February 19.

hurriedly went down to the early dynasty, and Yang Reform went directly back to the Qianqing Palace.

As mentioned in the morning today, in addition to more places reporting climate anomalies, there are not too many new things, and after dealing with a few trivial things, the morning court will also fall.

"Has Sun Yuanhua arrived?" Yang Gai asked anxiously, these trivial matters are obviously not as important as heavy industry, and the key figure Sun Yuanhua is even more important.

"Back to Your Majesty, I've arrived, waiting outside the palace." Wang Chengen hurriedly replied.

"Call him in." Yang Gai said immediately.

……

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Yuanhua quickly whipped up a day, only to rush to the Beijing Division, he did a very happy job in Tianjin, the emperor never less his money, this cannon is made one after another, the cannon is now more and more skilled, the more technology

It turned out that the mystery was all in this, the same batch of ores, as long as the proportion is different, the things that are refined are completely different, from pig iron to cooked

Iron, and then steel, the same steel, just because of the different proportions, this performance is completely different, some are extremely hard, some are tough, elastic, this process, is really amazing.

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Yuanhua felt that he had fallen in love with this kind of life, smelting steel for different purposes with different proportions of ore every day, and then seeing what this steel was suitable for, it was really a fun thing, but there was one thing he had always had

Deliberately avoided, that is the silver needed to do these things, now he has not been casting cannons and steelmaking for a year, but the amount of silver spent is huge, if the emperor is to support him to cast cannons and steel, this is definitely not a falsehood

In words, in less than a year of casting guns and steel, he has already spent half of the Ming Dynasty's treasury.

Although he also knew that the emperor was rich and could get silver, but in the face of such a high fee,

Sun Yuanhua was also terrified every time he thought about it, if the emperor had no money and wouldn't get silver, would he still use so much money to support him? Don't talk about whether the emperor is willing or not, just whether he can ...... it, every time he thinks of this, Sun Yuan turns his heart

There was a burst of gratitude, this curiosity, achievement, and joy of discovering new things outside the window, if it weren't for the emperor's strong support for him, he would not have made so many discoveries today. Thinking that it had been dark before

Living in darkness and confusion, Sun Yuanhua was full of emotion, thinking that there were more unknown things waiting for him to uncover, Sun Yuanhua was not only grateful, but also happy, he had met a good emperor......

Looking at these splendid palaces with golden walls, Sun Yuanhua was inexplicably grateful.

"Lord Sun, Your Majesty has summoned you to meet you...... a little eunuch called with a smile, waking up Sun Yuanhua, who was immersed in joy.

"Thank you for this little father-in-law......" Sun Yuanhua, who had been immersed in joy, woke up and looked at the sun, but it was still very early. No wonder the previous father-in-law kept urging him to enter the palace early.

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Qianqing Palace.

"Minister, Sun Yuanhua, kowtow to His Majesty......" Sun Yuanhua kowtowed neatly with gratitude and joy.

"Get up," Yang said with a smile......

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long." Sun Yuanhua thanked him.

"Sun Qing's family, I haven't seen you for a few days." Yang Gengai asked with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sun Yuanhua replied.

"By the way, how is the cannon casting now?" Yang Gengai inquired about the work.

"Back to Your Majesty, everything is fine, Your Majesty has to mention it, and has figured out a lot of ways to refine new types of steel, and now this cannon is more and more proficient in casting, and the performance of the cannon is getting better and better, as of yesterday, the minister has cast more than 800 cannons of 1,000 catties of Buddha Lang machine...... "Sun Yuanhua hurriedly reported his work, and his heart was full of pride.

"Oh, eight hundred gates! This is not bad......" Yang Reform praised, in less than a year, 800 cannons were built, and the benefits of centralization were reflected.

Eight hundred? Yang Reform was a little stunned and confused, is this too much? It's only been less than a year, and there are 800 cannons?

"Hehe, Sun Qing's family has a good memory, is there really eight hundred?" Yang asked again.

"Back to Your Majesty, there are those under 1,000 catties, and the ministers are not counted......" Sun Yuanhua said with an oath.

To be honest, Yang Reform is even more puzzled, in less than a year, he has more than 800 cannons? This is too much, don't be a few years, the number of your own cannons, I'm afraid of more than 10,000, Yang Reform is starting to be embarrassed, this stormy progress, isn't it too fast? ,

"Hmm, this, let's talk about these cannons, I'm very interested in the Qing family being able to cast so many cannons......" Yang Reform was a little embarrassed, how many days have he not paid attention to the matter of casting cannons, and now he has so many cannons? The emperor's resources are really terrifying.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the cannons cast by the ministers are generally counted as cannons from a thousand catties, and the following are called guns, or guns,...... With a thousand catties of cannon as a column, the cannonball is generally more than three catties, or four catties, and can generally hit 500 to 800 steps, this kind of cannon, casting is the easiest, and the cheapest, the cost is only 60 taels...... "Sun Yuanhua reported the results of the work with confidence.

"......" Yang Gai still doesn't believe that he has more than 800 cannons.

“…… If you want to cast a 3,000-pound Hongyi cannon, it takes several times the cost of a thousand-pound franc machine to make it, and it generally takes four to five times the price to make a 3,000-pound Hongyi cannon, if it is a larger Hongyi cannon, it is ten times that of a thousand-pound cannon, and it is dozens of times.......

"Oh, that's it! ......" Yang Gengai listened carefully.

"Oh, that is, it's easy to have a small cannon and a big cannon hard, isn't it?" Yang Reform asked, Yang Reform can be regarded as having heard some famous halls, sixty two cannons, eight hundred, and only tens of thousands of taels of silver, which is really not much. As long as you have money, are you afraid that there will be no cannons? But with this amount, Yang Gai felt that there was a big gap between the views he had always formed and the reality.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, the cannons cast by the ministers are mostly thousand-pound cannons, and the Hongyi cannons of more than 3,000 catties are still few, and after counting, there are less than 100 cannons......" Sun Yuanhua was a little embarrassed, so much silver was given to him, he cast this cannon, very embarrassed.

"Companion, go and ask Master Sun to come over, I have something to ask." Yang Reform wanted to talk to Sun Yuanhua, but this question was a big question, how long has it been, and he has produced more than 800 cannons of 1,000 catties? Isn't it scary? How does Yang Gengai remember that when the Republic of China was in the past, there were two small cannons, which were considered regular troops! But isn't this way of doing it too terrifying now?

"Slave obeys orders......" Wang Chengen immediately went to do it.

"Uh,

Sun Qing's family! This cannon, can it really produce so much this year? "Yang Reform doesn't believe it's true, eight hundred? It's too much, it's almost the sum of the artillery of the Republic of China. Back then, I remember someone bragging about it,

It's just that if you put 100 cannons out in one line and bombard him for a day, there is no city that you can't capture, but now you have 800 cannons, if you swing them out and bombard him for a day, this is the effect?

"Back

Your Majesty, the minister is ashamed, because the casting method was not proficient before, but it was wasted a lot, that is, in the past two or three months, the minister groped for a better casting method, and only then did he produce these cannons, most of these cannons, most of them are still these

The monthly output, the minister wasted a lot, now that I think about it, I am really ashamed, please Your Majesty punish ......" Sun Yuanhua immediately said with a guilty face, in the past, he cast cannons with a brutal method, although there are also successful ones, but the number of casting

The amount is limited, but now it is different, and gradually more experience has been explored, and there are more skilled craftsmen, and the number of these cannons has gradually increased.

"Ugh! You wait, don't say it yet, wait for Master Sun to come...... "Yang Reform is a little unsure, is this a dream or didn't wake up?" This is not made within a year, this is still produced in two or three months, this can make Yang Reform even more surprised, even more unsure of what is going on, to calculate it like this, how many cannons will be used this year? More than 3,000 cannons?

"......" Sun Yuanhua was making a report in shame, but when he heard the emperor ask him to pause, he had no choice but to pause.

Not long after, Sun Chengzong arrived. After seeing the ceremony. Yang Gengai asked directly.

"Master Sun, I just heard from Sun Qing's family that now I have more than 800 cannons of more than 1,000 catties, all of which have been newly cast, and I want to know where these cannons have gone......" Yang Gai felt that he was a little dizzy and still dreaming, so he asked Sun Chengzong.

Sun Chengzong also looked at the emperor in wonder, didn't this be reported? The emperor didn't pay attention? Maybe I didn't pay attention to it, but the emperor's energy has been involved in salt politics recently, and it is estimated that he really didn't pay much attention to this aspect.

"Back to Your Majesty, these cannons are mainly equipped with newly built warships, about 600 of them, and a large number of them went to the artillery battalions of the new army for training, and a batch of them were equipped with the new army, and some went to Liaodong ......"

“…… According to the progress of the new warships, this is far from enough, if you count according to the forty cannons of each battleship, if you have ten battleships, you need 400 guns, if you have 100 warships, when you have 4,000 guns, if you have larger warships, you need more cannons......" Sun Chengzong replied calmly.

“……”

Yang Gengai determined that he was not in a dream, he had always thought that artillery was a luxury, and it would be a great deal to have a few cannons, but in fact, with the increase in the size of his navy, the number of this demand will become even more

Big, it may really need to build thousands of cannons, if it is the limit, it is likely that within a year, the casting volume of cannons will be tens of thousands, although Yang Reform knows that he needs a lot of cannons, and he will also make a lot of cannons, but there is a mistake in his subconscious

District, this mind, is indeed smaller, or rather, misled by the previous concept, further, there are some misunderstandings in the subconscious concept, misled by the Qing Dynasty or the Republic of China or the domestic situation before liberation, the actual situation

Yes, in this era, if it is a maritime power, the number of cannons is really thousands, if you want to dominate the ocean, you may really need to cast thousands of cannons every year, this is an era that relies on quantity to supplement quality,

Especially the Navy.