Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 237 Work Arrangement (Part [-])
How to make a budget is another big article, so Gao Yushi continued to push it back as a matter of course. The reason is also very simple: this matter is not in a hurry, because right now he doesn't even know whether he should tell Gao about his next plan. Kunihiko.

After all, although the two of them are cousins, they really had no contact before. According to the high-practical habit, for those who cannot be fully trusted, you must adhere to the principle of "talking about three points when meeting people, but not throwing all your heart away". At least have to observe for a period of time before deciding.

Will the entire Chinese civilization sink into a sea of ​​misery in decades? To say the least, it is almost all on his shoulders. The burden is so heavy that he can't hide things in his heart?

Next, Gao Yushi began to assign work tasks to Gao Yu.But Gao Yu's affairs are easy to handle. He originally planned to let Gao Yu directly be Gao Mo's assistant at the earliest time, but after he went to Kaiping, he had other thoughts and planned to arrange for him to go to Qi Jiguang's side for "advanced training" "a bit.

It happened that Gao Yu was originally a confidant of Gao Jie, Gao Yushi's uncle, and had studied for several years. want".

Of course, since Gao Yu has no official status, his nominal task is to supervise the training of Gao Jiading.As for Qi Jiguang, I believe that with this secret meeting in Kaiping, it is impossible for him to refuse.

Although Gao Yu was a little surprised by this, he didn't reject it. After all, Qi Jiguang was very famous. In Gao Yu's opinion, it was a good thing he couldn't ask for to be able to figure out how to train and use troops under his command.The only doubt is that although Qi Jiguang used to fight with elite soldiers, he didn't lead many "big troops", but no matter how "elite soldiers" were, there were often thousands of people, and the targets he attacked often exceeded tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands.But I'm just a servant, seeing what the young master means, I don't intend to let myself join the army, but I want to stay by my side, so... is it really necessary to learn this method of using soldiers?

But Gao Yushi is the master, he is a servant, since Gao Yushi asked him to go, he can still do it, thinking to himself: Anyway, he is learning to lead soldiers, and it is not a problem to lead more soldiers, so why not lead less?go.

Gao Yi was followed by Gao Yi, who was originally from a fleeing military family. Because of his family's outstanding firearms manufacturing skills, he was taken under Gao Jie's command, and he was good at making all kinds of thunderbolt fireballs.

The so-called thunderbolt fireball is an iron cast spherical shell, with gunpowder and various ignition devices hidden in it, so that it will explode when it is pressed, pulled, or ignited, and the power is huge.The blueprints that Gao Yushi provided to Qi Jiguang before contained such things, and he called them grenades according to the habits of later generations.

However, although Gao Pragmatic can provide manufacturing ideas, his hands-on ability is not worth mentioning. According to Gao Mo, this Gao Yi is extremely skilled in making firearms, especially for this type of "grenade". He is particularly good at it—their family was always good at it back then, and he is even more unique here. If it weren't for something happened to his family back then, he wouldn't have escaped and wandered in the rivers and lakes, and was "picked up" by Gao Jie in the end.

For Gao Yi, Gao pragmatically explained more things.

First of all, Gao Wushi gave Qi Jiguang a copy of the set of manuscripts and picture albums directly, and said that he would notify Sanshen Garden to allocate a place outside the garden for Gao Yi alone, and build a new yard as a his workplace.

Next, he is required to manufacture a few samples of all the products according to the records in the manuscript and picture album. At the same time, in order to cooperate with his production, he will get the materials he needs for him, and the required approval documents will also be obtained at the same time— ——The law of the Ming Dynasty clearly stipulates that knives, guns, swords, halberds, bows, and crossbows are not included in the prohibition and manufacture. The prohibited items are armor, flags, cards, and blunderbuss.

Armor is armor, flags and cards are tools for commanding troops in battle, and blunderbuss is a general term, which is actually a firearm.So even in Gao Yushi's capacity, it is a crime to make firearms casually at home. He has to find a valid reason-it was difficult before, because it was impossible for Gao Gong to come forward, but now it is easy to handle. Jingzhong Xungui has now become a preliminary ally of interests, and he directly asks Cheng Guogong for an official document. In the name of Shenjiying, he asks Gao Pragmatic to "cooperate in the production of new firearms" and the job is over.

The reason of "co-production of new firearms" is good enough, because Daming originally "imported" many firearms from foreign countries, and then explored the principles, imitated and improved them. Artisan households participated, and occasionally even civil servants who were interested in firearms joined in. Although Gao Yushi had no fame, he was considered a civil servant with a clean background. The amount is not large, feel free to experiment.If the production volume is too large...then find a new reason, or obtain the approval of the court.But that's for later, don't worry about it now.

Gao Yushi asked Gao Yi what other firearms he knew. Gao Yu's answer was rather modest, saying only that "I have dabbled in all of them, and I dare not talk about my skills."Gao Yushi became interested, so he deliberately asked him if he could make guns and cannons.

Gao Yi replied: "As for the bird gun, it can be made, but it needs the cooperation of a skilled blacksmith; as for the gun, it depends on what kind of gun the young master is talking about. If it is a tiger squatting gun or a whirlwind gun, as long as there are materials And craftsmen, small ones can start making them right now, but for exterminating captives, attacking army cannons, even generals’ cannons, Weiyuan cannons, etc., they still need the cooperation of special people, and the young ones can’t make them.”

Many people are familiar with the tiger crouching gun, it is the artillery equipped by the Qi family army.In order to facilitate shooting, this kind of gun is placed in a fixed posture, much like a tiger squatting, hence the name.Tiger crouching guns are not very powerful and have a short range, but because of their light weight, they are easier to maneuver and are suitable for mountain warfare. Similar to today's mortars, they are mainly curved-fire artillery, and the whirlwind gun is similar, all of which are light artillery.

The latter ones can be regarded as medium-sized or even heavy-duty artillery, such as the General Cannon, which was mainly evolved from the small magic machine gun in the early Ming Dynasty. The real General Cannon is still preserved in later generations, with a caliber of about 100 mm and an outer diameter of about 1.4 mm. , about 20 meters in length.Judging from the numbers of those general cannons, at least 110 general cannons were manufactured from May to October in the 200th year of Wanli. It can be seen that the military factory's artillery production capacity was relatively strong at that time.The heavy General Cannon weighs a thousand catties and is transported on a cart. It is called the Dashen Gun Roller, which increases mobility and flexibility, and it is scary to see it.There is also Ye Gongshen's blunderbuss cannon, which weighs more than [-] catties.

The Weiyuan cannon is mainly made of general cannons to reduce weight, which improves mobility. The small one weighs 100 catties, and the large one weighs two hundred catties. It can be used in field battles and can also be used to attack dangerous places. It is a multi-purpose large artillery.

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