Winter in Dongning is just too long!

It was so long that it felt like time had stood still!

Whether there's something to do or not, let's have hot pot and eat meat!

When you're feeling relaxed, have some chicken stew with mushrooms!

Free-range chickens paired with Dongning's autumn specialty straw mushrooms make for a truly delightful experience!

What made Li Xin even happier was that he had a son!

Just as winter began, Princess Ning Xiaoqian gave birth to a son for him, who is now two or three months old.

Watching the little one grow up little by little, his adorable expressions softened Li Xin's heart.

He knew that in this era, he not only had a business empire, subordinates, and a wife, but more importantly, he had a bloodline to carry on!

Working hard in this era is also to give my son a better starting point and a better future!

Fortunately, everything is going smoothly in Dongning's development!

More than a year has passed in this era.

In the past year or so, Li Xin has grown from nothing to his current formidable strength.

The most exciting thing is that we have moved from the era of cold weapons to the era of firearms!

Winter is long!

However long it may be, it will eventually come to an end.

In the third month of the eighteenth year of the Tongxu reign, spring arrived in Dongning.

The glacier melted, and the yang energy returned.

The biting cold gradually disappeared.

What excited Li Xin even more was that the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau's Musketeer Department had also finalized the standardized production process for Dongning-made flintlock muskets.

The manufacturing methods for each component have been finalized, and mass production is now possible.

On the third day of the third lunar month, Li Xin arrived at the Dongning Arsenal's Musketeer Bureau.

At this moment, the workers at the musket were all in their positions, waiting.

Xu Hedou, the head of the Musketeers Bureau, walked up to Li Xin and said excitedly, "Your Highness, everything is ready!"

"Okay, let's get started!"

With Li Xin's order, the musket bureau's production line began to operate, and high-quality steel began to be cut and shaped by various machine tools.

Different parts are produced in different small workshops.

Seeing the busy workers, Li Xin also stepped into a workshop.

This workshop specializes in making metal gun barrels.

Watching steel billets being transformed into gun barrels through various machine tools, Li Xin smiled.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Li Xin nodded in satisfaction. He reached out and picked up a gun barrel, examining it closely.

The accuracy of the flintlock muskets made in Dongning was already quite good.

Even inside the barrel, several rifling grooves were added to improve the accuracy of the bullets.

If there's any regret, it's that the fundamentals of chemical engineering are still under research, and things like mercury fulminate, smokeless gunpowder, and nitrocellulose have not yet been manufactured.

If these technologies can be developed, it might be possible to produce fixed-load bullets.

By then, flintlock muskets will be obsolete.

never mind!

You have to take things one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you're likely to run into trouble!

Li Xin didn't ask for much!

Gun barrels, stocks, flintlock mechanisms, and other components are being manufactured in an orderly manner according to different procedures.

In the afternoon, the manufactured components, after being inspected by quality control personnel, flowed into the assembly workshop.

There are three assembly workshops in total, each assembling different parts.

After half an hour of assembly, the first Dongning-made flintlock musket officially rolled off the production line!

"Your Highness, assembly is complete!"

Xu Hedou, the head of the musket bureau, walked up to Li Xin with a flintlock musket made in Dongning in his hand and said, "Your Highness, take a look!"

Taking the flintlock musket made in Dongning, Li Xin carefully examined the gun.

On the stock, there is a string of words printed on it that reads “Dongning Made Jiazi 00001”.

This is the serial number of this Dongning-made flintlock musket, which was also used to prevent the firearms from leaving the country.

At the Dongning Manufacturing Bureau's Musketeer Department, every flintlock musket produced was marked with a unique serial number.

When these weapons are distributed to the soldiers, their names and numbers will be recorded.

During war, if firearms are lost or destroyed, there is evidence to prove it.

If it's lost, that would be a very serious matter!

This management method was also developed with reference to later generations.

After all, in this era, the flintlock musket made in Dongning was a revolutionary new weapon!

Only by firmly grasping these new weapons can we maintain our deterrent power at all times and ensure our survival in this era!

Whoever has a gun is king!

Li Xin understood this principle!

The production line of the Dongning Arsenal's Musketeer Bureau was operating at full capacity.

After the first day, eighty Dongning-made flintlock muskets had been produced.

Seeing this output, Li Xin felt a surge of excitement.

Eighty?

Li Xin said with a smile, "At this rate, in four or five months, our entire royal guard will be able to change into new uniforms!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Xu Hedou, the head of the musket bureau, nodded and said, "If Your Highness feels that the time is too slow, we can increase the production line and increase the output of firearms!"

Currently, with 320 workers, we can produce 80 Dongning-made flintlock muskets per day. If we double the manpower, the output will double!

"That works too!"

Li Xin thought for a moment and said, "Try to increase production as much as possible, to more than a hundred per day, so that the troops can be equipped quickly!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

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