Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 458 Expensive
I don't know how powerful the artillery is and how to use it.Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai looked at it for a while, asked a few questions, and then had nothing to say.Look around, it's kind of boring here.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Gunpowder has been used in the military for a long time. It's just that gunpowder used to be flammable, and it was mostly used to make rockets. The most commonly used ones are poison smoke balls, caltrop fireballs and artillery. Most of them are It is fired with stone cannons, or it is used to injure the enemy with fire, or to use smoke. The formula is [-] to [-] kinds of medicines, which is very complicated. The current artillery uses only three raw materials for gunpowder. One is sulfur, the other is flame nitrate, and charcoal. They After more than two years of trial production here, I found that except for these three raw materials, the others are basically useless."

Wang Ruohai said: "The prescriptions for gunpowder in the army have been used for a long time, and they are actually useful. Can't you say they are useless?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course the previous usages are useful. But what we use now is gunpowder that can explode, which is different from the previous usage. The formula of gunpowder was produced after many trials. It is the highest-level secret in our army, and few people know it."

Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai nodded, understanding what Wang Xiaolie meant.

The raw materials are difficult to hide, and the recipe becomes a secret.Now in Wang Xiaolie's army, apart from Wang Xiaolie and Song Yan, there are also a few technicians who specialize in making gunpowder.Even Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai don't know about it now.

Wang Xiaolie remembered the ratio of gunpowder.In the experiment, it was found that this is not the case.In retrospect, probably it wasn't the mass ratio of gunpowder.After many trials, I found the ratio that really works.After thinking about it carefully, I understand the coefficient ratio of the chemical reaction formula.

The gunpowder made by using this ratio is enough as the propellant of the artillery.Of course, the truly precise ratio is still slightly different from this ratio.Researchers have been doing experiments, and the finished gunpowder produced is slightly different from this data.

The use of gunpowder is different, and the proportion will also be different.Some require more nitrate, some require more sulfur, each is different.For Wang Xiaolie, everything is just beginning, and many problems need to be solved in practice.

Go back to the yard and sit down.Wang Xiaolie said: "With artillery, the way of war is different from before. The organization and establishment of the army, the composition of personnel, and the way of commanding operations are all very different from before. I plan to spend a year , use the Chinese army to carry out the reorganization after the artillery is organized in the army. It is very important for the two of you to pay attention to this matter."

Li Yanxian said: "The Chinese army has 3 to [-] people, isn't that too much?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Indeed. However, the number of people is small, and many things will not be effective. As you saw just now, there are three types of artillery, large, medium, and small. Among them, the cannon and the cannon are similar in type, and they all use three horses. However, the middle cannon is slightly smaller than the cannon. The reason for this is that the cannon is not only bigger, but also has a lot of mobility. In actual combat, the cannon can only be assigned to the first pole of the division. If it is assigned to the regiment level, it will It greatly affects the mobility of the army. The small cannon is not only much smaller, but also the barrel is much shorter. The use of small cannons is different from that of cannons and medium cannons. Under normal circumstances, cannons and medium cannons are mainly direct fire , small cannons mostly shoot in curved directions. Moreover, the barrel is short and uses less gunpowder, and the range is far from that of cannons and medium cannons. In actual combat, it is a close combat weapon. When the enemy is close, use small cannons to fire Shotgun shells are extremely lethal. Therefore, the small artillery is attached to the battalion and used in the army formation."

Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai nodded, understanding Wang Xiaolie's arrangement.

The use of artillery not only added a sharp weapon to the battlefield, but also greatly changed the form of warfare.How to deploy artillery on the front line, how to cooperate with infantry and cavalry, and how to command is a system.This system is smooth, and the ecology of the entire battlefield has also changed.

Not to mention, the artillery has to transport not only artillery, but also gunpowder and shells, which increases the logistical requirements.In order for artillery to truly integrate into the warfare system, the changes will be very large.

Wang Xiaolie said: "However, all the Chinese army will not be able to participate in the drill for a while. The production of artillery is not easy, the price is high, and we will not be able to complete it in a short time. My idea is to prepare the artillery directly under the Chinese army, including artillery. Then The first regiment below, equipped with other artillery. Just use the first regiment and the troops directly under the Chinese army to do this. The other troops will wait."

Wang Ruohai said: "I think the cannons are all made of copper. Although the small cannons are made of iron, I'm afraid the wages are not cheap."

Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Nowadays, small iron cannons are expensive, and they are indeed not cheap. I asked them to calculate in detail, and a cannon, not counting mules and horses, costs about 700 yuan. A medium cannon , It costs about [-] guns. And a small cannon costs more than [-] guns. Do the math, how many guns can we make with the money in our hands?"

After hearing the price, Li Yanxian and Wang Ruohai couldn't help opening their mouths, and they didn't speak for a long time.

"If one hundred cannons are to be built, it will cost 20 yuan. This—this—" Wang Ruohai couldn't keep his mouth shut.

Li Yanxian said: "In the past two years, the Town Fusi has built a lot of industries, so it must have made a lot of money, right? I often hear people say that, among other things, there are restaurants and inns in every state and county. Don’t you want to earn more than 100 million guan?”

After hearing this, Wang Xiaolie looked at Li Yanxian and suddenly laughed.

It was inexplicable to be laughed at by Wang Xiaolie.Li Yanxian asked: "Why is Zhenfu laughing? Am I wrong?"

Wang Ruohai sighed: "It's not just wrong. It's outrageously wrong! Dutong, you're in charge of military affairs, and you're not familiar with them. I'll tell you the math. Most of those hotels and inns were built within two years. It started. Especially in the past year, all states and counties have been built. The construction of these hotels and inns requires capital. Up to now, the Zhenfu Division has not recorded a penny, and all of them have been used as capital. This is not counted, Because too much has been built in the past year, not only no income, but also a lot of debt."

"Capital?" Li Yanxian murmured.It was only then that I remembered that the Zhenfu Division was really in business, and of course it cost money.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course it requires capital. These are all properties of the Zhenfu Division. Without capital, where does the industry come from? Not only restaurants and inns, but the Zhenfu Division has built many properties in the past two or three years. Except A few items, such as supply and marketing cooperatives, have already made stable profits, and most of the rest have to continue to spend money. Earning 100 million guan? Dutong, now I have to spend 100 million guan every year!"

Li Yanxian was startled: "Such a waste of money. Where does the money come from?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course it was borrowed. Everyone knows that taxes are not heavy under the rule, so where can you get the money if you don't borrow it?"

Li Yanxian said: "Borrow? Zhenfu ruled the lower ten states. Where can there be such a rich man? Where can I borrow?"

Wang Xiaolie said: "Of course there is no such rich rich man in the world. The money was borrowed from the people of the world. We printed the bills ourselves, and the printed bills were counted as debts before they came into my hands. As many Xiangyang members as there are, I owe as much to the people as I have.”

Li Yanxian nodded, and finally understood a little bit.

Wang Xiaolie said: "Whether it's the imperial court or the local officials, they all think that printing Huizi is a business with no profit. Only when the people recognize it can it be circulated throughout the world. Once the people don’t recognize it, it becomes a void contract. How can we get the people to recognize it? This is our responsibility. So I said, this money is borrowed from the people in the world .”

The Song Dynasty was not ignorant of the depreciation and other social problems caused by the excessive issuance of currency.The people's [-] security deposit was found out when the Emperor Daojun was in power.Corresponding to this, there is also a corresponding "skill of lifting".However, most of the local officials who issued Huizi and Jiaozi did not have a sense of the overall situation.Basically, as much as the imperial court allows to be issued, then as much as it is printed.There are too many prints, and I really can't spend them, so I will buy things at a discount from the beginning.Besides, apart from Wang Xiaolie, there is no fixed denomination for Huizi and Jiaozi in other places, which is much easier.

According to the customs of the Song Dynasty, iron money was called Jiaozi, such as in the Sichuan and Shu areas.Copper coins are called Huizi, such as Wang Xiaolie.

The credit currency issued by the regime must be very careful.Unless you have to, don't spam.If there are not many, the impact will be eliminated later at a high price.Most people understand this truth, but very few can do it.Some have no sense of responsibility and don't care at all, and some want to manage but have no corresponding means.

(End of this chapter)