please make me king

Chapter 384 Dilemma
When Zhang Shun received Chen Changzhu's letter, it was only a few days before Xiaonian. Zhang Shun was keenly aware of the business opportunity, and quickly ordered Lu Sanye to open the market quickly and sell grain.

It turned out that although Chen Changliang's siege had not made much progress, it still easily cut off the way out of Kangjiazhuang.In this way, although there is a mountain of grain in Kangjiazhuang, it cannot be transported and sold.By the way, Zhang wanted to take this opportunity to make a fortune.

It's just that although money is good, Zhang Shun can't be idle.Several women in the family finally got together, and naturally there was intrigue, yin and yang, and intrigues.

You make meatball soup today, and tomorrow I will make a lion head!You are pregnant today, so you can take care of your baby with peace of mind, it is inconvenient for your husband to disturb your purity at night!Today the head of the house bought you a piece of silk to make a jacket, but tomorrow you have to buy me five feet to make a shirt!Anyway, the noisy Zhang Shun has a big head.

Although Zhang Shun was quite interested in enjoying it, he was still worried that Chen Changzhu and his team's attack on Kangjiazhuang would not go well.

There are pros and cons to everything.Since there are not many access channels in Kangjiazhuang, it means that on the one hand, it is easy to be besieged, and on the other hand, it is not easy to be conquered; Getting it to the market for sale in time also means that Kangjiazhuang is not afraid of siege, and there will be no shortage of food for a while.

Zhang Shun had no choice but to ignore the end of the year, so he directly led [-] soldiers, dozens of cannons, [-] to [-] blacksmiths, and two to three thousand catties of iron materials recently collected by Dudu Zhang to Kangjiazhuang.

When Zhang Shun arrived at Kangjiazhuang, Kangjiazhuang had just been blown down by the rebels to the second watchtower.

These forts and watchtowers are built with the help of mountains, which are not only easy to defend but difficult to attack.It is made of stones in the mountains, and it is extremely strong. When the Hongyi cannon hits it, it only breaks a small piece of skin.

Zhang asked by the way: "Siege the city is the bottom, and attack the heart is the top. Did the long poles try to persuade them to surrender?"

Upon hearing the words, Chen Changbing quickly responded: "After the rebel army smashed the first watchtower, they shot into Zhang Shenyan's "Words on the Jinshan Mountain" and "Letter to the People of Kangjiazhuang to Persuade the Surrender". As a result, there was no response from the village. I sent soldiers Gao Huh, counting Kang Jinshan's crimes, claiming that 'if you can tie Kang Jinshan out, you will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver, and if you can kill Kang Jinshan's head, you will be rewarded with [-] taels of silver', but there is no answer!"

After Zhang Shun heard this, he knew that there was no way to find a coincidence, so he had to ask Zhang Dudu: "Now I have brought eight Hongyi cannons and five general cannons, can we take this village?"

Dudu Zhang shook his head when he heard the words, and said: "This village has been run by several generations, and it has long been solid and indestructible. The artillery brought by the general, except for the Hongyi cannon, is not usable."

"And this kind of red barbarian cannon was originally used to guard the guns, and it can barely attack the city in the field. It's just that it doesn't have enough firepower when it comes to such a fortified city. If you want to break the city, you have to cast heavy red barbarian cannons, load more gunpowder, and fire large bullets. ; or cast a flying giant blunderbuss, drop it from above with a giant bullet, and avoid the stone wall and fortified city!"

Zhang Shun pondered for a while and asked, "Nowadays, there are only three or four thousand catties of iron material. What kind of artillery should be cast?"

Zhang Dudu thought for a moment, shook his head and replied: "There is not enough iron material, and none of them are suitable for use. If you want to cast Hongyi cannon, you must have ten thousand catties of iron material!"

Hearing this, Zhang Shun couldn't help but feel a headache. Although Lu's has a lot of iron mines, but iron smelting is not as developed as Yangcheng. Even if he has enough iron materials in front of him, the chamber will explode due to uneven quality.

If you wait for someone to refine it from scratch, and there is really no time, what should you do?
At this time, Liu Gang, the blacksmith leader, suddenly said: "General, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not!"

When Zhang Shunzheng was at his wit's end, where was there any inappropriate reasoning?He quickly said: "But it's okay to say, if it is useful, there should be a reward!"

Liu Gang bowed after hearing the words, and then said: "I have seen all the cannons in the master's hands. Except for the 'golden cannon' which is worth a thousand gold, the rest are just cast iron and wrought iron."

"In my old opinion, although the shape of the two generals' cannons is not good enough, they are made of wrought iron, which is light in weight and has a lot of charges, so there is no risk of explosion. On the contrary, the cast iron Hongyi cannon is made of cast iron. It is extremely heavy, but it cannot withstand a large amount of charge.”

"I have been smelting this stubborn iron since I was a child. Since ancient times, wrought iron takes a lot of labor and saves materials, and casting iron takes a lot of money and saves effort. Why doesn't the general use wrought iron to forge this Hongyi cannon? It will be beneficial to attack the city."

Zhang Shun was taken aback when he heard the words, most of the fragmentary materials he obtained in his previous life were forging cannons, he had never heard of forging cannons, could this Hongyi cannon also be forged?

Zhang Shun hurriedly asked Dudu Zhang for advice on this matter.This governor has been making firearms for the Jiliao frontier army for many years. He knows the advantages and disadvantages of them. Hearing this, he quickly explained: "I am a Chinese who is good at smelting iron. Since ancient times, there has been no two methods of forging and casting."

"When Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty founded the country, firearms first flourished. He cast copper and iron to benefit his weapons. A hundred years later, firearms gradually prospered. However, copper was expensive and iron was brittle. So wrought iron was used as cannons, and frontier troops were always on hand."

"Among them, the tiger crouching cannon used by Qi Nantang, the generals, second generals, and third generals used by the frontier army, and the Franji from the West were all forged by this method. Until recent years, Western cannons were reintroduced to China, mostly made of copper and paste Casting it, I will follow this strategy, and even cast the Hongyi cannon."

"Nowadays, it may not be impossible to forge this cannon. It's just that since ancient times, it has only been heard that forging is light and trot, but it has never been heard of forging the red barbarian cannon that is heavy and heavy. , Human power is beyond the reach, so it is difficult to do this.”

Zhang Shun smacked his lips when he heard the words, and understood what was going on.It turns out that the quality of the forged wrought iron cannon is indeed better than that of cast iron, but the wrought iron takes a lot of time and manpower is limited, so it is impossible to forge large pieces of wrought iron.

This matter will be difficult. Now that the year is approaching, if the village cannot be captured in time, it will not be enough to deter other coveted people.

But if you want to attack this village quickly, you either need to gather a large amount of iron materials in time, or you need craftsmen to work slowly to forge wrought iron cannons.But no matter which way, it still needs enough time, but what I am most short of is time.

So and so, Zhang Shun thought over and over for a day or two, but couldn't figure it out.They had no choice but to lead Wukong and Lin Jinyi out of the camp to relax for a while.

After walking slowly for a while, Zhang Shun walked to a river bank, intending to make up his mind and persevere to the end, even if the Chinese New Year is outside Kangjiazhuang, he will build this fort.

At this moment, Zhang Shun suddenly heard a creaking sound.He looked up, only to see a wooden house in front of him, and beside the house stood a huge wooden instrument, which was composed of wooden components such as water wheels and coupling shafts.

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