Wuchang City Weapon Bureau. Free e-book download. Zhang Ning saw the flintlock rifle modified by officials and craftsmen with his own eyes. It was not installed, but only installed firing medicine and firing medicine. After ten trials, it only fired twice. It took no time to create a few pieces for the test. The barrel was ready-made, but the firing mechanism was rebuilt. But this result made everyone very frustrated. This kind of thing obviously cannot be mass-made and put into the battlefield. Otherwise, whether it can be fired depends entirely on luck or not.
Someone simply raised questions on the spot: "If you use a squid and flint to ignite, you have to use tinder first and then use a touch light; it is probably not easy for us to fire the medicine by just hitting the flint to hit the flint."
This population is blocked, and the so-called officials in the Weapon Bureau are indeed not called officialdom. Most of them have poor backgrounds and no fame, and have little experience or experience; otherwise, the officials with a lot of thought would definitely not question this plan, because it was proposed by the King of Hunan himself. Fortunately, Zhang Ning didn't care about this kind of thing either.
Zhang Ning looked back at the person who was speaking just now and said in a very affirmative tone: "No open fire, flintlock guns that rely solely on flints must be made. The poor effect this time should be a problem with the design mechanism. If you try it a few more times, you will definitely be able to make it."
He was so sure, naturally because this thing appeared in history, which was the experience of later generations rather than assumptions. And he clearly remembered that the Industrial Revolution occurred in 1860 and the mid-19th century, which was basically common sense; the flintlock rifle was around the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, at least two hundred years after the Industrial Revolution. At that time, it was around the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. There was no so-called industry in the East and West in the world. Machine tools and other things were all made by hand. Since this thing had appeared in history, it must have been made with the technology of this era.
Moreover, it is the Xuande period, and you can only rely on yourself to invent this kind of thing, and there is no way to introduce technology; because China is the most developed region in the global economy and technology. When the East is backward in pure technology, it will be delayed to the Wanli period.
However, the group of supervisors and craftsmen in front of him were at a loss, which made Zhang Ning feel very bad, and he felt that talented people were indeed very scarce. He took the test piece and thought about it for a while, "Maybe the firing force is not enough, and the friction cannot produce reliable sparks, so it is not easy to ignite gunpowder."
The firearm structure from the fuse mechanism to the flintlock mechanism is a bit complicated, and Zhang Ning couldn't figure it out, so he had to talk on paper and hope it would be helpful to the craftsmen's skills and ideas. "We need to increase the strength of the mechanism, and some principles can be used, such as gears and levers..." He said as he found that the weapons bureau had already asked someone to use them to record the contents of paper and ink. He hoped that Ma Dapeng was not doing a good job of flattering, but it would be better to really put his thoughts on it.
Now that I think about it, the secular flattery and human nature are really bad. When I really want to do a career, it is useless at all. Instead, it increases operating costs and reduces work efficiency. No wonder when "Wei Xiaobao" chooses military generals, he chooses whoever doesn't flatter.
"You must have seen a water truck. The human pedal is slower but it is laborious. The water on the other end of the transport of water is lighter. The gear transmission principle is similar to that, and the structure is somewhat different... I have to draw a picture to explain it clearly." Zhang Ning turned around and walked towards the chopping board where the paper and ink were placed.
At this moment, a voice behind him said, "The villain knows what the prince said. In the Song Dynasty, a bell tower was built to respond to the emperor's words and deeds and the time. The bell tower was driven by the river water to build a water truck, and there were many gears in it, which were traveling with the sun, moon and stars. In addition, there was another thing in the building called "银间". It could automatically ring every quarter of an hour, and it required human power. The bell tower was later destroyed by the Yuan army, but its structure was recorded. The villain had seen a handwritten copy of the ancient book."
After hearing this, Zhang Ning suddenly became interested and turned around to see who was talking. He saw that he was a thin middle-aged man with a sparse goatee and a little narrow face. This person's remarks reminded Zhang Ning. Only then did he realize that there were many exquisite skills in ancient China, but there was no systematic theory, and there were not many technology promoted. Only wooden seeders and other things used for agriculture attracted the attention and support of the imperial government, because grain production was the technology that the Central Plains dynasty had always paid attention to, including the astronomical calendar that guided agriculture.
He immediately praised: "What is your name? What is your position? What is your job? What job did you do?"
Everyone turned to look at the goatee. Many people looked suddenly, obviously they knew him. Only Zhang Ning didn't know this person at all. He just came to the Weapon Bureau occasionally and was familiar with Ma Dapeng and a few officials. Even so, "princes" like Zhang Ning are very rare. The superiors personally asked about the technical details of the craftsmen in detail, which is indeed different from the nobles at this time. In people's eyes, the so-called big figures should always do something that people cannot understand. However, Zhang Ning's thinking is different. He thinks that macro-big things are evolved from bit by bit by bit by bit by bit, and it is not necessarily useful to just talk about big principles. Therefore, in an advanced modern society, human beings are not only studying macro-society, but also focusing on quantum mechanics in small things.
The goatee hurriedly bowed: "When you say the prince, the villain's surname is Tang and his name is Yang. He is a craftsman in the Weapon Bureau. He used to be... a feng shui."
Others finally couldn't help but say, "Report to the emperor, the young people call him Tang Daxian. Using a compass to read Feng Shui is a side job. He sells coffins and writes sacrificial texts, as long as he dies, he will do anything, and he will catch monsters and exorcisms!"
Everyone was already laughing out loud.
Tang Daxian hurriedly said, "The villain dares not deceive the prince. If he dies, he will be buried in the soil. The first thing he needs to do is to look at Feng Shui."
"For me, heroes do not care about their origins, only talent is the only one who can do it." Zhang Ning said calmly. This sentence is very popular in the Xiangwang Group, because almost no one who defected to Zhang Ning in the early stage has a good background. Some even fell and outdated men who had been living in the past. Even Ma Tiju, the current highest commander of the Weapon Bureau, used to be the leader of the blacksmith who fled to Fengxia Mountain, and what kind of noble identity does he have?
However, this Tang Daxian only attracted Zhang Ning's attention and made merit, so a hero is just a conversation.
Tang Daxian might have realized the opportunity, so he tried to speak more and show up, and said, "Gears are rarely seen in the folk, and they are mostly made of wood. The most important thing about this thing is that the two wheels must be bitten by each other, and the size is appropriate, otherwise they will not be used. The objects in our weapons bureau are mainly iron and forged steel tools. The gear size should be small and accurate; but the measuring scales used by craftsmen in different places are generally similar, but in fact they have different differences. The Wuchang City workshop is longer, but the scale of Changde is slightly shorter... Even in Wuchang City, the sizes between different workshops will be slightly different. Therefore, the villain suggests that the sizes be made with copper plates. In the future, all workshops under the Weapon Bureau will make measuring tools according to the rules, so that the things they make can be used."
Zhang Ning decided on the spot and ordered Ma Dapeng to adopt this suggestion and implement it. This matter reminded him, and he immediately asked the Weapon Bureau to set another rule: tolerance.
The concept of tolerance is very simple. The size of any component cannot be completely consistent and accurate. Some entry and exit will always be allowed, especially things that rely entirely on handmade things. But some things are not possible if they are almost done, such as the Weapon Bureau and the rivet firmware commonly used by craftsmen in the Ming Dynasty. The willow core is slightly larger than the female buckle and can only be firmly deformed by knocking in; but if the error becomes that the willow core is very small, then the connection cannot be reliable.
The function of tolerance is to specify whether the error is too large or too small, within the allowable range; you cannot create a pair of screws and nuts. The screw is a little larger than the nut, so how can you put it in? But it is okay if the screw is a little smaller than the nut. If the error is too large, the quality is at most poor, but it can be used.
This rule is quite simple, but only Zhang Ning could propose it in this era. Because many things are developed from industrial society, people's thoughts do not have practical experience as the foundation, and they are random thoughts and cannot realize very simple things.
Zhang Ningyi developed the so-called industry because the things needed were far beyond his professional knowledge accumulation. However, he wanted to make the technology and rules of weapon manufacturing more reasonable, so that the weapons produced can ensure quality and stable performance, and soldiers can use them easily on the battlefield; otherwise, just like the Han King regime today, the society occupied by Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions is not underdeveloped, but he just cannot create firearms of qualified quality.
"The decisive factor of a war may be a heavy fog, or it may be just a small stone in the handsome man's boot." Zhang Ning thought of this and looked back at the left and right and said seriously, "These things you have made are directly related to the lives of the warriors of the Suzaku Army on the battlefield, and they must not be a joke."
Everyone's expression suddenly became solemn, because there was a law that if the gunpowder loaded after being delivered to the army, if the weight of the gunpowder is loaded, and the number of times of use is specified, and a person's life is killed, then the person directly responsible for the manufacture of these weapons must be killed. The crime and punishment are so serious that his life is worthy of his life. Who dares to play with the rules?
Otherwise, those in power will say that they are justified and moved with emotion, and no matter how much they say, it is useless. Once something happens, if you forgive as appropriate and someone will plead for mercy, then people will always have excuses to use inferior products as good things in each link. In the end, there may be situations where only profits are used to cut corners, and there will be more problems with the final completion of equipment; rules and clear punishments are the way to restrain them.
Then Zhang Ning talked about the principle of leverage, which was also common sense for him, but in this era only he could explain it himself.
Leverage is very common, and it goes without saying that craftsmen understand it, and it can be seen everywhere. However, the lever used in weapons is different, and some parts are bent; there is a simple multiplication formula for how to calculate the size and proportion of the force arm.
He knew that many of the people present were confused and certainly confused, but someone must have understood. Because when he summoned people to formulate gun rules for artillery, some people had already screened out.