Chapter 109 Paper Shell Ammunition

There are too many factors involved in the development of industrial technology, just like a wooden bucket. Even if one of the pieces of wood is very long, if other pieces of wood can't catch up with this piece of wood, it is useless. Even if there is only a short board, this bucket still can't hold much water, and the technology of an era is also It's the same. Many different categories of technologies need to go hand in hand. A single-sided breakthrough is not enough to drive the development of the overall level. Therefore, many things cannot be achieved overnight and need to be gradually accumulated. This is also the reason why Xiao Tianjian has not engaged in tison guns for the time being. He still intends to press Step by step, improve the technical content step by step.

After listening to Gao Su's explanation, Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "Very good! You should do this. It seems that I'm too anxious! In that case, you can continue to do it step by step! Since you have made it, make it into a boutique. Don't let me down!"

Gao Su immediately bowed and replied, "I'm willing to serve the general!"

Although the progress of casting cannons is not as fast as expected, Xiao Tianjian is still relatively satisfied with Gao Su's work at present. What Chinese people need most is the rigor and meticulousness in them, which is also a style that he will promote in the craftsman group in the future.

Since the casting cannon has no results for the time being, he no longer stays in Tiezuo. He turned around and took the iron head out of Tiezuo and went straight to the gunpowder workshop on Gao Cheng's side.

When they arrived at Gao Cheng, Gao Cheng was happy to take care of a group of his men. However, he did not have to participate in the work of boiling saltpeter in person at present. The trained men are fully qualified for this work, and now he has begun to take a few of his men to start to configure gunpowder. Gao Cheng as a whole. He is also a very careful person. In addition, he followed Xiao Tianjian and also knew that Xiao Tianjian's requirements for the quality of craftsmen were very strict, so he was very careful when equipped with gunpowder.

They first completely crush the three raw materials. After reaching a considerable fineness, they also need to sift to make the raw materials fully meet the requirements. Then they use a scale to weigh the three raw materials according to the proportion, and then pour them together for full stirring, and finally complete the configuration of gunpowder.

After the gunpowder configuration is completed, it is not over. Xiao Tianjian does not want ordinary powdered gunpowder, but the final product he wants is granular gunpowder. Therefore, when the gunpowder configuration is completed, granulation still needs to be carried out. Gao Cheng is already familiar with the process, so it is not a problem.

After the granular gunpowder is dried, it cannot be completely completed. It is necessary to separate various gunpowder particles of different diameters through continuous screening. After the final classification is completed, it is packaged into a wooden barrel and sealed with yellow wax to prevent moisture and delivered for later use.

Xiao Tianjian has nothing to be picky about such a careful gunpowder manufacturing process. After following Gao Cheng to watch the finished product of gunpowder, he expressed his satisfaction and asked about the output of gunpowder.

"Our gunpowder workshop can now configure 40 to 50 catties of gunpowder every day. These days, hundreds of catties of gunpowder have been made. At present, there is no shortage of gunpowder. The small plan is to hand over these jobs to his subordinates later. I will go back to make those paper thunders." Gao Cheng grinned and said to Xiao Tianjian.

"It seems that your subordinates have basically mastered the configuration of gunpowder, so you can also leave these things to them and pull out your hands to do something else!

However, the amount of paper thunder is not very large at present, so you don't have to worry too much. I'm here this time to give you a new task!" Xiao Tianjian walked out of the gunpowder workshop and said to Gao Cheng.

"Oh? If the general has any instructions, just give it to the little one! The little one must take good work for the general!" Gao Cheng heard that Xiao Tianjian asked him to do something new, so he was interested and said to Xiao Tianjian excitedly.

"This matter is actually very simple. We used to use small bamboo tubes to provide gunpowder for gunpowder, but there is not much bamboo in this area, and Hsinchu is easy to dampen the gunpowder, which is not convenient to use, so I think I will use wax paper to pack gunpowder and projectiles for hand and make paper shell ammunition in the future. In this way, Later, it will be more convenient for the firearms to use. I think you will be responsible for this matter. In the future, it will be renamed as our Xingtianjun ammunition factory. It is not only the ammunition used by the bird gun to be made into paper shell ammunition, but also all kinds of gun ammunition to find a way to make fixed ammunition. In this way, we The loading speed of guns and cannons will be at least twice as fast as that of the enemy. When an equal number of enemy troops meet us, we can only eat!" Xiao Tianjian said his idea to Gao Cheng. He already had this idea before the New Year, but at that time, he put it down because of the shortage of gunpowder. Now they have made their own gunpowder, and the wax paper has been recovered, and the work can also be carried out.

After listening to this, Gao Cheng immediately nodded and agreed, and carefully asked Xiao Tianjian about some details. After making sure that there was no misunderstanding of Xiao Tianjian's intention, he said to Xiao Tianjian, "It's not difficult about this matter. It's just that I need to help me with the projectile. First, I will do the projectile first. Only when it is sent to me can I arrange people to do it.

In addition, according to the general, a large amount of use will be needed in the future. If you only rely on these small current subordinates, I'm afraid you can't do a few in a day. This requires a lot of help! Therefore, in terms of manpower and venue, the general has to make small arrangements!"

Xiao Tianjian turned his head and said to Zhang Chao, who was following him, "Zhang Chao, it seems that you still need to help Gao Cheng in this matter. You have to coordinate Tiezuo to provide qualified projectiles for the ammunition factory! In addition, it doesn't need to be too big to choose a place for Gao Cheng to build a shed here. It also recruits 20 or 30 women to work here. Now some of the exiles who come to build the wall for us outside the stockade are not very good at manual work, but it takes their ingenuity and patience to do this kind of thing. You might as well recruit some. They must also be willing to earn some money for themselves!"

Zhang Chao nodded repeatedly and agreed. Now Zhang Chao is a bit like Xiao Tianjian's chief of military engineering. He has to coordinate and manage many things involved in production. It can be said that he is the busiest person in the Xing Tian Army now.

Xing Tianjun has grown step by step. It turns out that many things have become more and more detailed, and the demand for managers is also increasing. Zhang Chao's role gradually shifted from the management of the soldiers to the management of Shuangfeng Village, and it turned out that his deputy took over the task of managing the soldiers.

And after these months, Zhang Chao has gradually adapted to this kind of role change. He lacks an arm, and it is always not convenient to lead troops in battle. Moreover, with his qualifications, Xiao Tianjian did not intend to let him be a security chief, so he came here to manage Shuangfengzhai for Xiao Tianjian. It's a job that is more suitable for him.

And Zhang Chao is also a thick and thin person. He looks careless on his face. In fact, he is still a very delicate person. He can't rub sand in his eyes, and he is also vigorous. This is also one of the important reasons why Xiao Tianjian asked him to take care of Shuangfengzhai.