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The days passed quickly.
Ten days later, Iuliano invited Zhao Lie to the shipyard to watch the clipper ship's maiden voyage.
Zhao Lie came to the shipyard and saw a clipper sailboat parked on the shore.
Zhao Lie nodded with satisfaction.
"Mr.
Iuliano, has this ship ever sailed?"
"Sir, this ship has been tested many times and can reach a speed of eleven or twelve knots.
It sails quite fast.
However, after several improvements, the ship's speed has not increased."
Juliano answered with a frown.
What you want is the fifteenth or sixteenth section.
The bow of the ship, uh, I forgot, it seems that the bow of the ship is hollowed out.
"Well, this, it seems, the bow of this ship is hollowed out to facilitate its upward navigation.
Well, it seems, it seems."
Zhao Lie touched his nose awkwardly.
This incident was caused by the fact that he was not tired.
Dead man's.
He was just a layman and had forgotten about it a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for the lack of speed and careful meditation, he probably wouldn't have been able to remember it.
The most important thing this time was the loss of time.
Well, after Juliano thought about it, it was feasible, but my lord, why didn't you say it last time?
It's not that it cost us a lot of effort, the key is that we took the wrong path.
Zhao Lie was defeated in the resentful eyes of Juliano and others, and left the shipyard in a hurry.
It was the first time he was so embarrassed.
There was nothing he could do.
He just knew the general idea, and it would be nice if he could point out a way.
However, when Yuan Yi came to invite Zhao Lie to Jianghu Camp, Zhao Lie heard a series of good news, which really made Zhao Lie feel so good.
First of all, the equipment for drilling gun tubes has been improved, and the drill bit is spiral-shaped.
"Sir, your method is better.
After several attempts, we made several drill bits with different bevel angles out of fine iron, and finally settled on this drill bit.
A blunderbuss tube can be produced in four days, which is the same as the original thirty The weather is different, but the drill bit is not easy to go astray, and there is almost no waste."
Yuan Yi introduced the details, and Lao Yuan was very happy at this time.
"Well, Yuan Tou, that's good.
I told you last time that I would reward you with ten taels of silver a day in advance.
Today I will reward you with two hundred and sixty taels of silver."
"Sir, this, haha, this is all your fault.
I deserve it."
Yuan Yi rubbed his hands and was very embarrassed.
"Yuan Tou, even if I have a good method, I can't improve it without you, so you can just keep it."
Zhao Lie was afraid that the stimulation would not be enough, so how could he care about such a small amount of money.
"Thank you, sir.
Thank you, sir."
Yuan Yi and several craftsmen bowed to Zhao Lie and expressed their gratitude.
Everyone was in high spirits.
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"No, in addition, the reward will be doubled in the future, and the reward will be thirty taels of silver for each missing day."
Zhao Lie understood that in the end, every missing day would be extremely difficult, and if the reward was too small, everyone might lose interest.
"Yuan Tou, how are the more than two thousand new workers in the craftsman's camp practicing their skills?"
"Sir, these two thousand people have their own division of labor.
The skilled workers learn to grind charcoal and sulfur, forge wrought iron, make armor, swords and guns, and learn to make blunderbuss tubes and small pieces of fire blunderbuss.
Most of them are now qualified apprentices.
Well, after the Portuguese came, I assigned five hundred people to the cannon foundry and iron smelting plant."
Yuan Yi introduced them one by one.
"Very good, we still have enough manpower at the moment."
Zhao Lie asked.
"Sir, you said last time that you should practice first, control the output, and train the team.
At the moment, there are enough manpower, but the villain does not dare to work hard.
Most of the manpower is idle."
Yuan Yi glanced at Zhao Lie secretly.
"Well, wait for my order."
Zhao Lie was waiting to see if the smelter could produce good iron.
This was the key.
At this time, Chen Fu took out more than ten sets of plate armor, all of which were jet black and unvarnished.
"Sir, this is plate armor hammered out, please take a look."
Zhao Lie checked one by one and found that the materials of these plate armors were the same.
The only difference was the neck, helmet, waist skirt, arm guards and leg guards.
"Bring the bows, arrows, swords and guns.
Check them one by one."
Zhao Lie ordered.
The results show that plate armor performs much better than fish scale armor against damage from swords and guns.
However, the plate armor's defense against heavy arrows is slightly inferior to fish scale armor.
Zhao Lie understood that this was the benefit of the wrought iron material and the superposition of fish scale armor, and comforted Chen Fu, who was slightly uneasy.
This result was acceptable.
You must know how long it takes to make a piece of fish scale armor and how much manpower it takes.
Well, plate armor is just more beaten and then spliced together.
It can be said to save time, effort and food.
Accompanied by Yuan Yi, Zhao Lie arrived at the ironworks.
Tiago, Figo, Oliveira, Zheng Yue, Guo Huaien, Sun Sheng, and Dong Kui had been waiting for a long time.
"Sir, I have lived up to your expectations, improved the bellows, preheated the gas, put a cover on the furnace, and finally made great wrought iron."
Sun Sheng said excitedly.
"Oh, this wrought iron is so much better than the last time."
"Sir, we used this wrought iron to build six-pound cannons and nine-pound cannons.
The result of the test was that the number of hits was doubled when it became a free cannon.
Congratulations, sir."
Tiago replied with admiration.
"Haha..."
The pressure in Zhao Lie's heart was gone.
Steel is the foundation of modern military strength.
Although this is just better wrought iron and not steel at all, for now, it is enough.
"Sun Sheng, Dong Kui, I will reward you with one thousand three hundred taels of silver."
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"Sir, this animal-powered exhaust was made by Master Guo Fufu, and the preheating chamber was made by Smelter Oliveira.
I don't dare to take credit for it," Sun Sheng replied.
"Your reward remains unchanged.
Guo Fufu will reward you with a hundred taels of silver.
In addition, for the cooperation of the Portuguese craftsmen in this development, you will be rewarded with a reward of five hundred taels of silver."
Zhao Lie was so happy that he did not hesitate to reward him.
For a moment, everyone was happy.
This method is good.
Everyone gains money, but I gain the most.
These are the foundation of military industry.
Zhao Lie was quite proud.
"From now on, we will do our best to produce wrought iron, and the gun foundry and plate armor will do our best to produce.
There will be no delay."
Zhao Lie ordered.
"As ordered."
Everyone responded in unison.
"Sir, we have successfully made cannons using iron molds.
Now we are producing nine-pound cannons and twelve-pound cannons.
The scrap rate has been reduced to less than 20%, and the time has been increased five times.
What you said is indeed true."
Tiago He stepped forward and said.
Zhao Lie was overjoyed and came to the gun factory with five gunsmiths to watch in detail the process of making cannons from iron molds.
That is to first make the various dimensions of the cannon into mud films.
Casting iron-frame cannons greatly reduces trachoma, greatly increases the yield of finished products, and greatly shortens the time.
It greatly increases the output of artillery and reduces the cost of artillery.
"Mr.
Tiago, can you use new wrought iron to make a twenty-four-pound cannon or a thirty-two-pound cannon?"
Zhao Lie asked solemnly.
"To be honest, sir, several people and I have made estimates.
The 24-pounder cannon is fine, but the 32-pounder cannon needs to be studied and tested."
Tiago bowed and replied.
"Sir, the main reason is that the bigger the cannon is, the farther it can hit.
This requires the length of the barrel to be lengthened.
If the barrel is lengthened like this, the cannon will be fired multiple times.
I'm afraid the wrought iron will not be able to withstand it."
"Gentlemen, please see if such an artillery can be built."
Zhao Lie took out a blueprint.
Five craftsmen gathered around and saw two types of artillery in the picture.
One was obviously a cannon with a small mouth and a thick back.
The strange thing was that it was equivalent to its thirty-two caliber.
Its body was not as long as a twelve-pound cannon.
There are also artillery carriages below, and another marked six-pounder cannon, and a nine-pounder cannon, but it is noted that it must be easily pulled by two horses for long-distance marches.
"Sir, if a small cannon reaches such a light weight, it will not be too powerful, its range will not be too far, and it will not be of great use against a fortified city.
As for the former cannon, there should be no problem, but, sir, its range Maybe only two miles, its body is too short."
Several people discussed it for a long time, and Tiago took the lead.
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"As long as it can be made, it will be fine.
This kind of marching gun is equipped for field battles.
As for the short and thick cannon, it only needs to be able to shoot more than a mile.
I need a naval gun that can shoot when the two ships are less than a mile apart."
At that time, a few hits could destroy the enemy ship, but unlike today's naval guns, a dozen hits could only break the side of the ship, but the enemy ship would be unharmed."
Tiago and the others suddenly realized that this made sense.
"In addition, both types of cannons need to raise their muzzles as much as possible, so that they can scatter bullets to hit the enemy."
Zhao Lie ordered.
"Sir, we will build it as soon as possible."
Several people bowed and replied.
"Okay, I won't hesitate to reward you when you succeed."
Coming out of the cannon foundry, I looked at Yuan Yi, who had been waiting carefully.
"Yuan Tou, I thought I asked you to imitate a flintlock gun."
Zhao Lie knew that he might be in trouble.
"Sir, this, ahem, the flintlock musket has been imitated.
However, this, ahem, the firing rate is less than 50%," Yuan Yi was embarrassed.
This flintlock musket can really kill people.
"Sir, I have been testing day and night.
However, the original wrought iron is not strong enough and the force of firing the flint is not enough.
I have used a forging hammer to continuously hit a batch of wrought iron as the shrapnel you mentioned.
However, the misfire rate is still too high.
"Yuan Yi glanced at Zhao Lie secretly, and found that Zhao Lie was not angry.
He breathed a sigh of relief, "I have beaten the new wrought iron that was released for the first time again to make shrapnel.
The results will be available in the next two days.
Then report to the Lord.”
"As soon as possible, time is running out."
Yuan Yi was agitated.
This is the first time that an adult has said this as soon as possible.
It is not unimportant.
"As you command, sir, I would rather not eat or sleep.
I will make it as soon as possible."
Zhao Lie didn't offer much comfort this time.
He was eager to see the flint-fire gun. s shameless, please recommend and collect it, shameless
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