Li Xiao has been traveling around Liaodong non-stop these days, inspecting various arsenals and various scientific research institutions in Liaodong. Every year, the court allocates large sums of money to support these institutions. Although scientific research is like buying a lottery ticket, Li Xiao

Xiao Xiao also needs to see if these guys have deceived him.

Thanks to the Aisin Gioros, there is no consensus that Liaodong was once the most turbulent place in the Ming Dynasty. If Li Xiao had not been born, the Jurchen Tatars would have been wandering in front of Shanhaiguan by now.

But now that Li Xiao is here, the nightmare of the Jurchens has come. Watching Li Xiao fight from a young age to a big one, from a small warlord without even a name, to a commander-in-chief who holds the world's soldiers and horses. Liaodong has always been

Li Xiao's base.

This place provided Li Xiao with sources of soldiers, various war supplies, various weapons and ammunition. In fact, Liaodong already has the longest railway in the country. If Li Xiao is willing, he can take the train from Shanhaiguan to Mohe and as far as Poundland

We won’t stop until the mighty Heilongjiang blocks our way!

Jinzhou Arsenal has become the busiest arsenal in the country, because according to the division of labor, Jinzhou Arsenal is responsible for manufacturing bullets and various types of artillery shells, which are consumables. In addition to combat, they also shoot a lot during training.

Li Xiao stood in front of the huge glass window and watched the workers painting the bullets. Water curtains were hung on the surrounding walls to ensure that no dust would fall in. The workers were wearing pig-mouth gas masks and were carefully painting the bullets.

Bullets are sprayed.

"The workers in the spray workshop have the hardest time. During lunch, their faces were scarred from wearing gas masks for a long time. It's okay now, it's as hot as a steamer in summer. Everyone walks out and is covered in water.

It's the same as fishing it out. The factory and I are studying whether each person should work six hours a day, changing from three shifts to four shifts a day. In this way, the workers can also rest for a longer period of time. But in this way, an additional team will be needed.

Workers, expenses will also increase!" Zheng Sen looked down and introduced to Li Xiao.

"Can this process be saved? Save the workers from this trouble! I remember that the first bullets did not need to be painted." Ao Canghai, who was accompanying Li Xiao, couldn't stand it. He didn't expect that he would hate it.

Eye-catching bullets are so hard to produce.

"My Lord Ao! There is nothing we can do about it. The bullets that the teacher first made were made of copper cases, so there is no need to paint. But our Ming Dynasty is short of copper, and it is too wasteful to use copper cases to make bullets. We can only use steel to make bullets.

shell!

But bullet cases made of steel will rust over time, so we have no choice but to add this additional process. Even so, bullets have a storage life. Bullets that have passed their service life must be scrapped." Zheng Sen glanced at Li Xiao.

, helplessly explained to Mr. Ao.

"If copper is too expensive, then just make paper."

"I thought about using paper, but paper bullet cases have the same shortcomings as paper bullet cases. The biggest disadvantage is that the airtightness is not good, and the ammunition is easily affected by moisture in a humid environment and becomes a stinker that cannot be fired! Supply this to your troops

You bastard, why don't you come with your soldiers and seize my arsenal?"

"In the long run, it seems that it is better to use an iron shell. There is nothing we can do about it. Who can let God be blind? Our Ming Dynasty is severely short of copper. I heard Mr. Zhang talk about ancient times and the Qin and Han Dynasties a few days ago. They said

The gold is actually copper. When the emperor rewards people with money, he always rewards them with pieces of copper.

Bullets are consumables, and cartridge cases must also be consumables. It’s not cost-effective to use copper!" Li Xiao saw that Ao Canghai had started to talk nonsense, so he brought the topic back.

"Although bullets are consumables, you must control the quality well. You must not send out bad bullets. A bullet that cannot fire on the battlefield may kill a soldier."

"Promise! We will strictly control the quality!" Zheng Sen quickly lowered his head and promised.

When big leaders come to inspect, they must conduct a symbolic inspection. Two porters were severely criticized by Li Xiao for not wearing pig-mouth gas masks. Paint is poisonous. Inhaling it for a long time can cause serious lung disease.

Local diseases. Tuberculosis is still an incurable disease in this era.

Overall, the Jinzhou Arsenal is not bad. The ammunition produced by one arsenal can supply two Liao Army field divisions.

"Don't develop Jinzhou City towards the factory. There are so many ammunition here. It's not a trivial matter if it explodes!" Li Xiao frowned when he saw a building being built outside the factory. Will there still be one or two big explosions in the future?

Each time will cause serious casualties. What's more, the factory itself produces ammunition.

"Those are workers' dormitories! Some workers' homes are too far away from the factory, and it takes an hour to travel. It rains and snows, and the workers are all miserable. There is no other way but to build a few dormitory buildings. . Workers who are willing to move here will be allocated a house. This will also solve their inconvenience of commuting to get off work."

Li Xiao sighed helplessly. It was indeed inconvenient to drive in the heavy snow in Liaodong. Sometimes, you just can't have your cake and eat it too.

After Jinzhou, Shenyang has become another important town in Liaodong. Shenyang City, located on the bank of the Hun River, was once the capital of Nurhachi. Today, it has become a very important industrial base in Liaodong.

The Shenyang Arsenal has become one of the most important arsenals in the Ming Dynasty. It can produce 10,000 "Big Eight" rifles and 4,000 Aka 47 rifles every year. It can produce 120mm howitzers every year.

One hundred guns, and another twenty 155mm howitzers can be produced.

As for mortars, we can produce 5,000 mortars every year. However, the army does not have such a big need. We only produce a few hundred mortars every year to make up the number!

Li Xiao is particularly focused on the production of the Aka 47 rifle. All the main divisions below will be equipped with this rifle. This rifle, which can produce huge power within 300 meters, is definitely the overlord on the battlefield. It is still used

Mongolian soldiers with traditional rifles are no match at all.

From the barrel, which is the most difficult to process, to the receiver and even the trigger, they are all produced in this factory. The arsenal has implemented a strict division of labor system, and the workers in this department only know what their department is responsible for. After the products are produced, they are unified

Summarized to the assembly workshop.

The wages in the assembly workshop are higher than elsewhere. The reason is that this place only recruits people with clean wealth and who have not been dealt with by the government. They are responsible for assembling piles of parts into murderous weapons. Moreover, each gun is

All products must be tested before leaving the factory.

The test shooting site is under a hill. A dozen iron tubes filled with sand are arranged in a row. Several workers are holding Aka 47 rifles and shooting a hundred or ten meters away. Ordinary people are very interested in shooting guns.

But these workers have no interest in shooting guns. The reason is that they shoot too much. They hear gunshots every day, and their ears are numb. You can even tell the model of the gun by hearing the gunshots.

It is strictly forbidden for people to move around here! Li Xiao held up the telescope and looked at it for a while, and found that the hands of these workers were really smelly. After hitting them with a "crackling" sound, there were only one or two holes in the iron barrel. This was like a slap in Li Xiao's face, you know Aka

Although the 47 rifle is not the best in terms of range and accuracy, it is definitely not so rubbish.

He walked up to the workers, picked up an Aka 47 rifle, loaded it with bullets and fired at a target in the distance. The bullets hit the iron bucket continuously, and streams of sand leaked out from it.

Ao Canghai also fired a few rounds. He liked the Aka 47 rifle very much. Before going to the northwest, he was the one who blocked the factory gate and insisted on taking away 5,000 rifles.

When the factory director saw Li Xiao's face turned dark, he was so frightened that his calves twisted. But he couldn't help it. A young man who loved guns started to get tired of shooting guns within a month of being transferred here. It's like everyone likes to set off firecrackers.

But being responsible for setting off firecrackers all day is a bit boring.

It was originally arranged to have dinner in the arsenal, but Li Xiao and Ao Canghai left in anger. Zheng Sen gave the factory director a hard look and followed suit.

"It's not that I hate their attitude, but that they don't respect other people's labor. When we were in Jinzhou, we all saw how difficult it is to produce bullets. But when these guys shoot into the air, it makes me feel bad."

Zheng Sen kept his mouth shut and didn't speak. Anyone who inspects a gun would just check if it fires or not. Who wants to use this opportunity to train sharpshooters? Besides, sharpshooters now have optical sights. Although it's still relatively small.

Rough, but better than nothing.

Fortunately, Li Xiao was quite satisfied with the airship factory at the next stop! Because he saw an improved gasoline engine. To be exact, this thing already has the prototype of an engine. Moreover, this thing has high power and small size. More importantly, it makes no noise.

The airships currently in service are so big. The reduced weight and volume also increase the fuel capacity. Therefore, this thing can fly higher and farther.

"This new gasoline engine is based on the drawings obtained by Li Yongfang, and then combined with our tradition to make the most optimized version. Finally, it was finalized like this. The Xu brothers said that there is room for further improvement in this thing." Zheng

Sen was happy to see Li Xiao and hurriedly stood aside to act as commentator.

"Well! The more of these good things, the merrier. You can try to install one on the left and right sides of the airship. This will not only increase the range, but also increase the speed. The most important thing is that two engines can hold more things." Now.

All airships have a propeller at the rear. Since there is only one engine, the speed and range are guaranteed.

But it is precisely because of this design that the airship has stalled. No wonder people say that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. Li Xiao really wants them to develop an aircraft engine, but it is unrealistic. What is being tinkered with now is, compared to an aircraft engine,

It still has to look big and not powerful enough.

Aircraft engines are the most dazzling pearl in the industrial crown, as the saying goes in Ming Dynasty. Airships are the most dazzling pearl in the world’s industrial crown!

In the whole world, the only country that can build airships is the Ming Dynasty. I heard that Wu Sangui is also researching it, but I don't know what he can come up with.

But Li Xiao knew that there was not much time left for him. Wu Sangui's great scientists from all over Europe might be able to understand the principles of Li Xiao's design of the airship next month. Moreover, Li Xiao also knew that Wu Sangui knew how the airship was built.

Yes, I will definitely try my best to imitate it.

Li Xiao even knew that the airship first built by Wu Sangui would definitely be sent back to London for show.

Her Majesty the Queen will definitely be very happy if you give her something that can carry people flying in the sky. Wu Sangui, the commander of the troops stationed in India, also feels more and more stable.

"Commander! Our factory's airship production has reached a rate of one per month. And according to your request, Marshal, we are preparing to design and produce an airship that can carry two to three hundred people and has comfortable seat pods.

, specially used for long-distance aviation services." The director of the airship factory was a fat man with a smile. He followed Li Xiao around and had to wipe his sweat with a handkerchief.

Li Xiao took a look at this guy. His eyelids were swollen, and there were black lines around his eyes. In addition, he was out of breath after walking a few steps, and he was sweating all over. No need to ask Li Xiao, he knew that this guy was drunk too much.

A guy who drank too much and was able to make the airship factory prosperous, I have to say, this is a kind of talent. There are all kinds of birds in the forest, and all kinds of birds can sing different tunes.

"Did he start this factory by himself?" Li Xiao asked Zheng Sen suspiciously.

"It's true. This man is very capable. But his disadvantage is that he is involved in all kinds of food, drink, prostitution and gambling! When I recommended him to be the director of the airship factory, I was not very willing, for fear that he would become a prostitute. But I didn't expect that in just three years, he would become the director of the airship factory.

Within a month, he led the workers and instigated the first airship. Then, he refined the process and formulated a division of labor model and standards. In this way, our Ming Dynasty can be considered to have a reliable airship." Zheng Sen looked in front of him.

This man was full of praise.

"Oh! That's it!" Li Xiao shook his head helplessly. Under normal circumstances, the court would observe the performance of each parent official. In other words, how much tax revenue has been increased in the place under your jurisdiction. It's such a weird thing, Li Xiao is still

One saw.

Along the railway line from Shenyang to Lushun, you can run through the entire industrial context. A large steelmaking plant has been built in Anshan. It is said that the fishermen have been studying the latest steel rolling technology here, which they call lead rolling.

Fire and water are merciless! If anything happens, they are all the elites of the Ming Dynasty's scientific and technological circles.

The train is still far away from Anshan, and you can see several huge smoke pillars floating in Anshan. Under the smoke pillars, there is often a large chimney with blue and white circles. The entire Anshan city is shrouded in a layer of dust.

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Chapter completed!