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Just when Zhou Huchen was still full of energy outside Datong City despite the scorching heat, news came from Jingshi.

On May 11, the sixteenth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Guowei, the secretary of the Ministry of War, dismissed his official position. On May 26, Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the dynasty, was sent to Shi.

At the same time, the news about the Liukou also came, on the first day of the first month of May, Zhang Xianzhong fell into Hanyang, and Wuchang was shaken. On the 30th, Zhang Xianzhong captured Wuchang and established a state in Wuchang. Set up five mansions and six departments, casting the treasure of the king of the west. Changed Wuchang to Tianzhufu, Jiangxia said Shangjiang County, according to the Chu Palace, set up Shangshu Governor and other officials. Kaike took the scholars, and ordered the distribution of Chu Di gold to help the hungry. In this way, Qi Huang and other 21 states were all attributed to Zhang Xianzhong.

These unpleasant news are almost expected for Zhou Huchen, and the only thing he is worried about is Zhang Guowei, the staunch defender of the country, who will be imprisoned later, and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of Zhishi, will also enjoy such treatment, but Zhou Yanru is the first to tragedy. Of course, he himself deserves to die, and soon after, Zhou Yanru will be given death by Emperor Chongzhen. As for Zhang Guowei's later tragedy, it is still waiting for Zhou Huchen to change.

There was already a cast cannon Jihua, Zhou Huchen began to pay attention to it, meditated for a whole night, the room was full of waste paper thrown away by him, ink flying, finally, after countless modifications, a cannon that was a little different from this era appeared on the paper, and on the side of this artillery, there was a unique gun mount.

Zhou Huchen wants to look up to the sky, and now, he finally begins to admire himself, he is also a genius, such a job can be completed.

The next day, Zhou Huchen, who was so excited, ran to the workshop with the drawings.

Pai Jia Ding quickly called Zhou Mo, and before Zhou Mo could say hello, Zhou Huchen had already stuffed the drawings into Zhou Mo's hand: "Look, hurry up and see what you think!" ”

After a long time, Zhou Mo finally spoke: "This cannon is too long, and the caliber ratio is not appropriate." Who drew this picture? If you can't draw, don't take it out! Young marshal, who is fooling you? ”

Zhou Huchen's eyes darkened for a while, is it that bad? This is the result of my hard work in the middle of the night, and it is worthless to be devalued like this.

However, it's right to think about it, the current artillery is not this caliber ratio, the craftsmanship jishu is different, and the perception of the times is naturally different. The artillery painted by Zhou Huchen is not a product of this era at all, and it is reasonable for Zhou Mo not to agree.

Since he doesn't agree, Zhou Huchen is confident that Zhou Mo will agree with it in the later time, and now he needs to save the country: "Let's not talk about this artillery first, Zhou Jiangshou took a look at the gun carriage on the side, how is the design of this gun mount, is it original, is it very talented, is it not!" ”

Zhou Mo has already seen this gun mount, this time it is not bad, he nodded lightly: "This gun mount is good, there are many places that are indeed unique, and there are commendable places, but"

"But what? Zhou Jiangshou don't sell Guanzi, say! ”

"Then the subordinate will say it directly!" Zhou Mo smiled: "This gun carriage looks very creative and unique, but in fact, it is not practical at all, it belongs to the kind of flashy, and the people who make the drawings don't know what the firing of the cannon is all about!" ”

Although it is unprofessional, this is a real product of the times, and it was despised again, and Zhou Huchen was so sad and angry that he almost cried bitterly.

How can this be! Zhou Huchen snatched the drawings from Zhou Mo's hand: "What's wrong with this, how ingenious this cannon is conceived!" You see this hoop, it can fix the gun body very firmly, so that the gun will not move sideways or run around after firing; Look at the back of this gun, this is the spring, it can reduce the recoil of the gun fire very well, with this cushion, the gun will be more reloaded; And this wheel, which can very haode enhance the mobility of the artillery! How can this ingenious artillery carriage be flashy! ”

Looking at Zhou Huchen, who was so excited that he almost pierced the drawings, Zhou Mo began to suspect that this drawing would not be from the hand of this young marshal, right?

"Young Marshal, this artillery requires a gun mount for firing, and every time it is fired, the gun must be returned to its position again; Then it has to go through multiple processes such as re-fixing, cleaning, loading, tamping, and fireworks; Therefore, the firing of artillery is very slow, and the artillery is fired frequently, then the barrel will overheat, and scrapping and exploding are inevitable.

I will tell the young marshal about the reason why this gun mount is not practical, the fixed haode of the gun is indeed conducive to rapid loading, but frequent firing will overheat the barrel, and the firing of the gun requires a certain interval time, otherwise, it will inevitably explode; In addition to this drawback, young marshal, think about it again, the fixed very haode gun carriage is certainly conducive to homing and loading, but the recoil will be greater, how can this gun carriage bear it, do you have to use iron to make this gun mount? ”

Who said you don't need iron!

It turned out that this was the case, Zhou Huchen understood, it was not that Zhou Mo did not approve of the design of this gun mount, but that it was impossible for someone to have such a luxury, and if the artillery wanted to be powerful, it was originally used in large quantities, and it took too much iron to make this gun mount, and ordinary people could not afford it.

As for the problem that the frequent firing of artillery will overheat the barrel, for Zhou Huchen, it is also not a problem, he has solved it.

Knowledge is liliang! That's a good statement! Zhou Huchen is completely relieved, or that sentence, everything is not a problem!

"Zhou Jiangshou, these can be solved, if we all use iron gun carriages, does Zhou Jiangshou think it is feasible?" Zhou Huchen looked at Zhou Mo with a smile:

Of course, Zhou Mo felt that it was unlikely: "Young marshal, this can be cast cannon is already very remarkable, and then use iron to make a gun carriage, how much silver will it cost, who can bear it?" ”

"Do you know that I have the most iron in Shanxi in the north of the Ming Dynasty?"

"My subordinates know."

"As long as I speak, I can get at least half of the iron produced in Shanxi, do you believe it?"

Zhou Mo thought about it, is this possible? This is incredible, the general army of a province has to take care of those civil officials no matter how good it is, what is the concept of half of the iron produced in Shanxi every year, it is enough

Zhou Huchen was very proud: "Don't doubt what I say, as long as I am willing, the iron of Shanxi dare not say that all of it is mine, but at least eighty or ninety percent can be sent to Datong obediently to me." As for what's going on, you don't have to worry about it, we have enough iron to splurge as long as we want! ”

"Then how to solve the problem of overheating of the artillery breech? If fired frequently, the cannon will be scrapped or blown up, and this iron gun carriage is still equal to "

"Furnishings, huh?"

Zhou Mo was silent and didn't say anything, in fact, that's what he thought.

Zhou Huchen raised his head: "I once said that if I want to make Zhou Craftsman famous in the world, and if I want to make the enemy disappear, I think these problems will be solved." Today, how about I make a bet with Zhou Jiangshou? Do you dare? ”

Still silent, Zhou Mo didn't believe Zhou Huchen's words, and with his teacher's ability, he couldn't touch the threshold to solve this problem. Zhou Huchen is a young man less than 20 years old and a military general. Although he is very capable, very rich, and very well-connected, it is a pity that those who can't solve the problem of this artillery.

"That's it, for half a year, if I can't do it, Zhou Jiangshou can make anything you want in my workshop, as long as I have something, whether it's silver or materials, it's the same, just use it! If you lose, give yourself to me! ”

Zhou Huchen was laughing, laughing very strangely, and there was clearly a kind of insidious in his eyes.

"I bet!"

Zhou Mo has nothing to worry about, isn't it just to follow him all his life, and he doesn't lose anything. This was his teacher's long-cherished wish, and it was also his long-cherished wish, and as for being famous all over the world, of course he wanted to.

In the dark, this bet is actually a kind of gift, and it is the honor that Zhou Huchen gave to Zhou Mo.

Many years, even hundreds of years later, when Zhou Mo stood at the pinnacle of his life, when people remembered this legend, this bet was destined to be a legend, a legend created by the grassroots following a legend.

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