Iron Dynasty

Well, since we are waiting for the official model to come out, let's prepare for production. Next year, the king hopes to have 200 doors.

On the testing ground, Xiao Ming patted Chen Qi on the shoulder.

But remembering something, he asked: Can this gunpowder jar withstand the impact of a gunpowder explosion? Won't the clay pot be blown to pieces?

Strictly speaking, Huzun Cannon is a modern mortar. The real power of this curved-firing artillery is exploding shells. Just like this, the combination of gunpowder cannon and Huzun cannon can exert its real power, because the gunpowder canister is already quite powerful. Yu Hua bombed.

The only disadvantage is that it is difficult to control the timing of the explosion of the powder cans. When the powder cans were used to attack the city last time, many of the powder cans exploded in advance or delayed in the Shanhaiguan city, and even misfired.

According to Niu Ben, at that time, half of the powder cans could actually explode at the city head.

It is precisely because of the instability of this primitive blooming bomb that it was not favored by the army when the blooming bomb appeared at the beginning, especially the blooming bomb that needs to be ignited on a warship is equivalent to a time bomb.

Because once stored improperly, it's easy to send yourself to the sky.

His Royal Highness, the official forgot to mention this matter. The gunpowder pot can't withstand the power of gunpowder explosion, so the military workshop cast a hollow iron egg.

With that said, Chen Qi instructed a craftsman to take out an iron ball from the wooden box on one side and give it to Xiao Ming.

Seeing this iron ball the size of a baby's head, Xiao Ming suddenly laughed out loud. This is the original blooming bomb called a time bomb in the West, and it is also the legendary blooming bomb that was lost in the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of explosive projectile is an iron ball. There is a lead wire in front of the iron ball leading to the inside of the iron ball. The gunner cuts the lead wire according to the distance to achieve the purpose of explosion, so it is as unstable as the powder can.

This most primitive blooming bomb was equipped with very little in the ammunition of the Western army, accounting for only one-tenth of the ammunition at that time.

Yes, yes, but the timing of this kind of shell explosion is not stable. Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Instead of being angry, he was happy. In any case, this is a blooming bomb, which is a kind of progress for the military workshop. With this foundation, we can continue to develop the next generation of blooming bombs.

Xiao Ming's words made Chen Qi look ashamed, His Royal Highness, one of the reasons why the Huzun Cannon has been experimenting all the time is the problem of the shell explosion. The lower official found that using the Huzun Cannon to fire such shells is very dangerous, and it is even worse than throwing stones. The car is safe to fire because as soon as the gunpowder explodes in the barrel it ignites the match.

You might be able to put a hollow wooden pipe in the bullet hole, put a slow-burning match in the wooden pipe, and at the same time extend and shorten the length of the burning match by rotating the cork, so that it will be better than directly plugging the match. The shells that enter the bullet holes are safer. Xiao Ming said.

When the fuze could not be invented yet, Xiao Ming could only improve the safety and practicability of this kind of explosive projectile. The problem with this kind of explosive projectile is that the gunpowder in the barrel directly ignites the match, so no matter the length of the match, the match will always be fired. The vicinity of the hole is ignited, and because of this, the shells can become dangerous.

By inserting a hollow cork, the length of the match rope burning in the cork can be adjusted by rotating it, so that the stability of the bomb is higher.

However, this kind of blooming bullet has not reached the level of Napoleon's period in the 19th century, and can only be said to be a generation and a half of blooming bullets.

Yes, yes, why am I so stupid. Chen Qi swirled back and forth excitedly when he heard the words, he said, His Royal Highness, the lower official will study this kind of cork cannonball.

Nodding his head, Xiao Ming stopped bothering Chen Qi. He knew that once Chen Qi found a new idea, he would study it all the way without sleep or sleep. Talking to him at this time was no different from talking to Mu Zhu.

After seeing the Tiger Zun Cannon, Xiao Ming did not leave immediately, but went directly to the artillery workshop. At this time, the artisan in the artillery workshop was producing artillery.

Because of the huge demand for export artillery this year, the number of iron molds in the artillery workshop has now tripled, and export artillery is being produced day and night.

At the same time, the number of the other two iron molds has also tripled, one of which is the city fire gun that Qingzhou is using now, and the other is the naval gun.

Because the number of artillery pieces required by the Galen ships is very large this year, the production of naval guns is also in full swing. The newly added twelve Galen ships need at least 1,000 artillery pieces, which is not only a heavy task for the military workshop, but also a financial burden. A huge expense.

Even if the cost of a thousand artillery pieces is 2,000 taels, it can only be done with 2,000,000 taels of silver, and this does not include the cost of ammunition and shells.

I don't know that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are expensive. Now Xiao Ming has deeply experienced the pain of cutting meat.

It is precisely because of this that he decisively ordered to take a defensive posture against the barbarians. Now he can't keep fighting like this, because the economic benefits brought by fighting the barbarians are too small. If this continues, the war will drag him down.

It is also because of the money that he sells arms. If he doesn't sell arms, where would he get the money to make cannons and guns.

After walking through the artillery workshop, he gradually made up his mind to continue to expand the sales of export-oriented artillery in China. At the same time, the export of arquebuses must also be put on the agenda. It is not easy for this military workshop to achieve profitability.

After leaving the artillery workshop, Xiao Ming entered the musket workshop. At this time, Song Changping was supervising the production of muskets.

In the workshop, he saw that some craftsmen were already assembling arquebuses. It seemed that Song Changping responded quickly, and he started implementing the order as soon as it was given.

Your Highness, this matchlock gun is very simple. Five thousand matchlock guns can be delivered in two months. Song Changping said to himself.

Xiao Ming picked up an assembled matchlock gun and looked at it. This matchlock gun has no bayonet, only a barrel, which is much inferior to a flintlock gun.

Compared with the profit of artillery, this arquebus is more profitable, so Xiao Ming attaches great importance to the export of arquebus, he said: Now that the musket workshop has a business, we can consider expanding production like the artillery workshop, and part of each type of gun is responsible for Production, so that there will be no chaos.

Song Changping nodded, Yes, Your Highness, the lower official will start arranging this matter later.

Xiao Ming continued: This production is one thing, the development of this new type of gun cannot be stopped, Chen Qi has the Tiger Gun, you have to work harder to improve the range and accuracy of the flintlock gun. .

His Royal Highness, the subordinate's team is currently conducting research on new types of guns. I believe that it will not be long before His Royal Highness sees a more powerful flintlock gun. Song Changping said.

Looking at the busy workshop, Xiao Ming glanced at Song Changping with admiration. This guy has always been sincere, saying that if he is developing, he must be developing.

PS: Four chapters will be restored today, and six chapters will be updated and supplemented tomorrow.