The Rise of Ming Dynasty 1646

Chapter 42 Miracle
When it was already ugly, candles were still burning in the house on Xu Erlu.

He and an old man sat opposite each other, discussing something excitedly, neither of them was tired.

On the table in front of them were the notes of Zhu Linmi's lecture to Xu Erlu today.

After reviewing all the contents of the notes, the old man still had more thoughts, "This 'Periodic Table of Elements' is really mysterious and mysterious. At first glance, it is unimaginable, but when you think about it carefully, it coincides with the foundation of all things. His Royal Highness Chenzhou knows such a profound technique, brother Yu admires it very much! "

Xu Erlu nodded in agreement, "Although His Royal Highness Chen Zhou said that he learned it from other places, as far as I know, there is no such theory in the world." He looked west, "The ancestors always believed that the Europa people were extremely He is good at engineering and elegant, and strives to learn from the West. But now it seems that the Ming Dynasty is far superior to Westerners in this respect.”

Looking at the notes on the table, the old man hesitated and said: "Brother Yu wants to organize the skills taught by His Highness into a book, so as to teach the people of Ming Dynasty, but I don't know if it is appropriate..."

After more than ten days, the mud fan has basically dried up.Zhu Linming ordered the craftsmen to start burning the fan.

Craftsmen are very familiar with a series of processes from firing the mold to casting the molten iron.In just one day, a pair of cannon iron molds were cast.

However, due to the accelerated drying, the other two mud forms cracked during the casting process and were scrapped.

Xu Erlu immediately directed everyone to correct and polish the iron model, and by that night, all preparations were basically completed.

The next day, all the gunsmiths gathered together to start the first casting.

According to the iron mold casting process in memory, Zhu Linmei first had someone burn the iron mold with charcoal until it turned red, so as to prevent the copper liquid on the surface from solidifying too quickly and affecting the casting.

Then, under Xu Erlu's personal command, the craftsman slowly and accurately poured the liquid bronze into the casting port of the iron fan.

Casting is done quickly.Another half an hour later, the cannon body was solidified, and when the craftsmen disassembled the iron form, there was a thunderous cheer in the cannon field.

The entire cannon body is smooth and smooth, without any blemishes, and it is even more beautiful than the previous polished cannons.

The craftsmen gathered around to finish the finishing work.Xu Erlu was amazed at the smooth barrel.

You know, if you use the mud mold casting method, it will be considered half completed by this time, and it will take ten craftsmen to work for more than ten days just to polish the barrel.At this time, the cannon in front of him was cast!
After the gun barrel was completely cooled, Anthony took a small mirror to reflect sunlight into the gun barrel.The light shines straight down to the bottom of the barrel, indicating that the barrel is not bent in any way.

Here, Zhu Linming ordered the craftsmen to re-tighten the iron formwork with iron hoops, heat it with charcoal fire, and prepare for the next casting.

On the other side, the craftsmen didn't even eat dinner. They loaded the cannons that had just been drilled into the bullock carts and dragged them to the deserted beach on the west side of the Armament Bureau to test the cannons.

Anthony knocked and looked at it along the way, nodding frequently, obviously quite satisfied with the quality of the artillery.

After the cannon was set up on the wooden base, Anthony directly asked people to load six and a half catties of gunpowder—twice as much as the scheduled propellant.

Seeing the hesitant expression of the charge craftsman, the experienced gunner smiled and asked the interpreter to tell them that he had confidence in the gun.

After the gunpowder and iron bullets were loaded and solidified, Anthony used the gun gauge to measure the angle, and personally ignited the primer with a match at the top of an extremely long wooden stick.

There was only a loud sound of landslides and ground cracks, and a large amount of mud was immediately splashed on the deserted beach nearly two miles away.

Anthony immediately lay down on the cannon to inspect it, and announced happily after a while: the test firing was successful, and the cannon was safe and sound!

Zhu Linmei also heaved a sigh of relief.

Although he has learned a lot about casting cannons in iron molds and has some understanding of modern casting techniques, it is also the first time for a big girl to actually cast a heavy cannon.It wasn't until then that he really felt relieved.

Then several test firings were carried out, and the artillery performance was very stable, and it was basically ready to be used on the battlefield.

When Zhu Linmi returned to the Weapons Bureau, Tie Fan had finished the preparations and was about to carry out the second casting.

Two heavy cannons weighing nearly [-] jin were continuously cast in one day!Compared with the speed of one cannon a month before, this is simply a miracle!

By the No. 18 day when Zhu Linmi began to cast cannons, all seven twelve-pound cannons had been cast, plus one cast by Xu Erlu before, making a total of eight heavy cannons.

This was due to the fact that the copper ingots for casting the guns were used up during the period, which led to the shutdown for most of the day, otherwise the work could have been completed a day earlier.Fortunately, Yang Tinglin immediately purchased six thousand catties of copper ingots near Ganzhou at a high price, which allowed the cannon casting work to continue.

In the southeast of Ganzhou Prefecture, Yang Tinglin's camp.

Yang Tinglin was delighted to see the bullock carts dragging a series of heavy artillery into the camp gate.

Since he took over the military affairs of Ganzhou, he has never seen what a heavy artillery looks like, let alone eight at a time.With these heavy artillery in hand, the attack on Ji'an Mansion is sure to be sure.

Not far away, seeing Yang Tinglin looking at him with a smug smile on his face, Zhu Youmao couldn't help snorting heavily, and cupped his hands at him, "I'll straighten out the troops and horses, and leave the camp to go north today." With one glance, he pulled Zhu Youni up, turned around and left.

Yang Tinglin let Zhu Linmi into the big tent, and bowed deeply, "Your Highness, these cannons really saved the entire battle situation in Ganzhou! Please accept my bow."

Zhu Linmi waved her hands and said, "You don't have to thank me for Yang Butang. I am the clan of the Ming Dynasty, so I should do my best for the community."

Yang Tinglin asked again: "Oh, by the way, I heard from Xu Erlu that His Highness wants to borrow craftsmen from the Armament Bureau?"

Zhu Linmi worked hard for half a month, waiting for this sentence, and hurriedly said: "I really need 160 skilled craftsmen."

Yang Tinglin nodded immediately, "It's not difficult, the craftsman is up to His Highness to choose."

He had already received a report from Xu Erlu yesterday, saying that the Armament Bureau has now used His Royal Highness King Chenzhou's cannon-casting method, and only 100% of the previous craftsmen are enough, and it can cast a red barbarian heavy cannon every day.So even if King Chenzhou takes away more than [-] people, the Ganzhou Military Bureau should not be short of manpower.

What's more, it costs a lot to cast these eight cannons, and the craftsmen of the Ordnance Bureau will be on vacation in a short time.

ten days later.

Jin Shenghuan, the Jiangxi general of the Qing army, and his deputy Wang Deren stood at the head of Ji'an city, looking at the dark army of the Ming army in the distance, but they didn't seem panicked at all.

Jin Shenghuan knew very well that although Yang Tinglin brought an army of tens of thousands, there were only a few thousand soldiers who were good at fighting, and the rest were old and weak recruits.

Right now his main force is being led by Liu Yipeng, Wang Jincai, Gao Jinku, etc., and they are conquering the Daming Rebel Army in the hinterland of northern Jiangxi. There are only 4000 troops in the city.

But as long as he can stick to it for half a month, after the main force returns, Yang Tinglin's recruits will not be his opponents at all.

However, to Jin Shenghuan's surprise, there were bursts of cannon fire outside the city.Panic immediately appeared on his face, he was very familiar with cannons, they were heavy cannons!Heavy cannons that are bigger than the few red cannons in my hand, and there are a lot of them!

After the Ming army lost the two military bureaus in Beijing and Nanjing, it should no longer have the ability to cast red cannons.Jin Shenghuan pinched himself hard, it hurt so much, it wasn't a dream.Only then did he jump up abruptly and shouted to his officers to guard the city separately.

Only five days later, a section of the unrepaired city wall in the south of Ji'an City finally collapsed under the concentrated bombardment of eight artillery pieces.Jin Shenghuan and Wang Deren abandoned the city and fled, only escaping with their bodies.

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