Chapter 133: Making a cannon

Ma Cheng is funny. This playboy is self-aware. The chief assistant family has countless good teachers since childhood, but still cannot train a Jinshi. It can be seen that it is difficult to get a Jinshi. Suddenly, I thought that there was a Zhejiang merchant behind him, and I kept trying to get it again and again.

If you can pay 30,000 taels of silver, you can get a share of it. If you can join the Zhejiang businessman, it will be beneficial without any harm. Fang Shihong will take the silver notes casually, and the Chief Auxiliary's House will naturally not be greedy for only 30,000 taels of silver.

The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty had never been a clean official, and all those who had served as chief ministers were rich.

The two of them had a long talk all night until dawn before they went back to their rooms to rest. They were still reluctant to leave when they were in a similar mood.

Two days later, Fang Shihong and Wei Chao walked together to Shanxi, with more than 300 guards on both sides, so safety should not be a problem. Sailing Fang Shihong away, Yuan Yingtai promised the artillery craftsmen also arrived in Tieling, and a deserted place in Tieling Guard

The cannons were built on the spot in the fort, and it also brought the latest news from Liaoyang. The falcon cannon with a long cannon was pushed out as a sample cannon, with the gun ears and sights equipped on the falcon cannon.

The cannon craftsmen also opened their eyes.

The Macheng brothers discussed for a long time, and finally gritted their teeth and decided to build a bronze cannon, which was unthinkable. Although the bronze cannon is more bulky and not easy to explode, it is considered that the new cannon is used as a fixed cannon and has better performance.

The bronze cannon is the best choice. After squatting in the cannonmaking workshop for three days, Ma Cheng finally realized that the difficulty of casting cannons was beyond imagination. The iron cannon is easy to explode and cannot go far. The bronze cannon is too

It is heavy and expensive. Both types of cannons have fatal shortcomings that cannot be compensated. The cannon model requires skilled craftsmen to carve it by hand, and it is impossible to be anxious for a moment.

The good news is that this Western falcon cannon is quite advanced. This long-body barrel cannon has the prototype of a cannon. The range of this cannon that is loaded with new gunpowder is actually more than five miles away, and the weight of the launching shell is close to five kilograms.

The weight exceeds two thousand kilograms, and three kilograms of new gunpowder are required to launch each time.

During the cannon making, Ma Cheng took the opportunity to pelletize the launching medicine and set it up. This was the only way to do this. The cannon firing is still a difficult problem. However, most of the gunners in the Kaiyuan Army have learned to use gun rules. Summary

A set of approximate data on the dose and range of the drug can be produced, and at least one can skillfully adjust the elevation angle of the gun body and adjust the charge amount. The accuracy of fixed-point shooting is extremely amazing. Although only accurate fixed-point shooting has already made Ma Cheng ecstatic.

Field artillery is just a luxury, but its power is extremely amazing. This is the result of a combination of a Western falcon cannon and a semi-toned modern artillery. Within five miles, Kaiyuan gunner has a precise point.

The ability of artillery attack was undoubtedly extremely amazing in the Liaodong battlefield of this era. Even though Macheng suddenly had a whim, did the Ningjin defense line in later generations also master the precise strike ability of large-caliber artillery?

This is probably the case, otherwise Ning Jin's cannon would never have been able to kill the enemy chief among the army.

Half a month later, the first bronze cannon was built, which consumed Kaiyuan's almost ordinary copper material. Such a large loss made Ma Cheng's mouth twitch straight, so he had to melt the copper cannon with a smaller diameter and ask Jizhen for help.

, and even if you lose everything, you have to create some imitation falcon cannons for emergency response, melting a large number of small-caliber bronze cannons. Only after one month did the eight falcon cannons be built and placed on the cannon formations on both sides of the Tieling Guard. At this point, Ma Cheng knew how to maintain it.

It is difficult to reach the sky because of the difficulty of the army. There is no support from a powerful dynasty behind it. It is completely a dream to want to live in the world.

In January, the situation in Liaodong Town was stalemate, and Jianlu did not dare to attack Liaoyang easily, but was also scared by Macheng's back with a knife. He said that the army had just arrived in Liaoyang, and Macheng followed suit and cut off the retreat again. Maybe even the old village in Jianzhou was burned by fire, so Dajin had to move the capital. However, Jianlu did not bother to dislike this month. He was driving Ming slaves to demolish Fushun Pass and rebuilt the stones from Fushun City. He also changed Fushun's name, Xincheng.

The cavalry report said that Jianlu cavalry traveled back and forth between Laozhai and Fushun every day, and was determined to move the front south. At this point, the fertile land of Liaodong, north of Chenyang and east of Kaiyuan, all returned to the population, livestock and land. According to the report of the detective cavalry, the various Jiannu tribes are expanding wildly into the grasslands in the northern desert. Every day, Mongolians surrendered people enter and exit the old village of Jianzhou. Macheng pretends to be unaware of it, and if you have the ability, you will come to attack Kaiyuan's front line. Look at the newly surrendered Mongolians, Haixi people, and whether the Han army is willing to fight for the new master.

At this time, Macheng

In late autumn, the powerful men of Tieling could not stand it and went to Kaiyuan to ask for the meeting of Admiral Ma.

The currency rent completely destroyed the small peasant economy in Kaiyuan and Tieling, causing a large number of tenants to flock to Kaiyuan New City to do wool business and mountain goods business. Some even learned from the Mongolians to raise cattle and sheep, and the courageous young and strong tenants joined the business. The team, those who are timid will come to the mountains to collect ginseng in groups. However, no one is willing to go back to farm. When it comes to paying the autumn grain, you only need to take out broken silver and copper coins from your home to pay the rent, and everything will be fine.

The powerful and prominent family members faced a pile of scattered silver, and they wanted to cry without tears. They also had to buy grain everywhere to support the tribe. What's even more, a large number of good paddy fields were deserted and covered with weeds, so they were afraid that it would take less than a few years to get it. It's deserted. Ma Cheng was actually worried. Kaiyuan is now a kind of deformed prosperity. Under the prosperity, there is a huge crisis of barren fields and food shortage. The old attendees in the mountains are digging less and less. Mongolia's trade routes will sooner or later be threatened by Jianlu.

The old ginseng in the mountains was dug up, and the Mongolians recovered from the drought, and this abnormal prosperity was over. Macheng was actually betting against the powerful and powerful people. Macheng was betting on these wealthy families. However, if these prominent families still refuse to submit, they will have to use their swords. However, if Macheng wins the bet, the Li family in Tieling cannot hold on anymore. The Li family is also smart, so they naturally have brought it to the business road. The huge profits are salivating.

The first to submit was the second house of Li's family in Tieling. Li Chengcai's four children and grandchildren went to Kaiyuan Admiral's Mansion to ask for a visit. Malin kicked the four grandchildren of Li's second house back to Tieling, and the four finally found the right way. , , I asked the general general of the regiment, Ma Chengma, the gift list included twenty pairs of fish scale armor, hundreds of strong bows, hundreds of taels of gold, and thousands of taels of silver. There were still ten beautiful maids, and the big bags of gifts were filled with commanders. Treasury room.

Ma Cheng was overjoyed and did not hide his preference for the second house of Li, so he served in the commander's banquet, and all the deputy battalions and above were all generals. The second house of Li was flattered, and Ma Cheng was immediately appointed as the official during the banquet. The commander of the Tieling Guard, two thousand generals, and one general. Among them, the real general was the actual general, who had military power, and had two battalions of cavalry under his command, which was organized by one thousand people.
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