Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 75 Money is not a problem

Tai Chang only felt that the whole person was about to crack.

What's going on here, is cast iron too brittle for such a hinge?
If this is the case, it will be troublesome. When will the new type of artillery be built!

Sun Yuanhua's face twitched when he heard the "click".

However, he did not show any despair.

He was rather distressed and ordered someone to take out the sub-cannonball under the reaming machine and take a closer look, and then he couldn't help sighing: "Oh, there are trachoma in the middle, there is no way, this is how sand casting is, when casting, the molten iron flows. If it is slow, trachoma will easily appear, and if the molten iron flows faster, it will be easy for blow holes."

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but said anxiously: "Is there no way to solve this?"

This has not even started to polish and assemble, so many parts have been scrapped, and the success rate is too low. When mass production, how much time will be wasted!
Sun Yuanhua thought about it for a while, and then murmured: "If you still use sand casting, then you have to rely on the old craftsmen to carefully figure out the speed of pouring molten iron. This is the first time they have cast this kind of parts, and they are not sure about the casting. The speed is also normal."

This seems to be missing the point!
Taichang continued to ask: "How many percent of the finished product can you guarantee in the end?"

Sun Yuanhua reckoned: "It would be very good to have [-]% of the finished product in sand casting."

Tai Chang couldn't help but be surprised: "So low!"

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help sighing and said, "No way, even if the finished product comes out, there is no guarantee that there will be no small trachoma and small air holes in it. At least half of the guns will have problems during the test. If you turn the sand and cast the guns, you will eventually get two out of ten. It can be used, even if it is very good.”

This is definitely true. If the success rate of sand casting is high, then Daming will not have enough artillery.

The problem, the success rate is only [-]%, how many artillery can be cast in a month!
Ten artillery pieces take one day to cast in sand, and at least one day to dig out and process them. Two usable ones can be produced in two days, and thirty cannons can be produced in a month. Moreover, it is the smallest light artillery piece, and this speed is not good!
Taichang thought for a while, and then asked, "Do you mean there are other methods besides sand casting?"

Sun Yuanhua nodded without hesitation: "Yes, in addition to sand casting guns, there are also clay mold casting guns, but making clay molds is too troublesome, not only do you have to add iron bars inside to prevent deformation, but also have to be dried before use. If there is no sun, it has to be dried in a special room. If you use a clay mold, you can probably get out about four out of ten doors, but the number of people will be doubled.

How can it be the same?

Taichang said in surprise, "Don't you hire twice as many craftsmen to come here to cast guns twice as fast?"

Uh, this.

Sun Yuanhua was a little confused: "Your Majesty, now recruiting artisans needs wages. Before the implementation of the one-whip law, artisans used labor to offset their taxes. Now, they are all paying money to offset the labor and asking people to work, but they have to give money, and if they don’t give money, people will work in vain, and the whole family will starve to death.”

Oh, it's not just wages.

Taichang said without hesitation: "Money is not a problem. If you don't have money, how much do you want?"

Sun Yuanhua said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it's not a question of how much Wei Chen wants. Now the Ministry of Household has no money, and the disaster relief in the northwest plus the food and salaries in Liaodong, the Ministry of Household can't handle it. If you hadn't supported Mr. Xu, now this The labor department of two or three hundred craftsmen can’t afford to recruit them, and Wei Chen heard that before we came, Wang Gong Factory only recruited thirty or so craftsmen in total!”

Donglin, these useless things, can they get money from them?

Taichang said indifferently: "Don't worry, I still have the money to recruit craftsmen. Just say, how many craftsmen and how much money do you need to recruit [-] light artillery pieces a month."

He is indeed rich. His father-in-law alone can send him 50 taels of money for selling treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings every month. The price has been lowered, so I decided to keep the water flowing, otherwise, it would not be a problem to sell 100 million taels a month.

There are also Huangdians all over the place. He is about to remove all the eunuchs who embezzled the income of the internal treasury and replace them with trustworthy own people. As long as they are replaced in this way, the monthly profit of the Huangdian is at least 10 taels.

There is also the income of the mines, the income of the salt department and the tea department, which will not take long to increase.

In short, he is not short of money, and he even plans to use the money from the inner treasury to make up for the holes in the northwest disaster relief and the Liaodong grain payment.

Of course, it was still a bit difficult for him to fill the two holes at this time, but he should still be able to afford the money for making artillery.

As soon as Sun Yuanhua heard what the emperor meant, he immediately understood that this was the wealth of the inner treasurer!

It's easy to do when Neku has money.

He counted with his fingers for a while, and then estimated: "If you want to guarantee one hundred light artillery pieces a month, you'd better make up for two thousand craftsmen. As for the wages of craftsmen, one craftsman has to support a whole family. At least two taels of silver a month, these two thousand craftsmen are 4000 taels a month, and if there are more craftsmen, they need to build more sheds, build more machinery, and import more materials. I am afraid that there will be an additional 5000 taels for expenses, but this expenditure may drop to about 1000 taels in a few months, after all, as long as the shed and machinery are built, there is no need for such money.”

What is this small amount of money, Taichang forked his hand, and said boldly: "If you want a horse to run, you have to feed the horse. How can two taels of silver be enough to feed a family a month? If you give them three taels, I will give them a month." For your 2 taels of expenditure, you can just go to Wang An to get it, no matter what, you must ensure that one hundred light artillery pieces are produced a month."

so much money!

Hearing this, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but excitedly said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, with the money, Wei Chen guarantees that there will be no less than [-] light artillery pieces a month."

At this time, when he heard the constant "click" sound, his face stopped twitching. Anyway, he had to change the clay mold. If it was cast by sand, it would crack if it cracked, as long as a set of finished products could be produced.

As a result, after five sets of parts were reamed, there were really just over two sets left.

The next step is grinding, fine carving and anti-rust treatment. These processes do not waste parts much, but they are a little waste of time.

Sun Yuanhua, Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng directed the craftsmen to do all the work, and it was not until the sun went down that they reluctantly made a suitable set of parts.

No way, these craftsmen are doing these things for the first time. It is understandable that the speed is slow. If you get used to it, the speed will naturally come up.

The next step is the final assembly procedure. Sun Yuanhua, Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng did it themselves. In less than a quarter of an hour, the first new-style artillery was assembled.

What do you say this guy?

After each part has been treated with anti-rust, it is dark and exudes a metallic luster, which looks much more imposing than the wooden model.

It's a pity that it's too late and there is no time to test the gun, and the Wang Gong factory is not a test site.

There are too many people in this place. If a shot is missed or the distance is not good, it must be shot to death.

Taichang was helpless, so he could only go back to the palace to rest, and we have to talk about the test gun tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)