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Chapter 31 Quality Issues
After explaining that Guo Huan was in charge of singing and thinking about Mao Wenlong's countermeasures, Yang Reform felt a lot more relaxed.Humming a little tune.Stroll through the Forbidden City.

Wang Chengen was by his side.In the distance, there are eunuchs, maids, generals, etc., which are quite spectacular.

Yang Reform suddenly remembered that he hadn't visited the arsenal for a while, and he didn't know how many grenades had been produced, and he didn't know how many muskets had been produced.

Yang Reform decided to visit the "Royal Arsenal".

"Big companion."

"Your Majesty, the servant is here." Wang Chengen hurriedly ran to Yang Reform.

"I won't go back to the palace, I'll go to the War Bureau to see how the muskets are made."

"As ordered, Your Majesty should get on the chariot, the journey is too far away." Wang Chengen urged Yang Reform to get on the chariot, fearing that Yang Reform would be tired from walking.

"Hehe, it's okay, I'm in a good mood today, let's go." Yang Reform was in a good mood today, so he decided to walk.

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Not long after, they had already arrived at the "Battle Bureau" in the imperial city, that is, the royal arsenal.

"Slave Fu Mingde kowtows to my emperor, long live my emperor." Fu Mingde, the eunuch of the military battle bureau, received the emperor's letter at the gate of the military battle bureau with a group of officials, big and small.

"Let's get back together, Fu Mingde, long time no see!" Yang Reform was very happy.

"Your majesty is worried about the servants' fear." Fu Mingde was very happy, the emperor still remembered himself.

"Arsenal... Oh, how is the military situation? How are the muskets and grenades I want?" Yang Reform cut to the point.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the servants are working overtime every day to produce muskets and grenades according to His Majesty's request, and a batch has already been produced," Fu Mingde said.

"Hehe, what's the quality of your musket? It won't explode, right? The grenade won't fail, right?" Yang Reform said jokingly.

"Your Majesty... this servant carefully crafted musket grenades according to His Majesty's request! Your Majesty..." Fu Mingde was so anxious that the emperor made such a joke with him, it almost killed him. The emperor said that he would let him take it. Fire a musket that will explode.

"Well, don't worry, according to what I told you at the beginning, I will let people pick some out, and let the producers and supervisors hold muskets and fire them themselves. It's not my turn to worry about the bombs. I will also take out a batch to try." Yang Reform came here for a very simple purpose, to check the quantity and quality of muskets and stabilize the quality.Then talk about quantity.

"Your servant obeys." Fu Mingde seemed confident in the firearms he supervised, and seemed not worried at all.

"Brother, find some people, go to the warehouse and pick out some muskets and grenades. I want to test the quality." Yang Reform turned to Wang Chengen and said.

"I obey, Your Majesty." After Wang Chengen agreed, he went to arrange for the sergeants.

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In the school grounds, Yang Reform didn't have to wait long, and a row of sergeants came in carrying boxes of muskets, and some even carried some small wooden boxes, which were probably filled with grenades.

These weapons are still quite far from Yang Reform.It's not that Yang Reform is afraid of death, but that the guards in charge of Yang Reform's safety will automatically keep these "dangerous" items away from the emperor.

There are also a group of craftsmen who came together, and it seems that there are also some eunuchs, which should be the production workers and the eunuchs who supervise them.

"Let's get started." Yang Reform said expressionlessly.Yang Reform felt a little stressed. If the muskets this time were of the same quality as before, Yang Reform would spare no effort to educate these people with blood.

A junior guard commanded a row of guards, loaded the guns with ammunition, handed them to the craftsmen who made them one by one, and then retreated a few meters away, waiting for those craftsmen to pull the trigger.

These muskets are all stamped with marks to know who made them.It is especially needed by Yang Reform.

It's really an unforgettable scene.Some craftsmen are very confident in the muskets they make, and they pull the trigger as soon as they pick it up. There is a loud "bang", and the projectiles are shot out quickly, penetrating the front wooden board.

In addition, some craftsmen felt a little hesitant about their "works", and they hesitated to shoot, picked up and put down, and finally pulled the trigger, "bang", and the bullets flew out.But it missed the front plank.

First test shot, overall pretty good.Although some craftsmen were reluctant to do it for a long time, they all fired successfully in the end, and none of the muskets exploded.

"Very good, let them shoot two or three more times." Yang Reform praised them, and at the same time asked them to shoot two or three more times to test the quality of the muskets.

An order from the emperor.The Janissaries had already begun to reload the muskets for the second time.Then the guards handed over the muskets to the craftsman, and they themselves stood a few meters behind the craftsman and started the second test shot.

Just like the first time, some craftsmen are more confident, and when they pick it up, they pull the trigger and shoot the projectile with a "bang".It can be seen that some of the quality is good.

"Bang"... "Ah!"... "Oh... help!"... After a craftsman pulled the trigger, there was a strange gunshot, followed by a miserable howl.

The musket exploded.

Yang Reform didn't speak, his dissatisfaction was already written on his face.

Fu Mingde, who was relatively confident just now, was almost paralyzed on the ground, kneeling in front of Yang Reform, at a loss.

The Guards School dragged away the blasted gun craftsman. He didn't have a good face, and his actions were very rude. Presumably, as a soldier, he also hated such craftsmen who produced inferior weapons for himself. The muskets he made were his own, and of course he would show no mercy to the craftsman.

Fire the musket, go ahead.The scene became quite tense, and many craftsmen only fired upon the urging of the guard school.After a gunshot, he was relieved to see that the musket did not explode.

After the first batch of craftsmen finished the test firing, another batch of craftsmen was changed, and the second batch was slightly better than the first batch. Only one craftsman's musket fired three shots, and the barrel was slightly cracked, so the application could not be fired automatically. , dealt with as poor quality, and was dragged away by the schoolboys, the only thing that was slightly better was that he was not injured.

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After several test firings, about [-] to [-]% of the newly made muskets have been tested.The final conclusion is that a little more than [-]% of the muskets have problems, such as explosions and cracks, gas leaks, insufficient power, and inaccurate muskets.

"Fu Mingde." Yang Reform said coldly, without the cordiality just now.

"The servant is here." Fu Mingde was still kneeling on the ground, his expression was depressed, and his voice became quieter.

"This is the musket you made for me? More than [-]% of it is problematic. That is to say, you have caused more than [-]% of my casualties before going to the battlefield...isn't it!" Is this the end? , Yang Reform is already stern.Terrible.

Yang Reform has read some military novels to some extent, and knows what the casualties of more than [-]% represent, that is to say, the ordinary army will "collapse" before the battle is fought.It was a common phenomenon for ordinary armies in ancient times to collapse, run away, and then turn into a big rout after the casualties reached more than [-]%. It was a common phenomenon for ordinary armies in ancient times, especially when they were dealing with wild boar skins in the late Ming Dynasty.

"I told you a long time ago that the quality of a weapon will affect the life of a soldier, the casualty of a soldier will affect the battle of a row of soldiers, and the failure of a row of soldiers to fight well will affect a battle The outcome of a war, the outcome of a great war, is already related to the survival of a country... The quality of the muskets you made has already affected the life and death of my Ming Dynasty..." Yang Reform sternly cursed.

"Your servant is guilty, your servant deserves to die,... your servant is guilty, your servant deserves to die..." Fu Mingde was already so frightened by Yang Reform, he just lay on the ground and chanted these few words, hitting the ground with his head. "Bang bang" sounded.

After kowtowing for a while, Yang Reform felt that this was not a problem. There was no one around him, and Fu Mingde kowtowed to death again.

"Stop knocking, just kneel there first." Yang Reform made Fu Mingde stop "self-mutilation".

Turning around, he said to Wang Chengen: "Big companion, expand the scope of the test shooting, take out all the newly made muskets for me to test shoot, and shoot up to ten rounds. I want to see how many muskets will explode. In addition, let those who are responsible The supervisors also took their muskets and went up to try shooting, um, except for those Li Gong who were in charge of the research..." Yang Reform was already extremely angry, gnashing his teeth.My new army hasn't even finished training yet, you bastards have disabled more than [-]% of your army, and this is not the final result.Yang Reform's anger can be imagined.At the same time, he didn't lose his mind, and didn't let the few people in charge of technology development try the guns.

(End of this chapter)