The sun never sets in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 201 Rifled Artillery
In late June, Huang Sheng brought his team back to Huangjiawan Island. This time, the trip to the capital was very rewarding. He brought in 20 catties of gunpowder and 10,000+ taels of silver.

These are nothing, what made Huang Sheng most gratified was that he saved thousands of Ming craftsmen, and he picked more than 1000 people he liked and brought them to Huang's house.

These are the top skilled workers of Ming Dynasty. Many of them were only planning to work in the Huang family for a month or two, but after they came to Huangjiawan Island and Scorpion Island to work for a period of time, they all had the idea of ​​not going back.

Where have these lowly craftsmen ever obtained such a comfortable working environment, and where have they ever received real respect? When they first came to Scorpion Island, they saw that the craftsmen of the Huang family were all neatly dressed, and they were all learning how to speak. I thought they were all pretending. .

When they were working in Wanggong Factory, officials came from above, and the subordinate staff also asked them to pretend to be like this for a long time.Unexpectedly, after nearly half a month, after getting in touch with the people who work in Huang's house.

Only then did the artisans from the capital realize that their life in Wang Gong’s factory might not be much better than that of the reform-through-labour prisoners of the Huang family.

The craftsmen not only work hard, but also attend literacy classes at night, and they also regularly take promotion exams.

The craftsmen who passed the promotion generously invited their good friends to drink. The craftsmen of Wang Gong Factory were shocked when they inquired.

Some craftsmen of the Huang family can get a one-time reward of more than 30 taels of silver for designing something that is not so remarkable in the eyes of these top Wang Gong factory craftsmen. All the new craftsmen were shocked.

The master of the Huang family is very kind to us lowly craftsmen, and it would be great to be able to work in this beautiful and clean place for a lifetime!
Later, a large number of craftsmen who were acquainted with each other arrived. Before the big bang, most of these people were master craftsmen who were not willing to go to sea to work in Huang's family, and now they all came with their families.

The artisans who have been working here are all surprised, they are all neighbors who are very familiar with each other, so they immediately come to ask about the reason.

The frightened old brother told with snot and tears that the place where he used to work and live was blown up to the ground. Fortunately, the kind-hearted head of the family happened to be at the meeting and made a big fuss on the day.

The whole family got up early in the morning and went to play outside the Guangqu Gate of the capital to try their luck. Who knew that instead of winning money, they won the lives of the whole family.

All the craftsmen who came first broke out in a cold sweat, secretly glad that they brought their wives and children to Huang's house early.

Now these craftsmen who were originally part-time workers had no choice. Of course, if they had a choice, they would not hesitate to choose to work for the Huang family. Everyone was determined to stay and work for the Huang family.

With these more than 1000 top craftsmen devoting themselves to the research and development and production of Huang's firearms, both production and scientific research can achieve twice the result with half the effort.

The cannon produced by Huang's family was born out of nowhere. This is not an iron cannon, but a unique cast steel cannon in this era. Its benefits and advantages are countless compared with cast iron cannons.

The most worth mentioning is the cannon with the same power. The steel cannon of the Huang family is two-thirds lighter in weight, and the number of sustainable shots has been doubled, eliminating the possibility of bombing. Of course, it is to ensure that the gunner uses it in accordance with the operating regulations. in the case of.

The cannons produced in the Ming Dynasty were all made of clay molds, which required a long cycle and a high scrap rate.The Huang family used steel molds to cast cannons. Fully liquid molten steel was poured into a mold lined with quartz sand. After fully stirring, it was impossible for trachoma to appear.

The steel mold can continue to be re-enamelled with quartz sand many times, which saves a lot of man-hours and costs in casting cannons.

The cost of artillery produced with such technology has plummeted, and the quality has skyrocketed. The flagship of the Huang family will soon have its own rifled gun equipment.

The wall thickness of the steel cannon is thinner, the heat dissipation performance is much stronger than that of cast iron, and the number of effective firings has been increased. It is not like the artillery made by Daming now, which stops after a few shots to dissipate heat.

Scorpion Island is a military-controlled area where the Huang family produces artillery, flintlock rifles, and high-quality steel. All weapons are manufactured here.There are regular boats going to and from Huangjiawan Island every day, it is only five nautical miles away, and it will take less than half an hour to arrive.

The craftsmen and laborers who work on Scorpion Island all live in Huangjiawan Island. There are single dormitories on Scorpion Island, and workers can go home to reunite with their wives and children every now and then.

The control here is strict, all workers have a work number plate, check on attendance every day, and prevent any non-staff from entering or leaving, and the family members of workers are not allowed to visit here.

One-third of the cannon produced by the Huang family is a cannon with rifling on the inner wall of the barrel. When fired, the projectile rotates along the rifling line of the gun, and has a certain speed after exiting the muzzle, which can keep the projectile flying stably.

This kind of technology should have come out more than 200 years later. Of course, it is necessary to strictly prevent the leakage of technology. It is relatively easier to keep secrets when producing these cross-age products on the island.

Rifled guns have a high muzzle velocity, a long range, and a parabolic ballistic trajectory, which is suitable for long-range strikes. The main function of the rifling is to give the bullet the ability to rotate, so that after the bullet exits the chamber, due to the centripetal force, it can still maintain a predetermined direction to improve hit rate.

Such artillery is similar to the British Armstrong artillery, but unfortunately it is still front-mounted.The difference from the artillery of the same period is that there is rifling, and a barrel hoop is added to the tail of the artillery to ensure that the artillery will not explode.

The multi-layer composite gun body of the Huangjia artillery is compared with the integral cast gun body of the same period. The advantage is that its weight is greatly reduced. The cast iron shell is coated with soft lead like a Mini shell to absorb and rifle.In this way, the shell can effectively bite the rifling and rotate out. The shell is designed as a modern shell-style conical warhead.

It's just that it's not easy to manufacture rifled guns, especially the milling cutters used for processing are too rare. Such a high-hardness material depends entirely on the experience and feel of the master craftsman.

No way, with Daming's technology, it is not yet possible to analyze the chemical composition of raw materials.The use of special steel can only be roughly determined through physical performance tests. Fortunately, Zhao Shimin led young craftsmen who can write to form characters.

In the future, masters with practical operation experience will emerge in an endless stream, and the output will naturally increase.

Now that the population of Huang’s family has increased rapidly, more than 1000 craftsmen brought in from Wang Gong’s factory lead their families to 7000 people. This actually relieves the pressure on the Huang family’s resettlement housing in the capital, and the extra land can be used to build a large number of commercial housing.

The Huang family now has four islands in Lianjuehua Island, with a total area of ​​more than 180 square kilometers, with a population of no less than 360 soldiers and civilians. The cold weapon force has three general banners and cavalry companies with [-] officers, and six general banners with [-] heavy infantry. .

There are 880 people in the firearms unit, including 200 qualified musketeers and 680 loaders. Due to the arrival of more than [-] master craftsmen who make firearms, the output of flintlock rifles is increasing day by day.

Now 150 pieces can be shipped out every month, minus the scrapped ones during training, there can be a net added value of more than [-] pieces per month.

The Huang family's flintlock guns are exquisitely crafted. The barrels are made of high-quality steel that has been forged many times to increase the density and are drilled with an animal-powered drilling machine. Now it is impossible to produce seamless steel pipes, and the quality of the rolled steel pipes is unreliable. A weapon that allows the slightest flaw can injure a valiant warrior.

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