Lord of Ming Dynasty

He only looked at big things and military affairs, as well as the documents of Zhu Dayou's intelligence department, which relieved his burden and pressure.

With a strong army and a territory, maybe the territory is not complete. He thinks that when the time comes, he will take down Hangzhou Mansion, Shaoxing Mansion, and unify Jiangsu and Zhejiang; the money problem is solved, and there are 400 million in finances, which is enough for the current population and army , used by the various prefectures on the site and the Governor's Mansion.

The currency has been unified, and the Qing army is still at war with the Yongli court. There is no time to estimate him here, but the two forces on both sides of the Longwu court and the King of Lu forces are still engaged in some small-scale battles with the Qing army Tartars. The pressure is relatively high. The big one is King Lu's power, he doesn't need to worry about it, King Lu's power has nothing to do with him, if there is something to do, Zhang Qiang hopes that they will persist longer, so that he can have more time to develop, so he doesn't have to be beaten by himself too early With the psychological shadow, the surrounding Qing Army and Han Army Banners fought against the Green Battalion troops.

So what should I do next?

1 Chapter [-] Iron Model Artillery [-]

The general civil affairs of the Governor's Mansion were handed over to Zhou Porridge, and the military affairs of the Jinhua Rebel Army were handed over to the Joint Committee of Admirals. In fact, they were handed over to Wei Wuji, the vice-chairman of the Joint Council of Admirals. Other civil affairs were handed over to the Joint Committee of Prefects. The meeting, because Zhou Porridge's promotion to the governor's office was actually in the hands of You Haibo, Mi Chun, Gu Yuesheng, Tang Dianfeng, Lin Chengcheng, and Chen Hanhui were all under his control.

There is nothing I can do except to grasp the general direction like a helmsman.

Wait, there seems to be one more thing, the artillery factory.

Sebastian is in charge.

Zhang Qiang rushed to the artillery factory in Jinhuafu with the Chase Guards.

The artillery factory is located in the mountain, surrounded by two militia thousand household brigades guarding it, and entering the mountain is replaced by the newly formed arsenal garrison guarding it. These are rebel soldiers who came out of the recruit camp and were assigned to them. They belong to the combat force. , a regular army unit whose quality is higher than that of the militia.

The garrison in the Jinhua Rebel Army is set up on the scale of a battalion. A battalion has two hundred troops, about 500 people.

The garrison troops here are not like the garrison troops in other places. They are not pure cold weapon troops, or broadswords and spears, or sword and shield soldiers, or archers, crossbow bow soldiers, or pure firearms troops. The artillery unit, a mixed unit of hundreds of households with swords and shields.

An artillery factory has four garrison troops stationed in the mountains, three are stationed on the periphery, one is stationed directly in the factory, and there is also a scout flag unit, about 25 cavalry, used to transmit information.

There are a total of four such factories in Jinhua to Taizhou, and they still use precision components, core technical components, such as gun mounts, hemp ropes, general gunpowder raw materials, and other small parts, such as poke rods. Things are handed over to ordinary businessmen in the two prefectures or even the prefecture, or the factories run by the Jinhua rebels use civilians or prisoners of war to complete.

The research and development department, drawing department, approval department, and inspection department are all completed in the gunfire factory.

At present, the gun factory and the peripheral factories of the artillery factory have solved the employment problem of about 10 people in the two prefectures, as well as the problem of making money.

These 10 people became loyal supporters of the Jinhua Rebel Army.

The popular opinion base of the Jinhua Volunteer Army reached 30 people.

This is not high, but it is not low on the site of the Jinhua Rebel Army, which has a maximum population of more than 200 million and a current population of 160 million. Jinhua can find so many supporters on the basis of Ming Dynasty's rule for hundreds of years. The rebel army can be regarded as a person who has never been seen before or since.

When the horse team entered the artillery factory, Zhang Qiang was very happy to see the busy scene.

Every time they passed by, the busy workers nearby always knelt down and kowtowed to their governor.

Zhang Qiang also waved to them again and again.

Enter the core department of the artillery factory, the research and development department, in a southern courtyard.

The loyal and dedicated Sebastian was thinking quietly, facing a bronze cannon, an iron cannon, the cold and ugly torso, but he was as gentle and complicated as looking at a lover.

Zhang Qiang walked over gently and stayed by his side.

Still, Sebastian was awakened by his soldierly footsteps.

Sebastian hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Your Excellency."

"What are you thinking about?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Sebastian said: "Your Excellency, although we have cast so many cannons, I always feel that they are too heavy and the quality is not very good."

Zhang Qiang nodded slightly, "That's right, I know that, but we don't have more senior technicians, and you are just a monk halfway through, so I'm still very grateful that you can recast so many captured artillery pieces for me, take your time , I will not force you, three years, only three years, I will give you freedom."

Sebastian said: "My lord, I didn't mean that. What you give me now, even if I stay with the Dutch for another ten years, I can't earn that much, and I won't enjoy such respect and treatment. It’s just that I’m not satisfied with the time and quality of casting cannons, in order to break through this bottleneck, I think about it day and night, and there is no good way.”

"Didn't I give you and Francois division of labor and cooperation, assembly line production and other methods, so that you can improve the efficiency of production?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Sebastian shook his head, "My lord, although this is the case, it is a way to increase the quantity after the quality level is finalized, but you can also see that the artillery here is still the lowest level in Europe used by the Portuguese." The artillery has a short range, although there are cannons like the Hongyi Cannon, but they are too heavy, even on the warships of Western Europe, your artillery cannot accommodate a large number of warships."

"Is there any better and lighter artillery in Europe than these artillery?"

Sebastian said: "Yes, and there are many, there are two-pounders, three-pounders, four-pounders, six-pounders, eight-pounders, twelve-pounders, eighteen-pounders, and even twenty-pounders." , 24, 32-pound guns, we can only build two-pound guns, four-pound guns, six-pound guns, eight-pound guns, and ten-pound guns. Your Hongyi cannons are actually twelve-pound guns. But because he was so heavy, he was only as good as a ten-pounder, or even an eight-pounder."

"Then why don't you build better artillery?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Sebastian said: "One is that I haven't built any other better artillery, and the other is because we don't have so many technical talents, and even the technical level, even the current artillery is much lower in terms of construction technology and level. The quality and level of construction of the same gun in Europe."

"Is there any way to improve, or improve?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Sebastian shook his head, "So far, I have tried my best and tried countless methods I have heard of, but they all failed. Instead, I wasted so much money and materials that the Governor General gave me. I am really sorry. "

Zhang Qiang said with a smile: "It's okay, if you want to come up with a new technology, you can't succeed without wasting a lot of resources and experiencing many failures. I don't blame you, it's just that our ancient civilization is getting closer and closer to civilization." Far."

Sebastian was silent for a while, and stood there with Zhang Qiang in silence. Both of them felt confused about the future, which was the confusion about the future of artillery.

Zhang Qiang regretted that he didn't study engineering before crossing, and he didn't have such a good brain to study. He felt difficult to deal with the forces of the Netherlands and Portugal in the Daming Sea in the future, and he had no clue and was confused.

The Dutch and the Portuguese are very realistic. Like all the Ming people, they can see that the Ming Dynasty has come to an end. Some long-sighted and ambitious people have defected to the Qing army, acknowledging that the invading foreigners are the rulers of the land right.

Since the Tartars of the Qing army were the legal rulers, or were about to become the legal rulers, Nanming became a rebel attempting to restore.

Of course, they will cooperate with an orthodox dynasty, and will not deal with the rebels, and even want to use the rebels to squeeze a little profit from the legal ruler, after all, they are businessmen.

However, Sebastian was at a loss as to how to improve the quality of the artillery. At his level, there was really no way to improve it.

Chapter 161 Iron mold building gun method [-]

Improving technology is not something that can be done in a short while, and Zhang Qiang has no choice. He is not a science student, nor is he a military master, nor is he a high-end talent from the industrial system. He is just a low-level worker in society. Those, um, low-skilled migrant workers who are mainly engaged in construction, transportation, temporary labor, etc., are not yet bosses.

What he can give is support, manpower, material and financial support.

Asking Sebastian to sit down, Zhang Qiang asked the guard to find some tea, and the two chatted while drinking.

"Sebastian, think about it, is there any other way to improve our artillery technology?"

Sebastian said: "Unless more professional Western Europeans are invited to support, such as craftsmen from Venice and other places, German and British craftsmen, etc."

"Can their craftsmen speed up production?" Zhang Qiang asked.

Sebastian said: "They generally also apply clay mold casting technology, but I heard that many of them have broken through the technical limitations and used cast iron to make iron molds and produce cast iron cannons."

Zhang Qiang knows that in many time travel novels, cast iron cannons are more convenient and cheaper than copper cannons, and raw materials are easy to obtain. After all, iron waists have more reserves than copper on the earth, or are easier to dig and obtain.

"It's impossible for me to invite these European craftsmen. Even if I do, the time will not allow. The surrounding environment of our territory and the Ming and Qing dynasties will give me so much time. Come and go, even if they promise to use the current navigation technology , It will take a year or two, and for a year or two, the Qing Dynasty Tartars will not give it to me, the Nanming court will not give it to me, and the most imminent threat, the Portuguese will not give it to me."

Zhang Qiang shook his head in annoyance, "Guangzhou has won, if the Longwu court can support it, I can throw it to them, don't worry, but although they have [-] troops now, although they are eager to fight, their combat effectiveness is too low , I must not send troops to protect them."

Sebastian has also stayed in Zhang Qiang's territory for a long time, and it was captured during the battle against Zhang Qiang. It was a Spanish mercenary hired by the Dutch, so he also knew the current situation.

He also understands the relationship between Zhang Qiang and the various forces in Ming Dynasty. In his opinion, the various princes in Europe in the Middle Ages were dissatisfied with the emperor, and then united with princes from foreign countries to overthrow the emperor, but some princes were also suppressed. And lost the territory, now, the emperor has changed from a great lord who led the princes to a lord of a principality.