The production of artillery cannot be achieved overnight. It requires continuous trial production. The most reasonable production process can be summarized. Zhu Cijing has no choice. After all, what he participated in the production of modern artillery in his previous life is not the same as ancient artillery. He can only explain the casting method and experimental method of artillery to Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang in detail, and ask them to test production and test firing. Of course, he still has to check the final shape himself.

火炮的试制还没有结果,《大明帝国和葡萄牙帝国友好互助条约》却结出了第一个硕果.原来施维拉离开京师以后并没有立即回澳门,而是在金陵滞留了几天,专门去拜访了一下镇南王郑芝龙.

Zheng Zhilong was originally a pirate and the largest maritime businessman on the southeast coast. When he first started doing business, he did business with the Portuguese, and the two of them had a lot of common languages. Especially Zheng Zhilong also worked as a Portuguese translator, and the Portuguese language was even more casual than Schwera. He talked to Schwera so happily.

As we chatted, Schvira talked about the treaty. Now Zheng Zhilong couldn't sit still. He was responsible for the Western Trading Company. The business is not easy to do now. Spanish merchants and Portuguese merchants were both afraid of being robbed by the Dutch pirates instigated by the Dutch and did not dare to come here to purchase goods. He didn't want to pay attention to the Dutch merchants. In addition, there were no major customers in the trading sites in Nanyang. He couldn't sell out the things produced by the four major factories of Jiangnan Weaving, Jiangnan Porcelain, Jiangnan Tea Industry, and Tianjin Weaving.

The output of the four major factories has been reduced and reduced. In this way, there is still a lot of goods in Jinling City. Now that Portugal has become an agent of the Ming Dynasty, why not sell it now!

The backlog of high-end porcelain, high-end tea and silk in Jinling City. Most people really can't afford these things, so they can't sell them. Unexpectedly, when Schweila heard about these things, the green light appeared in her eyes. What a good thing!

In Europe, I also need to use bowls and plates for dinner. At that time, there was no imitation porcelain plastic. Those who had no money were made of wood, and those who had money were made of metal. Not only did the appearance look ugly, but it was not easy to clean. Therefore, porcelain is quite in short supply in Europe, especially for aristocratic families. There were not many cabinets of porcelain bowls at home. How dare you say you are aristocratic?

Tea is the same. It is popular in Europe and the United States now. At that time, civilians could not afford to drink it, but nobles had to drink it. If you can't even afford to drink milk tea, do you feel embarrassed to say you are aristocrat?

Not to mention silk, when the balls were popular in Europe at that time, dresses became an important prop for competition among aristocrats, especially for women's dresses. If you don't use silk, would you be embarrassed to say you are aristocrats?

How popular are high-end porcelain, high-end tea and silk in Europe? Let’s put it this way, there is no need to sell it in general places, only in big cities, and most of them are auctioned!

Once this thing is shipped to Europe, it will be more than ten times the profit. Schvira opened her mouth and swept away all the backlog of goods. However, when it comes to money, it is not that it hurts feelings, but that Schvira could not make up so much money for a while.

The market price of these things is about 10 million taels, but according to the treaty, it is more than 30 million taels. He can only raise about 15 million taels in a short time, and most of them have to rely on his boss Condede to collect. If you want this batch of goods, you can't raise so much money. I feel sorry for Schvira's entangled look.

Unexpectedly, Zheng Zhilong sold all the goods to him generously, and promised to help him deliver them to the territory of Indian Governor Kong Dede. The money could be paid 15 million taels first, and then the rest would be paid after the things were sold.

Schvira was naturally grateful. After a while, after taking into account the costs and various expenses, he could earn at least 30 million taels this time. What does this mean? You should know that the accumulation of the Kilnino family for more than two hundred years is not 30 million taels! Moreover, they also helped him deliver goods to India for free, and the transportation danger was reduced by half. Anthony (named by Zheng Zhilong Catholicism), a great man!

Is Zheng Zhilong a good man? Of course not. He is a big pirate. Are he afraid that he will not get the remaining money back? At worst, he can bring Macau to him, tie up all the Portuguese people, and let someone redeem it. This is called kidnapping. He used to do it often, so it would be nice to have the opportunity to review it.

In this way, before Schvira brought the treaty back, the Ming Dynasty received the first benefit. Although 15 million taels were not too much, this was just the beginning. Schvira said before leaving, let your factories work at full capacity, I would like to do as much as I can!

The four major factories in Jiangnan weaving, Jiangnan porcelain, Jiangnan tea industry, and Tianjin weaving must work hard and produce at least five million taels of high-end goods in a month. The price of the treaty is 15 million taels, while the materials and labor costs are less than one million taels. In other words, Zhu Cijiu's income is more than 10 million taels a month!

Why do you have more than 10 million taels? It is naturally recruiting soldiers. The military spending of a 100,000 army is less than 300,000 taels per month. Of course, it is the use of cold weapons. If you are fully equipped with hot weapons, it is about 600,000 taels, one million troops are only 6 million taels, and two million troops are only 12 million taels!

Zhu Cijing told Schvira at that time that he wanted to recruit all the 2.7 million troops, but he was just bragging, and he didn't even believe it. Unexpectedly, it became real and feasible in less than a month!

If you have money, then expand your enrollment. Although Shivira has not even completed the first transaction, it is still no problem to recruit more than 100,000 yuan first. Then expand the Beijing camp first, recruit 150,000 new recruits, and raise 200,000 yuan first!

Zhu Cijing was not worried about the consumption capacity of European aristocrats at all. Now is the peak of the voyage. All European powers are explosive households. Those who have too much money will have a fever! During this period, they were all frying high-end porcelain and high-end tea, which was almost equivalent to gold, and silk and spices were even more valuable than gold. At this time, European aristocrats were really rich, and it would be useless to make money!

A few days after the recruitment of recruits began, good news came:

The 5-inch mortar was successfully developed. The barrel diameter was 5 inches, the barrel length was two feet and five, and the range was two hundred to three hundred steps. The combined weight of the barrel and the gun cart was more than 600 kilograms. It could be pulled and run with four horses.

Zhu Cijing issued an order: First, make twenty sets, each with ten artillery soldiers, and after the training is mature, they will be sent to help Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting defeat Linfen City in Pingyang Prefecture.

A few days later, another good news came:

The 3-inch howitzer was developed successfully. The barrel diameter was 3 inches, the barrel length was five feet, and the range was 300 to 400 steps. The combined weight of the barrel and the gun cart was 600 kilograms. It could be pulled by four horses to run.

Zhu Cijing issued an order: first make ten sets and practice for the Beijing camp.

A few days later, another good news came:

The 4-inch howitzer was developed successfully. The barrel diameter was 4 inches, the barrel length was seven feet, and the range was 400 to 500 steps. The combined weight of the barrel and the gun cart was more than 1,000 kilograms, and it could be pulled by eight horses.

Zhu Cijing issued an order: first make ten sets and practice for the Beijing camp.

The recruits are almost finished, and another good news comes:

The 5-inch howitzer was developed successfully. The barrel diameter was 5 inches, the barrel length was nine feet, and the range was 500 to 600 steps. The combined weight of the barrel and the gun cart was 1,700 kilograms, and it could be pulled by sixteen horses.

Zhu Cijing issued an order: first make ten sets and practice for the Beijing camp.

Wait, how come this kind of gun is so awkward? Why did you call me in your previous life? Zhu Cijiong recalled it and immediately remembered that the guns and guns in your previous life all had models, such as ak47, five-four style, m311, etc., which would make it much more convenient to call me.

So, Zhu Cijiu formulated a simple model naming method:

For example, the new flintlock rifle has a caliber of 2 minutes and a barrel length of 4 feet, which is called the Type 24 flintlock rifle;

For example, a 5-inch mortar cannon has a diameter of 5 inches and a diameter and length ratio of 1:5, which is called a 55-type mortar cannon;

Like a 3-inch howitzer, the caliber is 3-inch, and the caliber and length ratio is 1:17, that is called the Three-Year Seven howitzer;

The development of artillery has come to an end, even if it is over, it is not that the bigger howitzers can't be made. The main reason is that the iron ore production cannot keep up. In the past, a gun only used a lot of steel, but now the cannons can only move hundreds or thousands of kilograms, and it is normal to use tens of thousands of kilograms a day. Now, where can the iron ore production keep up!

It seems that I am going to buy iron ore from Portugal. It’s not that the Ming Dynasty has no iron ore anymore. There is a word called strategic reserve. Iron ore was a scarce material in the era of maritime hegemony. Now it is just a cannon. When the iron armored warship comes out, that guy, a warship is tens of thousands of kilograms or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms of steel. Who would think there is too much iron ore?

The artillery came to an end, and Xu Guangqi came to report the good news again.

He was originally an astronomical enthusiast. He once drew the first all-ambient star map with Western star charts and traditional Chinese star charts. This aroused his interest in observing celestial bodies. He had long wanted to build an astronomical telescope himself, but the Ming Dynasty did not have a glass industry, so he had to give up.

Now that the glass factories have been built, he is naturally very excited. He even asked Zhu Cijing to apply for funds for the first time to make an astronomical telescope. As a result, Zhu Cijing poured a basin of cold water on him: What the Ming Dynasty needs at this time is a military telescope instead of an astronomical telescope, okay? Hurry up and study the military telescope for me!

Xu Guangqi was not opposed to studying military telescopes. Soon he made a large-caliber triple-focal length military telescope according to Zhu Cijiong's requirements. In fact, this military telescope is nothing, just increase the lens and draw a transparent cross scale on the front lens.

Zhu Cijiu asked him to make this kind of telescope mainly to calculate the firing elements of cannons. The cannon is not a flintlock rifle, and can aim at three points and one line. The positioning of the cannon must consider the firing elements of the scale, height, direction, etc., especially the mortar and howitzer. The ballistics are arc lines. If the shooting elements are not considered, they will not hit the target at all.

If you use artillery to attack the cavalry, if the first gun is not hit, you will probably not have the chance to fire the second gun. Now the range of the cannon is only two miles long, and the cavalry's speed is only three or four minutes. If you finish shooting with one shot and adjust the angle, it is estimated that five minutes will not be enough, so the cannon will basically be useless.

It is different with a military telescope. A military telescope with a three-fold focal length can accurately calculate the shooting elements of about one mile, with an error no more than one meter. A military telescope with a six-fold focal length can accurately calculate the shooting elements of about one mile, with an error no more than two meters. As long as the commander and operators cooperate more skillfully, they can basically hit every shot!

Zhu Cijiong carefully observed objects about a mile with a telescope and was very satisfied with this triple-focal length military telescope. He couldn't help but praise Xu Guangqi and asked him to quickly make a batch of triple- and six-focal length military telescopes to cooperate with the artillery drill.

Now, the economy and military of the Ming Dynasty are booming, and the national strength is getting stronger and stronger. Zhu Cijiu is thinking that maybe it is time to talk to Sun Chengzong about the issue in Liaodong.
Chapter completed!