soon as possible, which is more powerful, has a longer range and has a better endurance.

The main reason why Chen Wang didn't use the bird gun before was because most of the bird guns transferred from the army were too inferior and basically did not meet the qualified standards.

Officials withheld materials, craftsmen were poor and unwilling, and basically the thickness of the barrel of each bird gun was different, and the width and narrowness of the gun chamber were also different.

Some of the lead bullets of the bird guns are weak after being discharged, and their power and range are not up to standard, and the most important thing is that they are extremely easy to blow up and injure the shooter.

At the beginning, Chen Wang still used the silver money to take a batch of better bird guns, but in the end, there were still a lot of explosions.

Some of the bird guns, even due to the poor sealing of the breech, will leak gunpowder gases.

The stirred sparks splashed down on the hands and face of the Soldier with the guns as they were fired, causing damage.

Now among the troops under Chen Wang's command, there are still many scars on their hands and faces caused by gunpowder burning.

In history, many Ming troops used bird guns to blow up their chests, and people at that time were basically quite afraid of using bird guns

The use of the three-eyed gun is actually more of a compromise.

Now that he has his own Weapons Bureau, Chen Wang is not ready to compromise anymore.

If there are not enough craftsmen, then cultivate them yourself.

It's hard to make birds, so innovate technology.

I'm really sorry.,The update was a little late.,Just found out that it didn't come out!!