Tianjin Guard Factory is located in the east of the city, with various factories such as the steam furnace factory, steam engine room, gun bullet factory, iron factory, wood factory, copper cast iron factory, gunpowder warehouse, etc., continuously producing the needed guns, explosives, and artillery for this brand new empire.

Originally, the arsenal was concentrated in the southern part of Liao, where the Jiuzhou Army was first operated, but later it moved to Jingji with its main force.

In order to set up an arsenal in Tianjin Wei, Chu Yun spent 480,000 taels of silver just to prepare for the arsenal, and he had to continue to invest a lot every year.

Currently, the arsenal employs 3,000 workers all year round, and produces a large amount of black gunpowder, shells, muskets and artillery every year.

The general office of the arsenal learned that Chu Yun personally brought the Navy Minister to inspect, and knew what he wanted to see, so he hurriedly called two artillery experts to greet him.

"Military Master, you brought me to the arsenal. Is there any new weapon? Could it be..." Nelson followed Chu Yun, and the two stood in front of the gate of the Tianjin Guard Arsenal, surrounded by guards armed to the teeth.

One of these two people is the supreme ruler and the other is the Minister of the Navy. If something happens to both of them, the entire empire will be in chaos.

"You will know later." Chu Yun kept it in a silence.

"You suddenly went from Beijing to Tianjin Wei, which must be a very amazing new thing. I wonder if my daughter is doing well in Beijing?" Nelson asked.

"She is okay. She is thinking about how to train Ling'er. I don't know if she wants to be a soldier or an ordinary cultural person..."

When Chu Yun was about to talk about family affairs with Nelson, the chief office of the arsenal broke their conversation with two artillery experts.

"Welcome to the Lord of the Army to inspect. Our arsenal has been successfully completed in what you have explained. I will take you to inspect and accept it." said the General Office of the Arsenal.

He caught a glimpse of Nelson in casual clothes. As the chief office of the arsenal, he was not unfamiliar with Nelson who was stationed in Tianjin.

The Minister of the Navy came here in person, so the military leader must have come to see the thing.

"You lead the way ahead." Chu Yun said.

"Yes!" The general office took them to the artillery factory.

The artillery factory includes large sets of industrial equipment such as iron stirring furnaces, rolling mills, heating furnaces, water hammers, and lathes for cutting parts. These equipment and technologies are either finished and imitations directly summoned by Chu Yun using the system, or are produced by the summoned talents themselves or based on their own knowledge and experience.

There are a large number of artillery experts and skilled workers here. These artillery experts have knowledge of ballistics and materials, and their value is unimaginable.

"Our artillery factory is divided into several research groups, among which the naval naval guns are divided into front-mounted rifled gun groups, rear-mounted rifled gun groups, and old-style front-mounted smoothbore gun groups. The era of smoothbore guns has passed, and we focus our energy on more accurate research on rifled guns." The General Office saw that Nelson was coming, so he took Chu Yun and Nelson to visit the research on naval naval guns.

"How is the 110-pound Armstrong rear-mounted rifled gun?" Nelson asked.

He had long known that the arsenal was studying a more powerful artillery. It is said that the theoretical range of this artillery can reach an astonishing 3.7 kilometers, and its power is greater than all artillery used now.

Originally, the General Fubo ironclad ship had an Armstrong gun equipped with a 110-pound Armstrong gun, but considering that the General Fubo's displacement was only 3,000 tons, and the Armstrong gun itself still had many problems, so it was replaced by a 68-pound front-loading gun and a 40-pound front-loading gun.

When the General Office heard Nelson ask about the development of the 110-pound Armstrong artillery, he couldn't help but show an embarrassing expression: "Our rear-mounted rifled gun team has been studying for a long time, but it still cannot solve the problem of the 110-pound rear-mounted gun. The tail bolt and lock bolt of the Armstrong artillery have serious problems. In our test, after the artillery was used for a certain number of times, almost all the lock bolts on the artillery appeared cracks, and the lock bolts of some guns were broken. The explosion of the bolts would make all the members of the group we had finally trained to sacrifice. Moreover, the cost of the artillery was extremely expensive. So our artillery factory called this kind of artillery the worst artillery, but the 40-pound rear-mounted rifled gun has reliable performance."

Such a tragic situation must be reported no matter what the explosion occurred during the test, resulting in the death of the entire gun team.

Nelson was a little disappointed after hearing this. It seemed that the 110-pound cannon could not be mounted on the ironclad ship.

Is 68-pound cannon the limit of naval cannons?

"Since half a month ago, our arsenal was trying to unify the specifications of artillery and shells. Now we no longer use the weight of the shells to describe artillery, but have begun to use the caliber of artillery to describe artillery, such as the 110-pound Armstrong gun with a caliber of 178 mm." The General Office said.

Chu Yun nodded while listening. Using the caliber to unify the shells was his order. Of course, he knew about this sudden change.

"We cannot overcome the technical difficulties of the rear-mounted rifled gun for the time being, but our front-mounted rifled gun team has developed a larger caliber and reliable front-mounted gun."

The General Office mentioned the front-mounted rifled cannon with more mature technology, and immediately raised his head and chest out, full of confidence.

Chu Yun and Nelson followed the General Office to the place where the finished artillery was placed and saw two artillery parked in the factory, both covered with canvas.

Next to the two regiments of canvas were artillery experts and skilled workers, who were confidently holding their heads and chests. The ability to show the achievements of their efforts to the military leader and the Navy Minister was the greatest affirmation of them!

Some of these artillery experts and skilled workers were summoned by the system, and many of them were talents cultivated by the local government.

As long as the government supports and has channels to learn technology, hardworking and brave Chinese people can always catch up quickly.

The General Office opened one of the canvas and revealed a cold, seven-ton guy: "This is a 178mm caliber front-mounted rifled gun, and the ammunition used is 110 pounds, which is used to replace the Armstrong gun."

Tianjin Guard Arsenal has actually developed a reliable 110-pound cannon!

Nelson was stunned. The cannons used on his flagship Victory were still 24-pound and 36-pound cannons!

Originally, he thought that the 40-pound and 68-pound cannons equipped by General Fubo were out of the blue, but now there is a 110-pound cannon! How can this make the wooden sailboat live?

Nelson was more than that shocked him. The General Office opened another canvas: "This front-mounted rifled gun is even more powerful. The front-mounted rifled gun with a caliber of 203 mm weighs nine tons. To be honest, such guns can be severely damaged, not to mention ordinary wooden sailboats, even ironclad ships."
Chapter completed!