The output of high-quality steel has experienced an amazing explosion, and it has now stabilized at a daily output of 100 tons.

In today's gun shop, under the sporadic guidance of Li Zhongyi, various new tools emerge one after another.

Table visors, hacksaws, manual boring machines, manual grinding machines with gears, hand drills, files, diamond drills, and other than the lack of electric welding machines, the original gun-making equipment is all available.

Moreover, with the use of stainless steel, the equipment for making barrels has also made major breakthroughs.

Under the guidance of Li Zhongyi, the craftsmen cast steel bearings and several steel gears as transmission devices, so that the rotational force of man-power can be transmitted to the boring bar.

The boring bar rotated in the bearing is very stable and is not easy to deflect when drilling. Moreover, the boring bar continues to move forward during high-speed operation, which can expand the holes of the solid gun rod.

Using a boring machine to process the barrel is not only improved in accuracy, but also much faster than using a drill bit to drill holes manually.

In the gun shop now, there are more than 100 professional boring machines alone. The number of Nissan barrels has reached an astonishing level of two per day.

In other words, the current speed of the empire's gun making is at a level of nearly 200 guns per day.

A town with a newly formed army requires about 18,000 new steel guns. In other words, with the output of the gun shop, it can be equipped with a town in at most three months.

After Li Jiyi and Li Jixiao graduated from the martial arts lecture hall, one was assigned to the first town and the other was assigned to the fourth association of the second town.

The new army of the Empire has a unified number, and each town has three synthetic associations. Starting from the first town, it is divided into first, second, third associations, and so on.

Li Jiyi is currently the deputy captain of the 9th team of the Third Association of the First Town, that is, the deputy company commander. His younger brother Li Jixiao is the captain of the 8th team of the Fourth Association of the Second Town.

The situation where the younger brother is higher than the older brother's military vocational vocational is mainly because Li Jixiao's shooting talent has helped a lot.

During the military competition in the second town, Li Jixiao won the award from the top with his outstanding score of 10 shots and 5th shots, and was promoted to the captain.

Birds of a feather flock together, and beasts flock together.

Unlike Li Jiyi, who rarely talks, more brothers in the military gathered around Li Jixiao, who has a cheerful and lively personality.

Li Jixiao has not yet been interested in anyone, and his small house in Kaifeng has become the nest for his brothers to gather frequently.

"I said Lao Jiu, it's a holiday today. Are you still practicing shooting skills with a wooden stick?" Xue Ming, the sixth-ranked Lao Jiu, deliberately teased Li Jixiao.

Xue Ming was the second generation of Sanlang of Weiyong Bo Mansion. Weiyong Bo Xue Zhang was formerly the commander of the Bandit of the Guards. He followed the emperor to fight south and north and made countless contributions.

Xue Zhang is a military power faction born in the Hechi Township Army. He is deeply favored by the emperor and is currently the commander of the imperial guards on Liangzhe Road.

However, Xue Zhang has been in office for a long time and is not in the capital. As a result, no one in the Xue Mansion knew Li Jixiao, so he asked him to hide his true identity.

Xue Ming didn't know that Li Jixiao was the second son of the emperor, so he could not be too cautious in his words and actions. He always liked to make Li Jixiao happy.

While adding a brick to the wooden stick, Li Jixiao smiled and said, "Don't forget, what is the ability that I can become the captain?"

Xue Ming understood as soon as he heard this, Li Jixiao came back from a counterattack. After graduating from the martial arts lecture hall, Xue Ming is still the deputy captain, and Li Jixiao has become the captain.

The youngest Lao Jiu has become the captain. Don’t you have to be ashamed of being the sixth brother Xue Ming?

"Oh, there's no way. It's impossible for the broken gun to aim and shoot. Not to mention five of ten shots, even if I get one of ten shots, I'll treat you to Cuiyunlou for a meal." Xue Ming said a lot, and he was a guy who couldn't hide his words, just like Li Jixiao's bad taste.

Weiyong Bo’s Mansion is rich and Xue Ming’s military salary is as high as fifty knots per month, and he doesn’t need to hand over a penny to his family. He doesn’t need to spend money at all.

Xue Ming loves to eat and play, and there is nothing he doesn’t know about in the food stalls and restaurants on the streets and alleys of Kaifeng.

When Li Jixiao heard this, he knew that Xue Ming was thinking about the braised elbows that had climbed Cuiyun Tower.

"Oh, I know how to eat. I will eat Haisai with you. I have gained a lot of weight." Li Jixiao put down the wooden stick in his hand, picked up the teacup on the stone table, and took a sip of it comfortably.

Cui, who was standing under the eaves, walked over quickly and took the initiative to continue tea for Li Jixiao.

Xue Ming glanced at the extremely obedient Cui, and felt aroused in his heart. He leaned into Li Jixiao's ear and whispered: "Good brother, when will you help me find a maid who is as obedient as her?"

Li Jixiao knew that Xue Ming was not a lustful guy, and there were some beautiful maids in the uncle's mansion.

However, Goryeo's maid is indeed much more docile than the maid of Central Plains.

In Kaifeng City this year, there was a shortage of supply and demand for Gaoli maids, and the prices of buying and selling have also risen again and again, reaching a high standard of 700 to 800 guan.

At that time, Li Jixiao bought Cui from Zhou Chang, giving him a high premium, up to 1,000 guan.

"It's true, as long as the money in your pocket is enough, I'll write a letter to you to go to Goryeo and find a friend to buy some innocent Goryeo maids." Li Jixiao naturally wouldn't make things difficult for his hard-core brothers in such small matters.

"Well, my military pay is a great deal for every month. Where can I get the money to buy a few Korean maids? One, one is enough. But don't be too immature." Xue Ming grabbed his head and complained with a little discouraged look.

Xue Ming knew that Li Jixiao never said empty words, he said one sentence, one spitting and one pit.

Li Jixiao understood, it turns out that Xue Ming also likes the familiar Gaoli maid. Is this probably influenced by Cui?

Xue Ming's temper is that he is straightforward and has something to say, but he doesn't like to hide it.

Because of this, Xue Ming and Li Jixiao were very close. In addition to their life experience, Li Jixiao and him almost said anything.

Just as we were about to have lunch, the other brothers suddenly came to the door, and everyone shouted that they were going to Fanlou to have a drink.

Fanlou is the largest and highest-end restaurant in Beijing.

Generally, officials under the third rank need to book in advance if they want to go to Fanlou for a banquet.

Xue Ming's father Xue Zhang had a very good relationship with the second shopkeeper of Fanlou. Last time, he temporarily got Fanlou's private room to celebrate his graduation and promotion, which was when Xue Ming came forward to clear his relationship.

Now, the brothers were so furious that they wanted to go to Fanlou to drink, obviously because they were asking Xue Ming to make arrangements.

The brothers gathered together, and they were just a lively atmosphere. Xue Ming didn't think much about it, and led his brothers out and headed straight to Fanlou.

However, after arriving at Fanlou, Xue Ming found the second shopkeeper and encountered a soft nail.

"If you came early, you would have a spare private room. However, you were too late and someone said that the building would not leave a seat for her." After the second shopkeeper explained, he spread his hands and looked helpless.

If it were normal, Xue Ming would have forgotten it, but he did not make reservations in advance, so as not to make things difficult for the second shopkeeper, and it would be difficult to book a seat in the future.

However, the Nine Brothers were all here today. Xue Ming was young and energetic after all. He was worried that he would lose face in front of his brothers and would lose his share. So he gritted the bullet and asked the second shopkeeper, "Can you tell me which god is it?"

The second shopkeeper knew as soon as he heard this, Xue Ming was unwilling to accept it, so he sighed and explained, "It's the Liu family of the Marquis of Boling."

"Oh. Thank you for your advice." Xue Ming didn't dare to say more, because he had also heard of the relationship between the Liu family of the Boling Marquis' Mansion and the eldest son of the emperor.

Objectively speaking, the Liu family of Boling Hou Mansion is nothing in Xue Ming's eyes.

The Marquis who fell off the gear is not as good as a chicken!

What is the status of the Xue family? The minister of the current Conglong, the old subordinate of the Hechi Township Army, the real power faction holding military power, and the famous Weiyong Bo Mansion.

However, the Xue family definitely cannot afford to offend the emperor's eldest son!

Xue Ming came out with a frustrated explanation, and the brothers had to come with excitement and return in disappointment.

Everyone is a new army officer of the empire and has no courage to cause trouble at the gate of the famous Fanlou. The military police in the imperial capital are not vegetarians.

To be on the verge of low-key, Li Jixiao didn't want to make this happen. However, the young man couldn't bear it after seeing his brother's frustration.

Li Jixiao remembered very clearly that his father kept an exclusive private room in Fanlou for many years. Even if his father hardly came, that private room must be kept, and no one dared to sit in and have a drink and play.

The nine brothers walked back in disappointment. Li Jixiao took advantage of the fact that everyone was not paying attention to him, called his close-fitting bodysuiter, handed him the waist card, and whispered a little, then sent him away.

Fanlou is very large. Just when the Nine Brothers were about to go out, they suddenly heard someone calling them behind them, "Please stay, please stay."

Xue Ming turned his head and saw that Fanlou's shopkeeper rushed over from behind with panting and shouting at them while running.

Others may not know, but Xue Ming knew that Fanlou's shopkeeper was as arrogant as usual and would not easily come forward to receive officials below the six ministers.

"Dear guests, please stay. There is only one last box left in the building. I am not talented, so I will be the leader to leave it to Master Xue." The shopkeeper kept bowing to Xue Ming and apologizing, making Xue Ming confused.

The second shopkeeper who had a very good relationship had already said that he had already said nothing, and there was no private room in Fanlou.

However, the shopkeeper with more real power said that there was still a private room left. Xue Ming couldn't help but be confused and couldn't figure out what the hell was.

However, Xue Ming also felt very proud of the rare big shopkeeper who gave him face so much.

What if it’s his boss, it’s the one who gave it to him, and it’s not a forced private room. Let’s sit in first!

So, the nine brothers were taken to the most special private room left for the emperor.

Due to Li Jixiao's advance explanation, Shun'er said hello to the shopkeeper in advance after showing off his waist card. All the more eye-catching decorations and other items in the emperor's private room were removed.

The wine and food were served soon. Xue Ming raised his glass and was about to say a few words of eternal brotherhood that would last forever.
Chapter completed!