Is Taichang really addicted to the harem and unable to extricate himself?

Of course not.

He just wanted to take advantage of this rare time to have a good rest. After all, he has become a dog since he escaped from death in the Red Maru case.

During this period, he rectified the harem and cleaned up the Qi, Chu and Zhejiang Party, and dealt with the Donglin Party and always warned Wei Zhongxian, the mad dog. In order to increase taxes, he went to Nanzhili and almost lost his life. Before Nanzhili was finished, something big happened in Liaodong again, and he had no time to take a breath.

He finally had some free time now, so he naturally had to take the opportunity to take a break.

Because the Shenji Camp has been formed at this time, it will be enough to leave it to Qi Jin for training. The war horses and the elite guards of the Shenwu Camp have not yet arrived, so he can't practice it even if he wants to.

As for the small moves that Wei Zhongxian made in secret, he certainly knew that he deliberately turned a blind eye to let Wei Zhongxian gain an advantage as soon as possible and deal with Donglin.

Unfortunately, happy times are always short. He had only had a few days off, and Bi Maokang suddenly ran over excitedly and told him that the model of the new flintlock was made!

This thing is too important, because once the Shenji Battalion is equipped with enough new muskets and artillery, he will be invincible even when facing the Jiannu cavalry.

This is extremely important for turning the situation around and naturally cannot be delayed.

He immediately followed Bi Maokang to Ciqing Palace and took over the brand new flintlock model from Prince Zhu Youxiao.

This new flintlock rifle really made people shine. Bi Maokang not only hid the flint ignition device in the gun body according to his requirements to prevent the inability to fire due to rain, but the bolts, sights, bayonets, etc. he prompted were also designed quite exquisitely.

This thing can be regarded as an advanced weapon beyond the times.

He took the treasure and checked it carefully. He felt that there was no problem. Then he threw the model gun into Bi Maokang's hand with excitement and said excitedly: "Meng Hou, just follow this and immediately let Wang Gong Factory start a trial production. I will go there tomorrow to see the effect of the new gun."

He doesn't know much about mold casting. Just let those experienced craftsmen do it. Anyway, after casting, it will have to be cooled for one night before it can be turned out to process. It's useless to go to Wanggong Factory now.

The next morning, after the morning court, he came to Wanggong Factory excitedly.

At this time, Old Li had already taken out the ten sets of flintlock rifles with the craftsmen to clean up the parts. Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Song Yingxing were already standing there and rubbing their hands, waiting for him to come and start processing.

Of course, he waved his hand without hesitation and ordered the start of work!

There is a saying that life is ups and downs too quickly, and it is really exciting.

Taichang was so excited that he had just started to process.

He was waiting for the gun test with joy, but the "click, click" kept ringing in the workshop.

The barrel was cracked in one barrel because he asked the barrel to be cast iron pipes, rather than the rags that were rolled up with thin iron sheets in the past.

This is not because he pretends to understand. He insists on showing his ability. The barrel of a thin iron sheet is really not good. If a few shots are fired, the iron sheet will be deformed by heat and will be too easy to explode.

This is also one of the reasons why the Ming army has never used muskets as a large-scale replacement for conventional equipment. The barrel of thin iron is too dangerous. If you accidentally, the enemy did not hit him, but his face was blooming. What should you do?

Generally, I don’t dare to use musketeers who are not experienced.

If the cast iron pipe is used, it will be different. As long as there is not trachoma and air holes inside, it will not explode after the gun is tested.

Problem, the barrel cannot be made too thick. If it is as thick as the barrel, it will be impossible to play without any strength.

Therefore, the barrel designed by Bi Maokang is only one inch thick.

Just this, the one-meter-long barrel weighs about the same as a cooked iron rod, and it is twenty or thirty pounds!

Unfortunately, cast iron is too brittle these days and has no toughness at all. One inch thick is not enough. The reamer stabs it in and it will crack directly.

Not to mention the bolt and bullet casing. Due to the volume limitation of the gun body, the thickness of these two things is not an inch, and the reamer stabs in and cracks even more violently.

Ten sets of parts, other processing processes have not started yet, and the barrel, bolt, and bullet shell have all cracked, and none of them are spared.

Bi Maokang was so anxious that the skin on his hands was almost rubbed off, and Taichang's face was even more dark.

What's going on?

The three most important parts cannot be processed, how to produce this new flintlock rifle!

Taichang frowned and then asked Sun Yuanhua: "Chuyang, do you have any solutions?"

Among these three people, Sun Yuanhua is the most familiar with casting technology. Bi Maokang's expertise lies in design, not in production, and Wang Zheng's expertise lies in machinery, and it is not in the same field as casting.

When Sun Yuanhua heard this, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, I'm going to tell you that it's really hard to process the cannonballs, because they are too thin and too easy to crack. I'm also worried about this. But the demand for the cannonballs that are most likely to crack is indeed the greatest. One cannonball is ten cannonballs, which is too difficult to make. Alas, this is what cast from pig iron, it's brittle and brittle. If you use Baijing Steel, it may not crack. Problem, Baijing Steel is too hard and there is no way to process it!"

Doesn’t this mean that I didn’t say it?

Taichang thought for a while and asked again: "What if you change to other materials, can you do it?"

this.

Sun Yuanhua said embarrassedly: "Gold, silver, copper and iron, except iron, gold, silver and copper are both fine. Gold is the best, followed by silver. If copper is only pure copper, bronze is too brittle."

This is very obvious. It’s not that there is nothing to replace it, it’s not that it’s impossible to use it!

Taichang's eyes lit up when he heard this. He confirmed again: "Pure copper is really OK?"

Sun Yuanhua nodded helplessly and said, "Pure copper is of course possible, because pure copper is much softer than pig iron, very easy to process, and pure copper is also tougher, so the success rate of making cannonballs is not 100% or 90%. This kind of barrel is not even a little thin. The problem is that we don't have so much copper. A cannonball is twenty or thirty kilograms, and a barrel is at least ten kilograms. A thousand cannons cost 200,000 kilograms of copper, two thousand flintlock rifles, including bolts and bullet shells, it also requires at least tens of thousands of kilograms of copper."

If it were before, there would be no such much copper, Wei Zhongxian could have killed a doctor in the Ministry of Works to rob the tens of thousands of kilograms of scrap copper. It can be seen how much copper is missing in history.

But now.

Taichang said laughing and crying: "You should say it earlier if you need copper. Now Tongling alone can produce nearly 200,000 kilograms of copper in one month. What is this little copper?"

ah!

When Sun Yuanhua and Bi Maokang heard this, they couldn't help but look excited. It would be easier to have copper.

Bi Maokang couldn't help but rub his hands and said, "Master, why don't the parts of the flintlock rifle be replaced with copper, so it will be much easier to process."

Taichang nodded without hesitation and said, "Okay, no problem."

When Sun Yuanhua saw that the emperor was so generous, he rubbed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, why would the cannon barrels on the cannon be replaced with copper, and it would be much faster to process it."

Well, a cannon is almost a hundred pounds if it doesn’t count!

Taichang thought for a while, and nodded, "Okay, then they will all be replaced with copper."

At this time, you can't feel sorry for money. Speed ​​is the most important thing. If you build muskets and artillery one day earlier, you can turn the situation around one day earlier. If Jiannu continues to be arrogant, you still don't know what unexpected situation will happen.
Chapter completed!