Chapter 124

"The torch? What is it? "

Pang Yukun looked puzzled. He was a civil servant and didn't know much about the weapons in the army, so he asked.

This fire tube is the local name of artillery in Dayu state. Because the original artillery shapes are various, most of them are barrel shaped, so it is called fire tube in Dayu state.

In the world before Xiao Ming, the fire tube was also called fire blunderbuss.

At that time, the application of fire blunderbuss began in the Song Dynasty. By the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, the application of fire barrels had matured. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming army had been equipped with a large number of firearms.

However, even if equipped with more advanced firearms than the Qing army, the Ming Dynasty was still on the road of destruction.

Therefore, Xiao Ming is not a weapon supremacy theory, because it is people who use weapons, and talent is the decisive factor in war.

During this period of time, Xiao Ming deeply felt that the real core of the rule was to let the people of the fiefdom gather around him. Once the orders were issued, all the people would comply with them. This was the essence.

Of course, on this premise, only by equipping the army with more advanced weapons can the army be invincible.

"Well, Pang Changshi will soon know what it is?" Xiao Ming and Zhan Xingchang look at each other and suddenly smile.

Then he said, "but the name of this fire tube is too rustic. It's better to call it artillery."

"Artillery." Zhan Xingchang was stunned, "this name is loud."

Zhan Xingchang proposed artillery defense because he knew something about artillery. Xiao Ming then asked, "since Zhan Sima mentioned artillery, does he know how to make artillery?"

"I don't understand it, but I've seen the power of the fire tube. No, the power of the gun can shoot about 300 meters in one shot. If you put a stone pill in it, you can hurt the enemy in a large area." Zhan Xingchang said.

Pang Yukun heard the speech, but he was dumbfounded and said, "after a long time, you don't know how to make guns. How can you make guns?"

Zhan Xingchang is embarrassed. He forgets that this is not Chang'an.

"Zhan Sima didn't know, but my king did." Xiao Ming said with a faint smile that he just wanted to know whether the artillery manufacturing of Dayu was the same as that of his time.

Since Zhan Xingchang didn't know, he didn't bother to ask.

"Your Highness knows?" Pang Yukun and Zhan Xingchang were surprised at the same time.

Xiao Ming nodded, "how dare I defend Cangzhou without any mace?"

Zhan Xingchang showed an excited look, "if you put hundreds of guns on the gate of Cangzhou City, with proper command, Cangzhou City will be safe."

Xiao Ming showed a wry smile. It's easy to say that hundreds of guns are not plate armour. It takes tons to play.

After all, when the material can't meet the requirements, we can only thicken the barrel, so as to reduce the burst.

Although the iron and steel industry in Qingzhou has reached a higher level, casting artillery is still a difficult technical work. The first thing to produce artillery is the problem of materials.

This time he wants to produce artillery, naturally, he will not compare it with the present stage of the fire tube of Dayu state. This kind of local artillery with a range of 300 meters, which makes Zhan Xingchang exclaim, can only be said to be rubbish.

Before he could confirm the technological level of the west, the Japanese and the barbarians, he could only use his own knowledge to improve the performance of the artillery produced this time.

However, even so, according to his estimation, it can only reach the level of the late Ming Dynasty at most, and its performance is equivalent to that of the red cannon.

There are all kinds of gun manufacturing methods in the science and Technology Library, but it is difficult for a skillful woman to make a meal without rice, because further gun materials and boring machine cutting technology are not available in Qingzhou, which needs a process of exploration.

If the production of red artillery, whether it is copper artillery or iron artillery, at this stage, the production of artillery can only use casting method, and casting method needs mold.

It's not as easy to make as a cannon.

"Hundreds of doors? I will be satisfied to have ten guns at that time. " Xiao Ming sighed.

The casting of this gun is from scratch, and everything is difficult at the beginning. It is estimated that this experimental stage will take several months.

Moreover, the artillery also needs to be manipulated, and the artillery training is also a problem.

Zhan Xingchang didn't refute Xiao Ming. He also knew that it was very difficult for Chang'an's equipment department to produce the gun, let alone Qingzhou.

Without mentioning the artillery, Xiao Ming said, "you don't understand the artillery. Do you know how to build a fortress?"

"I'm a little better at it." Zhan Xingchang is confident.

Xiao Ming nodded. The ancient scholars were very modest. Generally speaking, they were proficient. He said, "well, you can go to Cangzhou City this time and have a field survey. When you come back, you will present the method of how to transform Cangzhou city defense."

Zhan Xingchang traveled thousands of miles to Qingzhou to show his ambition and apply what he learned. Now it's an opportunity to show himself in front of Xiao Ming. He said, "yes, your highness."

Pang Yukun nodded slightly and said to Xiao Ming, "by the way, your highness, the lower official has handed over the matter of dealing with the remaining evils of the powerful family to Zhan Xingchang. So many things are enough for him to do.""Oh? Is it? It seems that Pang Changshi attaches great importance to you. Tell me how you plan to deal with the remaining evils of the powerful family. " Zhan Xingchang's age is similar to that of Xiao Ming in modern times. Generally speaking, their psychological age is the same.

In the face of Pang Yukun, he is more willing to get along with people of such age as Zhan Xingchang.

"Your Highness, Qingzhou is waiting for a hundred wastes to be revived. A big fight will certainly hurt 1000 enemies, and it will hurt 800 enemies. The beginning of this powerful family is just that the same surname families rely on the large number of people, and gradually develop into the present situation. Therefore, to deal with the remaining evils of these powerful families, the lower official thinks that the head of the case is naturally to kill others to show caution. The second time they are matched as slaves, and the remaining people of the same surname are often thousands or tens of thousands These people should not be forced to commit crimes until they die. They should not be separated and exiled to other states. In this way, there will no longer be a climate in the region. " Zhan Xingchang said.

"Well, you're right. The main branches of the sun family, large and small, add up to tens of thousands of people. Sun Yuanzhi has died. These people can no longer live in Qingzhou, divide the whole into parts, and distribute these people to other states and counties. In this way, big families become small families, small families become ordinary people, and they don't communicate with each other when they die. From then on, there will be no more powerful families in the six states."

After a few simple words, Xiao Ming left the governor's office. This exhibition made a good impression on him, but whether it was a mule or a horse had to be pulled out.

And the most important thing for him now is to figure out how to reverse the artillery in the shortest possible time.

There are few soldiers in Qingzhou. He and the barbarians can't afford to fight for each other. Besides, there is a king of Wei who has bad intentions behind him.

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