Steel Dynasty - Chapter 268

[Chapter 268 Special arrangements]

There are mountains at both ends of the military workshop yard, and the mountains are usually used as targets for test firing.

Chen Qi then asked the craftsman to open the canvas on the cannon.

Xiao Ming looked and saw that, as Chen Qi said, not only had the length of these artillery pieces been reduced, but the caliber of the muzzles had also been reduced.

Xiao Ming once told Chen Qi about the theory of artillery design. It seems that this is the result of applying what he learned.

Therefore, what I am satisfied with this time is not the artillery, 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 walking 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 length of the barrel and the other is the caliber. .

As for the caliber, naturally the larger the caliber, the thicker the barrel, and the greater the power.

The length of the barrel is relative to the caliber. The longer the barrel, the better the time it takes for the high-pressure gas in the barrel to act on the shell.

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

Using this principle, different types of artillery can be designed. Now Qingzhou has artillery production capabilities. The next step is for Xiao Ming to improve the artillery system so that Qingzhou’s battleships have naval guns, the field army has field guns, and the city defenders have City defense cannon.

After skillfully loading and igniting, there was a roar, and the shells flew straight into the distance. After 700 meters, the shells began to fall and roll on the ground. Finally, the shells encountered the mountain and were blocked.

“Direct shooting range of 700 meters, well, that’s enough. In that case, I will ask the imperial army to transport this artillery away.” Xiao Ming said, and it was not just King Wei who was urging.

Xiao Wenxuan has also been urging the artillery.

In order for Xiao Ming to deliver the goods as soon as possible, the Forbidden Army’s ships have arrived in Qingzhou. After the King of Wei’s envoy left yesterday, the Forbidden Army’s general responsible for transporting artillery arrived.

This general claimed to be the captain of the newly formed firearms battalion and was specifically responsible for artillery matters.

When he heard the name Firearms Camp, Xiao Ming was a little speechless at the time. He was afraid that his battle in Cangzhou would slowly lead Great Yu into the age of firearms.

Xiao Wenxuan established a firearms camp specifically, so one can imagine what he was thinking.

After checking the export-type artillery, Xiao Ming followed Chen Qi into the military workshop.

In the circular valley, the military workshop has a total of twelve workshops from south to north, and the craftsmen in each workshop are responsible for different processes.

Steel refining, clay molding, iron mold casting, pouring, cleaning, polishing and so on.

The area of these factories is not small. From south to north, a factory is one hundred meters long and ten meters wide.

“Yesterday, King Wei’s envoy sent another three million taels of silver to me. Chen Qi, your military workshop has now become the largest moneymaker in Qingzhou.” Xiao Ming and Chen Qi were chatting while inspecting the military workshop. .

Chen Qi grinned, “Your Highness, since our military workshop is so profitable, should we expand a few more factories and raise the salaries for the craftsmen?”

“Hahaha, you just took office and became a

The supervisor of the military workshop, is he going to start protecting his shortcomings now?” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Chen Qi had a wry smile on his face, “Your Highness, I didn’t understand when I was not an official before, but now that I have become a factory supervisor, I understand that it is not easy to be an official. There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in this military workshop, and each craftsman has to make a living. Only when you are rich can you focus on working, right? And many of the craftsmen are still slaves. Your Highness, you said before that if they do well, you will remove their slave status and give them a Qingzhou household registration. Now one year has passed. Are these craftsmen waiting for you, Your Highness?”

“Well, as a workshop supervisor, you should seek some benefits for your craftsmen. You are right, the cakes painted by this king cannot always be so unreliable. “Hold on, otherwise the slaves in Qingzhou will say that I have broken my promise, okay, give me the list of some outstanding craftsmen, and I will do something special when I come today.” Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi was overjoyed and said, “Okay, Your Highness, wait a moment, I’ll get the list right away.”

Hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled bitterly. It turned out that Chen Qi had planned it for a long time.

But this is exactly what Xiao Ming plans to do recently. The new year is coming soon, and he must summarize the government affairs for this year, reward where he deserves, and reprimand where he deserves.

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

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

There are thirty names on each roster.

Moreover, it is also written very clearly as to why a total of sixty people in these two volumes were able to receive such rewards.

For example, the team led by one of the craftsmen named Song Changping produced the largest number of artillery pieces every month, reaching six.

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

Other teams can basically 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 process of the artillery, 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 pour molten steel into six gun molds at the same time through an interconnected steel water tank, saving a lot of time in repeatedly melting and casting molten steel, and the quality of the cannons in the same batch 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 from the Junjun Workshop had discovered it in advance.

It can be seen from this that the wisdom of the vast number of people is infinite, and what they lack is just guidance.

And his mission is to guide the people to tap into their own potential, so that the skills they master will be more reliable.

“This Song Changping is very smart. He can master any skill at a glance and can almost surpass me.” Chen Qi said with a smile, “And this Song Changping is still a slave. It is said that his parents are in the shipyard. If His Highness can allow their family to spend time together during the New Year, He will definitely be happy to reunite.”

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

After all, Chen Qi’s energy is limited, and the tasks of the military workshop will become more and more heavy in the future. Just this artillery is enough for Chen Qi. With Song Changping, he can train and prepare talents in advance for the production of muskets.

“The casting of artillery pieces in the general workshop has doubled, which is worthy of commendation. Now call on the craftsmen.” Xiao Ming said.

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

Taking the roster, Xiao Ming went to the yard and looked at the craftsmen, feeling unusually at ease.

(End of chapter)