Perhaps the craftsmen have not fully realized this, but as both a craftsman and an owner, Zhuang Limin is keenly aware of the huge potential of the production model proposed by Feng Ziying.
The complexity of making a gun action is far beyond ordinary people's imagination. Starting from forging and forming, sawing, filing, grinding, and drilling, various small parts have different requirements and requirements, and each part has to be matched with another series according to the size.
If there are even a few mistakes in the parts benchmarking, the entire workpiece may be scrapped. You can imagine how hard it is.
This is also why a firecracker sells so expensively. They are all carefully crafted one by one.
But if, as Feng Ziying said, each small part could be made by a group of craftsmen and apprentices, or even each process of each small part could be made by a group of people, it would be much simpler.
For example, forging is only responsible for forging, sawing according to the ruler is responsible for sawing, grinding and shaping is only responsible for grinding, drilling is responsible for drilling, and assembly is responsible for assembly. If each process can be done every day,
Twenty times, hundreds of times in a month, just like an oil seller, as long as you are familiar with it, you can greatly improve your efficiency.
Of course, this also has the requirement mentioned by Feng Ziying, which is that it needs to be made strictly according to the ruler scale. Otherwise, the parts made by one group of craftsmen cannot match the parts made by another group of craftsmen, and then there will be great losses.
There will still be fallacies in this kind of production, and there will also be scraps, but once you enter the proficient operation stage, scrapped products will be greatly reduced and efficiency will be greatly improved.
"Sir, I want to see if this is possible. Most of the people here still make it according to the original method and bring a group of apprentices, but we can take out a group of craftsmen and divide them into several groups to do what you said.
If we try that way, we may not be able to see the outcome in ten days and a half, but in three months or six months, I believe we will be able to compare the pros and cons of both sides..."
Zhuang Limin suggested enthusiastically.
Feng Ziying sighed, she hoped so, but could the Mongols wait until that time?
Fortunately, it was the second batch and the third batch of firecrackers shipped from Foshan and Guangzhou had already arrived and distributed to their own people. Fortunately, Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu were very dedicated to the training of these people.
, plus the early training method he provided was very effective, otherwise, Feng Ziying would really not be sure to stick to this Yongping Mansion.
Smiling, Feng Ziying said with emotion: "Brother Limin, I can do as you said, but not now."
"Huh? Why?" Zhuang Limin was puzzled.
Feng Ziying motioned to Zhuang Limin to follow her aside, and then whispered: "I got the news that in one month's time, the Mongols may move south in large numbers, and Shuntian Prefecture and Yongping Prefecture will bear the brunt."
Feng Ziying had been keeping this news under wraps, but in fact the Shanxi merchants had vaguely known about it, and Feng Ziying had also discussed it with them, and they had basically reached a consensus.
The reason why Zhuang Limin came last was because he was afraid that Zhuang Limin had been in the south and had never encountered such a thing. He was afraid that he would panic first, and the craftsmen who led him would also be panicked, which would affect the iron smelting and
Fire gun production.
As expected, Zhuang Limin was shocked. Feng Ziying didn't hold back and told the other party her thoughts, which made Zhuang Limin feel a little calmer.
"But sir, can the two county towns of Qian'an and Lulong withstand the Mongolian army?" Zhuang Limin is not that easy to fool, "Why won't the Jizhen army defend Yongping Prefecture? Thousands of strong people can achieve this.
Is it the effect you expected?"
"It depends on the final training effect of the firecrackers you brought and the people I trained and handed over to the two new army officers of the Liaodong Army." Feng Ziying could only reply, "In the end, we will make an evaluation. If it is really impossible
Once they reach our expectations, I will take them all to Shanhaiguan."
This guarantee gave Zhuang Limin some peace of mind. Shanhaiguan was the number one pass in Ji Town, and it was the place where Zhou Dynasty could never give up. Zhuang Limin still knew this.
"What about this period of time...?" Zhuang Limin was still hesitant. These craftsmen were his hard work, and it would be a pity if they were damaged.
"It doesn't matter, they continue to do what they do. We also have sentries outside the border wall. If the Mongols are going to move, we can know at least half a month in advance. It will be too late to withdraw by then." Feng Ziying was not too worried about this.
"I'm afraid that if Ji Zhen doesn't care, we still have so many people and families here, as well as these stoves and equipment..." Seeing that Feng Ziying didn't answer why Ji Zhen didn't defend Yongping Mansion, Zhuang Limin roughly understood.
I won’t ask any more questions.
"The stove doesn't matter, the Mongols won't be interested, but the equipment must be moved to the city in advance. Of course, the most important thing is the craftsman..." After talking to Zhuang Limin, Feng Ziying felt relieved.
"Is the medicine safe?" Feng Ziying suddenly thought of something again.
"That's nothing." Zhuang Limin shook his head, "The recipes are all the same. It's just that boiling salt to remove impurities is a little more troublesome..."
Black powder technology is indeed no secret to Da Zhou, and nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur are not new things either.
However, Feng Ziying still made a suggestion to Zhuang Limin, which is to granulate the prepared gunpowder and make granular gunpowder through humidification, which can increase the power of the gunpowder.
In fact, Zhuang Limin and others also vaguely knew that granular gunpowder was more effective than powdered gunpowder, but they did not know the reason. Feng Ziying roughly explained it to them, but given that oxygen in the gaps is easier to burn, these principles are not at all what Chinese people in this era
Feng Ziying did not elaborate on what he could understand, but it is a fact that granular gunpowder is better resistant to moisture and more powerful, but it does not increase.
Practice has also proved that the power of granular gunpowder is far superior to powdered gunpowder in every aspect, which also makes Zhuang Limin and others admire them.
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Feng Ziying walked a long way from Lulong to Qian'an and then to Yuguangang. Then she returned to Lulong and went to see the training situation of Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu.
It should be said that the dissatisfaction of Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu was provoked. The five thousand people were divided into two groups, which was equivalent to forming a new fire gun army into two battalions.
The last batch of fire cannons were equipped. Except for the number of self-generated fire cannons being less than expected, all the ordinary fire cannons were satisfied.
The staged training method given to them by Professor Feng Ziying has indeed greatly improved the training efficiency and progress of these men. These men, who had never touched a firecracker before, completed the training in stages and steps.
After basic training, we entered the stage of improvement through practical training.
"There is no way, the time is so short, if we want to make them adapt to the war they may face as soon as possible, we can only do life-threatening training, well, including shooting."
Huang Degong was envious and flustered.
This is real live ammunition shooting. Even they did not enjoy this kind of treatment in Liaodong. They can shoot without restrictions in order to let them adapt as soon as possible.
But this also brings about a big problem, that is, the consumption of medicine and the wear of the barrel are too great, so that later on, the intensity of live ammunition training has to be reduced, and I really don’t dare to play like this.
"Although the shooting intensity has been slightly reduced, brother, it is already very strong. It is much better than when we trained in Liaodong. It is such a waste." Zuo Liangyu continued, tutting, "Our live ammunition shooting is not as good as theirs.
Half, not even 30%!"
"I know, but their time is so tight. If they don't train like this, they won't be able to meet the standards at all. Even so, it's not enough." Feng Ziying was still a little dissatisfied.
He was satisfied with the medicine, but he had to consider the wear and tear of the barrel. Although the quality of fine steel was the best, this barrel was the most demanding.
"Sir, it's really not bad." Huang Degong felt that Feng Ziying was a little picky.
He is a person with extremely high training requirements. Even so, he feels that the current group of people are a bit overwhelmed by his training.
If it weren't for the best treatment given three meals a day, the threat of whips and sticks, and the financial encouragement from the so-called "training stars" who were selected every day, Huang Degong felt that this group of people would have collapsed.
"Not bad? Hushan, then when faced with the roaring charging Mongolian cavalry, will they be able to complete wave after wave of shooting in an orderly manner and without any interference like this training?" Feng Ziying asked with a sneer.
road.
Huang Degong and Zuo Liangyu were both silent.
This requirement is too high.
They were based on the idea of fighting defensive battles within city walls or fences, or relying on convoys to conduct battles. They had never considered encounters with enemy cavalry in the wild. The requirements were too high.
"So, it's not enough." Feng Ziying said coldly.
"So what? Brother, don't talk about them. Even if our Bashan Camp really has to face a large-scale attack by the Mongolian cavalry, various situations may happen." Zuo Liangyu said matter-of-factly: "This is not training.
To achieve this, it takes veterans who have actually encountered several battles and survived to complete this kind of tempering!"
"Then everything will be based on the possible battles we may face!" Feng Ziying said unceremoniously: "A battalion of cavalry from Ji Town will arrive soon. Then we will use them as imaginary enemies and have a few rounds of real battles. Except for not charging
Son, everything else is completely based on the encounter mode. I think it is also a baptism for the Jizhen cavalry. They may face Donglu's fire rifle soldiers in the future, and we need to face the Mongolian and Donglu armored cavalry!