The next day, in the Dapan Fort, the Firearms Supervision Office.

On this morning, the wind suddenly rose, the cold north wind was whistling around Dapan Fort, and all parts of the fort were dripping into ice, and most of the military households hid in their homes for the winter, and only the military households who had work in the soap workshop, the wine shop, and the firearms supervision office came out early in the cold and went to work everywhere.

Liu Yan was also wrapped in a thick cotton coat, wore a felt hat on his head, and strode to the door of the Firearms Supervision Office. ”

Liu Yan naturally has his own plans, and now that the establishment of each post has been promulgated, several small flag officers will also start to select candidates for the commanders of each flag and flag and the captain of each team today, and they will report to themselves for approval within two days, and then they will select young and strong people from the military households in the fort, and select more than 70 salt rods into the organization, and so on.

These things are just as planned, Liu Yan has nothing to worry about, and the only problem now is military preparation.

"Now the production of armor can't be raised, I still have to come over to see it to be at ease."

Although Liu Yan said this, he still had another plan in his heart, that is, to separate the creation of cold weapons such as armor and spears from the firearms supervision office.

In other words, Liu Yan plans to build a special armor supervision office in the fort, specific personnel allocation, etc., Liu Yan also needs to listen to Tan Xiaoda's opinion, and take a look at the situation of the firearms supervision office on the spot.

When the two entered the door, they met the principal Tan Xiaoda, followed by Zhao Yan, who had been appointed as the manager of the gunpowder workshop.

"I've seen Captain A!"

Liu Yan smiled and said to the two, "Are you going out to meet me?" ”

Tan Xiao laughed and said, "I was talking to Steward Tan that Captain A should be coming over soon, so I was going to wait at the door, but I didn't want Captain A and Miao Xiaoqi to arrive first." ”

Liu Yan waved his hand and said, "This ghost weather is too cold, let's go in and talk about it." ”

"Captain A, please!"

Liu Yan and Miao Shao, accompanied by Tan Xiaoda and Zhao Yan, began to inspect various places in the Firearms Supervision Office.

The four of them first checked in the gunpowder workshop, and at this time there were already 230 people working here in the gunpowder workshop, which was specifically divided into grinding, screening, proportioning, packaging, quality inspection, and storage.

In the first few links, it is good to say that the sub-packaging link is to separate the proportion of gunpowder with a scale and make a fixed paper shell bullet.

The quality inspection and reserve are also aimed at the finished paper shell bullets, and after passing the inspection and there are no quality problems, all of them are packed and stored in wooden boxes with dry straw.

After Liu Yan looked around, he began to ask: "What is the monthly output of the gunpowder workshop now?" ”

Steward Zhao Yan said: "Chief Qiqi, now the two hundred and thirty people in the gunpowder workshop belong to various links, grinding, screening, equipping and packaging The four links have an average of 50 people to work, 10 people to inspect the quality, and 20 people to reserve. More than 3,500 catties of gunpowder are produced every month, and more than 37,000 bullets can be made into fixed paper shells. ”

Liu Yan calculated in his heart: Now one pound of Daming is equal to sixteen taels, and according to the calculation of five hundred grams per catty, the current one tael is equivalent to 31.25 grams. The fixed paper shell shells manufactured by the gunpowder workshop have a charge of one or two or five each, that is, about forty-seven grams, which is considered a large charge today, far more than the bird guns equipped by the Ming army everywhere.

"And how many paper shells are stored in the warehouse now?"

Zhao Yan said: "The paper shells that have been inspected and stored in the warehouse have been counted, and there are 112,386 of them. ”

Liu Yan nodded, now after the expansion, except for the cavalry posts, all of which are equipped with cold weapons, there are three hundred and sixty bird-gunners under the jurisdiction of the other posts, and each person can share more than three hundred fixed-loading bullets.

Then Liu Yan said: "Now there is a lot of reserves of fixed-loading ammunition, and then a part of the manpower will be allocated to specialize in the production of gunpowder, and the production of fixed-loading ammunition will be carried out at the same time as the production of gunpowder." The extra gunpowder should also be stored, and it will be of great use in the future. ”

Zhao Yan clenched his fists and took his life.

Then several people came to the firearms workshop again, and Liu Yan took a look at the construction of the bird gun.

On the side, although Tan Xiaoda was in charge of the entire Firearms Supervision Department, he was also in charge of the firearms workshop, and began to introduce it next to Liu Yan.

"Captain A, now there are one hundred and twenty-four craftsmen here in our firearms workshop. Because the most difficult thing to build a bird pipe is the pipe, so the subordinates have assigned 80 skilled craftsmen to make a pipe, and how many qualified pipes can be created. Now these 80 craftsmen can make an average of three pipes in two months, and the average number of pipes is 120 pipes a month. ”

Liu Yan said: "In other words, now the firearms workshop can produce 120 bird guns a month. ”

"Exactly."

Liu Yan is still satisfied with the output of the bird gun, after all, there are only three hundred and sixty bird guns in Dapan Fort now, plus the reserves in the warehouse, the equipment of the bird gun is not a problem.

"And how is the development of the flintlock bird going?"

Tan Xiaoda said: "This matter was personally handled by his subordinates, and he found three other craftsmen with the best skills to consult together, and there has been a lot of progress. To put it bluntly, flint is to replace the fire rope with flint, and the design of flint fire is the most exquisite. The subordinates and others have figured out the specific structure of the flint faucet, but now it is still a little difficult to create these qualified components. ”

"Can't you make a copy?"

Tan Xiaoda said: "The subordinates have also built some, but the subordinates and others have limited ability, and the components created are not very qualified, and they are assembled and installed on the bird's gun, and the flint basically cannot catch fire, and now the subordinates are leading people to improve it, and I believe that a breakthrough will be made soon." ”

Liu Yan smiled and said, "This is progress, yes, you have to make persistent efforts." ”

Tan Xiao clenched his fists and said, "Captain A, don't worry, his subordinates will do their best." ”

Then they went to the place where the armor and blades were made.

There were more than twenty craftsmen who made weapons such as spears, swords, and shields, and eighty-five craftsmen who made armor, and all of them were the best craftsmen.

There was nothing to see in the creation of cold weapons such as spears and waist knives, and Liu Yan came directly to the place where armor was made.

Tan Xiaoda knew that Liu Yan couldn't worry about the output of the armor, so he introduced it on the side: "Chief, please see, now these eighty-five craftsmen are roughly divided into two parts, of which fifty-five are responsible for the creation of armor iron pieces, and each iron piece has to go through nearly ten links such as quenching, polishing, and shaping. Ten other people were responsible for the lining of the armor, and the remaining twenty were responsible for the assembly of the armor, that is, the connection of the iron pieces and the lining. The same is true for the production of helmets. ”

"Because the production of armor is too cumbersome, even if the armor equipped by our Dapanbao soldiers is only half-body armor, to put it bluntly, it is just an iron armor, compared with the complex armor such as mountain armor, cotton armor, and straight armor equipped by the battalion soldiers, it is actually very shabby. But even so, it took nearly a month to make a pair of armor. ”

Liu Yan couldn't help but nod his head when he heard this, the difficulty of making armor is even higher than that of the bird's gun, which is also a helpless thing, with the current background of Dapan Fort, it is still unrealistic to want to produce armor in large quantities.

"And how is the production of armor now?"

"Now you can create sixty to seventy pairs of armor a month here, which is already the limit."

Liu Yan calculated in his heart, now the original more than 200 dun troops of Dapanbao have been armored, and there are more than 300 pairs of armor in the warehouse, that is to say, if it is equipped according to the number of people after expansion, the number of armor shortages is more than 500 pairs, and even if the workshop is built according to the maximum output, it will take seven or eight months to get together, which is too long!

So Liu Yan made up his mind, after a few people read this, Liu Yan and the others came to the office of Tan Xiaoda, after a few people sat down, Liu Yan went straight to the topic, and said: "Now the output is very good, and the output of armor is second to none in our Xiahe Village, but now the demand for our Dapanbao is here, and the output of armor will continue to increase." ”

Tan Xiaoda's face suddenly became bitter, and he wanted to speak, but was stopped by Liu Yan, only to see Liu Yan say: "I understand the difficulties of Master Tan, I came to inspect the Firearms Supervision Office today, and I came to share the worries of Master Tan." ”

Tan Xiao raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't know what kind of tricks the first chief has?" ”

Liu Yan said: "During this period of time, Director Tan has been working day and night, I have seen it in my eyes, if it weren't for Director Tan, the armament of Dapanbao would not be so sophisticated." It can be said that the Dapan Fort Army is strong, and Chief Tan has to take the first credit! ”

As soon as these words came out, Tan Xiaoda didn't care about asking, he only felt warm in his heart, his eyes almost burst into tears, and he didn't say anything for a long time, as if his throat was blocked by something.

Tan Xiaoda has been ostracized by Shangguan and colleagues before, and he has no chance to display his skills, let alone anyone pays attention to them, and he has no appreciation from Shangguan, and his life is very aggrieved.

But now, Liu Yan values himself so much, Tan Xiaoda suddenly understood a sentence: Those who are confidants die!

"Don't worry, my subordinates will definitely try their best to increase the production of armor!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "I understand Master Tan's mood. I said, I'm here to solve the problem. ”

Subsequently, Liu Yan put forward the idea of separating the cold weapon and armor production workshop and setting up a armor supervision office.

"Chief Tan is good at building firearms, and to be honest, taking into account the creation of armor and blades does put too much pressure on Chief Tan. So I'm going to ask the manager for more manpower to share the worries of Master Tan. ”

Tan Xiaoda hurriedly said: "Is Chief A ...... because I am not doing well?"

Liu Yan saw that Tan Xiaoda had misunderstood, so he said: "Don't misunderstand, Chief Tan, I said, firearms and armor are two types of armaments, and it is most appropriate to develop and build them separately." Moreover, the research and development of the flintlock bird gun still counts on Director Tan's side, so I naturally have to take out some minor affairs, so as not to interfere with the development progress of Director Tan. ”

Hearing this, Tan Xiaoda relieved his heart, clasped his fists again and said: "The subordinates understand, since this is the case, then the subordinates will prepare the roster of craftsmen who make armor and blades, and wait for the dispatch of the armor chief at any time." ”

Liu Yan looked at the energetic Tan Xiaoda, nodded and said, "That's good!" ”