The new type of musket takes time from research to actual combat application. It turns out that the barrel of the cavalry musket is only one foot long, and the newly developed infantry musket barrel is three feet long, which is not as simple as extending. It requires studying the relationship between the pressure and range of the barrel, and hundreds of experiments are required. Wu Song did not provide guidance at the side, and the detours that should be taken in the research process are indispensable.

Ten mature craftsmen, plus Liu Han, will always develop the infantry Type 01 musket with solid research and development.

After coming out of the mechanical workshop, Wu Song slapped his head and asked Guo Sheng: "You should rush back to Badong during this period. The wasteland should be fully cultivated. You need to sow seeds, so there may not be enough manpower."

Guo Sheng said: "The tiger-damage-harm-affected area was reclaimed for 200,000 mu. When I came, I had already reclaimed 100,000 mu. Because it used to be mature land, it was relatively easy to reclaim. Ten thousand long-term work, plus temporary workers should be enough. Pang Wanchun was responsible for the newly reclaimed farm. Pang Wanchun not only had good arrow skills, but also had a set of internal management. The newly reclaimed wasteland planted rice, and sorghum, soybeans, and millet were planted in places without water. This year, we can balance income and expenditure, and we can make a profit next year."

Wu Song said: "Wanchun is afraid he is too busy. Tomorrow, you will bring 100 people to escort new vehicles from Kaifeng to support Wanchun to be responsible for spring sowing, and build our large granary in Badong as soon as possible. After the spring sowing is finished, you will continue to go deep into the mountainous areas to recruit people. This time, the more you have, the better, and 10,000 or 20,000 are fine. We will build three small cities on the Chifeng Grassland. It requires a lot of manpower and heavy physical labor, so you will make it clear when you recruit people."

Guo Sheng said: "Some places in the mountainous areas are poor and they are almost starving to death. They can do their jobs, let alone we will pay more than two taels of silver to advance the wages. Brother, don't worry, I will go and recruit people immediately after the spring sow."

Guo Sheng went back first to prepare. He was going to Badong Mansion tomorrow. The journey was very long, and it would take at least half a month to twenty days. Wu Song and Jiao Ting rode a horse to the artillery workshop. The artillery workshop was different from the machinery workshop and specialized in the production of artillery. Liu Yingxing was known as the cannon-making madman.

When Wu Song came, Liu Yingxing was looking at the drawings. Wu Song knocked on the table and said, "What other idea did you come up with?"

Liu Yingxing looked at Wu Song and said, "Wu Baozheng is here. I'm not a ghost idea. I'm drawing a super big **, five thousand pounds of General Weiyuan cannon. According to my design, it should be able to hit the solid bullet for five miles."

Wu Song shook his head quickly: "This is a deep mountain and old forest. How can you transport it out? Besides, our warship is not that strong yet. It's okay to hit the enemy with a 5,000-pound cannon. There may be something wrong with our ship, so you can draw the drawings first to enjoy it. When will we build a new ship and the cannonyard has moved, you can study this new thing."

"Okay, I just think about it. It is indeed inconvenient to transport a 5,000-pound run. The 300 tiger squat cannons arranged for production last time have been produced, and each cannon has been tested with one shot." Liu Yingxing said.

Wu Song said: "It's important, please take me to check it out."

Due to conflicts with the Zeng family and the Zheng family, coupled with the threats from other forces in Shanghai, Wu Song had to make improving the combat capabilities of the fleet a critical task at hand. The traditional combat weapon of the Song Dynasty naval army was a giant crossbow with a range of about 300 meters. Although it was powerful, it was not what Wu Song wanted. The first fleet was expanded to fifteen warships, and the second fleet was charged to fifteen. Each warship needed to be equipped with ten tiger squat cannons. Although the tiger squat cannons were small-caliber artillery, the range was long and could reach lethality of 200 meters. Moreover, due to its light weight, it could be moved at will. Basically, two gunners could make one. The loading speed was much faster than the long snake cannon because of its larger caliber. After sample experiments, it found that the effect was ideal, so large-scale assembly was arranged.

In the warehouse, rows of tiger squats were squatting there, like little tigers, filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder. In order to prevent rust, the cannons were wrapped in paper and wrapped in straw ropes.

Liu Yingxing casually pulled one, opened it, and checked it. It was of great quality and fine workmanship.

"Check three processes to ensure there is no problem," said Liu Yingxing.

"Go to the shooting range and try a few shots." Wu Song said.

Liu Yingxing rubbed his hands and said, "I like this, let the boss see how powerful the tiger squat cannon is."

The artillery range was quiet late at night. More than a dozen workers patrolled the torches and confirmed that there was no one else. Then they put five tiger squat cannons on the ground.

"First hit the solid bullet." Wu Song was also an expert in cannon play. He loaded the gun medicine himself and then put it in an iron ball with a diameter of less than six centimeters. The iron ball was polished very smoothly, weighing one pound, two or three taels. Jiao Ting took a fuse and banged it. The solid bullet flew out, and the parabola flew for 300 meters, and after landing, it bounced up and rolled fifty meters. This power is much stronger than that of the giant crossbow, and the cost is several times cheaper than that of the giant crossbow. The solid iron bullet has a strong lethality against wooden sailboats and can completely penetrate wooden boards. There are more than ten tiger squatting cannons on a warship, and they fired bullets together like rain. The power is still quite scary.

"Try changing the shotgun." Liu Yingxing started to operate the cannon and came a few shotguns. After all, it was an artillery with a wide range of strikes and had absolute lethality at 150 meters. If the enemy soldiers without armor were fired, they could only wait to die.

Wu Song was very satisfied with the lethality and range. You should know that in the case of its own iron ore, a tiger squat cannon worth more than 100 kilograms is scary, and it is mainly the cost of craftsmen. Wu Song was still very satisfied with the production of tiger squat cannons. After all, this was a mature cannon hundreds of years later, and it would perform well whether it was used on warships or infantry.

Wu Song nodded: "Okay, load the car tonight, and ship it to Qinghe Island in Dongping Mansion tomorrow morning. You arrange for a technician to accompany you. When installing, you must bring the artillery that is problematic when you find it. "

"yes."

The artillery has a complete inspection process. When the material is used, the probability of a chamber explosion is very low. When the first fleet and the second fleet are well equipped, their combat effectiveness will be completely out of reach. Any enemy ship who dares to fight in close combat will feel the horror of the tiger squat cannon.

"What will be produced next?" Liu Yingxing asked.

Wu Song handed Liu Yingxing the production task list he had written too early. Liu Yingxing was very satisfied when he saw it. Sixty General Weiyuan cannons weighing 1,000 pounds, one thousand long snake cannons, and one thousand tiger squat cannons.

These jobs have been busy with the casting artillery workshop for half a year. After all, there are only so many skilled craftsmen and only so much equipment. However, Wu Song is not in a hurry to ask for goods, they are all reserved.
Chapter completed!