Iron Dynasty

There are mountains at the ends of both sides of the military workshop yard, and the test shots usually target the mountains.

At this time, Chen Qi asked the craftsman to open the canvas on the artillery.

Xiao Ming saw it, as Chen Qi said, not only was the length of this batch of artillery reduced, but the caliber of the muzzle was also reduced.

The theory of artillery design Xiao Ming once said to Chen Qi, it seems that this is the result of applying what he learned.

Therefore, it is not the artillery that is satisfied this time, but that the military workshop has been able to independently develop other types of artillery. This is the real progress of the military workshop.

After turning around the export-type artillery, Xiao Ming nodded again. Generally speaking, without considering the shells, there are only two factors that determine the range and power of the artillery. One is the barrel length and the other is the caliber. .

For the caliber, naturally the larger the caliber, the thicker the barrel, the greater the power.

The length of the barrel is relative to the caliber. The longer the barrel, the more favorable the action time of the high-pressure gas in the barrel on the shell.

The longer the time, the greater the muzzle velocity of the shell, and the farther the range will be.

Using this principle, different types of artillery can be designed. Now Qingzhou has the ability to produce artillery. Next, Xiao Ming will improve the artillery system so that Qingzhou’s battleships have naval guns, the field army has field guns, and the defenders have Defensive cannon.

After being loaded skillfully, with a roar after ignition, the shell flew straight into the distance. After 700 meters, the shell began to fall to the ground and rolled, and finally the shell was blocked by the mountain.

"A direct shot at a range of 700 meters, um, that's okay. In that case, this king asked the Forbidden Army to transport the artillery away." Xiao Ming said, not only Wei Wang was urging.

Xiao Wenxuan has also been urging artillery.

In order for Xiao Ming to deliver the goods as soon as possible, the ship of the Forbidden Army has arrived in Qingzhou. After the envoy of King Wei left yesterday, the generals of the Forbidden Army who were responsible for transporting artillery arrived.

This general claimed to be a lieutenant of the newly organized firearms battalion, and was responsible for artillery matters.

Hearing the name Firearms Camp, Xiao Ming was a little speechless at the time. I am afraid that he will slowly introduce the Great Yu Kingdom into the firearms era in the battle of Cangzhou.

Xiao Wenxuan set up a firearms camp, you can imagine his thoughts.

After inspecting the export-oriented artillery, Xiao Ming followed Chen Qi into the military workshop.

In the ring valley, the military workshops consist of twelve workshops from south to north, and the craftsmen in each workshop are responsible for different processes.

Iron and steel refining, clay moulding, iron mould casting, pouring, cleaning, polishing and so on.

The area of ​​these workshops is not small, from south to north, a workshop is 100 meters long and 10 meters wide.

"Yesterday, the envoy of the king of Wei gave another three million taels of silver to this king, Chen Qi, your military workshop is now the largest profit-making company in Qingzhou." Xiao Ming and Chen Qi chatted and inspected the military workshop. .

Chen Qi grinned, "His Royal Highness, since our military workshop is so profitable, are we going to expand a few more factories? This salary will also increase for the craftsmen."

"Hahaha, you have just taken up your post and became the supervisor of the military workshop. Are you going to start protecting your shortcomings?" Xiao Ming smiled.

Chen Qi smiled bitterly, "His Royal Highness, I was not an official before, and I didn’t understand it. Now I understand that it’s not easy to be an official. There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in this military workshop. Every craftsman has to live. If you are wealthy, you can work with all your heart? And many of the craftsmen in it are still slaves. Your Majesty, you said before that if they do well, they will be released from slavery and given them a Qingzhou household registration. Now one year has passed. These craftsmen are all waiting for your highness, what do you mean?"

"Well, as a workshop supervisor, it is okay to seek benefits for the craftsmen under your own hands. You are right. The cakes drawn by this king can't be kept hanging like this, otherwise the slaves in Qingzhou will say that this king There is no word for it, well, you give me a list of some outstanding craftsmen, and today I will do special things when the king comes." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi was overjoyed and said, "Okay, Your Highness, wait a minute, I'll get the list now."

Hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled bitterly, it turned out that Chen Qi had planned.

However, this is exactly what Xiao Ming plans to do recently. As the new year is about to come, he has to make a summary of the government affairs of the year, the reward for the reward, the reprimand for the rebuke.

After waiting for a while, Chen Qi brought a roster over.

The roster is divided into two parts, one is slave craftsmen, and the other is craftsmen with Qingzhou household registration.

There are thirty names on each roster.

And it's also very clear about why sixty people in these two volumes received this kind of reward.

For example, a team led by a craftsman named Song Changping produces the most artillery per month, reaching six.

In the military workshop, the craftsmen are strictly organized. Every hundred people are divided into teams, and a team has a captain. In the military workshop, there are one hundred such teams.

Basically, the other teams can only cast about three artillery pieces a month.

The reason for the huge difference is that Song Changping often called a team to study the artillery process and developed a casting method called continuous casting, which changed the traditional method of casting only one artillery at a time. .

This continuous casting method can simultaneously pour molten steel into six gun molds through an interconnected steel tank, saving a lot of time for repeated molten steel casting, and the quality of the same batch of guns is basically the same.

Seeing Song Changping's contribution, Xiao Ming smiled.

I was preparing to promote this continuous casting method, but I didn't expect that the craftsmen in the military workshop had discovered it in advance.

This shows that the wisdom of the broad masses of people is infinite, and what they lack is only a guide.

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"This Song Changping is very clever, and he can almost surpass me with a little skill." Chen Qi laughed. "And this Song Changping is still a slave. It is said that both his parents are in the shipbuilding workshop. Reunion, he will be very happy."

Xiao Ming nodded slowly. What he lacks most now is outstanding talents. Only in production practice can really talented people be selected.

After all, Chen Qi's energy is limited, and the future tasks of the military workshop will become heavier and heavier. Only this artillery is enough for Chen Qi to toss. With this Song Changping, he can train and prepare talents in advance for the production of the gun.

"The casting of the guns in the General Workshop has doubled, and it is worthy of praise. Now you can summon the craftsmen." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi nodded, and then ordered all the craftsmen to gather in the yard.

Holding the roster, Xiao Ming went to the yard and looked at the craftsmen, with an unusually secure heart.

(To be continued.)