The Resurrection of the South Seas of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 36 Construction
When the steel ingot cooled down, the old head Liu beside Zhu Hongyu hurried forward to examine it carefully, and even reached out to touch the steel ingot that was still hot.

Looking at the large steel ingot in front of him, he was so shocked that he couldn't speak, his old face was full of shock.

Turning around, he knelt down in front of Zhu Hongyu, kowtowed and said loudly.

"Long live the Emperor Taizu, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected!"

Seeing this scene, many craftsmen and soldiers of the Restoration Army kowtowed to Zhu Hongyu one after another.

"Long live the emperor Taizu, long live the great general, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is hopeful!"

"Long live the emperor Taizu, long live the great general, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is hopeful!"

"..."

Everyone knows how difficult it is to make steel, and they have never seen such a method of making steel.

In just half a day of hard work, such a large steel ingot was produced!
Such a miraculous method of steelmaking is no different from fairy art in their eyes.

Except for what Emperor Taizu taught Zhu Hongyu in his dream, they couldn't think of any other possibility.

Since Zhu Hongyu really has the blessing of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, it is no longer a lie to drive out the Tartars and restore China.

Maybe Zhu Hongyu can really take them back to the Central Plains!
Even those Spanish craftsmen followed the example of those Chinese, kowtowed to Zhu Hongyu on their knees, praised Zhu Hongyu in their mouths, and flattered desperately.

These Spaniards know that their lives are controlled by the people in front of them. If they don't want to die, they can only please the people in front of them.

Amidst bursts of long live cheers, Zhu Hongyu was not dazed, but ordered everyone to do their own thing.

Old Liu led people to try to build weapons with the newly trained steel, and Hu Dinggao led people to investigate the situation around the valley.

Zhao Erhu, who had made his mark in the First Battle of the Mine, took his men to the place where the open-pit coal mine was located, and was responsible for mining coal and iron ore.

More people were working in the valley, building huts and cultivating fields.

Zhu Hongyu personally led people to start making cement. Limestone was crushed and ground into powder and mixed with clay, and then calcined.

After calcination, add the slag left over from ironmaking!
In order to determine the best proportion of cement, Zhu Hongyu ordered people to try three kinds of materials with different proportions.

After the cement is manufactured, the cement's solidification speed, strength, etc. are tested, and finally the best formula is selected.

Only then will mass production take place!

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The first building to be built in the valley is a weapons workshop.

The Restoration Army has no shortage of craftsmen or steel. The most important thing is to organize all the armaments of the Restoration Army.

You must know that there are still many soldiers in the Liberation Army who have no weapons to use. During the Battle of the Mine, many soldiers went to the battlefield with a wooden stick.

And in that battle, many weapons were damaged and needed to be repaired by a blacksmith before they could continue to be used.

Therefore, even if the current Liberation Army has seized the mines in World War I, it is still very scarce in weapons.

Not having enough weapons will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Liberation Army!
Old Liu's head was bare-chested, revealing chunks of muscular body.

He swung a hammer vigorously, big drops of sweat dripped down from the tip of his hair, and a triangular spearhead was gradually shaped by him.

Quenching, hammering, quenching, hammering...

Old Liu Tou kept repeating the above process.

Oh!

This is the sound of hot spearheads being cooled in cold water, and white smoke is coming out of the bucket.

Old Liu Tou fished out the spearhead from the bucket and began to polish it.

Zhu Hongyu just watched his movements quietly, and after a while, the three-edged spearhead was polished and shiny, and the sharp spearhead shone with a cold light.

Old Liu headed proudly and handed the spearhead to Zhu Hongyu, and then said.

"General, can you see if this three-edged spearhead is suitable for use?"

"The old man has never hit a three-sided spearhead before. Today is the first time a big girl is on a sedan chair!"

Zhu Hongyu took the spearhead, looked at it carefully, nodded and gave a very pertinent evaluation.

"Not bad, really good!"

Old Liu continued to speak.

"This spearhead is made of high-quality steel!"

"If Lord Longwu and the others had so many good steel weapons back then, they wouldn't be unable to defeat Jianyi's Manchurian Heavy Step."

"If the three-edged spearhead made of this good steel stabs someone, it's useless to pierce the armor. Once stabbed, there will be a blood hole, and the blood may not stop!"

The Manchus did not rely on riding and archery to conquer the world, but their Manchu heavy steps.

The Qing army's Eight Banners battles generally consisted of galloping on horseback, dismounting and fighting on foot after arriving at the battlefield.

The average person is double-armored, and there are even a small number of elite white-armored soldiers who can fight in three-layer armor.

The Manchurian heavy steps of the Qing army, everyone in armor, faced the almost unarmored Ming army guards called Huazi soldiers, which was a unilateral crush.

Facing the heavy armor of the Qing army, the Ming army could not break through the armor at all, and often suffered dozens of casualties before it could wipe out a heavy armored infantry of the Qing army.

Relying on such an advantage in military equipment, the Qing army defeated the Ming army by fighting more with less!

Old Liu Tou couldn't help sighing that if the Ming army could have so much good steel to make weapons back then, the Qing army's Manchurian heavy steps would not be arrogant.

As for why the Qing army, which only occupied a corner of Liaodong, was able to put armor on the entire army and crush the wealthy Ming Dynasty in terms of armament?

It can only be said that my Ming Dynasty has its own national conditions!
Even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Daming's steel output was world-renowned. I dare not say that it accounted for [-] to [-]% of the world's total. Conservatively speaking, there is still half of it.

With such an output of steel, even if the imperial court replaced all the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops with heavy armor, it would not be impossible.

If the Ming army could have hundreds of thousands of heavy armored infantry, could the Manchurian heavy infantry of the Manchu Qing still be arrogant?
However, due to continuous natural disasters, excessive miscellaneous taxes, and land annexation, refugees were everywhere, and a large amount of tax revenue was lost financially.

In addition, there are various reasons such as official corruption, the lack of salary in the army and the blood of soldiers.

Da Ming was stunned to be inferior to Man Qing in terms of military equipment!
Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, and then proposed the concept of a socket bayonet to Old Liu.

"Can the three-edged spear tip be used as a bayonet?"

"The bayonet is installed on the musket with a sleeve instead of being inserted into the barrel. In that case, the bayonet on the musket will not affect the normal firing. After a round of salvo, our army can immediately launch a bayonet charge. .”

"In this way, the combat effectiveness of our recovery army can be greatly enhanced!"

"Can such a bayonet bayonet be made?"

Old Liu's face showed a pensive look, and after thinking for a while, he opened his mouth and said.

"It is possible, but I am afraid that the bayonet made is not strong enough!"

Although the plug-in bayonet has various shortcomings, it is strong enough that as long as it is inserted into the barrel, it is generally not afraid of falling out.

However, due to the insufficient strength of the steel for the sleeve-type bayonet, the connecting part of the sleeve is likely to be broken when the bayonet is used.

If such a situation occurs on the battlefield, it will be quite dangerous!
Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Then do it with the best steel!"

"Try to make a few sleeve-type bayonets and test them out!"

Old Liu nodded and agreed, saying that he would give it a try.

(End of this chapter)