In the central hall of the Procuratorate of Chicheng Castle, five sergeants stood on the east side of the courtyard holding lightning guns.
Here, Shi Tiegen said to Zhang Cheng: "Commander, you have to take a closer look. When the electric gun is fired, it is like flowing clouds and flowing water. It is extremely exciting!"
When he said this, everyone in the courtyard immediately got excited. The previous firearms demonstrations were only watched by Zhang Cheng and a few people, but today it was indeed demonstrated in front of almost all the senior officials in the North Road.
Shi Tiejen was extremely excited. The demonstrations of the short gun and the self-fire gun just now were very successful. Now he is demonstrating the electric gun. He believes that it will surprise everyone even more.
"Switch on the electric gun, prepare, five rounds, shoot!"
I saw the five sergeants quickly raised their guns and fired, then they took out their guns from a small bag at their waists, quickly loaded the gun, raised their guns and fired. All the actions were done in one go, without any stagnation.
The sound of "bang bang bang..." is endless.
In an instant, five rounds of volleys were fired, and a large puff of smoke rose from the east side of the courtyard.
"Too fast..."
"Yes, this is much faster than a cannon..."
Everyone was surprised for a while, and there was endless discussion.
But they didn't notice that the five test sergeants all wore masks, and there was a piece of leather covering the back of their hands. Zhang Cheng saw it, and he knew it was to prevent air leakage and burns.
Amidst everyone's astonishment, several sergeants brought out a longer and thicker fire blunderbuss, which was the same big blunderbuss that Zhang Cheng had seen at the Yunzhou Jiangying Camp.
Shi Tiegen stepped forward and said: "Commander, there are a few straight lines carved into the barrel of this big gun, so that it can hit more accurately and farther. The disadvantage is that it takes too much effort to load. When fighting, , I can only shoot one shot."
Zhang Cheng smiled and said: "I want him to hit accurately and far, but I don't want him to hit fast."
Then, everyone returned to the official hall and looked at the pieces of armor carefully.
Generally speaking, Zhang Cheng is extremely satisfied with the Yunzhou Craftsman Camp. For the craftsmen of this era, Zhang Cheng has no discrimination at all, but full respect.
They not only have to take care of themselves and their families' food and clothing, but also make all kinds of weapons for the court. It is really not easy, but even so, they still work very dedicatedly and hard.
There are only two things they lack. The first is stability and they no longer have to worry about their livelihood. The second is literacy. Only literacy can learn from the experience of predecessors, keep good records, and design and summarize.
Now, Zhang Cheng has given them all this, especially pointing them in the right direction, thus preventing them from wasting time and energy in the wrong direction.
With the intelligence and diligence of my Chinese craftsmen, Zhang Cheng believes that they will not disappoint him. Just like today, sophisticated firearms and cannons of various colors will surely emerge in endlessly in the future!
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After comparison and discussion, Zhang Cheng finally made the decision himself, and he said: "Shi Tiegen, your craftsmen from the Yunzhou Craftsman Camp must still concentrate on the Fire Gun Bureau, followed by the Artillery Bureau.
For relatively simple crafts, several masters can be arranged, each with a dozen, or twenty or thirty apprentices, to do the work. However, the gun mechanism and barrel still have to be completed by the masters themselves.
The short gun displayed today is named Yunzhou Hand Gun. The ease of shooting of this gun will be one of the key points in the future development of fire gun games.
The power of the self-fire gun is not inferior to the Yunzhou Gun Type 1, but compared with the Type 1 gun, it has the advantage of being more convenient to shoot, and it can be used in all weathers. I named it the Yunzhou Gun Type 2.
As for the electric gun, although it is more convenient to shoot, its shooting distance is too close and its power is also insufficient.
Shi Tiegen, please select a few people and form a team to tackle the problem of air leakage in electric guns. Don’t skimp on the materials. You have to try more to achieve success. As long as the air leakage problem is solved, maybe the electric gun will be the best. a good choice. "
"Here!"
Zhang Cheng looked at the people in the official hall and said to Shi Tiegen: "After the missing 118 Yunzhou Guns of the First Style are completed, the Yunzhou Craftsman Camp Fire Gun Bureau will go all out to make hand guns and Yunzhou Second Style. Among them, the hand gun requires two thousand rods, and the Yunzhou second style requires at least one thousand five hundred rods. It should be completed before the end of next year. Is there any problem?"
"Commander, the Fire Gun Bureau can now drill and grind about 240 gun tubes for Yunzhou Type 2 every month. In this way, it only takes a little more than half a year to produce about 1,500 Yunzhou Type 2 guns. pole,
The barrel of the Yunzhou handgun is shorter and thicker. It is not difficult to drill and grind. It takes about three months to make two thousand sticks! Shi Tiegen replied confidently.
"Well, that's good. As for the artillery bureau, the focus is on manufacturing No. 5 cannon and rocket boxes, which must be able to meet the needs of two carriages, followed by No. 4 cannon and flying cannon, followed by tiger squat cannon and mortar cannon. ." Zhang Cheng ordered again.
Shi Tiegen also responded: "Here!"
"The making of carriages, armor, swords and guns should not be delayed. If the craftsman camp needs it, you can report it directly to the Guards. If you have any questions, you can also report it directly to the commander. Iron mines and iron-smelting are all We must also pay attention to things, the iron-making furnace needs to be improved, we need to smelt more, and we must smelt good iron." Zhang Cheng said again.
"Here."
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Next, everyone discussed some government and military affairs of the North Road. Basically, all the government affairs of the North Road, such as personnel, settlement, taxation, finance, warehousing, criminal prisons, and copywriting, were handed over to Jin Xinpeng, Yan Qingrong, Liu Zhi, and Cao Jinwang. Everyone handles it separately.
However, Zhang Cheng's wife-in-law Ning Guangyuan had been staying in Beilu and refused to return to the capital, so Zhang Cheng temporarily arranged for him to be responsible for various matters such as franchise business and commercial tax collection.
As for the recruitment of bravery, it is also determined that a new round of recruitment will be started after the spring of next year. According to the previous plan, the Dushi and Chicheng two-step battalions have one sergeant each, and the chariot battalion has a gap of 3,000. Remaining people.
Everything had been planned, and everyone had settled down. There was another party in the evening, and they were obviously divided into four groups.
The officers of the Wei Department formed a faction, and Wang Yuanjing, Feng Yuanshan, Ma Zhongli and others were also with them, and they were basically not leaders; and the commanders of each camp and the thousands of households in each department were together, and they were all leaders; Then there are a bunch of heads of various bureaus and workshops in the Craftsman Camp.
There is also a very special group here. They are all gathered around He Biao, the governor of the Chinese Army. They are the governors who were previously sent to various battalions and departments. They are unsmiling and just sit quietly. They were all like He Biao, with a big face.
There was a lot of noise in the whole hall. As the glasses were pushed and the cups changed, everyone's emotions became closer. Zhang Cheng, Jin Xinpeng and Yan Qingrong were at the table, and they kept talking in low voices.
From time to time, several people would come together to toast Zhang Cheng, and he would drink with them one by one. After all, it was the end of the year, not to mention that these people were almost all his confidants.
Zhang Cheng also wants to try his best to win over him!
