It is necessary to find firearms that can adapt to high-explosive gunpowder, otherwise it will not only embarrass the travelers but also put their lives at risk.
Zhu Youjian was so worried that he didn't sleep all night. The next day, he really thought of a usable firearm. Not only could it adapt to the power of high-explosive gunpowder, but it could also be mass-produced under the existing technical conditions.
"Big companion, we will send some more blacksmiths and carpenters to Longevity Mountain, as well as some gunpowder-making craftsmen. I have something urgent to handle for them. By the way, how is the sugar factory in Julien City doing?"
"Your Majesty, Yu Liancheng's sugar factory is already making sugar. In the past few days, he has set up a shop in Beijing to sell sugar. It is said that the sales are pretty good. I went over to take a look. There are quite a lot of people buying the goods.
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"Have you started selling goods? Where is the best! After you place an order of 10,000 kilograms for his sugar factory, I want to use white sugar. Remember to pay people in cash, not IOUs! His sugar factory has just started operating, and it is exactly
When you are short of money, the quality of the sugar must be tested. I will personally use this batch of white sugar."
"I'll make arrangements as soon as I'm done. Your Majesty is really considerate of that boy Yu Liancheng, for fear that he will lose money on his business."
Wang Chengen felt that the emperor purchased these 10,000 kilograms of sugar purely to take care of Yu Liancheng's business. With this order of 10,000 kilograms, he was not far away from completing the task of earning three thousand taels of silver a year. It seemed that the emperor had decided to
Great for connecting cities!
Chongzhen was really not prepared to use it extensively in Liancheng. When he started the sugar factory project, in addition to wanting to make some money, the main purpose was to make sugar more convenient. Sugar is an important strategic material, which not only provides high-calorie food, but also makes money.
If you don’t have a little bit of the necessities of high-explosive gunpowder in your hands, you will always feel uneasy.
The craftsmen arranged by Lao Wang arrived quickly. After meeting them, Chongzhen told them the research plan. The blacksmith and carpenter first made the grenade look like according to the graphics they drew.
The style of the grenade adopts the classic style of a wooden handle grenade, which is a cast iron can with a wooden handle on it. The pull-tab type cannot be made now, so we can only use the ignition type. On the one hand, the function of the wooden handle is to make it easier to throw it far.
On the other hand, it is for placing the lead. When using it, first light the lead with a fire breaker and then throw it out.
One of the tasks of the carpenters and blacksmiths is to make regular grenade original parts, which should be easy to assemble and easy to use. In addition, they must do some training to pop them out. Before the regular grenades come out, the students in the military academy must first use training rounds to become familiar with grenade tactics.
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The task of the gunpowder maker is to first purify the existing gunpowder raw materials and find the most powerful ratio, then fill it with sugar and experiment to find the best formula.
Several formulas for new gunpowder must be worked out. In addition to the most powerful formula, several less powerful formulas must also be made to facilitate use in different environments. Zhu Youjian's idea is that in the future, there will be no more
Regardless of whether it is propellant or explosive, this high-explosive gunpowder is used.
After arranging the craftsmen to study grenades, he did not sit idle. Instead, he went to the War Bureau and the Iron Training Factory under the Royal Horse Supervisor. Steel is the basis of everything. No matter how good the idea is, if the quality and quality of the steel are not improved,
Everything about production capacity is a castle in the air.
After looking around the workshops for iron training, steel training and weapon making, Chongzhen was very dissatisfied. The craftsmen here didn't have the energy to work at all. They were all hungry, sallow, and looked sluggish. How could they survive like this?
Responsible for the military supply of the Ming Dynasty?
"The Royal Horse Supervisor, the Military War Bureau, the Ministry of Industry, and the heads of each field are all here. I took a look at your work scene today. It is a mess! The craftsmen have no energy and can be said to be very unusable. I will give you a
It will take a month to sort this place out. During this month, we must first keep all the factories in order and clean! At the same time, we have to do a few things. First, let people put all the boxes in the box according to the pattern I drew.
The blower is replaced with a blower designed by me. There are two types of blowers, the small iron furnace type is hand-cranked, and the large one is driven by a water wheel! The style is very simple, and skilled craftsmen can make it after a few trials. 2-Everything is practiced
An air duct must be added between the air supply facilities used in iron and steel-making furnaces. The lower part of the air duct must be heated with a large fire. After the air is heated, it is sent into the iron-making and steel-making furnaces! Third, all coal used for iron-making
, all changed to coke! Fourth, according to the drawing I drew, arrange for capable craftsmen to make this plate press, which is a few rotating cast iron pillars, and then send the red-hot material in, and use the water wheel to drive the iron pillars to rotate.
Just press the material into a steel plate. My requirement is very simple, just press out a steel plate with a uniform thickness of three to five centimeters. Do you understand?"
"I understand, I will complete it according to His Majesty's request within one month." The people below agreed quite happily, but they didn't know if they could actually do it.
"I won't let you get your fingers wet. I've allocated ten thousand taels of silver from the internal treasury specifically for this rectification. I've given the money to you! We'll see the results in a month to see if you can use it well. Also, after using the hot air,
The temperature of the iron furnace will increase a lot. You have to adjust the fillers for iron making, steel making and the bottom lining of the furnace according to the actual situation. Otherwise, the furnace may be broken. Don't let the iron not be smelted and cause some safety accidents.
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Zhu Youjian didn't understand the major technological improvements in iron and steelmaking, and he didn't have the time to study them in detail. However, he still knew how to increase the furnace temperature. At present, steelmaking mainly uses three types: charcoal, coal and coke. Among them, the temperature of coke
The highest, but the furnace temperature is still not enough, so a lot of auxiliary materials have to be added to reduce the reaction temperature of the iron ore. If more auxiliary materials are filled, there will be more impurities, and the quality of the iron produced will not be high.
The purpose of making a plate press is to get a batch of steel plates out quickly. Armor and protective gear are very important in the cold weapon era, even more important than weapons. With the current speed of making armor, it will take a lot of time to make thousands of sets. Zhu Youjian doesn't have that
He had no time and no money to wait! So he thought of an opportunistic way to get some steel plates, sew some pockets on his clothes, cut the steel plates into small rectangles, and put them in. The simple armor was ready.
The armor made like this is definitely not comparable to serious armor. But the protective power is actually not much worse. The new army he wants to train will not rely solely on hand-to-hand combat with the enemy with bayonets. Besides, there are good armors now.
The Ming army couldn't compete with the Qing army with bayonets. No matter how good they were, it would be a waste.
What he has done in the past two days is a serious matter. As long as suitable grenades, gunpowder, and body armor are obtained, his new army will be able to fight in a short time. The trouble now is that he has not found a way to make money quickly.
In addition, the recruitment of people in the New Army has not yet started. In other aspects, it is on the right track. For example, more than 200 students have arrived in the general hall. These are all good talents who have come from all over the country to serve the imperial court!