"The new guns will be divided into four grades according to quality. Grade A is above average and the quantity is small. Grade B is basically qualified and can be delivered to the armed forces. Grade C is slightly defective and can be qualified after improvements. . Ding and others are defective products and must be remade. Each new gun is expensive, and cutting corners, shoddy goods, perfunctory work, self-stealing, etc. are never allowed to happen. If anyone dares to take risks, disobey this palace's edict. Your order means you are an enemy of me!"
It's at least fifteen taels of silver for a new gun. If you tell me a lot of tricks, just wait for the factory guards to clean it up.
The person in charge of each arsenal can earn money on a piece-rate basis. This is an upright channel and there is nothing wrong with it.
I have pointed out a clear path for you, but if you are still unwilling to follow it and have to commit crimes against the odds, then don't blame me for being rude.
"I will never dare to deceive you and ignore my superiors. I will act in accordance with the Holy Order!"
Bureau officer Liu Feng knew how powerful the young prince was. A man who dared to raid his grandfather's mansion and kill thousands of prisoners would still be merciful to them?
Talking to me politely now does not mean that when I go back, I will be able to enrich myself privately. There are thousands of such people, including their families, and they will soon be assigned to the mountains to mine.
Whoever bullies the young prince is a fool!
Some people may think that the prince is only at his age, so why should he be at his mercy?
As long as everyone doesn't listen, the prince and queen will become everyone's puppets.
But don’t forget, how can you be sure that others will be of the same mind as you? At your mercy?
If someone dares to disobey orders, there will be others who will act according to orders.
Anyone with a brain will realize that now is the best opportunity to win the favor of the Holy Family.
Because the icing on the cake is far inferior to providing help in times of need. It is very obvious that the cooked food is light and the cooked food is heavy.
There are only two types of people who do big things but try to be smart. One is that they are stupid because they are officials, and the other is that they have never been officials at all.
The correct approach is to use the lives of colleagues to pave the way for one's own official career, so that by embracing the prince's chicken thigh, one's whole family can rest easy for the rest of their lives.
If your brain is good, then you can immediately wave the flag and cheer for whomever the prince wants to attack.
If your brain is not working well, just do it step by step as the prince tells you.
Many people have done this before, betraying their colleagues, but in the end they all failed under the rules of officialdom.
The reason is that the emperor did not dare to confront the civil service group, so he could not protect the whistleblower.
Now, in order to increase fiscal revenue as quickly as possible, a certain prince can do it, not only to kill the goose to obtain the eggs, but also to fish from the lake.
As long as the matter of reporting colleagues is verified, not only can you save the lives of your whole family, but you can also kill your enemies. Why not?
A certain prince not only encouraged officials to supervise and report each other, but also encouraged the housekeepers, servants, and maids at home to report their masters with evidence. Those who were successful could receive 10% of the total gold and silver.
Some servants who were wronged but unable to resist took this as a God-given opportunity to get justice and stand up. As long as they got the evidence and made up their mind, they would rush to the factory guard to report.
So far, the number of whistleblowers has reached 87, and the success rate of reporting is 100%...
The luckiest guy got a reward of 3,800 taels of silver, and happily started a new happy life with his maid and girlfriend in his arms.
With this money, as long as you don't spend it recklessly, you can live in a big house, hire several servants, and have the same quality of life as the previous owner, even in the capital.
Many nouveau riche went to buy houses that were being treated for boreworms. The reason why they were able to spend hundreds or even thousands of taels of silver was because of the money in their pockets.
Moreover, a certain prince instructed the factory guards to protect the whistle-blowers. The money they received had relevant receipts and they could spend it at will. As long as they did not violate the "Ming Law", they could live a happy life.
"Jingshi Daily" will publish relevant reward measures every once in a while, stimulating everyone's attention. As time goes by, even the most timid people will start to feel excited when they see it.
The two guys at the armor factory did a decent job from beginning to end, so a certain prince gave them more power to manage more craftsmen, and they were also rewarded with piece-rate commissions.
As long as the job at hand satisfies the superior, a certain prince does not mind that the heads of the arsenal earn thousands of taels of silver every year. He wants everyone to understand that as long as they are honest and obedient and work hard, they can get generous rewards.
The armor factory has begun to implement a new management method advocated by a certain prince. In addition to the basic working hours, rewards will be given based on the quantity and quality completed. The more qualified products are produced within the specified time, the more money will be earned.
In the past, craftsmen only earned two or three taels of silver per month. Now, as long as they are skilled in craftsmanship, it is easy to earn four or five taels per month. Senior craftsmen who master special process craftsmanship can even earn ten taels per month.
"You also need to make a batch of special guns. The caliber of the barrel is tentatively set to be half an inch, and the length of the barrel is four feet. The forging process should be consistent with the new gun. The weight of the gun must be controlled under thirteen kilograms. If it is difficult to do, The length of the barrel can be shortened to three and a half feet. The rifling must be pulled out of the barrel, and the lifespan must not be less than half of the life of the new gun. First make four sample guns, and the test firing process is the same as today. After mass production, the cost will be Control it to less than fifty taels each. The most important thing is that the accuracy of this batch of guns must reach the A-level of new guns. There must not be any products lower than this level, and the parts of the guns must be made of high-quality materials."
The only difference from the new gun sketch is that this gun can be equipped with a telescope, that is, a telescope. Combined with its longer barrel and the rifling inside, its role is self-evident...
Yaoji hopes that the first-generation sniper rifle of the Great Dynasty will not have an error of more than one foot when shooting a target at a distance of a hundred steps, otherwise it will lose the meaning of sniping high-value targets.
Taking into account the slow loading, we originally planned to use a double barrel similar to a hunting gun. However, considering that after installing the sight, the gun was already heavy and inconvenient for soldiers to carry, so we gave up.
But in order to ensure hit accuracy, the alternative is to have a group of two primary and secondary shooters, both equipped with sniper rifles. Regardless of whether the primary shooter hits the target or not, the secondary shooter will fire. Two shots will always do more damage than one shot.
Due to the low efficiency of sniping, a Ming army sniper team consisted of six people, including one team leader, two shooters, and three soldiers protecting the wings and rear.
The specific tactic is to find a nook and cranny that is not easily noticed and shoot it. If you hit it, you can pick it up. If you don't hit it, turn around and run away...
A certain prince's budget for the sniper rifle project was 10,000 taels of silver, including guns, bullets, scopes, ghillie suits for camouflage, and horses. The personnel were drawn from Huang Degong's Yongwei camp.
If you can kill Emperor Taiji or Ergon Tangyuan with such a small amount of money, it would be a great value. Even if you don't have that luck, it would be good to kill the flag leader or a hundred or so Bagala guards.
All snipers use Minedam bullets with lead slugs. As long as they can penetrate cloth armor and then penetrate the skin, the target will not be killed on the spot and will completely lose its combat effectiveness.
The only question is how high the sniper rifle's long-range hit rate is.
If four feet plus rifling still doesn't work, then the only option is to extend the barrel to five feet, which is almost as long as the sniper rifles of later generations.
At present, the Ming Dynasty's arsenal has the ability to draw rifling. Although it is difficult to draw very regular and beautiful spiral rifling, and the quality of the barrel is also unsatisfactory, after all, the required skills are all like that.
The first-generation sniper rifle can be regarded as a test product. It can be used to summarize the shortcomings and shortcomings, and then gradually improve it. This is a step-by-step exploration process. The idea of achieving it overnight is temporarily unworkable in this project.
"I obey!"
Liu Feng didn't know why the prince ordered him to make these fire guns, and the emperor didn't explain it. He could only understand that he wanted to make products with higher performance than new guns.
Fortunately, the cost of each gun can reach fifty taels, so there is more space for work, because rifling the barrel is extremely time-consuming.
Even if the barrel is qualified, but there is a problem when rifling, then the barrel will be completely scrapped, and there will be no chance of improvement.
This job is not that easy to do, but what the prince has decided cannot be changed. As long as he is still the director of the armor factory, he must go all out.
"This matter is not urgent. We can produce the prototype gun within two months. The factory must prioritize the production of new guns. At the same time, the production of muskets must not be delayed."
Yaoji understood that it was useless just to be impatient. The personnel transferred from various factories still needed to be integrated, the craftsmen needed to be familiar with the process of the new gun, and the molds had to be manufactured. These all took time, and the sniper rifle project had to be postponed.
The annual output of blunderbuss cannot be less than 60,000, otherwise the cannon fodder troops on the front line will have to pick up cold weapons to fight the enemy again. The output of new guns cannot be too small, otherwise the East Palace Guards will have to use blunderbuss to make up the number.
If the production of new guns increases, the Yongwei Battalion can also be re-equipped. No matter how weak the flintlock gun is, its rate of fire is 50% higher than that of the matchlock, and soldiers no longer need to carry a matchlock to fight.
Money is not a problem. A certain prince has reserved 750,000 taels of silver to manufacture 50,000 French "Charleville" 1777-style flintlock muskets.
Zhou Yuji will keep 20,000 of them here, and then allocate the same number to Huang Degong's Yongwei camp. The remaining part can be allocated to factory guards, but it is estimated that they will have to wait until next year.
Even if formal mass production begins in early April, and one hundred qualified products can be manufactured every day, less than 30,000 new guns will be produced by the end of the year, so the installation plan seems to be a long way to go.
Flintlock guns are not original to the West. Bi Maokang, a firearms expert from the Great Dynasty, introduced the principle and structure of flintlock guns in his book "Illustrated Weapons" eight years ago. The book calls it a "self-generated fire gun" ".
The improvements made were the same as those of Western flintlock guns, but they did not attract the attention of the imperial court, and there was no way to promote them. "Illustrated Description of Weapons" was also regarded as a banned book by the imperial court...
Previously being implicated by Zhang Fengxiang, Grandpa Bi was forced to become an official. After being re-appointed by the imperial court, he was working as a Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing and a weapons expert to manage finance. This was obviously not doing his job properly.
Considering that Grandpa Bi was already over sixty-eight years old and could not live for a few more years, Yaoji transferred him to the capital to maximize his efforts. At least he knew the structure of the flintlock rifle very well.
Just these two industry insiders in front of me, plus a bunch of craftsmen in the armor factory, racked their brains and brains to come up with four prototype guns. With the help of Grandpa Bi and other great figures, the problems encountered may be solved. Solved easily.
A certain prince wanted the armor factory to become the largest professional gun production factory in the country. If possible, he would spin off the armor business department and set up a separate factory for production.
Compared with the technological process of artillery and new guns, manufacturing armor is much easier. Except for Western Milan-style plate armor, almost all other types of armor can be produced in the factory.
For example, the "Chicken Helmet" presented this time is the latest product manufactured by the factory based on the sketch drawn by Yao Ji. The pointed front face resembles a chicken's beak, hence the name "Chicken Helmet".
The cover is opened at the back, and the front is completely closed, leaving only two thin horizontal openings to facilitate the eyes to observe the enemy's situation, and the two holes at the bottom are for breathing.
This kind of helmet seems clumsy, but it can offset the damage caused by Qing Bow to Ming soldiers at close range to the greatest extent, especially to avoid being shot in the head by the opponent's arrow.
Although it weighs nearly eight pounds, it is difficult to move your head flexibly while wearing it. As long as you can save your life on the battlefield, it is enough, and everything else can be put aside first.
"Dang~!"
Li Fengxiang, the eunuch in charge of the inner factory, selected five archers with very strong arms. They shot at the helmets in all directions from a distance of twenty steps, ten steps, and five steps, but none of them could penetrate the target.
"good!"
Yaoji was very satisfied with the result, and then looked at its internal structure, especially to see for himself whether the internal space was large enough. During winter operations, soldiers would wear cotton hoods to keep warm. If the space is small, it would not be suitable. .
"One is to reduce the weight as much as possible while ensuring defense. The other is to make it into different models so that it can be worn by soldiers with different head sizes."
These helmets are all made into the same model, which is a disaster for the troops. Guys with big heads may not be able to wear them without wearing hoods.
The biggest feature of the new helmet is that the chicken beak is large enough for foodies to stuff something into it. If the waiting time is up, they can still eat without taking off the helmet.
"Furthermore, the new helmet must be matched with the new armor, and special protection must be provided on the neck. This is a very fatal position. Being hit by an arrow will be life-threatening."
If you don't need hard iron armor for protection, you have to use chainmail, linen, leather and other layers of conforming armor to resist. Otherwise, anyone who is shot in the neck will basically be useless. This is how Huang Degong died.
Yaoji does not allow his soldiers or even generals to be killed instantly by the opponent because of this loophole. As long as they are ace troops, they must be armed to the teeth before going to the battlefield.
According to my own idea, the new full-body armor weighs eight kilograms for the head, seventeen kilograms for the torso and arms, and five kilograms for the legs. The total weight is thirty kilograms. Including the musket, the total combat weight is forty kilograms, which is close to that of a soldier. It's the limit of what you can carry during wartime.
It's a bit stupid, but its defense is extremely high. It has been improved from the previous first-level defense to the current second-level defense.
Muskets and grenades are converted into two attacks. Doglegs have two attacks and two defenses. Generally speaking, it is impossible to be defeated by Braid in one blow.
