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Jingshan, Beijing.

The cannon rumbled in the cannon factory, which was in the middle of a test gun. The head of the military aircraft department of the current dynasty -- the first-class loyal and brave prince, Fucha Fu Heng, personally came to the scene today to supervise and inspect it. The requirements are better than the previous test.

Since the development of firearms in the Manchu Qing Dynasty reached its peak in the middle of the Kangxi Dynasty, the Manchu gun manufacturing level in the following five or sixty years has gradually faded, especially in the casting process of artillery. The new batch of guns produced by the Jingshan Gun Factory before had a very high scrap rate. There is no way, if you don't do much, the craftsmen just turn over the words and books left by their ancestors, and they can't make good guns. The world is changing, who would have thought that the world would be in chaos like this in the 323rd year of the Qianlong Dynasty?

In the 33rd year of the Qianlong Dynasty, the three artillery factories in Beijing were revitalized.

There is no way, the advantage of the Fu Han army in artillery fire is too great, and the fortifications are too strong. The Qing army lacked heavy artillery that could open up the situation on many battlefields.

And what about the Fu Han army? Whether it is the headquarters of the General's Mansion guarding the old nest and there is no shortage of coal and iron, or the headquarters of Chen Ming, who is on an expedition and sweeping along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, all kinds of artillery are rapidly exploding. For example, Chen Ming, the Qing army's copper cannons, iron cannons, iron materials, bronze tools, knives and guns, and even a large number of copper coins captured by the Qing army along the way have become the capital of the Fu Han army to cast cannons. The number of bronze cannons in Chen Ming's palm was almost comparable to that of iron cannons. This made the Manchus very passive, but they could only keep up.

The manufacture of firearms in the Manchu Qing Dynasty began in the fifth year of the Later Jin Tiancong (1631). In the early period of the Kangxi Dynasty, frequent wars and huge external pressure forced the Qing court to attach great importance to the manufacture and development of firearms. The scale, quality and craftsmanship of its firearms have reached the pinnacle of the development of firearms in ancient China, and some firearms were also at the advanced level in the world at that time. This is thanks to John Tong and Nan Huairen - not all the credit is theirs, but some of the credit must be theirs. Of course, there is also Dai Zi, a great talent!

With the stability of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the Central Plains in the middle and late Kangxi periods, the big hidden dangers gradually disappeared, and in the war with the Northwest Mongolia, as the Qing army shifted from defense to attack, heavy artillery gradually retreated to a secondary position. By the time of the Qianlong Dynasty, no matter how perfect Qianlong's martial arts were, the rule of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China had been deeply rooted, the Central Plains was peaceful, the country had been at peace for a long time, the development of armaments was even more lax, the development of firearms gradually came to a standstill, and the quality of guns was very worrisome.

If history does not change, this kind of corruption and decay will continue for another hundred years, until China completely sinks into the abyss.

But here in time and space, Chen Ming's crossing has caused the long river of history to flow into another fork. A thunderclap sounded in the Central Plains, and the Fu Han Army rose in the hinterland of the Central Plains at a dizzying speed in southwest Henan. When the Qing soldiers were beaten by the Fu Han army, and when the Qing soldiers were smashed in front of the strong defense of the Fu Han army, the Manchu Qing's long-slackened gun manufacturing had to be re-emphasized by the Qianlong Emperor. Because more and more war reports of the Qing army mentioned the sharp guns and swords and armor of the Han army.

Emperor Qianlong would not have put on armor for the green battalion, and with the current manufacturing power of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it would be difficult to put armor on the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of green battalions on the battlefield in a short period of time. Qianlong is now more concerned about guns! This is a technical job, and it requires the accumulation of technology and experience, but how could the imperial court lose to a group of chaotic people?

When Wu Dashan was blocked on the northern road, when the green battalions of Jingqi, Shandong, and Zhili were blocked on the eastern front, and when thousands of Northeast horse teams and Mongolian horse teams could not break through the seemingly simple defense line of the Fu Han army, Qianlong in the deep palace was initially deeply skeptical of the authenticity of the battle report. He looked at Aligon's eyes a little hideous. He severely reprimanded the front-line generals for their war-like feelings, and reprimanded Aligon, who supervised the war, but also sent people to secretly investigate the war on the front, and found that the words in the excerpts played by the front-line generals were not made up, and they could not be said to be true, but most of them were true.

And this is the biggest bad news for Qianlong!

There are also the increasingly active 'sharpshooters' in the Fu Han army, so that the current senior generals of the Qing army dare not easily show up on the front line. Those leading generals also put the safety line one hundred and fifty zhang away.

The Qing court could only develop guns, especially artillery, which was no longer for the purpose of quelling bandits and chaos, but even more for the sake of resuming the whole day.

The prosperous era of Qianlong is gone forever, whether it is the army of the Han Dynasty, the mixed Yuan sect army that spread to Shandong, or the millions of refugees in Anhui and Henan, Qianlong bravely faced all this, and he must admit that his peaceful and prosperous era has come to an end. In the history books of later generations and the brushes of literati, he is likely to be compared with Tang Xuanzong, both of whom are in decline.

There were three artillery factories in and around Beijing under Qianlong's nose, and after Nan Huairen, the Manchu Qing Dynasty set up artillery factories in the Forbidden City's Yangxin Palace, Jingshan and Blacksmith Battalion, which specialized in making guns for the use of the imperial family and the Manchurian Eight Banners. Among the three, the Jingshan Artillery Factory is the most outstanding.

At the end of last year, the Jingshan Artillery Factory, which received an order from Emperor Qianlong, did not dare to slack off, and did not care that the mud molds were not easy to dry in the shade in winter, and quickly put on the horse more than 100 pieces. When the cannons were officially cast in the spring, more than 90 clay molds were formed, and more than 90 cannons were cast, but there were not even 20 cannons that were really qualified. It is no wonder that Nan Huairen spent more than ten years in Beijing before casting more than 500 large and small artillery. The limitations of this clay mold are too great.

Although this clay mold is said to have been dried before casting, there is still moisture in it, and it is difficult to completely remove it. When pouring molten iron into the cannon casting, the high temperature will inevitably turn the water into water vapor, and then the water vapor will enter the iron, resulting in many honeycomb images in the chamber of the cannon cast, and such a cannon is easy to explode. Therefore, in order to reduce the possibility of exploding, the artillery of the Qing army usually thickened the wall when casting the artillery. In this way, for the same weight of artillery, the Qing army's artillery has a thick wall and a small bullet hole, and the power is far smaller.

And the clay mold cannon also has a feature is one-time use, each clay mold in the casting, is the clay mold to break out the barrel, there is no possibility of reuse, so not only the construction period is long, but also cause the casting of the cannon caliber is different, so that the formation of large-scale production of shells.

It can be said that the iron mold casting method of the Fu Han Army, even if there are certain quality defects, is an epoch-making progress compared with the clay mold.

It is also impossible to say that the Manchu artillery-making officials and craftsmen would not know the disadvantages of clay molds. However, they were accustomed to clay molds, which were used to make cannons, and they couldn't even think of improving the process.

The Jingshan Artillery Factory began to pay close attention to the casting of artillery at the end of last year, and so far, it has only produced two batches. The first batch of these two batches was more than 90 guns, and the second batch had more than 100 guns, but only a very small number of the first batch of new guns could successfully pass the test guns.

Today, for the test of the second batch of new guns, Fu Heng personally drove to the Jingshan Gun Factory. These cannons were to be transported to the battlefield immediately, and the Manchu high-level paid special attention to the quality of the cannons. The general's cannon in the venue is majestic and majestic, and the polished shiny barrel flashes with a terrifying cold light under the eyes. The thick muzzle of the cannon pointed diagonally at the sky, this is a sharp weapon.

Fu Heng's eyes were more focused on the Wucheng Yonggu General Cannon, among the more than 130 cannons in this test cannon, there were only twelve Cheng Yonggu General Cannons. This cannon, which was supervised by Nan Huairen, was one of the best artillery styles in the history of Manchu firearms.

Copper cannon, 5,000 catties, the front and back are slightly abundant, the bottom is like a bamboo joint, five catties of medicine, ten catties of pig iron cannons, and the star height is six and three cents.

"Nakado-sama ......"

"Go on!" Fu Heng's face was cold.

……

For a whole day, the sound of Jingshan cannons was far away. When Fu Heng left Jingshan at dusk to rush to the palace, both of them had buzzing ears.

And when Fu Heng saw Qianlong in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts, Qianlong was playing with a Shixi Flower Chambered Gong Gun in his hand. This is an improved Shixi rifled gun, rifled gun, and flintlock gun on the basis of the original, so it is now a flintlock rifled gun with the world's advanced level. The barrel and the butt are still connected by four iron hoops, because it is not used by the emperor, the gold and silver hoops have become iron hoops, and there are no exquisite carvings before and after, but the back of the barrel is also left with a brass word 'Xi', and the butt is a simple jujube wood butt.

Qianlong's ability and courage are not comparable to Daoguang and Xianfeng in later generations. After realizing the importance of guns, he decisively restarted the Manchu gun manufacturing process, Chen Ming may not know that at present, some of the Eight Banners soldiers in the Manchu firearms battalion have taken flintlock shotguns.

Qianlong is not the incompetent person of Daoguang, after being beaten fat, he directly plunged his head into the sand as an ostrich. Qianlong's choice is to face difficulties head-on and rise to the occasion.

The imperial court is now short of cannons, so seize the time to cast cannons, and let the local government also cast cannons; If the performance of the shotgun is too poor, then improve the shotgun and improve its performance. For Qianlong, he already knows his own shortcomings in some aspect and doesn't correct them, which is a fool.

“…… There are 136 new cannons, and only 20% of them are shared. The crowd of waste guns takes a long time, which is a dilemma. ”

The Shixi Flower Chambered Gun in Qianlong's hand had been placed on the case, and the whole person was pacing around the room, and the little joy on his face just now had all disappeared.

Cannon! Artillery is the key. For the Qing army, artillery was much more important than muskets. However, it was really difficult for the Manchus to ensure the quality of their cannons and increase the output of their cannons.

"When the Holy Grandfather was in power, more than 900 cannons were cast in 45 years, of which nearly 600 cannons were cast in Nan Huairen in more than ten years. Although Westerners do not respect their ancestors and have no law, they still have merit. ”

Qianlong wanted to follow the old path of Kang Mazi and invited foreign missionaries to preside over the cannon casting. This is a little thought he gave birth to when the combined rate of the first batch of guns in the Jingshan Artillery Factory was less than 20%, and then the new guns of the Office and the Blacksmith Battalion Artillery Factory also had a very low combined rate, which made Qianlong's heart even stronger.

These three artillery factories in Beijing were the most technical places in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and they were so difficult here that the effectiveness of the local cannon casting can be imagined. The situation in the country is deteriorating little by little, and Qianlong urgently needs a large number of heavy artillery to be put into various battlefields. He had secretly ordered the Cantonese side to buy artillery from the Westerners, but the key to solving the problem was to build it himself. The thought in his heart was getting bigger and stronger.

"Nan Huairen and Tang Ruowang dealt with the guns, and the Qing Dynasty benefited a lot, and they also let their names be left in the history books for their descendants Zhan Huai, which is the wisdom of the Holy Ancestor Emperor. The Westerners of that generation have no father and no king, and they regard religion as the sky, which is ridiculous. However, his generation has studied the techniques of strange lewdness, which is quite remarkable. Fu Heng is worthy of being a brother-in-law who has been with someone for twenty or thirty years, as soon as Qianlong opened his mouth, what did he mean in his heart, Fu Heng pondered about it.

Qianlong's heart was satisfied, Fu Heng was not only his brother-in-law, but also his military aircraft department foreman, the two of them have been together for decades, and they have been thinking very thoroughly with each other, and they are really a good slave. Fu Heng already understood Qianlong's two words when he heard them.

Qianlong looked at Fu Heng's retreating figure, he believed that after a few days of brewing, there would definitely be a steady stream of twists and turns that flew to the dragon case as he wished. At that time, he just happened to push the boat along the water.

It's just that ......, the glorious and prosperous era, was stunned and became so dangerous, "It's all Lushan Chen Rebellion!" Qianlong stomped his foot fiercely.

If it weren't for the chaos, how could the gun factory be so uncompetitive? He actually let him, the world-rich Venerable of Ten Thousand Vehicles, bow his head to a group of missionaries who have no father's ancestors. In the eyes of Emperor Qianlong, the situation forced him to ask the missionaries to intervene in the work of the Qing court's artillery factory, that is, to bow to the missionaries. It hurt his pride and embarrassed him.

There is also an urgent report sent by Fu Nihan, the governor of Shandong, who entered the mixed Yuan sect bandit army in southwest Lu from Xuzhou, divided into three, under the three banners of Liu Yangfan, and under the leadership of the three thief chiefs, they drilled into the mountains and mountains of southwest Lu, not only let the pursuers have to divide their troops to pursue, they themselves also seem to be very familiar with the geography of southwest Lu, and they drilled out from unexpected places everywhere, and frequently attacked the state capitals of southwest Lu, especially Jining, they attacked the first line of the Grand Canal. The Qing army in Shandong was in a hurry, and the Qing army from the Henan battlefield was urgently transferred back to the center by Aligon, and Funihan was anxious to ask for reinforcements.

"It's all incompetent, incompetent, incompetent!"

Qianlong didn't want to eat dinner, even the most favored concubine Wei Jia in the inner palace didn't let Qianlong show a smile. (To be continued.) )