Great Song Pirate

Chapter 465 Balance
After passing through the checkpoint at the entrance of Leigong Valley, Xu Yi came to the warehouse built in the valley. It was no longer the desolate place when he first came here to test the cannon, but a camp was built. A warehouse was also built, and a special bunker and shooting range were set up. It is already a standard experimental field. After the Leigong Cannon produced in the copper work is completed, it must be pulled here for trial release. After ensuring safety, it will be stored and waited. deployment.

The warehouse here is mainly used for temporary storage of sample guns. In addition, from time to time, we also try to release thunderbolts here to ensure the quality of thunderbolts produced in batches. This place is considered to be an experimental range that is more complete than the original shooting range on Dulong Island.

For this reason, Feng Fei stationed [-] elite soldiers here to guard the place full-time, and undertake the testing of various weapons, which can be regarded as a professional testing force.

The person in charge of managing here is a capital named Wang Erbao. As soon as he heard that Xu Yi was coming, he immediately called the garrison here to greet him. Xu Yi asked them to drag out the two iron cannons made by Qin Huzi, so these soldiers would not dare After a little delay, he immediately ran to the warehouse and dragged out two black iron cannons according to Xu Yi's request.

Xu Yi leaned over an iron cannon and carefully observed the condition of the iron cannon. He saw that there was no rust on the cannon. The two cannons are obviously well maintained by the soldiers here. From the point of view of shape, there is no difference between the two cannons and the bronze Leigong cannons, except that the material for casting the cannons has been replaced with steel. It is not as smooth as a bronze cannon, but there are no traces of air bubbles or cracks. Xu Yi looked at the barrel again. The inside was also wiped very clean, and the barrel was polished very smooth. The casting level of the entire cannon has reached a very high level. level, so he nodded his head while looking at it, and asked Qin Huzi who was behind him with a proud face;
"Tell me honestly, how many cannons have you cast before these two cannons?" Xu Yi asked him with a strange smile.

The smile on Qin Huzi's face froze immediately, and he coughed dryly and replied: "My lord is really amazing! You can tell at a glance that it's not the first time I've made these two cannons! Then I'd better be honest! It is true that I did not cast the two Tie Lei Gong cannons at once, but I selected two of the seven cannons I cast. The rest of the cannons had bubbles and looked pitted, so I melted them again. Only these two doors are left! Please forgive me, my lord!"

Xu Yi then nodded and smiled and said, "I'm not asking you for anything. It's the first time I've used cast iron cannons, and it's pretty good to be able to reach this level. I just lied to you, but you confessed everything. Forget it, I didn't say anything to you, so there's no need to be so nervous!"

Hearing what Xu Yi said, Qin Huzi felt relieved, scratched the back of his head awkwardly and laughed.

"Wang Erbao!" Xu Yi turned his head and called out the name of that Dutou.

"Humble job! What's your order, my lord?" The capital immediately stood up in front of Xu Yi and replied.

Xu Yi nodded, and asked him: "You manage this place very well, so you have to be commended. Let me ask you, how many times have you tried these two cannons?"

Wang Erbao immediately straightened his waist and replied loudly: "Report to my lord, after the humble officer Ren and Qin brought the two iron thunder cannons, they tried to fire them many times for several days, and when they were so tired that they were sealed, they were released. Both cannons have fired about a hundred shots, and there have been no problems, and they are no worse than our bronze cannons!"

Xu Yi nodded and said: "In this case, immediately push these two cannons over and let me watch!"

Wang Erbao immediately received the order in a loud voice: "The humble job is ordered! Come on, push the cannon over immediately and start reloading!"

A group of soldiers ran over immediately, pushed the two cannons onto the emplacements, and began to skillfully reload them. After they finished reloading, Xu Yi secretly sighed at the soldiers here. Judging by their actions, , I don’t know how many times they have practiced, but it took less than half of the standard loading time to complete the first loading, which shows that they have put in a lot of effort.

Following Wang Erbao's stern roar: "Let go!"

The soldiers immediately ignited the gunpowder of the fire gate, and there was almost no gap between the two cannons. After the smoke cleared, Xu Yi came to the iron cannon that had been withdrawn far away and looked down. There are no cracks or other scars, so I am completely relieved, and I am secretly happy that this is an old nose that saves money. You must know that copper is basically money in the Song Dynasty, because the Song Dynasty uses copper. Standard currency policy, if he uses copper for casting cannons, even if their Fubo army is rich and powerful now, they still can't stand the consumption of such a large number of casting copper cannons. Fortunately, they now have copper mines and can obtain a lot of copper resources. In comparison, it is much more cost-effective to use cast iron cannons, and Qin Huzi just solved his problem by casting a usable iron cannon, and also fired so many cannons without any explosion, which shows that Qin Huzi The level of steelmaking has reached a fairly good level, which solves the problem he has been worried about for a long time. You must know that the ductility of ordinary pig iron is relatively poor, and when it is used to cast cannons, the bombing rate is quite high, so He gave up the idea of ​​using iron cast cannons and switched to bronze cast cannons. After this successful experience, the Fubo army could use steel instead of bronze to cast cannons, saving a considerable part of the expenses.

Xu Yi called Qin Huzi over and said: "Qin Huzi, you have made another great contribution to our Fubo army. These two cannons are quite good. Let me ask you, which iron cannon you used to cast these two iron cannons? Can you smelt this kind of refined iron in large quantities? If so, we can use this kind of refined iron to cast iron cannons in large quantities in the future!"

When Xu Yi said this, he suddenly saw Ren Bin's face froze, and he immediately saw what Ren Bin was thinking. Originally, the cannon-casting was done by Ren Bin's bronze work. Handing over the work of copper work to iron work, for Ren Bin, it would be tantamount to becoming a useless person, and Ren Bin has put a lot of effort into this matter and invested a lot of energy. Once Xu Yi said what he said, Ren Bin would become a useless person. No one would be comfortable with this matter. Bin's feelings have already been spoken, and it is too late to take them back.

After pondering for a while, Qin Huzi replied with embarrassment: "This is not enough. Although our ironworks can refine such fine iron at present, there is no guarantee that we can refine such fine iron every time. I think To cast such iron cannons in large quantities, I'm afraid I'm still not able to do it, but I can choose some good refined iron to cast such iron cannons, and I can make some!"

After hearing Qin Huzi's words, Xu Yi was somewhat disappointed. This meant that he would continue to use bronze to cast cannons, but for all bronze cannons in the past, this was good news after all, even if it could not completely replace bronze castings. Pao, at least part of it can be replaced, saving a lot of money to do other things, then after thinking about it for a while, he said to Ren Bin and Qin Huzi: "Let's do this! I don't think there will be any more bronze works in the future What is it called copper work, so I simply changed its name to cannon production, and the whole casting of cannons was handed over to Ren Bin. It's not a difficult task, and it won't burden you, Qin Huzi, I'm doing it for you, Qin Huzi! You have to accept my love!" Xu Yi played a flower gun when he said this, such words It is equivalent to handing over the entire cannon casting to Ren Bin, which will not make him a useless person, and at the same time, there will be no competition between the two parties. It will have a negative impact, so as to avoid unnecessary internal friction, and it can also prevent Ren Bin from feeling against the iron cannon. He will focus on increasing the casting of the iron cannon and save him a lot of financial resources. I know that when a leader speaks, sometimes he has to consider some balance issues.

After hearing Xu Yi's words, Qin Huzi was somewhat displeased, but he would not have any dissatisfaction with Xu Yi. After thinking about it, he really had a lot of things to do. If he took over the cannon casting again, he would be too busy. Handing over the matter of casting iron cannons to Ren Bin really relieved him a lot, so he immediately agreed with a smile.

But Ren Bin was overjoyed when he heard that. He was still worried just now, worried that if Tie Zuo also started casting cannons, they would take away their copper jobs. If you hand everything over to him, you don’t have to worry about your copper job being snatched by the iron maker. Anyway, it’s under his control. As for whether to use iron or copper cannons, it’s no longer a problem, and neither is he. Fool, you can also see that Xu Yi did this on purpose. What he wants is that he can seriously use refined iron to cast cannons to reduce the consumption of copper, so he quickly bowed and thanked: "Thank you for your love, my lord! I will never disappoint my lord , in the future, as long as Master Qin refines refined iron for casting cannons, I will definitely do my best to switch to refined iron for casting cannons, and try my best to save the consumption of copper! Please rest assured, my lord!"

After seeing the reaction of the two, Xu Yi laughed loudly: "In this case, I will trouble you both, let's go back, these two cannons are placed here, continue to test, until the two cannons Let’s see how many cannons we can fire until the cannons are scrapped, so that we can be confident in the future! But Er Bao must pay attention to the safety of the brothers, and don’t hurt anyone! Let’s go to the bow and crossbow workshop and the clothing workshop!”

Wang Erbao bowed immediately and said: "The humble position has the order, thank you for your care, and the humble position will send you off!"

(The fourth update is here! I finally finished the fourth update today. I'm sorry, but I ate the update ticket! Thank you very much!)

(End of this chapter)