Iron Dynasty

Your Majesty, this is the first batch of fuze-filled bombs.

In the military workshop, Chen Qi led Xiao Qi to the warehouse. On the ground where a lot of muskets and ammunition were piled up, he saw at a glance the neatly placed blooming bullets in the corner.

Because of the explosion, Xiao Ming asked Lu Fei to delay the attack on Jinzhou, but the army spent a lot of money outside.

What's more, the Japanese country on the Goryeo Peninsula is eyeing, and he wants to end the war in the north as soon as possible to open up the situation for the colonization of the Great Yu Kingdom.

At this time, Chen Qi picked up a blooming bullet from the ground and said to Xiao Ming: Your Majesty, these blooming bullets still use hollow iron balls, but the cork tube of the iron ball has been replaced with the current mechanical fuse.

A black cat and a white cat, a cat that can catch mice is a good cat. Xiao Ming ordered: Now let the artillery demonstrate it, I want to see how it goes?

Yes, Your Majesty. Chen Qi nodded and ordered the cannonballs on the ground to be transported out.

The group arrived at the shooting range. Under Chen Qi's order, the artillery replaced the solid ammunition with open ammunition. The loading sequence was completed. With a roar, the cannonball charged straight towards Shi Tui, which was 500 meters away.

The bursting bullet that rushed out slammed into the stone, and the firing pin in the fuze slammed into the mercury mercury, instantly detonating the cannonball. With the sound of Boom, the flames surrounded the stone shell, blasting the stone everywhere.

Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. In the past, only mortars could fire bursts, but now all smoothbore cannons can fire bursts.

For the Navy in particular, the way they fight will fundamentally change.

In the past, the battleships were only shot with solid bullets, and the opponent's ships were hit with holes, which rarely caused the battleship to sink, but now it is different. If the naval guns are loaded with such blooming bullets, it will undoubtedly be for the enemy. It's a nightmare, and the blooming bomb will directly sink the opponent's battleship.

After the first batch of artillery shells were delivered to Pingzhou City, you immediately sent this kind of explosive shells to the Navy. Xiao Ming frowned lightly.

If the British warships were to shoot at them again at sea, he guaranteed that the Qingzhou warship would wipe out the opponent.

After the first test shot was successful, Chen Qi followed up with six test shots, and all six shells exploded, indicating that the reliability of this kind of shells is still good.

What about the mines I asked you to make? Xiao Ming asked at this time.

Chen Qi picked up a hollow bullet from the box, which was different from the blooming bullet. The hole in this hollow bullet was obviously large, the fuse was bigger than the blooming bullet, and it protruded very high from the surface of the shell.

Your Majesty, this is, in order to make it easier for barbarians and horses to detonate mines, the lower officials made the fuses of mines much more sensitive, and the weight of soldiers and horses is enough to detonate them. Chen Qi said seriously.

Lu Tong was responsible for supplying the mercury, but the manufacture of the shells completely relied on him, but with the maturity of iron mold technology and the use of steam engines, they were much easier to produce than before.

Xiao Ming showed a satisfied smile. History has proved that the change in weapons has led to a change in the situation of war. In the past, the West used naval guns to conquer the world. Now it is the turn of the Great Yu Kingdom under his leadership to formulate international rules.

Just like the flower bomb, Xiao Ming also asked Chen Qi to demonstrate it for himself. At this time, Chen Qi asked a craftsman to bury the mine under the soil layer, and then a craftsman stood far away and buried the mine with an iron block. The soil layer is thrown away.

As the iron nuggets landed on the mines, the ground burst open, spattering soil and flames.

Very good, now how many shells and mines can you produce in a month? Xiao Ming asked.

Three thousand pieces of each kind is still acceptable. Chen Qi said: Now the military workshops have guns and bullets for everything, and there are not enough manpower.

Frowning his brows, he looked at the courtyard of the military workshop. The military workshop that was established at the beginning was said to have grown savagely. In his opinion, with the modernization of weapons, this military industry should also become regular.

So he said: I will assign another group of people to you. You and Song Changping will be responsible for splitting up the musket, artillery and ammunition workshops and performing their own duties. In this way, the efficiency of the three workshops can be improved.

Chen Qi grinned suddenly, he was envious of this vigorous slave tide, but he ignored it because he was busy developing the fuse.

Now that Xiao Ming said this, he naturally followed his heart.

The new type of cannonball is progressing rapidly, and Xiao Ming is also in a good mood, because it means that he can defeat his enemies more easily and gain more market for the Great Yu Kingdom.

After checking the shells, Xiao Ming inspected the gun workshop and the artillery workshop. Now the production of these two workshops is very stable.

The Musket Workshop has been producing and transforming expedition muskets, while the Gun Workshop is focused on the production of field guns and naval guns, but in addition they have also been designing and developing the next generation of muskets and artillery.

But it will take some time for the product to come out.

By the way, now your military workshop can send craftsmen to Pingzhou to train the soldiers and teach them how to use these two weapons. As soon as your first batch of artillery shells arrive, the battle of Jinzhou can start. Xiao Ming said.

Yes, Your Majesty, the lower officials will arrange it now.

Satisfied with the current production progress, Xiao Ming and Qian Dafu left the military workshop and returned to Qingzhou City.

As soon as the two entered the city, they found that the streets of Qingzhou were full of chaos. At this time, the streets were full of merchants, scholars, and common people. During the chaos, he heard shouts of scolding, cheers and fights from time to time.

What's the matter, go ask. Xiao Ming said to Qian Dafu.

Yes, Your Majesty. Qian Dafu responded, walked over to a guard who was maintaining order and asked sharply, What do your guards do, how can there be such a chaos in this city.

When the guard saw Qian Dafu, he showed a nervous look. He said, Mr. Qian, this is really not the fault of the guard house. The chaos in the city was caused by the merchants and the Confucian scholars. It is said that it was caused by the disputes between the Confucian scholars and the merchants.

Confucian scholars and businessmen? Qian Dafu was startled for a moment, and vaguely guessed something.

The guard continued: Yes, it was originally a fight between two people, but now it has turned into chaos in the entire Qingzhou City. Businessmen and scholars have gathered a large number of people to fight in the city.

Qian Dafu knew it in his heart, he told Xiao Ming the whole story before returning to the carriage.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming showed a contemplative look. Among the businessmen, there are some people with unique vision. For the rising capital, the celestial theory will undoubtedly completely break the shackles that have bound them for thousands of years.

That's why they support celestial theory so much.