Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 45 No.40 Five pieces to establish a technology system
Seeing that Bi Maokang was directly added as the prince and Taifu because of the flintlock, he officially entered the ranks of first-rank officials.

Xu Guangqi, who was the left servant of the Ministry of Industry and also in charge of the Hanlin Academy, was a little envious, and secretly glanced at Sun Yuanhua, Song Yingxing and others.

Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but smile wryly. He and Tang Ruowang tried many times, but they failed to achieve a vehicle-mounted cannon that had the power of the red cannon but was ten times smaller in volume and weight.

Even with the best craftsmen, there is no way to make a good steel pipe that will last.

The same is true for Song Yingxing. In order to realize the greater power of gunpowder, he and several alchemy old Taoist priests have been researching for nearly half a month, but no obvious progress has been made yet.

However, seeing that Bi Maokang and others were rewarded so generously by His Majesty, they couldn't help but gear up secretly.

Zhu Youxiao did not despise the other craftsmen, and each rewarded some silver taels.

Then, under the leadership of Xu Guangqi and Bi Maokang, Zhu Youxiao went to the Military Weapons Bureau. The Military Weapons Bureau was jointly managed by the Ministry of Industry and the Internal Officials Supervision, so Liang Fu, the young supervisor of the Internal Officials Supervision, also followed.

According to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, the Military Weapons Bureau has been remodeled, and the workshop of the whole Military Weapons Bureau has been transformed into a workshop. In order to prevent the leakage of secrets, the workshop is strictly guarded by the army. If it is normal, non-workshop craftsmen and military weapons Except for the officials under direct management, such as the principal, Bi Maokang, the internal officials, the junior supervisors, etc., even the assistant minister of the Shangshu will be blocked from coming here.

Now it is also because Zhu Youxiao is coming, so it is only open for a day.

When Zhu Youxiao came in, he saw that the whole workshop was divided into several isolated workshops, and each workshop was doing different program units of gun manufacturing.

In order for His Majesty to see the effect, Old Man Li and other old craftsmen have already entered the workshop and started working.

As soon as the dull and taciturn blacksmith Zhang started working, he yelled at his subordinates to add coal and fire to him, while he threw off his arms and started forging iron. Blacksmith Zhang had his own unique method of forging iron. A **** hammer in front, then a round of small hammer in the back, and then some black powder contained in a small bamboo tube was added.

Listening to Bi Maokang's introduction, the black powder is the original secret recipe of Zhang Blacksmith's family. It is added when forging iron to forge the best steel.

When Qi Shaobao killed Japanese pirates back then, he used their iron as a weapon.

Zhu Youxiao nodded. In his opinion, the blacksmith may have added some coke or something to act as a reducing agent.

On the other side, Chen Manitou and his men were making flint. Their callused hands were more dexterous than the embroidery girl's. They handed a plate of flint to old man Li's workshop within a few minutes of polishing.

The workshop where old man Li works is responsible for the assembly of firearms and the manufacture of parts. It can be regarded as the center of the entire workshop, but under the leadership of old man Li, it is also orderly.

"Very well, if we do this, how many flintlock guns can we make in a day?" Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking.

"According to His Majesty's instructions, the craftsmen of the Weapons Bureau now start to work from the third quarter of the hour to the third quarter of the unitary hour, so that every day from the completion of the prototype to the test packing, they can complete twenty pieces."

Bi Maokang answered casually because he was knowledgeable and knowledgeable.

Zhu Youxiao nodded and asked about the production of bird guns. Bi Maokang hurriedly replied that it was more than forty pieces.

"It's still a bit slow, recruit more folk craftsmen. In addition, I will also ask Wei Zhongxian from the south to help, and send all the craftsmen from the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. After finishing, I have to build several training institutions and find some old masters to teach , cultivate more good craftsmen, as long as possible, I can give them a birth certificate, and I will also let the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites cooperate with you. 100 million taels, 1000 million taels is not a problem."

Zhu Youxiao could cry poorly in front of the self-respecting Guan Ning cavalry, but in these aspects involving the technological innovation of the Ming Dynasty, he behaved rich and powerful.

After finishing speaking, he immediately ordered Liang Fu, the internal official supervisor, to use his internal money to build some auxiliary facilities behind the military weapons bureau for these craftsmen, such as canteens, bathhouses, etc., and build houses near the military weapons for these craftsmen to live in. .

At the same time, the wages of craftsmen have been doubled to tripled.

Zhu Youxiao did this to increase the enthusiasm of the craftsmen, and to protect and monitor them so as not to be taken advantage of by external forces.

Next, Zhu Youxiao took Xu Guangqi and other officials back to the conference hall of the Ministry of Industry. As His Majesty the Emperor, he naturally wanted to encourage him. At the same time, he also made the following decision:

First of all, the Ordnance Bureau was directly separated from the Ministry of Industry and upgraded to the Royal Ordnance Institute, which, like Taichang Temple, Taipu Temple, and Dali Temple, was directly under the jurisdiction of Zhu Youxiao.

The Royal Armory consists of the Gunpowder Bureau, Firearms Bureau, and Artillery Bureau.

Bi Maokang, the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, was directly in charge of the Firearms Bureau, and old man Li was also appointed as the head of the Ministry of Industry, responsible for the daily affairs of firearms.

Sun Yuanhua, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, directly managed the Artillery Bureau, and Song Ying, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry, directly managed the Firearms Bureau.

Tang Ruowang was also awarded by Zhu Youxiao as a reviewer of the Imperial Academy and a supervisor of Qin Tianjian, a member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang, and participated in various technical transformation staff of the Military Weapons Department of the Ministry of Industry.

In addition, Zhu Youxiao also personally named the newly developed flintlock gun "Apocalypse One Type" firearms, and the royal family ordered the first batch of [-] pieces, which were planned to be the first to equip the Beijing garrison troops.

But in Zhu Youxiao's eyes, the scientific and technological innovations he has seen in Ming Dynasty today are only changes in application, but the source of technological revolution is still in basic research.

So Zhu Youxiao decided to upgrade the Ordnance Bureau to the Royal Ordnance Institute, which was managed by a senior official of the minister and was only responsible for the production of mature weapons. He also established the Royal Academy of Engineering. After it matures, it is handed over to the Ordnance Factory for manufacture and sale.

At the same time, the Royal Academy of Sciences was also established to be responsible for basic research, which was led by Xu Guangqi, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Industry and head of the Imperial Academy.

Those who enter the Royal Academy of Sciences and the Royal Academy of Engineering will be given a review by the Imperial Academy.

Although only Tang Ruowang, a foreign academician, has become an academician of the two academies for the time being, Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua, Song Yingxing, and Li Zubai are the first academicians of the Royal Academy of Sciences. Qin Tianjian Jianzheng) is an academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering, but at least the framework of the Daming science and technology system was built by Zhu Youxiao.

Since the Royal Academy of Sciences is a place for basic scientific research, it is naturally a place for the purpose of exploring natural philosophy, and it only needs to export new ideas and knowledge.

The Royal Academy of Engineering, on the other hand, draws inspiration from the theoretical basis of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and then combines it with productivity to develop various products that are beyond the age or have great profit margins.

The Royal Armory is only responsible for production and sales.

In this way, from basic experiments to applied research to productivity transformation, as long as there is a complete scientific and technological innovation system, a complete industrial system can be built, and then fundamentally change the main productivity mode of Ming Dynasty, and break away from the small farmers. economic dependence.

　Let me talk about the reasons for the fast pace in the early stage: [-]. It is not because I think too fast, but because of historical conditions, if the apocalypse is not dead in the seventh year of the apocalypse, the blow to the Shanxi merchants and the Donglin party will be more severe, and after seven years of accumulation, Second, if the Donglin Party and Shanxi Merchants do not eradicate immediately and cut through the mess quickly, once they enter the Chongzhen Dynasty, peasant uprisings, coupled with the increase in the frequency of entry into the country and the impact of various disasters, will eventually At that time, there was no chance to suppress these growing interest groups. On the contrary, in order to maintain basic stability, they had to compromise.Therefore, even though I know that too fast a pace is not good, once I write that era, I can’t control the direction that history should go. That is, if Zhu Youxiao does not die, then his revenge against the Donglin Party and others must be more violent , rather than lukewarm water.However, the suggestions of book friends are also very good, thank you here, and thank you for your rewards and votes.

　　
　
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