Chapter 1852: Ren Zi swept away, took the lead and had the world in mind

“Is this a sleeve bayonet?” Approaching the bed in the workshop, Feng Ziying looked up and down at the bustling “workshop”.

This is actually a workbench, where craftsmen and apprentices are skillfully operating tools and machines, processing sharp three-edged bayonets.

 This is the “creativity” contributed by Feng Ziying.

 With a health groove, it is not suitable for chopping, but it is more suitable for stabbing and is less likely to be damaged. It also has a progressive sleeve seat on the back seat, which can be easily inserted into the special protruding front seat frame in front of the gun.

 In situations where close combat is required, this light firecracker can be quickly transformed into a less standard spear in this way.

Of course, the operational flexibility is not that high, but in situations where you are about to face a life or death decision, it is much better than a firecracker that is just like a fire stick.

After all, many soldiers have received basic training with spears before becoming fire rifle soldiers. Now, this nondescript "spear" can at least form a formation to resist when faced with close combat, and even save lives and reverse the situation of the battle.

"Yes, according to your suggestion, our craftsmen have comprehensively tested many methods, and finally found out that this sleeve bayonet is most suitable for the installation of ordinary fire guns. It only needs to add a sleeve to the three-edged bayonet. The barrel holder can be perfectly combined with the fire blunderbuss, and it is completely sufficient to deal with ordinary melee combat. It is also a temporary emergency solution."

The chief craftsman who was introducing the work said with emotion, and he was full of praise for Feng Ziying's "creativity".

After the Zunhua Iron Works was handed over to the Gyeonggi Military Factory, it quickly became part of the Gyeonggi Steel and Military Industrial Complex. Its technology, management and output have all rapidly undergone qualitative changes. In addition, the Zunhua Iron Works itself has a large number of skilled workers. This kind of transformational improvement is much faster than building from scratch.

The military workshop originally had a certain foundation, but the technical level was much worse than the original military workshop in Yongping. Therefore, when Western craftsmen from Franji and the Netherlands, as well as craftsmen trained by themselves, successively joined Zun After the chemical military workshop was established, the production capacity and technical quality here have also been greatly improved.

Although there are still certain difficulties in the production of self-generated fireguns, the trigger spring that relies entirely on handcrafting requires very high craftsmanship, and the production time and cost are also very high. The military workshops here mainly produce ordinary Fire guns and turtle dove guns are the main ones. Self-made fire guns can only be produced in small quantities. The monthly output is less than a hundred pieces, which is lower than that of the military workshop in Yongping Prefecture.

  But even so, it is not simple. The Zunhua Military Workshop has only undergone simple transformation and added some craftsmen to reach its current state, which has already made the merchants of Shanxi and Shaanxi very satisfied.

 Feng Ziying nodded with satisfaction.

Although the fire gun production capacity has not been fully increased to a satisfactory level, haste makes waste. As long as there are this group of craftsmen and craftsmen, there will be a steady stream of skilled craftsmen trained, and the military workshop production capacity in the future It will only get bigger and bigger, and the quality of the products will get higher and higher.

Feng Ziying has suggested that the Ministry of War relocate the gunpowder factory of Wang Gong Factory to Zunhua, so that a complete industrial chain can be formed from the production of steel, gunpowder, artillery and gunpowder. This can not only save costs, but also improve efficiency. It can be described as one fell swoop. get more.

“Where are the fire guns produced during this period mainly supplied?” Feng Ziying asked casually.

Although this area now belongs to the Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen, the production plan still has to be in accordance with the Ministry of War. They are still big customers and the only customers, so they naturally have to respect each other's opinions.

“We should still focus on satisfying Liaodong and Ji Town. Considering that Jingying has already allocated several departments to form the new Xuanfu Town, this part of Jingying is also among the priorities.”

 This question is not answered by Master Craftsman, but by Wang Shaoquan.

Wang Shaoquan has now officially become the general coordinator of the entire Gyeonggi Steel and Military Industrial Complex. The Gyeonggi Steel and Military Industrial Complex is now equivalent to all the industries in Yongping, plus the Zunhua Iron Works and the military sold by the Ministry of War in the capital to Shanshan businessmen. Workshops, in addition to the iron mines and iron smelting workshops newly built by Shanxi businessmen in Miyun.

The scale of steel production in the entire Gyeonggi Steel, Military, and Building Materials Complex has exceeded the scale of Zhuang Limin's iron smelting industry in Foshan, and the ordnance industry production is even more unmatched by Foshan Zhuangji.

However, Zhuang Limin is also very satisfied. On behalf of this Cantonese businessman, he has also participated in this giant, and the proportion is not small. As this industry becomes more and more dominant in the entire Northland, the gains are only It will get bigger and bigger.

Wang Shaoquan now represents the interests of Shanshan and Shaanxi merchants and Feng Ziying, and is responsible for dealing with the court and the outside world, including the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry.

Feng Ziying actually no longer pursues economic interests that much, so he can give up some economic interests and is more willing to seize the leadership and control of these industries to serve his own political purposes.

The Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen and Zhuang Limin are vaguely aware of this, and they are also happy about it. With a rising political star like Feng Ziying, their business can also expand further, so why not?

As Niu Jizong led the old Xuanfu Town out of Shandong, a huge gap appeared in the Xuanfu Town defense area, and the Ministry of War urgently established a new Xuanfu Town.

Considering that both Ji Town and Shanxi Town are facing war, and most of Datong Town was also taken away by Sun Shaozu, so under forced circumstances, some troops can only be transferred from the newly formed Beijing Camp as the backbone to form the new Xuanfu Town to prevent the north The Chahar people outside the border wall took the opportunity to attack.

Yang Zhaoji's troops got such an opportunity and were directly transferred to establish the new Xuanfu Town. They are now stationed at Longmenwei.

Feng Ziying was not satisfied with Wang Shaoquan’s answer, but knew that it was unlikely to change the situation.

Dad's Northwest Army is still not taken seriously, but considering that it is unrealistic to re-equip the Northwest Army on a large scale now, after all, there are more than 100,000 troops, even if the production scale of the Gyeonggi Steel, Military, and Building Materials Complex continues to expand, it is impossible. Producing so many firecrackers at once, and also considering process innovation, the firecrackers produced now may not be the best.

Another more important reason is that the Northwest Army is about to enter the Shandong battlefield. At this time, it is too late to change uniforms and train, which will affect the combat effectiveness. Therefore, the Northwest Army only has less than 15,000 soldiers to change uniforms. This part is Feng Tang intentionally conducted firearms training when he was training troops in Qingyang. However, at that time, two or three people were trained in rotation with a firearm. Once the firearms arrived, they could directly change their equipment and become a real firearms unit.

"Sir, the Northwest Army has also contacted us through the Ministry of War. In fact, the production of self-generated fire guns on our side basically meets the needs of the Northwest Army. However, the output of self-generated fire guns is too small. It is estimated that it will not be available until the end of this year. It has improved, but even then, the production capacity is still very limited." Seeing Feng Ziying's unhappy expression, Wang Shaoquan took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty means that there is no need to rush, it is more appropriate to build one of your own firecrackers first to form combat effectiveness."

Feng Ziying nodded. Her father's opinion was pertinent and practical. Blindly pursuing large-scale changes in equipment would not only make the Ministry of War unbearable and cause dissatisfaction, but it would not necessarily significantly improve combat effectiveness, and would even be counterproductive.

 Basic training cannot keep up, and tactical training is lacking. If you actually go to the battlefield, you may be taken advantage of by the enemy.

 Don't be in a hurry, take your time, there are still opportunities. For the imperial court, as long as the finances do not collapse, maritime trade continues, and money and food are endless, then everything is not a problem. As for the military strength, there is plenty of manpower to supplement it.

 Putting aside these thoughts, Feng Ziying asked about the cement situation again.

 Unsurprisingly, demand is still in short supply, and it is seriously in short supply. This is the case everywhere.

 The current cement needs to satisfy the needs of the Gyeonggi region, but cannot delay the southward transportation to Jiangnan to make big money, so it is a dilemma at both ends.

Currently, a new building is being built in Shijingshan, but even if it is completed and put into full production, it will not be able to meet the needs of the capital. Now the cement of the capital mainly comes from Yongping Prefecture, but transportation is a big problem. In the early stage, it mainly relies on large trucks for transportation, and the cost is very high. Some are high, so this greatly affects the use of promotion.

Fortunately, now we can go directly from Yuguan to Dinggu through Dagukou Weihe River, so we can reach Tongzhou directly. The journey is a bit roundabout, but the transportation cost has been greatly reduced. This is the most popular, and this is also the key to Feng Ziying's optimism about the construction of Tianjin. , blocking the throat of river and sea transportation, there is no reason why it cannot develop.

Feng Ziying and Wang Shaoquan discussed their intention to build a cement workshop in Tianjin, and Wang Shaoquan agreed.

The location was chosen well, but the scale is not that big. For the current Shanshan and Shaanxi businessmen, they are still thinking about how to expand their production capacity and occupy the Jiangnan market. They have no objection to building one here in Tianjin. This is the first time Feng Ziying has made a request. And I also feel that Mr. Feng seems to intend for the other party to join the group of Shanshan merchants. This is not a bad thing.

As far as the current era is concerned, wars cannot be said to be based on industrial strength, but more on headcount and logistical supplies. However, Feng Ziying knows that as the times change, the large-scale use of firearms will sooner or later be determined by population and industrial strength. The stage of victory and defeat, and what I have to do now is to speed up this pace.

Facing the threat of Jianzhou Jurchen and Chahar people in the north, the Zhou Dynasty may still be temporarily at a disadvantage in Liaodong for a while now, and even for some time to come. Nurhachi is indeed a figure, but that's all. As long as he waits for a while and gives himself the opportunity to slowly heal Da Zhou, a seriously ill man, he will be confident that he can solve the irreparable disasters in his previous life.

 (End of this chapter)