My diary of transcendence from the heavens

Chapter 96 94. The First Firearms Manufacturing Factory, the arrival of an old friend

Zhao Xuanqi left Emperor Jingming's study and slowly walked out of the palace.

The sky was gloomy and depressing.

There are faint snowflakes falling.

Snowflakes are flying in the wind, all over the sky

He stretched out his hand and caught a piece of snowflake. It was a diamond-shaped snowflake. The moment it fell into his hand, it began to melt.

He said sadly: "It's snowing..."

Snowing.

That means severe cold is coming.

The snowflakes in the sky seem to symbolize that the country is about to usher in the cold winter. If it is not handled properly, the country may be destroyed in the bone-chilling cold of this winter.

But how easy is it to regain lost territory or protect the foundation of the Northern Wei Dynasty?

The only area that the imperial court can control currently is the area near Chang'an, and the world is full of rebellious officials and traitors.

Whether it is the army or the people, the imperial court is in a weak state. Anyone with some discernment can see that the imperial court has reached its limit and there is no hope of comeback.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes. At this moment, anyone can bully the imperial court. Everyone wants to be the pusher and reap some benefits.

"But I still have to try hard!"

Zhao Xuanqi's expression turned cold.

As the saying goes, God arranges the best.

But sometimes you are not satisfied with God’s arrangements, so you have to go against God’s will and change everything!

If the world doesn’t like it, then he insists on doing it!

Normally, there is really no chance of a comeback.

It is almost as good as rebuilding the country and starting over from scratch.

But he wasn't going to take the normal path.

Develop firearms and gunpowder!

The imperial court currently has so few troops, only tens of thousands of troops in the Chang'an City area. If you want to use cold weapons to conquer the world, it is simply a joke and there is no chance at all.

But firearms and gunpowder are different.

This kind of cross-era weapon is crushing in this era. Once you have sufficiently advanced firearms and gunpowder, you may not be able to regain the mountains and rivers.

Don’t you see that the 50-strong army of the Wandering Army is still being wiped out by the action of explosives?

With a goal, Zhao Xuanqi has motivation.

Next, he built a factory in the area north of the city.

The name of the factory is simple: No. 1 Firearms Manufacturing Factory!

Recruit all kinds of talents, find a large number of craftsmen and blacksmiths, and join the factory on a lifelong basis.

Basically, all the craftsmen in Chang'an City have been recruited by Zhao Xuanqi to join the factory!

As long as you enter the factory, you will be a member of the factory from now on. You will be a member of the factory in life and a ghost of the factory in death. Then you must stay in the factory for life, dedicate everything to the factory, and strictly adhere to the confidentiality system.

The welfare that Zhao Xuanqi gives them is also very high, which can ensure that their descendants have food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, and will give them a lot of money to ensure that they are well fed and clothed!

The task of the craftsmen is simple, that is to make muskets!

But in this mission, in addition to making matchlock guns, Zhao Xuanqi also arranged for them to make flintlock guns.

After all, the limitations of the matchlock gun are too great, the firing speed is slow, and the weather restrictions are very great. Once the weather is windy and rainy, it cannot be used, and the power is also inferior. It is okay to use it to defend the city, but if it is used to attack, then It's just not satisfactory.

The benefits of flintlock muskets are much greater and more stable. As long as a large number of flintlock muskets can be produced, the benefits to the army are self-evident, and they will not be affected even if they encounter bad weather while on an expedition.

In addition, another item cannot be left behind. Zhao Xuanqi also ordered another group of craftsmen to make bombs!

The explosive power of pure gunpowder is too small, so special configurations must be used to make them into powerful black powder!

Then find a way to batch-produce explosive packets, explosive bombs, and white phosphorus bombs!

Bombs are indispensable, and their role can often play a decisive role in victory. They are more oppressive, more deterrent, and more powerful than muskets.

In this ancient feudal world, the explosion of a bomb is often called a miracle. It can be called a dragon turning over. It can blow people to pieces in an instant. It can also crush the enemy's mind and make the enemy unable to resist!

When you look at the people next to you and explode for no apparent reason, when you look at all your friends dying unknown, this is a particularly terrifying thing!

All this has to be put on the agenda.

Only firearms can change everything!

Zhao Xuanqi knew that the production of all this would take time.

It takes a lot of time to complete the production. Start production now without wasting any time to prevent future crises.

Zhao Xuanqi's vision has grown a lot over the years, and he has a unique understanding of the general trend of the world. He can now smell an unusual smell from the stability of the world. It is obvious that a storm is coming!

In response, he slapped his head: "In addition to muskets and explosives, there is another very important thing that must be made!"

"This thing is simply the best weapon for attacking or defending a city!"

This thing is an artillery!

The function of artillery basically needs no introduction.

With one shot, no one can resist, and even a solid city wall or gate can be blasted with a hole.

It can also hit enemies from a distance.

If you use it properly, the enemy can't even see you, and you can bombard the enemy from a very long distance.

It is an absolutely absolute dimensionality reduction attack on bows and arrows.

The effectiveness of muskets is not one-tenth that of artillery.

Any enemy military formation, whether it is a shield formation or a heavy armored cavalry formation, is vulnerable to artillery. This is definitely a big killer!

And Zhao Xuanqi happened to know how to make artillery.

The manufacturing methods of artillery are nothing more than the mud film casting method and the paraffin wax manufacturing method.

In addition, there is a better method of iron mold casting.

The so-called clay mold casting method is to use extremely cooked clay to make a mold and then slowly dry it in the shade, or slowly bake it with charcoal fire. The mold making time is at least one month and up to three months, which is very time-consuming. .

Moreover, one mold cannot be reused. The most fatal point is that once the mold is not completely dry or the clay is not cooked, defective products will be cast.

The principle of lost wax cannon casting is to first fill the inner core of the cannon with a clay mold, then pull it out when it is dry, then apply beeswax on the clay mold layer by layer to form the model of the cannon, and then apply the clay mold on the outside to form the outer mold.

After the two layers of clay molds are completely dry and heated and baked, all the wax molds in the middle melt and disappear, and the entire casting model becomes an empty shell. Molten iron is poured into it, and the cannon is cast.

However, the lost wax cannon casting method can only be used in winter. When the temperature is high in spring, summer and autumn, the wax mold in the middle will melt before the clay mold dries.

Iron-cast cannons do not have these disadvantages.

In September of the 1840th year of Daoguang (), Yuqian, a native of the Mongolian Xianghuang Banner, the governor of Liangjiang, established a cannon casting bureau in the provincial capital of ZJ. Jiaxing County Prime Minister Gong Zhenlin, Yuyao County Magistrate Wang Zhongyang, and Zhenhai Liangtai Lu Zechang were in charge of cannon casting.