Li Hanzhang was originally Li Hongzhang's brother, so when he was in contact with him, he naturally had less trouble, with Zhang Peilun's aunt coming out to take care of a qiē, Xu Jie was naturally happy to turn around and deal with other things, during the period of stationing in Guangzhou, Li Hongzhang's call back was also sent to Zhiyuan, and this telegram agreeing to cruise Nanyang made Xu Jie and Peng Haifeng and others put their hanging hearts back, Xu Jie sent a few comments that he added later, and Peng Haifeng prepared according to Xu Jie's plan, just in case. Just when Xu Jie finished dealing with the matter at hand and was about to rest for two days, an unexpected guest came to the Zhiyuan ship.

"Under Liu Linxiang. General Office of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. On the orders of Li Zhongtang and Zeng (Zeng Guoquan), he came to visit Brother Jishi. If it is useful to find a place for the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Brother Ji Shi can just speak. Liu Linxiang said with a smile on his face.

"Looks like silver works." Xu Jie said with a smile in his heart, this old Li is at odds with Li Hongzhang for purchasing equipment from the Machinery Bureau of the Hunan system, but the old man of the Hunan system Zeng Guoquan (who served as the governor of Liangguang from 1888 to 1890) is not so bad as to tear his face, and the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, which was founded together by the Hunan and Huai departments, is naturally a good choice. On the one hand, as the strongest technology and the largest arsenal in the Qing Dynasty, if the Jiangnan Bureau can't meet it, there is no need to find other factories, and this Liu Linxiang was still promoted by Li Hongzhang back then. As an arsenal jointly created by the two sides, whether it is the governor of Liangjiang, the governor of Zhili, or even the governor of Jiangsu, they all have the right to carry out a certain amount of management, and this kind of multi-headed management will naturally make the Jiangnan Bureau inefficient, but this also creates conditions for Li Hongzhang to meddle in the affairs of the Jiangnan Bureau.

"Lord Liu is too polite, I do need it in Beiyang, and it is a large purchase, I don't know if the Jiangnan Bureau can produce it." Xu Jie said politely.

"Brother Jishi can rest assured, as long as I can do what the Jiangnan Bureau can do, it has met the needs of Beiyang." Liu Linxiang agreed, after all, no one has trouble with money.

"My 12-inch naval guns in Beiyang Dingzhen have been used for 5 years, and the wear and aging of the gun body caused by daily training have been very strict, I don't know, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau can provide 12-inch naval guns for my Beiyang Dingzhen 2 ship!" Xu Jie asked.

"Brother Ji Shi, I really know how to pick the time, my Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau is imitating the Armstrong 12-inch naval gun for Taiwan's turret, with a gun length of 35 feet, 36 double lines, and a bullet weight of 800 pounds. The propellant is 300 pounds of maroon cake or 200 pounds of single-hole black cake, with a maximum range of 10,000 yards. The first artillery is expected to be built next year. Liu Linxiang said proudly.

"This is a very sharp weapon, looking at the number jù, it is much stronger than the 25 times the Krupp gun originally equipped with my Beiyang Dingzhen 2 ship. THE NEW GUN USES A 362KG 12-INCH LONG BULLET, WHILE THE ORIGINAL GUN IN MY DINGZHEN IS A 325KG 12-INCH SHORT BULLET. IN TERMS OF PROPELLANT, THE NEW GUN IS 132KG OF MAROON GUNPOWDER. AND THE OLD CANNON WAS 72KG OF MAROON GUNPOWDER. From this point of view, the power of this new cannon must be much greater than that of the old German gun, and even more so, it was made by our Beiyang itself. Not beholden to others. Xu Jie said with great satisfaction. (The above numbers are all derived from facts, you may not find them on the Internet, and conditional book friends can find a book of "China's Modern Weapons Industry" which has an introduction, before the First Sino-Japanese War, the artillery of the Jiangnan Bureau is still very fierce) In history, the Jiangnan Bureau made a total of 4 such artillery, 3 of which were used for the defense of Taiwan, and these 3 guns were shipped to Japan after the fall of Taiwan. Now Xu Jie is thinking about how to get these 4 cannons. And then what? Build a few more!!

"The weight of the old Beiyang artillery is 31.5 tons, and the new artillery of our Jiangnan Bureau weighs 50 tons. Liu Linxiang said in shock.

"The servo equipment of the artillery naturally has to be replaced with the gun, and the original manpower rotating steam engine-assisted turret rotation system in Dingzhen must also be changed, and my plan is to replace the new artillery, and at the same time replace the gun carriage and other equipment, and even the main turret rocker arm in the lower part of the turret must be replaced, and replace it with a steam power hydraulic transmission rotation system." Xu Jie took out a plan that had been revised many times and said. …,

"It's a big job. That's all the money to do. Liu Linxiang said in surprise.

"You don't have to worry about the silver, you just need to make a good cannon." Xu Jie said. "In addition, Xu has another request, hoping that the new cannon made by Lord Liu for me in Beiyang can use smokeless gunpowder. As long as smokeless gunpowder can be used, we can add another 20,000 taels of silver to each cannon in Beiyang. Xu Jie stretched out two fingers and said.

"The ablation of this new smokeless gunpowder on the gun chamber is much higher than that of maroon gunpowder, I am afraid it is quite difficult." Li Linxiang said embarrassedly.

"High risk means high return, at this time, it is related to the combat power of the 2 ships of Shiding Town, the pillar of my Beiyang, if it can be successful, my Beiyang will be rewarded." Xu Jie directly moved Beiyang out, and his words were very clear, this is what Li Zhongtang meant, you can look at it.

"Uh, okay, since it's Lord Zhongtang's order, Liu and others should do their best." Liu Linxiang bowed and said.

"In addition, I wonder if Lord Liu knows about the rapid-fire guns that Western countries are being equipped with in large quantities recently?" Xu Jie continued to ask.

"As you may know, this new type of quick-release cannon uses a retractable barrel with an elastic gun carriage and smokeless gunpowder. The rate of fire was several times higher than that of the old type of equitable annealed guns. Liu Linxiang said.

"I don't know if my Jiangnan Bureau can imitate the new 4.7-inch rapid-fire gun and 6-inch rapid-fire gun." Xu Jie asked. When the First Sino-Japanese War broke out in history, the Jiangnan Bureau had imitated 12 4.7-inch rapid-fire guns using smokeless gunpowder, of which 6 were transferred to Beiyang, but they were not equipped on the Beiyang warships, nor did they fail to play in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, which can not but be said to be a pity, but since Xu Jie has come to this era, this regret naturally cannot be called to him.

"It is naturally possible to imitate the new rapid-fire gun, but since it is an imitation, the technical information, personnel and machinery required will cost money." Liu Linxiang said intermittently.

"Lord Liu, since Lord Zhongtang asked the Jiangnan Bureau to imitate weapons, this will naturally give funds, but this funds are not given in vain, how long, how many guns are produced, and the cost of each cannon are all strictly regulated. The specific written materials will be in the hands of adults in the near future. If the Jiangnan Bureau can't imitate it, then my Tianjin Machinery Bureau will borrow this list, you know, the 12-inch gun is only needed for the two warships in Dingzhen, and the new 4.7-inch and 6-inch fast-release guns are needed by all the warships up and down my Beiyang, not only the old ships, but also the new warships need to change their guns. If it is built well, the warships of Nanyang, Fujian, and Liangguang may also change their guns, and the profits and merits of this should be understood. Xu Jie said.

"Liu must do his best." This Beiyang pays for the funds, makes money by himself and is promoted, such a good thing is difficult to find with a lantern, Liu Linxiang really has no reason to refuse.

"Then thank you, Lord Liu." Xu Jie bowed politely.

After sending Liu Linxiang away, Xu Jie breathed a sigh of relief, under the operation of Lao Li and himself, Beiyang finally tied the Jiangnan Machinery Bureau to the chariot, if the Jiangnan Bureau can help Beiyang complete the modification of Dingzhen, even if the Japanese bought a second-class ironclad ship, the newly reequipped 12-inch gun in Dingzhen is enough to knock open the opponent's iron can, And if the Jiangnan Bureau can produce a large number of 4.7-inch and 6-inch rapid-fire guns, Japan's so-called elite dome cruisers will also become vulnerable, with a large number of picric acid shells, Beiyang definitely has the capital to fight with the Japanese fleet.

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