Borrow the day to change the day

When Zhong Jinwei saw it, he immediately called his name and said, "The one who raised his hand, do you have any ideas or solutions?"

As soon as everyone heard this, they quickly made way for a passage so that Hou Zhongxing could see the craftsman who raised his hand.Then they all looked at the craftsman curiously, wondering that he would have a way.

The craftsman who raised his hand was obviously a little excited, his face was slightly red, and he summoned up his courage and said, "Hou, Lord Hou, many agricultural tools in my Ming Dynasty are made with iron molds, maybe this cannon can also be made with iron molds."

When the craftsmen heard this, they didn't care about the presence of Marquis Zhongxing and the eunuch Zhangyin, and they started discussing with a "boom".

There were those who opposed and those who agreed, mixed with jealousy and envy, and the scene suddenly became chaotic.

When Gu Baichuan, who was beside Zhong Jinwei, saw it, he immediately took two steps forward and shouted loudly, "No noise is allowed in front of Lord Hou!"

Fan Jun felt that his subordinates were disrespectful, which made him look bad.So, he also took a step forward and looked at these craftsmen coldly.

After Gu Baichuan's roar, and seeing the eunuch with palm prints staring at them, the scene immediately fell silent.Even those who wanted to fart held it back, not daring to make a sound at this time.

Seeing that the scene had calmed down, Gu Baichuan stood behind Zhong Jinwei with the handle of the knife in his hand.

Only then did Zhong Jinwei continue to say: "Everyone, don't be confused, talk one by one. You, yes, the idea just now is very good, tell me your idea again."

The craftsman who pioneered the casting of iron mold guns just now was a little confused when he was yelled at by his colleagues, and a little frightened when he was yelled at by the East Factory.According to his own experience of using iron molds for farm tools, he explained them to Hou Zhongxing in detail.

At the beginning, the craftsman came up with this idea just because of Zhong Jinwei's encouragement and a flash of inspiration.

Now in the process of explaining to Zhong Jinwei, the more I speak, the more confident I become, the more I speak, the more fluent I am, and the more I speak, the more confident I am.

During the listening process, Zhong Jinwei noticed that more and more craftsmen were nodding secretly, and their eyes were fixed on the craftsman who was explaining, showing envy in their eyes.

When Zhong Jinwei saw this, although he didn't know the professional knowledge of casting, he knew that another new method of casting cannons was born.

What he didn't expect was that this day was definitely a memorable day in the history of Ming Dynasty's cannon casting, and it could be recorded in the annals of history.

Since this day, Daming's cannon-casting technology began to lead the world.Zhong Jinwei absolutely did not expect that because of one of his ideas and encouragement, Tie Fan Zhu Pao appeared as early as 210.

In the original history, it was not until 20 that Gong Zhenlin invented the iron mold casting method.In Europe, it was invented by the Russians more than [-] years later.

In fact, this does not require much advanced technology, it is just a concept, a layer of window paper.Iron mold casting has long existed in China, and it is one of the three major casting technologies that China has had since ancient times.

In history, it was invented because it was forced to pierce this layer of window paper.During the Manchu Qing period, after the Sino-British Opium War, the south urgently needed a large number of artillery pressure, while Tsarist Russia was due to the lessons learned after the failure of the Crimean War, which led to the emergence of iron model cast artillery.

With the skills of skilled craftsmen like the Ming Bingju, it is a breeze to apply it to casting cannons.

Zhong Jinwei immediately asked Fan Jun to set up a research and development team headed by the craftsman just now, and start the experiment immediately, striving for results as soon as possible.

Of course, because I don't know the final result of the iron mold casting, just in case, the original clay mold casting still has to be carried out.

Fan Jun is a man of vision, and like Zhong Jinwei, he sensed from the expressions of the craftsmen that he was afraid that he was about to make meritorious service again.Driven by this feeling, he was very motivated to start arranging the matter.

A few days later, at the end of the day, Emperor Chongzhen finally had time. Accompanied by Zhong Jinwei, he took Wen Tiren, the chief minister of the cabinet, and Liang Tingdong, Minister of the Ministry of War, to the test site of the Bing Zhan Bureau to observe the flintlock and matchlock Gun comparison exercises.

In order to let the new army have an intuitive impression of the new ordnance before using it and enhance their self-confidence, after obtaining the consent of Emperor Chongzhen, Zhong Jinwei asked Gu Baichuan to order all the personnel of the new army to gather at the training ground and line up near the shooting site observe.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't engage in grand ostentation, but came to the military battle situation lightly and simply.

But no matter how easy it is, at least one point, the eunuch with the handprint of the Bingzhan Bureau should bring his subordinates to kneel at the door to greet him.

But what is surprising is that among the crowd kneeling at the door, Fan Jun, the palm print eunuch, was not seen.This is very strange, but Zhong Jinwei is familiar with this place, so he first took Emperor Chongzhen and others to the observation platform where the exercise site was, and at the same time asked people to rush to find Fan Jun.The emperor is here, but you eunuch hasn't arrived yet, aren't you afraid of losing your head!

The weather was fine, and Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood, so even though he knew that the eunuch with palm prints had not arrived, he was not angry, and watched the new army enter the arena in an orderly manner from the observation platform.

Several bigwigs, including Emperor Chongzhen, Marquis Zhongxing, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, and Minister of the Ministry of War, all had a single-eye telescope to observe the new soldiers standing still at close range.

After a while, Emperor Chongzhen noticed that the five hundred new troops in the distance were still standing motionless under the scorching sun, so he couldn't help saying to Zhong Jinwei: "Master Zhong, I think the discipline of this new army is very good!"

Zhong Jinwei smiled and said, "The treatment is so good, they all know how to cherish it, and they are afraid that I will throw it back to the original Fifth Army Battalion if they don't do well."

Emperor Chongzhen listened with a smile, changed the subject and said, "I heard that Master Zhong has invented a new method of casting cannons?"

Zhong Jinwei was not at all surprised why Emperor Chongzhen knew about it. He replied with a smile: "The craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty came up with it themselves. I just encouraged it. But what the new method of casting cannons will be depends on the results of experiments." "

After a few days of rest and recovery, Wen Tiren was already in good spirits. After hearing Zhong Jinwei's words, he also jokingly said, "A piece of encouragement from Marquis Zhongxing is worth a thousand gold!"

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he felt a little embarrassed, and when he was about to say a few words of modesty, Fan Jun, the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau, rushed to the observation platform with sweat on his face, knelt down and said: "Your Majesty has been waiting for so long. But this servant has good news to tell His Majesty."

Emperor Chongzhen had a good impression of Fan Jun before, and he could develop a flintlock so quickly.When I saw him at this time, I thought he was a little arrogant, and was about to scold him with a downcast face, but heard Fan Jun's last words.

So, he didn't have a fit, but asked calmly, "What's the good news?"

Fan Jun raised his head, saw the expression of Emperor Chongzhen, and the expressions of several big men around him staring at him, he was not afraid at all, and played a sentence with a smile on his face, which made the big men immediately show a look of surprise face.