On February 20 of the first year of Longwu, three days after the end of the overall relocation of the Myanmar Firearms Manufacturing Bureau under the auspices of Xu Guangqi, Xiao Ruxun led people to Shijingshan, the location of the new Daqin Firearms Manufacturing Bureau.

From the third day after the founding of the country, Xiao Ruxun began to choose the most suitable location of the General Administration of Firearms Manufacturing in the whole of Gyeonggi, Daming originally had the Royal Gunpowder Bureau, that is, the famous Wang Gongchang Gunpowder Bureau, in the inner city of Beijing, about three kilometers away from the imperial city.

Maybe the royal family felt that this distance was safer, but in fact, it was useless, and a big explosion in Wang Gongchang forced the emperor to make an edict.

Xiao Ruxun couldn't understand how the royal family could allow the place where gunpowder was produced was so close to the imperial city and still populated.

There are also records showing that the explosion accident of the gunpowder factory that also occurred in the 30th year of Wanli was due to the fact that in the face of the production of gunpowder that has been damp and agglomerated for a long time, some soldiers actually chose to use sharp axes to split the damp gunpowder agglomerates!

As a result, I don't know how many people were killed.

Referring to these materials, the cause of the so-called mysterious explosion of Wang Gong's factory is also very clear, because of the explosion accident caused by operation errors and lack of safety awareness.

At that time, the power of the gunpowder explosion was definitely not so great, and it is estimated that the powder was scattered in the air because of the dryness of the weather, and the dust explosion occurred in the open flame, which caused such serious consequences.

With these things in mind, Xiao Ruxun relocated all the factories related to gunpowder and open flames in the capital to the Shijingshan area, where he built a new Daqin Firearms Manufacturing Bureau, and appointed Xu Guangqi with full management.

The overall relocation of the Burma Firearms Manufacturing Bureau took a lot of effort, from Myanmar to Shijingshan, Beijing, so that Xiao Ruxun could control and manage the factory in all aspects, and also prevent disasters caused by some misoperation accidents.

Of course, after all, this is a place where firearms are manufactured, and in a sense, it even belongs to state secrets, in order to protect state secrets, Xiao Ruxun deployed 5,000 elite troops around the Firearms Manufacturing Bureau, including 1,000 Burmese veterans elites, to carry out all-round management and protection of the Firearms Manufacturing Administration.

At the same time, it was also arranged for the black owl's spies to enter it, responsible for personnel management and monitoring and identification, and no one who did not belong to the agency was not allowed to approach this place unless there was Xiao Ruxun's handwritten warrant and token.

Of course, Xiao Ruxun himself can enter by brushing his face.

The emperor came in person, and the person in charge of the General Manufacturing Bureau had to come to greet him, but he didn't see Xu Guangqi, it seemed that Xu Guangqi still had some trouble with Xiao Ruxun's behavior of being the emperor, it didn't matter, Xiao Ruxun had enough tolerance for Xu Guangqi, as long as he worked hard, just like Yuan Huang.

Yuan Huang has already begun to grasp the construction of the Dachi Road, organizing the refugees and displaced people around the Beijing Division, carrying out it in an orderly manner, and learning from the experience of a large number of young officials around him, and then he will devote himself to the construction of the Dachi Road.

Xu Guangqi was also silently immersed in the study of firearms, and in a short period of time, he also got two achievements, the Mini bullet and the short-handled handcuff, and the results were indeed very great.

Although these advances cannot be put into equipment on a large scale at the moment, at least they have been made, and there are enough achievements and records, and Xiao Ruxun's hundreds of thousands of dollars of silver thrown into it are not fruitless.

The results are still relatively obvious.

Therefore, Xiao Ruxun approved a research fund of 1 million silver to the General Administration of Firearms Manufacturing at that time, which was handed over to Xu Guangqi to be fully responsible for handling, and at the same time, the newly established Central Audit Department under the Ministry of Household Affairs supervised and used it.

Xiao Ruxun used a group of new officials in the former army to manage the allocation of grain and grass to form the audit department, nominally subordinate to the household department, but in fact directly responsible to Xiao Ruxun himself, the authority is to supervise the use of central appropriations and use standards, they all use easy-to-understand Arabic numerals and statistical tables for audit work.

The conclusions they have reached will be reported directly to Xiao Ruxun, so that Xiao Ruxun can compare the statistical results given by the statisticians of these institutions themselves.

It's not that Xiao Ruxun can't trust Xu Guangqi, but he can't trust others, there will always be deviations in the intentions of the central government, and the deviation in implementation is the reason why Xiao Ruxun set up the audit department, but this does not prevent him from trusting Xu Guangqi.

Even if Xu Guangqi doesn't want to deal with him, it doesn't matter, he can go to Xu Guangqi in person, who makes Xu Guangqi really capable?

During this time, he has already fully understood the achievements of Xiao Ruxun in Myanmar for three years, and has become the most powerful expert in the General Administration of Firearms Manufacturing, presiding over various research projects, and the progress is very gratifying.

With his work attitude and work results, Xiao Ruxun can tolerate him in some aspects.

So he personally arrived at Xu Guangqi's office to find Xu Guangqi.

When Xiao Ruxun entered, Xu Guangqi was holding a document and looking at it carefully, as soon as Xiao Ruxun walked in, Xu Guangqi looked up and saw Xiao Ruxun, hesitated for a moment, and then stood up and walked in front of Xiao Ruxun, intending to kneel down to greet him.

Xiao Ruxun lifted Xu Guangqi with one hand.

"This is not a formal occasion, what to kneel, no need to kneel, sit down!"

Xiao Ruxun found a chair and sat opposite Xu Guangqi's desk, Xu Guangqi was a little surprised, but did not hesitate, walked to his seat and sat down, facing Xiao Ruxun, who had become the emperor.

He didn't know what it was like in his heart.

"How's the research going? How much can Lightstart Buckshot and Light-Trigger Flint Gun be produced now? ”

A few days ago, Xiao Ruxun personally ordered to give the names Guangqi-style flintlock and Guangqi lead bullet to the new-style flintlock and the new-style Mini bullet, in recognition of Xu Guangqi's great contribution to this matter, and then gave him land and a house, and brought all his family to Jingshi for proper settlement, which was regarded as reassuring his heart.

At the same time, he was given a faint warning.

Do your best!

Xu Guangqi obviously understood Xiao Ruxun's intentions, so he didn't say a word and continued to do what he had to do, looking a little pampered.

It doesn't matter, as long as he does things honestly, Xiao Ruxun doesn't care too much about others.

"The key is that the number of craftsmen who can meet the requirements is not large, so although there are many other craftsmen, they can use the assembly line to make bird guns according to His Majesty's requirements, but the part involving rifling and Guangqi lead bullets can only be done by some skilled old craftsmen, so the output has not been able to be increased, according to the current production capacity, a maximum of fifty pieces per month."

Xiao Ruxun thought about it.

In order for this army to form combat effectiveness, it needs at least 10,000 such flintlock guns to equip an army, fifty a month, that is to say, it takes twenty months, one year and eight months of hard work to equip an army.

What's more important is that it is not guaranteed that all are good products, and there are a considerable number of defective and substandard products, which are equivalent to being discarded, and the funds needed are a huge number.

"It's enough to make ten light-inspired flintlocks every month, to ensure that they are good products, and the rest is to improve the production method as much as possible, after all, manpower is slow and unstable, and it is necessary to study the way the appliance is built, just like a loom, understand?"

Xu Guangqi nodded.

"I understand."