Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

Accompanied by Jiao Xu, Wang Zheng and others, Zhu Youxiao inspected the core area under the jurisdiction of the Arms Bureau. Compared with what he saw last time, this change is not small.

This was also the reason why Zhu Youxiao was shocked at first.

Doing anything is difficult at the beginning because there are so many things that need to be sorted out. However, once a stable structural order is established, the rest will be relatively simple, and you just need to advance step by step.

The headquarters of the Arms Bureau.

In the main hall.

"Not bad."

Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back and praised without hesitation: "I am very happy that the Armament Bureau can have such changes as it is now. It involves the Beijing Camp, the New Army, the Four Guards Camp, and the Yongwei Camp. The issue of changing the uniforms of the , Warrior Battalion, Zhuling Guard and other armies can be effectively solved. "

"How is the output of the factories under the Arms Bureau now? Before I came to the Arms Bureau, I went to see the Xishan Camp. There were many new soldiers there, but they were not even issued with clothes and armor. This is not good, since I am the Ming Dynasty. The army should be in the state it should be, otherwise it will just be a straggler!"

Jiao Xu hurriedly bowed and said: "Your Majesty, the output of swords, armor, crossbows, arrows, chariots and other factories under the Armament Bureau has been steadily increasing with the completion of a number of smelting, lumber and other ancillary workshops. promote."

"Currently, the daily production of standard lancets is 2000, the daily production of standard Yanling knives is 500, and the daily production of standard leather armors is 300. This type of leather armor is limited by leather tanning. Once the leather workshops are stocked up, this situation can be greatly improved. Great improvement, the daily production capacity is 1200 pieces of standard cotton armor, 100 pieces of standard mountain armor, 100 pieces of standard fish scale armor, and 100 pieces of standard chain mail..."

When it came to the situation of the factories under the Armaments Bureau, Jiao Xu didn't pause at all.

The workshops involved were built by him under his leadership.

He led people to recruit many craftsman apprentices under his jurisdiction.

At first, everything was complicated, but Jiao Xu was under great pressure to sort it out, urge it, and implement it. He was so busy that he was so busy day and night that the Arms Bureau was born today!

When listening to Jiao Xu's words, Zhu Youxiao felt a little emotional. He was lucky to have met such a serious person. Otherwise, if Xu Guangqi and the others came to Beijing, the Arms Bureau would still only exist on drawings.

But how precious is time?

"Mr. Jiao, among the things you explained just now, why don't you include crossbows, percussion flintlocks, Rumi muskets, various types of artillery, etc.?"

While Zhu Youxiao was sighing with emotion, Zhu Youjian, who had been silent all this time, looked at Jiao Xu and said, "Hasn't the Armament Bureau not supervised the production of the above-mentioned ordnance?"

Jiao Xu and Wang Zheng looked troubled when they heard this.

"Your Majesty, please punish me!"

Jiao Xuzuoyi apologized and said: "The crossbow factory and gun factory under the Armament Bureau have been completed. However, in the specific production, due to the limitations of bow strings, gun tubes, cannon casting and other processes, especially the output of special iron materials, Although some of the corresponding parts mentioned above can be mass-produced, the actual assembly is stuck there, which is why the output has not been increased."

"Your Majesty, this is definitely not Jiao Langzhong's crime."

Wang Zheng stepped forward after hearing this and said: "It's not that I am trying to excuse anything, but the truth is that the bowstring, gun tube, cannon casting and other processes are sloppy. If we really ignore the quality and make them, even if the output is increased, I'm afraid the things we make will be poor." Most of them are defective products!”

"Take the blunderbuss tube as an example. It requires highly skilled gunsmiths to make it. According to the Armament Bureau, only senior craftsmen and master craftsmen can participate. A blunderbuss tube takes ten days and one person. At most three can be forged in a month, and there are quite a few gunsmiths registered in the Armament Bureau. The number currently exceeds 2000, but there are only about 200 who can be rated as high-level craftsmen or master craftsmen!"

"This also requires taking into account many matters such as artillery production and personnel training. Not long ago, the Capital University had to recruit many senior craftsmen and master craftsmen. There were more than a dozen people involved in gunfire and artillery alone."

"I have been trying to solve this matter. In particular, the barrel required for the percussion flintlock gun needs to be rifled inside. This is another extremely difficult matter. I am not talking about this to complain to your majesty. If your majesty If you really want to punish me, just punish me, Mr. Jiao has done too much."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

Others in the hall bowed one after another.

After getting along with Jiao Xu for a long time, the senior officials of the Armaments Bureau have discovered that Jiao Xu is a man who does little and talks little. When encountering problems, he often rushes directly into them without considering personal gains and losses.

"What is the current specific output of percussion flintlock guns, Lumi guns, bird guns, single-eyed guns, three-eyed guns, etc.?" Zhu Youxiao glanced at Wang Zheng and the others, and then asked.

"Your Majesty."

Jiao Xu replied: "Wang Langzhong's explanation is not comprehensive. Although the forging process of gun tubes is difficult, the specifications of the gun tubes corresponding to each type of fire gun are different."

“据臣搜集的情况来看，军备局下辖枪炮厂能月产撞击式燧发枪400杆、鲁密铳200杆、鸟铳500杆、单眼铳1000杆、三眼铳1000杆，以上是涉及火铳方面的。”

"The monthly production capacity is 200 tiger squatting cannons, 20 wrought-iron general cannons, 10 firing cannons, and more Weiyuan cannons, with a monthly production capacity of 30 pieces..."

The output is indeed low.

Listening to Jiao Xuchenming's situation, Zhu Youxiao narrowed his eyes slightly. If he continues to produce at this rate, he will have to wait at least a year, or even longer, to fight Jianlu!

But Liaodong won’t wait!

Zhu Youxiao's strategy against Liao was based on the Battle of Ningyuan. This battle started in the first month of the sixth year of Tianqi. It was already the end of July, and it took less than half a year to complete the battle.

If Zhu Youxiao really wants to choose to lead the expedition in person, he will have to send the pioneers to Liao by November at the latest, and he will have to find a good name to do so. If Jianlu is alerted, Jianlu will definitely be prepared.

War is not a child's play. It requires solving a series of problems such as war zone division, enemy reconnaissance, army formation, food road distribution, rear support, road opening and bridge building, etc.

If any problem occurs in any link, it may lead to the defeat of the frontline war!

The output of many of the fire blunderbuss mentioned by Jiao Xu just now, such as the single-eyed blunderbuss and the three-eyed blunderbuss, is not low, but if they cannot be used a few times, they will easily explode. Even if the weapons produced by the Armament Bureau are of higher quality, they can be used on the battlefield for many purposes. For a long time, however, the range of this type of fire gun is limited, and it can only achieve effective killing in close combat.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao is more optimistic about the impact flintlock gun!

This can play a subversive role.

The number of percussion flintlock guns must reach 10,000 before the troops rush to the Liaodong battlefield, otherwise they will not be able to attack the Jianlu Eight Banners head-on!

This is not easy!

"Since the process of carving rifling is difficult, why doesn't the Arms Bureau build some machines specifically for carving rifling?" Thinking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Jiao Xu and the others and said.

"If what I know is correct, the difficulty in carving rifling lies in stability. Senior craftsmen and master craftsmen have rich experience, so their hands are steady when carving. In this case, why not fix the carving knife so that when carving the bore, You just need to follow the steps. Even if the barrel is scrapped during the process, the efficiency of rifling can be improved, right?"

A word stirred up a thousand waves.

The expressions of Jiao Xu and Wang Zheng changed.

They really hadn't thought about this before.

Carving rifling purely by hand versus using tools to carve rifling, the productivity released is completely different!

Zhu Youxiao put Song Yingxing in charge of the "Tiangong Kaiwu" project because he wanted to explore a standard operation path for the Ming Dynasty and prepare for the future development of intensive handmade manufacturing!

If you can't even develop intensive manual manufacturing, let alone the industrial revolution, it's unrealistic and impossible to achieve in the Ming Dynasty.

"There is also a demand for production capacity of special iron materials. I have a solution, which is to smelt it in a crucible. However, what is smelted cannot be called iron, but should be called steel!"

Zhu Youxiao continued: "I know part of the process of the crucible steelmaking method, and the rest needs to be explored by the Arms Bureau. However, if these two things can be solved, the production of fire guns can be effectively increased. "

"After I return to the palace, I will send the corresponding files to the Arms Bureau. Then all the ministers will work with Song Qing to implement these as soon as possible."

"I will obey your orders!"

Jiao Xu and Wang Zheng immediately bowed in response.

"One more thing."

Zhu Youxiao stretched out his hand and said: "The matters involving the recruitment of craftsmen cannot be stopped. If we can't recruit in Beizhili, then we will send people to recruit in neighboring provinces. The scale of the gun factory must be expanded!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Jiao Xu and the others bowed again.

From the beginning to the end, Zhu Youxiao never mentioned punishing them, because Zhu Youxiao knew better than anyone else that exploration and development in the field of science and technology, including technological improvement in production, all take time, and more importantly, we need to move forward step by step. Let's go, there's no rush at all.

Jiao Xu and Wang Zheng are both rare talents. It's too late for Zhu Youxiao to reuse them. How can he be willing to punish them severely? If he really wants to do such a thing, then Zhu Youxiao will destroy the Great Wall!