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Chapter 214 Yew
Qi Jiguang replied faster than anyone else. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry of the imperial court ordered that the furnace households in Nanhai County, Guangzhou Prefecture, send copper and iron materials to Nanyangwei Xiangshan. , and start work at the same time, it is necessary to send a hundred artillery pieces to Jizhen in August.

Chen Mu had a headache when he received the order.

It's not because the time is tight and the tasks are heavy, as long as there are enough iron materials, and some corvee men are assigned to help with labor such as hanging cannons, he can make [-] doors, let alone [-].

The reason for the headache was that Qi Jiguang obviously didn't trust Chen Mu's new artillery. Although his superb EQ wrote in the letter, it was indeed refreshing, but what did Qi Shuai want?

Fifty heavy Franglers of the Qianjin Tuncheng, one hundred of the Falun-style Franglers of the seven hundred catties, one hundred of the Big Franglers of the five hundred catties, and finally—five ten-jin cannons, fifteen five-jin cannons, two-jin cannons Thirty guns.

"Could it be that Mr. Chen didn't do market research at first, because my Nanyang Wei cannon is cheaper than the Ministry of Industry, so why did I get a bunch of orders for Franc machine?"

What is this all about!

If you buy a Franco machine, you can just buy it from the nearest Beijing. Why don’t you let me make a Franco machine from Guangdong and get it for you?
Looking at the needs of Jizhen, Chen Mu didn't know what to say. Frangji is very easy to make, even if it is a thousand catties, it is not difficult. There is no pressure at all to send hundreds of cannons there. Langji's fanatic hobby.

This kind of thousand-jin Flang machine can't be found anywhere in the world except the Ming Dynasty.It was originally a small murder cannon on Western ships, which was designed to hit people and sails. In the Ming Dynasty, it was mutated into various types. All the rear-loaded cannons were called Franji, and they were built bigger and bigger.

But Chen Mu didn't like the Flank Cannon.

How good is the new artillery made in Nanyang, the two-pound cannon and the five-pound cannon, the mules and horses trailer follow the flat terrain in the north, and can run fifty miles in one hour when encountering a good road. , Shelling the enemy's formation is like beating a son, how good it is!
Even in Tuncheng, a ten-pound cannon weighs about the same as a thousand-pound Frangler. No matter how fast the gun barrel can't support it, it has to stop.

"Guan Jiang, take a look, the Ministry of War wants these things."

Leading the goose for a walk all the way to the Military Weapons Bureau, Chen Mu angrily reported the needs of the Ministry of War to Guan Yuangu, and said: "Fifty new guns, and then fifty Francophones, build small ones first, and build them on the way." The delivery is convenient, almost everything Lin Feng wants, right?"

Guan Yuangu frowned when he heard this, but the old craftsman respected the decision of the imperial court more than General Chen, so he nodded and began to think for him: "Franch machines are easy to build, especially larger ones. Casting out is nothing more than making some new iron molds."

"Lin Afeng only has the chain armor left, and it's more than a year before the agreement, so it's okay." After finishing speaking, Guan Yuangu added, "It's okay to make it from a large one, and the construction period will not be delayed."

"Hey!" Chen Mu laughed, let the two geese run out to play by themselves, closed the door and said, "It's not that they are afraid of delaying the construction period, the new guns are sent over, I guess they don't want the Franc machine, but waste copper and iron materials , why bother—speaking of Franzier."

"Using the same copper and iron materials, the same heavy cannon, the Francophone hits close, but the power is low. Does Guan Jiang know what's wrong with it?"

Before Guan Yuangu could answer, Chen Mu had already opened his mouth and said, "There is an air leak."

Ming people used a large Franco cannon to accompany them with a mallet and a few wooden wedges. The sub-guns were stuffed in and the wooden wedges were smashed in from the buttocks to increase airtightness.But even so, it is still not as powerful as the front-mounted smoothbore gun.

"Anyway, we have to make new iron molds. If you want to do it, do it well. Let the master of the capital city see the craftsmanship of our Nanyang Guard." Chen Mu smiled. He felt that if he did this well, he could show his face again, " Don’t need two sub-gun lugs, just one on the left, the sub-gun muzzle and the gun bore are fixed in a spiral shape, and the sub-gun lugs are pushed from left to right to ensure that the sub-gun muzzle is screwed into the thread in the gun bore, just like this.”

Chen Mu took a pen and paper from the table and said while drawing, saying: "Put your butt into a wooden wedge, add a mortise and tenon thick iron cover on the medicine chamber, leave a gap where the ear of the gun is stuck, and push it in from the back to seal it. Well, don't let it leak."

"Although it takes some iron and time, it should be able to avoid air leakage to the greatest extent. Guan Jiang, you should think about it. If it is feasible, try to make a few in a month. At the same time, don't stop the old Franco machine. Let’s do it first, and if we can do it, we can make a few bigger ones and take them to the north.”

"Let's contribute to building the Great Wall in the north."

In Qi Jiguang's letter, this year he and Tan Lun presided over the construction of the Jinshanling Great Wall in Chengde. It is more than 20 miles long, connecting Gubeikou in the west and Simatai in the east. It needs to be repaired extra thickly, and the artillery must use the most powerful ones—Qi Jiguang’s order to Nanyang Guard through the Ministry of War is mostly based on this consideration.

Most of them are large-caliber artillery, the main and backup defense, and the artillery that is normally deployed in the army. Qi Jiguang didn't find Nanyang Wei to build them. Maybe they solved it in Beijing.

But from Chen Mu's point of view, the artillery guarding the Great Wall was not even Franji's turn, and the enemy troops had to be busy climbing the mountain for a while. With this time, the front-mounted smoothbore guns would blow their morale to the ground.

"There are still very important matters to be entrusted to Carpenter Guan, five sets." Chen Mu raised his hand and tapped the armor on his body, and said: "Five sets of breastplates, twenty flintlock pistols, all the same things, but you need to use the most Good craftsmanship is not only easy to use, but also beautiful."

In fact, he prepared more than these. Xie Ming made two trips to the Guangzhou mansion after the New Year's Eve. He spent thousands of taels of silver and received many rare items, ranging from sealed old wine from the previous year, finely decorated lanterns, and rare treasures. Artistic fireworks, flower and bird tea sets, as large as riding a BMW, authentic calligraphy and painting, and antique collections.

As for anything that can be liked, except for the lack of beautiful maidservants, General Chen has prepared all of them, just waiting to sprinkle them in the capital.

It’s not just that he wants to give gifts to others. In mid-February, 170 large ships were sent from Bozhou, loaded with two long and short purple shirts, and berthed along the river at Xiangshandu. Hundreds of Miao soldiers, Yang Yinglong, the little chieftain who disembarked, was carried to Wei Ya by eight servants in a sedan chair, and he jumped off the sedan chair with complaints.

"General Chen, you are so unhappy. If you want to build a city, just say so. You even sent someone to the Department of Propaganda and Comfort. Write to me directly!"

Chen Mu's mind was full of confusion, and he was still thinking about unloading two long and short purple shirts on the shore. The length is only relative, and the short ones are all over ten feet tall.

What is a good thing?Good things can't be bought with money.

"The court issued an order to ask me, Mrs. Yang, to help you build the Weicheng. Can you help me a lot? I have to live with you until the city is completed, and the city will not be repaired first." Yang Yinglong pointed to the mountain wall facing Lingdingyang: "Let them build a house for me first. There's nothing interesting in Guangdong. I'm afraid I'll be suffocated to death if I live here for half a year. Let's build the house first. After the house is finished, we'll build the city."

Before Chen Mu agreed, the Nanyang Guard sounded the warning horn.

Chen Mu ignored Yang Yinglong, turned around and ran into Wei Ya, wearing armor and saber, with three long and short guns hanging on his back, and when he left the house, the servants had already lined up outside Wei Ya, and the banner repairing army in Xiangshan in the distance was also gathering.

He smiled at the confused Yang Yinglong: "Stay at ease, there are many interesting things here! The son of a bitch is really planning to fight me?"

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)