Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 345 Women's College
The flintlock gun was invented in Europe decades ago.

The first flintlock gun in Chinese history was invented in 1635, and it is only twenty years away from now.

The flintlock gun designed by Zhang Qingfeng is naturally a relatively mature model, and many European countries still stubbornly use matchlock guns.

Therefore, as long as Zhang Qingfeng's flintlock gun is manufactured and equipped in large quantities, he will definitely be able to lead the world.

As for the artillery foundry, Zhang Qingfeng designed two types of artillery, one for land warfare and the other for naval warfare.

Land artillery Zhang Qingfeng decided to cast the Napoleon cannon.

The Napoleon gun is the artillery that has been leading the world for more than 100 years.

Although it is more than 100 years ahead of the world, its technical content is not very high. As long as Western countries get samples, they can quickly imitate them.

The advantage of the Napoleon cannon is that it is light in weight, powerful, and easy to move. It can be called an artifact of land warfare.

With him, the shields and shield chariots used in ancient warfare became useless.

For an army without shields, bows and arrows alone can kill a large number of people.

If you cooperate with the penetrating power of muskets and use the current traditional military protection, even if you wear three layers of armor, you will only be slaughtered.

If the flintlock is matched with the Napoleon cannon, even the cavalry can only escape.

As for the naval artillery, Zhang Qingfeng designed a cast iron cannon, which Zhang Qingfeng plans to use as the prototype of the Shenwei Invincible General Cannon in the Qing Dynasty.

This kind of artillery has a large caliber, a long range, and strong power. It is much stronger than the mainstream Hongyi cannons in the world.

The most important thing is that this kind of gun can be cast in large quantities by the iron mold casting method.

However, although the iron mold casting method can quickly cast iron cannons, the cast cannons are easy to talk and have high brittleness.

In order to increase the strength, the wall of the barrel must be thickened, which will cause the weight to become very large.

Fortunately, this kind of artillery is used on ships, and it is enough to deal with Western warships of this era.

If it is developed to the artillery during the Opium War, the iron mold casting method will fall behind.

Therefore, large metal forging and machined barrels are the mainstream of artillery.

However, with current technology, it is difficult to manufacture machined barrels.

With the current development speed of the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, even if it wants to process a small gun barrel, it may take 20 years.

In the following time, all the business Zhang Qingfeng, who was already on the right track, was handed over to his promoted and trained subordinates to complete.

Only things like shipbuilding and cannon casting that ordinary people don't know, he needs to personally guide.

While Zhang Qingfeng was busy making firearms, after several months of planning, a large-scale commodity distribution center with a reinforced concrete building was finally opened outside the east gate of the capital.

For this reason, Zhang Qingfeng invested 150 million taels of silver, and it took half a year to build it.

This commodity distribution center covers an area of ​​up to [-] mu. It is located on the edge of the canal outside the city. There are hundreds of large warehouses and docks, several commodity display areas, and a trading building.

The distribution center is divided into several major categories and dozens of small categories, including agricultural products, daily commodities, textiles, machinery and equipment, and so on.

As long as merchants have goods they want to sell or buy, they can quickly buy them at the distribution center.

Zhang Qingfeng handed over the management of this distribution center to a eunuch named Liu Dezhi who has been with him all the time. From the current point of view, he manages it well.

"Palmprint, the commodity distribution center currently conducts hundreds of transactions every day. The volume of these transactions varies from large to small. At present, agricultural products are the most traded. Foreign merchants bring rice, flour, grain and oil, and they will soon be snapped up by merchants in the capital."

In an office, Liu Dezhi reported to Zhang Qingfeng.

"How much money does the distribution center make a day now?" Zhang Qingfeng asked Liu Dezhi.

"At present, the distribution center can collect more than 3000 taels of silver every day. This is just the beginning. I believe that as more and more people trade, the distribution center will be able to draw more and more silver." Liu Dezhi Said to Zhang Qingfeng.

"Very good." Hearing Liu Dezhi's words, Zhang Qingfeng did the math. He could draw almost 9 taels of silver a month, and the investment of 150 million taels of silver could be earned back in two years.

"That's right, keep working hard, and I will repay you to Lord Long Live." Zhang Qingfeng said encouragingly to Liu Dezhi.

"Thank you for the palm print." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Liu Dezhi showed joy and quickly thanked him.

"By the way, when you encounter problems, you have to think of ways to solve them yourself, so that your abilities can improve faster." Zhang Qingfeng said to Liu Dezhi: "If you are not capable enough, I will not promote you."

"My subordinate understands."

"By the way, I will allocate another 10 taels of silver to you. You can build the city walls around the distribution center, which will be safer, so as not to be destroyed by the younger generation." Zhang Qingfeng said to Liu Dezhi.

"My subordinates will immediately find someone to build the city wall." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Liu Dezhi nodded quickly.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng wants to build the city wall is mainly to prevent refugees or the army of the grassland people.

Historically, there were several invasions by northern nomadic peoples in the late Ming Dynasty, all of which reached the foot of the capital. The distribution center was outside the city, and there were so many goods, if the city was not built to protect it, it would probably be looted.

If something like this happened, Zhang Qingfeng would have to lose at least one million taels of silver or even millions of taels of silver.

On this day, Zhang Qingfeng went to Daming University of Technology after finishing the affairs at hand.

Daming University of Technology is mainly where Zhang Qingfeng trains industrial talents.

It has been more than four years since the establishment of the school.

Every year, the school is expanding, and every year the school is expanding its enrollment.

Today, there are more than 1 students studying in the Polytechnic University.

Zhang Qingfeng promised that students who graduated from the University of Science and Technology will have a minimum salary of ten taels of silver after entering the factory.

Such promises attract not only the children of craftsmen, but also the children of ordinary families.

The reason why Zhang Qingfeng worked so hard to train so many students was that apart from cultivating industrial talents, he also had selfish motives.

His mission is to change the history of Ming's demise soon. After he takes power, he will definitely need a lot of talents to help him realize his political ambitions.

Like Wang Anshi, as long as it is an individual, as long as he verbally supports his reform, he will reuse it, regardless of whether that person is capable or virtuous. It is no wonder that such reforms do not fail.

In the second year after the establishment of Daming University of Technology, Zhang Qingfeng also opened a branch of Daming University of Technology, the Women's College, in the name of training female textile workers.

He also promised that women who graduated from women's colleges could also get a monthly salary of ten taels of silver after entering the textile factory.

Today, the women's college has accepted more than 3000 students, all of whom were recruited by their parents for high salaries.

(End of this chapter)