Cutting 1719

Chapter 44 Thunder Cannon

Ning Yu sighed in his heart, this thunder hunchback is really amazing, unexpectedly under his guidance, he solved such a big problem without a teacher.

The original iron mold casting method proposed by Ning Yu improved the original casting method. It can be said that the casting technology of Manqin in the 16th century was advanced to the 17th century, which greatly improved the speed of casting. There is no qualitative change in terms of quality, and the mother and child cannons given to Ning Zhongyuan Green Camp can only fill [-]% of the original standard gunpowder, and cannot further increase the power.

However, today's Lei Tuozi has gone a step further on the original iron mold casting method, advancing the casting method from the 17th century to the 18th century, which not only increased the speed of casting cannons, but also made a leap in quality.

Today's Lei's cannon is only one-third the weight of Napoleon, but its performance is not much worse. It is much stronger than the mother-and-child cannons and mountain-splitting cannons used by the green camp today.

Ning Yu said with emotion: "Master Lei, I promised that if the cannon is cast, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver, but now your achievements have greatly exceeded my imagination, so the boy decided to increase the reward to 3000 taels of silver." two."

These words made Lei Tuozi gasp. No matter how proud he was of his craft, he always understood his identity as a cannon-making craftsman. In this era, he can be called It's inferior.

Now that Ning Yu rewarded him so generously, Lei Tuozi was a little moved. Although 3000 taels of silver was a huge sum of money, this respect made Lei Tuozi even more heartbroken.

Lei Tuozi immediately knelt down and bowed down, "Young Master, but you have an order, and the hunchback should follow it."

"For the 3000 taels of silver, the hunchback will only take a hundred taels for his descendants, and the 1000 taels will be distributed to his apprentices. They are very hardworking. They have been working day and night these days, so we can't make them suffer."

Speaking of this, Lei Tuozi firmly said: "The remaining 900 taels, Tuozi will invest in the expansion workshop to cast more cannons for you."

Ning Yu was a little surprised. Nowadays, everyone is only looking for money. It is really rare for someone who doesn't love money to appear suddenly.

According to Lei Tuozi's plan, after April next year, this cannon workshop will be able to produce eight cannons and five hundred flintlock guns in a month. Maintaining this speed is basically at its limit. If you want to continue to expand the scale , the required manpower and materials will be raised to a higher level.

Ning Yu is satisfied with this promise, at least so far, the growth of personnel is actually not keeping up with the growth rate of military equipment.It will not be too late to expand after the manpower is more sufficient in the future.

On the 58th of the twelfth lunar month in the 29th year of Kangxi, Ning Yu finished everything at hand and returned to the old house of Xiaogan.

Xiaogan County can be called the stronghold of the Ning family. Tens of thousands of people live under the big tree of the Ning family. At this time, the Ning family was in its heyday. The Grand Ceremony of the Ancestors was therefore extremely lively, but at this time the Ning family did not let down their vigilance, and arranged the entire Xiaogan County as if it were a golden soup, and ordinary outsiders could not enter at all.

The heads of the Zheng family and the Cheng family have also arrived, and some families in the Huguang area have also sent representatives. This is the so-called powerful gentry.

Cheng Yuanzhi was originally a high-ranking official of the Imperial Household Department. He seemed to be confused on weekdays, but his heart was not small. During this period of time, Huitong Bank has developed very rapidly under his guidance. So far, it has absorbed a full 300 million taels In addition to the Yunmeng Salt Mine, the total stock bank has also made selective investments in industries of various ethnic groups.

The old man took care of all the relationships and connections among them. Although the Ning family also has a deep network in Huguang, they are not as good as Cheng Yuanzhi and other old foxes. Therefore, Ning Zhongjing is also quite admirable. The old man followed suit.

As for the Zheng family, who used to be powerful and powerful landlords in Huguang, their connections also extend in all directions. With their concerted efforts, the Huitong Bank has begun to spread in Huguang and has made a lot of profits.

When the two met Ning Yu, they were also quite affectionate. Although they had heard about the incident at Peach Blossom Mountain years ago, they had never seen it with their own eyes. It was inevitable that they would feel that it was a bit exaggerated. The impression of Ning Yu was still that of a very capable genius Enter juniors.

Cheng Yuanzhi smiled and said: "When I saw Yu'er earlier, I felt that Yu'er was extraordinary. Not only did he manage well, but he also got his father's true biography. He can be called a unicorn among my descendants."

These words caused quite a stir, after all, Ning Yu was the only junior who could make Mr. Cheng praise him so much.Many new small and medium-sized families also began to pay attention to this unicorn of the Ning family, and began to make new assessments of the strength of the Ning family.

Zheng Xian's attitude was a bit conservative. Although he also encouraged Ning Yu, Ning Yu could clearly feel the other party's inner worries. After all, a son of a local tyrant was able to bring the "family" into trouble for the Taohuashan people. The bandits are wiped out, no matter how you look at it, it is not normal.

Ning Yu didn't care too much. For him, being able to convince most of the people in the Ning family has already accomplished the mission goal. As for the other families, no matter how close they are, they can only be used as Olympic aid, but they cannot be used as help. Reliance, only the Ning family, is his real basis.

The guests gathered together happily, and the atmosphere was very enthusiastic among cups and cups.The Ning brothers were also all smiles, toasting and socializing everywhere, but for them, the real highlight had not yet begun.

Ning Yu knew that the main event was the Huguang Chamber of Commerce.

In these years, the imperial court is very sensitive to any non-governmental organizations, but it is only open to the chamber of commerce. The hat was worn on the head, which also made the Qing court always treat Shanxi merchants with grace.

For a long time, the Qing government’s control over chambers of commerce was not so similar. The top ten merchant gangs such as Anhui merchants and Zhejiang merchants in later generations developed in this environment. For merchants at that time, the most reliable relationship It is a commercial organization developed with the local love as the link.

As for the Ning family, it seems to be developing and growing at present, but in fact there are many hidden dangers. The Huaibei Salt Gang is watching outside, and the governor is watching inside. Therefore, the development of the Huguang Chamber of Commerce has become inevitable.

With the strength of the Ning family, Cheng family, and Zheng family, plus some small and medium-sized families, it is barely possible to set up this stall, not to mention the salt mine and Huitong Bank, which will give the chamber of commerce a bright future. .

Ning Yu is also looking forward to such a chamber of commerce, because it also indicates that it is not impossible for the power of capital to come to the stage independently. As long as this seed is well protected, it will bring imagination in the future. less than income.

The 58th year of Kangxi is coming to an end, and Ning Yu is looking forward to the upcoming 59th year of Kangxi.

(End of this chapter)