Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 283

[Chapter 283 I Have Clairvoyance]

“There are more than 20,000 of them.”

Hearing this number, Zhao Xu was satisfied.

It seems that the Bingzhang Division can deliver 30,000 flintlock guns as scheduled.

“Where’s the artillery?” Zhao Xu asked again.

At the same time as the manufacture of flintlock guns, the manufacture of artillery did not stop.

“During this period, the Bingzhang Division mainly delivered field artillery, and now there are 180 field artillery in the army.” Chang Wei grinned.

He’s happy with the number.

Even if it is a big battle, so many artillery are enough.

Zhao Xu nodded.

According to his plan, the number of field artillery in the whole army will reach 360.

Although he can manufacture artillery in large quantities, the army does not need to manufacture too many.

This thing is a big money-consuming household, it can be said that once the cannon is fired, it is worth ten thousand taels of gold.

Furthermore, artillery focuses on quality, not weight.

Ten thousand guns are rubbish in front of a hundred cannons.

In the Battle of Saerhu in the Ming Dynasty, it was said that there were more than a thousand artillery pieces, but in fact most of them were small artillery pieces like firecrackers, which did not take advantage of the red barbarian artillery of the Qing army at that time.

The Qing army’s Hongyi gun was imitated from the Dutch naval gun at that time.

Therefore, unless the enemy has artillery of the same level as him, it is necessary to compete in numbers.

Otherwise, just keep the number of guns within an appropriate range.

If it is really needed, just let the military commander explode the production capacity.

What’s more, this is just a field artillery in the army.

If the cannons for defending the city were counted, the scale of the cannons of the royal army’s army was already very impressive, and it was absolutely sufficient.

After all, the siege artillery mounted on the artillery cart is a heavy artillery.

Feeling preoccupied, Zhao Xu said at this time: “In addition to these two firearms in this battle, I also want to give you a sharp weapon.”

Chang Wei was overjoyed, and rubbed his hands to ask what it was.

Zhao Xu interrupted him directly, “Same as before, keep it secret first, and you will know in two days.”

“Your Highness, you are going to make it difficult for the general to sleep at night again.” Chang Wei said with a bitter face.

Zhao Xu laughed twice, thinking that the war was approaching day by day, he said: “You should arrange the war against Jinzhou first, time is running out.”

Chang Wei’s expression suddenly became serious when he heard this.

This is business, so you can’t be joking.

“Yes, Your Highness.” He answered yes.

Leaving directly from Beidaying, Zhao Xu didn’t visit the palace, but went to Beifang District.

Not long after the Bingzhang Division moved to Nanfang District, the workshop of the Wangfu moved to Beidaying.

In addition, the manufacture of cement and glass was also separated from Bingzhangsi and moved to Beifang District.

This time he is going to one of the glass workshops.

“Your Highness.”

Zhao Xu came over, and the head of the glass workshop immediately came to greet him.

At present, the workshops in Beifang District are all the properties of the palace.

So each workshop has a responsible master.

These principals are under the jurisdiction of commercial banks.

Although the principals are not officials, they are equivalent to officials, and they take the money allocated by the palace.

“Excuse me.” Zhao Xu raised his hand and went straight into the glass workshop.

At this time, the craftsmen in the glass workshop are still working in full swing.

Red molten glass tumbling in the furnace.

Craftsmen continue to use blowpipes to pick out the glass liquid from the inside and blow it directly, or insert it into the mold for blowing.

When he came to the craftsman, the craftsman had just taken out a piece of molten glass from the furnace.

The craftsman who joined him immediately brought a mold with a round hole.

Through the round hole he could see some lines.

After the red glass liquid is stuffed into the mold, the artisan starts blowing.

Once the blowing is complete, a standard glass bottle is complete.

If there is any non-standard, the craftsman will take it to the stove and burn it for a while, and then adjust it again.

At present, wine bottles and perfume bottles used in commercial shops are all blown with molds.

And these things are all in the book he gave to Glass Workshop.

Picking up a cooled glass bottle, Zhao Xu nodded in satisfaction.   Then he said to the owner of the glass shop: “The goods of the glass shop

can’t stop at these. They need to be diversified. In addition to simple glasses and glass bottles, more exquisite glass utensils should be produced, such as exhibits like porcelain.”

Shi nodded and said yes.

Thinking about the business of this trip, he said: “My lord has something important for you.”

After speaking, he ordered to fetch a pen and paper, and began to draw on it.

The master of the glass shop looked carefully, and the thing painted by King Yan was a round thing.

But this round thing has two curved sides and is as thick as a little finger.

On this round thing, King Yan also marked the size.

“This thing is called a convex lens. The king has marked the size for you, and you let the craftsman make it out of glass.” Zhao Xu said.

Now both Nanfang District and Beifang District use the weights and measures he gave uniformly.

Therefore, the owner naturally understands the size of his target.

At the same time, the glass workshop also has precise rulers, and even vernier calipers.

It’s not a problem to make it according to the size he gave.

“Convex lens.” The chief scratched his head.

King Yan had a lot of whimsical ideas, which was well known among the officials of the four counties.

So although he doesn’t understand this thing.

But he knew that it must be a very powerful thing.

So he said: “Yes, Your Highness, the little ones are just for people to do.”

Zhao Xu nodded, then briefly talked about the main points of the production, and went back with Xu Lie.

What he wanted to give Chang Wei this time was nothing but a telescope.

With the ability to make glass, it became possible to make telescopes.

He has ready-made templates for the manufacture of telescope convex lenses in his mind, just give them to craftsmen.

After all, with the size, this is not a complicated problem.

In ancient times, there were jade craftsmen who could polish jade into jade beads.

Even if the craftsmen of the glass workshop are a little rough, they can still make the jade craftsmen polish them to a higher standard.

After all, tools that can grind jade can also grind glass.

In modern times, sandpaper can be used to polish glass.

In ancient times, the tool for grinding jade was called mound.

This is a disc-like tool made of a natural abrasive such as sandstone.

Two days later, the head of the glass workshop sent two convex lenses, one large and one small, to the palace.

Zhao Xu took a closer look, and it was indeed a bit irregular.

So he sent people to Nanfang District.

Among the craftsmen who polish flintlock parts in Nanfang District, there is an old jade craftsman, and he bought two mound tools from Yancheng jade craftsman.

After another two days of polishing, the two convex lenses arrived in Zhao Xu’s hands, showing a perfect arc.

This is the convex lens he wanted.

Then, he asked the carpenter to make a cylinder out of mahogany, and cut it in half from the middle.

Grooves were made at the distances he requested.

Finally, he buckled the two convex lenses into the groove, and the wood pieces were combined to form a cylinder again, and then tightened with iron hoops.

A perfect telescope was born.

With this, in the next battle, they will be more able to predict the enemy’s opportunities.

Holding the binoculars, Zhao Xu returned to the palace.

Feng’er and Luan’er found out immediately and competed to play.

Zhao Xu smiled and gave it to them.

According to Zhao Xu’s instruction, Feng’er picked up the binoculars and looked into the distance, she was dumbfounded.

Be busy on the first day of the new year, try to have more and more snails below.

(end of this chapter)