Chapter 414

"Well, in that case, when the official model comes out, we'll be ready to put it into production. Next year, we hope to have 200 doors."

On the test ground, Xiao Ming patted Chen Qi on the shoulder.

But thinking of something, he asked, "can this powder can withstand the impact of powder explosion? Can't the earthenware jar be broken? "

Strictly speaking, huzun gun is a modern mortar. The real power of this kind of curved gun is explosive shells. Just in this way, the combination of powder can and huzun gun can give full play to its real power, because powder can is already equivalent to explosive shells.

The only drawback is that it is difficult to control the explosion time of the powder can. When the powder can was used to attack the city last time, many powder cans either exploded in advance or delayed at the head of Shanhaiguan City, and even there was a situation of dumb fire.

According to Niu Zhen, at that time, half of the gunpowder can really explode in the city.

It is precisely because of the instability of the original flowering bomb that it was not popular with the army at the beginning when it appeared. In particular, the flowering bomb that needed to be ignited on warships was equivalent to a time bomb.

Because if it's not properly stored, it's easy to send yourself to heaven.

"Your Highness, I forgot to say that the powder can't bear the power of powder explosion, so the military workshop made hollow iron eggs."

With that, Chen Qi instructs a craftsman to take out an iron ball from the wooden box on one side and give it to Xiao Ming.

Seeing the iron ball the size of a baby's head, Xiao Ming suddenly burst out laughing. This is the original flowering bomb, which is called a time bomb in the west, and it is also the lost flowering bomb in the Ming Dynasty.

This kind of bomb is an iron ball. In front of the iron ball, a lead leads into the iron ball. The gunner cuts the lead according to the distance to achieve the purpose of explosion, so it is as unstable as the powder can.

This kind of the most primitive flowering ammunition was rarely equipped in the Western military ammunition, accounting for only one tenth of that at that time.

"Yes, yes, but the time of this kind of shell explosion is not stable." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

He was not angry, but happy. In any case, this is a kind of flowering bomb, which is a kind of progress for the military industry. With this foundation, we can continue to develop the next generation of flowering bomb.

Xiao Ming's words let Chen Qi show a look of shame, "Your Highness, one of the reasons why the tiger gun has been experimenting is the problem of shell explosion. The lower official found that using the tiger gun to launch this kind of shell is very dangerous, and it's not even as safe as the catapult, because once the gunpowder explodes in the barrel, it will ignite the fire rope."

"You may be able to insert a hollow wood pipe into the bullet hole, insert a slow burning fire rope into the wood pipe, and at the same time, shorten the length of the burning fire rope by rotating the wood plug, which will be safer than the shell that directly inserts the fire rope into the bullet hole." Xiao Ming said.

Before he could invent fuze, Xiao Ming could only improve the safety and practicability of this kind of bomb. The problem of this kind of bomb is that the gunpowder in the barrel directly ignites the fire rope, so no matter how long the fire rope is, the fire rope will be ignited near the bullet hole. Because of this, the shell will become very dangerous.

When a hollow plug is inserted, the length of the burning rope in the plug can be adjusted by rotation, so that the stability of the bomb is higher.

However, this kind of flowering bomb is not up to the level of Napoleon in the 19th century. It can only be said that it is a generation and a half of flowering bombs.

"Yes, yes, I'm so stupid." Chen Qi smell speech immediately excited to turn back and forth, he said: "Your Highness, this is the study of this kind of cork shells."

After nodding, Xiao Ming doesn't disturb Chen Qi any more. He knows that once Chen Qi finds a new idea, he will study all the way. Talking to him at this time is the same as talking to wood.

After seeing the huzun gun, Xiao Ming didn't leave immediately, but went directly to the gun workshop. At this time, the craftsmen of the gun workshop were producing guns.

Because there is a great demand for exported artillery this year, the iron mold of the artillery workshop has tripled, and the exported artillery is produced day and night.

At the same time, the number of the other two kinds of iron mold also increased three times, one is the city fire gun that Qingzhou is now using, and the other is the naval gun.

Because the number of guns needed by the galleons this year is very large, and the production of naval guns is also in full swing. The new 12 galleons need at least 1000 guns, which is not only a heavy task for the military workshop, but also a huge financial cost.

Even if the cost of a thousand guns is two thousand taels, it can only be done with two million taels of silver, and this does not include the cost of ammunition and shells.

Without being in charge of his family, he didn't know that firewood, rice, oil and salt were expensive. Now Xiao Ming deeply realized the pain of cutting meat.

It is because of this that he decisively ordered to take a defensive posture against the barbarians. Now he can't fight like this all the time, because the economic benefits brought by fighting against the barbarians are too little. If this goes on, the war will drag him down.

It was also because of the silver that he would sell arms. If he didn't sell arms, how could he get the money to build guns and guns.

After passing through the artillery workshop, he gradually determined to continue to expand the sales of export-oriented guns at home, and at the same time, the export of firerope guns should also be put on the agenda. It is not easy for the military workshop to make profits.From the artillery workshop, Xiao Ming entered the muskets workshop, while song Changping was supervising the production of muskets.

In the workshop, he saw that some craftsmen were already assembling the muskets. It seems that song Changping's reaction was very fast. He began to implement the order as soon as it was issued.

"Your Highness, this torch is very simple. 5000 torches will be delivered in two months." Song Changping said confidently.

Xiao Ming picked up an assembled firerope gun and looked at it. This kind of firerope gun has no bayonet, only the barrel, which is inferior to the flint gun.

Compared with the profits of artillery, this firearm is more profiteering, so Xiao Ming attaches great importance to the export of firearm. He said: "now that the firearm workshop has business, we can consider expanding production as the artillery workshop, and some of each type of gun is responsible for production, so that there will be no confusion."

Song Changping nodded, "yes, your highness. I'll arrange it later."

Xiao Ming continued: "this production is one thing. The development of this new type of gun can't be delayed. Chen Qi has tiger gun. You have to work harder to improve the range and accuracy of the flint gun."

"Your Highness, my highness's team is now conducting research on new guns. I believe it will not be long before your highness will see more powerful flint guns." Song Changping said.

Looking at the busy workshop, Xiao Ming looks at Song Changping with admiration. This guy has always been sincere and says that in the process of development, it must be in the process of development.

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