The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 179
The Huang family ushered in a big development in this first month, and now the population has exceeded 1, with more than [-] males and healthy women, and this number is still increasing.

Because Gu San and other masters are still looking for skilled craftsmen, Huang Sheng will soon go to Shanhaiguan to select archers and heavy infantry, and their family will have several hundred people.

Although he built a thousand sea-going ships on Juehua Island, Huang Sheng didn't dare to swallow them all. He was going to hand over [-]% to Mr. Gao, leave [-]% to Mao Yuanyi and Sun Yuanhua, and pick a third of the good ships for himself .

Acquired nearly 2000 sailors and gunners from the former Ming army on Juehua Island. The Huang family added 100 No. 160 lucky boats, [-] straw boats, and more than [-] horse boats, as well as Cangshan boats, Haicang boats, and centipede boats. There are as many as [-] warships of the Ming army, such as boats, net shuttle boats, and wheel boats.

Huang Sheng arranged for Zhao Shimin to take technicians to check all the cannons of the Ming warships, leaving only the well-maintained four-pound copper-cored iron cannons.

The rest were left on the warships that he despised and returned to Daming. As for whether they would be in the hands of the Daming government in the end, it was hard to say.This is not something that the little Qipin Praise General can control, nor can he control.

Anyway, I got a bargain, and Daming didn't suffer a loss. These ships were originally destroyed by war, and now nearly a thousand sea-going ships are not in the hands of the government, but in private hands. They are still creating employment opportunities for Daming.

Liu Guozheng, the only personal soldier, performed well on the two battlefields, and he contributed a lot. He won Huang Sheng's trust, and he was reported as a military officer of the seventh rank, and served as a small banner officer of the personal soldier.

Liu Guozheng was very excited to see that he had become an official after only half a year with the Patriarch. This shows how eager people in this era are for official positions, even martial artists are no exception.

"My lord, thank you for your support, my little one. Now I can command nine brothers, right?"

"You have to change your words in the future and don't call yourself a small one. You can choose and recruit the nine subordinates. The requirement is that martial arts are not inferior to yours. You hate Jiannu and you can ride horses!"

Liu Guozheng was overjoyed by choosing his own soldiers, and he stood at attention and said loudly: "Report to my lord, I will definitely complete the task, and you can rest assured that I will recruit fierce men who can beat me to serve my lord."

"Pay attention to character, rather lack than abuse! I'll give you a month, you can go to Shanhaiguan to have a look, or you can ask the brothers from the Gao family to help you with paperwork to recruit people in Cangzhou!"

"The humble staff knows that as long as they meet the requirements and are willing to serve the adults, the humble staff will take their children to Huangjiawan Island. Please rest assured, my lord, some men of the same style are not law-abiding people, and they must be able to be the servants of the adults. !"

Liu Guozheng was too confident. Huang Jiazheng's guaranteed basic salary was two taels, and there were many benefits. As long as he was not stupid, those men who practiced martial arts and went to the rivers and lakes would all scramble for such opportunities.

Huang Sheng observed Liu Guozheng's performance in Shitou Village last time, and thought that he should have a guard with outstanding personal skills. Now he is developing a double-barreled flintlock short gun. branch.

Each of his guards held a light steel round shield, wielded a one-handed battle-axe, and had double-barreled flintlocks pinned to their waists. Their combat effectiveness was incredible.

The flintlock does not use Minie bullets, but round lead bullets. Because the Minie bullets are fired by the principle that the soft lead expands and holds air when the cork at the tail is heated, it is not too tight when loaded.

The advantage is that it is easier to load, but this is not the case with the front-loaded short gun. Don't accidentally spill the loaded Mini bombs and gunpowder on your waist.

Huang Sheng still adopts the design before the advent of Minie bullets, smashing solid lead bullets into the barrel with a cleaning rod, rather than being difficult to load, it is better to avoid an empty gun when an emergency occurs.

Theoretically, the guards can shoot two lead bullets at close range. How can there be such a powerful army in this era? Not only did they break into their own central army, but they also fought with the guards. After two rounds of short gun attacks, they still have combat effectiveness ?

The weapons used by the Huang family must be of reliable quality, even if there is a little bit of firearms that can not be used by soldiers with confidence, they are not allowed to be equipped with the army.

The firearms of the Ming Dynasty are so advanced, many inventions are ahead of this era, it is because of the greed for ink, insufficient materials for firearms, and the craftsmen havetily made it so that the soldiers dare not use it, because it is unknown whether they will hit the enemy, but it is likely to hurt themselves Nine.

The firearms produced by the Huang family are rather lacking at the beginning, and over time they will be relied on by soldiers. Everyone is keen to use firearms, which will naturally promote the continuous innovation of hot weapons. Such a virtuous circle, how can the mere ignorance of Jianshou take away the colorful world of the Han people? Opportunity.

Only five lucky boats and seven straw boats were left on Huangjiawan Island to transform and upgrade into warships, and the rest were converted to civilian use. The big boats were used for transportation, and the smaller ones were used for fishing and as working boats for processing sea fish.

After the transformation and upgrading, the Huang family's warships had seven No. 200 Fuchuan and fifteen straw boats, equipped with more than [-] six-pound and four-pound cannons, enough to be invincible in the Liaohai Sea.

Forty horse boats equipped with only guns are enough to transport the landing troops. In offshore operations, more than 2000 horses can be delivered at one time. The Huang family does not have so many soldiers.

In the era of great voyages, small warships were of no great use, so they did not modify too many former Juehua Island navy warships to arm themselves.

Huang Sheng's goal is very big. The displacement of the main battleship to be built is second only to the "Sea King" launched by the United Kingdom in 1637.

The future flagship of the Huang family is named "Liaodong". The ship has a keel length of 36 meters, a total length of 47 meters, a width of 14 meters, a depth of 18 meters, a draft of more than six meters, a displacement of [-] tons, and a design of four decks.

The ship is erected with five steel main and auxiliary masts. Although such a mast made of tin-plated seamed steel pipe is expensive, its strength is more than three times that of a wooden mast, and its weight is only half. The labor intensity of the sailor's operation is of course Much easier.

The main and auxiliary masts are equipped with hard sails and soft sails in a reasonable manner, with the purpose of maximizing the wind surface and increasing the power of the flagship.

The ship type is the traditional form of the West, but the interior is the multi-sealed cabin structure of the Chinese ship. Four propellers are made of cupronickel, which can increase power by 88 people at a time.

Huang Sheng has seen the model of the "Sea King" in later generations. This British main battleship is equipped with more than 100 artillery pieces. It is said that it can fire more than one ton of shells at a time.

This four-dimensional warship designed by the Huang family is a product of the combination of Chinese and Western, and there is no such thing as a "king of the sea".

Three bow guns are to be installed, the design requirements are [-]-pound guns, and the two stern guns are [-]-pound guns. The [-] guns on the left and right sides are arranged in order of caliber, and the largest caliber is on the bottom deck.

The largest caliber artillery is placed in the bottom cabin of the battleship, which moves the center of gravity of the battleship down and increases the stability. Although the multi-sealed cabins cost more construction costs, they increase safety and eliminate the hidden danger of sinking on the rocks.

The outstanding craftsmen of Huang's shipbuilding increased by more than 300 at once. More than 100 people escaped successfully.

On the contrary, these craftsmen had the highest rate of rescue of soldiers and civilians on Juehua Island. They knew the danger and turned a blind eye when they slept!

Most of the craftsmen's wives and children were safe and sound. After going through such hardships, they are of course grateful to the Huang family. These people have longed to come to the Huang family to be servants.

Now it was a blessing in disguise, Mr. Huang took in every craftsman and gave them enough monthly money to support their families. Everyone's enthusiasm for work was mobilized.

They were completely different from when they were working for Daming on Juehua Island. Everyone was helping to make suggestions and strive to be advanced workers.

The 'Liaodong' is equipped with a total of 65 cannons, theoretically capable of firing [-]-pound shells at one time. In the future, the shells of the Huang family will not be all solid iron bullets, but some of them will be mixed with flowering shells.

The Ming Dynasty already had such weapons, and the principle is not worth mentioning. It is the same principle as fireworks such as the Sky Monkey and Er Tijiao. They also fly a certain distance before exploding.

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