There are many sayings about when New Year's Day ends. A more conventional view is that after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the year will be completely over. Between the thirteenth day of the first lunar month and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Hao Renwanhu spent the holiday at Xiaotangshan villa. After being so angry in the court, he of course had to go to his wife to seek comfort. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Hao Renwanhu brought his wife and children to Dadu.

When he returned to Dadu, someone sent a letter. Marshal Boyan asked Hao Ren to go to the Firearms Bureau on the 16th of the first lunar month. Just seeing Marshal Boyan's signature, Hao Ren felt a burst of nameless fire. However, after being angry, Hao Ren could only obey his orders.

Early the next morning, Hao Ren arrived at the Firearms Bureau. The carriage of Boyan arrived almost at the same time. Boyan was already cold on weekdays, and Hao Ren had no intention of speaking. The two walked into the Firearms Bureau silently. The manager of the Firearms Bureau knelt down to salute the two, and then got up and trotted in front of them.

When he arrived at the test site, Hao Ren saw many wooden poles inserted sixty steps in front of the target of the test site. The lower ends of these wooden poles were wrapped in iron and inserted into the soil. There was an iron-shaped fork on the upper end. When Boyan and Hao Ren sat down, the manager immediately ordered. Several strong men ran over immediately, and everyone was carrying thick muskets on their shoulders.

Hao Ren was stunned. The appearance of this thing is the same as the Song Dynasty's melee. The difference is this size. When you look a little, you feel that the barrel of this musket is much thicker. Next to the wooden pole, the strong man put the musket on his shoulders in the shape of the Ya-shaped font at the top of the wooden pole. The heavy musket collided with the iron Ya-shaped iron fork and a dull sound.

In addition to volume and weight, the muskets were no different from those of Song State muskets when loading and firing. The strong men fired three rounds of muskets in succession, and the test site was filled with the strong smell of gunpowder. When they stopped, Hao Ren and Marshal Boyan stood up almost at the same time and walked forward.

The manager hurriedly led the firearm in front. Hao Ren was very familiar with the firearm. He took out a cotton handkerchief and wrapped it around his fingers, gently pressed the barrel, and soon felt the high heat from his fingertips. Hao Ren counted secretly, and his fingers could not bear it, so he moved away the hot fingers. He pinched the earlobe with his high heated fingers and put them down soon after.

Marshal Boyan did not have the experience of Hao Ren, and even when he saw Hao Ren's behavior, Marshal still couldn't help but touch the barrel directly with his fingers. His hot hands trembled and quickly stopped.

"Master, this is indeed quite hot." The manager said apologetically.

Seeing that Boyan suffered such a small crime, Hao Ren felt a little relaxed. Before the barrel of the musket cooled to a more suitable temperature, Hao Ren walked back and forth, and at the same time ordered: "Get a musket of Song State!"

Even if you didn't get the Song Dynasty musket, Hao Ren could probably see the difference. The caliber of the musket in front of you is more than twice that of the Song Dynasty musket. Therefore, there are more charges, louder sounds, and the white smoke emitted is thicker. There will be more noise when the bullet hits the target or the wall behind the target.

After taking the muskets of Song State, Hao Ren compared the data. The muzzle of Song State was about 10 mm, and the muzzle of Mongolia in front of him must be about 25 mm. The iron barrel of the Song Dynasty musket was almost stuffed into it. Looking at the bullets of the two muskets, the bullets of Song State were much smaller than pigeon eggs. Mongolian was not only larger than pigeon eggs, but even had a smaller egg size, and was about twice the size of a bullet in Song State. Hao Ren couldn't help but be amazed at such a huge thing.

After comparing, Marshal Boyan asked, "Will it be more expensive to build such a big thing?"

"If we say we use iron, there must be a little more. We can be a veteran who made one or two barrels a month. We learn from the double-layer casings of Song State. Now we are just recruited craftsmen. As long as we have the strength, one person can make four or five inner barrels a month. The outside tubes are wrapped with iron bars, and one person can make dozens of them a month."

"Oh?" "Really?"

Boyan and Hao Ren said in unison. Looking at the manager with a proud smile, Hao Ren was very surprised. 21 years ago, the Mongolian army came into contact with the firearms used by Zhao Jiaren in Ezhou. Of course, before that, the Mongolians had already begun to learn to use firearms learned from the Jin and Song dynasties. During the Western Expedition, these firearms began to be used on a large scale. However, the actual entry into the tubular firearms began from the Battle of Ezhou.

After that, Mongolia's efforts to keep up with the development of Song's firearms were not the exquisite firearms of the Song army, but the different production efficiency of the two sides. The Song army was able to equip muskets to 100,000 people. After so many years, Mongolia has been able to equip muskets to several thousand people.

"Can you really make it so fast?" Hao Ren quickly agreed.

"Reporting back to Wanhu, it's really OK." The manager replied quickly.

Hao Ren knew that the manager might dare to brag, but he did not dare to cheat. If this matter was really as the manager said, Kublai Khan would definitely reward him when he knew it. However, if Kublai Khan knew that the manager was making up lies, this guy would not only be dismembered by five horses, but his whole family would also die.

"Master, do we want to go and see their workshop?" Hao Ren asked Master Boyan.

"Go together." Marshal Boyan replied.

It was not until the afternoon that the two of them had left the firearms bureau. Although the manager who had been accompanying him was tired, he could still smile from the bottom of his heart when he gave him off.

The two big men didn't care that it was already afternoon, and they headed straight to the palace. When they saw Kublai Khan it was already evening, and the Khan gave him a banquet to entertain him. After hearing the news, the Khan was overjoyed and wanted to go to the Firearms Bureau to check it out. Hao Ren hurriedly persuaded him that although he could see things in the middle of the night, he was not so anxious.

After the discussion of this matter, Kublai Khan suddenly asked: "If so, should we establish an infantry army like the Song State?"

"Are you signing the army or the government soldiers?" Hao Ren asked hurriedly.

The military was Latin. During the Jin and Yuan dynasties, all Han dynasties were issued to be soldier. The military was a force-drawn army composed of Han dynasties. This kind of army was completely defeated by the Song army in the Battle of the Yellow River. Of course, the military could not be blamed for not being strong. Even the military was the most elite armored heavy cavalry in the Mongolian army, which was defeated in front of the thin infantry array of the Song army.

The Yuan army concluded after the war and believed that it was necessary to imitate the Song army to build a powerful infantry army.

"Boyan. Are you supporting the soldiers of the palace?" Kublai Khan asked Marshal Boyan.

Boyan immediately replied, "Your Majesty. I heard that the infantry of the Song army served for three years is very different from the government soldiers. And if the infantry is equipped with muskets, will they take the muskets home? Why don't we learn from the Song army? Now we have to withdraw the naval army, and the naval army also has tens of thousands of troops. It's good to select strong infantry to form them."

Although Hao Ren still had an objection to Boyan, he agreed with Boyan's judgment very much. If the palace soldiers were cavalry, they could be trained in the village. If it was an infantryman like the Song army, which was calculated in tens of thousands, it would be better to use it when hit.

There was no need to speak loudly. Seeing Kublai Khan turning to look at him, Hao Ren took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, I think Boyan is right."

Seeing that both of them said this, Kublai Khan nodded and replied, "Since that's the case, I will prepare to build an infantry army when I go to see the firearm tomorrow."

The manager of the Firearms Bureau cared about his life. What Kublai Khan saw during his inspection was exactly the same as what Boyan and Hao Ren reported. So the Khan was overjoyed and ordered Hao Ren to deal with the latest ideas of the navy on the same day. The old and weak asked them to go home. The young and strong gave priority to supply new infantry and recruited additional troops to supplement the Mongolian navy.

Just when Hao Ren felt that he could do business, Kublai Khan added: "I let Dali pay 10,000 tributes and add the available people to the navy. Since the main force of the navy is located in Goryeo, I will let some people come out of Goryeo."

Now Hao Ren felt very happy. Dahan was very good at using manpower. What he needed most now is to make full use of manpower from all over the country. Although the navy was not very useful to the Dayuan, it took too much time to establish the navy. He completely removed the navy. When there was really a need, it would be called "Daoshi" and "Daoshi".

"As for order!" Hao Ren was full of energy when he answered.

After hearing this response, Kublai Khan looked at his nephew and felt a little happy. Hao Ren was able to cheer up from his loss so quickly, which was a good thing for Kublai Khan and Hao Ren.

The manager of the Firearms Bureau was ordered by Da Khan to allocate a group of craftsmen's household registration to speed up production. The joy in his heart was hard to describe. According to the previous rules, Da Khan directly gave him a large amount of rewards. Although Da Khan of the Mongolian was very cruel to the people of other countries, he was also cruel to the lower class under his rule, but he was very generous to the manager of a certain craftsman's bureau.

The managers of the Firearms Bureau had been whipped many times before. The current manager heard that Kublai Khan even ordered some rewards to those people. This reward is very reasonable, and the managers are also accumulated on the basis of the managers before.

From a technical point of view, the only result of this manager was probably to completely abandon the path of simple imitation of other managers, and to start with the smallest size that Dayuan craftsmen could process. After magnifying the muzzle to 2.5 times that of the Song army, Mongolian craftsmen were finally able to handle iron tools of this size skillfully.

So the manager immediately summoned a new man. A new wave of craftsmen was put into the camp. That night, a person came to a house. The man quietly listened to the craftsmen describing the firearms they saw during the day. After listening, he just asked the craftsmen to tell the caliber size. After listening, he gave the craftsmen an envelope. The craftsmen opened it and saw a stack of large Yuan Zhongtong Yuanbaos and the denominations were all twenty cents.

Taking advantage of the night, the man quickly left the craftsman's house.
Chapter completed!