I want to be emperor

Chapter 468 Armory all over the country
According to the task assignment formulated by the Ministry of Industry, the positioning of Dangtu Heavy Artillery Factory is to provide the army with large-caliber siege artillery.

In the past, 48-pound mortars were mainly produced, but now that the howitzer project has come out, it is considered that the previous howitzer project is an [-]-pound howitzer.

Although this thing is very light in weight, it is a veritable large-caliber artillery with a caliber of 150 mm. At the same time, there will be a 24-pound howitzer project and a 48-pound howitzer project in the future.

Therefore, the production task of the new howitzer was first handed over to the factory.

In addition to these two heavy artillery factories, there are actually five other artillery factories in the Great Chu Empire, namely the artillery factory under the Xiangyang Arsenal, the artillery factory under the Hantian Arsenal, the artillery factory under the Dangtu Arsenal, the artillery factory under the Changsha Arsenal, The artillery factory under the Guangzhou Arsenal.

Although the artillery factories under these five arsenals mainly produce a series of field artillery, mainly two and a half catties field artillery, five catties field artillery, and nine catties field artillery, in fact, the artillery factories affiliated to these arsenals belong to the A comprehensive artillery factory can produce basically any artillery.

For example, the artillery factory under the Hantian Arsenal also produces 48-jin mortars, and accounts for about 48% of the national production capacity of [-]-jin mortars.

The military production of the Great Chu Empire is under the overall control of the Ministry of Industry. Considering the transportation cost, in order to reduce the cost, it supplies the front line nearby.

Therefore, there are quite a lot of arsenals in the Great Chu Empire!

At present, five major arsenal bases have been formed, which are large-scale and comprehensive arsenals facing the whole country: Hantian Arsenal and Dangtu Armory.

These two arsenals can basically produce anything, and the output is also very large, and there is an entire industrial area and even a steel production base behind them as support.
In addition to these two large-scale comprehensive arsenals, there are several regional arsenals that mainly focus on the production of conventional weapons and ammunition. The output is generally not very large, mainly to meet the daily consumption of local and nearby troops.

The Xiangyang Arsenal in Northern Chu mainly supplies troops in Northern Chu and the Central Plains.

The Changsha arsenal in South Chu mainly supplies troops fighting in the south of Chu and Yunnan and Guizhou.

The Guangzhou Armory Factory in Guangdong mainly supplies combat troops in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. The factory is preparing to build a heavy artillery factory to produce various types of naval guns and coastal fire artillery for use by the navy and coastal defense troops.

Finally, it is the Tianjin Arsenal, which is still under planning and construction!

After the Great Chu Empire captured the Northern Zhili area and changed it to Hebei Province, the Chu army deployed a large number of troops in the northern area to deal with the captivity in the east. At the same time, it also had to deal with the war needs in Shanxi and Mongolia.

There is a huge demand for all kinds of weapons and ammunition, and the cost of transporting them all the way from the south to the north is too high and the time is very long.

Therefore, it is very necessary to set up an arsenal nearby in the north to produce weapons and ammunition to supply the frontline troops.

Of course, this is also because the local coal mines and iron mines in Hebei are relatively rich, especially coal mines. Before that, there were a large number of small coal mines in the local area to supply the government and the people, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry of the Great Chu Empire, under the guidance of Luo Zhixue I went to Kaiping to survey the coal mines, and found that the local coal mines were of good quality and easy to mine. Now the Kaiping Mining Bureau has been established, ready to mine high-quality coal to supply iron-making needs.

Similarly, the arsenal in Guangzhou also benefited from the large amount of local iron ore and coal mining. Although there are no large-scale iron ore and coal mines in the area, there are still many small and medium-sized coal mines in northwestern Guangdong and Guangxi. Mine.

Thanks to the Pearl River water system, these iron ore and coal mines in the upper reaches can easily flow down the river, and the transportation cost is not very high.

This is the reason why Foshan was able to become a famous iron-making area before.

Now the Great Chu Empire is building Guangzhou arsenals and even industrial zones, and it also takes advantage of the transportation convenience of the Pearl River system.

Not to mention, the Great Chu Empire also discovered high-quality iron ore in Qiongzhou Prefecture. Although it is located in Qiongzhou Island, the initial mining is not easy and requires road construction and the like, but the local iron ore is of excellent quality. Well, the Ministry of Industry has made up its mind to dig this iron mine...

For this reason, I also greeted the army and navy, and asked them to clear up the illegal armed forces in Qiongzhou Island as soon as possible.

When mining, there must be a safety link first, otherwise, if you are attacked by some illegal armed forces every three days, how can you open the mine.

The Ministry of Industry has been tossing for so long, and so far it has built six arsenals, large and small. Among them, the Tianjin arsenal is still under construction and has not yet put into production.

In the follow-up, it is estimated that several more arsenals will be set up. For example, with the recovery of Shanxi and Shaanxi-Gansu regions, in order to face the operations in the northwest direction and the long transportation and supply lines, it is inevitable to set up arsenals in the local area, such as Xi'an.

On the other side of Yunnan and Guizhou, the traffic is even more troublesome. After Yunnan and Guizhou are recovered, it is also necessary to set up a small and medium-sized arsenal in Kunming or Dali to produce conventional weapons and equipment.

Then there is Sichuan, which needs to face snowy areas and other areas in the follow-up. At the same time, it is difficult to enter Sichuan since ancient times. For logistical supplies, it is reasonable to set up a small and medium-sized arsenal in Chengdu.

These are still some medium and large arsenals, the kind that produce weapons and equipment.

In addition to these production factories in the conventional sense, the Ministry of Industry has actually set up numerous gun repair factories and ammunition factories in various places.

At present, the relatively large-scale repair shops include Liuzhou Firearms Repair Factory, Hengyang Firearms Repair Factory, Quanzhou Firearms Repair Factory, Ningbo Firearms Repair Factory, Zhenjiang Firearms Repair Factory, Xuzhou Firearms Repair Factory, Jinan Firearms Repair Factory, Luoyang Firearms Repair Factory, You State gun repair shop.

In addition, there are many small-scale gun repair shops.

In fact, many of these gun repair shops were integrated and reconstructed from the original weapon workshops run by the Ming government. The scale is generally not large, and they are mainly used to repair guns and even various cold weapons.

At the same time, some repair shops actually have the production capacity of weapons, especially cold weapons and muskets, which are relatively simple weapons and equipment, but the output and technical capabilities are not so good.

So far, due to the expansion of the control area and the continuous expansion of the force, in order to reduce costs and supply the frontline troops nearby, the Ministry of Industry has basically deployed weapons and equipment production and repair factories in every province.

Otherwise, we can’t really count on transporting weapons and equipment from Dangtu Armory or Hantian Armory to the front lines of Jiliao or Yunnan-Guizhou across thousands or even thousands of kilometers. It's not so wasteful either.

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Luo Zhixue's inspection in the Dangtu Industrial Zone, in addition to paying attention to the iron and steel industry and the machinery industry, basically focused on the Dangtu Armory Factory and the Dangtu Heavy Artillery Factory.

After inspecting the main factories, Luo Zhixue held an industrial conference in Dangtu with the participation of the Governor's Office of the major local factories, and once again emphasized the importance of industrial development.

Not only is it important to national defense, but it is also important to people's livelihood and economy.

Luo Zhixue asked all yamen to attach great importance to industrial development, not only to invest in various important industries by the government, but also to encourage private capital to invest in industry and commerce.

Without agriculture, there is no stability, without work, there is no strength, and without business, there is no wealth.

All three are indispensable.

After passing this industrial meeting, Luo Zhixue once again conveyed to his courtiers and the outside world the importance he attached to industry and commerce, Luo Zhixue did not stay in the Dangtu Industrial Zone, but returned to Jinling City soon.

Anyway, the Dangtu Industrial Zone is also close, so he can come back anytime he needs it.

After returning to Jinling City, Luo Zhixue once again entered into the complicated daily affairs.

As the emperor of an empire, if Luo Zhixue wants to be lazy, it is actually very easy to just push a lot of things to his courtiers, but in this way, the imperial power will be sidelined and cause serious consequences.

In the future, Luo Zhixue will gradually transfer part of the power to the courtiers through a more reasonable power structure design, so as to reduce his workload.

But at present, the empire is still in the stage of laying the foundation and building the framework, and Luo Zhixue still needs to go to the front line to handle many affairs in person, otherwise, the foundation of the empire will be crooked in minutes...

After all, the newly born Great Chu Empire is different from any other traditional feudal empires. Before that, there was no reference at all. Without Luo Zhixue personally steering the helm, the humble courtiers would turn the Great Chu Empire into a feudal empire in minutes. A replica of the Ming Dynasty...

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Speaking of the Ming Dynasty, with the death of Chongzhen, after the vassal kings from all over the country successively supervised the country or proclaimed themselves emperors, the remnants of the Ming Dynasty are now in chaos. How many emperors and supervisors there are... even their true identities are unclear.

However, apart from the many messy, uninfluenced careerists or those who simply came to play games, the regime that is widely recognized among the remnants of the Ming Dynasty is Sun Chuanting's strong support, and at the same time, Zuo Liangyu's limited recognition. Xi'an Longxing regime.

As time passed, Qin Liangyu of Sichuan in the south also represented the Ming army dominated by chieftain troops in Sichuan, and declared his allegiance to Emperor Longxing.

The Mu Palace in Yunnan also announced the recognition of Emperor Longxing.

Therefore, the current Longxing regime is quite powerful, nominally still controlling large areas such as Shanxi, Shaanxi-Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan.

But in the huge control area, the various ministries are actually not under the control of each other.

Zuo Liangyu and Sun Chuanting were fighting with each other not long ago. If the Chu army hadn't taken this opportunity to seize Guguan and directly threatened the hinterland of Shanxi, Zuo Liangyu felt the pain of his skin, and Sun Chuanting felt the death of his lips. Maybe the two are still fighting now.

Sichuan is also relatively chaotic. Some of the local guards are basically useless. What can be fought is the chieftain troops of Qin Liangyu's guards. These chieftains have the highest priority of protecting their hometown, and they will not go out of Sichuan to fight easily.

The allegiance to Emperor Longxing in the Yunnan-Guizhou area is only a name.

But even so, it does not prevent Emperor Longxing from repairing thirteen temples in one go after ascending the throne and proclaiming himself emperor. He also planned to build a temple in the palace and recruit monks. Monks enter the palace to worship the Buddha.

That's fine, and I really like to make money, even dare to start with military expenses...

It is said that Sun Chuanting advised him several times, but Emperor Longxing ignored him!
Emperor Longxing probably felt: Although I was supported by you, but now I am the emperor and you are a subject, you can't just say what you want!

Although you, Sun Chuanting, have a lot of troops, I have nothing to do with you, but I can choose to cover my ears: I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen...

After Luo Zhixue heard the gossip reported by the Military Intelligence Department, he chuckled: "Sun Chuanting is probably going to regret it!"

Sun Chuanting's ability is quite good. He was able to initially put down the thieves and abusers in Shaanxi in just one or two years, initially stabilized the local situation, and even created a new Qin army.

It's a pity that such a capable minister is loyal to Emperor Longxing who is good at wealth and respect for Buddha!
(End of this chapter)