Iron Dynasty

It's because of the gunpowder problem.

A few days ago, it snowed heavily in Qingzhou, and it continued to snow for several days. Now Qingzhou is covered in silver.

It was the snow-watching season again, and Xiao Ming usually had nothing to do, just writing textbooks in the attic of the palace.

Gunpowder? So the bronze cannons of Chang'an Equipment Division are no problem? Pang Yukun worried.

It's true, but there are problems too. Xiao Ming said indifferently, from the appearance of the artillery, he knew very well that someone would definitely imitate the artillery.

Since the Chang'an Equipment Division can manufacture a firearm that is similar to an artillery, and the firearms are basically the same, it means that the Changan Equipment Division has mastered a method of producing firearms with molds.

It is not difficult to use this method to imitate artillery, and in the contemporary era, after the introduction of the Folang machine and the red-clothed cannon in the Ming Dynasty, imitation was also carried out quickly, so imitation is inevitable.

That's why Xiao Ming made an export-type artillery. This kind of artillery was sold to confuse other people and make them think that Qingzhou's artillery is like this.

However, he is not worried about counterfeiting. Because his artillery uses high-quality steel, the performance can be said to be more than enough to surpass the imitation bronze cannons of this era, and the cost is still very low, suitable for mass production.

And at this point, Changan's equipment department can't do it even if it breaks its head.

So even if the bronze cannon proves to be as powerful as his artillery, he doesn't care, the price is here, if Henry Xiao likes to use such an expensive bronze cannon, he can't help it.

Pang Yukun was confused by Xiao Ming's words and said, Your Highness, what is the problem?

Because even if it is imitated, the range and power of this kind of artillery are still only that of Qingzhou artillery, and the price of bronze artillery is expensive. One can buy five or six Qingzhou artillery pieces. How do you think they will choose? Xiao Ming said. .

As long as His Highness is willing to sell it, they will still buy His Highness's cheap artillery. Pang Yukun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, That's right, who doesn't like things with good quality and low price, but this time, the gunpowder of Chang'an Equipment Division was used for the test firing of bronze cannons. This led to the failure of the test firing of the bronze gun, but this king believes that the difference in gunpowder will be noticed sooner or later.

It's really a coincidence to say this, but we can't tell the secret now. At least they will find out after we have made enough money to sell artillery in a few years. Pang Yukun was a little helpless. Pleasant thing.

Qingzhou's patent law can only be passed in the fiefs, and there is no way to do it externally. In fact, Pang Yukun is worried about the sales of artillery, not that other forces have artillery.

After all, the barbarians will probably also have artillery, and after Qingzhou sells artillery, other lords also have artillery.

I hope so, but don't worry. Xiao Ming smiled confidently. His gunpowder was sold together with artillery.

Artillery can be cast by imitation. The proportion of gunpowder cannot be seen by the naked eye, not to mention that he has granular gunpowder.

Therefore, the overall composition of his artillery power consists of three parts, artillery, ammunition, and artillery shells. Now the Department of Equipment has only cracked one of them.

As for the ratio of gunpowder, as long as he didn't talk about it, the equipment department could not produce it.

Only moderately sized shells can ensure that after the gunpowder is ignited, the shells can be pushed out with maximum thrust, otherwise it is a leaking artillery.

This time the power of the bronze cannon was poor, one was due to the problem of gunpowder, and he estimated that the other was also the problem of the cannonball.

In general, Chang'an's farce made him laugh and cry, but this also shows that Xiao Wenxuan actually wanted to obtain artillery casting technology.

It's just that under the current situation, in order to ensure the superiority of the forbidden army, he did not let others obtain the artillery casting technology, so he endured not wanting it.

However, this incident did make him sweat. It can be seen that low-end products are still relatively easy to imitate. When he further upgrades the artillery, he will let others imitate them.

Without mentioning this matter, Xiao Ming and Pang Yukun talked about this year's close.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. Pang Yukun meant to send some New Year gifts to the officials of the six states to show his concern for the officials and to deepen his relationship with the officials.

This basically has the same meaning as the bonus at the end of the year in later generations, Xiao Ming agreed after thinking about it.

After all, after a year of hard work, officials must have a good year.

However, what kind of New Year's goods will be distributed has become a worrying problem for the two of them. Meat is too expensive, and the six states have just resumed agricultural production. This food is not enough for people to eat, and not many people raise pigs, cattle and sheep.

There is nothing new about giving food. After thinking about it, Xiao Ming suddenly thought of the textile workshop.

In order to promote the development of the textile workshop, Xiao Ming made great efforts during this period of time. As a result, there were more female workers, and the number increased, but more cotton jackets were produced, and a lot of cotton jackets were accumulated in the warehouse.

During this time, Xiao Ming was preparing to let the chamber of commerce take out the cotton-padded jacket to sell, but since this happened, it was easy.

Padded jacket? Pang Yukun was stunned.

Xiao Ming nodded, This is also to support the development of the textile mill.

In modern times, sometimes in order to prevent emerging companies from going bankrupt, the government will adopt government procurement to maintain the survival of the company. Now Xiao Ming is also for this purpose.

Anyway, you need to spend money on welfare, so it is better to spend the money on your own industry.

Apart from the padded jacket, soap, perfume, and wine can all be considered. Xiao Ming's eyes shone brightly.

Hearing this, Pang Yukun burst into laughter, and he gave a thumbs up, Your Highness is wise, in this way, it means that the New Year's goods will be distributed, and the Chamber of Commerce will make a fortune. Some of this money can still flow into the treasury. high.

Where, where. Xiao Ming looked relaxed.

There are still ten days before the Chinese New Year, and his mentality is also relaxed. Last year, his New Year was not very comfortable, but this year, he had a prosperous one.

The two were talking when Lu Tong suddenly went upstairs and said to Xiao Ming, Your Highness, the fireworks you asked for are all ready and have been delivered to the palace.

Fireworks? Pang Yukun said with a smile, I haven't seen fireworks in five or six years since I came to Qingzhou. It seems that I can see them this year.

Xiao Ming was also a little excited. The fireworks he made Lu Tong made were different from those in the Great Yu Kingdom.

The color of the fireworks in Dayu Kingdom is single, that is, the color of gunpowder, but a lot of metal powder is added to his fireworks.

The fireworks released by this will become colorful and very beautiful.