The Huang family has now eliminated more four-pound and six-pound copper-core iron cannons, and even gave twelve Chengda Da Da to the county magistrate in Funing. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Twenty forts were deployed in the east and west of Zhongming Fort, and thirty-two were deployed in Gaotai Fort, and these cannons were all bulky guys that were almost the same as the mainstream artillery of the Ming Dynasty, and they were the most suitable for defending the city.

Huang Sheng was not afraid that such artillery would be captured by Jiannu, and actual combat proved that under the blow of the Huangjia rifled field artillery, these artillery with a range of only three or four hundred steps were just an ornament.

Huang Sheng has always been concerned about the progress of Zhao Shimin's team in designing the new war ship, and specially went to the dock studio to comfort the hard-working masters, they will be the ship designers of the Huang family in the future, and they are all national treasures!

Zhao Shimin's team has completed the drawings, and the reason why they did not report to the owner is because they have completed three designs in the past four months, and the three warships have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is really difficult to choose.

Huang Sheng was attracted and discussed with everyone for a day, and finally made a decision to build all of them, even if it required a million taels of silver, as for which model to produce in the future, everything will be clear after the actual battle.

The decision of the head of the family made the designers present cheer, this is the crystallization of their wisdom, everyone wants to make their designs into works, Zhao Shimin just can't take one of the three over the other.

Because the design ideas are very ingenious, they can all meet the requirements of the teacher for safety, speed and powerful firepower, but the styles are different, and it is impossible to define who is better.

Zhao Shimin was a little excited, and said: "My lord, my humble position will definitely not live up to the trust of my lord, and every one of our designers will personally participate in the construction, and it should be completed next year." ”

How big the Ming Dynasty is, how many talents, the Huang family's generous treatment of craftsmen has been famous all over the world, too many shipbuilding talents with skills have taken refuge, there are silver, materials and enough manpower, of course Zhao Shimin dares to pack tickets.

The Huang family also encouraged the research and development of new products and technological innovation, and too many craftsmen were rewarded for their ancestral craftsmanship for life, and they were able to get more than one or two more remunerations every month, which made many craftsmen envious.

Under such inspiration, the Huang family does not have a master to sweep their own treasures, as long as they have unique technology, they will get real benefits, so suggestions and suggestions for technical research have become the mainstream, in such a virtuous circle, the Huang family's products are naturally getting better and better.

Huang Sheng comforted Zhao Shimin and the designers: "Time is not in a hurry, don't save silver, you want to produce high-quality products, you don't have any worries, the shipbuilders of the Chengzu era can build a treasure ship twenty or thirty zhang long, and your design is far less than the treasure ship." ”

"We know that safety and speed are the most important things, and you can rest assured that we will build the largest warship in the Ming Dynasty."

"This is no longer an ordinary warship, this is the main warship that will crisscross the sea in the future, they will be lined up when they engage enemy ships, and no enemy ship can withstand their artillery fire."

Zhao Shimin muttered: "End to end are connected and lined up in a row to fire together, such a tactic is really wonderful." ”

Huang Sheng pirated the British naval combat regulations decades later, and naturally hit the nail on the head. He said: "Such new warships, including the 'Liaodong', belong to the category of medium-sized 'battleships'. 'Yangzhou', 'Jiangyin' and so on belong to light 'battleships'. ”

"My lord, I understand that we will build large 'battleships' after we have accumulated experience."

The head of the house still wants a bigger warship? The surrounding ship designers all had their eyes shining and they were gearing up.

"You also have to know how to combine work and rest, and you will have a three-day holiday from today. One of the masters who participated in the design was counted as a reward for each person's half-year salary as a reward for the successful completion of the design, and the official will also reward him after the construction is successful. I know you haven't had a vacation for months, so let's relax for a few days this time. ”

These designers were happy and coaxed: "Thank you, little one, for your love." ”

Zhao Shimin solved the problem that had plagued him for many days, was very happy, and said to everyone: "Masters, let us rest, let's rest, and start building medium-sized 'battleships' in three days." ”

"Shi Min, you should also take the time to see your sister!"

"Yes, my lord, I will go now." Zhao Shimin went to the Huangfu easily.

Huang Sheng's reward to the incumbent craftsmen did not explain how many taels of silver, because he was not the specific person in charge, and he did not know the size of their contributions, and it was unfair for everyone to take the same amount of reward.

And everyone's contribution will be reflected in their wages, so the reward for six months of wages has opened up the gap, if the ordinary designer gets eighteen taels of silver, the master should have forty-eight taels, and Zhao Shimin will get ninety-six taels.

Huang Sheng looked at the drawings of these three warships, and their size and firepower were close to the battleships "Sea King" and "Sea Sovereignty" launched by the British in Chongzhen's ten years, and the cost of those two British battleships exceeded 40,000 pounds each.

According to the approximate ratio, 40,000 pounds sterling was worth between 12 and 15 taels of silver at this time, but the Huangjia battleship was designed to wrap nickel white copper sheets with too many parts, and added watertight cabins, the main and auxiliary masts were erected by segmented forging, riveted and seamed tinned steel pipes, and the drive compartment was a nickel white copper structure from the propeller to the underwater hull.

Therefore, the cost may require 200,000 to 300,000 taels of silver, but fortunately, the cast steel artillery of the Huang family's multi-layer composite barrel has been mass-produced, the cost is controllable, and the quality is high.

Compared with the cast iron and cast copper artillery of the same period, the cost performance of the same caliber smoothbore gun, the Huang family's artillery range and rate of fire advantage increased by no less than one percent, because the Huang family used granular gunpowder and silk gunpowder packs.

The Huang family has fully absorbed the soft sail technology of the West, and with the addition of the Huang family's unique propeller drive, it should be even more powerful.

This is the result of the continuous study and research of the Huang family's sailors, who rescued and captured more than 500 sailors of the Western Galen ship, and then selected experienced and skilled sailors to return to their old jobs after they worked for a year.

Many Western sailors took the initiative to obtain the status of free men and to get a basic salary, and they competed for posts.

Naturally, they did not hide it, and picked up their housekeeping skills to operate the Huang family's existing Galen ship, as well as many sailors in the West who asked for different types of angle sails, pulleys, and nooses, and soon all the Western navigation techniques were mastered by the Han sailors who were good at learning.

Eastern and Western technologies collided in the Huang family system, producing countless sparks of ideas, and the seemingly complex sail rope system was able to make the Dutch patented technology of the Galen ship sailing against the wind obtained by the Huang family, and the Huang family sailor's code of conduct came into being as the most comprehensive navigation textbook.

The design of these three medium-sized battleships did not abandon the hard sails characteristic of Chinese ships, which were relatively heavy and difficult to raise the sails, but the ease of sailing was also its advantage.

The combination of soft and hard sails makes it possible to quickly drop the three huge main hard sails when suddenly encountering a strong crosswind, so that the wind area can be immediately reduced by 40%, reducing the possibility of being blown over the battleship by a hurricane.

After all, the design is on paper, although the designers have done their best, but the final result depends on the effect of the sea trial, Zhao Shimin They have fully considered lowering the center of gravity for the sake of the stability of the hull, and the possibility of becoming a scrap product does not exist.

Whether it will become a classic design is unknown! We'll see you in a year.