Hao Guangming accompanied Zhu Xi to visit the arsenal through his mobile phone camera.

It can be said that although this arsenal cannot be compared with the military factories in later generations, it can be regarded as top in all aspects in the Ming Dynasty.

It mainly uses hydraulic forging hammers, boring machines, drilling machines and other Ming Dynasty machine tools that originally needed human power.

Among them, there are many hydraulic forging hammers alone.

Also, because the forging hammers of the same force can continue to increase as needed, it means that the number of forging hammers can be further increased in the future.

And each forging hammer is equivalent to an efficient blacksmith who does not need much rest.

Although blacksmiths still need to control the degree of forging in actual operation, it undoubtedly saves a lot of effort.

The remaining machines such as boring machines, drilling machines and other manufacturing tools, which are suitable for hydraulic power, use hydraulic power, and even if it is not good, they will also use animal power.

In addition, the assembly line was fully implemented last night, with standardized production and shift work systems, and only judging the manufacturing efficiency of the arms, the arsenal has reached dozens of times that of the previous military weapons bureau.

In terms of the output of various arms, it is even more than a hundred times!

"With the current production efficiency of the arsenal, how much can the monthly output of several major equipment reach?" Zhu Niu asked this during the inspection.

Liu Linchang was obviously confident about these data, and said without hesitation: "If you are fully producing it now, you can produce 3,000 Guangming flintlock guns and 100 Guangming short hand guns every month.

There are five thousand sets of Hu Benying's standard plate armor, and five thousand goose feather swords in the Ming Dynasty.

As for cannons, if you only talk about tiger squatting cannons, you can produce 300 per month."

Zhu Moe nodded slightly after hearing this.

I just think it's OK, not very satisfied.

Jiang'anhe Arsenal is not responsible for producing various small arms such as arrows and gun heads. It basically uses gun barrels, plate armor as the main ones, cannons, and goose feather knives in the secondary production order.

Among them, other small parts such as gun heads and arrows do not need to be produced confidentially. When the arsenal and the military weapons bureau in the city are insufficient in productivity, they will also choose to contract them to private workshops.

As for the monthly output that Liu Linchang just mentioned, it will take two months for Zhu Niu to equip the Qi Fuxiao Gun.

Speaking of which, the flintlock rifle originally needed by the Shenji Camp has been equipped with more than half of the equipment in the past two months.

But considering that the Divine Machinery Camp could not get a chance to fight, Zhu Xi took out two thousand Bright flintlock guns and distributed them to Zeng Ying and Li Dingguo's army before the war broke out.

Today, the flintlock rifles in Shenji Camp are only a few hundred.

As for the plate armor, it was successfully created based on the drawings provided by Hao Guangming during the establishment of the arsenal.

Therefore, once the arsenal is completed, it can produce with all its strength.

As long as there is steel, the production of plate armor is much simpler than that of flintlock rifles, so it can produce 5,000 pairs per month.

That's why the flintlock rifle squeezed the production space of plate armor. If the arsenal only produces plate armor, the monthly output of 10,000 is not a problem.

Of course, all of the above have a major premise, that is, iron and steel can be fully supplied.

Zhu Niu knew the importance of iron and steel, and the production of iron plants was also under the responsibility of the Industrial Department, which was assisted by Liu Linchang, so he asked: "What is the current steel production in Qiongzhou and Chengdu? Is it enough to supply military production needs?"

Liu Linchang replied: "The current steel production is sufficient, but if the arsenal continues to expand its production scale, each iron plant must also increase its steel production."

Zhu Ma said: "I still say the same thing. For a considerable period of time, our steel production will be in short supply.

Therefore, the amount of steel output of iron plants controlled by the State Administration can increase as much as they can.

The arsenal is the same, and the production scale of flintlock rifles and plate armor should continue to be increased.

If we use the current output, the Imperial Guards and Border Guards will have to wait several years later if they want to install flintlock rifles."

"I understand."

When Zhu Mai asked again after inspecting the arsenal, "Does Liu Xieliu know where there is a shipyard in Chengdu?"

Liu Linchang was stunned when he heard this, and then said, "Although there are many rivers in Chengdu, they are not very wide. Where can there be any shipyard? There are several workshops that can build ordinary boats and boats."

Generally, places where things are made can only be called factories if they are large enough, and small can only be called workshops if they are small.

"There is always a place in Sichuan where warships can be built?" Zhu Mai asked again.

Liu Lin said long ago: "There are, but the three largest companies are all in Chongqing Prefecture, and the remaining ones include Shunqing, Luzhou, Xuzhou and Kuizhou.

However, Zhang Xianzhong's troops had already brought a group of warships to the city.

When Zhang Kewang fled to Chongqing, he only took away part of it, and the rest of the time was transferred to Zeng Ying. Why did the regent think of building warships at this time?"

Zhu Xi smiled and said, "It's not just about building ordinary warships, but iron armored steamships."

Armored steamship?

Liu Linchang was confused when he heard this.

He asked himself that he was very familiar with the past and the present. He had heard of the name of a ship, but in fact he was a car and ship that he could not see now.

But he had never heard of the iron armored steamship, and it was difficult to imagine its style through his name.

‘Can it be a warship from later generations? But can we build warships from later generations now?’

Zhu Mai has left, and Liu Linchang can only hold this question in his heart.

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After leaving the arsenal, Zhu Mai went to the nearby Border Defense Army Fifth Town Branch Station to take a look.

The fifth town of the Border Defense Army has not arranged a main general yet, and a deputy general from Ma Ke is temporarily appointed to take charge of military affairs.

The reason why a battalion of troops was divided from it was arranged here is to be responsible for the safety of the arsenal.

After all, the Bright flintlock rifle and broken-haired short hand gun produced by the arsenal are military secrets, so it must be prevented from being leaked.

In the afternoon, when he returned to Chengdu City, Zhu Mai recruited Fang Zhenghua and asked: "I asked to recruit some skilled craftsmen before. How many people have I recruited now?"

Fang Zhenghua replied: "Report to your highness, thirty people have been recruited."

Zhu Meiyu nodded slightly after hearing this, "There are already more than twenty good craftsmen in the Shu Palace, right? It should be enough. By the way, there are literate people among the recruited people?"

"Everyone can basically recognize some words, and there is also a scholar."

"Is that true?" Zhu Meiyu was slightly surprised when she heard this, "How could this scholar have a skill in craftsmanship? How could he think of coming to apply for a craftsman?"

Fang Zhenghua smiled and said, "This scholar is named Huamude. He is already in his forties. His craftsmanship can be ranked among the top three among these craftsmen.

I sent people from the East Factory to investigate him. When he was a teenager, he liked to do some tricks and tricks, and even delayed the imperial examination. Otherwise, it would be no problem to take the imperial examination.

He was originally from Meizhou, and after hearing some rumors about His Highness from somewhere, he wanted to come to Chengdu to see it.

It happened to be that when the Shu Prince Mansion recruited craftsmen with high salaries, they created clever things for His Highness, they came to apply for the job."

When Zhu's eyes lit up slightly after hearing this, he immediately asked Fei Zhen'e to ask the maids to bring her what she had prepared, and then went to see the craftsmen recruited by Fang Zhenghua.

Because Zhu Mai had given instructions, these craftsmen were arranged in a large courtyard inside the Xiao Wall of the Shu Palace and outside the palace wall.

So, after leaving Chengyun Hall, Zhu Mei and others walked for a long time before they came outside the yard.

The little eunuch who was accompanying shouted "The State Responsible" at the top of his voice, and the female soldiers of the Zhuque Camp who were accompanying him divided into a team and went in to confirm whether it was safe.

After confirmation was completed, necessary defense measures were taken, and then Zhu Ma was invited to go in.

After so much time, another official inside had already been waiting with a group of craftsmen.

Seeing Zhu Mai come in, everyone knelt down and bowed together, shouting: "See the Superintendent!"

"Flat."

After the craftsmen got up, Zhu Ma looked over.

I don’t know when the eunuchs and maids of the Shu Palace all found Zhu Ma’s preferences, and they would have to queue up when they met with a large number of people.

At this moment, the fifty craftsmen arranged the little eunuch into five or six rows. Although they were not very neat, they were also quite well-known.

It should have been a few days since these craftsmen were recruited. Fang Zhenghua and others who should be explained must have already explained that Zhu Ma was not prepared to talk nonsense.

She asked first: "Are they all signed a confidentiality agreement voluntarily?"

The craftsmen replied: "Yes."

Zhu Mai Shin nodded slightly and said, "Since you can apply for the job, your abilities must be good.

However, who has great ability and who can become the main business must be verified on the spot to know."

Speaking of this, Zhu Dawei paused and waved his hand, "Fei Sibu, poster."

"yes."

Fei Zhen'e responded, and immediately took two maids and hung a large rolled-up drawing on the erected wooden board.

There are many simple or complex production drawings drawn on the paper, and also written instructions.
Chapter completed!