Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

"Cai Bao, please move."

Compared with the anxiety on the side of the artillery, on the side of the iron armor, the faces of everyone were better than ever.

Zhang Shouren's heart moved, and he laughed and scolded: "What's the relationship between you and me?"

"Hey, Taibao, but please move on, go to the second workshop, there are more beautiful things over there than here."

"Be careful, if I see poor results, I will deduct your wages." [

"Haha, don't worry, my lord, I am very sure that I dare to express myself like this."

During working hours, everyone forgot about Zhang Shouren's identity. He talked and laughed very casually, and the relationship between superiors and subordinates was not so insurmountable.

Under the leadership of the people from the Jiazhan Bureau, they bypassed the largest armor room and walked inside.After walking a few steps, he felt that the ground was trembling. Zhang Shouren stopped for a while, as if he was thinking about the reason for the trembling. After thinking for a while, he got something in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face.

Seeing him like this, everyone felt more confident. The master craftsmen including Lin Chonggui were all mentioned by Zhang Shouren. They knew that the Taibao was first-class in leading troops, fighting first-class, making money first-class, and above all, they were also first-class.

Since the Taibao felt very happy, it naturally shows that everyone's thinking is correct.

They were far away, and they arrived very quickly. Zhang Shouren couldn't help laughing when he saw the situation in the workshop.

The place is huge, and what is even more strange is the huge hammer that is pulled up high. Each hammer may weigh more than a hundred catties. It is pulled up by the principle of leverage. There is also the vibration of the ground, which is the sound made when the hammer hits the iron sheet.

"Using a hammer to forge a cooked iron sheet, gradually forging it into shape, leaving holes in the four corners, one piece on the chest and one piece on the back, so it is easy to bind." Lin Chonggui proudly introduced it to Zhang Shouren, and at the same time asked someone to take it and have it formed. The finished product to watch.

"Each piece of armor weighs 25 to [-] catties, but its protection ability is far higher than that of iron armor weighing [-] catties or even [-] catties... We tried to stab it with a long spear, because the chest protruded, and after polishing and smoothing, the tip of the spear was hard to bear force. The prickly feeling is very uncomfortable.”

"The firecracker has to be close to break through the armor. Fifty paces away, it's hard to inflict fatal damage on soldiers wearing this armor!"

"Bows and arrows are almost useless. Wearing this armor, with armbands, greaves, iron gloves, a helmet and a mask, the total weight is about [-] kilograms, which is about the same as the current long armor. Only a distance of [-] steps will cause death. possible."

"A hundred steps away, if you hit this armor with a crossbow step bow, it is almost difficult to break through it."

"The forging method is simple. In addition to manpower, we are also considering using animal power."

Everyone was chattering, explaining to Zhang Shouren how cost-effective this armor-making method was, and Zhang Shouren listened with a smile, feeling extremely happy.

This armor-making method is similar to that of European breastplates, except that Europeans generally equip more cavalry, and infantry are less equipped with iron armor after the emergence of firearms.

As for the heavy armor like iron cans in the Middle Ages in Europe... Few people can wear it given the current quality of Fushan soldiers. This thing is too heavy, including the two-handed broadsword. It's not small, but it's not something that ordinary people can play with. Those who can wear this thing to fight are European knights. It's not something that ordinary peasants and soldiers can handle. After eating enough for several years, there must not be many things to play around.

As far as the current breastplate is concerned, it is not too heavy, and it is not a heavy burden on the soldiers. Zhang Shouren pondered for a while, and smiled: "Let's consider using water power forging, which saves manpower and is faster."

"We have also considered the hydraulic power. Diverting water from the Jiao River, but the water flow needs to be large and a dam needs to be built. It can't be solved by diverting a small stream now."

"And now I don't know how to drive it..."[

"It's very simple..." Zhang Shouren said with a smile: "Use wood screws, call someone to come to me later, and draw a sketch for you to see."

The manual method is too stupid and time-consuming. If there is hydraulic forging, the water flow will not stop 24 hours a day, as long as someone changes shifts to take care of it.

Lin Chonggui's face was beaming with joy, and he stretched out his palms and said, "Caibao, as long as the supply of iron continues, five thousand breastplates for half a year will be no problem at all."

"The breastplate is mainly equipped with cavalry, as well as iron halberd soldiers, sword soldiers, etc. The musketeers still wear short armor...they are too heavy to wear. The short armor is less than twenty catties. become."

Zhang Shouren was in a very happy mood, and he was satisfied enough with the work of the general office, but it was obvious that Lin Chonggui and his group had made a significant breakthrough in the past few months, which gave him a complete surprise.

In addition to long and short armor, thousands of breastplates will be added. After a few years, an ultra-luxury army of more than 10 people will appear under the sky of Ming Dynasty. Just thinking about it is enough to call People feel at ease.

"What's the matter with the gun?"

After looking at the two places, the sun was already slanting to the west, Zhang Shouren had other things to do, and he couldn't spend all his time in the general work, so he smiled and said: "I'll come back in a few days, take a closer look at each place, see A few days, I have too many things to do these few days, let's not continue to play tricks..."

"Yes, Taibao, then this subordinate can speak directly."

According to the introduction of firecrackers, the production of firecrackers has been unsatisfactory before. One is that there are too many pieces of flintlock firecrackers, and the other is that there are defects in gunpowder. These make the use complicated and the firing rate is not high.Now about [-]% of the accessories have been removed, and the whole gun body has become very simple. The gunpowder is on top, and the experiments with granular gunpowder have become more and more successful, and the power has also increased by about [-]%.

One hundred and fifty steps, it can cause fatal damage to Donglu wearing ordinary iron-leaf double breastplate, which was unimaginable before.

As for the main breakthrough, it is still in the drilling and grinding of the barrel.

Although guns were not made purely by hand in the past, there were also various lathes such as drilling machines, milling machines, grinding machines, etc. After the opening of trade with Macao, hundreds of lathes of various types were obtained from the Jesus Society and European countries.

These lathes were not produced in the industrial age, they were also purely handmade, but they already had the prototype of early industrial manufacturing. With these lathes, the production of various weapons became convenient and fast.

However, the production of firecracker barrels has always been done by pure handwork. This is a technical job. Every skilled worker has to drill for six or seven hours a day. Even so, it takes five or six days to drill a piece. Gen, there is only one solution to this kind of thing...train more skilled hands.

But now the Fushan Army will soon enter the threshold of a large army of more than [-], plus the Zhuang Ding of each village, Lu Xunying, etc., the required firecrackers exceed [-], what a huge number!

If they drill down at the current speed, the firecrackers, like the armor, will become a shortcoming that the Fushan Army cannot solve for a while.

Thankfully, the hydraulic rig showed up just in time.

It does not need to be driven by threads, but the belt is driven by water flow, and the water speed does not need to be too fast, as long as it flows continuously.Change the drill bit frequently, and someone will take care of it to prevent the drill from being skewed. In this way, at least six gun barrels can be drilled a day.

Compared with the current speed, this is a leap forward.

"You can make as many gun beds as you have, if you don't have enough to show off, go to Macau and buy them with those big noses."

Compared with the achievement of the armor, Zhang Shouren was even more excited about the breakthrough of the firecracker. [

One is defense, the other is output, of course output is more important.And the lack of armor and stomach can be ignored for the time being, and the shortage of guns, what should he use for training?

"Write it down, write it down." He turned to the clerk who followed, and said with a big smile, "Ling, the general office has made extraordinary achievements. From top to bottom, all the staff will record a first-class meritorious service once!"

"Thank you, Lord Taibao!"

The so-called first-class meritorious service is not an actual reward, but it is also related to salary and future medals, and related to promotion.

Like Lin Chonggui, this time he will definitely be recommended again because of this matter. A craftsman-born host can be promoted to the second-rank or third-rank military officer, and the world position can also reach the level of command and acquaintance. For a craftsman, such a result Of course it is dreamlike, but it is also expected!

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When he came out of the office, Zhang Shouren looked at the pocket watch he was wearing, and the pointer was already pointing to around five o'clock in the afternoon.

Unknowingly, it still took a day.

Even so, it was just the tip of the iceberg in the huge general work, more things, more surprises are yet to come, but he still has other things in mind now, so he can't delay any longer.

He asked Zhang Deqi, who had been silent all the time and followed him to the left and right: "Is Chen Wozi still in the field?"

Zhang Deqi has a very forthright temperament, he doesn't say a word, it's just that he has a specialization in art, and it's inconvenient to say more about things he doesn't understand, but it doesn't mean that he is unhappy or unhappy.

First, I congratulated Zhang Shouren, and then replied with a smile: "I don't know, my lord, as long as it is dawn, Chen Wozi must be in the field. Even if it is dark, sometimes he has to ask someone to light a torch to inspect. In the past six months, almost Come here every day."

"Well, it's not easy for him."

Zhang Shouren nodded lightly, then smiled at Zhang Deqi and said, "You've got a lot of tan, it's not easy!"

He has been watching martial arts and weapons all day today. Zhang Deqi knows that these are of great significance to Fushan's development, so he has no resistance.

But in his capacity as a farmer, farm work is just as important. Fushan is a carriage, and it is also a military, agricultural, and commercial industry. If anything is missing, it is considered that the carriage is missing a wheel. Moving forward is also very difficult.

At this moment, being able to get Zhang Shouren's "not easy", feels like hard work has paid off... He is not the kind of person who likes to put on airs, but at this moment, he can't help but choke up a little.

"Summer harvest is coming soon. Looking at the fields, you can tell that everyone has worked hard." Zhang Shouren turned his head away from the proud former scholar, and said in a very gentle voice: "I will remember everyone's contributions, no matter what. , the general has the glory of the general, and those who work diligently behind the general should also have their glory... Don't worry, I will never forget it!"