The flintlock gun has been invented now, but it will be 1-240 years before it goes into production.
Wang Hongyu suggested that Liu Ruoyu go to the Ordnance Bureau to rectify corruption first and then mass-produce flintlock muskets.
We also need to make breakthroughs in local industries and handicrafts to break through the problem of relying on a small number of masters and apprentices and inefficient craftsmen.
The first step has been planned for this matter, and I left the capital to do the second step.
The Ordnance Bureau currently has mature artillery production technologies such as bird guns, three-eyed guns and other firearms, such as tiger crouching guns, furlong machine guns, and general guns.
In view of the major shortcoming that the iron barrel cannot be cooled after it is heated during a battle, Wang Hongyu asked Li Tiezhu to modify the Franco machine gun and use a water radiator tank to cool the barrel as quickly as possible.
But there are still no ideal lightweight materials for radiator tanks.
Since there are no steel rolling mills and hydraulic presses, the thin iron sheet cannot be solved in the near future. At that time, the several iron plate water tanks that Li Tiezhu organized manpower to hammer were heavy and labor-intensive.
At this time, waterproof cloth made of rubber coarse cloth already existed in Southeast Asia. When making this cloth, it was coated with fireproof stone powder to make a water bag.
This kind of waterproof cloth can be made into a ring-shaped water belt, which can be put on the gun barrel and filled with water to quickly dissipate heat. Of course, it is not as effective as the iron sleeve for heat dissipation.
This also solves the problem of heat dissipation of the Folan cannon.
The Fran cannon is also called a sub-cannon. The main cannon can load several sub-cannons in succession. Although the air tightness is not good, the rate of fire is very good.
It was used by Wang Hongyu to create the effect of lines.
The gun's firing speed is much higher than other guns, and it is also more likely to overheat. In order to speed up heat dissipation, it can be continuously filled and drained with water, and it can even be connected to a large water bag placed on the ground for self-convection.
Regarding the future development of Hongyi cannon, Liu Ruoyu and Xu Guangqi were asked to find relevant craftsmen in Fujian, Guangdong, and Haojingao to reserve manpower first.
In addition to bringing in craftsmen from Fujian, Guangdong, and Haojingao, the craftsmen of the Bingzhan Bureau can also go abroad.
When he came to the Military and War Bureau, he also wanted to "poach employees" and bring more skilled workers to Yunyang to expand the industries under his direct control.
Through Liu Ruoyu, he recruited those with good skills, those who were single, those who had no other power connections, those who were excluded by co-workers or superiors, and those who were attracted by three times the salary to Yunyang for development.
The people brought here learned the existing skills of the War Bureau, and 50 gunsmiths were transferred from the War Bureau to communicate with them on the spot, trying to take away as much experience and technology as possible.
With Liu Ruoyu's support, people from the War Bureau asked Wang Hongyu to take Zhou Yijie and Li Tiezhu to select personnel.
As long as the remuneration was sufficient, everyone's income was guaranteed, and no one refused. The number of personnel was exceeded, and even one of the three old people responsible for technical guidance was poached.
As for the three-eyed gun technicians, Wei Zhongxian asked Wei Zhongxian to help recruit 10 more people from the Ordnance Bureau.
When his uncle and cousin went to select people, Wang Hongyu was thinking about the next step.
60 skilled craftsmen, more or less.
Actually it's not much.
Now it is unrealistic to attract more people to leave. The education and training later are the key.
At present, these craftsmen in the Bingzhan Bureau are trained according to the method of masters leading apprentices and passing on help and guidance.
Coming from later generations, of course I know that this master-apprentice system is relatively inefficient, and the division of labor and cooperation are not standardized.
In order to greatly improve efficiency and greatly speed up the training of junior technical personnel, basic education, technical education, systems engineering, as well as standardization and assembly lines are needed.
Every item here cannot be missing.
If education is developed but industry is not, it will at least result in a significant brain drain, and at worst, the concentrated unemployment of knowledge and technology people will cause huge hidden dangers.
If the industry is developed but education is not good, it will not be much different from the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
For example, silk, tea, porcelain, cotton, art, etc. In this era, industries with high technical content and high profits are coveted by some capitalists, who later steal the technology and copy it in other places.
In addition, the other party has an education bonus, carries out breeding upgrades, technological improvements, and standardized production. It will be copied and surpassed in 100 years, and finally occupy the upper echelons of these industries.
Even if education and industry are developed, standardization, assembly lines and system engineering are still needed.
This is an improvement in efficiency and quality, and is also the key to accelerating development. Otherwise, the training cycle in schools will still be very slow if the master only relies on the apprentice.
Wang Hongyu made a preliminary blueprint.
Starting from furniture products, glass products, and guns and firearms, we will promote factory handicrafts, implement division of labor and cooperation, and initially establish assembly line production, greatly improving production efficiency and cultivating skilled technicians.
Furniture, glass, and guns correspond to three different groups in the market, namely ordinary people, wealthy households, and arms business.
The first two are the ones that really make money.
Then the second step is to develop more profitable industries, basic education and technology research and development.
The third step is the most urgent science.
Science and technology are often linked together, but they are not the same.
To give a simple example, the technology of the Ming Dynasty at this time was relatively good, the technical fields were relatively wide, and some industries had technology monopoly. However, there was only traditional science and no modern science.
Mathematics, physics, chemistry, these three are said in later generations to be easy to learn and travel all over the world, but at this time they are all huge shortcomings.
Let’s start with the furniture industry.
I have thought of a brand called "Yijia". I will start with low-cost, standardized lightweight bamboo and wood furniture. Under my own operation, I will definitely become the world's largest universal furniture brand.
In ancient times, my "Yijia" business was pretty good.
Northern suburb of Tongzhou.
Jin Nige and others arrived as promised.
And this time it was not just the missionaries themselves, they also brought scholars, students and businessmen who followed them.
As usual, these people are prohibited from public activities in the capital.
But Wang Hongyu gave them a reason to include them all in the ranks of merchants and craftsmen, saying that he was recruiting firearms craftsmen.
In addition, Xu Guangqi was covering for him, so no one in the court directly intervened for the time being.
However, Yang Lian and other officials must have collected these bit by bit as evidence of crime, right?
Just what I wanted.
The school field has been prepared.
The 3,000-strong Hunhe Army has already formed a formation, forming a square formation in the order of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, ready for review.
Wang Hongyu also built a temporary two-story grandstand.
Xu Guangqi, Hong Chengchou, Ai Youzhi and other ministers who had some contact with each other, as well as missionaries such as Jin Nige, Bi Fangji and Long Huamin all stood in the stands.
There were also relatively heavyweight figures such as Huang Kezuan and Zou Yuanbiao, but it was not convenient to attend, so they did not come.
Wang Hongyu, Zhang Mingshi, and Qin Minping stood at the front of the stand, reviewing their troops as generals.
As the introducer of the review, Zhou Yijie said loudly to everyone: "This is the first time the troops have been reviewed after the bloody battle in Hunhe. They are still immature, but they will continue to be trained and strengthened in the future, and the troops will be replenished in accordance with His Majesty's decree."
Forehead!"
"Okay, ready to start."
Wang Hongyu gave the order and the Hunhe Army was about to show the preliminary results of their joint training.