Reborn Regent of Ming Dynasty

This kind of casting method in Liaodong is already extremely advanced. Liaodong Dusi has cast it, and Huang Taiji has also cast it. They are all cannons weighing more than a thousand catties. When it comes to casting technology, especially the decarbonization of molten iron, it is still very backward. It is leading the world.

With this method, coupled with skilled craftsmanship and high-quality molten iron, coupled with the process of Western technicians, one can stabilize the quality of the cannon, and second, it can reduce the weight of the cannon. The current cannons of the Ming Dynasty are too large and heavy to be dragged. It is too difficult to go to the battlefield. The small gun powder has insufficient thrust and weak lethality, and it is not of great use.

The Qing army went south, dragging Hongyi cannons along the way. Often the artillery came along the way after months of siege, and then a few cannonballs opened the city gates, and the war ended.

Zhang Shouren is definitely not happy with this style of play. What he wants is a field gun with fierce firepower, a light and stable gun body, and high quality. High-quality iron ore and pig iron!

Not only artillery, but what is used in the military, which one does not use iron? [

There is no shortage of money in Fushan, and the price of iron is not too expensive, but it is too difficult to buy pig iron, and the scrap rate of casting cannons and making firecrackers is too high.

The Ming Dynasty bought cannons in the hands of the Jesus Society. The price of the British-made four-pound small cannons was 1000 taels, and the Ming court still happily accepted this price. In fact, the price of this kind of small cannons in the Far East was 200 taels per piece. Two, and made in the UK, but only 60 taels of silver can be successful.

The reason why the Ming Dynasty accepted such sky-high prices was not because the Ming Dynasty was so stupid, but because the cost of casting cannons was too high in the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, there was a record like this: "Those who cast ten blunderbusses with big guns and can get two or three usable ones can be called masters."

That is to say, the scrap rate is as high as [-]% to [-]%. The cost of artillery is not high in terms of a single unit, but it is frighteningly high when such a high loss rate is counted.

This kind of loss requires too much iron, and it can't be bought with money.

Now the world is full of wars, armor and firearms are sharp weapons, bandits, officers and soldiers from the east and the north are all in need, and the official mines of the Ming Dynasty are all in a state of paralysis. If you want to buy iron, you have to have a place to buy it.

Even though there was a shortage of iron, Fushan was just trying to find a way to buy more. Lin Wenyuan and Fushan sent news every day that Zhang Shouren had entrusted several companies to buy more.

Lin Wenyuan thought that the problem of iron shortage could be solved in this way, but when he saw the situation in front of him tonight, he realized that Mr. Zhang also made a mistake. The purchase of iron was a bit taken for granted.

How much capital Shanxi merchants have, what a wide network of contacts, if the amount of iron used increases, the business results will also be blinded.

Of course, he didn't know that Fan Yongdou was selling pig iron to the grasslands and Liaodong, selling it to the Jurchens and Mongols, so the demand was a bit too high, and under normal circumstances, pig iron wouldn't be so tense.

But after gaining such a little knowledge, Lin Wenyuan came to his senses first.

Pig iron is not as convenient to produce as salt, and the quantity is limited, so it is impossible to expect to buy it.

My lord is ambitious, and he is dedicated to building a strong army. This is a fact that is common to everyone in Fushan.Bing Bei said... Oh, Lord Liu, the current governor of Denglai, also supports and encourages, but this armor weapon is definitely not something you can count on.