The roar of the steam engine and the smell of metal fill the military workshop.

Simply put, Xiao Ming, the purpose of coming here this time, visited the musket workshop and artillery workshop in routine.

In the musket workshop, he focused on the production of conical bullets. One by one, conical bullets were cast in the mold, and then used by craftsmen to polish and verify.

The advantages of rifled rifles are obvious, but the requirements for bullets are also strict. Unqualified cone bullets will cause catastrophic consequences to soldiers.

Therefore, after each batch of bullets is cast, the craftsman will strictly check it. After the verification, the craftsman will stuff the wooden support into the hole behind the conical bullet, which is also to ensure the airtightness during shooting.

Xiao Ming said that every craftsman makes three bullets a day is just a minimum prediction. After all, the military workshops have mastered the ability to produce assembled lines.

Different craftsmen are responsible for different processes, casting, polishing, making wooden brackets, and assembling. These four sets of processes are carried out by this thousand people.

After inspecting the musket workshop, he went to the gun workshop again. He asked Chen Qi to study rifled guns a long time ago.

After exploration, the artillery workshop has successfully manufactured rifled guns. According to Chen Qi, the production speed of rifled guns is slow, but the range is much further than before. Now it can hit shells five miles away.

"Wuli?" Xiao Ming was slightly satisfied with this data. Wuli was 2,500 meters, and this range should not be lost to Western artillery.

"Preferring to the warships with this kind of naval gun is given priority." Xiao Ming instructed that news from both the French and the British made Xiao Ming start to be alert.

The internal troubles have not been resolved yet, and external troubles have arrived. Xiao Wenxuan really left him a huge mess, but it is fortunate that it is too far from the West, and it is impossible for France or Britain to deploy large-scale troops here.

Now they are just acting as shit-making roles and making trouble in East Asia. Now their main enemies are the barbarians, Japan, Goryeo, and the King of Chu.

This is precisely the United Kingdom. France wanted to use it to restrain his object, so with the cooperation between France and the King of Chu, Britain went to Japan.

Although Xiao Ming was angry at the small actions of these two Western powers, he was helpless at the moment, but they would not always be the ones in this world.

After the six states popularized industry and the people's livelihood in the north were restored, this was when he showed his sharp claws.

After inspecting the military workshop, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu returned to Qingzhou City.

At the same time, under the leadership of Fiji and Pang Yukun, the reform movement in the six states was also being launched step by step.

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At the gate of Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce, Zhu Wuliu was waiting for Li Kaiyuan to come out like other businessmen.

News about private workshops in newspapers have spread throughout the six states, and businessmen who want to get a share of the pie immediately flocked to them.

In the past two years, Zhu Wuliu has made a lot of money because of the white sugar workshop and his family has become rich. Not only did he buy a large mansion in Qingzhou City.

Not only him, but also five wealthy families in Zhujia Village, who were all those who lent Zhu Wuliu the silver when he built the white sugar workshop.

At that time, Zhu Wuliu promised to share the money according to the amount of money, and because of this, they became rich and envious.

"Brother Wu Liu, there are so many people coming today." Behind Zhu Wu Liu are a few short and thin young men. His name is Shangguan Yong, and he is also from Zhujia Village.

Zhu Wuliu looked at Changlong behind him. There were no more than 1,000 merchants who came to the chamber of commerce this time. He said: "This time it's dangerous. All these merchants have wealthy families. We may not be able to beat them. It is said that the number of steam engines is limited, so we have to wait after selling them."

Shangguan Yong was even more anxious than Zhu Wuliu. Many people in the village did not participate in the last time about the white sugar workshop. This time, Zhu Wuliu wanted to run a workshop again, and they all paid the money to Zhu Wuliu, with the purpose of this time, so that they could get a piece of the workshop.

Touching his chest, Shangguan Yong confirmed whether the banknotes exchanged at Qingzhou Bank were still there. The money he had on him was the savings of the whole village. If he lost it, he would not be able to exchange it even if he sold it.

"Brother Fifth and Sixth, if you really can't do it, go find Brother Third and Fourth. I heard that Brother Third and Fourth has been transferred back from Ryukyu and has been promoted to lieutenant. If you ask him to go to have a relationship, will the steam engine be more stable this time?" Shangguan Yong said.

Zhu Wuliu turned dark when he heard this. He said, "My second brother is a military member and cannot participate in business. If he is known, he will be driven out of the army. If you ask me to find him, you are harming him. How can I not do this business? My second brother can't take off his military uniform. This is an honor for our Zhu family."

Shangguan Yong smirked awkwardly: "I'm not anxious. Actually, if I hadn't broken my leg when I was a child, I would like to join the army now. Look at how powerful the soldiers are now. Not to mention rice and flour at the end of every year, it is said that soldiers can give priority to many things now. Even if I go to the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce store, I only need to spend half the money to buy things."

"Of course, if no one was willing to join the army before, it would be great now, one by one to join the army." Zhu Wuliu was a little envious as he spoke.

It is said that the war in the past two years has made many soldiers rich, and they can get rewards after each battle, which has caused many troops to fight.

The soldiers who came back from the village gave their families dozens of taels of silver at a time also confirmed this rumor.

While the two were stunned, Li Kaiyuan suddenly appeared at the door of the chamber of commerce, glanced at the waiting merchant and frowned.

"There are a total of 100 steam engines sold this time, but it is a steam engine, but it is actually a complete steam engine production line. That is to say, it is a 100 production line. For fairness, the sales line adopts the auction method for those with higher prices. You can now enter the venue to prepare."

After Li Kaiyuan said that, he made a "please" gesture, and merchants immediately flocked to the auction venue of the Chamber of Commerce.

As a rushing businessman passed by, Li Kaiyuan showed a hint of helplessness. He had quarreled with Lin Wentao many times over the past two days over the matter of these hundred production lines.

For him, the steam engine is naturally better, but Lin Wentao made him vain on the grounds that he could only continue to make money after selling it.

He only got these 100 sets of steam engines from the steam engine workshop, and now he really has too much monks and too little porridge.

After a while, the auction venue was filled with excited businessmen.

Before coming, the government office opened official workshops such as imitation workshops and white sugar workshops to them. The role of steam engines in these workshops made them amazed.
Chapter completed!