Steel, Guns, and the Industrial Party that Traveled to Another World

A debate is going on.

"Your Majesty, I still feel something is wrong..." said the former family knight who led his company for rotation training - now Captain Holman.

"Don't try to persuade me, Holman. After all, this matter has been going on for a while. How can we give up halfway?"

"But I still have to say that there is really no need to teach soldiers to read. They just need to understand the orders."

"No, I want to build a different army. The first difference is that soldiers are knowledgeable and thoughtful."

"Okay, let's not discuss whether they are qualified to receive education, but have you ever considered that after they acquire knowledge, will they still be willing to be soldiers? Will they still be willing to be driven by you?"

"I will make the military a glorious profession. Of course, this does not refer to the kind of soldiers in aristocratic circles, but a military profession that truly belongs to the general public. If even then, they still want to break away from my leadership, it will only It means I don’t have the qualifications.”

"What? This is ridiculous. Ah, please forgive me, Earl, I'm rude. But, you are their lord, what qualifications do you have? Ruling them is both a right and an obligation, just like the sun rising in the east and setting in the west. So natural."

"Okay, Holman, I've made up my mind. It's been going on for so long. Do you want me to take back my order? Wouldn't that be a slap in the face to myself?"

Seeing that Holman was going to continue arguing, Paul raised a hand and said, "That's it. I will go back to the town immediately to meet with the envoy from the royal capital. I estimate that I will stay for a few days. I hope that after I come back, the Second Battalion will In addition to being physically fit, the soldiers are also able to read and write their own names.”

After personally playing the role of "Enlightenment Teacher", Paul no longer dared to set his expectations too high. After speaking, he turned around and walked out of the camp.

Holman turned to Claude next to him, "Are the Earl and you really teaching soldiers literacy yourself?" He still felt incredible.

Claude spread his hands and smiled bitterly: "When I heard his plan, I almost suspected that I was dreaming. Our little earl will do something beyond common sense!"

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Paul came to the blacksmiths' camp and asked, "How is the progress of the muskets?"

The blacksmith Herman was fiddling with something with several colleagues. When he saw Paul coming in, he immediately stood up and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, we are thinking about improving the trigger of the flintlock gun. Because we are not magicians, it is a bit laborious."

He said honestly: "With the trigger I have now, the gun made will probably have a high misfire rate."

Paul nodded. On Earth, when the flintlock gun was first invented, due to poor steel and shrapnel manufacturing technology, the flint could not produce sparks, or the sparks produced were not enough to ignite the gunpowder, resulting in an extremely high misfire rate. This is also Understandable.

"It seems that the development of technology cannot be achieved overnight."

He picked up the already built matchlock gun next to him and looked at it carefully. The structure was very simple, with no front sight or rear sight, only the barrel, butt, medicine tank and trigger. But it was indeed a real musket. Although generally similar to a flintlock gun, the firing structure of a matchlock gun is much simpler.

The gun action is composed of a snake-shaped rod and a trigger. There is a match rope clamped on the snake-shaped rod. When firing, the trigger is pulled and the snake-shaped rod is pushed through the lever, so that the burning match rope contacts the gunpowder pool at the end of the barrel, and the flame passes through the barrel. The rear fire door passes into the gun chamber. This type of gun is much easier to make.

The barrel is made by blacksmiths using the rolling method. The iron sheet made of wrought iron is wrapped around a mandrel and slowly forged. It is corrected with the help of the grooves on the anvil, and rolled into an iron pipe bit by bit. The shape can only be like this until a good drill can be made.

"Well, let's pause the improvement of flintlock guns first and concentrate all our efforts on producing matchlocks. How long will it take you to make such a matchlock from scratch?" After thinking about it, he needed to get a batch of usable ones right away. Instead of slowly researching and improving flintlock muskets, it would be better to immediately mass-produce simple and mature matchlocks so that soldiers can become familiar with the use of gunpowder weapons as soon as possible.

"A blacksmith and an apprentice, if everything goes well, it will take about two weeks."

"Two weeks? It's a bit long... Okay, it's okay, but the quality of the barrel must be good, and the finished product must not have the same explosion phenomenon as in the previous experiment."

"Please rest assured, Lord Earl. We have done a lot of experiments and have basically figured out the relationship between the amount of medicine and the power of the explosion. We must be careful about the quality of the barrel."

"Very good. I'm eager to use this musket. I must increase production. I will allocate a group of apprentices and carpenters who specialize in making gun stocks. You must carefully teach them the skills of making muskets. Don't hide anything, no matter what. If anyone teaches a good job, I will reward him with two months’ salary.”

The blacksmiths opened their eyes wide after hearing this, it was still very tempting.

Just listen to the earl continue to say: "The other thing is, after you have more people, I suggest you allocate the work. Each person is only responsible for making one component. The person who makes the barrel only makes the barrel, and the person who makes the gun only makes the gun. Assembling is all about assembling and distributing complicated things. More manpower, and less manpower for simple things. However, the parts of the musket must be universal. You must designate a dedicated person to be responsible for the measurement and acceptance of the parts so that they can be assembled and will be easier to install in the future. maintenance.”

Anyway, the structure of the fire rod is relatively simple, and it does not need to be too high, so that the craftsmen can try this new way of working.

Everyone nodded one after another, and then the counts were far -sighted.

"Everyone, I will send a special person to count your finished product rate and residue rate. Said.

Everyone sweated. Because they were in the barracks, they had witnessed the "small punishment" of those recruits.

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At two o'clock in the afternoon, Huxin Town ushered in a strange army.

After passing through the pontoon, the army opened along the Central Street to the Lord's Mansion with a neat and unbelievable step.

"After entering the town, concentrate, strictly maintain the formation, not allowed to look around, and not to eloquence." David commanded the commander loudly, and then continued to shout the slogan of "One Two One".

The streets on both sides of the street are full of curious township people. The reason why they are so bold is because they see the leader of this team, Paul Paul, who realized that these were brought out of the town by the Earl a few days ago. Recruits of foreign training.

"Hey? Isn't that who is who is and who? Oh, I haven't seen it for a while, I can't recognize it. How can I become so strong in the past?"

"Yeah, the younger son of my neighbor's house is also inside. In the past, Wenwen was weak. Now this spirit is like changing individuals."

"This team is so unprecedented, the previous guard couldn't compare ..."

Similar discussions in the crowd kept coming, and Makarov, who was walking in the team, secretly proud: "What is the strong, Lao Tzu now recognizes the words! Speak it out to scare you." But the strict military discipline let him continue Stretching his face and dare not show it.

The team entered the hillside north of the island, and finally stopped in front of the lord castle door.

"Li Ding!! Break!" David died loudly: "Lord's big human body shots, you have worked hard, you can give you a afternoon vacation, you can move freely in the town. Give me a collection.

"Long live the lord!" After cheering, they all fought together. Not long ago, I just sent a army. Many people who had no money to save money had long been covered. Now I finally spend it.

After the soldiers were dispersed, Paul Tema entered the castle gate. The old housekeeper immediately greeted it after getting the notice. "Master, the messenger is waiting for you in the hall."

"Okay, I will see them right away."

After coming to the castle hall, I found that in addition to the messenger of Wangdu, Ford's head and Bryce battalion also inside. The three saw the lord came in and stood up to salute him.

"Lord Earl, this is the messenger of the king capital, Baron Hamsell Abobot."

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"Baron Abbot, this is the new lord of our Alida, Count Paul Graman."

Ford's director introduced the two parties.

The new lord is more tender than expected, and Hansel bowed slightly.

"Dear Earl Graman, I came to your land this time, on the one hand, to convey the will of His Majesty the King, congratulations, now you are the official Alida lord recognized by the kingdom government. On the other hand, I You will have heard of the recent situation of the royal family. You must have heard of the recent situation, so many royal representatives have been sent to various places to strengthen the connection and solidarity between loyal ministers like you. "

Paul slightly looked at the Han Sel, medium, thin body, very elegant dress, gray -white hair care, no need for white face, a pair of eyes give people a very savvy feeling, and revealing a trace of no right. Available.

He said very grateful: "Thank you Her Majesty for his trust in me. I must live up to His Majesty."

Because they were waiting for the lord to come back, everyone did not have lunch, so the guests went to the restaurant to sit and talk while eating.

But a dispute happened soon.

"But adults, please forgive me to be rude. I took the liberty to visit your territory. According to my observations, the pirate's threat to you is not as serious as you think. I think the first urgentity is to organize a team of Qin King to join In the Pingjie Army, His Royal Highness.

"What is the messenger's thing? Our old count sacrificed because of the crushing pirates. Isn't this serious? I can't wait!" Briste's Brece refuted loudly.

"Forgive me, the Earl will not happen if he does not provoke the pirates." Yijie's civilian martial arts also dare to talk randomly, letting him and the nobles eat at a table very uncomfortable, Hanser is slightly unpleasant.

"What should I do if the safety of the town and the leader?"

Hanser said with disdain: "It will not dare to attacked the lake heart town where the lord is located for ten boldness, which will cause the collective anger of the surrounding nobles. As for the life of the border areas, why care so much?"

"This..." Bryce blushed and wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to say some words. Whether in the eyes of the other party or in his heart, he was still a commoner. The huge gap in status made him calm down quickly and restrain himself.

A living class education, a certain earl who had not yet cultivated the consciousness of the ruling class sighed in his heart.

He said to smooth things over: "The last time we failed to fight against pirates, there were heavy casualties. We recruited a group of new soldiers to supplement the army. With the current training level, we can't do anything. Everything will be discussed after the new recruits are trained!"

Hansel was not happy after hearing this. He wanted to trick you into being cannon fodder. What's the point of training? In the end, he just didn't want to go.

"My lord, please allow me to remind you of the primary obligation of a vassal to the lord. Pirates are just scratching your itch through your boots, but Giles's rebels are the kingdom's confidant."

He still refused to give up. He looked at the little brat lord sitting in the first seat with the style of a royal aristocrat, and his tone became serious.

Damn it, you don't just bow down to me as the protagonist, but you actually want to command me. Look at my domineering spirit.

"Also let me remind you that I am the lord here! And there is a deep hatred between me and the pirates." The young earl slapped the table and stared at him with a serious expression. Are you competing in staring? I am too familiar with it.

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"Yes, Lord Earl."

After a long time, Hansel bowed his head slightly, as if he had given in, and then he lowered his head to eat the food silently.

The banquet continued in an awkward atmosphere...