Chapter 82： Weapon Workshop Expansion

On December 10th, more than 230 artisans in Shaoxing, including more than 1,300 relatives, arrived in Suzhou.

Wu Changqing personally came to Weapon Workshop to meet Feng Jian, the official in charge of leading the team. Feng Jian was the man in the Ministry of Industry of the Lu dynasty. This time he was responsible for bringing these craftsmen to Suzhou and managing this group of people.

Obviously, both Zhu Yihai and Fang Guoan had left to think carefully, for fear that these craftsmen would completely fall into the hands of Wu Changqing, so they arranged for someone to come over to supervise them.

"Meet Wu Guogong." Feng Jian bowed.

"Master Feng doesn't need to be polite. We are officials in the same court, regardless of the upper and lower sides." Wu Changqing said politely.

Subsequently, Wu Changqing asked Liu Baojun to arrange the work of these hundreds of craftsmen.

Originally there were 300 senior craftsmen and 800 apprentices in the Weapon Workshop. With the addition of more than 230 people, we could recruit another group of apprentices, and the scale of the Weapon Workshop could almost double.

At the same time, Wu Changqing and Feng Jian also visited this weapon shop.

When Feng Jian was visiting, his eyes kept rolling, she was a spy fan. Unfortunately, if he can grasp the advanced technology at a glance, then the technology is not called advanced technology.

"Guo Duke here is magnificent and magnificent, no wonder the Guo Duke can always win the battle."

Feng Jian sighed, he had never seen such a large-scale arsenal. Moreover, the way the workers in the arsenal worked was somewhat different from what he had seen before.

Feng Jian can't understand many places, such as the manufacture of gun barrels.

At present, the manufacture of gun barrels in other places is to first forge a large iron rod, and then the craftsman uses pure hand to drill one by one, which is very difficult.

Here, they used the method to forge a relatively brittle iron rod first, and then build a coat around the small iron rod to form the barrel.

Because the small iron rod is relatively brittle, it can be more than ten times easier when drilling, which increases the manufacturing speed of the barrel several times.

This is the barrel manufacturing process invented by Guan Mengfei, which is much more advanced than before.

This idea may seem simple, but it is actually not easy to achieve it. Guan Mengfei also accidentally discovered ironware of different compositions with different degrees of hardness, which gave birth to this idea.

Relying on this advanced technology, the current manufacturing speed of flintlocks in Suzhou Weapons Workshop can reach fifty shots per day, which is quite good. When the Qing army went south again, they could almost produce another 3,000-man flintlock unit.

And matchlock guns now have a higher daily output, nearly 100 shots can be built every day. At this rate, Wu Changqing could quickly eliminate cold weapons and completely change outfits.

Ordinary matchlock guns are **** and have a slow rate of fire, but as long as they are well-trained and tactical, they are still better than cold weapons.

At present, Wu Changqing has a 5,000-strong matchlock army. Most of these matchlock guns are seized and smuggled to purchase, plus some of them are made by themselves.

The combat effectiveness of this 5,000-strong force is also quite good.

"With these craftsmen, Wu Guogong must be able to regain Nanjing faster."

Feng Jian also mentioned the restoration of the old capital of Nanjing, which is what Zhu Yihai cares most about most urgently.

"It should be fine next year."

Wu Changqing took a reassurance pill for him to prevent him from asking endless questions.

In fact, Wu Changqing didn't want to regain Nanjing, so he could rely on the Yangtze River to resist the Manchu cavalry. It's just that he really doesn't have that strength right now.

"That's great."

Feng Jian said.

"Teacher, students are incompetent, there is still a good way to solve the problem of precise ignition for the time being."

After that, everyone came to the place where the artillery was made. Guan Mengfei put down his work and came out to meet and report on the work.

"Don't worry, take your time. The most important thing is to pay attention to safety. Let other people do the dangerous things. You only need to use your brain."

Wu Changqing said.

Precise ignition is indeed a difficult problem, involving the speed of the projectile and other complicated factors.

If the ignition time cannot be controlled well, this projectile cannot be applied to actual combat.

The fire is early, and the shell explodes before it reaches the enemy's head, so it can only frighten the enemy with the momentum. If it is a little late, the enemy will have time to escape if it falls into the enemy's pile without exploding.

Wu Changqing's words made other people all envy and hate Guan Mengfei. This kind of care and attention was only about Meng Fei alone being able to enjoy it.

Feng Jian remembered Guan Mengfei silently in his heart. He could see that he was a key figure and he was highly regarded by Wu Changqing.

After visiting the Weapon Workshop, Wu Changqing couldn't help feeling that this is probably the largest arsenal in the world right now. With craftsmen, apprentices, family members, and guard soldiers, there are already more than 7,000 people living in this weapons workshop.

Although it looks a little primitive, there are already some prototypes of modern factories, which should be the most advanced in the world.

As long as this arsenal is in his hands, Wu Changqing will not worry about the war on the front line. There is only one problem with his army expansion, and that is the speed at which firearms are manufactured. There is no shortage of people at all.

The population in the territory he currently controls is close to four million, and it is very easy to form an army of one hundred thousand. More importantly, the training of the Musketeers is very easy, they can basically take shape in one month, and they can almost become elite in two months.

They don't need to master too many skills, just learn to line up and observe military discipline.

If it is a cold weapon force, it takes at least half a year for a recruit to be trained as a qualified soldier. Archers and cavalry will take longer, at least one or two years.

For Wu Changqing, there can be as many troops as there are weapons.

After visiting the Weapon Square, Wu Changqing arranged for Gu Yanwu to accompany Feng Jian and pick him up.

He is a dignified governor, but there is no need to accompany him personally.

After receiving Feng Jian, Wu Changqing called Liu Baojun, the general manager of the Weapon Shop.

"This new group of people is a problem in terms of loyalty, so let them make some non-core parts first. Some core processes cannot be touched by them."

Wu Changqing reminded.

In this weapon shop, most of the technologies are actually not very important. For example, the manufacture of cold weapons and barrels is not a secret. There are many people in the outside world who know this kind of technology.

As long as the formulas of spring, flint and gunpowder are taken seriously, these artisans will not be able to steal any useful secrets.

"At the same time, we must strengthen the control of the Weapon Shop. No one can enter or leave easily. Your approval is required. Pay special attention to Feng Jian. If you have the opportunity, you can use some means to try to attract bribes."

Wu Changqing continued to exhort that Feng Jian is a court commander after all, and he has no way to restrict his personal freedom. It is more or less a hidden danger, and it is best to win him to his side.

"Subordinates understand."

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