Chapter 40: 40What you think is absolutely correct
Chapter 40 40 What you think is absolutely right
"What's the matter?" The mayor looked at the other party and asked impatiently. He hates people interrupting his train of thought, especially when he's thinking about how to be greedy for money.
"An officer wishes to see you..." The waiter knew his master's habits and explained immediately.
“Officer?” The mayor and the sheriff were both surprised.
"Last time, the one who came with Tang Mo last time, the officer from Beiling..." the waiter quickly added and explained.
"Oh...please come in!" The mayor suddenly realized and immediately ordered. He looked at the Sheriff and the Tax Collector, and the meaning in his eyes could not be more obvious - it seemed that the other party was a good person.
Soon, his suspicion was confirmed. Tiger is indeed here to give them benefits. Tang Mo kept his promise very much and actually gave them the follow-up benefits he promised them.
Tiger arrogantly handed over the bribes to the three main officials in the town. This attitude also made the mayor, the sheriff, and the tax collector more convinced of their judgment—Tang Mo was probably Count Fishereau's man. , and is an important confidant.
Therefore, after the mayor and the others received the second bribe from Tiger, the school matters were shelved by the three of them.
Anyway, this kind of thing is something that people don't report to officials, and no one comes to report it, so they naturally won't meddle in other people's business - even if someone comes to report it, they will help Tang Mo for the sake of the gold coins. To get rid of the idiot who reported it...
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In the workshop, Tang Mo and Matthews and others were assembling the first batch of K1 fast guns. Now, this thing is still the top product in Tang Mo's weapons workshop, and it is the source of the entire workshop's income.
After seven or eight days of rest, the metal-smelting furnace finally began to emit black smoke again. The raw materials transported from Beiling made the entire workshop glow with vitality.
In fact, Tang Mo did not deceive Tiger. He really planned to produce a batch of arms and send them to the Earl.
He is an arms dealer, and his ultimate goal is to provide the Earl with enough weapons, and to make a name for himself in future wars.
If the Earl is not provided with weapons and a lot of training time is set aside, the effectiveness of these weapons on the battlefield will be reduced, and Tang Mo's losses will be huge.
Therefore, this time, Tang Mo plans to provide as many K1 guns as possible and transport these weapons to Beiling.
Tiger, who returned with this batch of weapons, will personally bring Tang Mo's needs. As long as the earl is willing to continue to provide support, Beiling will continue to receive more arms.
Tang Mo was full of confidence in the count's subsequent support, because he knew very well that as long as Tiger brought the revolver back to Beiling, the count would definitely see its great significance.
This is no joke, if he is really ambitious, with Tang Mo's weapons, he can even fight his way out of Beiling, claim the throne of the kingdom, and sit under the king's ass!
In fact, Tang Mo's plan is probably like this - he will provide the earl with enough arms and weapons, and the earl will seek a higher political status.
Then Tang Mo will be able to get his share of the benefits—becoming a new earl, controlling a large area of land, and becoming the "Cyric" of the Kingdom of Wright! Everyone gets what they need, helps each other, and grows together... Doesn’t it sound very tempting?
As for whether Earl Fisherot would kill the donkey, Tang Mo was actually prepared. Before the Earl can truly aspire for that position, he will form his own army, equip it with more powerful weapons, and prepare for battle!
If Fisherow was a good king, Tang Mo wouldn't mind following Cyric's path, willing to stay behind the scenes and become a new arms consortium, controlling the order of the world as a shadow.
If Fischereau is a greedy bastard, then Tang Mo wouldn't mind using his spear and cannon to teach him a lesson and let him know that times have changed.
However, all these ideas are still at the stage of imagination... What Tang Mo has to do now is to control the quality and complete the current production.
So, at this moment, he was lying in front of an assembly table, watching a worker nervously putting the parts together one by one.
He carefully reminded the worker in as gentle a voice as possible: "Okay, follow the requirements of the production process! Hang this part in the corresponding position! Pay attention to their positional relationship!"
The worker was also a little nervous, because this was his first time assembling such a weapon—he was more familiar with the structure of a flintlock musket, but the parts in front of him had nothing to do with a flintlock musket.
This thing has a relatively complex bolt mechanism. In order to pierce the primer in the paper-cased fixed ammunition, a long firing pin protrudes from the front end of the bolt.
To be honest, this is actually a technical compromise design. Because there is no real rim bullet, we can only create such a long firing pin. And this long firing pin is actually very useful in complex battlefield environments. Easily damaged.
Soldiers must also be careful when loading paper-cased fixed-load ammunition, so the rate of fire is not significantly increased.
However, for the flintlock gun, it is already the prototype of the modern rifle-this kind of progress is epoch-making, and it is an advancement that the flintlock gun cannot catch up with. In fact, when the firearm is disassembled, the internal structure is not too complicated. The needle gun Tang Mo took out was not much more difficult to make than the flintlock gun. As long as a workshop can produce flintlock guns, they can be easily copied.
As long as the spring and a few parts with specific structures are assembled into a bolt-driven bolt, the rest of the structure is actually very simple.
So, under Tang Mo’s guidance, the worker quickly assembled the parts and completed a gun mechanism.
According to Tang Mo's instructions, the worker did not proceed with the next step of installation, but handed the gun he had made to another worker next to him.
This is the assembly line production method, and each worker is only responsible for one step in gun production. There are actually many benefits to this arrangement, and it is also a unique technological innovation of Tang Mo.
Under such a technical arrangement, each worker will specialize in one production step, making it less prone to errors and better improving production efficiency.
Another reason why Tang Mo is optimistic about this production method is the confidentiality system-each worker can only know one part of the production of new guns. If these workers go alone, they actually don't know much about the complete process of the entire rifle.
Although it cannot be completely kept secret, it can effectively delay the opponent's time and gain a buffer opportunity for Tang Mo himself.
"Very good! Next, tighten the screws and fix them... In this way, the internal structure of the K1 gun is completed! It's very simple, right?" Finally, after a long wait, under Tang Mo's gaze, This worker completed the entire process.
A complete bolt is manufactured and then sent to the next worker, who will be responsible for installing the bolt and assembling the entire second half of the rifle.
With the addition of the front half of the barrel, the entire rifle is assembled and becomes a true K1 fast gun.
"Yes, I think these workers should have mastered it." Parker nodded and assured Tang Mo: "You can leave the rest to me, I will watch them and make them familiar with the whole process. "
"Very good! Let's get started!" Tang Mo nodded, then stood aside and watched the workers install the polished parts together one by one according to the steps prescribed by him.
This is the first time his weapons workshop has produced K1 fast guns on such a large scale. The previous samples were actually completely hand-made, and the production cycle was so long that it made people want to cry.
It is different now, because while these workers are assembling the parts in front of them, in another workshop, two steam engines are still working continuously.
Thirty apprentices are operating the machinery and drilling out gun barrels one by one - by tonight, the entire workshop will be able to produce at least 50 high-quality, almost identical gun barrels!
The quality of these barrels is uniform, which is much more reliable than barrels drilled by workers using water-powered windmills or purely by hand.
“Click!” Tang Mo pulled the bolt of a K1 fast rifle that had been manufactured, exposing the smooth barrel of the rifle, and nodded with satisfaction.
Although it is far inferior to the advanced arms that Tang Mo sold before crossing over, the weapon in front of him is already quite advanced for this era.
“It’s really beautiful!” Tang Mo looked at the weapon in his hand and said with a smile to Parker and Matthews beside him.
“Indeed, after mechanical processing, this thing is more like a work of art than Cyric’s flintlock gun.” Matthews agreed.
Afterwards, he continued to lament all this: "Compared to such results, it should be said that the whole process is greater."
As he said that, he, Parker, and Tang Mo all looked to the other side, where the finished K1 guns, which were packed into wooden boxes one by one, were almost identical except for the production number.
"I'm back! Everything is done. They won't cause you any more trouble, and they are willing to sell you some more land... In addition..." Tiger, who walked into the factory while rambling, saw those neat After stacking the K1 gun in the wooden box, the mouth is not easy to use.
He swallowed and watched intently as the workers put away the newly produced guns one by one, which had been rubbed with anti-rust oil.
Then, he looked at several large boxes that had been sealed not far away, and said nothing for a long time.
“Yes, you are absolutely right. Inside those boxes are the K1 guns you want to take away.” Tang Mo nodded.
Immediately afterwards, everyone couldn't help but laugh.
(End of this chapter)