Chapter 254 The first firearm developed and manufactured by Jia Yun
The next day, March 29th.
In the morning, Emperor Tianzhi called Jia Yun into the palace and once again gave instructions about Chang'an Camp. The appearance of the Qing Dynasty made Emperor Tianzhi pay more attention to Chang'an Camp.
After meeting Emperor Tianzhi, Jia Yun suddenly met Jia Yucun when she walked out of the Meridian Gate.
Jia Yucun stepped forward and said flatteringly: "I have met the prince!"
Jia Yun forced a smile and asked, "Why did Mr. Jia come to the palace this time?"
Jia Yun and Jia Yucun have met several times. Although Jia Yun clearly knows that Jia Yucun is a sinister villain, she still smiles at each other every time they meet.
Jia Yucun said: "The emperor summoned me for something, but I don't know what it is."
Jia Yun didn't ask again.
In fact, Jia Yun has already guessed the answer.
According to the original work, it was probably at this time that because the prince had to work hard to protect his capital, Jia Yucun, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, was arranged to move to Beijing to fill the vacancy in the capital.
Jia Yun thought about it, and this matter should not have changed. Jia Yucun was summoned by Emperor Tianzhi this time, probably to fill the gap in the capital.
Ever since Jia Yucun hooked up with Wang Ziteng through Jia Zheng, Jia Yucun has continued to please Wang Ziteng and has been highly regarded by Wang Ziteng.
And Wang Ziteng has now gained the respect of Emperor Tianzhi, and is a first-class military attache, so he has the ability to promote Jia Yucun.
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March 30th.
Jia Yun left Shenjing City and headed to Chang'an camp.
Two hundred craftsmen and five hundred officers and soldiers from the guard camp also went to Chang'an Firearms Factory at the same time, along with two civil servants who were good at accounting.
Chang'an Firearms Factory was originally owned by Chang'anying, who injected funds every month to obtain a certain quota of firearms.
This time, the Chang'an Firearms Factory has increased its manufacturing scale, and the monthly firearms allocated to Chang'anying will follow the previous quota. Chang'anying's monthly injection of funds will remain unchanged, and the imperial court will inject capital, which requires civil servants who are good at finance to follow.
Jia Yun rode ahead and arrived at Chang'an Firearms Factory in the evening.
The next day, craftsmen, officers and soldiers, and civilian officials also arrived.
Jia Yun immediately asked the officers and soldiers of the Guard Battalion to guard the Chang'an Firearms Factory. The original one hundred officers and soldiers of the Chang'an Firearms Factory were transferred to guard the perimeter of the firearms factory. Jia Yun thought that the Yun family's spies should be among these officers and soldiers.
Chang'an Firearms Factory originally had hundreds of craftsmen, but now there are 200 more craftsmen, which means there are 300 craftsmen.
Jia Yun decisively dismissed the original craftsman and appointed a new one.
A craftsman is a civil official in charge of craftsmen. The craftsman in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the eighth grade, the craftsman in the royal palace is the eighth grade, and the craftsman in the Ministry of Industry is the ninth grade.
During the Ming Dynasty, the social status of craftsmen was very low, equivalent to slaves. Craftsmen were at the bottom of society. They were not allowed to change careers for generations, and could not get rid of their craft status through imperial examinations and other methods. Craftsmen's work was voluntary labor, and they could only receive a certain amount of money.
Moon grain and straight rice...
By the Qing Dynasty, the social status of craftsmen had improved, but it was still at a low level. Naturally, the grade of the civil servants who managed craftsmen would not be high.
Jia Yun's Prince Wujun's palace had four craftsmen, all of whom were from the eighth rank.
Chang'an Firearms Factory originally had only one craftsman, who only graduated from the ninth grade.
This time Jia Yun dismissed the original craftsman and appointed a new one named Xin Yong.
Xin Yong has a great background!
In the previous life of the Qing Dynasty, there was a firearms inventor with great achievements named Dai Zi. This man was versatile and was especially good at developing and manufacturing firearms.
Under the influence of his father, Dai Cang, Dai Zi became obsessed with machine manufacturing when he was young, and later developed several firearms, including the famous Zimu Cannon.
It is even said that Dai Zi has developed a rifle that can fire twenty-eight rounds continuously, which is equivalent to an upgraded version of a flintlock gun. Dai Zi had a dream in which someone scolded him. If the rifle were made public to the world, he would be
His descendants had no living descendants, so Dai Zi "hid the gun at home".
This is just a legend. In Jia Yun's opinion, this legend should not be true. According to Jia Yun's understanding of the continuous gun, there are serious problems and it is difficult to apply it in actual combat.
Because of Dai Zi's uprightness, he was framed and exiled for many years, and finally died in poverty.
To Jia Yun's surprise, there is also a firearms inventor named Dai Zi in this world of Red Mansions. His life experience is roughly similar to that of Dai Zi in his previous life. He also invented several types of firearms, including the Zimu Cannon. He was also framed and exiled for many years.
, and finally died in poverty.
Xin Yong is Dai Zi's apprentice. Xin Yong is sixty years old this year and has extraordinary achievements in firearms.
Since Dai Zi was exiled many years ago, Xin Yong was also affected. Although he was not exiled at the same time, he was dismissed from his official position. It was not until later that Tang Anping became the Wing Commander of the Foreign Firearms Battalion and recruited Xin Yong to work as a craftsman in the Foreign Firearms Factory.
This time Emperor Tianzhi asked Tang Anping to transfer 200 craftsmen from foreign firearms factories to Jia Yun, and some of them needed to be elite. Jia Yun also specifically told Tang Anping that she hoped to transfer a craftsman with high level of firearms skills, so
Tang Anping transferred Xin Yong to Jia Yun.
This is also a way for Tang Anping to please Jia Yun. After all, his eldest son Tang Daqian has always followed Jia Yun.
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April 2nd, morning.
Jia Yun came to Chang'an Firearms Factory, called Xin Yong into her "office", and said straight to the point: "Master Xin, I have a task for you."
Xin Yong said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please speak."
Jia Yun said: "Now there are three hundred craftsmen in Chang'an Firearms Factory, one hundred of which are original. You arrange for these one hundred craftsmen to be mainly responsible for manufacturing commonly used shotguns and artillery."
"The other two hundred craftsmen are all transferred from foreign firearms factories. You arrange for one hundred of them to be mainly responsible for manufacturing the mother-and-son gun!"
The Zimu Cannon was invented by Dai Zi. This cannon is only two feet and one inch long and weighs only more than three hundred kilograms. It is easy to carry but very powerful.
The shells of the mother-child cannon are like melons. Each shell weighs more than 20 kilograms. The shells are filled with "bullets" and have a range of three miles. When fired, the child is in the mother's womb. The mother sends the child out. It falls from the sky and breaks into pieces. It can
It causes coverage and damage to the enemy, and can also control the range by adjusting the launch angle.
It can be said that the Zimu Cannon is the most powerful weapon in Qing Dynasty's firearms.
In the past, Chang'an Firearms Factory did not have the ability to manufacture mother-and-child cannons, but now it does, because Xin Yong is here!
Jia Yun continued: "There are still one hundred craftsmen left, who will be mainly responsible for making trip thunder in the future!"
Xin Yong was surprised: "Thunder?"
Jia Yun immediately took out a stack of R&D drawings: "You will understand after reading it."
Xin Yong took the R&D drawings and looked at them carefully...
This stack of research and development drawings were all written and drawn by Jia Yun himself, and the firearm developed was the Trip Thunder.
Trip thunder, this will be the first firearm developed and manufactured by Jia Yun after time travel!
As early as the Ming Dynasty, China had manufactured landmines and used them in warfare. However, by the Qing Dynasty, firearms such as landmines were not taken seriously.
This time Jia Yun developed a kind of trip mine. The so-called trip mine is to connect the mine ring with a line. The line is about ten millimeters above the ground. Once the enemy trips on the line, the mine will explode.
The trip mine developed by Jia Yun is advanced compared to this era. It is not only cheap to manufacture, but also has great explosive power.
After carefully reading the development drawings, Xin Yong couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your Majesty, who developed this tripping thunder? It's really exquisite."
Jia Yun said: "I have long been interested in firearms. This tripping thunder was developed by me based on the experience of my predecessors. Do you think it can be made? Will it be useful?"
Xin Yong was surprised: "Your Majesty is a great talent. In my opinion, this kind of trip mine should be made, and once it is made and put into the army, the combat power of the army will be greatly improved."
Jia Yun nodded.
For him, the current trip mine is just a small test.
Originally, he planned to develop a bayonet flintlock gun this time. However, the bayonet flintlock gun is really powerful, and he plans to seize the throne in the future, and may even compete for hegemony in the future. Therefore, the bayonet flintlock gun is still a secret.
Weapons should be developed later when the time comes.
Not to mention simple machine guns, simple rocket launchers and other modern individual equipment...
In this era, the dangers of developing and manufacturing firearms are not small.
Jia Yun would not put herself in danger. This time she just wrote and drew the research and development drawings of the tripping mine. The manufacturing and testing aspects were handed over to Xin Yong. If there were any problems in the process, she could always give him feedback and he would provide guidance.
This will generally be the case when Jia Yun develops and manufactures other firearms or modern individual equipment in the future.
At this time, Jia Yun suddenly took out fifty taels of gold and said to Xin Yong: "The fifty taels of gold here are awarded to you by this king."
"I attach great importance to firearms. I hope you will be loyal to me and work hard at Chang'an Firearms Factory in the future. As long as you do these two things, I will reward you heavily in the future. Not only will there be financial rewards, but you will also be promoted.
If the firearms you make achieve great military exploits, I may even suggest to my father that you be knighted!"
Xin Yong's material life is not very good. For him, fifty taels of gold is a big reward. It can improve his family's material life, and more importantly, he can be promoted to a noble title!
Due to the influence of his master Dai Zi, although Xin Yong was recruited by Tang Anping to work as a craftsman in Chang'an Firearms Factory for many years, it was difficult to get promoted, let alone be knighted.
Now with Jia Yun's words, Xin Yong was suddenly excited and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Thank you so much for your appreciation, I will do my best to be loyal to you!"
"Get up!" Jia Yun said, and then warned: "There is no need to keep the secret of making the cannon, but the making of the tripping thunder must be kept secret for the time being. Except for you and me and the one hundred craftsmen who participated in the production, it is not allowed to be leaked!"
Xin Yong nodded without asking why.
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The time has come to April 21st.
These days, Chang'an Firearms Factory has produced multiple cannons and trip mines.
During this period, the Yun family came to the Chang'an Firearms Factory several times, either by Yun Guang himself or by sending Yunshan and others. The Yun family already knew that the Chang'an Firearms Factory had manufactured the mother-and-child cannon, but they did not know about the manufacturing of trip mines.
During this period, the Yun family did not resist the decree, nor did they prevent Jia Yun from continuing to manage the Chang'an Firearms Factory.
However, in Jia Yun's view, this does not mean that the Yun family has no rebellious intentions, or that the Yun family does not dare to act rashly, or that someone leaked secrets in advance, letting the Yun family know that Emperor Tianzhi and he wanted to deal with the Yun family...
The latter possibility is very small, because there are only a handful of people who know this secret, only the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Tianzhi, Jia Yun, Di Changping and a few others.
Jia Yun did not think Di Changping would betray him. Di Changping was a close confidant of Emperor Tianzhi, and once Jia Yun successfully captured Chang'an Camp, Di Changping would be promoted to the second rank of deputy general.
Today is April 21st, and it’s Jia Yun’s day for Xiu Mu again. Jia Yun gave up on Xiu Mu this time. At this critical moment, he didn’t want to cause chaos in the Chang’an Firearms Factory because Xiu Mu returned to Shenjing City.
Three days later, on April 24, Cao Wu and Tang Daqian returned to Chang'an Camp from Shandong.
The two were sent by Yunguang to Shandong to deal with the Tiandi Gang. As a result, the officers and soldiers of the Chang'an Battalion only killed and captured dozens of Tiandi Gang rebels in Shandong. News came out that the mysterious chief rudder of the Tiandi Gang had moved down from the south of Shandong.
Jiangsu and Zhejiang are planning to plunder, and then a large number of rebels will be gathered in Fujian to rebel...
So Emperor Tianzhi ordered the officers and soldiers of the Chang'an Camp to be withdrawn, and the matter of dealing with the Tiandi Gang was handed over to Jiangnan Admiral Qin Houxiang and others.
That night, Jia Yun, Cao Wu, and Tang Daqian discussed secretly how to deal with the Yun family.
On April 25, Jia Yun deliberately told Yun Guang that he would conduct a test of a combination cannon outside the Chang'an Firearms Factory tomorrow. By this time, the Chang'an Firearms Factory had already manufactured two combination cannons.
On April 26, Yun Guang couldn't help but come to the Chang'an Firearms Factory in person. Wei An, Tang Yin, and Yun Shan also came, and together they witnessed the testing of the two double and double cannons.
The test was successful. They were not surprised because the Chang'an camp had already been equipped with dual-part cannons, but they were all itchy because these two dual-part cannons were manufactured by Chang'an Firearms Factory!
That night, Yun Guang, Wei An, Tang Yin, and Yun Shan discussed together in Yun Mansion. After the discussion, Yun Guang decided to take action against Jia Yun!
Nowadays, the imperial court no longer has the strict restrictions on Chang'an Firearms Factory that it had in the past. Chang'an Firearms Factory's R&D and manufacturing capabilities have been greatly enhanced, and it can even manufacture dual-core cannons.
In this case, the rebellious Yun Guang could secretly obtain more firearms through false reports if he re-managed the Chang'an Firearms Factory, especially cannons.
Moreover, the firearms manufactured by Chang'an Firearms Factory were all delivered to Chang'an Camp in time. It was not easy for Jia Yun to quietly transport an artillery or even a shotgun. There were several officers and soldiers in the firearms factory who were Yun Guang's spies. Outside the firearms factory
There are also 200 officers and soldiers guarding it.
Now, except for some of the firearms manufactured by Chang'an Firearms Factory, which are handed over to Chang'an Camp, the rest are under the control of Jia Yun. Several of Yunguang's spies have also been transferred to the outskirts of the firearms factory by Jia Yun. Jia Yun also has 500 people from
The emperor's personal soldiers guarding the military camp...
This gave Yunguang a deep sense of crisis, fearing that Jia Yun would suddenly use firearms to assassinate him.
So, Yun Guang finally couldn't help but take action against Jia Yun!
On the evening of April 27th, Yun Guang invited Jia Yun to a banquet. At the banquet, he proposed: "Your Majesty, after careful consideration, I feel that letting you manage the small Chang'an Firearms Factory is an understatement. Your Majesty is not only extremely noble but also powerful."
Because, I want to transfer the prince to Chang'an Xie."
The Chang'an Association has 30,000 officers and soldiers, and is managed by Yun Guang himself. Yunguang plans to ask Jia Yun to go to Chang'an Association to be his deputy, under his strict supervision, and at the same time recapture the Chang'an Firearms Factory.
Jia Yun was deliberately surprised and said: "Sir Yun is really willing to transfer me to Chang'an Xie? To be honest with Mr. Yun, I have long been eager to go to Chang'an Xie."
Yun Guang said with a smile: "This is all my fault. I arranged for the prince to manage the Chang'an Firearms Factory because firearms are very important. But after careful consideration recently, I feel that this arrangement is still unfair to the prince. Only if the prince comes to Chang'an Association can I
Show off your skills."
Jia Yun smiled and said: "In that case, thank you for your consideration, Lord Yun. Tomorrow morning Lord Yun will come to Chang'an Firearms Factory to handle the takeover. I wonder if I can go on duty at Chang'an Association tomorrow afternoon?"
Yun Guang smiled and said, "Okay."
Jia Yun raised her wine glass: "Thank you so much, Mr. Yun."
Yun Guang also raised his glass, clinked it with Jia Yun and drank it down.
At this moment, Yun Guang was ridiculing Jia Yun in his heart: After all, he is a young man. He was so stupid that he handed the Chang'an Firearms Factory back to me so easily!
Jia Yun was also taunting Yun Guang in her heart: You idiot looking for death, your death will be tomorrow!