Zhao Tai came to the test shooting site, and several craftsmen were trembling, surrounding the remaining five sample cannons, as if they were ready to continue the test shooting.

Zhao Tai frowned and showed displeasure, "Go! Let them stop the test shooting! Since the five doors of the chamber are blown up, these cannons should be destroyed, so why do you need to shoot again!"

Wang Chengshun quickly ordered someone to go over and stopped the test of artillery. When the craftsmen heard the order, they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if they were given a general amnesty.

At this time, a craftsman was brought over, and Wang Chengshun pointed: "King, this is this person. He was originally a craftsman from the Jin Kingdom."

Zhao Tai looked at the man, who was in his forties, wearing black work clothes from the workshop, and his expression was quite cramped and restrained.

"Little man Liu Shun pays homage to the king!" The craftsman stepped forward to salute.

"In the army, in the workshop, there is no need to give a big gift." Zhao Tai held him and said, "Did you propose a new cannon casting plan?"

Liu Shun was a little frightened and frightened, "The villain also looked at the cast iron cannons and often exploded, so he thought about whether he could use other methods."

Zhao Tai asked the Firearms Bureau to cast iron raiders and iron cannons.

Zhao Tai did not expect that because it was his request, the management of the workshop and the craftsmen did not dare to use other materials and methods when the iron cannons exploded repeatedly.

Liu Shun only thought of his opinion and questioned Zhao Tai's decision, and felt a little scared.

Zhao Tai saw his expression and guessed the reason. He immediately smiled and said, "Don't panic. I am not Yuan Shao, you have a good opinion!"

In an official society, few people who make decisions made by Shangguan, and those who do business, have different opinions.

Because the people below think that this will refute Shangguan's face, and if Shangguan loses face, it is very easy to punish the people below.

Therefore, even if Shangguan makes a wrong decision, few people below dare to make suggestions. After all, you don’t know whether Shangguan is Yuan Shao or Li Shimin.

In any era, Yuan Shao has many and Li Shimin has few.

For the sake of their own considerations, few people dare to be Tian Feng.

Zhao Tai is temporarily unable to change this situation. All he can do is to take advice and encourage his subordinates to give him advice.

Liu Shun was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Tai's words.

He mentioned it to the above several times and wanted to improve the plan, but the above people had concerns and did not adopt it.

At this time, Zhao Tai pointed to the remaining guns and asked, "What do you think the iron gun explodes?"

Seeing that Zhao Tai did not blame him, Liu Shun became more courageous. "Reported to the king, we cast iron cannons by melting iron blocks, pouring them into the mold, and cooling and solidifying to obtain the cannon body. This method is easier to obtain a cannon body of hundreds of kilograms, but during the solidification process of the iron, the cannon body is not forged, so there is inevitably uneven texture and impurities. I think the reason for the blow-off is that the cannon body is uneven texture and impurities."

Zhao Tai knows a little about everything, but he is not proficient in anything.

Zhao Tai can still make up those simple things by himself, but if it is a little complicated, he only knows one rough idea.

After all, he is not a science subject. Before he penetrated his soul, he didn't deliberately look at how to cast guns and cannons.

Therefore, Zhao Tai's role is just to point out a direction. How to create what he wants depends on his craftsmen.

Zhao Tai said that hydraulic power could be used, so the Tiangong Bureau developed a water truck for water conservancy forging, saying that it would use iron to replace bamboo tubes, so the original musket was found.

Now Zhao Tai told them what artillery is, and craftsmen still need to explore the manufacturing methods.

Zhao Tai nodded: "So you suggested that you try it with copper?"

Liu Shun nodded, "According to the observation of the villain, the iron cannon is hard and brittle, and the copper is not easy to rust, and it stretches better than cast iron, so the villain thinks it can be tried, but if you use copper, the fabric will be much more expensive."

At present, Zhao Tai has no copper mine in his hand. If he wants to cast a copper cannon, he must melt the copper coins.

Now Shandong is short of money, and the money-making cannon will undoubtedly increase the shortage of money, making it difficult for Shandong to develop.

Zhao Tai asked again: "You have another solution you proposed, let me tell you."

Liu Shundao: "The cast iron cannon has uneven texture. However, if the iron block is repeatedly forged and beaten, it can remove impurities. The villain thinks that the casting method of iron cannon is not mature now, so he may use the forging method to heat the forged cannon body and piece it into a long tube, and reinforce the joints with iron hoops. The small one has this idea, and the effect needs to be verified."

Before the mid-16th century, iron cannons in countries around the world basically adopted forging technology, while copper cannons adopted casting cannon technology. After the mid-16th century, due to the improvement of casting cannon technology, casting iron cannons gradually replaced forged iron cannons and casting bronze cannons.

Zhao Tai didn't understand these, but since the cast iron cannon method is not successful now, it would be better to use Liu Shun's suggestion to give it a try.

Zhao Tai nodded and then said, "Now I will promote you to be the manager of the Firearms Floor. You will lead the craftsmen of the Firearms Floor to use the two plans you proposed to make artillery. Do you dare to take on this job?"

According to Zhao Tai's request, the vassal governments gave craftsmen very high treatment, which was definitely more than that of the Southern Song Dynasty and Mongolia.

If you can become a manager of the Firearms Floor, your treatment will be several times higher than that of a craftsman.

Suddenly facing such an opportunity, Liu Shun was both excited and a little timid, afraid that he would be unable to do it, so he failed to do it and finally let Zhao Tai down.

Seeing his expression, Zhao Tai understood the complex mood of ordinary people when facing opportunities, and smiled and said, "If this matter is done, I will give you another 500 credits!"

Liu Shun was shocked, and the craftsmen around him were also shocked.

Zhao Tai knew that the artillery bombardment had blown up the enthusiasm of the craftsmen, so he said to everyone: "I will issue another decision. In the future, the vassal state will use a sum of money to raise the family of the craftsmen who died in the workplace. In addition, if they are unable to work due to disability, the vassal state will still pay them monthly and allow their descendants to enter the Engineering Science Hall."

Due to the financial problems of the vassal states, the craftsmen in the military weapon supervision can only get wages, pensions and compensation, and there is no benefit.

Seeing that the craftsmen in the Fire Equipment House were already afraid of making cannons and testing cannons, Zhao Tai decided to gradually give the craftsmen some benefits and security policies so that they have no worries and stimulate their enthusiasm.

"The king is wise!" Wang Chengshun reacted and quickly called the craftsmen to salute.

Zhao Tai waved his hand and asked Liu Shun: "Have you considered it clearly? Are you willing to take on this errand?"

Liu Shun bowed and said, "The villain is willing to die for the king, and is willing to take on this mission!"

Zhao Taixi said: "It's great. I'll stay in the workshop, work with you to overcome difficulties and create cannons."
Chapter completed!