Outside the city, the military battle bureau test artillery field.

Although the Ministry of Industry, especially the Yu Heng Qing Officials Division, suffered heavy losses this time, and the officials below the Lang official directly lost seventy percent, but it was only the management that suffered heavy losses, and there was actually no loss for the craftsmen of the War Bureau.

There are so many people waiting to be officials, there is no shortage of people to replenish at all, and there are a large number of people to be replaced and even Jinshi to recommend themselves outside the official department, and the management personnel of Yu Hengqing Officials Department quickly made up for it and resumed their work.

is that the acceptance process of artillery is more complicated and stricter, and the minimum guarantee policy has been canceled, and the piecework salary has been turned to piecework, which has made many bastard craftsmen feel a lot of pressure.

However, the only thing that can become an artilleryman is to steal and play tricks, and there is no straw bag, and everyone quickly adapts to it, and even becomes a lot more active

The types of artillery also ushered in a wave of significant growth.

At the edge of the artillery field, several craftsmen who were waiting for the test firing were looking curiously at the yellow head in the crowd who was carefully bending over and flattering a burly figure.

I heard that the captain is going to come over to inspect today, so the identity of this big man can basically be confirmed.

"Captain, you see, it just so happens that a batch of newly cast cannons are being tested," Ambassador Huang, the chief officer of the War Bureau, followed behind Jia Hui very respectfully and introduced him.

Jia Hui looked at the gunsmiths who were doing the final inspection of the artillery expressionlessly, and did not look back: "The heavy artillery is not in a hurry, it is not too late to prepare when a certain family comes back from the grassland, now I want horses to be able to move, and even small cannons that can be fired on horses, as well as a large number of new flintlock firearms!" ”

Although Jia Hui is a fanatical believer in the "Bomb Lao Tzu" sect, he still knows what kind of artillery to use in what battles.

In the first stage of this war - to drive the Dzungars out of the desert and north steppe, the first thing to consider was mobility, which was a medium gun that could be used with the elite cavalry and a medium gun that could be pulled and run, and did not need heavy artillery.

After all, there is nothing in the steppes that needs to be bombarded with heavy artillery.

It is only in the second stage that heavy artillery may be used when the Western Regions is recovered.

After all, it's going to be a siege.

"That's not a coincidence! Captain, what did you tell us about what we made a few years ago? Flintlock firecrackers, counting the latest batch half a month ago, have already saved up enough for a full 8,000 pieces! ”

"Oh, that's good" Jia Hui lowered his head for the first time and glanced at this Ambassador Huang, and the excited Ambassador Huang trembled

"Eleven, you go and get a few shots, take a few shots for each batch, and try a few shots."

"Yui!" Eleven hugged his fists and agreed, and Ambassador Huang did not delay at all, and hurriedly called one of his subordinates to lead Eleven to the warehouse to get the firecracker.

"What kind of cannon is this?"

Looking at the heavy cannons that had already begun to clean the chamber and prepare to fill the gunpowder, Jia Hui asked Ambassador Huang.

"Hehe, Captain, this is the project that our War Bureau handed in at the beginning of last year, and after a year and a half of improvement, the shape of this heavy artillery is almost perfect," Ambassador Huang said very happily.

Can you be happy, this is a project carried out by the people of the previous Military War Bureau, I thought that this year I would rely on the merits of developing new artillery to raise my own grade and the like, but who would have thought that the top official was not a person, and the incident of reselling artillery happened, and even the entire team of the Military War Bureau was taken down, and the credit was also cheapened by the new Military War Bureau team

"Last year's project?" Jia Hui twisted the mustache on his chin and recalled, "Ah, it's the project codenamed 'Spindle', right?" Has this already been made? ”

"This" Ambassador Huang stiffened, he knew about this project, but he was in a hurry to take office, and he didn't have time to see what it was.

"Oh, that's it, you've only been in office for less than a month, you shouldn't have asked you this, go and call the master of this project," Jia Hui said to Ambassador Chao Huang very understandingly.

There is no need to train such a petty official in the same way as training a grandson, it is not troublesome enough.

"Yui!" Ambassador Huang hurriedly trotted to the artillery that was about to be test-fired, and said a few words to a bearded middle-aged craftsman, who straightened his waist and looked in the direction of Jia Hui with a face full of disbelief.

Jia Hui smiled and beckoned to him.

Seeing that the captain was summoned, the craftsman hurriedly said hello to a few people around him, and then took three steps and two steps to Jia Hui's side, and fell to his knees.

"Yin Hongyi, the master of the artillery of the small military battle bureau, meets the captain!"

YIN Hongyi.

The corners of Jia Hui's eyes twitched, looking at this bearded man with a delicate and elegant name, how to look like Zhang Fei.

"Excuse me, get up."

"Yes!" Yin Hongyi hurriedly got up and stood in front of Jia Hui very restrainedly, he could see that he was very nervous, so nervous that he had already begun to clasp his fingers.

Good guy, this posture is quite similar to Zhang Yide

Blind this honor!

"Why is it called Red?"

Jia Hui didn't talk to him directly about business, but chatted with him, ready to kill his nervousness.

Otherwise, Jia Hui was afraid that this big man would faint with a nervous roll of his eyes as he spoke

"Back to Taiwei, the little one" Yin Hongyi was sweating profusely, but he was nervous and speechless

Seeing this, Jia Hui already regretted calling him over

But fortunately, Yin Hongyi still has a mouth.

Just when Jia Hui looked at this big man who looked like Zhang Fei, but had the same temperament as Yingchun, his face gradually lost his blood, and he was about to roll his eyes, Ambassador Huang also trotted back.

"Taiwei, he was an orphan raised by Master Yin in the ministry in the early years, the kind raised from a three- or four-month-old doll, and it just so happened that he was wrapped in a piece at that time. It should be the red dress of his mother's wedding dress, so Master Yin named him 'Red Clothes'"

That's not called Yin's wedding dress

"Come on, Master Yin, tell someone about this new cannon" Jia Hui gave up the set and chose to go straight.

"Yui!" Speaking of this, Yin Hongyi is not nervous, his eyes are shining at this moment, and he no longer looks so shy.

Looks like a guy who really loves artillery.

Jia Hui had a rough judgment about Yin Hongyi.

"Captain, that's it"

The sub-mother cannon, that is, the Furlong cannon of the previous life.

The advantages of this cannon are the speed of reloading, the ease of barrel cleaning, and the ability to fire three times in a row.

However, its disadvantage was that the barrel was not airtight enough to effectively exert the power of the gunpowder explosion, resulting in insufficient kinetic energy, which made the shell have a limited range and poor accuracy. Therefore, it is usually used only for scatter shots.

Although it is easy to use and convenient, it is precisely because of the shortcomings of limited range and poor accuracy that Daqi urgently needs a long-range and accurate artillery.

As early as that year, not long after Jia Hui ended the war in the south of the Yangtze River, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry jointly submitted a letter to apply for the development of a new type of heavy artillery.

In the past eight years, the Governor's Office of the Five Armed Forces has received nearly 100 designs from the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, and even the Inner Court, and has approved and approved many of the 71 projects for trial casting.

Frankly speaking, the performance of the artillery forged by these seventy-one projects is not weak, and even the comprehensive strength of more than thirty projects has surpassed the sub-mother cannon, but none of the cannons can reach the psychological expectations of Jia Hui, Yun Yu and even the two saints.

Because these cannons are not qualitatively different from the sub-mother guns, but the firing range is more than a hundred steps away.

That being the case, then why not continue to use sub-mother cannons?

After all, the total number of sub-mother cannons in the country has exceeded 60,000, so it's a big deal to pull a few more when you are fighting.

It wasn't until a year and a half ago that a project called "Spindle Cannon" was submitted to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.

"The spindle cannon we developed has a lot of advantages! The barrel is long, the wall is thick, and the muzzle is large, so the shells that can be loaded will be bigger! Yin Hongyi pointed to the artillery that had been loaded and ready to be test-fired excitedly, like a child showing off his best and favorite toys.

Jia Hui also walked to the rear of the artillery side and observed carefully

This is a heavy artillery with a length of about one zhang, a caliber of about five inches, and an estimated weight of more than 2,000 catties.

The overall shape is gradually thickened from the muzzle to the tail of the gun, and after carefully recalling the knowledge of physics that has almost been forgotten after more than 20 years, Jia Hui found that this is indeed in line with the principle of the chamber pressure from high to low when gunpowder is burned, which saves a lot of material costs.

At the center of gravity of the gun body, there are cylindrical lugs on both sides, and the gun can use this as the axis to adjust the firing angle, and then change the firing range according to the amount of gunpowder.

There is also a front sight and a light door near the gun port, which makes it much more accurate.

"How much does it cost?" Jia Hui asked suddenly.

Ambassador Huang hurriedly replied: "One hundred and eighty taels to two hundred taels of silver!" ”

"Uh-huh? Isn't it, isn't this a bronze cannon? So cheap? Jia Hui was a little surprised.

When the Great Qi cast heavy artillery, it was often made of copper.

However, although the copper cannon has the advantages of not being easy to explode, not easy to appear pores, and even has a relatively long life, the cost is too high and the weight is a fatal problem.

It stands to reason that a copper cannon of 2,000 catties is at least fifty taels more expensive, but this cannon is unexpectedly.

"Captain, because this cannon is made of iron core and copper!" Ambassador Huang hurriedly explained.

Jia Hui nodded, then the cost is much more reasonable.

"Iron core copper body, new technology?"

"Exactly! Tai Lieutenant, this process was just what Hongyi came up with! Ambassador Huang patted Yin Hongyi's arm thicker than his thigh with a smile on his face and showed off.

Whether he can add a credit depends on his craftsmanship!

"It's good," Jia Hui nodded, "Fire a shot and show a certain family!" ”

"Yui!" Ambassador Huang hurriedly bowed in agreement, and then raised his hand and gestured to the few people standing behind the side of the gun.

The few people who had been paying attention to the movement here immediately understood, and also made a gesture, and at the same time raised the pole that had been burning at the top and stabbed it at the ignition site.

Boom!

There was a loud bang on the ground, and the dull sound of cannons spread throughout the entire artillery field, which shook people's eardrums and felt that the ground was shaken, and a huge burst of flames and smoke erupted from the muzzle of the cannon, making it impossible to see the situation ahead.

However, this kind of scene has become accustomed to the artillery field, and some people have already ridden horses and galloped towards the landing point of the shells, to find out the situation of the bombardment.

The people standing on the lookout at the height of the rear also hurriedly came down from above, trotted to Ambassador Huang's side, first saluted Jia Hui, and then whispered a few words to Ambassador Huang

"What?" Ambassador Huang's eyes widened, "How far?" ”

"Bali, Bali, your lord!" The man shouted feverishly, "Although there are deviations, but it has also opened a large section of the sub-mother cannon, and the visual inspection is only about three feet!" ”

This is still the case of not rifling, if the rifling is opened, then the quasi-head must not be reduced to a zhang?

The maximum distance of the Luoyang Artillery Field is ten miles, and there is a huge wooden sign every other mile, just count how far the cannon has been fired.

"Hahaha, good stuff, good stuff, good enough!" Jia Hui laughed loudly!

The officials in the same group laughed along, with this spindle cannon, Daqi can continue to ride on the vassal states to make a fortune

Just as everyone was laughing and talking about the spindle cannon, his developer Yin Hongyi's eyes gradually became firm after experiencing the initial excitement

"Captain!"

Yin Hongyi "pounced" and knelt down towards Jia Hui: "Tai Lieutenant, the little one begs the Tai Lieutenant to give the cannon a name!" ”

The crowd that was still discussing immediately quieted down, and they all looked at the two people who stood and knelt.

Seeing this, Ambassador Huang did not scold Yin Hongyi for kicking his nose and face, but moved to Yin Hongyi's side and knelt down as well, waiting for Jia Hui's reply.

"Okay!" Jia Hui responded very happily, "Being able to design such a good cannon is enough to prove that your craftsmanship is extraordinary, and you have innovated the process, you are a capable person, I will let you leave your name in history, your name is Yin Hongyi, so I will call it. Red cannon! ”

"Thank you, Captain, for the name!" Yin Hongyi trembled excitedly and gave Jia Hui a solid knock.

"Plus, I'll give you one more grace!" Jia Hui pointed at Yin Hongyi, who was still kneeling on the ground, with the horsewhip in his hand, "From today on, you will be the second artillery master of the War Bureau, in charge of the casting of heavy artillery!"

And there are also some rewards of gold and silver brocades"

"Ugh!"

The surprise came too suddenly, Yin Hongyi chuckled, rolled his eyes and fainted.

。。。。。。

The great hero Yin Dajiang fainted because he was too excited.

However, this did not have any impact on Jia Hui's inspection this time, and after a few more test firing and collecting some data, Eleven came back with some new firearms.

This is also a flint flint developed under the ideas provided by Jia Hui.

In fact, the technical gap between its junior shotguns and flintlock pistols is not large, and there are many advantages over flintlock pistols, but

Jia Hui didn't understand this, but just mentioned something like "fire hat" and "firing pin" to the craftsman, as for whether this group of fire hammer craftsmen could get it.

Let's just look at the creation.

After a few rounds of test firing, the performance of these new flint flint guns also met Jia Hui's psychological expectations, and Jia Hui was also very satisfied, and with a wave of his big hand, he pulled away 5,000 rods, and pulled a total of 300 small cannons of all kinds towards Beijing

(End of chapter)