Generally speaking, it takes a craftsman nearly a month to make a birdshot.

At present, there are only more than twenty or thirty military craftsmen in the entire Ordnance Bureau who can make bird guns, and even if they count as many as thirty, then it will only be thirty strokes in a month, and only three hundred and sixty strokes in a year.

Chen Wang predicts that the military system will be reformed, and the proportion of birds and guns in the army should be at least 30 percent, that is, there will be a bird and a flag in each game.

There are 112 people in a game, and 37 people in a flag, and at least 37 birds are required in a game.

Naturally, more than 900 Liao cavalry do not need to change their outfits, only the infantry needs them.

After the previous reform and reorganization of the infantry military system, there are now two battalions under Chen Wang's command, which are divided into six divisions, with a total of 48 bureaus.

The soldiers of the forty-eight bureaus, each armed with one flag, needed 1,776 bird guns.

At the current rate of the Ordnance Bureau, it will take five years to complete the full production.

Five years later, it will be the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, and when the time comes, don't talk about cucumber dishes, there will be nothing.

Li Zicheng was about to change his title to King Xinshun at that time.

The battle of Songjin has also been fought for almost two years, and it has reached the critical time to determine the victory and defeat.

Chen Wang naturally couldn't wait for such a long time, the Ordnance Bureau's production on the bird gun must be increased, and this matter is imminent.

There is not much time left for Chen Wang now, almost only a year and a half.

The second entrance battle was launched at the end of September of the 11th year of Chongzhen, and the order of King Qin was issued in October, and Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting both received the edict and went to King Qin in Beijing.

In other words, Chen Wang needs to produce 1,776 bird guns in a year and a half at the latest, and at least 98 strokes per month, which is more than three times higher than the current output, to be able to complete the goal.

Moreover, this output can only be completed without calculating the loss.

If you don't do it yourself, you can only apply for weapons and wait for the transfer.

Hand over some silver coins, pulling Cao Wenzhao's tiger skin flag, it is not a problem to take more than 1,000 bird guns before and after.

But the bird guns that were transferred by the problem were not used at all.

Leaving aside the problem of exploding, the power and range of those bird guns are not up to standard.

There are only two ways to increase production.

One is to work people, and when there are more people making guns, the output will naturally go up.

The second is to work the instrument, the difficulty of making the gun is reduced, the process is relaxed, and the output will naturally go up.

The first solution naturally needs Qi Zhengsong to solve.

Chen Wang's gaze moved to Qi Zhengsong's body.

"I'll give you three months to teach all the craftsmen in the armory workshop to make bird guns, and after the church, you will be the real master of the armory workshop in the future."

"The director has a monthly salary of two taels, and a monthly subsidy for grain, rice, and vegetables."

Chen Wang patted the armrest of the seat and said flatly.

"My request is that after three months, all the warsmiths have learned how to make bird guns, and then they will go all out to make bird guns, and there is no need to be distracted to create other weapons."

In this era, some craftsmen cherished their brooms and were reluctant to pass on their skills to others.

One is that they cherish the family skills, and the other is that the disciples of the church are starved to death by starving to death as the saying goes, which is too extensive.

Chen Wang naturally knew the trick, but he didn't have the will to talk to Qi Zhengsong and others.

"There are many ways to make bird guns, people can do them, if you have a unique skill in making bird guns, you can hide them, but as the main thing, you must ensure that the bird guns made in the workshop are all qualified products."

There are 130 craftsmen in the weapons workshop, and if all of them were to make guns, even if many of them were not skilled, there would be about 100 guns in a month.

Later, as the proficiency increases, there will only be more and more bird guns.

Although the process of making bird guns is complicated, it is

But it's not too difficult, as long as you are willing to learn, three months is enough time to learn.

If you can't learn it, there are still a lot of military craftsmen left behind in Han Zhongwei, and they are afraid that they will come with their heads sharpened.

The first thing Chen Wang did after accepting the Ordnance Bureau was to give two months' salaries to the selected people, and promised that he would pay them on time every month in the future.

In previous years, even the regular soldiers in the guard did not receive any salary, let alone these craftsmen.

"That's all I ask."

Chen Wang's eyes were calm, and he said suddenly.

"You can do it, for three months, you will be the head of the weapons workshop of the Hanzhong Guard Weapons Bureau."

"If you can't do it, then I'll change people."

As soon as Chen Wang's words fell, Qi Zhengsong had already knelt down.

"Villain, you can do it!"

Qi Zhengsong's voice trembled a little because of excitement, and he did not hesitate in the face of the price offered by Chen Wang.

Two taels of silver is twenty-four taels a year, and there is also grain, rice, and vegetables as a subsidy every month, which is something he can't think of.

They had a low status as craftsmen, and they used to be in Weizhong, and they didn't get a penny for doing a lot of things.

Han Zhongwei was poor, and the imperial court only paid grain, rice and silver once for a long time, if it wasn't for the work done everywhere after work, they would have been unable to survive.

Originally, he worked hard in Weizhong for a year, but he couldn't earn half of the silver.

Chen Wang's gaze shifted from Qi Zhengsong's body to Jiang Wanshan, who was standing aside.

Qi Zhengsong's problem is solved, and now is naturally the time for Jiang Wanshan to express his position.

"It's the same three months, I want all the warmakers in the armor workshop to be able to make the armor, and if you do it well, you will be in charge of the armor workshop."

"Armor making is not the same as making bird guns, I know very well."

"So you can assign it according to your needs, who makes the bright helmet, who makes the arm covering, and which part of the body armor does it, and it's all up to you."

The nail stomach is different from the bird gun, and it does not require one person to make all the utensils, and it can be completely separated.

Like Qi Zhengsong, Jiang Wanshan did not hesitate at all, and knelt down.

"The villain used to work in Weili all his life, and he didn't let the mother-in-law live a good life, and he didn't have a few full meals in the past two years."

"Since following Master Chen, our mother-in-law and aunt have been able to eat enough every day these days, and they will also be paid monthly salaries."

Jiang Wanshan clenched his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and then said in an urn voice.

"In the future, we will sell this life to Lord Chen."

"You do things under me, these things are as you should be, and what work do you do if you don't have enough to eat."

Chen Wang looked at the single clothes on Jiang Wanshan and Qi Zhengsong, and the clothes on their bodies were better than ordinary military households, after all, they still had a craft.

The military households in Hanzhongwei were dressed like beggars, tattered.

That is, the army is still barely a little polished, and when they fought in the past, at least many people still had a sergeant's green coat or mandarin duck jacket to wear, which was not too tattered.

"Get up, it's ugly on your knees."

Chen Wang raised his hand, to be honest, he didn't like to kneel, whether it was kneeling to others or others kneeling to him.

"There are a few things you need to be aware of in addition to that."

"Before each beating, you can write down the size of the hammer, the force, the time of burning the iron and the amount of materials used, etc."

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Zheng Song and Jiang Wanshan glanced at each other, and they understood the meaning of Chen Wang's words.

They have been craftsmen for many years, and now they basically have their own experience in making weapons and armor.

But they ...... I don't know a lot of words......

Memorizing things and writing recipes is not something they have to do.

"I will arrange for a few officials to take notes in the workshop, and you don't need to worry too much about these things, as long as you cooperate."

The situation of Qi Zhengsong and Jiang Wanshan, Chen Wang naturally knew it.

"There is no room for sloppiness in the things to be used on the battlefield, whether it is a bird gun or a nail stomach, I want the best."

"What you do is good or bad, and you decide the life and death of others on the battlefield."

"If you don't do it well, if you blow up the bore, you will be disabled, or you will be killed on the spot, and the same is true if you do the stomach, so if you can do the best, you will be the best."

Chen Wang stood up and looked at the group of craftsmen who had stopped their work and were honestly standing in place.

Historically, the Ming Dynasty had very strict requirements for the quality of armaments, whether it was the Ministry of Industry or the local health institutes, the weapons made must be marked as a certain department, a certain guard, a certain institute, a certain year, a certain season, and the words "made by a certain department" and "a certain season" should be made afterwards, so that they can be checked at any time, and the responsibility is assigned to the person.

But no matter how good the rules are, someone needs to enforce them.

At this time of the Ming Dynasty, greed for ink became the wind, and there was darkness above the officialdom, and the quality of the bird gun and the nail stomach can be imagined.

Therefore, when facing the enemy, the Ming army often suffered extremely losses.

In the face of the rogue, the Ming army's ordnance was still superior, but when it met the Qing soldiers wearing strong armor and holding heavy bows, they were all exposed.

If the power of the bird gun is enough, the distance of twenty or thirty paces, even the white-armored soldiers wearing three layers of heavy armor will not be able to withstand the bombardment of the bird guns, let alone those ordinary armor and horse armor soldiers.

If the armor and stomach are combined, there are 357 pieces of armor and stomach, how can they fall into the disadvantage so quickly between the battles and battles.

"All ordnance produced in the Ordnance Bureau, whether it is a bird gun or a stomach, is registered in accordance with the previous standards, and engraved as evidence."

"In the future, no matter what ordnance goes wrong, the craftsman who made it will be responsible."

Chen Wang's tone was stern, and he would not make any concessions on this point.

"For those injured due to the quality of the ordnance, all the cost of treatment will be borne by the ordnance craftsmen, and those who are struggling to survive will also be provided by the ordnance craftsmen, and at the same time, they will be held accountable according to the severity of the casualties."

"If a soldier dies because of the quality of the ordnance, the craftsman shall be sentenced to death."

"The two of you, as the master and the master, also have to take charge of the management."

The atmosphere in the workshop almost froze because of Chen Wang's words, and the fire in the workshop was vigorous, but everyone rushed to the slightest chill.

"Don't blame Chen for being ruthless, they followed Chen to sacrifice their lives and forget their deaths, and went into battle to kill the enemy, what Chen can do is to let as many people as possible survive......

Chen Wang paused, and his gaze turned to Tang Shiping, who could only be on the side.

"You've been on the battlefield, and you know the importance of ordnance."

"The Ordnance Bureau is now in charge of you, and if there is a problem with the quality of the weapon, you also need to be responsible for the management."

Tang Shiping's heart sank, and he lowered his eyebrows and lowered his head.

"Thanks to the general's attention, he will do his best and never neglect his duties."

The atmosphere in the workshop was slightly dull, and Chen Wang was naturally aware of the situation.

However, there are some things that should be said that still have to be said, and after comforting Qi Zhengsong and Jiang Wanshan.

Chen Wang took Tang Shiping out of the workshop, he stood in the workshop, and these people in the workshop would have a great psychological burden, and there was no way to work with peace of mind.

"The affairs of the Ordnance Bureau, you should pay more attention these days."

Chen Wang stepped out of the door of the Ordnance Bureau, his eyes suddenly widened a lot, and then he said to Tang Shiping.

Then he didn't let Tang Shiping follow again, but took a group of cavalry and followed the river

Straight to the garrison of the battalion outside Shiquan City.

This time I went to the Ordnance Bureau, and there were many problems that needed to be solved.

The production of armaments is too slow, and the Ordnance Bureau can expand its recruitment, but the number of people must not be too large.

The number of people cannot be expanded too much, so the only way to start is from the production process.

Taking the bird gun as an example, the difficulty in making the bird gun lies in the production of the gun tube.

When making a barrel, you need to prepare a cylindrical steel core as a cold bone.

The wrought iron needed to make the gun tube is then burned to a red hot, and the blank that has been burned to a certain temperature is also removed.

Then the craftsman uses a hammer to knock the red-hot wrought iron outside the steel core, knock it on the steel core, and roll it into an iron pipe.

When beating the gun pipe, it is necessary to pull out a section of the cold steel core inside to cool it with water to prevent the gun pipe and the cold steel core from being connected together.

The thickness of the rolled iron pipe should also be about one centimeter, and it must be as thin and uniform as possible.

The long guns that are more than three feet are welded one by one, so after making a few sections of the pipes, they also need to be welded together one by one.

Here is the key, if the craftsman's skills are slightly worse, the quality of welding is the key to the success or failure of the gun, and the bird gun with poor welding is very easy to blow up and bor.

When the above series of things are done, it is only the beginning, and finally the steel cone needs to drill out the boring, and the production of the boring is the longest process when making the bird gun.

Drill bits and frustration knives are generally used in the fall steel, and the rigidity of the fall steel is not very hard, and it is difficult to drill the hole.

Therefore, half of the time spent making bird guns is spent drilling and scraping the guns.

At present, the best way to reform is to use water power, and during the previous inspection, Chen Wang checked whether the Han water could be used.

If you switch to water power and make a gun bed, if you want to make a gun pipe quickly, it may not take you ten days to make it.

Now it seems that the flow of Han water in this section of Shiquan is quite stable and can be used.

However, if you want to be more stable, you may need to build a reservoir.

Chen Wang knows a lot about history, but he doesn't know much about many mechanical things.

He didn't know much about forging hammers in water and steelmaking in blast furnaces.

But he remembered a book, a book that was very helpful to his current situation—"The Illustration of Strange Instruments in the Far West."

The Illustrated Strange Artifacts of the Far West was published in the seventh year of the Apocalypse, and should have been available in the coastal areas at this time.

It is divided into three volumes, the first two of which are more theoretical.

The book talks about the concepts of gravity, center of gravity, specific gravity, etc., and explains the principles of levers, pulleys, axles, inclined planes, etc.

The application principle and the use of lifting, lifting and other equipment are illustrated in the diagram.

The third volume introduces Western machinery, such as siphons, crane drinks, dragon tail cars, and so on.

There are all kinds of water, wind, and animal power machinery, and gear transmission is widely used, and the whole book is full of pictures and texts, and the explanations are clear.

A total of 11 drawings of lifting, 4 drawings of gravity, 2 drawings of turning weight, 9 drawings of water intake, and 15 drawings of turning and grinding.

Four drawings of wood, stone, turning, bookshelf, water sundial, one diagram of substitution farming, four drawings of water milling.