The First Corrupt Official of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 364 Lord Ye’s national artifact, Ming’s anti-ship missile, wind tunnel test and trigger-type divine machine arrow!

Early the next morning,

After Ye Qing had breakfast, accompanied by Shen Waner and Wu Yong, he took a carriage and headed towards Ninghai County.

Finally, just before noon, the group of them arrived at Ningxiang Bay between Ninghai County and Xiangshan County.

Ningbo City, the prefecture where Ye Qing is located, is in Jiangbei County. If you want to go to the east of Ninghai County where the bay is located, you must pass through Haishu County and then Fenghua County.

From the border between Fenghua County and Ninghai County, from the north of Ninghai County to the east of Ninghai County, it spans almost three counties.

It can be said that in order to arrive at noon, they didn't get much rest on the way.

They followed the bay all the way north, and finally came to the end of the bay, and saw the [Donghai Mining Development Group] located in Ninghai County and Xiangshan County!

The magistrates from both places have been waiting at the door for a long time.

"Your Majesty, I'd like to pay my respects to the magistrate."

After the two of them bowed respectfully, Wu Yong opened the door and let Ye Qing get out of the car first.

After Ye Qing got off the carriage, he and Shen Waner stepped out of the carriage one by one.

Ye Qing looked at the two county magistrates and said, "Who asked you to come?"

"I'm just here to take a look. There's no need to do this. Go back and take care of the mess you're doing."

The two magistrates only felt that the horse was slapped on the leg. They wanted to say something more, but they were glared back by Ye Qing.

He watched the two magistrates leave in despair, and then he sighed and said: "This kind of trend is unacceptable. If you and I are like this, won't the people below follow suit?"

“If we have this time, we might as well focus on developing the place.”

"You two are the counties with the most cultivated land in our province, and your Xiangshan County is also the place with the best fishery in our province. You have to spend time studying its own characteristics."

"As the saying goes, you have to rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, and you have to rely on the water to eat the water. You have to understand how to eat!"

The two of them hurriedly bowed and said, "I will be taught by you. I will go back now."

Ye Qing just waved, and Shen Wan'er took out a stack of Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes and gave each person a large banknote with a denomination of 'hundred Guan'.

Ye Qing smiled and said: "It's rare for you to have this kind of thought, but I hope you will use this thought for your parents and daughters-in-law."

"Don't take it to drink the flower wine. After I finish my work, I will know whether you picked up the flower wine and drank it, or whether you loved your wife and honored me!"

The two hurriedly bowed again: "Don't dare!"

"Thank you, Mr. Ye, for your kindness. I will resign."

Shen Wan'er looked at this scene and lowered her head and smiled slightly.

It is not difficult to see that Mr. Ye in her heart corrects the atmosphere in a timely manner while also showing kindness and power.

Not only that, if he can teach his subordinates like this, he is naturally a filial person. When he marries his wife in the future, he will definitely be someone who knows how to love his wife.

She doesn't ask Mr. Ye to be like Mr. Guo, who loves his wife to the point of being afraid. She just wants to have some status in his heart.

"What are you giggling about?"

Shen Wan'er just blinked and saw Wu Yong staring at her and smiling evilly.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Yong smiled evilly and said: "I guess Miss Shen is thinking..."

After he finished speaking halfway, he hesitated and looked at Mr. Ye who was walking inside.

Ye Qing just rolled his eyes at the two of them and said, "Either follow, or stay here."

Naturally, the two of them quickly followed, one walking on Ye Qing's left and the other on his right.

They walked straight along this wide avenue. After a while, they saw the factories on both sides of the avenue.

The factories on the land side are completely dwarfed by the factories near the sea.

But if you want the 'National Weapon' to show its true power, factories of all sizes are indispensable!

They first headed towards the small factory on the land side, and then walked straight into the first factory called the [Shipboard Cannon Production Workshop].

"Master Ye, why are you here in person?"

When the supervisor of this factory saw Ye Qing coming, he also put down his teacup and hurriedly stepped forward.

At the same time, he also asked the craftsmen at each station to put down what they were doing and come and salute Ye Qing.

Ye Qing quickly stopped him and said: "It's all your business, just pretend I don't exist, I'm just here to take a look."

Ye Qing waved to his supervisor to join him, and then asked: "How many ship-borne cannons have been produced?"

The supervisor cupped his hands and said, "In response to Mr. Ye, we have produced one hundred and sixty ship-based cannons according to the drawings you provided, which is still sixty short of the two hundred and twenty ship-based cannons mentioned in the production plan. "

Ye Qing looked at the craftsmen who were hammering and the production machinery that was already running at full capacity, and he just frowned and started to make calculations.

"I only give you three months. You must complete production, debugging, and acceptance, and then deliver it to the large factory opposite."

"During this period, the food standards for craftsmen will be appropriately improved and their wages can be doubled."

The supervisor immediately frowned and said, "Sir, three months is too little, isn't it?"

"There is no problem after production, but we still need to debug and accept it, so the time is somewhat tight!"

"Isn't it still more than half a year before the time we agreed with the Japanese country and the Northern and Southern Dynasties?"

Ye Qing patted his shoulder and said, "I've given you more than half a year. You don't need to install the large factory building opposite, and you don't need to let the navy adapt to training?"

"Old Wang, you can't just think about yourself. What we produce is an important tool for the country. Every process and every piece of equipment is interconnected."

After the supervisor nodded, he also bowed immediately: "Okay, Mr. Ye has come in person and has already said this. What else can I say?"

As he spoke, he shouted at the top of his lungs: "Everyone, please work harder. From now on, we will have meat for lunch and dinner, and our wages will be doubled!"

"But if anyone fails to complete the task, I will fall out."

The craftsmen didn't answer. The sound of knocking in the factory became louder and faster, which was Ye Qing's best answer.

After Ye Qing left the [Shipboard Cannon Production Workshop], he went to the [Adjustable Elevation Tiger Crouching Cannon Production Workshop], [Navy Cloth Rivet Armor Production Workshop], [Firegun Production Workshop], and [Crossbow Production Workshop] 】【Knife production workshop】.

Finally, he came to the largest ['Fire Dragon Water' production workshop] among this row of small factories!

The supervisor here is not so free. He not only keeps an eye on every process, but also presides over a very important task.

That's the 'wind tunnel experiment'!

The Ming Dynasty had no electricity, but it could use firepower to provide wind power. As long as a place for wind tunnel experiments was built, wind tunnel experiments could be conducted.

After Ye Qing walked into the workshop, he already gestured to everyone to treat him as if he didn't exist and to do their own thing.

He led Wu Yong and Shen Waner directly to the wind tunnel testing facility.

"Notify the following, the wind will be stronger and the wind will be more chaotic."

"The blowers on the left and the blowers on the right can blow as much as you want!" "The blowers on the top and bottom can blow as much as you want, and the main blower at the front can directly maximize the wind power!"

In Ye Qing's eyes, the supervisor, who was already over middle-aged, was observing and explaining carefully.

"I'm telling you, you don't know where the wind on the sea comes from. Sometimes it comes from the sky, sometimes it comes from the side, and sometimes it comes from everywhere."

"Everywhere on the sea, the size of the wind and the direction it comes and goes are different."

"So, you must simulate the effect of sea breeze!"

"How to simulate?"

"It's just a word, whatever the chaos, there will be wind!"

"The shell of every Fire Dragon we produce must be stable in this wind tunnel before it can be delivered for ammunition reloading!"

"Especially the dragon head and tail. If there is any deviation, you have to take it back and recalibrate it."

In the eyes of Ye Qing and the others, the top, bottom, left and right sides of the wind tunnel room were full of fire-powered blowers, and the young men were also working hard to operate them.

The shell, which is being tested in the wind tunnel, is not performing so satisfactorily.

Ye Qing knew that there was nothing wrong with the drawings he provided, and there was nothing wrong with the streamlined design of the shell.

The problem is the current level of craftsmanship!

Although the level of craftsmanship here has reached a level that is three hundred years ahead of the current era, it is still not accurate enough!

What should I do if the accuracy is not enough?

What to do if there is no calibration machine?

Then there is only manual correction and slowly knocking!

Seeing this scene, Ye Qing was embarrassed to urge them to speed up the construction period!

This so-called 'fire dragon emerging from the water' actually would have appeared in the middle of the Ming Dynasty in the 16th century even without Ye Qing!

It is an amphibious rocket in ancient my country and the ancestor of the two-stage rocket!

There are a large number of written records in the "Military Bei Zhi" that does not yet exist.

It is recorded in the article: The water produced by the fire dragon is five feet of cogongrass bamboo. The knots are removed and thinned with an iron knife. A wooden dragon head and tail are installed on the front and rear.

The mouth of the dragon's head is upward, and dozens of magical rockets are installed in the belly of the dragon. All the medicine lines of the rockets are connected together and led out from a hole in the lower part of the dragon's head.

Then, two large rocket launchers were mounted at an angle on the front and back of the dragon body, and their medicine lines were all connected together.

The article also records: During a water battle, you can light a fire three or four feet away from the water, that is, it can fly three miles away from the water, like a fire dragon emerging from the river.

When the cartridge was almost finished, the rocket flew out of the abdomen, burning both the man and the ship!

To put it more bluntly, when using the fire dragon to come out of the water, the dragon's four large rocket launchers are used to push the fire dragon forward.

When the gunpowder is about to burn out, dozens of magical rockets fly out from the dragon's belly, which can kill enemies or burn enemy ships!

In fact, Fire Dragon Izuku did have a very good record in actual combat!

In the Noliang naval battle, there was an example of using the fire dragon to come out of the water to severely damage the Japanese fleet.

Ye Qing can't remember these historical materials clearly, but he can remember a rough idea.

He only remembered what the historical data said. After all the Japanese fleet entered the Luliang Sea, Deng Zilong led the Yu family army to cut off the retreat.

As the Japanese fleet advanced, Yi Sun-shin led the North Korean navy (equipped with the world's earliest armored ship 'turtle') to attack the flank of the Japanese fleet!

Chen Lin gave full support after the naval battle began, but the Japanese commander Shimazu Yoshihiro was not willing to fight and sailed away from the Luliang Sea at full speed with the intention of crossing Cat Island. However, he did not know that the Ming army had laid many mines on Cat Island.

He had no choice but to return to Lulianghai and fight to the death!

During the fierce battle, the Japanese fleet surrounded Yi Sun-shin's flagship. Just when Yi Sun-shin was in critical condition, General Chen Lin arrived with his fleet.

But the Japanese fleet also surrounded General Chen Lin's Ming Dynasty flagship. At this moment, Chen Lin suddenly called for gold and retreated his troops.

At this moment, the world's earliest 'anti-ship missile', the 'Fire Dragon Out of the Water', was used in actual combat!

In an instant, the Japanese fleet suffered heavy casualties. When the 'missile' was launched, it was the order to start the general attack!

After fierce fighting, the combined navies of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea destroyed more than 400 Japanese ships and fed more than Japanese sailors to fish.

After this battle, Japanese naval commander Shimazu Yoshihiro escaped, and Japan's self-proclaimed elite Fifth Army was completely wiped out!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing looked at the ongoing wind tunnel experiment again.

In fact, the 'Fire Dragon Water' he designed is actually a product that combines ancient and modern times.

Although the Fire Dragon Izuku, manufactured in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, was the originator of two-stage rockets and anti-ship missiles, its overall shape did not meet the requirements of 'aerodynamics' at all.

Therefore, when designing, he added many improvements that met aerodynamic standards.

For example, in the shape of the shell, he changed the sharp-edged dragon head into the conical shape of a modern rocket.

He turned the domineering dragon carving craft into the still domineering dragon painting craft!

As long as the painting is done well, it will still look like a fire dragon attacking, and it will still retain the charm of Chinese dragon culture!

This is just like the "Shark Fighter" of the Flying Tigers during the Anti-Japanese War. As long as you draw it well, it will be a flying shark that can fly up and bite the little Japanese!

Ye Qing's improvement on the fire dragon's water release was not just an improvement in the shape of the shell.

He transformed all the burning divine machine arrows inside into 'triggered explosive divine machine arrows' and 'triggered burning explosive divine machine arrows'!

This kind of technical improvement is not difficult at all for him.

The high-end trigger switch doesn't work, but the low-end one still has no problem.

This triggering principle is the same as the "cannon throw" played by children. There is no need to ignite it, just throw it on the ground and it will explode.

The same principle applies to trigger-type magic arrows. The arrow will explode upon impact.

Generally speaking, the most difficult level is the wind tunnel test of the shell.

After all, there is no mechanical correction equipment, so the difficulty of manual correction is really not that small!

Although it is difficult, it is not impossible to do it. As long as you do it seriously, you can definitely do it.

Once this thing is built, it will truly be a miracle across the ages!

Thinking of this, Ye Qing called his supervisor and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Old Gao. Let everyone stop for a moment. Let me say a few words!"

Soon, everyone gathered together and looked at the legendary Lord Ye.

Ye Qing said loudly: "Thank you for your hard work. I will improve your food supply and ensure that you eat meat twice a day."

“Everyone’s wages will also be doubled!”

"Everyone must be thinking that I'm here to rush you to work!"

"No, I want to see you. I just hope you can do it seriously. How far you can achieve it and how much you can achieve in the end depends on you."

"I just want to tell you that if you do your job better and produce more finished products, Ningbo Erlang will make fewer sacrifices on the battlefield!"

"Also, what you produce is not an ordinary weapon, it is a 'national artifact' that you either don't make or you make it!"

"I just hope that it can serve the country well on the battlefield instead of losing our face overseas!"

"Please everyone!"

In everyone's eyes,

As the prefect, Ye Qing bowed sixty degrees to everyone and performed the standard Han salute! .

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