Ten days later, Liu Yan came to the Firearms Supervision Office again.

At this time, all the craftsmen, equipment, and materials of the firearms superintendent had been moved from Dapanbao to Wangjiazhuang. The newly built firearms supervision office occupies a large area, with the scale of three courtyards, and each courtyard has its own cross-courtyard, which is at least twice the scale of the original one, and even larger than Liu Yan's hundred official halls.

Today, the Firearms Supervision Office has undergone several expansions and renovations, and has become quite large-scale. Moreover, Tan Xiaoda has really added five new animal-powered lathes, and several more are under construction, which will be put into use soon, and the output of the Firearms Supervision Department will be greatly increased at that time.

On this day, Liu Yan took Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Yue Ming to a test firing site in the Firearms Supervision Department, and Tan Xiaoda was also accompanied by him.

Liu Yan pointed to the humanoid arrow target in front of him, and said to Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Yue Ming: "The flintlock bird has been successfully developed, let's try it today." If there are no problems after the test firing, the Firearms Supervision Office will be able to produce at full capacity. ”

As soon as the words fell, Tan Xiao walked over with a black and shiny bird gun, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Yue Ming all widened their eyes when they saw this, this bird gun was made by Seiko at a glance, and it was far stronger than the ordinary bird gun equipped in the Ming army.

"This is the flintlock bird we built ourselves?"

I saw that the gun tube made of high-quality wrought iron flashed with the unique light of metal, jet black and shiny, extremely charming, and various parts made of stainless steel were embellished, and the body of the bird gun looked shining, in the eyes of Miao Shao, Xu Ming, and Yue Ming, the whole bird gun was simply more attractive than a beauty!

Miao Shao said with a smile: "It's good-looking, it's really good-looking, if the whole army is equipped, no thieves or rogues will be able to stop a volley!" ”

Liu Yanhan nodded with a smile and said, "That's the truth, no matter what kind of powerful enemy it is, in front of this sophisticated firearm, it is a chicken and a dog!" ”

Then Liu Yan added: "Of course, the premise is that our own soldiers are also elite, and only when sophisticated firearms are handed over to elite soldiers can they exert their true power." ”

In fact, the firearms equipped by the Ming army in history were very advanced, and a variety of firepower outputs have been developed. Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty still had sophisticated firearms such as Thunderbolt Gun, Lumi Gun, and Shenji Cannon, and even if these firearms were put to deal with the Eight-Nation Alliance at the end of the Qing Dynasty, they would not necessarily fall into disadvantage!

But there are so many sophisticated firearms, but they still can't stop Li Zicheng's army of thieves, and they can't stop the strong bows and fast horses of the Manchu Qing Tartars, why?

It is because of the non-human use, except for a very small number of elite soldiers in the army at the end of the Ming Dynasty, most of them have been stopped to the bones, and such soldiers, even if they are equipped with automatic rifles, still can't calm the world. 33

Liu Yan sighed in his heart, and then said to Tan Xiaoda: "Master Tan, try to open a gun, it is a mule or a horse to come out and slip!" ”

Tan Xiaoda smiled, his heart was also itching, after receiving the order, he walked to the table in front of everyone, skillfully charged, loaded, compacted, every step was like a smooth flow, which surprised others.

Xu Ming looked at Liu Yan with an incredulous expression, and said in a low voice: "Will this Tan Master still let go?" How did I not know? ”

Liu Yan glanced at Xu Ming and said in a low voice: "Rare and strange, Director Tan deals with bird guns every day, what's so strange about letting them go?" ”

At this time, if there were the bird sufficiencers of the Ming Army's Shenji Battalion present, they would definitely say that Tan Xiaoda's operation was extremely unfamiliar and unusable, even in Liu Yan's opinion, Tan Xiaoda's operation was very non-standard. However, for a craftsman like Tan Xiaoda, it is already very good to be able to do it so smoothly.

After a while, Tan Xiao finished filling his stool, and then stood about forty paces away from the arrow target and picked up the bird gun.

With the jet-black pipe, the precise Wangshan, and the distant arrow target, Tan Xiaoda held his breath and pulled the trigger.

"Bang!"

A crisp roar suddenly sounded, and a burst of fire burst out of the bird's gun, and the lead bullet hit the arrow target with lightning speed, and immediately hit the sawdust sideways, leaving a hole in the arrow target made of hardwood, and the huge force even knocked out several cracks in the arrow target.

At this time, Miao Shao, Xu Ming, Yue Ming, and the surrounding craftsmen were already dumbfounded, and many of them had seen firearms such as bowl-mouth guns and three-eyed guns equipped by the official army, but they were far less powerful than this flintlock-haired bird gun!

Miao Shao said excitedly: "If this hits people, where is the reason to survive!" ”

Yue Ming also said excitedly: "My lord, this bird gun is really an artifact!" ”

Liu Yan was also a little surprised, such a power is probably much stronger than the captured bird gun, it should be the result of Tan Xiaoda and others' fine work.

"Not bad!"

Liu Yan walked in front of Tan Xiaoda with a smile, and Tan Xiaoda also laughed at this time, and handed the bird gun to Liu Yan with both hands.

Liu Yan stroked the bird gun and said to everyone: "After the mass production of this flint bird gun, hundreds of bird guns in my Wangjiazhuang Hundred Households will shoot a salvo in array, and any enemy will be vulnerable!" ”

"What about the horses?"

At this time, Xu Ming said: "What if it is the horse team of the Mongols or Jiannu? ”

Liu Yan hesitated for a moment and asked Tan Xiaoda, "Master Tan, how far can this bird gun hit?" ”

"It's about forty paces just now, looking at the power of lead bullets, the maximum range of this Seiko Bird Gun should be about eighty paces, and at a distance of about forty steps, it should be able to break the enemy's armor!"

Liu Yan nodded, and then said to Xu Ming: "This distance can already cause large casualties to the enemy's horse team, and the rest of the matter depends on you, the chief flag officer of the cavalry post." ”

Xu Ming smiled confidently, obviously very informative about himself and his brothers.

At this time, Miao Shao said: "My lord, what if the enemy has a large number of archers? If you shoot with a bow and a bow, it's about the same range. ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "If you shoot at the enemy's archers, our soldiers may not die if they are shot by a bow and arrow, but if the enemy is shot by a bird, it will be nine deaths and one life, and if you don't die, you will be crippled!" Moreover, How long does it take to train an archer? How long does it take to make a bow? There is no one who can't train in a year and a half. And how long does it take to build a birdshot? Up to a month! And a bird gunner only needs to train for a few days before he can go into battle and fire! ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized, and Yue Ming even said with some excitement: "The time required to build a bird gun and train a bird gun is far less than that of an archer!" In a certain period of time, the enemy's archers are one less than one, but our Wangjiazhuang can continue to train qualified bird guns! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Liu Yan in surprise, and said secretly in their hearts; "It seems that the adults have thought of this a long time ago!"

After that, everyone came to the reception room of the Firearms Supervision Office, and Liu Yan said to Tan Xiaoda: "Director Tan, now the Firearms Supervision Office will divide the entire manufacturing process of the flintlock bird gun into three major links: gun tube manufacturing, gun body manufacturing, and whole gun assembly, instead of a blacksmith responsible for the production of the whole bird gun as before, which can greatly improve production efficiency." At the same time, each craftsman must have his own exclusive number, and print his own number on the bird gun parts created by himself, once a part has a quality problem, it is necessary to find the relevant craftsman according to the number to punish! ”

Liu Yan didn't want his subordinates to be equipped with "iron cannon battles" like the end of the Ming Dynasty, so he had to ensure the quality of the bird's gun!

Tan Xiaoda also wrote down Liu Yan's requests one by one, for fear of missing any point.

Liu Yan continued: "Chief Tan, if the Firearms Supervision Office does its best to build a flintlock bird, how many poles can be built per month? ”

Tan Xiaoda pondered for a moment, and then said: "Now the Firearms Supervision Office needs to mobilize some people to start making sub-medicine and lead bullets, and there should be more than 100 people who can be used to make flintlock bird guns, but there are only 80 craftsmen who make gun pipes, so it can probably be 10 to 120 bird guns per month." ”

Liu Yan shook his head and said, "No! The production is too small! ”

"It's already the fastest speed."

Liu Yan said: "In this way, the Firearms Supervision Department will send some reliable craftsmen, all of whom will be used to make flintlock birds. ”

"In addition, the construction of simple animal-powered lathes for polishing the pipes should be continued, and the Firearms Supervision Department should increase the production of flintlock bird guns to 500 shots per month in the shortest possible time!"

"Five hundred strokes a month!"

At this moment, Tan Xiao's eyes widened, and the whole person jumped up from the chair, and said, "My lord, even if you continue to build a lathe, it is impossible to build five hundred flintlock bird guns in a month!" That's impossible! ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "There is nothing difficult in the world, only afraid of people with hearts!" Chief Tan, if there is a shortage of people in the Firearms Supervision Office, all craftsmen can find apprentices in the hundred households, lack of silver and materials, and Yue Zongqi can fully support him. However, I only want the yield to guarantee the quality of the yield! ”

Tan Xiaoda said helplessly: "But what can I do? ”

"I have!"

Liu Yan smiled and said, "I have a way!" ”

Everyone was also frightened by the huge output requested by Liu Yan, and they were very sympathetic to Tan Xiaoda in their hearts, thinking that it was impossible for Tan Xiaoda to complete this task.

And Tan Xiaoda thinks that the most important thing at the moment is to transform the original arquebus, with the current production of the firearms supervision department, it can already meet the demand, unless Liu Yan wants to expand the army again, but with the current population base of Wangjiazhuang, is this possible?

At this time, everyone was very curious when they heard that Liu Yan had a way to increase the output of the Firearms Supervision Office in a short period of time, and they all looked over.

Tan Xiaoda couldn't wait and asked again and again.

Liu Yan said: "Director Tan, you tell the craftsmen of the Firearms Supervision Department that from today onwards, in addition to their monthly money, I will reward the craftsman with one tael and five dollars of silver to the apprentice for every one of the qualified flintlock bird guns they make!" However, if anyone makes a mistake with a shoddy bird gun in order to rush the work, I will not only fine him ten times the cost of the work, but I will also send him to the salt drying yard to work as coolies! ”

"Moreover, if the monthly output of an apprentice under a craftsman exceeds that of the master for three consecutive months, no matter how many years the apprentice has just been studying, he can be promoted to a craftsman and enjoy the treatment of a craftsman."

"If the craftsman's monthly output is exceeded by his apprentice, he will be fined a symbolic fee!"

Tan Xiaoda was taken aback at first, lowered his head and thought for a while, and then his face flushed with a hint of ruddy, and said, "This is a good idea, my lord!" In this way, I am afraid that the craftsmen and apprentices of the Firearms Supervision Department will have to catch up with the flintlock bird guns day and night, and everyone will chase after me, work overtime, and with the help of animal powered lathes, it may be possible to build 500 flintlock bird guns in a month! ”

"Of course!"

Liu Yan said with a smile: "In addition, there is another point to note, that is, all the flintlock bird guns built by the Firearms Supervision Department must ensure that the size of each part is uniform, especially the caliber of the gun tube, the error must be strictly controlled, and all the parts of the flintlock bird guns created must be interchangeable, otherwise they will be regarded as shoddy waste products!" ”

Tan Xiaoda couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said in a deep voice: "It's difficult to say this, what size should it be?" ”

Some people died, but not completely......