Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 160: A Brilliant Idea

The so-called sudden inspiration is a vivid portrayal of Lin Wenyuan at this time.

Originally, he planned to say nothing, and then kowtow to withdraw, but the moment the words came to his lips, Lin Wenyuan's words changed.

"There is one thing I want to ask the old man."

"Oh, you said." [

If someone else came to bother him at this time, Xue Guoguan would have someone kick him out.

However, he really admired Lin Wenyuan, so he smiled slightly, took a sip of tea, and said, "Your Master Zhang, what new tricks do you have?"

Speaking of which, Xue Guoguan was also very curious about Zhang Shouren, this young man was really not easy.

With hundreds of jobs in the world, now he has done such a career, and he has trained this kid surnamed Lin in front of him to be so outstanding. How can this Zhang Shouren be easy to be with?

In the peaceful days before, Zhang Shouren must have been called to the capital to see him with his own eyes before he could truly complete the evaluation.But in this day and age, forget the old rules...

In the past, officials and military attaches had to go to the Ministry of War and the Governor's Mansion to go through the formalities and face the Holy Majesty's speech. Of course, it was impossible for the emperor to summon a small minister and military officer alone, but to mix people together. A group of military officers came, everyone kowtowed together, the emperor said a few nice words, and then waved everyone away.

The same is true for civil officials, but after the majesty's speech, there is a rule of three years. The court is also afraid that the local officials will be disrespectful to the authority of the central government. When you are a magistrate, you can be more honest.

These rules are unreasonable now, otherwise, Xue Guoguan must really want to see it with his own eyes. He can train a small flag officer to look like this, and the people behind him can be amazing?

"It's a letter from my lord..."

Lin Wenyuan opened his mouth to talk nonsense, without feeling the slightest blushing. If Xue Guoguan knew that he had been deceived by this outstanding person in front of him, he would not know what to do.

"Oh, ask the official to open the iron mine? This..."

He had just heard about grain prices and iron mines, and Lin Wenyuan knew very well that the short legs on the Fushan Mountain were short of iron. Iron was needed for making armor, iron for making weapons, and iron for casting cannons and guns.

Now Liaodong has a die-casting method of iron bodies and copper tires, which is very advanced, and it should be ahead of the Thai and Western devils.

It should be said that there is no shortage of talented people in Ming Dynasty, let alone skilled craftsmen.

Over the years, the Jesus Society has of course supported many tools and technicians for casting cannons, but the artillery of the Ming Dynasty was mostly imitated from the cannons fished out of the sea during the Wanli period.

There are many imitations and rich experience. Although there is no theoretical guidance, the theory of cannons these days may not be very advanced... Anyway, this casting method in Liaodong now has a rare advantage in technology, not to mention saving copper.

Bronze cannons are cast purely in bronze and have poor stability. Because copper has a low melting point, after a few rounds of rapid firing, the barrel will expand and deform due to heat, affecting the accuracy of firing.

Moreover, bronze is too expensive. The output of copper in the Ming Dynasty was originally low. These years have been casting cannons year after year. The folk copper coins have long been insufficient, and a lot of bronze wares have been consumed. If this continues, let alone the national treasury. Well, folks don't even need copper basins for washing their faces... There are no aluminum basins and porcelain basins these days, and they are not as good as copper basins.