I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 559: An Arsenal With a Monthly Production of [-] Muskets

The wall has been reinforced with cement produced by Tiangongyuan, and it is difficult for ordinary artillery to blow it down.

Li Tian is very satisfied with the defensive measures here.

"Director Liu, you have done a good job, I am very satisfied with this place."

Liu Baohe was not complacent, but said solemnly,
"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty, this is what I should do!"

"For the defensive measures here, in addition to the minister's suggestion, Zheng Gong also gave a lot of opinions and support."

Li Tian smiled and said,
"I didn't expect that Uncle Bao would also be involved. These soldiers look very energetic, and they are all rare elites!"

"That's true. For the soldiers of this battalion, Mr. Zheng often quarreled with Mr. Cheng and Mr. Ying."

"Haha, let me put it this way, the establishment of this workshop, the two of them have put in a lot of effort!"

Liu Baohe didn't hide anything, and said directly,

"That's right, this place is Cheng Guogong, who gave it to the Tiangong Institute for free, and the cost of transforming this place is basically paid by the British government."

After Li Tian heard his words, he smiled without saying a word. In fact, he knew why Zhu Yong and Zhang Ying were so interested in this place.

The five thousand new army has now become the hottest one in the Ming army.

As long as this experimental team passes the first actual combat test, if it meets expectations, then the Ming army will be unchangeable and will change to this model in the future.

It can be said that whoever controls this army at this time will have more stable power in the future.

And Li Tian has never determined their true ownership, so the two of them spared no effort to fight for it.

Although it seems that they are suspected of raising private troops and supporting their own self-respect, Li Tian doesn't care much about it, on the contrary, he is happy to see the success.

It's not that he's too lazy to manage it carefully, but that he has to.

At present, the composition of the main combat troops of Ming Dynasty is partly the garrison troops of the Nine Frontiers. This part has about tens of 10 people.

The rest are the guards with branches all over the country, which add up to 30 million.

The combat effectiveness of these soldiers was incomparable to that of the frontier army, and as the guard system became more and more corrupt, their combat effectiveness continued to decline.

If they hadn't been able to supply a lot of military rations to the imperial court every year, Li Tian probably ordered them to be disbanded long ago.

These soldiers are completely in the hands of the nobles of the two capitals in the north and the south.

Finally, there is the capital city and the surrounding capital with a total of about 20 capital camps.

This part of the soldiers, in terms of real combat effectiveness, may be quite different from the frontier army, but their equipment is the best and the supplies are the most complete.

Originally, these soldiers were generally in the hands of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, but since Li Tian took back the military power from him, they have been completely controlled by Li Tian.

After counting and counting, the number of soldiers that Li Tian can directly mobilize at present is only a few hundred thousand.

So he still has to rely on Cheng Guogong and Yingying Gong, two big men in the army, to help him share the pressure from all over the country.

If he had made it clear from the beginning that this new army could only be under his own control, he might lose these two powerful helpers all at once.

He has been procrastinating like this, and he has always refused to confirm the ownership, which is actually a strategy of last resort.

After all, no matter who you give it to, it will cause the other party to be dissatisfied. Although it will not directly rebel, Li Tian dare not reuse someone who has a grudge in his heart.

Procrastinating like this is the best solution.

It can be seen from this arsenal that they spared no effort to win Li Tian's favor in order to obtain the final right of ownership. This does not mean that they indirectly helped Li Tian a big favor, and it was too late for him to be happy.

After several people passed through many guard posts, they finally came to the interior of the arsenal.

Tall forging hammers and blast furnaces are scattered in every corner of the manor, and the whole manor is baked like spring, making people feel no cold at all.

The supporting facilities of this workshop adopt the latest technology that Tiangongyuan can provide.

Whether it is a lathe or a hydraulic wind forging hammer, everything is available.

If Li Tian hadn't seen the rows and rows of neat parts processing lines and the busy workers around, he would have thought he had traveled to a factory that had been around for 50 or [-] years.

Liu Baohe introduced to Li Tian while walking,
"Your Majesty, through the efforts of the minister and colleagues from the Tiangong Institute, the method of mass production of matchlock guns has been basically perfected."

"Currently, this place has only been in production for a month, and the workers' skills are not very mature, and they can produce about [-] qualified muskets in a month.

However, I can guarantee that if I give them another one or two months, when the exclusive steam engine customized by Chen is assembled, the number will at least double to about [-] per month. "

When he first heard him say that he could produce [-] muskets a month, Li Tian was slightly taken aback.

It's not because this number is too low, but because this number surprised Li Tian a little.

You must know the speed of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty in the past.

A skilled craftsman with two or three apprentices will take at least half an hour to forge a musket, and it is not necessarily guaranteed to pass the test.

There are only two craftsmen here, and they are not all skilled craftsmen. At their previous speed, they can make more than 100 rods in a month at most.

At this time, it has doubled by a full five times, so what else can Li Tian be dissatisfied with.

But when Li Tian heard Liu Baohe say that in a month or two, this number could be doubled, he almost jumped up on the spot in surprise.

What is the concept of producing more than 1000 muskets per month? This means that he can complete all the equipment of more than 5000 people in the new army in less than half a year.

You know, this is only the speed that a mere two hundred workers can create.

If the number of craftsmen is doubled, what will be the effect.

Maybe it will only take two or three years for him to arm a 20 legion by then.

Within a few years, he could build a semi-modern army, which was a speed he never imagined.

With a somewhat excited voice, he patted Liu Baohe's shoulder vigorously and said,

"Liu Baohe, you have done a very good job. I want to reward you, and I will reward you heavily. If you want any reward, just tell me directly, and I will never refuse."

Seeing that Li Tian was so excited, Liu Baohe quickly knelt down on the ground and said with some panic,
"Your Majesty is serious. This is what I should do. I dare not ask for rewards!"

(End of this chapter)