Zheng Haizhu's exposure to firearms in his previous life was limited to college military training and target shooting.
That time, she smoothly hit the bullet from her gun onto the target of her classmate next door, ending her only high-imitation sniper experience with a score of zero.
However, the crew she later worked with were all filming costume dramas. In the budget-burning rich crew, she learned some knowledge about the guns of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the same era.
Coupled with the half-hearted experience wholesaled from Yan Siqi's ship, Zheng Haizhu did not appear too novice in front of the old and young men of the Ming Dynasty who loved firearms.
However, she could accurately call "flintlock gun" from the perspective of future generations, but in the end it was only on paper, and she did not know how to improve the matchlock gun into a flintlock gun.
Lu Xiangsheng was very keen. After hearing this principle, his eyes immediately lit up: "If firing a flint is faster than igniting a hemp rope, wouldn't the pills be launched quickly?"
Zheng Haizhu nodded: "And at the same time, the number of cannon shots will be more, right? If the opponent is a cavalry, one cannon can kill more enemies. However, it is not easy to change the mechanism, and the compatibility of gunpowder is even more difficult. We Let’s make the combined machine gun and spindle cannon more attractive first, and also study the mechanism of the fusillade in detail. What does Xu Hanlin think?”
"That's exactly what it should be." Xu Guangqi said.
Just now, Zheng Haizhu pushed Zheng Zhilong and told Xu Guangqi about the rudimentary situation of the Frankie Gun Factory in Macau.
Xu Guangqi's surprise was expected by Zheng Haizhu. After all, in real history, a few years later, after the Ming army suffered two disastrous defeats in Saarhu and Hunhe, it was Xu Guangqi who overcame everyone's opinions and brought in the red barbarians. Cannons were sent to Yuan Chonghuan, and the Ming Empire had a "Ningyuan Victory".
What Zheng Haizhu is doing right now is to advance the progress and ask Xu Hanlin to let him know the beautiful scene of "cannons going up and blasting his mother".
"Master Ge, please come and have a chat."
Zheng Haizhu pulled Ge Hong and others out of the blacksmith shop and sincerely praised the skills of these Zhenjiang craftsmen to Xu Guangqi.
Since Ge Hong came to the school, he has always felt the care of his hostess Zheng Haizhu and the respect of Lu Xiangsheng, a scholar. His waist has gradually become stronger and his courage has become stronger.
At this time, Zheng Haizhu led him to a big boss like Xu Guangqi. After a moment of embarrassment, he explained one by one the technical difficulties such as whether the barrel needed inner iron and outer copper to prevent the barrel from exploding.
Xu Guangqi was so smart and wise. After listening for a while, he sighed softly and turned to Huang Zunsu and said: "Their method is not bad. However, this kind of cannon is much more complicated than the tiger crouching cannon made by Qi Shaobao in the past. You don't have to be an expert in casting iron and copper." It can be obtained. If we can find the Ming craftsmen who made Frankie's cannon from Haojing and study them carefully, we might be able to avoid many detours."
Huang Zunsu handed over his hand: "Xu Lao Gao thinks. However, if this happens, the place will have to be moved to a more open place, and the recruitment of people will require more than ten thousand taels of copper, iron, and gunpowder. The lower official thinks that this is for the Ming Dynasty." Firearms and money cannot be paid for by Songjiang Mansion, let alone Miss Zheng and the others."
Xu Guangqi pursed his lips and thought for a while, then said to Zheng Haizhu: "In another half month, will you be able to make a small section of the barrel with the outer copper and the inner iron closed?"
Zheng Haizhu said: "It's okay to go back to Mr. Xu."
"Well, I'll write a letter and ask Sun Yuanhua to come back and have a look. In addition, I'll stay in Songjiang for a while and introduce you to a more important person."
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The autumn weather is crisp and clear, and more and more tourists are boating on the Moon River.
Xu Dahua, the young minister of Taipu Temple, and his servant Xu Bao were also on one of the small fairy boats.
"People are crowded, boats are crowded, and there is a strong and greasy smell, which is very vulgar."
Xu Dahua complained to Xu Bao in a low voice in Shaoxing dialect, but the ship boss couldn't understand him anyway.
Xu Bao is a son of the Xu family. He has served young master Xu Dahua since he was a child. The young master studied hard for several years and finally passed the Jinshi examination and became a master. Xu Bao accompanied him all the way and drank some ink. He was not an ordinary illiterate boy. Si.
Seeing Xu Dahua roll his eyes, he hurriedly bowed and echoed: "My master is right, the water flowing in the meanders will last forever, and the hills will be covered with laurels every autumn. How can a rustic place like Shanghai be as elegant as our Orchid Pavilion?"
Xu Dahua made a "chi" sound from his nose, raised his chin, and squinted at the beautiful figure on the boat in front of him.
Xu Bao weighed his master's thoughts and said cautiously: "What kind of self-combing girl named Zheng did you do yesterday to make me angry?"
Xu Dahua waved his hand magnanimously: "How can I be angry with such a careless person? I just feel that since she comes out to do things in the public eye, why is her temper so discordant? It doesn't look like she wants to beg for help from the official."
Xu Bao nodded and said: "She is really ignorant. When she took the master to see one of their firearms workshops today, she took a boat there. How could she take another boat by herself? She should serve the master on the boat to make up for yesterday's mistake. .”
Xu Dahua smiled and said: "Forget it, she is not a singer in the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, and Xu Hanlin is not here today. She wants to come, because she is afraid of being alone in public, so it is taboo."
Xu Bao quickly flattered her: "That's because she is stupid. I have just been promoted to the official position of Taifu Temple. Even an old man like Xu Hanlin with his nostrils in the sky wants to compete with you. If this woman named Zheng is smarter, she should be eager to show off." Tell the world that she has friendship with Xu Siqing."
Half an hour later, the boat docked.
Zheng Haizhu jumped ashore first, then turned around with all his strength to greet Xu Dahua's master and servant on the boat behind him.
This newly promoted Taipusi Shaoqing from the capital was the person Xu Guangqi wanted her to get to know.
Taipu Temple, in the early Ming Dynasty, was an institution specifically responsible for horse administration.
Later, as the monetization of silver took shape, horse owners and local governments in various places began to pay silver to replace live horses.
For a time, silver coins piled up like mountains, and Taipu Temple had to set up a "Changying Treasury" to store silver.
The Chang Ying Treasury had more and more silver, and by the late Ming Dynasty, it had become a central-level financial appropriation agency like the Ministry of Revenue's warehouse. It could buy horses, military pay, rewards for generals and foreign envoys, and even the weddings of royal vassals. For funerals and weddings, money will be withdrawn from Changying's treasury.
Although Xu Guangqi was impeached in recent years for making friends with foreigners and supporting the spread of Catholicism, he was still well-informed during the period of unemployment in the capital and knew about the changes in officials in various monasteries.
That day, after seeing the firearms testing workshop run by Zheng Haizhu and Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Guangqi thought of Xu Dahua, the new little god of wealth.
"Miss Zheng, the official position of Shaoqing of Taipu Temple is now almost equal to that of Minister of Household Affairs. Xu Shaoqing and the old man are both from the south and have some contacts in Beijing. He gets along well with the internal officials sent to Taipu Temple by the Holy One.
Harmony."
Zheng Haizhu was originally very happy about Xu Guangqi's matchmaking and "confidence". In addition to supervising Lu Xiangsheng and the Ge family masters to forge iron and forge copper, Zheng Zhilong also asked Zheng Zhilong to prepare five hundred taels of silver notes as a meeting gift.
However, after Xu Guangqi came to visit Xu Dahua yesterday, Zheng Haizhu felt as sick as if he had eaten a fly.