He knew very clearly that if he publicized this thing early, it would definitely not be the Ming Dynasty that would benefit, and it would not be his nation, but those Westerners who were behind in the research and development of firearms.

The Ming Dynasty has not yet reached the point where the whole country attaches importance to firearms.

However, when he heard that the master of Nama said that the musket produced by his firearms factory was only desirable, the material used was acceptable, and he immediately thought of an aspect.

At present, the raw materials for firearms in the firearms factory come from Qian Lianghu's purchase of the city's shipping department, and it is obvious that a large part of these wrought iron is estimated to come from overseas, with Gao Han's explanation, even if it is to save money, Qian Lianghu does not dare to easily get in touch with the local government, so as not to give the local government a reason to interfere in the firearms factory, and the purchase of raw materials in the local area must be indispensable to the local government.

Iron, wrought iron, these wrought iron came from overseas, and according to the performance of the horse master, these wrought iron was already much better quality than the book iron used by the Ming Dynasty for ordnance production.

Of course, there must be better ones in the Ming Dynasty, but what is certain is that the quantity of these better iron or steel will not be too large, and the steel output to be used in ordnance production is a huge base, and a small amount of good raw materials cannot represent the level of a country's military industry.

However, in his memory, there was something that changed the situation.

That is "local steelmaking".

In his memory, this thing was also a huge farce, and even left a laughing stock for a long time in the land of China, but objectively speaking, it is indeed feasible to make steel by soil method, especially when the amount required is not particularly large, which is definitely a way to obtain relatively high-quality steel.

It's just that the price to pay is slightly larger, but now, does he need to take into account the cost?

This method, although it needs to be explored slowly to be comprehensive, but the general direction and method, he still has a bit of a spectrum in his heart, but this method, no matter what, cannot be in the hands of others, even if he would rather destroy it, he must not let others take this aspect.

When he returned to his station, he sent someone to call the somewhat cute Ma Chief, who was obviously a little reluctant, as if he would rather stay in the firearms factory than deal with Gao Han and these officials.

"I don't know how to cast this firearm, since you were sent by the imperial court to accept the purchased artillery, you must have studied this artillery, I will ask you, our imperial court can also make cannons, Liaodong has to ask for this Xiyi cannon, what is the difference between our cannons and their cannons?"

When he asked this, Gao Han was clear in his heart, chemistry, ballistics, machinery, sports, these classified disciplines, in the West now have specialized intellectual talents in research, and Daming is now only a small group of people who rely on their own interests to have time to study, personal strength and national strength, point and surface, separate knowledge and systematic knowledge, are completely different things, but he still has a fluke mentality.

"Our cannon is small, they cannon big!"

If you are a tech nerd, you will always be so to the point and be ruthless.

Seeing that Gao Han didn't seem to understand his words, he began to explain: "Our cannon is small, the shells that shoot out are small, they hit close, and they even break down after a few hits, but if you want to compare the size with Xiyi, the cannon has to be bigger, and the gunpowder has to be put in more miles, but the cannon body can't bear it first, and this doesn't consider other issues, and secondly, even if the cannon body withstands, it can't hit a few cannons, and the cannon will be scrapped, and even the sergeants who fired the cannon are all killed, and the cost and the effect of the play are really not cost-effective, It's better to buy Xiyi's artillery directly! ”

"Hmph, what if one day, we go to war with Xiyi?" Gao Han couldn't listen to this kind of words that destroyed his own prestige and grew the morale of others: "When the time comes, where to buy guns!" ”

"There are many Xiyi, this one is not for sale, that one is always for sale!" Master Ma was gloomy: "Of course, it's best for us to be able to build it ourselves, but we can't build it!" ”

"After all, we can't build a cannon as big as Xiyi, just because our wrought iron is not as good as the other party?" Gao Han asked: "If we can have better wrought iron, or even steel, than Xiyi, can we make a cannon similar to Xiyi?" ”

"It's up to you to say that!" Master Ma didn't give Gao Han any face: "Use steel to make a cannon, dare you think, do you know how much wrought iron is needed to build a cannon?" With so much steel, how many weapons can be made? Our Daming's family background is not so bad! ”

"What if I had?" Gao Han looked at the other party: "I don't care how the court uses it, I just take care of my own beach, I will say, if there is enough steel in this firearms factory, and there are Xiyi craftsmen and our craftsmen, will the things made be worse than those of Fanren?" ”

"Enough steel? Fire-making guns? Master Ma simply looked at Gao Han with an idiotic look: "If you weren't an envoy to watch the wind, the Ministry of War would have requisitioned you as soon as possible, and also made firecrackers, and we have more places to use stainless steel!" ”

"I said I don't care about anyone else!" Gao Han was a little annoyed when he saw that he was confused: "I'll just say that I have enough steel, can I make a fire gun, and make a cannon that is no worse than Fanren!" ”

Seeing his serious appearance, Master Ma realized that the Lord of the Wind Watching in front of him didn't seem to be joking, he thought about it seriously, and said slowly: "If that's the case, you have good steel here, and there are craftsmen from Fanren, and it seems that you can make a firearm that is not worse than Fanren, and it is really possible, but it is possible to build Xiyi cannons...... I'll have to ask someone about this! ”

"Then go ahead and ask!" Gao Han waved his hand: "Tell me if you ask clearly, I tell you clearly, if you want to buy Xiyi cannons now, it is estimated that there is not much hope, rather than counting on others, it is better for us to be self-reliant, while I am still interested in tossing this, finish the errand early, let's go home early!" You don't want to stay here for a few years, do you? ”

Gao Han doesn't care who this horse master is going to ask, but if he thinks it's some technical things, he doesn't worry too much, he just needs to know that there is a possibility.

In the next few days, he pondered about the matter of earth-based steelmaking, gradually clarifying the vague things in his mind, and then put it on paper and pen.

Confined to vague memory, he can't get exact data for many things, and even knows only that he knows it but doesn't know why, but he still recalls and records it in detail, and as for who to hand over this technology, he also thought about it well.

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