Turbulent Times Chapter 1166: Inspect


Shan Xiongxin, Qian Zhengkuo, Xu Xiaohu, Lian Zhongtao and more than a hundred officials, big and small, were waiting at the port early. Lian Zhongtao, who was a salt slave more than a year ago, is now the production manager of the salt field weapons and equipment production base, with a happy face and the most excited expression.

Shan Xiongxin has the best eyesight, and suddenly shouted: "My lord, they are here!"

Everyone hastily adjusted their official uniforms, adjusted their expressions, and got ready to welcome the prefect.

Wang Junlin is very satisfied with the current situation of the salt field production base. Everything is so well-organized, busy and orderly. Over the past year, the production efficiency of the salt field production base has been greatly improved. The daily output of ordnance, ships, and steel has already It was beyond Wang Junlin's expectation, and the quality has also been greatly improved. The only big problem now is that iron ore and coal mines are a little far away from steel workshops, and the back and forth transportation affects the production efficiency of some weapons and equipment and increases the cost.

There is nothing to say about the welcoming process. Wang Junlin is very short on time. He will stay in the salt field for at most one day, and tomorrow he will go to the county town of Fanyang County, so there is no delay after getting off the boat. Congratulations and compliments, Wang Junlin expressed condolences and encouragement, and then directly began to inspect.

Wang Junlin's first stop was the Ordnance Factory. Shan Xiongxin, Qian Zhengkuo, Xu Xiaohu, Lian Zhongtao and others accompanied Wang Junlin, watching with Wang Junlin and explaining for Wang Junlin.

"My lord, this is the production plant of giant guns and crossbows and fast-firing crossbows. The giant guns and crossbows are huge in size, and they can be carried and transported unchanged. In the case of guns and crossbows, the volume and operation steps of the guns and crossbows have been reduced. After a period of trial and error, the giant guns and crossbows we have made have been greatly improved compared with the previous ones, and now they have been used on the basis of the gears used last time. , and reduced the operating personnel to two-thirds of the previous ones, and the body size has also been reduced by about one-third." Lian Zhongtao said proudly, pointing to a new giant gun and crossbow installed beside him.

"Very good!" Looking at the huge gun crossbow that has shrunk in size, Wang Junlin is very satisfied. He knows that Nie Xiaoyu will concentrate on training camps and more powerful gunpowder weapons and equipment on Snake Island in the later stage

The research, design and production of the saltworks are no longer under the control of the saltworks, so all kinds of new developments and inventions in the later period were researched by the master craftsmen led by Lian Zhongtao.

Giant guns and crossbows are sharp weapons for city defense, siege and field battles. In the early stage, the number of operators was reduced a lot due to the use of gears, but it is still very inconvenient to carry because of its huge size. Now after reducing the size, the giant guns have been greatly improved. .The convenience of using the crossbow in the battlefield.

"My lord, there has always been a problem with the rapid-fire crossbow, that is, the winding is slow, and it will cause great damage to the soldiers' fingers when winding, so the humble leader has also made some improvements to solve this problem." Zhong Tao took a fast crossbow from his entourage, and Wang Junlin was curious to see that the appearance of this fast crossbow had changed a little.

Lian Zhongtao smiled and stretched out his hand to recruit a drill soldier who had been arranged in advance. The soldier took the improved version of the fast crossbow, hung the string on a device on his waist, stretched out his feet, and the fast crossbow was gone. He opened it, reached out and took the four crossbow arrows, put them all into the hook slot, buckled the buckle, then put it flat in his hand, and handed it respectfully to Wang Junlin. Wang Junlin picked up the crossbow, aimed at the opposite wall, and lightly hooked the trigger. With a soft sound, the crossbow bolt shot out and stuck into the wall. The momentum was still there, and the tail of the arrow hummed.

"Okay!" Wang Junlin blurted out his praise. Seeing that the time it took for the soldier to wind the bow just now was extremely short, Wang Junlin naturally knew that if he wanted to achieve the winding time of the soldier just now, if it was the previous fast crossbow, it would be difficult for the soldier to wind it up. Only very few soldiers with extremely outstanding arm strength can do it, and this soldier obviously does not belong to this category. This improvement can obviously greatly increase the shooting speed of the crossbow.

The shooting distance of the fast crossbow is not as long as that of the strong bow. It is mainly used for close-range coverage shooting. Such a fast winding speed, coupled with nine consecutive shots, is equivalent to allowing soldiers to shoot two or three more shots in the same time. A round of crossbow arrows, which represents a huge significance on the battlefield, and in some cases is even enough to change the outcome of a war.

Seeing the great innovations of the two sharp weapons one after another, Wang Junlin couldn't help being very interested and highly praised by everyone, but in the end he smiled and said to Qian Zhengkuo, Xu Xiaohu and Lian Zhongtao: "Is there anything else good? , don’t hide it, take it out together!”

Qian Zhengkuo

Smiling slightly, Lian Zhongtao scratched his head in embarrassment, and said, "My lord, there are still a few good things that have just been developed, and there are only samples. I am going to ask my lord to taste them and see if I can appreciate them." Scale production?"

"Let's go and have a look!" Wang Junlin strode forward and said to Qian Zhengkuo as he walked, "Qian Zhengkuo, it seems that you have really produced a lot of good things recently!"

Qian Zhengkuo said with a smile: "My lord, in accordance with your original order, even your lord set up a research team for weapons and equipment, leading a group of the most skilled master craftsmen to study day and night, to achieve such an achievement, humble job I am about to wait for my lord to come back, and I will ask my lord to give credit to my lord Lian."

Wang Junlin smiled and said: "It is indeed worth asking for credit, but let's wait until I see your really good things!"

Qian Zhengkuo, Xu Xiaohu, and Lian Zhongtao first showed Wang Junlin the impact hammer driven by hydraulic machinery. Nie Xiaoyu just drew a blueprint of this thing in the early stage, and never cared about it.

Wang Junlin naturally knew the importance of the hammer for large-scale forging armor, so he looked forward to it even more.

The person in front of Wang Junlin was a guy the size of an adult bed. Seeing the sound of the wind being caught between the impact hammer and the roar, it fell heavily. After several blows, a steel plate was beaten to a thickness of only two inches. Wang Junlin could not help but slightly nodded. , expressing satisfaction. Although there is still a gap compared to what I expected, it is already very good to be able to do this, and with the passage of time and the accumulation of experience and knowledge, these skilled craftsmen will naturally find ways to improve a little bit, Wang Junlin is not stingy With his own praise and affirmation, he nodded and said: "You have done a good job."

Received Wang Junlin's praise, Qian Zhengkuo, Lian Zhongtao, and a group of master craftsmen behind them were all overjoyed, especially the craftsmen who participated in the making of this pair of armor were trembling with excitement.

"The master craftsmen in charge of the research on this hammer will each reward one thousand taels of silver and five hundred acres of fertile land." Wang Junlin said with a satisfied smile.

"Li Mingqing, don't thank you yet." Lian Zhongtao quickly winked at a master craftsman behind him. Kneeling down in ecstasy, he said loudly: "Thank you, sir, thank you, sir."


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