This effect is shocking enough, especially the power of the explosion, the killing radius reaches three meters, which is almost the size of a bedroom, and in the center, the explosion produces a crater with a radius of one and a half meters, indicating that the people and horses in this range are likely to have no bones. Vertex updates are the fastest

After the Xining rifle, the Mandate of Heaven has added another big killing weapon!

Everyone congratulated Li Zicheng one after another, even Tang Ruowang, his eyes were full of energy, even if he mastered the manufacturing technology of artillery, but this powerful flowering projectile, he was also the first time to encounter, people who didn't know the truth, thought that the howitzer was the masterpiece of him and the craftsmen, only he and a limited number of R&D members knew that the Metropolitan Governor was the real R&D!

There are no detailed drawings designed by the Grand Governor, which provides them with a research direction, and this kind of flowering bomb can't even think of it!

However, Li Zicheng was not satisfied, although the power of the explosion of the flowering bomb was good, but the range was far from meeting the design requirements, only 2,200 meters, almost a seven-fold discount!

Howitzers will definitely be applied to the battlefield in the future, if the opponent is only a nomad, the shortage of a range of 1,000 or hundreds of meters will not have much effect, anyway, the cannon will fight mosquitoes.

But the opponent of the Mandate of Heaven is mainly the imperial court, and it is possible to face the huge ships and heavy artillery of the Europeans in the future, from this aspect, the firing range is particularly important, and it must not be like the J-15 of later generations, from the moment it came out, it is already the world's second-rate.

If it weren't for technological reasons, Li Zicheng would have been able to "develop" a more advanced artillery, which would have surpassed his opponent for hundreds of years, and the opponent would not be able to catch up if he wanted to, because of the huge gap between the industrial level and later generations, and many advanced killing weapons, even if there were drawings, could not be put into production immediately.

However, in any case, Li Zicheng must also produce firearms that crush the world, otherwise he is really ashamed of his identity as a crossover, starting from the Xining rifle, he has realized his ideal step by step according to the resources controlled by the Heavenly Mandate Army.

Li Zicheng looked at the howitzer, why did the range shrink greatly when the power of gunpowder was almost unchanged? Is it the same as the rifle, but also in the level of materials or industrial technology?

The barrel of the gun was pointed into the sky, and it seemed that the anti-aircraft gun was aiming at the aircraft.

Li Zicheng realized in his heart, haha, it turns out that the problem is here!

When the howitzer is fired, it is not that the higher the elevation angle, the farther the range, if the air resistance is not considered, when the elevation angle is forty-five degrees, the firing range is the maximum.

In later high school textbooks, this was the basics, and there were ready-made formulas to calculate.

If the resistance of the air is taken into account, in order to have the greatest range, the elevation angle of the barrel is slightly larger or smaller than that of 45 degrees, and Li Zicheng can no longer remember exactly how much.

However, it doesn't matter, you can do a few more experiments.

Li Zicheng summoned Tang Jin, whispered a few words, and asked him to adjust the elevation angle of the gun to forty-five degrees, and then conduct the test of the second shell.

"Boom...... Long ......"

Sure enough, the second flowering bullet was about the same power, but the range was significantly increased, reaching two thousand eight hundred meters!

Not only did the gunners look at Li Zicheng with admiration, but even John Tang, a technical expert, did not expect that when the elevation angle of the original barrel was 45 degrees, the range of the shells basically reached the maximum.

He has become accustomed to Li Zicheng's rebellion, that is, the drawings of the howitzer, which were also designed by Li Zicheng.

John Tang came from the Holy Roman State in Europe, he knew what such a howitzer meant to the whole world, Li Zicheng mastered it, at least in the Eastern world, it was invincible, and the larger the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, the more conducive it was to the promotion of Catholicism!

He stared intently, not knowing what he was thinking, and after a while, Fang Xiang walked over and gave Li Zicheng a thumbs up, "The Metropolitan Governor is really God!" ”

"God descends to earth?" Li Zicheng finds it interesting, in the territory of the Mandate of Heaven, Catholicism has gradually spread, if it is really God descending to earth, then he, the governor of the Mandate of Heaven, is even more justifiable!

Now the Mandate of Heaven Army is much weaker than the imperial court, in order to unite people's hearts, it is necessary to create an absolute core, Li Zicheng has decided, from now on, he will be the God of the earth!

If even John Tong admits it, who else dares not to admit it?

The two smiled similarly, and they were very happy, but what they thought in their hearts was not the same.

Tang Jin also walked over to Li Zicheng and said carefully: "Governor, the effect of this experiment ......"

"The effect is very good, Tang Jin, let the craftsmen rush to make flowering bombs, test them a few more times, if the performance of the howitzer is stable, it can be produced in large quantities," Li Zicheng patted Tang Jin's shoulder and said, "In addition, you and your family went to the Heavenly Mandate Governor's Mansion to receive ten taels of silver!" ”

Ten taels of silver, equivalent to twenty months' salary of a soldier, can buy twenty stone of grain, enough for four or five people to eat for a year.

For the wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan and Jingshi, ten taels of silver is really not worth mentioning, and it is not enough to flatter a bottle of perfume for the woman you like, but for people like Tang Jin and Zhao Jiacai, who were born bitterly, it is an astronomical amount.

"Thank you, Governor!" Tang Jin and Zhao Jiacai were stunned for a moment, and then Li Zicheng bowed and thanked him.

Li Zicheng accepted it with peace of mind, and he wanted to distribute the reward in public to expand the influence of the reward to the maximum, so as to improve the social status of scientific and technological personnel and attract more people to participate in scientific research.

If the news of the distribution of the silver reward today spreads, when Xining Science and Technology High School recruits students in the future, the poor families will definitely rush to send their children to the school.

Li Zicheng is most concerned about the people on the ground, they are the source of manpower for the survival and development of the Mandate of Heaven, whether it is soldiers or scientific and technological talents, they all come from the common people, but the people do not need to cultivate all the land to produce food, they themselves must continue to develop and progress, and divide from the group soldiers, farmers, workers, merchants, soldiers, and sciences, and promote the division of labor and progress in society.

Xining and Longyou have suffered from banditry and soldiers, and they are border areas, and there are not many prestigious families themselves, which is the biggest advantage of the Mandate of Heaven Governor's Mansion.

Returning to the Dadu Governor's Mansion, Li Zicheng immediately asked Shen Dao to recruit two hundred households of artillery among the reserve soldiers according to his own requirements, one of the 100 households of artillery will be stationed in Guguan and directly under the Ma Youshui Department, and the other 100 households will stay in Xining, and when the technology is proficient, he will be used as an artillery instructor in the future, so as to train more gunners.

The craftsman's workshop has to cast both guns and cannons, and the manpower is nervous, and the army of the Mandate of Heaven and the imperial court are about to fight, neither of which can be delayed, Li Zicheng took advantage of the opportunity in Xining to decide to reorganize the craftsman's workshop.

After careful consideration, Li Zicheng decided that the craftsman's workshop would be renamed the Firearms Bureau, with Liu Fang as the director and the title of 100 households, and as a "chief", he would be fully responsible for the work of the Firearms Bureau.

Liu Fang was originally a craftsman in the craftsman's workshop, the category was a blacksmith, and the newly established Firearms Bureau will be the first time that technical personnel are in charge of firearms research and development, production, maintenance, etc., and it is the general trend of the development of the industry that the insiders receive the insiders.

The Firearms Bureau consists of the R&D Department and the Production Department, the R&D Department is responsible for the design and research and development of various firearms, while the Production Department is only responsible for the production of firearms.

The skills mastered by the craftsmen no longer belong to the individual, but to the Firearms Bureau, but the Firearms Bureau implements additional rewards for craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions in addition to the normal remuneration.

The R&D department is headed by Tang Jin, responsible for coordinating all kinds of craftsmen, so as to concentrate on the research and development of firearms needed by the Metropolitan Governor's Office, Li Zicheng trained experts in cement manufacturing Gong Mingguang and Ji Jie, bridge experts Lu Rongda and Yu Xiao, and craftsmen Cao Jian, who built ships in the West Sea, etc., before the establishment of a new management department, are all affiliated to the R&D Department of the Firearms Bureau.

The production department is headed by Fang Zhi, and arranges the production of various firearms and new materials according to the needs of the metropolitan government or the research results of the R&D department.

In order to expand the scale of production, the production department recruited 100 new workers, after simple training, will assist the original skilled workers, participate in the casting of rifles and howitzers, and wait for the initial grasp of the production process, and then mix with skilled hands, and officially become the staff of the Firearms Bureau.

At the end of the first month, all the soldiers of the two thousand households of Qin Danian's department returned to Xining to start a new round of training.

In mid-February, the Firearms Bureau produced rifles from 400 households, and these rifles, together with a large number of bullets, will be transported to Guguan and delivered to the Ma Youshui Department.

At the same time, the Firearms Bureau, on the basis of several tests, determined that the howitzer could be finalized, produced three more howitzers, and continued to conduct tests.

On the morning of this day, Li Zicheng had just finished teaching the students of the girls' school, but Tang Ruowang rushed to resign, "Governor, now that the weather is gradually getting warmer, and the ice floe on the Yellow River is beginning to melt, I will take Lu Rongda and Yu Xiao to Lanzhou again to inspect and prepare for the construction of a bridge over the Yellow River." ”

"Okay, good," Li Zicheng was overjoyed, this John Tang is really the best gift God has given to the Heavenly Mandate Army, "I will arrange manpower to transport cement and other materials to the vicinity of Lanzhou as soon as possible, the Yellow River is so long, is Mr. Tang sure where to build the bridge?" ”

"Governor Dadu, how about choosing Guanting Ferry? On the east bank is the bluestone beach, which happens to be on the traffic artery from Xining to Lanzhou! ”

"Well," Li Zicheng nodded, the first cement bridge on the Yellow River was originally for the connection between Xining and Lanzhou, and it was naturally best on this traffic artery, "When does Mr. Tang plan to leave?" ”

"I'm going to leave in the morning," John Tang hesitated suddenly, hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Governor, the matter of preaching in Longyou ......"

"Mr. Tang, Longyou has begun to preach sporadically," Li Zicheng said with a smile on his face: "I am ready to comprehensively promote Catholicism in Longyou, after Mr. arranges manpower, I will ask the magistrate to assist, first set up churches in the four prefectures and cities of Longyou, and then extend to various county seats, it will not be long before believers will fully blossom in Longyou, but ......"

"I understand what the Metropolitan Governor means," Tang Ruowang remembered the situation when Liang Wencheng visited him a few days ago, and after thinking about it for a few days, he had already made a decision, "I agree that the Metropolitan Governor will be the pope of the entire Ming region!" ”

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