Chapter 310 Rifle production line

He Tengjiao was processing the official documents while the temporary governor's headquarters, suddenly a servant rushed in with a panic expression and said anxiously: "Sir, are you not doing well."

Bao Tengjiao looked up and frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

At this moment, more than a dozen servants rushed in with panic expressions, and there were also fighting sounds outside the road.

The attendant didn't bother to answer He Tengjiao's questions and said to the dozen attendants behind him: "You three, protect the master, hurry up and walk through the back door, and the rest follow me and go to the front door to block the bandits!"

"yes."

More than a dozen servants responded loudly and followed the servant to the front door. The remaining three servants rushed forward and took He Tengjiao away without saying a word. He Tengjiao was shocked and angry, and shouted sternly: "Let go, let go of me, what's going on? What's going on? Let me go..."

"Puff!"

Two strong winds passed by, and the two attendants who held He Tengjiao immediately groaned and collapsed to the ground. The remaining attendant was shocked and rushed to He Tengjiao. Another cold light flashed, and a bloody flower bloomed on the attendant's neck, and then slowly faded to the ground. He Tengjiao suddenly widened his eyes because he found that a large group of thieves suddenly appeared in front of him.

"You..." He Tengjiao was extremely shocked and asked in a narrow voice, "Who are you?"

The young thief general who was leading the team smiled and said loudly: "If I guessed it right, I must be the governor of Huguang, He Tengjiao, Lord He, right?"

He Tengjiao said in a calm voice: "It's my official."

The young thief general bowed to He Tengjiao and said, "I have heard that Lord He is a good official who is dedicated to serving the people. Please accept my respect."

He Tengjiao said in a deep voice: "You... are thieves?"

"No, we are not thieves." The young thief general smiled, "The thieves are the slander of us by the Ming court, and we are the Daxi Army."

"The Great Western Army?" He Tengjiao said in shock, "It's really a thief! But aren't you still two hundred miles away? Why did you arrive in Xiangyang?"

"Haha." The young thief general laughed to the sky, "Didn't he hear the military tactics going to Yunming to build a plank road and secretly crossing Chencang?"

"Build a plank road openly and cross Chencang secretly?" He Tengjiao's face changed drastically, "What a cunning thief, I've been fooled by you!"

"Mr. He." said the young thief general, "I respect you, you are a good official, but I remind you again that we are the Great Western Army, not some thief soldiers!"

He Tengjiao groaned and stopped talking.

The young thief general turned around and ordered the bandits behind him, saying, "Send the order, all soldiers of the army must not disturb the people. If anyone dares to disobey the military order, he will be severely punished!"

"yes."

Several bandits responded with a loud bang and sent an order to go.

The young thief general turned to He Tengjiao again and said loudly: "Although I am unwilling to hurt the people by chance, if the people attack us, we have to do it for self-defense. Lord He is the governor of Huguang, and it is your duty to open a bill and have an abdication. You will never watch the people in Xiangyang City be killed by accident, right?"

He Tengjiao frowned and said, "This governor knows, there is no need for you to remind me."

The young thief turned around and said, "Please, Lord He."

He Tengjiao groaned and left with a soft smile.

Jiande County, Zhejiang.

After more than half a month of rapid rushing, Wang Pu finally rushed from Henan to Jiande Arsenal. Zhen Youcai, President of the Academy of Military Sciences, Song Yingxing, and Fang Yizhi had already arrived at the county town to welcome him after hearing the news.

When they met, Wang Pu held Zhen Youcai's dry hands for a long time and said with emotion: "Youcai, thank you for your hard work."

Zhen Youcai smiled and said, "This is what a humble man should do."

Wang Pu turned to Song Yingxing, looked at Old Song's head and hair, and said with some regret: "Old Song, you must be careful of your health. Don't get tired and sick."

"Haha, the Marquis is too worried." Song Yingxing laughed heartily, "I stayed with Mizhi and those Western Yi academicians all day long, discussing mechanical academic issues every day. Don't mention how happy I am. This person will be healthy and have a good appetite as soon as he is happy. Don't worry, Marquis, I am strong in my body."

Wang Pu said happily: "Old Song, you are a living national treasure of our Ming Empire. If you don't live for a hundred years, you will never let you go to heaven to enjoy a happy life."

Song Yingxing laughed loudly when he heard this.

Wang Pu's eyes finally fell on Fang Yizhi, and he said nothing but patted Fang Yizhi's shoulder hard. Fang Yizhi's character and talent were not even talented. Moreover, he was young and strong, so he could be said to be the natural candidate for the next president of the Military Academy and a leader in the scientific community of the Ming Empire in the future.

The four of them got on the carriage and headed straight to the arsenal.

The Jiande County Magistrate has mobilized civilians to build a wide official road between the arsenal and the county town, and two four-horse carriages can drive along the road.

When it was almost dark, Wang Pu and his party arrived at Jiande Arsenal.

At this time, the thirty Western academicians and 200 students from Yangming University were already lined up outside the gate of Jiande Arsenal to welcome him. Zhen Youcai was really interested and took the time to hold a special welcome ceremony. No matter what, Wang Pu is now the actual ruler of the Ming Empire, and he still has the pomp.

After a few simple words, Wang Pu got into the production workshop of the arsenal.

As soon as he stepped into the factory gate, the roar of the machine being started was filled with ears. In the huge workshop, all he could see were iron machine tools. It was a busy scene. Zhen Youcai had already come forward and said, "Mr. Marquis, this is the No. 1 workshop that produces rifle barrels."

Wang Pu picked up the iron piled on the edge of the aisle, but it was a piece of iron stick.

Song Yingxing introduced: "Mr. Marquis, in the past, the barrel of the rifle was rolled out, and then the barrel was covered with a large tube, nested inside and outside, and finally drilled and polished. The process was complicated and the strength was not high. If the gap was not closed properly, it would be easy to explode. Now the barrel is directly drilled from a muddy iron rod. The process is simple and the strength is high, so it will not explode."

Wang Pu said: "Drill directly with the iron rod? What if the drilling is wrong?"

"This is indeed a problem." Zhen Youcai said, "but it's not difficult for brother Sei."

After saying that, Zhen Youcai said to Yizhi: "Mizhi, you should talk to the Marquis, how to ensure that the barrel will not fall off?"

Fang Yizhi said calmly: "Mr. Marquis was worried that the barrel of the barrel would be a drilling deviation, but it was actually because the drill bit was too thin and too long, and it was easy to twitch when it rotated. Therefore, the solution was actually very simple, that is, the drill bit was fixed to the dead, so that the barrel would rotate at a high speed and penetrate the knife. Because the barrel was thick and hard enough, it would not twitch when it rotated, so it would basically not twitch when it rotated, so it would basically not twitch."

"sharp!"

Wang Pu couldn't help but give Fang Yizhi a thumbs up. Although it's no big deal to say this, it's not that easy to come up with this trick out of thin air, because this is completely reverse thinking!

While speaking, Wang Pu had already walked to a drilling machine. A bunch of barrels with drilled holes were neatly stacked in the turnover box beside the craftsman. Wang Pu picked up a barrel casually and found that the inner hole was very smooth. The inner and outer centers of the two ends of the barrel were almost deviated, at least they could not be seen by the naked eye.

Wang Pu turned around and asked, "How is the current processing speed?"

Zhen Youcai smiled and said, "Don't worry, after the machine tool is replaced with iron, the life span has been greatly increased. The processing speed has been greatly improved. One drilling machine can drill out fifty barrels in a day! There are 20 hydraulic drilling machines in the No. 1 workshop. If the raw materials are sufficient, one thousand barrels can be drilled out every day!"

"One thousand a day?" Wang Pu said astonished, "Be good, can you equip a musket battalion in those five days?"

Zhen Youcai said: "There is no problem with the processing speed of the barrel now, but the casting speed of the iron rod cannot keep up. Because the purity of the fine iron transported from various places is not enough, it needs to be refurbished and then cast into a muddy iron rod suitable for processing. Because the production of the sand mold is time-consuming, the speed cannot keep up. However, when the iron mold is developed, the processing speed can catch up."

Wang Pu nodded and said, "Then how many iron rods can be cast in a day now?"

Zhen Youcai said: "About 400 pieces a day, remove the stomata and scrap them. On average, 400 pieces a day are like this."

Wang Pu was secretly happy when he heard this. Even if there were four hundred pieces a day, it would be a considerable production capacity. At this production speed, only two years would take, and more than 100,000 Central Army could all be replaced with standardized breech rifles!

Then Wang Pu visited workshops No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5. Works No. 2 are used to draw rifle. This is a technical job and requires old craftsmen to be competent. Works No. 3 produces bolts. Most parts adopt forging and pressing. Press down with a clang and the parts are formed.

Workshop No. 4 is the assembly workshop of the rifle.

It is particularly worth mentioning that workshop No. 5, which is the bullet production workshop.

War has always been a catalyst for promoting the rapid development of science and technology. Wang Pu's research on supporting military technology with the financial resources and manpower of the whole country has accelerated the development of military technology. In less than half a year, the key technology for the transformation of paper shell bullets to copper shell bullets - the bottom fire device, was born.

Because among the thirty Western academicians, several of them were engaged in chemistry research. When they were in Europe, they had already started to study mercury technology. After arriving in China, their research was soon successful due to the official support of the Ming Dynasty and the unremitting support of finance, manpower and equipment.

The emergence of the bottom fire device has led to a revolutionary evolution of the rifle, and from then on, it has truly begun to achieve standardized production!

Although the current Jiande Arsenal has a small production capacity, it is already a modern arsenal in the true sense, because the rifles and bullets he produces are no different from modern guns!

After visiting the No. 5 workshop, Wang Pu's inner excitement can be imagined. Originally, he only thought that it would be good if the Academy of Military Sciences could replace the wooden machine tool of Jiande Arsenal with an iron machine tool, but he didn't expect that Zhen Youcai and others did so well that they actually built a rifle production line!

Before Wang Pu could calm down, Zhen Youcai pulled him out of a warehouse and said mysteriously: "Mr. Marquis, I have a small gift for you."

Wang Pu's eyes became eager and he asked in a low voice: "What gift?"

Zhen Youcai smiled but did not answer. A craftsman came forward to open the warehouse door. Wang Pu saw a huge monster placed in the warehouse at a glance. However, the surface of this huge monster was covered with red cloth, and it was impossible to see what it was. However, judging from the outline covered by the red cloth, it should be a cannon.

Wang Pu Ning said in a voice: "Red Cannon?"

Zhen Youcai stepped forward and lifted the red cloth, and a brand new cannon appeared in front of Wang Pu.

This is a brand new cannon. The barrel is longer and thinner than the barrel of the Red Cannon, but the body is much bloated than the Red Cannon. When you look closely, it is somewhat similar to the barrel structure of the Fran machine cannon, but it is not the same. Wang Pu suddenly understood that this is probably the first cannon in the true sense!

Zhen Youcai held the cannon and introduced: "This new cannon was created by several Western academicians based on the inspiration of the breech gun. Its shells, like rifles, use copper shells and fire-bottomed devices. Therefore, the filling speed is shorter than that of the Fran machine cannon, but its range and power are even greater than that of the Red Cannon!"

After saying this, Zhen Youcai asked in a strange tone: "Mr. Marquis, do you know that the range of this cannon is twenty miles!"

The maximum range of the Red Cannons equipped in the Central Army's artillery battalion is five miles, and the range of the Fran machine cannon is about one mile. Wang Pu never expected that the range of this new cannon was twenty miles. This is four times the range of the existing Red Cannon. What is this concept?

"Marty." Zhen Youcai said excitedly, "This new cannon does not have a name yet, so why don't you name it?"

Wang Pu nodded happily and said loudly: "This guy's shooting range is faster than the Fran aircraft, but the range is far beyond the Red Cannon. It is unparalleled. What can be blocked by the attack in the world? Why not just call the Invincible General!"

"Okay." Zhen Youcai said happily, "then call it the Invincible General!"

Song Yingxing and Fang Yizhi on the other side also agreed, and the name of this new cannon was decided. Wang Pu stepped forward and patted the Invincible General, and said to Zhen Youcai excitedly: "In the future, the artillery battalions of the Central Army will be replaced with Invincible Generals, as well as the navy of our Ming Empire, they will also be all equipped with Invincible Generals. At that time, amphibious times will be amphibious, who else can compete with the Invincible Majesty of our Ming Empire?"

Song Yingxing on the side said, "Mr. Marquis, do you want to go to the Military Academy to have a look?"

"Huh?" Wang Pu exclaimed in surprise and asked in confusion, "Academic of Military Sciences?"

"Uh, that's it." Zhen Youcai hurriedly explained, "Because all the staff of the Academy of Military Sciences have come to Jiande, Hu Zhi took the initiative to build several houses in Jiande and move all the equipment from Nanjing here, so that the academicians of the Academy of Military Sciences can also study nearby."

"So that's the case." Wang Pu Xinran said, "It just so happened that I have something to discuss with the experts of the Academy of Military Sciences."
Chapter completed!