Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 276

[Chapter 276 Flintlock Gun]

Chengdefang.

After Xie Yu left, Zhao Xu would appear here almost every day.

Time passed day by day, and the time to send troops to Jinzhou was getting closer and closer.

He is most concerned about the production of flintlock guns, so he often personally supervises them.

Today, flintlock guns are produced in two places.

One is the original Bingzhangsi, which is small in scale.

The other is the current Nanfang District, which is large in scale.

In the workshop near the river in Nanfang District, there are now fifty hydraulic drilling machines in operation.

He and Wang Ying’s plan is to expand to a hundred.

With the addition of 20 Bingzhangsi, 120 drilling machines can drill 120 barrels every day.

This month is 3,600.

But even so, this quantity cannot meet the requirement of manufacturing 30,000 units in three months.

Therefore, the big head of the barrel still has to rely on the craftsmen’s hand drill press.

At this time, he was in the workshop where flintlock guns were produced.

This workshop consists of three parts.

The yard on the left is full of hand drill presses, and that’s where he is.

On the right is the yard where the firing mechanism was made.

The yard in the middle is responsible for the assembly and is orderly.

“Your Highness, another 30 hand-operated drilling machines were added yesterday, and now there are 300 here. A craftsman can produce one piece every three days, and a month can produce 3,000 pieces. There are still a batch of hand-operated drilling machines being manufactured. It shouldn’t be a problem to fire a gun,” Wang Ying said.

This time, the craftsmen, apprentices and handymen provided by King Yan helped him a lot.

With many carpenters, whether it is the manufacture of hand-cranked turning beds or flintlock butts, they have followed suit.

This is the benefit of strength in numbers.

“It’s best like this.” Zhao Xu felt a little relieved.

Hand drilling machine is hard work, human strength is limited after all.

So the drilling was very slow, and it took three days to produce one.

It was still winter at this time, but the craftsman of the rocker drill machine was sweating profusely.

“How about the wear and tear of the drill bits?” Zhao Xu looked at a pile of waste drill bits in the corner.

Wang Yingdao: “According to His Highness’s instructions, the officer brought lard and put it on the drill bit. The drill bit consumes less, but basically it takes about three pieces to drill a gun barrel. Fortunately, this drill bit is easy to manufacture and can be returned to the furnace. Once forged, it can be used again.”

Zhao Xu nodded, the drill bit is a consumable, there is no other way.

Under the current rough handicraft industry, he can only produce rough.

After watching the craftsmen drill the gun barrels for a while, Zhao Xu said, “By the way, you said that five hundred flintlock guns can be delivered today?”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Wang Ying made a gesture of invitation, “Please follow the officer .”

Hearing this, Zhao Xu felt a surge of anticipation in his heart.

Although he has the knowledge of making flintlocks in his head, he has never seen a real flintlock.

Follow Wang Ying into the courtyard in the middle.

Wang Ying came to a room in the courtyard guarded by soldiers.

After entering the room, Wang Ying lifted the wooden box from the ground.

Inside lay flintlock guns with brown wooden stocks and silver barrels.

The barrels and firing mechanisms of these fusiliers were previously completed and assembled only yesterday.

“Not bad.” Zhao Xu smiled with satisfaction.

He took a flintlock from the box and looked it over carefully.

The overall style of the flintlock gun was just as good as the picture in his mind, and it was definitely a gorgeous boutique.

Seeing that the smile in King Yan’s eyes could almost overflow, Wang Ying couldn’t help but also smiled.

The successful manufacture of the flintlock gave him the same sense of accomplishment as the last artillery.

However, these flintlock guns have just been assembled and have not yet been tested.

So he reminded: “Your Highness, do you want to try this flintlock gun just like trying a cannon?”

“Of course.” Zhao Xu’s eyes still stayed on the flintlock gun.

Guns and guns belong to men’s romance, this sentence also applies to Zhao Xu.

Seeing this thing, he was a little rare.

Decided to keep one to play in the palace.

After thinking for a while, he said, “Let’s go to Nan Daying to test the guns, and let the soldiers see the weapons they are about to use.”

He believes that seeing the power of these flintlock guns, they will definitely train more actively.

Wang Ying was stunned for a moment, and after a little thought, he understood what King Yan meant.

In response, he ordered the handyman to carry the box and went to the South Camp under the guard of the soldiers.

On the way, Wang Ying said: “Your Highness, I made some lead bullets according to the caliber of the gun barrel, but it was too slow to make them one by one. Thirty thousand flintlock guns need a huge amount of ammunition. How can this be done?” Okay?”

“Don’t worry, I have a solution, I will tell you after the gun test.” Zhao Xu said.

Wang Ying heard the words and stopped asking.

With emotion in my heart, nothing can stop King Yan.

A group of people arrived at Nan Daying.

At this time Chang Wei was also there, and Chang Wei and the generals immediately grinned when they learned that King Yan had brought a flintlock gun.

During this period of time, although they were teaching the soldiers to fight according to the method taught by King Yan,

they only felt funny and helpless about this formation, and could not appreciate the power of these formations.

Motivation has also declined somewhat.

Although they knew that what King Yan did was always right.

But they still can’t understand it until they see it with their own eyes.

Therefore, when they learned that King Yan was coming with a flintlock gun, they immediately cheered up.

Want to see what this flintlock gun is all about?

“Your Highness, let the general see what this flintlock looks like?” Chang Wei rubbed his hands with a pleading look on his face.

Qin Shan, Guan Tong and the others looked the same, circling around the wooden box, and almost didn’t open the lid of the wooden box directly.

The soldiers who were close to him also heard it. Although they dared not move at will, they straightened their ears.

Zhao Xu and Wang Ying glanced at each other, and decided not to hide anymore.

He opened a box himself, took out a flintlock gun and threw it to Chang Wei.

Chang Wei was startled when he saw the flintlock gun flying towards him, and hurriedly caught it with his hands.

Qin Shan and others immediately gathered around him to look around him.

Some generals stretched out their hands to touch them, but they were beaten by Chang Wei, and they retracted.

“This is a flintlock gun? It’s so beautiful, but how to use it, is it the same as a cannon?” Chang Wei pointed the flintlock gun at himself and looked into the muzzle of the gun.

“Almost.” Zhao Xu took out another flintlock gun from the box and said, “But you don’t need to light the match.”

Turning his head, he said to Wang Ying: “Bring some ammunition here.”

Wang Ying opened two more boxes at this time .

One chest contained pellets, the other silver buckshot.

“Your Highness, can this flintlock really penetrate armor?” Qin Shan asked.

At this time, Chang Wei passed the flintlock gun to the generals.

“Why don’t you try putting on the armor?” Zhao Xu said to Qin Shan as a joke.

“The last general doesn’t dare.” Qin Shan shrank his neck immediately.

Zhao Xu stopped joking with everyone.

He said sternly, dispatching five hundred soldiers, today I will let you see the power of your flintlock guns combined with the military formation you practiced.

The generals nodded, looking expectant.

(end of this chapter)