nanming man

Chapter 251 New Artifact Spectrum

On May 17, [-]th year of Chongzhen, at the cannon test field outside the firearms workshop.

Gao Yihuan and several generals held a few self-generating firecrackers, looked at them, raised the firecrackers from time to time, and made an aiming motion.

Chen Huiting explained: "The self-generated gun is four feet long and weighs six catties and five taels. The mouth of the gun can hold three bullets, and the fixed medicine is four coins. Compared with the bird gun, there is basically no change. The key is that the firing device has been modified. Instead of lighting the fire with a match, strike the flint."

Chen Huiting said with a deep feeling: "It's simple to say, just replace the match with flint, but it is very troublesome to build. This time, the main improvements are the trigger, hammer, reed, movement, sear and other parts. , there is also a movable fire door, which is used to protect the ignition, so that the self-generating gun can be used no matter it is windy or rainy."

"On these parts, craftsmen have made countless times. Not only are they difficult to make, but the materials are not good enough. The parts made are either not elastic enough, or they cannot withstand high temperatures. The most labor-intensive part is the reed. It took more than four years Months, refining copper and iron, making hundreds of attempts, only to find some suitable materials.”

Chen Huiting sighed: "Fortunately, I have read "Illustration of Military Weapons" before, and I have a certain understanding of the shape, size, and function of the parts. If I rely on my own groping, I don't know how to start."

The flintlock has only appeared in the West for more than 100 years. It has only begun to be equipped on a large scale in recent decades, and there are still many technical defects.

Chen Huiting can make it, but it is not easy.

Everyone was quite emotional when they heard his tone, Zhao Daxian on the side played with it for a long time, looked pretty good, and couldn't help asking: "Chen Qijian, this self-generating gun really doesn't need to be ignited, and it's not afraid of wind and rain?"

Gao Yi laughed happily, "Just try firing a gun, and you'll know!"

At that moment, the craftsman found a target and placed it fifty paces away.

Because it is different from the bird gun, Zhao Daxian loaded it under the guidance of the craftsman, and found that the steps were really simplified a lot, so he praised: "Mother, it is indeed simpler."

As he said that, he turned his head and smiled at everyone, "Then I'll shoot!"

After hearing this, Gao Yihuan and the others took a step back and stayed away from him.

Zhao Daxian was taken aback for a moment, and the smile on his face froze instantly. He was not nervous at first, but he was a little scared by the movement of everyone retreating in unison.

Everyone knows that firecrackers are easy to blow up, but fortunately, Gao Yihuan has formulated a reward and punishment system for craftsmen and strengthened the management of firearms workshops. Newly made firecrackers have rarely exploded.

However, this is only for bird guns with mature craftsmanship. This self-generated gun has just been made, so I don't know if it is safe or not.

"Old Zhao, why don't you shoot?" Xu Heihu urged.

Zhao Daxian could only swallow his saliva, he said everything, it seemed a bit embarrassing for him not to ejaculate.

At this time, Zhao Daxian saw Chen Huiting standing beside him, and gave him a reassuring look, then he gritted his teeth and lifted the blunderbuss, holding the body of the blunderbuss with one hand, staring with one eye for a while, and suddenly pulled the trigger.

There was a "pop", followed by a "boom", the rod shook, white smoke rose, and a projectile roared out.

Zhao Daxian was stunned for a while after firing a gun, and then looked down at the gun in his hand, "I'm stupid~"

"Good! Not bad!"

Seeing Gao Yihuan, he couldn't help admiring, and the others became excited, wanting to fire a shot himself.

At this time, a soldier had already brought the target over for inspection, and found that the one-inch-thick wooden board had been penetrated by the projectile.

Although only the ignition device has been improved, the power of its own blunderbuss has been improved compared to the bird blunderbuss because of the improved air tightness.

Looking at the shooting effect, Gao Yihuan reckoned that it would be no problem to penetrate light armor within fifty steps, and it was still much stronger than bow and arrow.

Next, everyone tried a few more firearms, all with similar performance, but there were also many problems. The probability of firing is not very high, and right now they are only making prototypes, and there are still big problems in mass production. .

But as long as it can be caused, the rest can be solved.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the gap in technology was not insurmountable, and what the West could produce, the East could certainly produce.

Gao Yihuan said to Chen Huiting: "Chen Qijian, you did a good job this time and lived up to my expectations. I was going to reward you and the craftsmen who participated in the manufacture of your own guns. You have made great achievements in supervising the construction. You will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver and 50 acres of land. , each craftsman will be promoted to one level, and each will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver."

The generals who were playing with the firecrackers were a little surprised and a little shocked when they heard that there were so many rewards.

Gao Yihuan classifies craftsmen into different levels, artificially creates competition and flows up and down to mobilize the enthusiasm of craftsmen.

He is taking advantage of human nature. If everyone is the same, it will be a stagnant water. Once someone is treated differently, the rest will flock to it.

Seeing other people's level increase, I feel embarrassed and stand still, and I have to think about improving.

Now craftsmen are divided into five levels by Gao Yihuan: apprentice, craftsman, medium craftsman, master craftsman, and craftsman, and each level is divided into three levels.

In Gao Yihuan's design, the monthly salary of the highest-level craftsman should be the same as that of his top generals and civil servants, but now he has no craftsmen under his command, and most of them are apprentices and craftsmen.

After Chen Huiting heard this, he was quite calm, but after hearing this, several craftsmen became excited and hurriedly saluted, "Thank you, General, thank you, General~"

Gao Yihuan nodded, and then ordered: "Chen Qijian, I will send you a clerk. You have to record all the steps of making guns and the matters that should be paid attention to, and you must have pictures and texts, and finally compile it into a book. Let’s call it “New Artifact Pu”.”

Gao Yihuan paused, and added: "In addition to self-generated blunderbuss, other firearms, as well as refined iron smelting technology, should also be included in it, and then handed over to the general as a secret."

In Daming, or in other dynasties, due to the low status of craftsmen, skills were often not valued. In addition, most of the skills of craftsmen were secrets that were not handed down and would not be easily leaked. As a result, many once brilliant skills were lost. Gradually lost.

For example, the forging of swords, bows and crossbows, etc., the technology has all retreated.Often people die and technology disappears.

After Gao Yihuan reformed the workshop, many craftsmen were only responsible for the forging of one part, and the division of labor began to be refined.

This improves efficiency, but it also reduces the number of generalists. Most of the newly recruited apprentices are specialists. If something happens, it will affect the entire production. Therefore, Gao Yihuan is going to compile a book to record various firearms and technologies.

The first is to prevent technology from being lost, and the second is to facilitate the construction of other workshops. With the guidance of books, they can be quickly built.

Of course, this book cannot be printed in large quantities, there will only be very few copies, and each copy must be strictly managed and cannot be leaked.

Chen Huiting was a little surprised when he heard that, but then he clasped his fists excitedly, "I know that, I will try my best to get it done."

Generally speaking, compiling books is the work of scholars, and they can be named. When Chen Huiting thought that he could also publish a book, he became a little excited...

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