Confirming the position of the Shi family in this great era, Shi Fu handed over the military power to Zheng Chenggong as promised, leaving only a few ships and cronies to engage in maritime trade. Shi Fu's attitude made Zheng Chenggong's original dissatisfaction disappear, and he built

The affairs of the mansion were handed over to a close confidant, and Zheng Chenggong set off back to Chaozhou Prefecture to take charge. Even the Shi brothers also set off back to Zuo Xianfeng to suppress the army at the same time.

Before leaving, Shi Fu had a secret conversation with Shi Lang, commenting on Zheng Chenggong's generals. When Chen Kai was mentioned, Shi Lang gritted his teeth and was very hostile. However, Shi Fu didn't care about this, and instead focused more on Ke Chen.

On the body of the hub.

"Zhang Jin, Chen Hui and the others are all old acquaintances. I know very well how different they are, so there is no need to worry about it. As for the civil servant, I have met him several times in the past few days. He is indeed a difficult guy. But he After all, he is a civil servant. There is no need for you to fight with him. This will only make the country more dissatisfied with you. If you must fight with him, it is better to give other civil servants some hints and instigate them to fight with each other. It is worse than you Always end up with dignity in person."

Before Zheng Chenggong set off, the Ordnance Bureau's work of replicating the spirit gun produced the first batch of finished products. At the weapons testing ground outside the city, Chen Kai stroked the sound of the replica's gun and compared it with the spirit gun. They were exactly the same.

, even the scratches on the gunshots were copied.

In this regard, Chen Kai didn't know whether he should say that they strive for excellence or that they should say something else. Fortunately, these unnecessary things did not consume too much labor, so Chen Kai turned a blind eye.

"It's really the same. Try the cannon and see the effect."

After taking a closer look, Zheng Chenggong let out the same sigh as Chen Kai. The copy was successful, and it is said that the test firing effect was also good, but this is a replica of the spirit gun after all. Zheng Chenggong always has an extra thought, psychological prediction for the shooting accuracy.

The estimate is inevitably higher.

Zheng Chenggong gave the order, Chen Kai waved his hand, and the carefully selected artillery crew followed the order and began the work of loading and aiming.

Just like the test firing outside Jieyang County, the gunnery commander was playing with several measuring tools. The gun gauge, gun ruler and scale plate were all copied according to the Linggun package. The artificial precision was extremely high. As for the telescope,

, but they were bought from the navy for use, because Chen Kai's Ordnance Bureau does not have the ability to independently produce telescopes.

While the gunner was fiddling with these people eating, he directed the gunners to constantly adjust the direction and angle of the artillery. When the angle was determined, he saw a gunner carrying a cloth bag from the side, and when he pulled the thread, the bag

He opened a hole and poured the dark stuff inside into the cannon.

"Customized medicine pack?"

Watching the gunner loading the gunpowder without even measuring the gunpowder, and pouring the gunpowder in the cloth bag almost mindlessly, Zheng Chenggong was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and said this to Chen Kai.

The "question" that has been confirmed by him.

"It's definitely a medicine pack."

Chen Kai nodded. He was not too surprised that Zheng Chenggong knew this kind of thing. In the final analysis, there is nothing surprising. Just like the proportion of gunpowder ingredients and the technology of granulating gunpowder, the fixed charge

Bao had also been put into use in the Ming Dynasty. However, this invention, which greatly increased the rate of fire and had no technical content at all, disappeared in the smoke of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The copying of the spirit gun made Chen Kai determined to promote fixed-load medicine packs. In his opinion, it is better to spend more fabrics and speed up the shooting.

As for the military uniform orders of the two armies, it is also necessary to continue doing this when the cloth is already tight.

The gunpowder was filled, the cannonballs were put in, and the final preparations were completed. Just waiting for an order, the replicas of the three spiritual guns erupted in succession with deadly roars.

The distance of the hillock located two miles away was specially measured. The artillery shells whizzed past and hit the hillock one after another. Then through the observation telescope, Zheng Chenggong showed a satisfied expression without the need for an observer to report.

smile.

"No matter how difficult things are, once they are in Jingcheng's hands, they can always give me a satisfactory result."

From one spiritual gun to four in a few months, once Zheng Chenggong thought that this "artifact" could be copied in batches, he felt excited. Chen Kai didn't think it was a big deal.

Yes, industrialized production is ultimately based on quantity. The current gun casting industry is still based on handicraft methods, which cannot be compared in terms of speed, but manual labor is terrible in terms of accuracy. To copy a front-loading smoothbore cannon, even if

It is a 24-pound red barbarian cannon, which is actually not an impossible feat.

"The country's surname is over-reputed. I just assigned a task. It is all the work of the craftsmen in the cannon-making workshop, especially the old master. His craftsmanship is truly unparalleled."

"Jingcheng always says that I am too flattering, aren't you being too modest?" Zheng Chenggong smiled and held down Chen Kai's modesty, and then asked: "How fast is such a copy?"

Fortunately, the spirit gun was a copper cannon, and China's copper casting technology has always been developed, and its output and quality are worthy of recognition. Chen Kai quickly gave another answer that satisfied Zheng Chenggong. Then, taking advantage of Lao Zheng's temper

Excited, Chen Kai brought up the matter of custom-packing medicine packs.

"This matter is easy to handle. However, at this stage, it is still limited to those large-caliber Hongyi cannons. If each cannon has to be equipped with a customized powder package, one of them will consume too much cloth, which will also cause transportation and

Inconvenience of storage.”

In just a moment, Zheng Chenggong thought very carefully. But for Chen Kai, he was already satisfied, because he knew very well that no matter what kind of reform, if the step is too big, it will be broken, and it must be done step by step.

As for the benefits of customized medicine packs, anyone who has used them will understand that it is only a matter of time before they are fully promoted.

The first batch of Linggun replicas was successfully completed. The old master was indeed an old master. His life experience gave him a certain ability to predict the future. As the Linggun was determined to be able to be copied more perfectly, he expected

We have been involved in a new round of copying work, and it is continuous.

To put it bluntly, in the first half of his life, he could cast various types of artillery, with different levels of freshness, but in the second half of his life, Zheng Chenggong and Chen Kai had been limited to the Linggun model 24-pound Hongyi cannon.

, boring and boring.

Chen Kai planned to dilute the "tragedy" of this old master in the second half of his life with his silver. He also firmly believed that in front of Bai Yin, all of this would be nothing. However, what happened in
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