Xu Erjue knew that Wang Huan was wealthy, but he was rich and had no intuitive concept, plus he was used to living a small life in the court of the Southern Ming Dynasty, and the taxes were exhausted.

He was worried that Wang Huan didn't know how much cost it would cost to cast copper for cannons, so he hurriedly reminded him and said: "Master Hou, this cannon is made of copper and iron, but it costs a lot, taking the red-coated cannon as an example, it does not weigh two thousand catties, which is extremely heavy, and the ordinary small cannons are also about 100 catties, all of which are made of copper, which is equivalent to casting a cannon with silver. ”

Wang Huan was unmoved, and with a wave of his still iconic big hand, he said arrogantly: "It's okay, no matter how poor you are, you have to use copper to cast cannons!" It is not possible to use iron, the current iron hardness is not enough, and the iron cannon chamber cannot withstand the huge chamber pressure of yellow gunpowder, and it is easy to explode the chamber. Copper, on the other hand, is softer and tougher than iron, and must be used before qualified iron is produced. ”

He thought for a moment and added: "However, in the future, we will cast cannons, which will be standardized casting, and one mold will come out, and other miscellaneous cannons will no longer be cast, and copper will be used on the blade, even if it costs more, it is worth it." ”

This heroic statement made Xu Erjue feel convinced, the total cost of a copper pipe and red-clothed cannon was nearly 10,000 taels of silver, Wang Huan didn't even blink an eye, and insisted on using copper generously, this support for the military industry was extremely rare, so he couldn't help but bow respectfully in addition to agreeing "yes".

It was precisely because of the bow that he didn't notice that Wang Huan's face twitched twice uncontrollably, this is a pain in the flesh!

At present, when the northwest was initially decided, and money was used everywhere, the Kuizhou Army's stipulation that no taxes would be levied in the first year of recovering the new territory could not be shaken, and this recruitment had an obvious effect on the people's hearts, but the pressure on the finances was also obvious.

On Ma Chongming's books, the flowing silver was spent, and money was needed for the newly opened government yamen in various places, money for local regimental training, money for water conservancy construction, money for stabilizing local relief grain, and even seeds, farm tools, and other things needed for the resumption of production.

Although many ways have been thought of, such as agricultural tools and seeds can be provided free of charge to the displaced people who settle down, they must pay for the use after the harvest, and it is okay to pay with grain, which is called borrowing; The regimental training soldiers eat the food of the government, and they have no military salary, but they can be admitted to the Kuizhou Military Station Barracks as soldiers, which is called joining the army; In this way, in order to make the Kuizhou system operate well in the land of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Huan and his staff tried their best to think about it and used a lot of brains.

Now this cannon is the same, depending on the situation, at least a million taels of silver will be smashed in, how to make Wang Huan's heart tighten, but the embarrassed expression passed as soon as he saw the domineering face of the male lord when he raised his head again.

"That pattern, I will carefully scrutinize it with you in the next few days, and strive to improve it as soon as possible to the extent that it can produce a physical object. Wang Huan raised his legs and walked in the workshop, looking at it, and said to Xu Erjue.

Many places in the workshop are still in full swing, and some important buildings have not yet been completed, although several blast furnaces, blacksmithing rooms, gun barrel workshops and other important workshops have been completed and put into use, but there are still many workshops that need to be further built.

Xu Erjue agreed, and glanced at the stewards of the military war bureau who followed the two of them, and the stewards understood it, and immediately put forward many demands, some important people, some asked for money, and both, which made Wang Huan's frown deeper.

However, the opening of the huge military war bureau, where can it be so smooth, asking people for money shows that these people are doing things, money and people must be used for the operation of the war bureau, Wang Huan must be supported, so after listening to the reasons for everyone's report, but all the just, Wang Huan agreed one by one, and signed a note on the spot on the report they handed over, with this, you can go to the Kuizhou Finance and General Affairs Department located in Hanzhong City to withdraw the silver taels, and go to the prefect's yamen to receive the people's strong.

So as soon as Wang Huan arrived at the Hanzhong Military Bureau, he sprinkled a wave of silver, inspected all the way like a boy with scattered wealth, and scattered wealth all the way, and then he realized that when the Kuizhou Military War Bureau was opened, Li Huaien and Ma Chongming put in a lot of effort and spent a lot of energy, but they were fighting on the front line, regardless of whether they asked, and became the boss of the feet.

In the next few days, Wang Huan closed the door, meditating on the pattern, his hair fell out a lot, Xu Erjue once he was free, he also came to Wang Huan's room, and pulled his hair with him.

The essence of the Napoleonic cannon lies in the bronze barrel, which is strong and durable, and can withstand the power of a huge charge; The delicate gun body makes the whole gun light and flexible; The standardized shooting and aiming methods can be more accurate than any artillery in the Ming and Qing dynasties; There are also field wheels, which allow artillery to run to any corner of the battlefield under the drag of horses.

Wang Huan is not an expert in weapons, Xu Erjue has never seen it, the two got together, I don't understand what you say, you can't say what I understand, I tossed for two or three days, and there was no result.

On the third day, Xu Erjue, who had taken a nap on the bunk in Wang Huan's house, woke up from his dream, turned over and sat up to take a look, but saw that Wang Huan was still red-eyed, staring at the pattern like a ghost.

Wang Huan hasn't slept well in the past three days, except for eating and drinking water and the toilet, he just stared at the piece of paper and thought hard, and the whole person was obsessed, and his selfless energy made Xu Er feel ashamed, and felt that as a caster, his professional research spirit was not as good as that of Ping Liang, who held a lot of power, really shouldn't.

How did he know that Wang Huan was forced. The war in Shanxi is scorching, Jiang Huang is like a grasshopper after the autumn, it won't last long, if he doesn't support before Jiang Jiu's head is cut off, then after the Qing court cleans up Shanxi, he will be able to free up his hands to clean up Wang Huan, between facing the elite of the Jurchen Eight Banners alone and copying the back road, and engaging in a sneak attack to catch Dolgon off guard, Wang Huan will choose the latter without using his brain.

So time is the most precious thing, these two months must get the field artillery out, really can't work, Wang Huan had to take a short-range thunderbolt to the Qing army, the consequence of that is that a large number of personnel of the Kuizhou army are lost in the field, far away from their own base areas, the replenishment of soldiers will not be very smooth, in the face of superior enemy forces, this problem will be magnified, into a big problem that affects victory or defeat.

So Wang Huan was anxious, he needed field artillery, just like Emperor Yongli needed him.

(End of chapter)