When Zhu Yunxi said the need for a thousand of this new horse-drawn cannon.

Zhu Gaochi's brows couldn't help jumping.

Even if it is a full 1,000 guns, based on 500 kilograms per gun, that is a full 500,000 kilograms of steel.

That's 500 tons of steel!

This should be the number if calculated according to the newly determined unit of length and weight of the superintendent.

Zhu Gaochi quickly converted it in his heart.

This is not even the loss of materials in the manufacturing process, if you take these into account, then I am afraid that it will have to be estimated at 600 tons.

Moreover, although this new horse-drawn artillery can be pulled with just one pack horse, if it is for long-distance transportation, I am afraid that two or even three pack horses will be needed to ensure that the transportation speed will not be reduced.

For 1,000 guns, you need at least 3,000 pack horses.

And how many shells and gunpowder does an artillery gun need to be equipped with?

According to the provisions of the military supply plan of the Operational Staff Department under the Metropolitan Governor's Office, all artillery battalions of the Ming army were calculated on the basis of twelve shells for each artillery piece in wartime.

And this base is only a guarantee to ensure the minimum vitality of the army in a battle.

In general, according to the requirements of the Metropolitan Governorate, it is better to be able to guarantee the supply of shells with three bases.

Three bases, that is, a full thirty-six shells, and the required firing gunpowder.

All of this adds up to two or three hundred kilograms.

Considering that this time the Ming Dynasty used troops against the Western Regions, it must have to go through countless battles, and it is necessary to project the existence of the Ming Dynasty to the west of the Green Ridge, and also cooperate with Sichuan Dao, Sichuan Dusi, Shaanxi Dao, and Shaanxi Dusi to attack the plateau, so more base artillery shells and gunpowder supply are needed.

This will be an astronomical supply of munitions!

Zhang Ergong's face was the same, showing a hint of difficulty.

He hesitated for a while before he said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the general supervisor has now built nearly six hundred of this new horse-drawn cannon in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Industry and the Dadu Governor's Mansion in the early stage, but among this batch of artillery, three hundred are to be transported to the southern expedition army......

Zhu Yunxi said directly: "The order demand of the Southern Expeditionary Army, first and then take a shot. There is still a shortage of more than 400 artillery pieces, can it be built before the army marches westward? ”

"It depends on when the imperial court will issue an order to send troops to the Western Regions."

Zhang Ergong also gave an answer very directly.

Zhu Yunxi thought for a moment.

It's almost July now, and the end of August and early September in the Western Regions, especially in the North Garden, will see snowfall.

It is definitely impossible for the Ming army to leave Yangguan and attack the Western Regions this year.

But before that, the imperial court will inevitably transfer troops and send generals, hoarding them on the boundary of Suzhou after Yangguan, and will also send a part of the troops to be stationed in Hamiwei and other places to make arrangements in advance.

Then, at the latest, next year, that is, in the first year of Yongsheng, the Ming Dynasty will officially launch an offensive against the Western Regions.

"Before the lunar month of this year, these 1,000 cannons will be loaded onto ships and transported to Henan Mansion."

Zhu Yunxi gave a time node.

Before the month of Layue, 1,000 artillery pieces were loaded onto the ship, starting from Yingtian, taking the canal to the Yellow River, and arriving at Henan Province.

Then it was unloaded in Henan Province, transferred to the Western Railway, transported to Shaanxi Road through the Western Railway, and finally pulled the thousand artillery pieces to the territory of Suzhou Wei and Hamiwei by horses.

In the long Hexi Corridor, even if the imperial court mobilizes more manpower and material resources, it may take three or four months to send these 1,000 artillery pieces to the front line of Hamiwei's westward expedition.

As for the Ming attack on the plateau.

Even new artillery pieces can hardly come in handy.

It's really too dangerous for the terrain over there, so it's better to mobilize more mortars and send them over.

Zhang Ergong walked to the side and asked someone to bring a pen and paper, and he was there alone to write and draw.

Zhu Gaochi then spoke: "Daqingcheng has now raised a lot of good-breed war horses, and on the grassland north of Daqingcheng, the horse farm of the imperial court has also been built. ”

Zhu Yunxi nodded, agreeing with this transfer method.

This reflects the advantages of building a big green city and attracting and appeasing those grassland herdsmen.

Today's Daqingcheng is not only simply transporting a steady stream of beef and mutton for the Beijing Division, as well as those cattle and sheep skins used for military supplies, but also raising many high-quality war horses.

You must know that from ancient times to the present, the Central Plains have not been able to raise high-quality war horses on a large scale, and the nearest ones are the Hetao area and the Qinghai Lake area.

Today, Daqingcheng is located in the outer Hetao area of the Hetao, coupled with the inland Hetao area that has always been in the hands of the Ming Dynasty, every year for the Ming army to provide a large number of high-quality war horses.

However, the area around Qinghai Lake is not yet in the hands of the Ming army.

Over there.

After a series of calculations, Zhang Ergong finally slapped his palm heavily on the paper covered with words.

He turned his head and said in a deep voice: "If the steel plant on the side of the Taiping Fu Mine can be improved within three months, it will be able to add an artillery production line for the imperial court, so that the minister can ensure that a thousand new horse-drawn cannons can be collected and delivered to the army before the lunar month." ”

There are more questions and requirements that Zhang Ergong did not say.

For example, there is a need to increase the demand for no less than 3,000 workers, and there is also a need to expand the mining and smelting capacity of copper mines in Taiping Province.

He was just calculating whether the imperial court could meet these conditions and gather the remaining more than 400 artillery pieces before the lunar month.

As for these conditions, as long as you say that you can complete the task, then the rest of the requirements will naturally be met by the imperial court.

Zhu Yunxi smiled and nodded: "Then do as you say, what do you need, just mention it to the cabinet, and say that it means lonely." ”

The factories involved in the steel industry on the Jingshi side will be relocated sooner or later.

You can't let the capital of the Ming Dynasty respond to the heavenly city, and the sky will always be gray in the future, and there will never be a blue sky and white clouds.

It is imperative to move heavily polluting industries away.

Industry and pollution are inevitable things, and there is no reason to stop doing these things if you kill them all with a stick.

But Ying Tiancheng is the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it can't be too reasonable.

On the contrary, if it will be used as a firearms R&D plant and a R&D room of Longjiang Shipyard, such an existence needs to be retained, and it must be further expanded to remain within the scope of Yingtian City.

Zhu Shangbing's kung fu at this time had already touched enough of the heavy artillery weighing 3,000 kilograms, and he walked over quietly.

"If only there was a railway that could go directly from Yingtian City to the Western Regions, no matter how much artillery could be sent there."

He just muttered casually.

Zhu Yunxi nodded approvingly: "The cabinet has made a ten-year-long plan to improve the roads connecting the capital to the periphery. ”

Yingtian City is located to the east of the Central Plains, and in the plan, there will be three railways and cement roads in the north, south, and west.

At the very least, there must be these three major arteries, and the routes are all over the important places.

Zhu Shangbing was quite surprised, and silently glanced at Zhu Gaochi.

There is a big one, I mean it in one word.

Zhu Gaochi was silent.

The Cabinet has a 10-year plan, and the same tax office has a number of plans.

It's just that Zhu Shangbing, a simple man, has been on an errand with the military guards, so he doesn't know.

And here, the matter of making the general prisoner prepare for the Western Expedition has been finalized, and Zhu Yunxi turned around and left with the two of them.

As for the guns needed in the army.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion will naturally work with the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry to finalize the details.

The Ming army's replacement of firearms in larger quantities is no longer a controversial issue, but an inevitable thing.

After Zhu Yunxi left the test plant that would be imprisoned in Yingtian Outer City, he returned to the inner city from Chaoyangmen.

I noticed the difference in the city.

There are already many people waiting here in the yamen of various ministries and departments in the Dongcheng area.

Clearly, someone had been paying attention to where they were going.

Among them are Xia Yuanji, the secretary of the household department, as well as Bai Yuxiu, the official of the Ministry of Literature, the Qing Minister, Shilang, and the officials of other ministries and yamen.

In the front, it was Sun Qingshu, who was in charge of the newspaper office at the root of the east wall of the imperial city.

At the beginning, because he was old, he no longer had the idea of entering politics and engaged in politics, so he has been doing the work of literature and newspapers in the book and newspaper bureau, and he has spread his mind.

However, in the past two years, the study of mind has also improved.

Under the theory, a lot of practical things have been added.

In general, there has been a fundamental shift in the thinking of the mind that has been and should have appeared.

If you talk about it in terms of mind, it's a bit biased.

Nowadays, it should be called Xinxue.

Proceeding from the world and the people, everything that is useful, advanced, unavailable, and existing is worthy of analysis, improvement, and utilization.

Sun Qingshu is not an official in the court, but because of the existence of the book and newspaper bureau and the newspaper, he has a good identity and status in the court and the people.

He stood on the side of the road, looked at Zhu Yunxi who was returning to the city, and stepped forward with a smile on his face.

"The villain congratulates His Royal Highness on being crowned the prince of the East Palace today."

After him, it was Xia Yuanji, Bai Yuxiu and others who congratulated him.

Although Zhu Yunxi has not yet gone through the canonization ceremony, the will has really come down, and it is impossible for the emperor to change it.

And if everything goes according to the present, after the Yongsheng Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor will be Zhu Yunxi's.

There is no room for these people not to come and congratulate.

Zhu Yunxi got off the horse and returned the salute.

His gaze swept over the officials present, some of whom had supported the Hongwu New Deal in the past, and some who had opposed the Hongwu New Deal in the past.

But with Zhu Biao's accession to the throne and his canonization as crown prince, everything has become a thing of the past.

Now who is still unclear that the Ming Dynasty will continue the new deal to the end.

No one wants to be tough and stubborn against the New Deal.

Those who are really stubborn have long been beheaded or returned to their hometowns.

In the DPRK, whether or not they sincerely agree with the new policy, it is impossible to say anything on the surface.

At present, it is necessary to pay more attention to the rule of officialdom and prevent the officials of the DPRK and the central government and local governments from deriving more means to corrupt and take bribes and prey on the common people.

After a brief conversation with a group of officials, Zhu Yunxi finally sent away these officials who hoped to pull their eyes in front of him.

At the scene, only Xia Yuanji, Bai Yuxiu, and Sun Qingshu were left.

Sun Qingshu was still the first to speak.

"Your Highness, today's book and newspaper bureau has been rushing to print this issue of the newspaper, which will focus on the Hongwu New Deal and the benefits of various new policies to our dynasty, and will try to bring people to discuss in what direction I will develop in the next government and national policy."

Zhu Yunxi nodded: "Jin Yiwei's side is still communicating with you about the news." ”

Sun Qingshu nodded.

The news of the docking between Jinyiwei and the book and newspaper bureau mentioned by Zhu Yunxi is that the book and newspaper bureau uses Jinyiwei's advantage in the local secret post to grasp the trend of the people in the world and promote the trend of public opinion in line with the situation.

Zhu Yunxi saw that Sun Qingshu nodded, so he said: "Recently, there are more articles, there are articles about the former Han Dynasty and the former Tang Dynasty to discuss the governance of the Western Regions, and then talk about the value of the Western Regions to our dynasty, and see how many voices there are among the people, I hope to go to the Western Regions to see for a long time and work hard." ”

Why did the former Han Dynasty withdraw from the Western Regions, and why did the Tang Dynasty abandon the Western Regions after holding on for countless years.

It is nothing more than the whip is beyond the reach of the whip, and the population base of Hermes-Epitek is too small.

In the future, when the Ming Dynasty recovers the Western Regions and continues to extend westward to the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably relocate the people to the Western Regions.

But before that, it is necessary to lay a foundation among the people and pave the way for the prospects of the Western Regions.

Turning the roof of the world into a rockery in the back garden of the Ming Dynasty can be regarded as a goal that Zhu Yunxi can think of at present and can achieve in his lifetime.

After completing this goal, Daming can only continue to move forward by waiting for the next great development of science and technology.

Sun Qingshu nodded heavily, this kind of thing has been done many times, and now it is just to promote the Western Regions, which is not too difficult.

Then Zhu Yunxi looked at Xia Yuanji and smiled on his face.

Xia Yuanji, on the other hand, showed a crying face.

"The household department will never hold the court back! As soon as the necessary grain and grass materials are needed, the household department will definitely allocate them to all places according to the plan! ”

Xia Yuanji gave a promise loudly.

Zhu Yunxi nodded and didn't say anything more.

At present, the Ming Dynasty Hall is still the most tiring thing to do in the household.

Every day is a huge amount of money and food that needs to be calculated.

But if it's just a calculation, it's just a waste of time and ink.

More importantly, the household department also needs to coordinate the money and grain taxes of the entire Ming Dynasty, and need to balance every expenditure.

said that Zhu Yunxi had just been supervising the demand for 1,000 artillery pieces.

For this alone, the household department had to come up with at least 50,000 taels of silver, and shells and gunpowder were counted separately.

This price is already very low.

In the later Wanli Dynasty, a primitive 190-kilogram cannon cost 12 taels of silver for a counterfeit.

In the westward expedition plan alone, the household department had to prepare no less than 300,000 taels of silver for firearms alone.

Zhu Yunxi reached out and patted Xia Yuanji's shoulder.

"The errand of the household department is a heavy burden, and the heavy burden must be governed by heavy power."

"Don't be in a hurry about your entry into the cabinet, it will be soon."

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