Ginseng Yangrong Pills?
Tao Chengdao, Liu Ju and others looked at each other in confusion.
The symptom of far-fire gunpowder is that it is not powerful enough, but taking ginseng cannot solve the problem. Besides, adding ginseng to gunpowder will bring down the court?
When Lou Zhenyang saw his teacher Tao Chengdao winking, he stood up and asked, "Gu Zhenfu, can Ginseng Yangrong Pills really solve the gunpowder problem?"
Gu Zhengchen nodded solemnly, flicked the copper coin, and said in a deep voice: "The solution to the gunpowder problem is not Ginseng Yangrong Pills, but pills. It is possible to make pills from herbs, so why can't we make pills from gunpowder into tiny particles? In this way, no matter how bumpy the gunpowder transportation is, there will be no stratification of nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal."
"Pills, granules?"
Tao Chengdao was stunned, and Chen Youcai, Cui Yu and others also opened their mouths.
Medicines are made into granular pills, and gunpowder is also medicine. Why can't it be made into granules? Once it becomes particles, the gunpowder composition ratio will not be changed no matter how bumpy it is. Wouldn't the gunpowder problem that troubles sergeants be solved?
Cui Yu lowered her head in shame, gritted her teeth, stood up, and knelt down to Gu Zhengchen in front of everyone: "It was my ignorance and abruptness that offended Gu Zhenfu."
Gu Zhengchen stepped forward with a smile and helped Cui Yu up: "Every one of you is a craftsman among craftsmen. It is a good thing to have some tempers and arrogance. Do you think this method is feasible?"
Cui Yu nodded heavily: "Making gunpowder into granules will definitely solve many problems. Although it is not clear yet how to make it into granules, if you have a direction, you will always succeed."
Gu Zhengchen smiled with satisfaction, looked at Tao Cheng and said: "Granular gunpowder will be the biggest task of the Primer Fire Department. You are good at gunpowder. In addition to promoting the preparation of granular gunpowder, you also need to find the best gunpowder ratio. How to balance the dosage of nitrate, sulfur and charcoal? It is necessary to adjust the dosage of each and test its power. The dosage of gunpowder materials needs to be precise. Only when the optimal ratio is reached, the power of the firearm can be Really shine.”
Tao Chengdao handed over his hand: "I thought Gu Zhenfu was a layman, but I didn't expect he had such insight. We are willing to follow Gu Zhenfu's instructions and do our best to overcome these two difficulties."
Zhou Dinghai, Lou Zhenyang and others looked at Gu Zhengchen with admiration in their eyes.
The ratio of gunpowder needs to be optimized, and the ratio left by predecessors is not the strongest. If gunpowder is layered, use granules instead.
These creative ideas have never been thought of before.
Based on these words alone, one can conclude that Gu Zhengchen is a master in the field of gunpowder!
Tao Chengdao now somewhat believes that the young man in front of him can create a real way to fly to the sky, and let himself go to the sky to see if there are any gods who can fly in the clouds and mist!
Although Gu Zhengchen knew the method of preparing granular gunpowder and the best ratio of gunpowder, he did not come up with it directly. Instead, he guided the craftsmen to explore, experiment and create by themselves.
What I need is not just a team of craftsmen to perform boring tasks, but also a team of creative craftsmen!
In the future, firearms will need to be iteratively updated from generation to generation and constantly strengthened. The broad but unprofessional knowledge that Gu Zhengchen possesses can only provide directions for the craftsmen, but it is impossible to provide them with specific details and techniques.
In order for Daming firearms to develop and grow, firearms craftsmen must lack the spirit of innovation and cannot be rigid and repeat recipes that have been used for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Training talents is more important than directly producing results.
What's more, Gu Zhengchen had plenty of time, and Daming also had plenty of time, so they were not in a hurry.
Gu Zhengchen determined the two major tasks of the Primer Fire Department, and asked the Smelting Director Zhonghua Xiaoshun and others. Hua Xiaoshun directly stated the smelting problems. The blast furnace was not high enough, the materials were not enough, the temperature was not enough, and the melting was not sufficient. The smelted iron and steel were prone to rust. Low service life.
Gu Zhengchen was not good at smelting. Fortunately, his ancestors left behind valuable wealth in this area. The steel filling method had been popularized as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties. Although there were few records of this technology before the Song Dynasty, the Song people left it It has been introduced in precious classics such as "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Tiangong Kaiwu", and the smelting craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty are also skilled in this art.
On the other hand, the Manufacturing Department has many problems. Shen Ming'er said frankly: "After internal discussions in the Manufacturing Department, it was unanimously agreed that the biggest problems of the Manufacturing Department are slow manufacturing speed, few manufacturing categories, many problems with explosive chambers, insufficient range, and insufficient damage. …”
Gu Zhengchen asked: "How many categories of firearms does the Manufacturing Department plan to manufacture?"
Shen Ming'er said without hesitation: "Twenty-seven categories."
"How many?"
Gu Zhengchen was a little stunned.
Shen Ming'er looked at Gu Zhengchen's face and said cautiously: "Gu Zhenfu, the twenty-seven categories are missing. The manufacturing department is currently looking through the firearms classics of the Song Dynasty and trying to add more than ten categories."
Gu Zhengchen squinted at Shen Ming'er: "What categories are there?"
Shen Ming'er quickly introduced: "In terms of fire blunderbuss, there are hand-held copper blunderbuss, hand-held iron blunderbuss, bowl-mouth blunderbuss, horse-cutting blunderbuss, divine blunderbuss, and blunderbuss and arrows... As for divine machine guns, there are Xin cannons, Xiangyang cannons, The big general cannon, the second general cannon, the third general cannon, the bronze cannon, the whirlwind bronze cannon, the cannon inside the cannon, the cup mouth cannon, the bowl mouth cannon..."
Gu Zhengchen was worried. There was no unified standard for large and small cannons, as well as second and third general cannons. The same was true for fire blunderbuss. They were not very powerful, but there were many types.
"Okay, from today on, the Manufacturing Department only controls a type of fire cannons that are suitable for infantry use and can kill enemies at a long distance. All other fire cannons have been cancelled. As for the divine machine cannon, two divine machine cannons have been redesigned. One category requires It is a divine machine gun that can be carried by a single soldier or at most by two soldiers. The first type is lighter in weight, but it still needs to ensure a long range. The firecrackers and divine machine cannons are developed in three categories, and all other types are cut off."
Gu Zhengchen stood up and looked at everyone seriously: "Our Yuanhuo Bureau has a limited number of craftsmen, unlike the Baoyuan Bureau which has many craftsmen. We must concentrate our efforts and disperse research for the future. Remember, the ones who threaten the Ming Dynasty The enemy is the cavalry on the grassland, and the mission of our Far Fire Bureau is to create sharp weapons for the infantry to fight the cavalry head-on. These sharp weapons must be brought to the grassland!"
Shen Ming'er, Xu Azhu and others felt the heavy responsibility.
What Gu Zhengchen said is right. The number of craftsmen in the Yuanhuo Bureau is very limited. There are only about fifty gunpowder craftsmen and casting craftsmen. With such a small number of manpower, it is impossible to achieve breakthroughs if they are allocated to multiple types of research.
Simply give up part of it, concentrate your efforts, and specialize in three categories.
On this day, the Far Fire Bureau determined the direction of development and clarified their respective tasks. Unnecessary miscellaneous things were moved out and disposed of, freeing up space for research.
Tao Chengdao assigned tasks based on the craftsman's expertise and took charge of optimizing the gunpowder ratio himself. This was a boring and precise job that required a lot of experiments and calculations.
Chen Youcai and others tried every means to realize the production of granular gunpowder.
The Manufacturing Department began to think about what kind of firecrackers the sergeants should use, and went deep into the military camp and directly asked the sergeants who had used firearms, and finally decided on the pure iron long-barreled firecracker.
The reason is simple. The sergeant hopes that after the fire blunderbuss is used, it can be used as a stick to knock several cavalrymen to death.
As for the divine machine cannon, it is not that there are none that can be carried by individual soldiers. Then, Xincan can be carried by individual soldiers. It is just a thick tube. Bowl-mouth cannons and cup-mouth cannons can also be carried by individuals. But the problem is how to balance the power and Weight, range, durability…
Gu Zhengchen ran to Jurong Guard for several days. When he arrived at Jurong Guard, he stayed at the Far Fire Bureau. He discussed with Liu Ju and others to determine the safety regulations, set up inspection systems, entry and exit systems, confidentiality systems, etc., and readjusted them. The Far Fire Bureau's defense set up two guardrails outside the cave, both guarded by sergeants.
The Yuanhuo Bureau gradually got on the right track. In addition to military orders, the Jurong Guards listed alcoholism, gambling, bullying military wives, private fights, etc. as prohibitions. Anyone who violated any of them would be severely punished without mercy.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was not a stingy person towards the army. In the twelfth lunar month of last year, he paid directly to the Jinling sergeants twice. Now that the Yangtze Estuary has won a great victory in Nansha, the Jiangyin Guards and the Jurong Guards have made meritorious service in killing the pirates, so they will naturally be rewarded.
Because of his military merit, Gu Zhengchen was promoted to command the Jurong Guards, which was an official rank of the fourth rank.
Although among the generals of the Ming army, there were many young military generals holding important positions, such as Mu Ying, Lan Yu, etc., there were still very few who ranked fourth rank at such a young age like Gu Zhengchen.
Due to his military merits, Zhao Hailou went one step further and became the governor of Jurong Guard, which made Wang Liang envious and jealous. Damn it, when he went out for a trip, he was actually one level higher than himself.
Qin Song has performed well, knows the nature of water, has made great achievements in planning, and has killed most of the pirates. He has been promoted from a hundred households to a thousand households. Dou Qiao has been promoted to the deputy of a thousand households. Among the sergeants, some have been promoted from ordinary soldiers to small flags, general flags, and general flags. Among hundreds of households, some people only received rewards and were not promoted. Gu Zhengchen didn't know the situation of Jiangyin Guards, but with Wang Hu there, anyone's military exploits were indispensable.
Gu Zhengchen's life has finally become a little more leisurely. Although there are occasionally a few cases and disputes in Jurong County, cases involving human life are rare after all, and most of the disputes are coordinated by the elderly and the district chief.
As time enters March, people’s homes are even busier.
March is also known as the month of silkworms. mulberry picking and sericulture are a common activity in almost every household. The two major weaving and tailoring yards in Jurong have lost 80% of their workforce. If it were not for the participation of military women, I am afraid they would have stopped operating.
Military women are relatively idle because there are many construction tasks in Jurong this year and the amount of land reclamation is not enough. Many military women are unable to allocate land. They can forget about spring plowing and can only wait until late rice is planted later.
The hard work of the people is indescribable. In addition to collecting mulberry and raising silkworms, they also need to prepare seedlings and prepare for rice transplanting later.
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When Gu Zhengchen raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil, but this year's spring rain came in early spring, and there were not a few drops of rain in February.
March is even more difficult.
Although some small rivers in Jurong have not stopped flowing, they have already seen the bottom. Even the water level of the Jurong River is four feet lower than in March last year.
