There are mountains at both sides of the military workshop yard, and the test shots are usually aimed at shooting with the mountains as the target.

Chen Qi asked the craftsman to pull away the canvas on the cannon.

Xiao Ming looked at it and found that as Chen Qi said, not only did the length of these cannons have been reduced, but the caliber of the muzzle has also been reduced.

Xiao Ming once told Chen Qi that this seems to be the result of his application.

Therefore, what I am satisfied with this time is not the artillery, but the military workshop has been able to independently develop other types of artillery, which is the real progress of the military workshop.

After turning 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.

For 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 more beneficial it is to the time when the high-pressure gas in the barrel chamber acts on the shell.

The longer the time, the greater the initial velocity of the shell, the longer the range will be.

Using this principle, different types of artillery can be designed. Qingzhou now has the ability to produce artillery. The next step is to improve the artillery system so that Qingzhou's warships have naval guns, field troops have field guns, and city guard soldiers have city guard guns.

After the loading was skillfully completed, after ignition, the shells flew straight to the distance with a roar. After 700 meters, the shells began to fall to the ground and roll, and finally the shells were blocked when they encountered the mountain.

"The range of shots of 700 meters directly, well, that's OK. Since that's the case, I will let the imperial guards transport the cannon away." Xiao Ming said, not only the King of Wei was urging him.

Xiao Wenxuan has also been urging artillery.

In order to get Xiao Ming to deliver the goods as soon as possible, the ship of the imperial guards had arrived in Qingzhou. After the envoy of the King of Wei left yesterday, the general responsible for transporting artillery arrived.

The general claimed to be the captain of the new firearm battalion and was specifically responsible for artillery matters.

When Xiao Ming heard the name of the Firearm Camp, he was speechless at the time, afraid that his battle in Cangzhou would slowly introduce the Great Yu Kingdom into the Firearm Age.

Xiao Wenxuan specially established a firearm camp, and you can imagine what he thought.

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

In the circular valley, the workshops of the military workshops range from south to north, and the craftsmen in each factory are responsible for different processes.

Steel smel molds, iron mold casting, casting, cleaning, grinding, etc.

The area of ​​these factories is not small, and a factory building from south to north is 100 meters long and ten meters wide.

"Yesterday, the envoy of the King of Wei sent me another three million taels of silver. Chen Qi, your military workshop has now become the number one big money-making company in Qingzhou." Xiao Ming and Chen Qi were chatting while patrolling the military workshop.

Chen Qi grinned, "Your Highness, since our military workshop is so profitable, do you want to expand several more factories? This salary will also be increased to the craftsmen."

"Hahaha, you have just taken office and become the supervisor of the military workshop. Are you going to start protecting your shortcomings?" Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Chen Qi smiled bitterly, "Your Highness, you didn't become an official in the past, and you didn't understand it. Now that you have become a magistrate, you realize that this official is not easy to be a magistrate. There are tens of thousands of craftsmen in this military workshop, and each craftsman has to live. Only when you have enough money can you work together? Moreover, many craftsmen are still slaves. Your Highness, you said before, if they do well, they will be dismissed as slaves and give them a Qingzhou household registration. Now a year has passed, these craftsmen are waiting for Your Highness, what do you mean?"

"Well, as a arch supervisor, it is appropriate to seek some benefits for the craftsmen of your subordinates. You are right. The cakes I painted cannot be kept like this, otherwise the slaves in Qingzhou will say that I am untrustworthy. Well, give me a list of some excellent craftsmen. Today, I will handle the special matter when I come." Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi was overjoyed and said, "Okay, Your Highness, wait a moment, I'll get the list now."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ming smiled bitterly, and it turned out that Chen Qi had planned it.

However, this is exactly what Xiao Ming planned to do recently. The end of the year is about to come. We must make a summary of the government affairs of this year, rewards that should be rewarded, and scolds that should be scolded.

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

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

There are thirty names on each roster.

And it is also very clear why sixty people in these two volumes can receive such rewards.

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

In the military workshop, craftsmen are strictly organized, with each hundred people divided into squads, one team has a captain, and in the military workshop, there are one hundred such squads.

Other teams can basically only cast about three cannons in a month.

The reason why the difference is huge is that Song Chang usually summoned his team to study the process flow of the cannon, and developed a casting method called continuous casting, which changed the traditional method of only casting one cannon at a time.

This continuous casting method can pour the molten steel into six gun molds at the same time through an interconnected steel sink, saving a lot of time for repeatedly melting the molten steel, and the quality of the guns 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 in the military workshop had already discovered it in advance.

It can be seen from this that the wisdom of the people is infinite, and what they lack is only a guide.

His task is to guide the people to explore their own potential, so that the skills they master will be more reliable.

"This Song Changping is very smart. He can almost surpass me with any skills." Chen Qi smiled, "And this Song Changping is still a slave. It is said that his parents are both in the shipbuilding workshop. If His Highness can reunite their family at the end of the year, he will definitely be very happy."

Xiao Ming nodded slowly. What he lacks the most now is outstanding talents, and only in production practice can he choose truly capable people.

After all, Chen Qi has limited energy, and the tasks in the military workshop will become heavier and heavier in the future. This cannon is enough for Chen Qi to do anything. With Song Changping, he can train him to prepare talents in advance for the production of muskets.

"The casting of the artillery in the General Workshop has doubled, and it is worthy of reward. Now you can summon craftsmen." Xiao Ming said.

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

Taking the list, Xiao Ming went to the yard and looked at the craftsmen, feeling extremely at ease.
Chapter completed!