Deep in the majestic mountains of Dajun Mountain, a small stream rushes down, flanked by gentle upward gravel slopes. Because it is hidden deep in the mountains and there is no fertile farmland and pasture, it is inaccessible. This is also the main field test site of Junshan Technology.
Junshan Technology's main products, the Wooden Ox and the Flirty Artillery, have finally gone through repeated trials ranging from one year to several months, and are ready to be finalized today.
The first thing displayed in front of Zhao Ran was the wooden cow and flowing horse. The large one with wheels was named "wooden cow", and the small one with legs was named "flowing horse".
A wooden ox drove past along the stream. The cart basket was filled with stones, weighing about 10,000 kilograms. Zhao Ran visually estimated that it was about twenty miles in one hour, which is quite rare in such an uneven terrain. Zhuge Jiaguang
Introduction: "I tried it on the official road at night, and the speed was twice as fast as here. A soul-gathering talisman can last for twelve hours. The durability of the entire altar is continuous operation for forty-eight days. After forty-eight days, the worn parts need to be replaced.
After ninety days of continuous operation, the transmission needs to be repaired. We think it can be put into practical use."
Continuous operation means non-stop operation. In actual use, this situation is almost never encountered. Therefore, the durability of the entire altar is at least three months, which means that some worn parts need to be replaced after three months.
Accessories. The core transmission part should be able to last for more than half a year before maintenance, and it can indeed be put into practical use.
Zhao Ran asked: "How much does it cost to build a wooden ox?"
Zhuge Jiaguang replied: "So far, the total expenditure on test materials and personnel salaries is only more than 800 taels. This is mainly because the technology can be used directly, so this part of the research and development expenses can actually be ignored. The cost of a single unit is
The material cost is about thirty taels, and if you include labor hours, it is about forty-five taels. The agricultural machinery company wants to set the price at one hundred taels."
Zhao Ran nodded: "Absolutely."
Next on display is the flowing horse. This small vehicle has four legs, is similar to the shape of a horse, and can carry a load of 500 kilograms. The flowing horse also carries stones, climbs slopes, wades, and climbs over obstacles. It is quite dexterous. The Zhuge family
Guang introduced that a spirit-gathering talisman can keep this kind of vehicle running for three days, but the wear and tear is relatively large, especially the four legs, which need to be repaired about once a month. The cost of the flow horse is twenty-five taels, Zhuge Iaguang
I plan to set the price at fifty taels.
Next on display is the Fu Cannon. The cannons are divided into different sizes. The large cannon barrel is one foot long and the muzzle is four inches thick. The small cannon barrel is three feet long and the muzzle is two inches thick. Each has an iron gun mount and its total weight is different.
It's eight hundred catties and two hundred catties.
The two talisman cannons fired solid shells. The heavy cannon fired ten kilograms of shells with three fire talismans as primers, and had a range of up to two miles. The small cannon fired two kilograms of shells and one fire talisman, with a range of one mile.
Come on. The power of the solid cannonball is quite impressive, much stronger than the heavy crossbow, and its durability is also better, because the entire barrel is made of rune steel. According to Long Qing's experimental data, the lifespan of the barrel is 1,000 years.
Post the above!
Long Qin operated on the spot and each fired ten rounds. Zhao Ran expressed his satisfaction. Looking at the stone brick house guarded by a mid-level defensive magic weapon in the distance, it was easily destroyed by heavy artillery shells. Even if the master-level monks were fully defensive,
, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand a single shot.
As for the explosive bullets, in this world, they seem to be less powerful than the solid bullets.
You get what you pay for, not counting Junshan Technology's research and development and labor, but only the materials. The cost is quite high. Even now, the material cost of rune steel has dropped to one tael of silver per three kilograms, and the material cost of heavy artillery is still
When it reaches three hundred taels, one cannon shell is three taels. The material loss of the small cannon is eighty taels, one cannon shell is one tael, and the fire charm is consumed when firing.
After the heavy artillery and the small artillery were actually put into production, their respective costs were at least 600 taels and 200 taels respectively, which really proved the saying "a cannon fired, ten thousand taels of gold" from another angle.
Whether it was wooden oxen, flowing horses or talisman cannons, they all posed huge challenges to Ming Dynasty's steel production, and the existing production could no longer meet the demand.
With the influx of large amounts of minerals from the East China Sea, the cost of refining talismans and magic weapons has been further reduced. Now the spirit-gathering talisman has dropped from five taels of silver to three taels, which is very beneficial to the popularization of wooden cows and horses. The fire talisman has even dropped to three taels.
Silver laid a solid foundation for the large-scale use of fu artillery.
Zhao Ran was very satisfied with the Fu Cannon, but was a little dissatisfied with the Wooden Ox and Flow Horse. The wear cycle still did not meet Zhao Ran's expectations. Despite this, he decided to put it into production. Only through constant and extensive use can product updates and iterations form a virtuous cycle.
.He asked Junshan Technology to set up Junshan Military Industry, prepare to trial-produce one hundred fu cannons of each size, and then sell them to Qi Fu Pavilion.
At the same time, he placed the first batch of orders with Junshan Agricultural Machinery Company on the spot: 100 large wooden oxen and 500 small stray horses.
These wooden cows and stray horses were prepared by Zhao Ran for mining, and of course they could also be used as vehicles for talisman artillery.
In recent years, the amount of iron used in the Ming Dynasty has continued to rise rapidly. Zhao Ran does not have data on the entire Ming Dynasty, but the Taixuan Hall alone refines 900,000 kilograms of four kinds of special-effect rune steel every year, and 500 kilograms of ordinary steel.
Six hundred thousand kilograms, far exceeding the expected output that Zhao Ran discussed with Yang Cunxin when he went to Taixuan Pavilion five years ago. It is the main steel material supplier for Daomen Construction Corporation and Zongguan Qifu Pavilion.
In addition to the Taixuan Pavilion, several sects have also turned their attention to the steel Taixuan Pavilion in recent years. The annual income of the Taixuan Pavilion is 600,000 silver. Such a huge income is really "uneasy".
For example, Laojun Pavilion in Lulong Prefecture, North Zhili Province. Originally, there were many iron mines near Qian'an County in Lulong. There was also an iron-making workshop directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry. Laojun Pavilion has expanded in recent years.
Due to increased exploration efforts, a huge amount of iron ore buried underground was discovered near Luanzhou, and it has been involved in the steel refining industry since the year before last.
However, Laojun Hall does not have as sophisticated fire control skills as Taixuan Hall. It still mainly refines ordinary steel. Last year, its output reached one million catties, with a profit of more than 30,000 taels. I heard that Laojun Hall’s Elder Hall is working hard
To improve the fire control skills, on the one hand, we are entering the rune special steel industry, and on the other hand, we are purchasing a large alchemy furnace from Qifu Pavilion, and are preparing to continue to expand the production of ordinary steel.
Another example is Huayang Pavilion in Nanyang Prefecture, Henan. They also discovered a large amount of iron ore in the Funiu Mountains. They started refining it last year and mainly supplied it to Henan. Zhao Ran had read about it in other journals, as well as Fujian, Huguang and other places.
, there are reports of Guange exploring iron ore and starting refining, but he is not very clear about the specific output and capacity.
Zhao Ran also wants to join the booming steel refining industry because he has mines: Daping Tieshan and Liangzi Mountain in Lizhou, and Jiaoding Mountain in Jiading Prefecture! Although there are no proven reserves.
, but Zhao Ran took a look at it when he went to Lizhou to teach the Dharma last year, and roughly understood what the place was, and he made up his mind to exploit it at that time.
Nowadays, Lizhou Daomen and the government have begun to build houses and official roads at the foot of Daping Iron Mountain. This official road will connect to Shangqiongzhou in the north, and from Qiongzhou to the official road from Dufu to Longan Prefecture.
Thanks to Zhao Ran's efforts in Long'an, the official road from Qiongzhou to the capital and then to Long'an has been in shape for ten years. All Lizhou needs to do is to open up the road connecting Qiongzhou, which is 180 meters long.
Shili. The project is expected to be completed in the middle of the seventh year of Longqing. After completion, it will only take a whole day for Mu Niu to pull a cart of ore from Daping Mountain to Huayun Pavilion.
Zhao Ran also negotiated with the Huayun Pavilion, and the Huo Xin Cave monks from the Hua Yun Pavilion who are good at controlling fire will complete the refining of the steel. The Huo Xin Cave has eight fire eyes, and Zhao Ran plans to have Junshan Technology design and refine the steel.
Taixuan Pavilion's taller alchemy furnace is expected to produce two million kilograms of special rune steel and eight million kilograms of ordinary steel annually, provided that Huoxin Cave increases its efforts to recruit disciples. All of these steels will be recycled by Junshan Mining, which is equivalent to
For Junshan Mining's processing, the processing fees are one tael of silver for every ten kilograms and one tael of silver for every one hundred kilograms.
In addition, Zhao Ran also plans to refine ordinary steel locally in Lizhou. The monks at Yuansheng Hall in Lizhou are not good at controlling fire and do not have fire eyes, but they have coal mountains and there is no problem in refining ordinary steel.
, and they are very active. Zhao Ran is planning to ask Junshan Technology to provide them with twelve large blast furnaces, with an annual output of 10 million kilograms of ordinary steel and an annual processing income of one hundred thousand taels.
I heard that the monks of the Yuansheng Hall were gearing up and were all very excited. They had already sent two groups of monks to visit the Fire Heart Cave and the Taixuan Hall respectively.
After the 20-million-jin steel base in Long'an Prefecture in Lizhou begins to take shape, Zhao Ran will continue to discuss with interested surrounding gyms and sign processing agreements one by one to build a 100-million-jin steel base in western Sichuan.