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The soldier with good shooting talent thanked Li Ke with excitement and gratitude.
He was a mediocre soldier, and he even failed in the artillery selection.
But I didn't expect to find my talent in the musket now, and was valued by His Royal Highness Wu Wang, who was named the head coach of shooting!
As long as he does what Li Ke told him well, he will definitely have a bright future!
The other soldiers on the side looked at him with envy.
"Don't waste these pigs, I'll give you extra meals."
Li Ke nodded, and then left the shooting range.
After Li Ke left, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But thinking of what Li Ke said just now, smiles appeared on everyone's faces.
"Looks like there's pork to eat tonight."
Everyone is still in a good mood. Although the production of pork has been greatly improved, it is far from enough to eat.
There are seven or eight pigs here, there are few people in the workshop, so you can divide them into one or two pigs, and there are many people in Shenjiying, so you can divide them into six or seven pigs, and you can have a good meal.
"Boss Zhang, please worry about the firearms. The soldiers are waiting for the firearms training."
A young general from Shenji Camp said with a smile to the head of the gun workshop.
"Don't worry, little general, I will do my best."
The head of the gun workshop also nodded politely.
Shenjiying is Li Ke's pro-army, and his status is very high, so he naturally dare not neglect.
And he could tell that Li Ke attached great importance to muskets.
Even if the little general of the Shenji Battalion didn't say anything, he would go all out to produce muskets.
Next, everyone divided the pigs and took them back for additional meals.
In the next half month, the musket workshop quickly produced 3 muskets.
The only thing that limits the production capacity of the musket is the seamless steel pipe. The rest of the parts are less difficult and the production speed is faster.
The current situation is that there are as many muskets as there are seamless steel pipes.
After the three muskets were manufactured, they were registered according to the different serial numbers on each musket, and they were taken away by the Shenji Battalion.
There are a total of 5 people in the Shenji Battalion. Some people were lost due to various reasons, some died in battle, some died of illness, and so on.
However, they recruited strong young and strong people in Yangzhou and Suzhou to fill the vacancies, so it is still full of 5 people.
And some of these people have their own tasks, such as the five soldiers guarding the paper money workshop, and the soldiers guarding the Governor's Mansion and the bank.
This requires Su Dingfang to arrange shift shifts. For example, these five people will train for 5 days first, and finish training with 15 rounds of ammunition in 15 days, and then change shifts and change to another group of people for training.
Anyway, the number of muskets is still small now, even if they are all used in the barracks, it is most appropriate to change shifts.
Moreover, training does not mean that everyone is trained to be a sharpshooter, which is unrealistic.
The battlefield is not a training ground, you don't need a gun to hit everything.
Because the battlefield relies on dense barrage to cause damage, rather than relying on single-person shooting to cause damage.
For example, if there is a large army charging towards us in front, we only need to point our guns at the opponent in a uniform manner, and then we don't need to aim, just pull the trigger and shoot.
Anyway, after shooting, the opposite side fell down like cutting wheat.
You shoot another round, and the opponent falls down again.
In this case, there is no need to pursue personal accuracy at all, just form a dense barrage with your comrades.
It just depends on the luck of the opponent. If you are lucky, you will only get hit by one bullet. If you are unlucky, you may be beaten into a sieve.
Therefore, the purpose of the training is to make everyone familiar with muskets, know how to use them, and be proficient in reloading, increasing the speed of reloading and other operations.
Of course, there are also times when a single-person precise sniper is required, so naturally another person is responsible.
After Shenjiying took away the muskets, the shooting range, which had been quiet for a long time, suddenly became lively.
Every day, a large number of soldiers from the Shenji Battalion practice shooting here, each with ten rounds of ammunition.
At the beginning, when many soldiers of the Shenji Battalion first came into contact with muskets, they were shocked by the power and range of muskets!
After several trials, everyone was amazed at the power of this musket, and surprised that they would be equipped with this weapon in the future.
So during the training, everyone was very serious. Under the guidance of the sharpshooter, everyone made rapid progress.
For example, it takes about 5 seconds to shoot once, but it can be shortened to 4 seconds or even 3 seconds after proficiency.
In this way, you can only shoot 1 times in 12 minute, but you can shoot 1 times in 20 minute after you are proficient!
In 1 minute, 8 extra bullets were fired out of thin air. If it was on the battlefield, it would be 8 dense barrages.
This extra firepower will be very terrifying, and the damage caused will also be enormous.
And the shooting range will continue to sound bang bang bang every day, but fortunately this is a relatively remote place.
Otherwise, I am afraid that ordinary people will go to the government to complain.
In the days that followed, the steam engine workshop no longer struggled with complete airtightness, and produced a steam engine with greater power.
Li Ke directly arranged the steam engine in the gun workshop to provide power for the piercing machine and extrusion machine.
Piercers and extruders are machines that mass-produce seamless steel pipes. These machines have been produced before, but the driving methods are very limited.
Therefore, the output of seamless steel pipes is very low, only about 3 pieces a month.
But once the steam engine is used as power to drive these two machines, the production of seamless steel pipes will take a huge leap.
Doubling ten times is absolutely easy.
The only thing that needs to be done is the design of the drive shaft, which is not a problem for Li Ke at all.
Li Ke quickly designed a set of transmission shafts, and then asked craftsmen to manufacture and install them.
After that, the link that originally required manpower was completely replaced by the steam engine.
Now you only need to add coal to the side to boil water, which is much easier than before, and the production efficiency is also much higher!
The master and craftsmen of the gun workshop were also shocked when they saw such a magical steam engine.
They felt that the steam engine in front of them, which only needed to boil water to keep working, was no less important than the muskets they made!
With the addition of the steam engine, the production efficiency of seamless steel pipes has been greatly improved, and the output has directly increased tenfold!
And as long as there is another steam engine, the production capacity can be doubled on this basis.
But Li Ke felt that it was unnecessary. Three seamless steel pipes a month were enough, which meant that three muskets could be manufactured in a month.
There are only 5 people in the Shenji Battalion. Taking into account the daily training consumption and wear, and the possible expansion in the future, this output is definitely enough.
Before, I felt that 3 muskets were far from enough for the 5 soldiers of Shenji Battalion.
But now, just the addition of a steam engine has instantly increased the production of muskets by ten times!
This is the first change that the steam engine brought to the world!
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Originally, only 10 muskets could be made a day, but now the production capacity has increased tenfold, and one musket can be made in a day!
The Shenji Battalion came to receive a musket every day, and then took it back for more soldiers to train.
The manufacture of the gun workshop and the training of the Shenji Battalion are all on the right track, even on the fast track.
The production capacity of the steam engine workshop has also been greatly improved after having the steam engine.
Yes, the steam engine workshop also needs the help of the steam engine.
A steam engine was transported out of the steam engine workshop, and then sent to various workshops.
For example, in the spinning and weaving workshops, the transmission shafts have been built in advance according to the drawings given by Li Ke, and the spinning machines and looms have been arranged according to the transmission shafts.
After the steam engine arrives, you only need to put the belt on the wheel and transmission shaft of the steam engine, and the power of the steam engine can drive the entire transmission shaft to run.
Then put a belt between the drive shaft and the spinning machine of the loom, so that the loom and the spinning machine can obtain the power on the drive shaft.
In the past, spinning machines and looms were driven by human power, but now the continuous rotation of the drive shaft can provide continuous power for spinning machines and looms.
And this power is stronger than human power, and the speed of spinning and weaving is also faster!
Not only has the speed been improved, but it can also work 24 hours a day without stopping.
People need to rest, but the steam engine does not. As long as someone is responsible for boiling the water, the steam engine can always work.
Historically, the first industrial revolution brought about by the steam engine made the entire textile industry take off completely.
Naturally, in addition to the musket workshop, Li Ke also used the steam engine in the textile industry for the first time.
Moreover, he also deliberately came to the scene, wanting to witness the day when the textile industry took off completely.
"See Your Highness!"
The head of the spinning and weaving workshop saluted Li Ke.
"Are you all ready?"
Li Ke took a look in the spinning and weaving workshop, and found that the spinning machines and looms were arranged according to the positions of the transmission shafts above his head.
These spinning machines and looms are somewhat different from the original ones, and some modifications have been made on the basis of the original ones.
For example, there is an extra roulette with a belt on it, which is connected to the transmission shaft above the head.
As long as the drive shaft overhead starts to turn, the belt will drive the wheel to turn, thereby driving the spinning machine and loom.
"It's a bit like a modern factory."
Li Ke nodded in satisfaction.
Moreover, it did not say that after using the steam engine as power, no manpower would be needed.
In fact, each area is looked after by a female worker.
When the yarn is used up, it will be replenished in time, and when the yarn is spun, it will be taken away and the spindle will be replaced.
When the yarn on the weaving side runs out, the yarn will be replenished in time and so on.
When changing the yarn, it is natural to stop the loom.
This is also very simple, you only need to flip a device next to the wheel to stop the loom.
Of course, the drive shaft is always rotating, and only this loom is stopped.
After replenishing the yarn, it only needs to be operated again to make the loom work quickly again immediately.
"His Royal Highness, everything is ready and ready to start at any time."
The two principals immediately said to Li Ke.
"Okay, let's get started."
Li Ke nodded, and then someone went to notify the person in charge of the steam engine.
After getting the news, they began to add coal to boil water under the boiler of the steam engine.
Because of the high power of this steam engine, it takes a little longer to start.
As the fire got hotter and hotter, the temperature of the water in the boiler got higher and higher. After a large amount of hot steam entered the cylinder, it drove the piston in the steam engine to run.
When the piston runs, it drives the outer wheel to rotate, and the drive shaft also starts to rotate through the belt.
It turned slowly at the beginning, after all, it was just getting started.
But soon, the speed increased rapidly, and the noise in the entire steam engine room also became louder.
Booming, booming, the sound of the transmission shaft rotating continuously.
In the factory, Li Ke could clearly see that the transmission shaft above his head had turned.
As the speed became faster and faster, the belt drove the spinning machine and loom below to start running.
Soon, Li Ke saw the scene he had been waiting for for a long time.
Without any manual operation at all, the spinning machines and looms started working automatically!