In an open space behind the ordnance station, several soldiers from the Thousand Households were carrying a few wooden boxes, seven or eight craftsmen were also following Zhang Luo, and there were two rows of soldiers from the Thousand Households carrying Sui Hair Guns to guard the front and back.

"Your Excellency, please see, this is the grenade developed by our ordnance." Song Yingxing ordered one of the craftsmen to open the wooden box and take out a grenade with a wooden handle from the box.

The body is made of cast iron by a caster, and a twist of fire protrudes from the junction of the body and the wooden handle.

Not to mention, this thing is quite similar to the grenades used in the Anti-Japanese War in later generations.

It's just that Song Yingxing still feels dissatisfied, because he doesn't know why this thing is called a grenade, this is disrespectful to the ancestors!

It should be called a thunderbolt, after all, it was called that hundreds of years ago.

"Okay?" Liu Hong gradually weighed it with his hand, and found that this thing was much larger than the grenades of later generations, and it was quite heavy.

"Well, my lord, we've tested it many times! Believe it or not. Before Song Yingxing could speak, a craftsman spoke first.

These people who are engaged in scientific research, in addition to supporting their families, what makes them feel happiest is that their efforts are recognized.

The craftsman carried a large 'grenade' in his hand, lit a prepared torch, and walked a few steps forward on his own.

"Are you ready? I'm about to start! This guy was afraid that the sound would scare them, so he didn't forget to turn his head and remind him.

"Okay, hurry up, I haven't seen anything in Benhou!" Sister, it's not the same as imagined, Liu Hong gradually said in his heart.

Shouldn't you pull it with your left hand and then throw it with your right hand?

Why did you put the torches on them?

Boom - while thinking about it, a loud bang came from dozens of steps ahead.

Liu Hong gradually couldn't think about the ignition method, and hurriedly stepped forward to check.

There was still black smoke from the explosion site, and a hole the size of a football was blown out of the grass where green shoots had just emerged, and the grass within a few steps was also affected by the iron pieces produced by the explosion of the bomb......

"Well, yes, yes!" Liu Hong gradually patted the craftsman on the shoulder as a reward.

"Hehe, this is all the credit of the second gear, we just follow the map." This craftsman is also very real, he can't close his mouth when he gets a compliment, and he wants to use an elegant word, but he can't think of it.

"Old Song, can't this fuze problem be solved?" Liu Hong gradually touched his chin and frowned, and Song Yingxing hurriedly stepped forward.

It is not possible to use both the burning grenade is soulless, and the fuse is the most important thing, and the meeting of the two armies is a desperate shot, where is the time to find a torch.

"My lord, this is just the first test product to be developed, and the door invited the adult to come over, precisely because of the breakthrough in the fuse,

This is a new fuse developed by the disciples last night, but it has not yet been announced to your colleagues.

Adults, please take a look! Song Yingxing mysteriously took out a small object rolled into paper from his waist.

I don't know what is filling in the thin paper tube, and a thread sticks out of it, and there is a ring at one end of the thread.

"Sir, pull this ring hard, be quick!" Song Yingxing reminded.

Liu Hong gradually glanced at him, and pulled hard.

I saw that a puff of smoke came out of this paper tube in an instant, and then it was ignited, which startled Liu Hong.

"This is it! That's what Ben Hou wants! Liu Hong was gradually excited.

"My lord, the initial idea of the door is to hollow out the wooden handle of this grenade, hide the fuse in it, and seal it with a wooden cover, so as to prevent rain and moisture and other accidents.

When needed, remove the wooden cover, pull the ring and throw it at the thief army. Song Yingxing said.

"That's it! Ben Hou announced that all the craftsmen involved in the development of the grenade will each receive a reward of 100 taels of silver, and Lao Song, you will receive a reward of 2,000 taels of silver for your greatest credit.

In addition, it must be put into production as soon as possible, and if there is not enough manpower, it will be recruited, and the monthly silver of all the workers of the ordnance station will be increased to two taels, and half a stone of rice and grain will be added.

Silver, Benhou does not hesitate to reward, but the selection of personnel must be strict and strict, sloppy, unfavorable, flawed will not be accepted.

We must ensure workmanship, precision and output, but also ensure safety, at least 3,000 per day, as for how many people you need, you can do it! ”

The performance of musketeers on the battlefield is the most convincing, and this musket will be the standard equipment of the future Ming Dynasty, and the treatment of workers will naturally not be bad.

Liu Hong gradually suppressed the excitement in his heart and said to Song Yingxing and others.

According to the past, Liu Honggradually planned to work slowly and carefully, and scarce things were expensive, but now he doesn't plan to wait.

He's going to expand! Expand again! He wants to fulfill someone's wish in the most brutal and fast way, and for this, God blocks and kills God, and Buddha blocks and kills Buddha.

Song Yingxing, as a scientific research maniac, has no interest in appreciating silver without lack of food and clothing, but several honest craftsmen behind him are very happy.

Grenades are consumables, and they are fast consumables, and a battle of tens of thousands of people will consume at least tens of thousands.

And with the power of this thing, safety issues have to be taken seriously, this thing is centralized production, if a worker is not careful, the entire workshop may be wiped out.

"Don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will personally supervise when the time comes, these people are all good at our ordnance institute, and the newly recruited people will be trained urgently by them, and only those who are qualified can sign a contract to enter our ordnance institute."

Although the conditions were harsh, Song Yingxing did not doubt at all that if the news of the ordnance recruitment was released, the craftsmen and people in the surrounding prefectures and counties would probably go crazy.

In the past six months, the name of the armory has become bigger and bigger, and the golden characters at the door of the Ming Royal Armory are not covered, and the entire capital and even Shuntianfu already know who is behind the armory.

"Well, what is the current production of rifles and paper shells?"

"My lord, our armory has been expanding recently, and the armory currently has more than 300 musketeers, and can produce 1,000 guns per day.

There are more than 700 ammunition assemblers, and they are also assembled in an assembly line production mode, with a daily output of more than 100,000 rounds of paper shells.

The day before yesterday, at the request of Governor Huang and the Ministry of War, another 5,000 guns from our ordnance station arrived at the border pass, accompanied by 600,000 rounds of paper shell bullets......"

The war was urgent, and now the entire force of the Ordnance Institute was producing muskets and ammunition. Song Yingxing reported casually.

"Did you give the money?" Liu Hongjian asked suddenly.

"Huh?" Song Yingxing was stunned for a moment.

"Ahh This armory does not take credit! Liu Hongjian reminded.

The collapse of an enterprise probably begins with the rupture of the capital chain, and the raw materials used in his ordnance are all taken from the household department.

Although Ni Yuanlu, the head of the household department, never mentioned silver, but with Liu Hongji's reminder, Song Yingxing never defaulted, and he always paid the money with one hand and delivered the goods with the other.

"This ...... I haven't given it yet, and the war was urgent some time ago......"

"Then hurry up and urge, this head can't be opened, and the household department will place an order in the future, and you must prepay it first!"

The war was urgent, but the household department was not out of money, and the guns and paper shells were almost assembled with the Ming army at cost price, which was already a great concession by Liu Hong.

After all, it is not easy for the ordnance institute, and it has raised so many craftsmen and workers, in order to improve their enthusiasm, the monthly silver and other salaries are not low.

In the past six months, his old book has already been emptied, and it is currently Uncle Chongzhen's book.

Although the uncle doesn't care, he cares! It's always the money that will be spent, how can you do it if you don't earn it?

"Yes, the door made a note of it." The corners of Song Yingxing's mouth twitched, and he was very puzzled by Liu Hongji's arrangement.

But Liu Hong gradually did not bother to explain that the armory was not a workshop of the household department, but a private one.

Public is public, private is private, public and private are not clear, and in the end, there will be a nest.

When the time comes, you will also eat, and he will take it, and it will not be messed up?

"There is one more thing under the door that needs to be decided by adults." Song Yingxing decided to suppress the confusion in his heart, after all, this has nothing to do with scientific research.