The Soul of the Han Dynasty in the Late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 838 Explosion
Huang Han personally came to Chifengwei to sit in town. Due to the long-term garrison of the army and civilians, thousands of yurts of all sizes have been built on this prairie.

The engineering soldiers of the "Red Banner Army" may not be inferior to the Mongols in building yurts today, especially the extra-large yurts that can accommodate 500 people for meetings and studies. Most Mongolians simply do not have this ability.

Huang Han is not worried about the battle situation, but concerned about safety and the progress of prospecting, and whether he can complete the two-point-one-line fortress defense system before the ground freezes three feet this year.

If this line of defense is completed this year, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians will have to be organized to build a concrete road from Chifeng Guard to Ningyuan Port when the flowers bloom next year.

Not only to meet the needs of troop deployment, but also to improve the efficiency of transporting raw materials such as pig iron, iron ore, coal, etc., and save costs.

Zheng Guochang and Liu Zhilun had just left the capital for less than two days, and an urgent report of six hundred miles was sent to Huang Han.

Knowing that the court finally broke the ancestral system and canonized the king of the opposite sex, Huang Han was not excited at all, but felt that Daming was already weak.

There is nothing to be ashamed of being crowned king by the Ming Dynasty. In history, there have been too many princes in the Southern Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Chenggong, Li Dingguo, Li Chengdong, Sun Kewang, Liu Wenxiu, etc. are all princes, and there are several feudal princes.

Huang Han didn't go back to Shanhaiguan immediately to wait for the angel, but was going to invite Zheng Guochang and Liu Zhilun to Chifengwei to let them know that the "Red Banner Army" was not passive and had been actively deploying.

The two cabinet ministers Zheng and Liu came to Shanhaiguan and did not see Huang Han. From Huang Yizhou who received him, they learned that Huang Han led the army to cleanse and conquer the Mongolian tribes such as Karaqin, Khalkha, and Chahar. Into the grassland more than a thousand miles.

Their eyes lit up on the spot, and they immediately stated that they could not miss the opportunity to let General Zhenglu go back to Shanhaiguan in order to receive the order, and they would rush to the prairie to find Huang Han.

Huang Yizhou personally ordered a cavalry general to accompany his in-law Zheng Guochang on the road. The impatient Liu Zhilun had already been escorted by [-] armored servants led by Liu Quan and galloped away.

The quality of the official road from Shanhaiguan to Ningyuan is comparable to that of the main road from Jingshi to Tianjinwei. There are post stations along the way to provide food and horse feed.

Liu Zhilun's more than [-] people moved into Ningyuan City that afternoon, went on the road early in the morning the next day, and met Huang Han at Chifengwei, where construction was underway, in the evening.

After reuniting after a long absence, the two were very happy. They drank and chatted in an exquisite yurt built until the third watch, and they still couldn't get enough.

Liu Zhilun deliberately avoids the fact that the "Red Banner Army" system has become independent and the status quo of the Ming court, and only talks about the valuable experience of the "Red Banner Army" in recent years.

He didn't know that Huang Han should be riding a tiger. If he surrendered to the emperor, there would be no good results. Choosing to be tough to the end is actually the only way to go. He is loyal to the emperor and unwilling to entrap his friends, so he doesn't touch sensitive topics.

Enthusiastic Liu Zhilun also took out a blueprint, suggesting that the "Red Banner Army" mass-produce equipment as soon as possible according to the blueprint.

This is an improved version of the vehicle-mounted gun he designed last spring. Because of the speed of loading, it is compensated by the number. It is roughly equivalent to the original equipment with one gun, and now there are three on the car.

Daming's finances were tight, and it was almost at the end of its rope.

Liu Zhilun, the elder of the pavilion, personally supervised the Bingzhan Bureau and only produced a hundred new three-barreled vehicle-mounted guns to equip the Beijing camp.

Without him, because the high-quality steel produced by the "Red Flag Army" system can meet Liu Zhilun's requirements, the cost is too high, and the cost of a three-barreled vehicle-mounted gun is as high as 120 taels of silver.

Huang Han looked at Liu Zhilun's design and thought that the cost of such a vehicle-mounted gun had already reached the cost of a one-pound Fron cannon, and it only fired three large projectiles, which was too low in cost performance.

The barrel of the gun is as long as six feet. Such a musket-loading musket can't solve the big problem of being unable to reload quickly. The speed of the rear-loading Franco cannon with a direct replacement gun is five or six times slower.

There is really no need for the "Red Banner Army" to be equipped with such weapons.

But for the sake of Liu Zhilun's face, Huang Han planned to arrange to produce [-] guns. By the end of this year, he would use these [-] three-barrel vehicle-mounted guns as a gift to Emperor Chongzhen.

Huang Han learned that in order to develop new weapons, Liu Zhilun and Zheng Guochang often went to the military bureau, Anmin factory, and Xinchang factory to sweat.

In the last Ming Dynasty, the Wanggong factory explosion occurred. As we all know, there are actually many explosions, not only in the sixth year of Tianqi, but almost every year, but the size is different.

In the 11th year of Chongzhen, the new factory, Anmin Factory, and Andingmen Gunpowder Bureau had explosion accidents one after another. The destructive power was astonishing, and the arsenal of the Ming Dynasty was blown up. Thousands of military and civilian officials were killed and tens of thousands were injured.

Although Huang Han had reminded Zheng Guochang and Liu Zhilun to strengthen the management of gunpowder early on, the banner guards were always making unannounced visits to arrest spies and saboteurs.

But Huang Han really has no idea whether the major accidents recorded in history can be avoided.

Huang Han said with a serious face: "My lord, do you still remember the gunpowder disaster at Wang Gong Factory in the sixth year of Tianqi?"

Liu Zhilun is a native of Yibin, Sichuan. He was a Jinshi in the first year of Chongzhen. Of course, he was not in the capital in the sixth year of Tianqi, so he cannot be a person who experienced it.

He said: "Although I didn't personally experience the big explosion, I have seen the Wanggong factory after the explosion many times in the first year of Chongzhen.

The prince suddenly brought up this matter, perhaps because he was worried that similar accidents would happen again.As far as I know, after analysis by many parties, it may not have been an accident, but a natural disaster. "

Huang Han said: "Whether it is a man-made accident or a natural disaster, it is always because there is too much gunpowder stored in Wang Gong Factory.

Today, the gunpowder inventory of the new factory and Anmin factory may have reached a peak again, which directly leads to improper storage and insufficient management personnel.

In order to avoid catastrophic accidents from happening again, Benjue suggested that the adults quickly send people back to the capital to evacuate the gunpowder in stock.

If there is really no place for scattered storage, the 'Red Banner Army' can take care of it for you. If the Gunpowder Bureau has too much stock, you can buy it at a reasonable price, or you can replace the standard armor and self-generated guns of the 'Red Banner Army'.

The purpose is to prevent the existence of a huge gunpowder barrel in the capital. If it explodes, tens of thousands of houses will collapse and tens of thousands of military and civilian officials will be killed or injured. "

Of course Liu Zhilun was concerned about the safety of the soldiers and civilians in the capital, and his forehead was sweating after hearing Huang Han say so seriously.

He is a real power faction who served as Minister of the Ministry of War and Minister of the Ministry of War, and now he is a cabinet minister, and his words are useful. Since he often goes to the Xin Factory and Anmin Factory under the jurisdiction of the Military Bureau, he knows that there are indeed a lot of gunpowder stocks there.

If gunpowder can be exchanged for part of the weapons and sophisticated equipment of the "Red Banner Army", it would be great. If gunpowder can be sold to make a profit, it will also be able to support many craftsmen of the Gunpowder Bureau.

(End of this chapter)