Chongzhen frowned and said, "In that case, why is this yield still so low?" If the craftsmen are afraid of the lack of money and are unwilling to pay attention, wouldn't it be better to give more silver? Besides, isn't there still a craftsman supervisor and a war bureau? ”

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, the reason for this low yield is not because of anything else, but because of this bore.

The minister and Mr. Dongjiao tried it repeatedly, and sure enough, as His Majesty said before, the fire guns with rotating patterns taken out of the bore of the fire guns were indeed farther than those that were smoothly shot from the inside of the guns.

Therefore, in the past month, the minister ordered the craftsman to take out the ten bore. It's not that he doesn't want to take out more, it's really beyond his strength.

This bore, if cast iron, is very easy to explode. If stainless steel is used, not to mention the time required to dig out the lines, it is also difficult to smooth the ground of this barrel.

A craftsman who is proficient in this way is not embellished every day, and the harvest of a month is only two roots.

How can I be a million? If you use this kind of textured bore pipe in an all-round way, I am afraid that I don't know what year and month it will take to pull out the millions of dollars. ”

Chongzhen was also dumbfounded when he heard this. As far as he is concerned, he knows something about Zhongzheng, Hanyang-made, eighty-one bar, ninety-five, and zero-three, but he only knows, thanks to those TV series in later generations.

If you really let him study how these things are made? Sorry, but I'm going to some polytechnic university or something like that to get a bunch of engineering dogs to study.

Seeing that his desire to use a rifle to beat Jiannu in World War II was about to fail, Chongzhen was very unwilling, and said: "When I was looking through ancient books, I saw that it was recorded that the Gongyi clan had built wooden birds, which could fly for three days without falling; Zhuge Wuhou also built wooden oxen and horses, which could save the people and transport materials.

It can be seen that the power of machinery is better than manpower. In this case, why not build a device that replaces the craftsman in drilling and planing the line, day and night. Isn't it beautiful? ”

At this time, what Chongzhen was thinking about was the machine tool of later generations. If there is any five-axis linkage machine tool, even the simplest machine tool, I am afraid that it is much better than hand-polishing by craftsmen.

Even if the Emperor of the Apocalypse is still alive, according to the carpenter emperor's brain, as long as someone points out, it is estimated that he can build a simple machine tool in minutes.

Even if after using the machine tool, a worker can make a gun barrel a day by manipulating the machine tool, and it is no problem to search for craftsmen at will, and hundreds of gun barrels a day are no problem, right? No matter how you calculate it, it's much faster than one person getting two barrels a month, right?

In Chongzhen's view, the replacement of manpower by machinery is the trend of the times. In later generations, the eighth-level fitters in the rabbit nest were rumored to be more polished than those finished with machine tools, but the eighth-level fitters gradually decreased, and the reason was that machinery gradually replaced manpower.

Xu Guangqi smiled bitterly and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the minister also thought so." That's what kind of equipment is made. The only way to drive this is very difficult.

If it is after the beginning of spring, the ice on the river surface will melt and the water will be driven. But now it doesn't work.

If you are driven by cattle and horses, it will not be as stable as the water flow, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and it is very prone to problems. He also consulted Western missionaries, but there was no good solution. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he shouted in his heart! How can such a pretending time be given to those barbarians in the West?

Chongzhen smiled: "Xu Aiqing, have you ever seen a kettle boiling water?" ”

Xu Guangqi said: "The minister has naturally seen it. I don't know what Your Majesty said? ”

Chongzhen said with a look of nostalgia: "I saw that when the kettle was boiling, the lid of the kettle was constantly opening and closing, presumably after the water was boiled, there was something changed before the water was opened, so there was a force, constantly opening the lid against the kettle, and falling again when the strength was exhausted." And so on and so forth.

In this way, I don't know how to say it here, so I don't go to the kitchen and see the kettle boiling water. ”

When he arrived at the kitchen, Xu Guangqi didn't care about his identity, and directly found a kettle and started boiling water.

After a while, after the water boiled, the spout kept steaming white, and the lid began to rise and fall one by one.

Chongzhen said: "Go and plug the spout." ”

When Xu Guangqi heard this, he stepped forward again and blocked the spout of the kettle. In this way, the undulation of the lid of the pot became larger and larger.

Chongzhen said again: "Find something to press the lid of the pot and block it tighter." Everyone left the kitchen. ”

After Xu Guangqi pressed the lid of the pot with something as he said, he withdrew from the kitchen with Chongzhen and the others.

After a while, I heard a muffled sound in the kitchen, and I was shocked and shouted: "Escort!" A group of inner factory fans hurriedly drew their blades to surround the human wall, blocking Chongzhen in it. Chongzhen looked like an old god was on the ground, and said lightly: "Let's go, go in and have a look." ”

Fang Zhenghua didn't dare to get out of the way, and motioned for the fans to enter the kitchen to check first. It wasn't until the fans rummaged in the kitchen and confirmed that there was no danger that they got out of the way, and Chongzhen, Xu Guangqi and others went in.

At this time, the kitchen was in a mess, the kettle had been flipped to the ground, the things that were pressing the lid of the kettle and the lid of the kettle also flew to the side, and there were traces of the impact on the beams.

Chongzhen smiled: "It seems that the power of this kettle is not small." ”

Xu Guangqi also wrote: "Your Majesty's posture is as good as a minister." This time, the minister felt five inside.

As long as the lid of the pot is not sealed, when it falls together, it can be used to drive all kinds of instruments, which is nothing more than enlargement of the pot. ”

Chongzhen smiled: "I'm not a saint, it's just to see and think more." I am a wise and intelligent person, how many millions?

After I returned to the palace, I ordered someone to post the emperor's list, recruit talents from all over the world, and study this thing with Xu Aiqing. ”

Xu Guangqi also had a rare time to make fun, and complimented: "Your Majesty Shengming." It's just that this thing was ordered by His Majesty to the ministers, and if it is called a kettle machine, it will be a little ugly. Dare to do so, please name this thing. ”

When Chongzhen heard this, he secretly praised Xu Guangqi for being a man, and it seems that these researchers' ability to make sycophants is not bad. As long as you give this thing a name, won't you be the father of the steam engine in the future? What Watt Edison, let me get out and play in the mud!

Chongzhen was not modest, and said directly: "This thing is based on the principle of boiling water in a kettle, and uses the power of boiling water evaporation as the power of vapor as the drive, why don't you call it a steam engine?" ”

After waiting for the ministers to compliment him, Chongzhen said again: "In addition, Xu Aiqing should recruit craftsmen to study this steelmaking method together, and see how to increase the output of this steel field and produce more of these guns and artillery." Well, the name of this fire gun is not very good, and it will be called a gun in the future. ”