The firearms department is a mile away from the Ordnance Department, and then to the West are the Quartermaster department, the military medical department and the transportation department.

The war horse department and breeding department are located on the north bank, and the combined area of the two is larger than the other five.

Compared with the Ordnance Department, the firearms department is better in terms of construction scale and craftsmanship.

There are more than 30000 craftsmen. In front of them are the fire gun factory and artillery factory, and behind them are the ammunition factory and warehouse.

The middle is separated by a tall and thick wall, only connected by a gate, which is much more strict than that of other factories.

Now the bird gun has stopped making, but is making every effort to make a flint gun, a long gun and a short gun, all of which are ignited with flint.

The most difficult part of the flint firing structure is the construction of the spring, but this problem has long been solved, but the efficiency is a little low.

That is to knock an iron bar into thin iron wire by hand, then polish it carefully, and finally twist it into a spring by winch.

The old fellow who is responsible for building springs is all over 20 years old, but even so, the defective rate still reaches 30%, and whether it is beating or polishing, it will take a lot of time.

Compared with the fire rope gun, the flint gun is twice as complex to build, and less than half of the hands are wasted on the spring.

"Touch, touch..."

On the shooting range, Qin Huan held a long flint gun and fired ten shots in succession. Then he rubbed his sour arm, threw the gun to the teacher and asked:

"Well, the firing rate is still good. One shot is misfired after ten shots. How many shots can this barrel shoot? How many times can flint play? "

"Back to the king, it is estimated that a gun barrel can hit more than 500 times. The flint had better be replaced after 100 times, otherwise it will be easy to misfire."

"Oh, this thing is really hard to serve!"

Qin Huan sighed helplessly. To tell the truth, he also looked down on the flint gun, because it was almost the same as the bird gun. It was just more convenient and safe in rainy days.

But he also knew that it was almost impossible to be waterproof in the Ming Dynasty. He was not a chemist. He knew nothing about bullet primer. It was estimated that he wouldn't want to get it out the day he died.

"How many strokes can this fire gun make every day?"

"Back to the king, the long gun can make 100 shots and the short gun 200 shots every day." The woman behind her hurriedly replied.

"So you can make a thousand shots at most in a month?" Qin Huan's eyebrows were wrinkled into Sichuan characters. If he wanted to change his clothes, he had to wait for at least several years.

Several women and several old foremen and craftsmen lowered their heads in embarrassment.

It's not that the craftsmen don't work hard, but this flint fire gun is too troublesome.

The spring has to be ground, the flint has to be ground, and some parts of the firing device also have to be polished. In addition, the drill barrel and the sharpening barrel have to be polished. If it is not for division of labor and cooperation and one person makes one shot, it will have to work for more than half a year.

"It's too slow. The process must be improved. It can't be polished by manpower or drilled into the barrel."

Qin Huan said in a deep voice. He had just turned around and knew where the speed was. So he planned to improve the process even with more effort, otherwise he would have to increase manpower.

However, 15000 blacksmiths and carpenters have been fully invested in making these two fire guns. No matter how much, not to mention the lack of space, but also hurt the farmers.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how to improve it?" An old man asked carefully.

"For example, the drill barrel and grinder barrel can be used as a simple transmission device. Even if manpower is still used, the efficiency will be improved several times."

"This... How to drive?" Several teachers gathered around, while several ladies retreated a few steps wisely.

"For example, you can make two big and small gears, the big gear drives the small gear, connect the drill bit, and then sit on it and step on it with your feet..."

Qin Huan told them about the bicycle structure of his previous life, but several old craftsmen were confused. They didn't know what king Qin said?

"Forget it, you don't have to worry about it. I'll find a special person to be responsible for the development. After it is made, the sample table will come over, and you can make it according to the sample!"

Qin Huan's mouth was dry. Seeing that they still didn't understand, he had to wave his hand reluctantly, and then went to the artillery factory next door.

At present, the artillery factory still only casts two kinds of cannons, one is a kilo Franc machine gun and the other is a 2000 kilo red cannon.

When he found that the craftsmen were still casting guns with clay molds, Qin Huan immediately patted his forehead and asked them to cast guns with iron molds in the future. This time, all the craftsmen said they knew how to do it.

In the next few days, Qin Huan went to five other places, especially the breeding place. However, due to the short time, there were thousands of pigs and tens of thousands of chickens.

Qin Huan asked them to breed sows and hens first, and then boars and hens' eggs were distributed to the army, while sows and hens were sold to people everywhere.

No way. After some investigation, he found that no matter in Xiangyang or Nanyang, there are almost no poultry in ordinary people's homes. There is no unified large-scale breeding. It is estimated that if you want to raise poultry in every household, you have to wait until the year of the monkey.

In the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible to fully develop into an industrial society. Therefore, while developing industry, the small-scale peasant economy was also very important.

At last, Qin Huan gathered all the directors, factory directors and the old craftsmen in charge to hold a general meeting.

It is announced that another large open space will be selected nearby to build houses for the craftsmen. A pair of small bungalows with yard will be given priority to the craftsmen with good performance.

I can't help it. All factories eat from the same big pot, live in dormitories, and some even set up tents.

Most of these craftsmen have families, but most of the women live in the Quartermaster's office and the breeding office. They share a room once a month and have very few opportunities to meet.

In addition, over time, I'm afraid someone will be lazy, so we can only use the house to continue to inspire everyone's enthusiasm.

When he came, he also planned to work out the piece work system. After this inspection, he found that it was simply unrealistic.

First, there are not enough managers.

Secondly, the processes are separated. If piecework is carried out, some people will cut corners on work and materials, and there will be quarrels and fights. A lady can't manage it at all.

Therefore, it is better to conduct such extensive management for the time being, because this method is the most appropriate according to the current conditions and circumstances.

As soon as the ladies returned, they announced the incident. Sure enough, more than 100000 craftsmen and their families burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm.

The 200000 single men only rested for a few days and had to continue to burn bricks and tiles to repair their houses.

Qin Huan also began to consider the supply of raw materials for the logistics department, because although there were enough cotton, cotton, iron and various materials, no businessmen came to Nanyang and Xiangyang. It was impossible to eat like this every day.

In addition to buying from the outside world, he also wants to produce some himself, so he plans to plant a season of Winter Wheat in Nanyang in the future, followed by cotton, and a season of rice and rape in Xiangyang. With salt mines, iron mines and coal mines, he can achieve self-sufficiency.