Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 168 Ming Military Factory

Since the fire gun showed great superiority in the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was the beneficiary of the fire gun.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang also attached great importance to fire guns.

The same is true for Zhu Biao under the influence of his ears and eyes.

So after listening to Yang Xian's idea, Zhu Biao said, "Yang Qing, are you planning to improve the fire gun?"

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, one of the things Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to do most was to improve the primary fire guns created in the Yuan Dynasty.In the original time and space, not only was he doing this, his successor Zhu Laosi was also doing it, even better than him.

The problems that troubled Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di were very simple for Yang Xian.

In his opinion, there are many areas where Fire Gun can be improved.

The first is the improvement of the appearance. The front chamber is changed from a straight barrel to a shape that gradually increases from the barrel mouth to the medicine chamber, that is, the medicine chamber wall is thickened, making the design more reasonable and scientific.

The second is to add a fire door cover to make it safer, more reliable and conducive to combat.

The third is to add a medicine filling spoon, so that the dosage of medicine has a unified standard, and the danger caused by too much or too little medicine is avoided.

Finally, a "Trojan horse" was added to compact the gunpowder, increase explosive power, and increase the range.

In short, the manufacture and use of fire guns are more standardized, reasonable and scientific.

The premise of all this is based on the absence of a system. If there is no system, Yang Xian will do this.

But now with the blessing of the system, what Yang Xian wants to do is not to improve firearms, but to directly initiate a revolution in thermal weapons.

No matter how improved the fire gun is, it is still a fire gun.

What Yang Xian wants to do is to jump out of the fire door gun and directly build an elite-level flintlock gun belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

One of the difficult problems, the gunpowder problem, had been solved two years ago.Today, outside the city, the Yangzhou Gunpowder Factory is still operating normally.

All that needs to be done is to produce gunpowder granules.

This time, taking advantage of this opportunity, Yang Xian planned to directly build a military industrial base.

There is not much else in his hands but plenty of land.

When Yangzhou was taken over, it was an abandoned city with many ownerless lands, which were naturally nationalized.

Yang Xian circled two more mountains near the top of the original gunpowder factory.

This entire area was classified as a military industrial base, and a cordon was set up around it, with people on duty taking turns at 12 hours.

In addition to gunpowder, another important part is the firearms part.

For this purpose, Yang Xian directly established a machinery factory.

The most difficult problem, the firearms design drawing, has been solved with the help of the system.

Although the design of the flintlock gun is a design that transcends this era, it is not too outrageous after all. It is an evolution of the fire gate gun, so the required merit points are still within the acceptable range.

For today's Yang Xian, this point of merit is just a sprinkling of water.

All that is left for Yang Xian to do is to formulate standardized production specifications. For the future, a standard assembly line must be created.Therefore, industrial machines such as manual lathes, boring machines, grinders, and drilling machines are indispensable.

The whole thing is still difficult to do.

Wait until the final results come out.

In the eyes of uninformed people outside, Yang Xian just invented a new type of gun.

In the eyes of people like Zhu Biao who knew the inside story, Yang Xian was carrying out firearms reform.

Only Yang Xian himself knew that what he was doing now was a preview of the industrial revolution that would come in the near future.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao and said: "When will the new rifle be successfully developed? I can't give a specific time at the moment."

Zhu Biao nodded to express his understanding.

Yang Xian then said: "In order to cope with the border raids that may happen again on the grassland at any time. Your Highness, I suggest that the northern border wall be rebuilt and strengthened."

"Rebuild the city wall?" Zhu Biao asked doubtfully.

Yang Xian nodded and said, "Build the city wall."

City walls, especially those in important border defense areas, naturally should be built as high as possible.

However, in ancient times, the city walls were only built to a maximum height of about 10 meters. This was largely due to limitations in ancient technology and construction technology.

Most of the city walls in ancient my country were brick and wood structures. Due to material limitations, the walls were not particularly high.Both sides of the rammed earth city wall were covered with a layer of large city bricks, and the city wall bricks were built with white mortar.

The walls of the ancient city walls are rarely straight up and down. They are all inclined planes. The upper part of the city wall is narrow, and the upper part of the wall is retracted inward to become a "side foot", and the lower part is wide, in order to achieve stability.

For example, the ancient city wall of Nanjing, the tallest known in history, is 8-27 meters wide at the bottom and 3-18 meters wide at the top.When building the foundation of the city wall, the foundation was dug deep to the native soil layer and then laid with stone strips.Then build the upper wall.The city wall's ability to stand today is inseparable from its solid foundation.

Now that Yang Xian dares to propose rebuilding the city wall, it is naturally because he has the confidence.

The two most critical technologies are cement and pulleys.

The role of cement in reinforcing city walls is far beyond what other things in this era can match. During the two years of Yangzhou's development, Yang Xian has trained a large number of talents with rich experience in infrastructure construction.

Another thing that can play a key role in the construction of the city wall is the pulley block. Its function of shifting a thousand pounds by four or two is simply customized for this purpose.

On a whim, Yang Xian directly drew the city wall design for Zhu Biao.

Zhu Biao, who was standing aside, looked at Yang Xian's city wall design, pointed at the small openings on the city wall, with a puzzled look on his face, and said: "Yang Qing, the windows on the city wall you drew are similar to each other. What’s the little mouth for?”

As Yang Xian continued to draw, he explained: "These holes are reserved for attack windows by the soldiers defending the city. It is convenient for the soldiers to shoot with firearms, throw stones, wood, gunpowder, etc."

"After raising the height of the city wall to 20 meters, it will not be so easy for the enemy to use siege equipment such as catapults. After all, most siege equipment is based on the wall height of 10 meters, with a maximum of 15 meters. They are so highly engineered that the stones they throw cannot even leap over the city walls."

"And according to my design, the city wall is not only heightened, but also widened. With such a thick and towering city wall, not to mention that siege warfare is not what prairie people are good at. I can guarantee that any army in the world will be able to come over. There is no way to break through it easily." Yang Xian confidently said.

"If there is really any movement on the grassland, I think they will choose to do it in winter. Therefore, for us, the time left is very tight. If we decide to build and strengthen the city wall, we must implement it immediately."

After Yang Xian finished the last stroke, he handed the city wall design drawing to Zhu Biao and said.

(End of this chapter)