There is a strong learning atmosphere in the camp, such as those documents, who study numbers every day and have a preliminary understanding of Arabic numerals, so they began to think about all kinds of weird documents, which are no longer just relying on secret books and numbers to encrypt, but also add many confidential methods.

At night, they also teach young and strong people, teaching them numbers and basic words.

Doctors read some medical books every day, borrow books in the "book library" in the camp and recite some prescriptions. In addition to treating injuries, they also add some herbs.

The young and strong man got up early in the morning every day and started practicing with someone, from morning to night, without giving them any space.

The food is good, but after working like this, these young and strong people are no longer Wu Xia Ameng. Unlike when they arrived at the camp, these 17 or 18-year-old boys have a little burly figure. Even though they are born and not tall, they have a strong body all over their bodies, and their eyes are no longer as distracted and unconscious as they were at first. They are full of energy when they raise their hands and feet.

The carpenter is now speeding up the work. Since there are more blast furnaces, the blast furnace must be equipped with bellows and waterwheels; the blacksmith is not idle either, even the mason is building blast furnaces and building houses at this time.

A dozen kids were hired from outside, and a few were recruited from other places. There were even two special butchers in the camp, and everyone calculated their wages. However, this wage was divided by level, totaling nine. For example, doctors, the registration of the starting point was level two, which was higher than those who had no skills at all. Then, based on the monthly exam results, or the performance of regular diagnosis and treatment, the level was gradually increased according to the person's ability. The best doctor now has a wage of level four. There are one or eight cents of silver per month.

Everyone has wages and places to eat, drink and sleep, so the money cannot be kept moldy, so a grocery shop is set up in the camp to sell fruits, dried fruits, pastries and other things. This place has undoubtedly become a small world, and everyone in the world performs their own duties.

However, although this management method seems perfect at the moment, Hao Fenglou knew that the reason why there is no problem at the moment is that there are not many people. Once the number of people increases in the future, such a simple and crude management method will not be of much use.

When Hao San saw the young master and Xiao Xiangxiang arrived, he hurriedly came up. As the headmaster in the camp, he brought a few "dog legs" characters. He seemed a little smarter and more steady than before. Fortunately, he did not develop that kind of sensation. Of course, it was not that Hao San had some self-control. If it weren't for Zhu Zhiling watching over the years, God knew what this guy would be like.

"Young Master..."

Hao Fenglou nodded and said, "Nothing has happened recently?"

"No, no, it's all very good. With Miss Zhu here, who dares to act rashly?" Hao San didn't know Zhu Zhiling's true identity, and even most people in the camp may not know Hao Fenglou's identity until now.

Hao Feng Louhe nodded and said, "Call the blacksmith, I have something to explain. In addition, arrange Xiao Xiangxiang and go to Miss Zhu. She is here to take care of my daily life. Don't let her stroll around here, it's not a decent."

Xiao Xiangxiang couldn't help but say, "What's the reason? Madam said..."

Hao San immediately said, "What are you saying? This is what the young master says. Don't always mention Mrs....Madam... Our young master is already an amazing person. How can you listen to your wife's words in everything..."

He was full of pleasing and knew that Hao Fenglou had his own opinions, so he showed it in front of Hao Fenglou.

Who knew that the flattery hit the horse's legs? Hao Fenglou scolded: "It's a bitch. What does my mother have to do with you when she talks about it? Go, go, go, go, go, go."

Xiao Xiangxiang immediately turned anger into joy and made a face at Hao San.

After the arrangement was made, the craftsmen had arrived. Hao Fenglou did not rush to start to come up with his own ideas, but asked the craftsmen to build some muskets in batches. What he urgently needed now was to understand the highest level of muskets in this era.

After hearing the words of the "Young Master", these craftsmen did not dare to neglect them. Everyone expected to show off. So everyone directly opened the furnace and began to use their previous experience to make muskets.

In fact, the manufacturing of muskets is very simple. The muskets of this era are nothing more than a gun barrel and a wooden handle, and there are no complicated components. However, muskets have extremely high requirements for craftsmanship. In this regard, the camp has great advantages. Not to mention the craftsmanship for the time being, but the quality of steel can pass the test, at least it can minimize the risk of blasting.

After fiddling for a day, various muskets were sent to Hao Fenglou, including bird guns, flowering guns, three-eyed guns, etc. Among them, bird guns are the most close to the prototype of later smoothbore guns. The barrel is longer, half a foot, and the caliber is not large. Such a design can greatly improve the range.

But when Hao Fenglou played with this bird gun carefully made by the craftsmen, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

There is basically no problem in design. The structure of the musket is almost not much different from the smoothbore guns in later generations. Whether it is the mechanical skeleton, handle, or gun barrel, they are all wonderful ideas. The creativity of the Celestial Empire in this era is really more than enough, it is simply the dawn of mankind. Various sudden ideas are used in many places, whether it is iron and steel making or mechanical manufacturing. It is not unfair to appear in the Celestial Empire. The bird gun alone is actually ahead of the West by at least several kilometres, but...

inferior……

Although the best steel is used and still made of casting molds, Hao Fenglou can only be described in the word "substantial".

After summarizing, the biggest problem is that the inner wall of the musket is called a musket because it is smooth inside. The smoother it is, the less resistance the projectile is fired, and it can greatly improve the accuracy. However, the inner wall of this bird gun is uneven, and there are obviously many small bumps inside. Such a bird gun is not impossible to fire, but there is only one that makes people laugh, that is, the accuracy and range of shooting, which has a huge impact.

Hao Fenglou ordered people to try the bird gun, but it was not beyond his expectations. The range was only eighty steps, which was a bit embarrassing. As for accuracy, there was no need to have any illusions. It almost meant shooting from the east and west, basically relying on luck. After the gunpowder burned, it emitted an expanded gas, pushing the projectiles in the gun forward along the long pipe of the gun. This is like a train in later generations traveling along the rails. The smoother the rails, the faster the speed. If the rails are uneven and uneven, it would be a blessing to not derail. As for the speed, there is no need to mention it.

Therefore, the root of solving the current problem is still in the process.

If this problem can be solved, the practicality and lethality of the bird gun will be greatly improved.

Hao Fenglou was not in a hurry to throw out his plan, but gathered the craftsmen and asked them to find a way. After all, these craftsmen were veterans and gradually could catch up with Hao Fenglou's ideas. Then someone suggested that they could find ways to improve the clay model.

There are often two ways to make weapons. One is the white satin type, which is nothing more than heating the iron tool and constantly honing it to produce the air and impurities inside. Nowadays, molten steel can be directly refined here, so most weapons or iron tools are cast through molds. First, use mud to make the hollow part of the construction, and then pour the molten steel directly on it. After cooling, the thing will be formed.

This is a bit like making mooncakes, carving them into molds with wood, and then pouring the food directly into them. Once opened, a carved mooncake will be made.

The blacksmiths’ idea is that if the mold can be made more finely and minimize defects on the mold, the inner wall of the made gun barrel will naturally be much smoother.

So everyone started to work together, hired a mason, the carpenter put together to think about it, and finally made a new mold. After the molten iron was poured in and cooled and formed, the effect was indeed much better, at least the particles visible to the naked eye were greatly reduced.

Then several blacksmiths came up with the idea and made a special file to polish the inner wall of the gun barrel. This long file was inserted directly into the gun barrel, just like a piston, twitching back and forth in the gun barrel. After a few times, a formal gun barrel was formed. Although the inner wall could not reach the level of flawlessness as in later generations, it was a jumping progress compared to the current technology.

Hao Fenglou even suspected that his level should be no less than the smoothbore guns of the 18th century. Naturally, he was thinking about it by himself. He still needs to think about the specific effect.

After working hard for a day, Hao Fenglou returned to Zhu Zhiling's residence in a dirty manner. Xiao Xiangxiang had already heated up the food. When he saw Hao Fenglou coming, he couldn't help but complain: "Young master, young master... the food has been cold several times, and you have only come back now. Sister Zhu wanted to wait for you to have dinner, but you have never come back, so she went to urge the strong men to go to night class."

Hao Fenglou smiled slightly and said, "Oh, night class? Why don't you join in the fun?"

Xiao Xiangxiang said resentfully: "Of course you have to wait for the young master to have dinner first. The lady said that she should watch the young master eat on time..."

Hao Fenglou shook his head, Xiao Xiangxiang had already served the food. After Hao Fenglou finished eating, he brewed a pot of tea and ate it happily.

At this time, Zhu Zhiling was back. Seeing Hao Fenglou's comfortable look, he couldn't help but say, "Have you heard of the latest news?"

Hao Fenglou said: "What's the news?"

Zhu Zhiling said: "I have a guard in Nanjing and I will send some residence reports at any time." She took out a residence report from the makeup cabinet in the small hall and said: "You can take a look at it yourself."

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It hurts so much every day, and I really can't help it, so I had to go over two days. I have to spend two hours of time on porridge every day, and I have to get a two-hour drip. I went to bed at night and my teeth and tongue hurt so much. Oh, please understand. When the inflammation is cured, I will pull my teeth immediately. The tiger is so painful that my head is dizzy. (To be continued...)
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