Yuan Shan didn't know that the horseshoe matter had ruined Li Shimin's plan, but for Yuan Shan, this was not a matter, these blacksmiths were busy, but the blacksmiths who cooperated with the ordnance supervisor were still producing horseshoes for the ordnance supervisor at a low price, because the blacksmiths had a new livelihood, that is, selling iron.
Undoubtedly, this was all bought from the Ordnance Supervisor, and Yuan Shan was also happy to see this, and with the interests involved, their cooperation would be stronger, and the main support for the Ordnance Supervisor was to rely on the production of these blacksmith workshops.
"Yuan Zhengjian, now the blacksmiths in Chang'an and the surrounding villages are producing horseshoes, what are we going to do now."
Xin Liangchou asked.
"It's just a little bit of an impact, it's not a big deal, this may not be a bad thing, the iron ore in the warehouse has been shipped too much recently, and it is necessary to coordinate with the Ministry of Industry as soon as possible."
Yuan Shandao.
"yes, I'll do it right away."
Xin Liangchou said.
Just when Yuan Shan was discussing things with Xin Liangchou, someone from the East Palace came.
Soon Yuan Shan was called to the East Palace again, Li Shimin looked irritable on the top of the main hall, and Yuan Shan was also very irritable, so he called him over if he had nothing to do.
"Your Majesty."
Yuan Shandao.
"Do you know that you've broken me?"
Li Shimin said angrily.
"The minister has been serving in the ordnance superintendent in a down-to-earth manner these days, why is this, Your Majesty?"
Yuan Shandao.
"You asked the Ordnance Supervisor to work with the blacksmith workshop to build the horseshoe, so that now the whole of Chang'an knows the role of the horseshoes, I thought that I could delay the use of the horseshoe in the people, and strive to equip the Tang cavalry first, so that you can make trouble with the Turks will soon learn about the horseshoe, and then both sides will be equipped with horseshoes on the premise that the Turks are more good at riding, where are you putting the Tang cavalry."
Li Shimin said.
The combat effectiveness of the Tang cavalry is not as good as that of the Turks, what does this have to do with me, this kind of thing is not good to rely on, Yuan Shan thought so in his heart, but thinking that the appearance of the horseshoe would really have an impact on the war.
It's not good, it seems that Li Shimin is really popular this time, and the horseshoe still has this certain advantage in the early stage when it just appeared, but now this has completely lost this opportunity, and after thinking about it, he can only bite the bullet.
"It's the minister's inconsiderate consideration, but my Tang soldiers are brave, even if both sides are equipped with horseshoes, the combat effectiveness will not be too much, so the soldiers' hard work and the research and development of new weapons are the most important, and the cavalry ministers think they should be shelled with artillery."
Yuan Shandao.
"Shell it with shelling, let's be more detailed."
Li Shimin wondered.
"According to the design of the minister, this cannon is assisted by gunpowder, and then the stone pellet is shot hundreds of meters away, and it is very powerful, if it can reach a certain number, it can completely prevent the cavalry charge of the Turks, and this cannon is a defensive weapon."
Won Shan said lightly.
"Do you really have such a weapon, Yuanshan, don't deceive me."
Li Shimin said.
"Why, hasn't Your Majesty seen a grenade made of gunpowder, and the power of artillery will be much, much greater than that of a grenade."
Yuan Shan said.
"Really, if I can really make such a cannon, I will definitely reward you."
Li Shimin said excitedly.
"Your Majesty, the current Ordnance Supervision lacks R&D funds, and there is a shortage of manpower to make artillery, and it may not have the conditions, so it needs a lot of financial support, and this research and development will take time."
Yuan Shandao.
"Smack" Li Shimin knocked directly on the table.
"Yuanshan, tell me how much it will cost to be able to research the artillery you described."
Li Shimin asked. "10,000 yuan, and ensure the supply of all kinds of ores."
Yuan Shandao.
"Okay, give you a month, and I'll see the powerful artillery you mentioned."
Li Shimin said.
After returning to the Ordnance Prison, Yuan Shan's attitude obviously changed a lot, and Xin Liangchou didn't know what was going on after seeing it, so he asked: "Yuan Zhengjian, what's wrong with you." ” "Haha, we have money, His Majesty Xin Jian Cheng promised to allocate 10,000 yuan to come over, you can deal with this matter, and let the sales of horseshoes and other things be operated by the head of the company, and the others will devote themselves to the artillery project."
Yuan Shandao.
"Artillery project," Xin Liangchou asked.
"That's right, it's the artillery project, the money allocated by Your Majesty is used to make artillery, and Your Majesty will see this thing in a month, so everyone may have to work hard in this month, Xin Jian Cheng will go and notify others to come over for a meeting, including craftsmen and guards."
Yuan Shandao.
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"Yes, I'll go."
Xin Liangchou said.
Soon a group of people arrived, and Yuan Shan gave orders to the twenty guards first, and did not tell them what the armory supervisor was going to do next, but from this moment on, the armory supervisor began to strengthen his guard, and also made the guards pay attention to more details.
Then there are the craftsmen, the technical secrecy work is ordered, and then according to Yuan Shan's intentions, the steel smelting begins, and after the work of the guards and craftsmen is explained, the matter is told to the supervisors and the chief bookkeepers, and after everyone assigns tasks, the project is officially launched.
Wonsun provided the drawings of the artillery, and the craftsmen built the rest.
Casting a cannon barrel is actually not difficult at all, Yuan Shan uses the method of secondary dissolution of the external hoop to strengthen the cannon body, with the support of Li Shimin, he is now not bad iron, the caliber of the first cannon does not need to be too big, ten centimeters caliber is enough, it looks like an enlarged version of the gun, the gunpowder is loaded from the muzzle, according to the original plan, this kind of artillery fires a physical projectile to attack.
However, with the current artillery, it was not enough to meet the explanation with Li Shimin, so Yuan Shan made adjustments in terms of shells, and instead of using solid bullets, he used scattered bullets wrapped in iron sheets.
In this way, the firing area can make up for the lack of some artillery distances, and the gunpowder composition has also been adjusted, so that it can increase some lethality when using artillery, but the same shortcomings are also quickly exposed, and the life of the gun body will be greatly reduced after the use of improved gunpowder.
This is already the most adaptable artillery that can be made by the Datang iron-smelting process at present.
A small cast-iron cannon, which was completed in ten days, was erected on a two-wheeled cart like an elongated popcorn boiler, with a arquebus mouth behind it, and a wooden stick for filling gunpowder directly compacted the gunpowder at the bottom.
The production of projectiles is more complicated, first the processing of iron sheets and projectiles, the production of iron balls in model cast iron, Yuan Shan still came up with this method to share after thinking about it, making shells is not better than making bicycle bearings, to be honest, if this artillery is to be made by Blacksmith Lu, it may be much stronger than the ordnance supervisor in all aspects, but he can't do that, after all, this is making weapons, not a joke.
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