Breaking through Guandong, I became Zhu Chuanwen

Chapter 278 Mortar Conception
After three days of bustle in the mixed-inhabited area of ​​Bingcheng, it finally stopped. After the initial excitement, Zhu Chuanwen also gradually calmed down. A week later, he devoted himself to the construction of Hanyao and the insurance team.

On the school field where the insurance team of Binjiang City was stationed, Zhu Chuanwen was leading a group of people to visit the new equipment he bought from the Russians, the Maxim heavy machine gun.

"How is it? Isn't this thing good?" Zhu Chuanwen showed off to the people behind him. In his opinion, this is a heavy weapon.

"Boss, what's so interesting about a stun gun?" Nie Shi asked puzzledly, and gave Zhu Chuanwen a critical blow.

"Boss, it's a lot of effort to push a weight weighing more than 50 kilograms on two wheels. Why don't you just get a tripod and put it on a carriage for long distances, or carry it on short distances? It's much more convenient than that! "Chu Keqiu immediately added, crit X2.

"Boss, the gunpowder for this thing is ordinary cotton smokeless gunpowder. At most, you can figure out the assembly weight, and you can't even use yellow gunpowder! Let Lao Chu make a mold and modify a few bullet manufacturing machines. It can be done completely." Mao Guangting opened an 11.43mm Maxim machine gun, spread it on the table and looked at it, saying, crit X3.

"So... you know this thing?" Zhu Chuanwen asked in a daze.

Saying this made everyone disgusted. Who do you look down on?
Zhu Kaishan who was next to him was also taken aback by this aggressive posture. He treasured this thing for several days, and even told Zhu Chuanwen the story of Li Hongzhang who was reluctant to shoot bullets. I cherish the experiment for a few days, adjust to the slowest rate of fire, and enjoy a little bit of addiction.

That's why Zhu Chuanwen mobilized the boss's battle, and recruited the shopkeepers under him, intending to conquer the production of a handful of bullets, so that the insurance team can use them, but now, it seems, it seems that there is an oolong... …

By the way, I asked Nie Shize directly: "Old Nie, tell me, why is it called the electric gun?"

"Boss, this thing was imitated by the Jinling Manufacturing Bureau in the year of Wuzi (1888). The Chinese name is Saidian Gun, and the foreign name is the Maxim you mentioned." Nie Shi recalled and said, both are 20 It happened years ago. For him, the memory is really a bit long. He was not very old at that time.

"It's already there?" Zhu Chuanwen scratched his head and told everyone the story of Li Hongzhang.

"Boss, old boss. You have been deceived. How could Li Zhongtang be reluctant to give up some bullets? The original Jinling Manufacturing Bureau was founded by Li Zhongtang when he was the governor of Liangjiang. However, there were not many imitations of this thing at the time. The main reason is that our smelting technology is not good enough. I remember that this steel was transported from Tianjin at the beginning, and it was also a Martin furnace like our Hanyao. If the steel is passable, this thing must be equipped in large quantities." Nie Shi continued. Said.

Under what they said, Zhu Chuanwen also learned about the late Qing industry from the crowd. At least the weapons manufacturing industry before 1900 was not much behind the West.

At the same time, I couldn't help shaking my head. The hateful historical prejudice, although the general trend is clear, but the industry is a real blind spot. According to the group of people in front of me, and compared with the memory, the industrial strength of the late Qing Dynasty was better than the memory. The Republic of China is much stronger.

This involves the manufacture of weapons, but there are very few newspapers, so you can know it from these people.

Zeng Guofan can be said to be the father of the weapons industry in the late Qing Dynasty. From presiding over the founding of the Anqing Nei Ordnance Institute, and later led by Li Hongzhang, who was brought out by himself, important ministers from various regions established Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau, Jinling Manufacturing Bureau, Fuzhou Shipping Bureau, and Tianjin Machinery Bureau. The establishment of a large arsenal began.From 1867 to 1884, the establishment of 19 provincial-level arsenals and machine bureaus made Zhu Chuanwen's mouth shut.

"Then why hasn't the Eight-Nation Allied Forces fought yet?" Zhu Chuanwen didn't hide in front of the crowd, and asked straightforwardly.

Only then did the crowd stop popularizing Zhu Chuanwen's science, and fell silent one by one.

"Boss, it's hard to say about this. The various manufacturing bureaus were indeed quite capable back then, and they were able to manufacture guns and cannons, but the later rapid guns and smokeless gunpowder obviously failed to keep up. Moreover, the Jiashen Year (1884 After the Sino-French War in [-], the imperialism you mentioned has been blocking and embargoing weapons against us..." Chu Keqiu thought it over and told the truth.

The trick of co-authoring the blockade and sanction is a trick that the ancestors of those people have always played, Zhu Chuanwen secretly thought.

The Hanyang Armory was re-invested heavily in this context, and was established in 1890 as a comprehensive arsenal larger than the original four major manufacturing bureaus.

Everyone sighed for a while. The Hanyang Arsenal, which invested 200 million taels of silver in the beginning, was also due to poor management. Like most manufacturing bureaus in the Qing Dynasty, it began to go downhill.Otherwise, these people in Hanyang used to be experts in different professions.

The sighs of the three of them gave Zhu Chuanwen the time for his brain to run at full speed...

"Then can we make this Maxim machine gun?" Zhu Chuanwen asked Nie Shize.

"It can be made, but my boss, I think the rifle is an important weapon for the construction of the new army." Nie Shi also emphasized his point of view.

"I know, I don't want to build more, so, Lao Nie, I want to build 60 of these things, and you can also build that light machine gun?" Zhu Chuanwen said considering the size of the insurance team.

Nie Shi thought for a while, "Boss, I have a few people here. How about we get them? When the Eight-Power Allied Forces landed in Jinmen, they destroyed the Tianjin Machinery Bureau, which had a complete production line. Although it was rebuilt later, some The old people are avoiding the war, and the imperial court stopped investing in updating equipment, so they never returned. These people are all in Jinmen, they are my masters. If I go to Jinmen and invite them back, don’t worry. Speaking of this kind of heavy machine gun, Krupp's 75mm breech-loading gun can be made." Nie Shi said to Zhu Chuanwen, as a craftsman who makes guns, he always has some contacts in this industry for many years.

However, in Nie Shi's view, making fast guns is the right way. Although heavy machine guns and artillery are good, if the logistics can't keep up, they are broken iron. This is the lesson learned by Asia's number one navy.

And now he really likes the place of Bingcheng. Although the workers are also working, their faces are filled with happy smiles. This feeling is completely different from the feeling of working in Hanyang.

Not to mention that Zhu Chuanwen can really be regarded as the reborn parents of these workers, with high wages, a house to live in, and even their children will go to school in the future. He has never seen the vitality of Bingcheng. It seems that everyone has a vision for the future. Yearning for life, that's why I took the initiative to ask for a job.

Zhu Chuanwen thought about it and agreed decisively.But Nie Shize was taken aback for a moment. Is my boss so reassuring about me?

"Okay, boss, I'll go back as fast as I can. Let my apprentice watch over the assembly of the production line. When I come, the machines are almost ready, so I'll start organizing the manufacturing." Nie Shi also assured Zhu Chuanwen.

Later, Chu Keqiu was asked to modify the support of the Maxim machine gun, and Mao Guangting organized the gunpowder factory to produce bullets, and the matter of the Maxim machine gun ended in this way.

Zhu Kaishan and Zhu Chuanwen father and son looked at each other in dismay as they let their carriages send away their masters.

"Chuanwen, have your shopkeepers always been like this?" Zhu Kaishan asked after a pause.

"I always thought they were very capable, but this is the first time I know that the Qing court still has such a background. Dad, I have to say that Gu Ansheng's arrival has really helped me a lot!" Zhu Chuanwen said slightly Said with emotion.

Without Gu Ansheng, how could Qu Zhenggan be brought here like a radish? Without Qu Zhenggan, let alone people like Chu Keqiu and Mao Guangting... As for Nie Shize, this person was sponsored by Xu Shichang. Come on, this person really has a lot of connections in the manufacturing bureau. Originally, Zhu Chuanwen planned to subdue this person slowly, but now it seems that the sooner he calms down, the more benefits Zhu Chuanwen will get.

"Da da da!" The father and son seemed to be venting, hitting Maxim's bullet in the school grounds...

In the evening, for the first time, Zhu Chuanwen did not accompany his little radish head, and brought the invincible tiger penis wine. When he arrived at Nie Shize's house, Hanyao treated his shopkeeper very preferentially. A small bungalow, and for Nie Shize and Qin Sanming, there was a loan of 2000 silver dollars to settle down. Both of them paid for it from Xia Yuanzhang, bought a bungalow in Bingcheng, and brought in their families.

"Master!" Nie Shi came out with his clothes on, surprised that this was Zhu Chuanwen's first visit to his home.

"Old Nie, don't you mind my sudden visit?" Zhu Chuanwen smiled and lifted the wine jar up, indicating that he was carrying a gift.

Nie Shize didn't dare to say he minded, so he hurriedly got up and let Zhu Chuanwen in, and ordered the servants at home to order food and drink. He was also an old man who had been in the workplace, and his own boss came over with wine, so he didn't know what it was mean.

Zhu Chuanwen was also sitting down in the living room of Nie's house, while Nie Shi got up and was about to open the jar of wine, but Zhu Chuanwen stopped him: "Old Nie, come to your house, you will never be willing to have a good bar."

When Nie Shi heard the words, he turned around and went to his study to get the wine, still wondering what it meant that his boss refused to drink the wine, could it be...

After taking out his own wine and filling it up for Zhu Chuanwen, Zhu Chuanwen saw that there were only two people left, and whispered a few words in Nie Shize's ear mysteriously, after both showed smiles that men could understand, With a smile on his face, he hurriedly hid the jar of Tiger Whip wine in his study, still thinking in his heart that his master is not very old, so he really needs to prepare for a rainy day.

"Old Nie, do you know? A few years ago, I was an ordinary citizen in Qilu..." Zhu Chuanwen started talking about his own past, and Nie Shi was amazed by the story of his fortune along the way.

"Boss, the heavens will send a great mission to the people..." Nie Shize said a lot in a polite way.

"Okay, I'm also expressing my feelings. I just want to say that we are actually born with the same identities. Even those workers, I have never felt that I am superior to others. They also have the value of accepting high wages. Their children They also have the right to education."

"So the Workers' Union established by you, the boss, asked for the wages that the Qing workers deserved from the Russian businessmen?"

"Yeah, our workers are not much worse than the Russians. Why do their workers earn such high wages, while the wages paid by our most elementary flour mills are only half of the Russians' wages."

"Master, the country is weak and is being bullied!" Nie Shi said.

"You can see it clearly. Yes, the country is weak, and the big powers look around to create this situation." Zhu Chuanwen said approvingly, and the Nie Shi in front of him is indeed a fellow man, "Today, Lao Chu said that in those days Britain, France, and Russia banned the transportation of weapons, so the Germans sold us the equipment for making firearms, right? But I want to say that this is not the first time. In the future, as long as we are not strong, there will be a second and third time. Three times, the fourth time..."

Nie Shi listened quietly to Zhu Chuanwen's words.

"I once said to Gu Ansheng in Japan that we will become stronger, starting from me, starting from Hanyao, and starting from Bingcheng. So, Lao Nie, I want to ask, are you willing to be mine? The swordsmith?" Zhu Chuanwen looked at Nie Shize with burning eyes.

Not having a sword and having a sword are two different things.

Seeing that Nie Shize did not express his position for a long time, he said: "I will not oppose it, and there is no need to oppose it. You can see my situation clearly now. I am attached to the Russians. I am not a lackey of the Russians. Ming Let me tell you that the tentacles of many Russians on the grassland have been wiped out by Xiaoqingshan's insurance team, maybe the Russians don't care about these horse bandits who support them, or maybe I am more important than these horse bandits in the eyes of the Russians..." Zhu Chuanwen This is indeed the idea, but anyone with a brain should consider how to grab a bit of the industrial heritage of the late Qing Dynasty instead of becoming a target of public criticism.

"Boss, as long as you don't turn against me, I will stay in Hanyao!" Nie Shize also said with determination, because Zhu Chuanwen's words are sincere and his actions are down-to-earth, and he sees all of these.

"Okay!" Zhu Chuanwen snorted softly, grabbed the wine glass in front of him, touched each other and drank it down in one gulp.

"Boss, I actually met Governor Xu in Fengtian when I came to Bingcheng!" Nie Shi said hesitantly, and secretly glanced at Zhu Chuanwen.

"How fresh, you are what I asked for from Mr. Xu. Without Mr. Xu, you wouldn't be able to come to Bingcheng from Hanyang." Zhu Chuanwen said he didn't care about this, but he knew in his heart that what Nie Shi said It's not about this, it's just giving Lao Nie a step to say the next thing.

"Boss, not all of them. I was summoned by Governor Xu three times in Fengtian. The first time was to visit, and the second and third times were given other tasks."

"It's okay, let's talk freely today..." Zhu Chuanwen waved his hands indifferently.

"The second time, Governor Xu meant to stop Hanyao's fast gun production line, Tired Qin!" Nie Shize paused, "The third time, Governor Xu changed his mind again and asked me to build A 7.92mm production line is said to match the new army in the entire Kanto and even the Zhili region."

"So, the last time you took out the assembled hybrid monster, was it to lure me towards 7.92? Or to drive a wedge between me and Russia?" Zhu Chuanwen said with a half-smile.

"But boss, you are not fooled, are you? Even if Hanyao's production line is changed to 7.92, it still has the combat effectiveness of a modern new army. At most, your armament needs to be changed again! I didn't think so far about the second point , but Governor Xu insisted that I try my best to facilitate the change of the insurance team!" Nie Shi felt a lot relieved when he said everything at this time, and Han Yao treated him like never before. He was very grateful to the craftsmen.

"Okay, that's the end of the old story, anyway, I won't turn against you, so you don't have to worry about it!"

Zhu Chuanwen finally knew what Nie Shize talked about when he went to the Governor's Mansion in Fengtian. According to the time calculation, when Xu Shichang changed his mind for the second and third times, it happened that the Xiaoqingshan Insurance Team wiped out horses in the Longjiang and Xiaoqingshan areas. bandit time.This incident should have changed his mind. Zhu Chuanwen was also secretly afraid. If the entire Zhu family insurance team changed to 7.92, what would the Russians think?
Regardless of whether Nie Shize did it intentionally or unintentionally, anyway, before Zhu Chuanwen had considered it, it had changed the status quo, and it was considered a small contribution by Lao Nie for the time being. It was completed and the piece of paper in Zhu Chuanwen's pocket.

"Come on, Lao Nie, let me have a look. This is a new weapon that appeared in the Russo-Japanese War. Let's see if we can make it." What Zhu Chuanwen took out was a sketch of a mortar, which only had a general appearance. Both the gun barrel and the cannon barrel are drawn according to the appearance in the film and television drama.

Nie Shi also turned sideways and listened carefully. The more he listened, the brighter his eyes became. The appearance of this kind of weapon happened to be the nemesis of the current popular trench warfare. This parabolic blow made Nie Shi more and more excited. I said just now that I was from a farming family, but only a fool would believe it!Could the murderous look of his old club be an ordinary person?So it's not surprising to take out this kind of thing, and just now the owner said it was a new weapon. It seems that my owner and the Russians are really close in cooperation.

People, I'm afraid of Lenovo...

The discussion between the two ended near midnight, and Zhu Chuanwen left.

Nie Shi took the draft paper on the table and looked left and right. The more he looked, the more he felt that it was feasible. Although the firepower of mortars is not very strong, it cannot compare with the firepower of machine guns, but for trench warfare, this is The biggest weapon to strike, and the technical difficulty is not high, as long as Qu Zhenggan's steel production line is in place.

Thinking of the steel parameters sent by Qu Zhenggan, Nie Shi swallowed involuntarily. It is foreseeable that Chu Keqiu, Mao Guangting, and himself are all staring at the steel produced by this future production line. The competition for the first batch of steel products will definitely be a fierce battle...

In the past, Nie Shize didn't intend to fight, but now, Nie Shize smiled knowingly. He had heard about the jar of tiger whip wine a long time ago. This was the treatment of Zhu Chuanwen's confidantes. It can be regarded as accepting the nomination certificate.

The thoughts of Chinese people are constantly suppressed, and the emotions expressed are always ambiguous. Zhu Chuanwen used tiger whip wine to throw out the meaning of solicitation, and Nie Shi used Xu Shichang's news to swear allegiance.

(End of this chapter)