Borrow the day to change the day

The production of firearms is much safer than the production of gunpowder in the Gunpowder Department just now.Therefore, Zhong Jinwei, accompanied by Fan Jun, visited the entire firearm manufacturing process on the spot.

Let’s start with the raw materials, this time it was introduced by Fan Jun himself.Pointing to different piles of iron materials on the ground, he introduced to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, this is high-grade wrought iron, and this is second-grade wrought iron."

Zhong Jinwei let out an "oh" and asked Fan Jun, "How do you tell the difference?"

"High-quality wrought iron is obtained by smelting ten catties of crude iron into one catty of wrought iron; second-class wrought iron is obtained by smelting ten catties of crude iron into five catties of wrought iron." Fan Jun introduced.

The difference between the two is still obvious, if it is a skilled blacksmith, it can be seen at a glance.Zhong Jinwei is an outsider, so he doesn't know.

Seeing that Zhong Jinwei didn't ask the relevant question just now, Fan Jun pointed to another pile of iron material and introduced: "Generally, this kind of iron material is used to make gun barrels, whether it is a bird gun or a big gun. Ten catties of crude iron are smelted into Two or three catties of wrought iron."

Zhong Jinwei frowned when he heard that, he didn't use the best iron material to make it, which I will talk about later.

What he didn't know was that Fan Jun was only saying that in front of Zhongxinghou.The real firearms made by Bingzhanju would be these good materials, all of which are the worst iron materials, otherwise there would not be so many explosion accidents.

However, this cannot be entirely blamed on the military situation, because the raw materials are provided by the Ministry of Industry, and the two departments have many reasons for the release of those inferior firearms.

Next they walked to the blacksmith's shop, where gun barrels were being made.Fan Jun introduced to Zhong Jinwei: "There are two ways to make gun barrels, one is the casting method, but more is the other forging method."

Fan Jun pointed to a pile of iron sheets beside the blacksmith standing with hands down, and said: "The Frang machine and the bird gun are divided into four or eight pieces of tile-shaped iron sheets, which are forged into iron pipes, and then Several pieces of iron pipes are spliced ​​together to form a gun barrel. This kind of gun barrel is the most popular gun barrel in the Ming army, and the quality is so good that it is not easy to explode."

Then Fan Jun introduced other processes, such as how thick the barrel is made according to the size of the caliber, what else is single-layer or double-layer composite, water-tested barrel, bore repair, etc. Zhong Jinwei was dizzy when he heard it. I didn't expect the manufacturing process of this firearm to be so complicated.

During the introduction, Fan Jun also seemed to see some ignorance of Zhong Jinwei, and he felt a little complacent in his heart, and he even spit all over the place, showing off his sense of superiority in a subtle way.

In the end, he concluded to Zhong Jinwei: "The manufacturing process of the Frang machine can be divided into ten steps, which are ironmaking, plate making, reeling, making the belly and sub-guns in proportion, joining, thickening the belly, loading Charge, fire place, drill bore, trim the gun barrel, install the fire door for the child gun, install the rear sight and front sight for the mother gun, and inspect the gun barrel."

After talking about the Frang machine, he felt that it was not enough, so he summed up the bird gun and said: "The process of the bird gun can also be divided into ten steps, but it is different from the Frang machine."

When Zhong Jinwei heard it, he secretly despised it in his heart. You should try to make the process of the bird gun and the Frang machine the same.

Of course, Fan Jun didn't know what Zhong Jinwei was saying, and he still summed it up: "The bird's gun process has the following ten steps, iron making, punching, rolling, closing, drilling, trimming the gun barrel, installing the front sight, rear sight, and fire door. , inspect the gun barrel, install the gun bed, install the dragon head trigger and hair rail."

After he said this, he felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he stopped introducing.

With a smile on Fan Jun's face, he said to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Hou, you don't need to understand these things, just listen to them. If you have anything to do, tell our expert, and our family will help you deal with it."

"Oh, really?" Zhong Jinwei couldn't help but feel amused when he heard it, he forced a smile and asked Fan Jundao.

"Hehe, to tell you the truth, my family is considered a master in this field, otherwise the emperor would not let our family take charge of this military battle." When Fan Jun said this, there was a slight look of color on his face. .

"Oh, that's good. I don't have too many requirements, just change a few places. I hope Eunuch Fan can make it for me as soon as possible." After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he beckoned to Gu Baichuan behind him, and pointed to the words listed on the corner of the wall. bird gun.

Fan Jun saw that Zhong Jinwei seemed to be coming prepared, and seeing his calm and calm appearance, he gave a "click" in his heart for no reason.It seems that I was too complacent just now, and I have said enough.

If Marquis Zhongxing asked him to transform some of his whimsical ideas, then he would be slapped in the face for what he said just now.

Thinking of this, Fan Jun looked at Zhong Jinwei's movements with a little anxiety.

Zhong Jinwei took the bird gun that Gu Baichuan handed over, looked it up and down, and the feeling in his hand was different from the bird gun he had seen in Lu Xiangsheng's station before.

He lifted the blunderbuss with his left hand, pointed to the fire gate with his right hand and said, "Eunuch Fan, please change this place, don't use the matchlock anymore, just ignite the primer and fire it yourself."

Fan Jun's face turned pale when he heard it, and he would come to whatever he was most afraid of.Zhongxinghou was really whimsical, he didn't use a match to start a fire himself, dreaming.

Zhong Jinwei ignored him, pointed at the gun head again and said: "This place, you can help me install a gun head. The gun head I want is a special one. I will give you the blueprint in a while. If you can make it at any time The one that can be disassembled is the best. If it’s really not possible, it can be installed before going to the battlefield, and it doesn’t matter if you take it off after the battlefield.”

After Zhong Jinwei finished speaking, he looked at Fan Jun, only to find that he had turned into a bitter face, looking at himself pitifully.

Zhong Jinwei didn't care about him, let you do it, he continued to press: "You know, the emperor is looking forward to the new army I formed day and night to form an army as soon as possible and go to battle to kill the enemy. But if I don't have weapons, no matter how hard I train It’s useless. So, please take care of Eunuch Fan and make it out as soon as possible. Well, I don’t ask much, I just want 550 pieces first, and I need to talk about it later..."

Zhong Jinwei wanted to continue, but was finally interrupted by Fan Jun: "Master Hou, you can't make something like this!"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he exaggeratedly said: "Ah, why is it impossible? How can we, Ming Dynasty, not be able to make something that Westerners have already made!"

When Fan Jun heard this, he looked at Zhong Jinwei with disbelief, and asked suspiciously, "Have you ever seen Lord Hou?"

Zhong Jinwei did not hesitate, nodded and said: "Of course I have, do you think I lied to you?"

I have seen antiques such as flintlock guns in museums in later generations. Although I can't see them very clearly, I have seen them at last. Zhong Jinwei's answer like this does not have any psychological burden.

Fan Jun's eyes are also quite poisonous, and he can tell at a glance that Zhong Jinwei is not lying.His heart was shocked, and he immediately restrained his self-righteous psychology, sincerely bowed to Zhong Jinwei and said, "Please also ask Zhongxing Marquis to teach our family."