Chapter 97 Waiting

"Li Bosheng!" Zhang Yang shouted.

"I'm there!" Li Bosheng's eyes were shining.

"You are now in charge of the whole manufacturing process of Tianque. You must strictly control the quality and make a qualified Tianque."

"I see!" He replied loudly.

"Lu Xing!"

"I'm there!" As soon as he came, he was reused, and Lu Xing felt that he had met the Ming Lord.

"You continue to smelt steel and provide qualified steel to Li Bosheng!"

"Yes!" Lu Xing replied without hesitation.

"Bian Yuanheng!"

"I'm there!" Bian Yuanheng quickly came out of the crowd.

"You immediately organize your manpower, and I will introduce you how to use this Tianque."

"Okay!" Bian Yuanheng's face flashed with excitement.

"Okay, let's continue to work now!" Zhang Yang dispersed the crowd.

Zhang Yang is very good at decentralizing power. He does everything by himself, and he has to be exhausted.

The base has begun to operate at full speed, with coarse salt purification, iron refining, and weapons manufacturing.

Although the manufacture of Tianque was handed over to Li Bosheng's management, Zhang Yang still guided it from time to time. Qualified firearms are the top priority of the whole base.

However, there are too few blacksmiths. It takes a long time to make only the parts of the gun. It seems that we need to find more craftsmen or improve the production method.

According to the current efficiency, it takes two days for each gun to be fully assembled. The hand-made parts, especially the conical wheels, completely depends on the level of the craftsman. Sometimes a few in a row can a finished product come out. The scrap rate is too high.

Zhang Yang originally planned to ask the blacksmith to match each gun with a bayonet, but in terms of efficiency, it's better to build a gun first.

The long-range depends on the sky, the medium-range depends on the grenade, and close to the body depends on the bayonet, which constitutes a modern three-layer attack and defense system.

It's time to go to see Tang He and ask him to find more craftsmen to come back.

These craftsmen were very reluctant to come here at the beginning, but after going to the island, they were able to eat three full meals and take money. The foreman was also very gentle to himself. In contrast, it was much better than the original life. They have gradually adapted to the life here.

Moreover, Zhang Yang also provided a certain incentive method. According to the current progress, it is the minimum requirement to build a Tianque in two days. If you can speed up the progress and build one a day, then the craftsmen will be rewarded with 100 yuan.

Rewards are always better than punishments. Under the ** of money, they will definitely think of improving the yield.

It's just that the cost of this day is too high!

Zhang Yang preliminarily estimated that a qualified Tianque needs about 40 taels of silver. If it is equipped with a team of thousands of people, it will cost 40,000 taels, which will be an amazing number.

Although iron is refined by itself, all kinds of raw materials, such as coal and lead for bullets are bought, and the cost of labor should also be taken into account, plus the initial equipment investment. Although the weapon is good, the cost is very high.

Zhang Yang understands the principles of these economics of improving production technology, improving labor efficiency and reducing labor costs, so now it is 50 taels of silver, but in gradual manufacturing, the cost will be lower and lower. In the end, as long as it is low as 20 taels, it will be within Zhang Yang's tolerance.

Make money, make money! With money, we can make more weapons, buy more food, gather more labor, and cast a strong army!

I don't know if the letter went to send iron to Zhu Yuanzhang. Is it going well? Did you get the 5,000 taels of silver? Zhang Yang was anxiously waiting for Shi Xin's reply.

In addition to supervising the fire gun, Zhang Yang's remaining time is mainly to guide Bian Yuanheng to master the shooting method of Tianque gun.

There are three main postures for shooting: lying, standing and kneeling. In every way, Zhang Yang is repeatedly training Bian Yuanheng.

After Bian Yuanheng has mastered the essentials, he will train others. Due to the slow manufacturing of Tianque, only three finished products have come out so far.

In Zhang Yang's heart, Bian Yuanheng has always been cultivated as an excellent sniper. He shoots arrows with a hunting bow, and the arrows are useless, and the continuous crossbow is like a tiger adding wings. Now with more advanced rifles, of course, he has to be trained as a sniper who takes the head of the enemy's chief in the army.

Therefore, Zhang Yang's training for Bian Yuanheng is particularly fierce.

Bian Yuanheng is very proficient in shooting and has high enough eyesight. Therefore, the focus of training is to be familiar with and use Tianque.

So, on the high lookout, there was such a strange scene: Bian Yuanhengping held the sky, holding the wood under the barrel in his left hand, hooked the trigger in his right hand, the butt was against his shoulder, and there was a stone hanging in front of the barrel. He kept this posture motionless, sweating, his arms were sore, and he was as stable as the stone of Mount Tai.

This is a common training method in the army, so that when there is no heavy weight in the barrel, it is as easy to use as a broom.

Another training content is the loading and unloading of Tianque.

A good weapon is inseparable from careful maintenance. The life of various machine parts can be extended, and it can prevent the possibility of blind fire.

In particular, the current launcher uses ordinary black gunpowder, not smokeless gunpowder. The smoke produced by the combustion of the propellant is large, and there are more residues of solid particles. Therefore, for every dozens of bullets fired, the inner wall must be cleaned up. Otherwise, Tianque will fail.

It requires a high degree of proficiency to disassemble and assemble weapons in the gap between battles. The disassembly of weapons is also a common subject in the army, and it is blindfolded and can be assembled skillfully by hand feeling alone.

Now Zhang Yang is also training for Bian Yuanheng. First, he watches the disassembly and assembly. After gradually becoming proficient, he is blindfolded and assembled.

In this way, day by day passed. In a blink of an eye, three or four days passed again, and it was time to carry salt, but I didn't wait for the reply from the letter.

Zhang Yang has been hesitating. I don't know whether to wait any longer or go back to transport salt immediately. After a long delay, it will inevitably make the salt farm suspicious.

However, except for Li Bosheng and Shide, who stayed on the island, the rest of the salt farm brothers, Lv Zhen, Zhang Tianqi, Pan Yuanming, Pan Yuanshao and Shiyi, have all gone to transport the iron. If they go back with such a bare pole commander, they will still make the salt farm suspicious.

The biggest mistake this time was that I didn't expect that the railway was delayed, and for this reason, there was still not enough manpower.

Tian Que has made six. Bian Yuanheng not only mastered the shooting skills, but also trained several of his men. There were ten guards who were responsible for patrolling the island, but they were transferred by Zhang Yang to send three or four people to Shixin. The guard force on the island seemed to be overstretched.

Not only that, but many of the people in charge of ironmaking are from Furong Village. They have never forgotten the deep hatred of the blood in the village. They all hope to equip themselves with this powerful weapon and go back to revenge. Under Zhang Yang's persuasion and promise, these people's minds have settled down.

If I had known that it was so time-consuming, I would have let Tang He take that group of people directly to escort him. Now he is in a hurry, but Tang He is idle in the murder port.

Then recruit and criticize people, pull them to be laborers, and then choose a loyal part from the current people, plus Tang and the more than a dozen people brought back, to form a team of about 50 people, responsible for the armed protection in the process of selling salt and selling iron, and usually stationed in the killing port for training.

Zhang Yang calculated worriedly, waiting for Shi Xin to come back.

"Why didn't you come back?"

"Brother Shicheng, everything is doomed. You don't have to worry too much." With the sound, a young woman came, and it was Liu Ruohan.

"Ruohan, if he doesn't come back, I will die." Zhang Yang casually pulled out a word.

Dead? What is dead? Liu Ruohan suddenly covered Zhang Yang's mouth with his tender hand, "Brother Shicheng, I don't allow you to say a dead word. I want you to live well."

It's not true death, Zhang Yang thought to himself. He changed the topic and said, "Why did you come here?"

"I think you have something on your mind and want to chat with you."

Do I have something on my mind? I have a lot on my mind. Except for Shi Xin, I don't know what's wrong with Zhaoyi. After such a long time, Shi Wenbing doesn't know what news he has heard.