Chapter 518 Li Xin, a rookie of the Industrial Party, is more critical that this kind of heavy horse can tow artillery, such as the current 130 mm 28 times the caliber of artillery, which requires two or three war horses to drag.As for the European heavy horses, there are no such concerns, Britain has become the world's empire on which the sun never sets, this kind of shire horse has more than one million horses at the time of the largest number, that is, this kind of shire horse, the achievement of the British army's nanny, to undertake heavy supply tasks.Helena's energy was so strong that after resting in her room for two hours, she immediately became refreshed, and she began to visit the new castle of Shengzhou, accompanied by the knights around her.Because Helena had been to the family town and lived there for more than three months, she was very familiar with the castle, because it was under construction, which made this nobleman from a small European country once again refresh her impression of the East."
Oh God, they're too extravagant!"
As Helena watched as the craftsmen on the construction site tied up the thick steel bars with wire, placed them inside the shell slabs, and then poured the mixed concrete into the shell slabs.Aberg frowned, he reached out and touched the steel, flicked his fingers, and the steel made a pleasant sound: "These are all good steel, such good steel is actually buried in cement, are they so much steel?"
”At this time, a craftsman smiled very proudly: "We have put into operation five giant blast furnaces in Luzon, and we are making steel day and night!"
”Helena asked curiously, "How much steel can you make in a year?"
”"A million catties!"
Helena cautiously asked, "A year?"
”Although this number is quite a lot, compared with the population of more than 100 million in the Ming Dynasty, this number is quite acceptable.The craftsman said with disdain: "It's just a furnace!"
”Helena screamed, "What, a furnace?
”"Yes, one furnace, one furnace is one million catties, and one of our blast furnaces can smelt twenty furnaces of steel in a month!"
Abegg took a deep breath, one million catties of steel is already an unimaginable number for Venice, and the annual steel production is not one million catties.In fact, the current industry in Europe is not developed, and even far behind China in all aspects except for shipbuilding.For example, before World War II, in the Netherlands, in 1938, the population of the Netherlands was 8.6 million, and the steel production was only 52,000 tons, let alone Venice.An increase in steel production capacity means an increase in productivity.Liaodong plus Luzon can produce more than 200,000 tons of steel per year, which is simply an astronomical amount!
How powerful can all this steel be?
It's hard to say anything else, anyway, the Han people in Liaodong have generally used steel farm tools, and even the Dongjiang Army, a gang called Huazi, is also wearing iron armor and holding a broken saber made of high-carbon steel, which used to be the patent of the Guanning Army's family!
And as time goes by, there will only be more and more well-equipped Ming troops, and the Ming army called Hanako will become history, as long as you are not an idiot and know what it means!
Of course, the number of Chinese in Luzon is very small, and the population of Quanxu who arrived in Luzon with deception is more than 30,000 people, and such a population cannot digest so much steel.As a result, these steels were widely used in the construction of cities, wharves, bridges, houses, and schools, just like the Nanguan Primary School in Shengzhou City, which covers an area of only more than 100 acres, and is much larger than Fort Anthony, built by the Spaniards in Taiwan, in terms of size and area.What excites Helena the most is that cement production has also begun in Luzon, which means that Venice is closer to the Ming Dynasty, and at least ten and a half days and a month of sea voyage can be saved.Helena's talent for business and keen sense of smell immediately guessed that the real technical barriers of cement and steel were not clever, otherwise, there would not have been a way to bloom everywhere so quickly."
Your Excellency the Marquis, let's talk about business!""
Yes!"
Quan Xu looked at Helena and said, "Miss Helena, how are the silk, tea, porcelain and other goods you bought last time selling in Europe?"
Is it popular?
”Helena smiled, "Welcome, very welcome!"
When I returned to Europe, I gave the Pope two silks, three jars of black tea, and two pieces of porcelain, and the Pope was so excited about these precious gifts that he was even more thrilled than giving him a hundred pounds of gold!
Our governor gave the Holy Roman Emperor a few more tea bricks and a piece of porcelain, and the Emperor was equally excited, and wrapped the porcelain in silver and treasured it in his own treasury, which was not usually seen by others, and only a few of his confidants had the privilege of admiring this artistic treasure with the Emperor. ”Quan Xu said nonchalantly: "Is it so exaggerated?"
There are a lot of these things in China!
”Helena smiled bitterly: "Tea, silk, porcelain, spices, these things are of course very common to you, but to Europe they are luxuries that even the aristocracy does not necessarily have the blessing to enjoy.By the way, the cement was also very popular in Venice, and the Doge had already made up his mind to procure 100,000 bags for the construction of the fortress and the road. ”"There is no problem with cement, let alone 100,000 bags, even if it is a million bags, I have the ability to provide it!"
Quan Xu said a little embarrassed: "But you need to wait, the cement production capacity of Luzon Island is limited, and it can barely meet the consumption, which needs to be transported from Liaodong!"
”"Why don't you sell me the cement formula?""
You'd better die of this heart, even if I give you the formula, you won't be able to produce it!""
You can all produce it, and we can't produce it?"
Quan Xu smiled disapprerovingly: "I really don't underestimate you, just a ball mill can stump you, don't think about the formula, for the sake of everyone is friends, I'll give you a 20% discount, the more discounts you buy, the more discounts!"
”Helena wanted to pull out her bayonet sword and stab him to death, but she gritted her teeth and said, "We want to add an order for 500 naval guns, what do you think?"
”"Additional orders?
Of course, I welcome it with both hands, who would have trouble with money. ”Quan Xu was very unhappy in his heart, because he really didn't have this kind of artillery, and the front-loading smoothbore gun was a backward product, and it was also the product of the failure of the experiment of the Liaodong Gun Bureau, and it was sold to Helena at the price of two thousand taels of silver each.Now that he wants to produce 500 guns, Jeon Wook is really painful and happy, and he needs to build another factory dedicated to the production of front-loading smoothbore guns.Of course, there is also a supporting artillery shell factory, 500 guns, and the value of 1 million taels of silver, which can solve many problems.Helena was a master who climbed along the pole, and seeing that Quan Xu was in a good mood, she immediately proposed: "Can you sell us the 130 mm 28 times caliber breech smoothbore guns equipped on your warship?"
”"No, don't even think about it!""
Three thousand taels each!""
No way!""
Five thousand taels!""
There are no doors, even if it is 10,000 taels, I will not sell it!"
What kind of international jokes, this is a sharp weapon for the town, and this kind of artillery has black technology on it, such as brakes, rear loading methods, and rifles, which are all the right direction for the development of artillery in the future, and he doesn't want Europe to take a lot of detours in artillery.The front-loading smoothbore gun is very suitable for Venice, not to mention, up to now, the rear-loading 130 mm 28 times the caliber rifled gun, only more than 500 have been produced, in October of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the whole family army also has eight Sea Shark III type, that is, 12,000 stone-class battleships launched.The eight ships will be armed with thirty-six 130-mm rifled guns, and at the same time test equipped with larger-caliber and more powerful guns.Before the whole family army artillery did not achieve the advantage of generation difference, Quan Xu would definitely not export this kind of artillery, not to mention the Venetians, even the Tianxiong Army Quan Xu did not sell it.Helena sighed helplessly and temporarily gave up her plan to buy a breezed rifled naval gun.In fact, the 130 mm caliber front-loading smoothbore gun sold to her by Quan Xu is already very powerful, and a skilled gunner can easily do three rounds per minute, and the threat of sulfur shells to the wooden hull is also deadly.In Europe, it can be called the number one killer.The trade between Quanxu and Helena went extremely smoothly, and through the fifty-five armed merchant ships and seventeen third-class warships brought by Helena, the Venetian fleet of more than 70 ships transported a large amount of supplies.In the fourth month of Quan Xu's acquisition of Luzon, the Liaodong Council finally reached a consensus after many rounds of consultations and quarrels.Thirteen key members led by Li Xin, a rookie of the Industrial Party, arrived in Luzon, among which Li Xin served as the senator of the Luzon Parliament, and all the political departments of the Ming Dynasty had left and right senators, guarding each province, and was in charge of grain storage, tuntian, Qing army, post transmission, water conservancy and other matters.However, the senators in Liaodong have more power than the left and right senators of the political department, to be precise, it is like the position of a deputy speaker."
Meet Master Hou!"
Now, there are too many of Quan Xu's disciples, so many that he can't recognize them, Quan Xu is the first time to meet Li Xin, of course, from Xuan Yingwei's intelligence, Quan Xu has a new understanding of Li Xin, a rookie of the Industrial Party.Li Xin, a native of Qinglonggang, Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan, was raised in the year of the Apocalypse.The son of an official eunuch was born, and his father Li Jingbai Li Jingbai was the governor of Shandong and the title of secretary of the military department, and in the early years of Chongzhen, he was convicted of "befriending close servants, and secondary, three years in prison, and ransom for the people".In the third year of Chongzhen, Quan Xu went out of Liaodong, Li Jingbai didn't know who he had offended, and was sent to Liaodong in Tuntian, Haizhou.Li Xin followed Li Jingbai to Haizhou.Li Xin had good knowledge, and unlike ordinary Ming scholars who resisted Quan Xu's industrial ideas, he was very enthusiastic about the industrial party and the development of Liaodong, and soon became a rookie in the industrial party.