Dangdang!

"Two leaders, this is the sixth furnace of our steelmaking plant, a special steel furnace."

The director of the factory took Xiao Liu to accompany Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting to visit the core business of the First Iron and Steel Plant, the special steel furnace, which is directly supplied to the Arsenal Artillery Bureau and is specially used to make new artillery.

The so-called special steel is to add some special kinds of alloys to some of the original elements of the steel, so as to make the willfulness, firmness, heat resistance, and extensibility of the steel be better deepened, of course, some special characteristics can also be added, which is related to the type of alloy added.

The First Iron and Steel Plant, as the oldest steel plant of Lantian First Iron and Steel Plant, shoulders the important military mission of producing special steel.

Dangdangdang......

Sun Chuanting looked at the huge forging iron machine in front of him, and his eyes showed that in addition to shock, this forging iron machine was too big, and the huge forging hammer was afraid that it could weigh thousands of catties, so the huge forging hammer was raised before meeting, followed by a sound, the hammer fell from a height of five or six meters, and forged the red-hot steel burned below.

This hammering method is obviously more able to hammer out the impurities in the iron, so that the steel smelted is more in line with the requirements.

"One-two, hey."

At this time, the workers used huge pulleys to stick the huge steel together, and then several workers used huge iron hooks to hook the steel, and then continued to calcin, and when it was almost over, they continued to lift the steel with pulleys and put it under the huge forging hammer for forging.

Dangdang!

Hammer after hammer, looking at Sun Chuanting's brain buzzing, not shocked by this forging hammer, but shocked by this technology, this kind of technology is not in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of giant hammer, forging for a day, the steel produced, I am afraid it is enough for the group of blacksmiths in the Ming Ministry of Industry to beat it for a year.

Sun Chuanting really had the most intuitive understanding of Lantian industry this time, at this time he carefully inquired about the structure of the forging machine in front of him, when he understood that this was not lifted by manpower, but by hydraulic power to lift the thousand-pound forging machine, Sun Chuanting was stunned, this is really a wonderful idea!

Lantian is indeed Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, just from the steel plant, you can get a glimpse of the leopard, which can be seen.

Sun Chuanting was shocked at this time and didn't know what to say, compared with the steel factory in Lantian, the Ming Dynasty's roaring Ministry of Industry is a small workshop.

Lu Xiangsheng looked at Sun Chuanting like this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, when he saw this, he was also shocked, when outsiders didn't know about Lantian's military industry, they all thought that Lantian was just a little rich in Wufu Minfeng, and the people were more stable, although they were backward, but as long as they caught up, they would definitely be able to catch up one day.

But when they really re-acquaint themselves with the military industry of Lantian and understand the operation mechanism behind it, they will be shocked to find that the Lantian they found may only be a corner of the ice, but the Lantian in the water is an iceberg!

Terrible, this was Sun Chuanting's first reaction after visiting the Lantian Steelworks, but after visiting the steelworks, Sun Chuanting asked Lu Xiangsheng to take him to meet the Lantian Musket Arsenal.

Lu Xiangsheng did not dare to directly agree to this request, but sent someone to ask Li Chaosheng for instructions, and soon someone sent back Li Chaosheng's message and sent a pass.

There was only one sentence in the message: "If Mr. Sun wants to see it, take him to see it." ”

This sentence is tantamount to full of courage, after all, the military factory can be regarded as the core secret of Lantian, without a certain mind, how can it be easily displayed to others.

Soon Lu Xiangsheng and the others were escorted into a sealed carriage by special soldiers sent by Li Chaosheng, the carriage was sealed, and they traveled for about half an hour, and finally came to their destination, where there was no reference, only that it was in a deep mountain, and here there was a huge factory half built in the mountains and half built outside.

The secrecy measures here are very high, and there is a whole regiment of troops stationed around, and this unit is directly under the direct command of Li Chaosheng, the number is kept secret, the leader in charge is secret, and all actions must be under the command of Li Chaosheng.

If the steel mill is the foundation of Lantian industry, then this arsenal is the secret card of Lantian.

"It's here, two of you, please."

The soldiers who were specially responsible for transporting the two of them sent people here, and they put the two of them down directly, and the two of them didn't know how to get to the arsenal, only that this place should not be very far from the county seat.

After getting out of the car, the two were sent to the arsenal after a simple search, and there was already a special person in charge of receiving them in the arsenal, and then they saw the two of them smile and said: "Mr. Sun, it's been a long wait, the director of foreign affairs and communications of the contemptible arsenal, I will receive you all the way on this trip." ”

Lu Xiangsheng looked at the person in front of him very unfamiliar, and he could confirm that this person himself had never seen it in various meetings in Lantian, it seems that the hole card of this county is very thick, and he does not know Lantian as much as he imagined.

The director of communications walked slowly in the arsenal with the two of them, and standing in the wide arsenal, he pointed to several large buildings around him and said: "Look, this is the production base of Lantian flintlock pistols, and almost all the flintlock pistols in Lantian are produced from here. ”

"This is the most famous weapon and grenade production base in Lantian, where there are a thousand workers, and about seven or eight thousand grenades can be produced every day!"

"Seven or eight thousand!"

Sun Chuanting's eyes were about to pop out, and he stared at the director of communications, and the director of communications said: "Well, this is a non-war situation, if it is in a state of war, saturated production here, the output can be about doubled." ”

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting's eyes were about to pop out, he knew the value of grenades in the war, he had a thousand grenades in his hand at the beginning, and he had not been in vain in the face of hundreds of thousands of troops, at that time he felt that he was rich, and no one was afraid.

But now compared to here, he is rich there, it is terrible to be poor, here can produce seven or eight thousand grenades a day, and the output of one day is enough for him to fight a large battle, and it is also the kind of extremely rich large battle.

Thinking about the fact that the back molars that he was happy to have leaked because Lantian sold him 2,000 grenades, Sun Chuanting only felt that he was the frog at the bottom of the well, and he had never seen a day the size of the wellhead, while Lantian, a military factory hidden in the mountains, could produce seven or eight thousand grenades a day.

This is a day's quantity, think about it, this Lantian accumulates every day, how terrifying the inventory of this grenade!

Thinking of this, Sun Chuanting only felt a tingling on his scalp, if one day Lantian is not hiding himself, but ascending to the heights and shouting, then the hundreds of thousands of militia in Lantian will each send ten grenades to the battlefield, then just throw it forward, I am afraid that there is no army in the world who dares to say that it can stop them.

Rich, really rich.

However, at this time, Lu Xiangsheng thought of a question, looked at the director of communications and said: "How much does this grenade cost, how much does it cost you to make it like this?" ”

The director of communications thought for a while and said, "It's not very expensive, the cost of a grenade is about 80 yuan. ”

"How much!"

This time, Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting couldn't sit still, staring at the director of communications, and the director of communications said: "About 80 wen, sometimes the scrap rate is lower, then seventy wen is about the same, but sometimes the scrap rate is high, it will cost ninety wen, so it mainly depends on the scrap rate, but on the whole, the number of eighty wen is almost normal." ”

"Eighty wen, a grenade."

Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting glanced at each other, and they felt that there were three words written on their heads.

"Brother Lu, how much did you buy at that time?"

"At first, it was more expensive, and then it was about two taels of silver, what about you?"

"One tael or eight dollars, or the old man licked his face, begging others, I thought he gave me a really friend price, I also bought 15,000 taels in one go, to be honest, looking at the distressed look of the person who sold me the grenade at that time, I really thought I earned it, and I was happy for a long time, but now it seems that I am a pure wronged man!"

"Eighty Wen! One thousand wen is one tael of silver, one tael and eight coins, which is fifteen hundred wen, so converted, the price of buying a grenade by yourself, people can make twenty. ”

At this moment, he felt that he was a pure injustice!

"Director."

At this time, when the two of them felt that they were the world's number one wrongdoer, they saw a group of workers come out with a carriage full of grenades, which could have thousands of them.

"Hey."

The director nodded to greet the workers, and then Lu Xiangsheng spoke: "These grenades? ”

"Oh, Henan Li Chuang has placed an order for five thousand grenades for us."

"Li Chuang?"

Hearing this, Sun Chuanting frowned, looked at the director of communications, and said, "How can you sell weapons to them?" ”

"Why not?"

The director asked rhetorically?

Sun Chuanting frowned and said, "You are the enemy!" ”

The director of communications smiled: "Lord Sun, Li Chuang has never been our enemy of Lantian. ”

"That's Ming?"

The director of communications smiled: "Not really. ”

"Neither, then who is your enemy of the Ming Dynasty?"

Sun Chuanting smiled when he heard this: "There are no enemies, we have never had enemies in Lantian, and they are not worthy of being our enemies in Lantian." ”

After saying this, Sun Chuanting's face darkened, and the director of communications said: "Lord Sun, I know what you think, but most of the enemies killed by these grenades are your Ming officers and soldiers, and I don't need to tell you what the Ming officers and soldiers are like, let me tell you one thing, just yesterday, Henan's He Renlong reported to the imperial court, and he led his troops to fight with Li Zicheng's forward army, beheading more than 1,000 people, and the imperial court rewarded Yu and promoted him to the governor of Henan. ”

"More than 1,000 people, He Renlong dares to take the initiative to attack, it's not bad."

Sun Chuanting said, but he didn't expect the head of the communications department to change his face and said: "But we checked with Li Zicheng, they didn't have any battles with He Renlong, not even small-scale friction." ”

Sun Chuanting frowned, then changed color and said, "Kill the good and take the risk!" ”

The director of communications said with a smile: "It seems that Lord Sun is not the first time to encounter such a thing, that's right, it is to kill the good and take the merit, according to our spy report, Wangjia Town, Zhoukou, Henan Province was slaughtered one night yesterday, regardless of men, women and children, the scene was extremely miserable, and Wangjia Town was burned to a red ground. ”

Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng's faces have changed greatly, if an army starts to kill good and take risks, then this army is completely abolished, and now the army of the Ming Dynasty has begun to degenerate to killing good and risking merit?

Lu Xiangsheng said with a dark face: "Has the Ming army fallen to this point?" Sun Chuanting, aren't you the governor of Henan? You restrain your subordinates like this? ”

Sun Chuanting said with a dark face: "He Renlong should be damned!" This is the old man's sin, although he bears the name of a Lantian governor, but he does not have the power of the Lantian governor, the old man is guilty! ”

The two sighed for a long time, they both had feelings for Da Ming, they didn't want Da Ming to fall to this point, but Da Ming he fell, and he fell in a posture that they didn't want to see.

Lu Xiangsheng is dead, Sun Chuanting is dead, and the rest of the major military leaders either want to stand on their own feet or think about being thieves if they can't beat them, but both sides are thinking about one thing, that is, to eat two bites of meat on this rotten huge empire as much as possible.

Now the officials and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are the same as the rogues, they will destroy a place when they go to a place, rob money and food, rob the population, pull Zhuang Ding, and do not restrict military discipline at all.

It can be said that these major military leaders who are not subject to the constraints of the Ming Dynasty have begun to act recklessly, and the soldiers under them are no longer the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, and they have even become more ferocious than the Liukou.

The rogue went to one place, killed the local tyrants, divided the grain, collected the homeless, and expanded the strength.

The Ming army went to one place, killed the people, scraped the local tyrants, collected food, enjoyed themselves, all those who dared to resist were killed, and the heads of the people were handed over after killing them was a military achievement, and no one in the court could distinguish that these were the people, and those were the heads of the rogues.

So now the Ming Dynasty is a mess, the world is in chaos, human life is not as good as dogs, rogues are beasts, and officials and soldiers are also beasts.

Now there are tens of thousands of people fleeing to Lantian every day, and Lantian accepts them, appeases them, and even sends troops to protect them.

Now that the whole world is in chaos, Li Chaosheng is also selling grenades to speed up the process, watching a cart of grenades being pushed out, Sun Chuanting looked at the director of communications and said, "What is the price of this grenade?" ”

The director of communications thought for a while and said, "The friendship price, three or two." ”

Hearing this price, Sun Chuanting felt a little better, there was a bigger injustice, the two quickly calmed down their emotions, and they were successful, although these things had a great impact on them, but they were not as fragile as they imagined, Sun Chuanting looked at the director of communications and said: "I want to see your grenade production process." ”

(End of chapter)