On the dock in Nan'ao, the labourer carried bags of grain on board the Shanghai ship, then got off the ship, went to the warehouse to collect the wooden chips for calculating wages, put them on the waist, kicked them in his arms, and carried the grain on board the ship again, and went back and forth.

After a long time, the sea boats left the dock and gradually disappeared from the sea and sky line. During this period, Nan'ao Island was still the Southao Island, and the few missing ones were just those sea boats, just like every time they went out to sea to trade.

As the sea ship set sail, Zheng Chenggong also issued a new order - starting from now on, the headquarters of the general and all towns began to implement the system of rest and rest that had already begun in the military weapon workshop. Of course, it was only limited to the last rest. The other benefits of the military weapon workshop were not copied. As for why, it is unknown.

However, with the implementation of the Xunxu system, all the people who were eating at the official dinner on Nan'ao Island were cheering, and there were rumors in private that Chen Kai suggested to Zheng Chenggong, which made Chen Kai gain a lot of praise and gratitude invisibly. Chen Kai did not argue with this, but continued to strengthen the production capacity of the military weapon workshop in accordance with his established direction.

When the bird gun craftsmen arrived, they all brought the tools to make bird guns. As for the current technology, the firearms in the middle and late Ming dynasties were influenced by the West, and the muskets did not completely copy the previous model of "large guns should be cast with copper, and small guns should be hit with iron", but were forged by rolling pipes. This is not much different from that of Europe and Japan in terms of technology.

Chen Kai has seen the technical level of these craftsmen. In general, they are uneven, but at least they can be made independently, and the finished products can be used normally.

After these days, the finished products have already been available. Basically, they are still the bird gun styles that were popularized by the Ming court in the army after that. The power of the bird guns was not beyond Chen Kai's expectations. A few grams of lead bullets, the relative charge amount, and the effective armor-breaking power within dozens of steps.

Compared with the step bow, the advantages of range and lethality are not great, but not to mention the future development trend, just by talking about the training time of craftsmen in manufacturing and the forming speed of finished products, the advantages of the musket are already extremely huge.

Chen Kai remembered that in the past, you could always see a comparison of which is better than muskets or bows and arrows on the Internet, but later someone simply made up a rumor.

Among them, "the assembly line of the musket industry, a long bow is a three-sum summer and winter", "small projectiles are round and round, and the lead is melted from the high tower; small arrows are long and sharp, and a pot of long arrows are made for several days", which refers to the advantages and disadvantages of production speed. For example, "The musket soldiers are like urine, and a group of line soldiers in March, and one sixpence is not distressed, and they will go to the soldiers after death; the crossbow training has been more than a few years, and it is difficult for new recruits to kill people. Malnutrition and diseases are not easy to recruit substitutes", and they can even explain the training cycle clearly. In terms of power, there are also words such as "the musket soldiers, sitting like a bell, moving their fingers through the golden bell; playing with crossbows, relying on strength, and the arrows fall to the ground without force" and "black gunpowder, from the east, the lead balls fly out of the armor and it is difficult to stop them; pulling the bow, the arrows are like light, and when they meet the shield armor, they call me ".

To put it bluntly, an excellent bow craftsman takes a long time to train. The first time the Ming court of the Jiajing Dynasty imitated bird guns, he built tens of thousands to equip the troops, which shows that. By the same token, a step archer training may take as long as one year, or even many years, and it takes several years to train carefully, and it is very likely that the step archer who has been trained for only three months will be shot dead by a musketman who has only been trained for three months.

There is no need to say much about which one is better or worse.

However, due to technical level, it took an extremely long time to completely replace bows and arrows. In reality, muskets are the real mainstream in the continental land, and this process is still being experienced on the Chinese battlefield. In Zheng Chenggong's army alone, only Bird Gunners are now in the Qinding Town. After all, the number of weapons is too small. This burden naturally hit Chen Kai.

After detailed observation, Chen Kai had already learned the manufacturing process of the bird gun in detail. It is undeniable that the professionalism here is indeed very strong. Not to mention anything else, just the names of the parts, Chen Kai looked at Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao" and "State Training of Military Training" for a long time, and he could barely remember it. He had less obstacles when communicating with the craftsmen.

In general, a bird gun is divided into gun body, enemy dragon, black staff, gun stand and human face. These things correspond to the barrel, trigger, strip, guard and butt stock called later generations or the West.

This is the main structure. The gun has front and rear sight, muzzle, fire gate and fire gate cover. There are also dragon heads, dragon tails, fuse ropes, dragon tail nail pins, iron bars folded back, upper folded columns, lower folded columns and ghost-pulled ghosts on the gun rack. Even the gun rack has small components such as gun rack nail pins that are used to fix the gun body and gun rack. To create a bird gun, it is not just as simple as rolling out a barrel.

After careful observation, Chen Kai thought carefully and finally found the bird gun craftsmen and carpenters to hold a meeting to study. Finally, he determined that the bird gun craftsmen were able to create the gun body and the enemy dragon, and the carpenters later created the division of labor and processes of other main components according to the size of the gun body and the enemy dragon.

Division of labor is a major killer skill that Chen Kai relies on to improve production efficiency so far. It is like the reason why assembly line workers are efficient is that they do something mechanically in terms of skills, and their muscle memory and proficiency are higher. Of course, further, Chen Kai has not thought about standardizing assembly line operations in the true sense. However, with the current industrial foundation of handicrafts, even standardization cannot be guaranteed, let alone anything else.

It takes a lot of time to get in and coordinate. Chen Kai is not anxious about this, because the materials used for bird guns are stricter than ordinary cold weapons, and fine iron is required to withstand the pressure of the chamber. There is a shortage of raw materials, and Chen Kai is powerless. Who made Zheng Chenggong choose such an island that does not produce iron ore as the base for the time being?

Zheng Chenggong returned to the army this time and took down Dongshan Island, a southern Fujian island that was nearly three-in-one, not far from Nan'ao Island, and sent troops to station in the Tongshan Guarding Qianhu Station there to rule.

It is the second largest island in Fujian, covering an area of ​​nearly twice as large as Nanao Island. It has a large number of salt fields that can be developed and used, which is a great benefit for Zheng Chenggong.

However, what disappointed Chen Kai was that in later generations, Dongshan Island used agriculture, forestry, fishery, glass industry and tourism as the pillars of the regional economy. Now there is only agriculture and fishery. Generally speaking, in addition to the wood on the island, shells and fish glue in the sea, it also has some relationship with military tools workshops.

"Well, no, the money you earn from selling salt will also be worth the military tool workshop."
Chapter completed!