Daming: Apocalypse of Longevity

Chapter 94 The purpose of the Thai people

Such a huge workload is not something that Sun Yuanhua can handle alone. The reason why he asked Sun Yuanhua to recruit these Thai and Western craftsmen was to help Sun Yuanhua develop firearms. If even the information had to be kept secret from them, the work would be useless. It's done!
Modern science in the West is more developed than that of the Ming Dynasty. These Westerners have a certain foundation of modern physics and chemistry knowledge, and can understand the books and materials they gave Sun Yuanhua, and through these books and materials, they assisted Sun Yuanhua in developing new firearms and equipment.

However, it is difficult to find such talents in Daming. If a group of talents proficient in modern science can be found in Daming, Zhu Tianqi will not find so many foreigners with wolfish ambitions.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi can only take advantage of these Westerners by disclosing such important books and materials in his hands to them, but there is no need to worry that these Westerners will bring this knowledge and technology back to the Western countries, which will help the Westerners in vain. With the development of people's science and technology, when Zhu Tianqi made up his mind to recruit these Westerners, he had no intention of letting them leave the Ming Dynasty.

However, although these Taixi people had ulterior motives at the beginning and refused to disclose to the Ming Dynasty any knowledge of cannon-casting technology and technology that was more advanced than the Hongyi cannon, when Sun Yuanhua handed over the many professional books on smelting, casting, firearms, gunpowder, etc. When the information was placed in front of them, each of these Taixi people was stunned by these books and information.

They did not expect that the Ming Dynasty actually held knowledge and technology that far exceeded those of the European and American countries. Even though the children's electronic watch that Zhu Tianqi took out during the previous meeting had shocked them a lot, they still could not accept it. In the field of military industry, Ming Dynasty is still ahead of them.

At this point, even if Sun Yuanhua didn't say anything, no one among them would dare to hide their secrets anymore, because they found that they no longer had the need to hide their secrets from Sun Yuanhua. The knowledge and technology they possessed were far inferior to those of the Ming Dynasty. Unfortunately, Ming's advanced knowledge and technical levels are out of reach for them.

And if they want to learn the Ming Dynasty's advanced knowledge and technology, they must serve the Ming Dynasty with piety. Only in this way can they participate in the Ming Dynasty's military production work on a deeper level and have the opportunity to learn more. much advanced knowledge and technology.

In fact, although Zhu Tianqi gave Sun Yuanhua a lot of professional books and materials, he himself did not know much about these books and materials. He could only say that they were at a level that could be read and understood, and he had to put them into practice according to what was written in the book. In practice, it still requires a certain amount of ability, at least Zhu Tianqi doesn't think he has such ability.

Therefore, he pinned his hopes on Sun Yuanhua and these Taixi craftsmen, and asked Sun Yuanhua to make records and keep files in the process of work. The purpose is to hope that they can summarize the successful experience in practice so that they can be used. These experiences have been summarized and some more down-to-earth information have been compiled for the enlightened people of this era to study.

Sun Yuanhua also strictly followed Zhu Tianqi's instructions. He now divided these Taixi people into groups according to their areas of expertise, and then asked the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to help them. Simply put, the Taixi people provided knowledge and technology. Under the guidance, the specific work will be done by the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty. These craftsmen were carefully selected by the Ministry of Works of Zongdao and have rich experience.

Sun Yuanhua, as the general person in charge of this northwest military industrial base in the Ming Dynasty, coordinates and manages various projects.

However, whether it is the research and development of new gunpowder, or gunpowder, shells and bullets, they are still on paper. The cave dwellings used as gunpowder factories and firearms factories have not yet been built. Now, except for the first gun casting factory to be built, Except for that, everything else has not been completed yet.

So Sun Yuanhua's main energy now is also on casting cannons, but before casting cannons, he must first solve the problem of smelting steel.

The newly-built blast furnace has been baked all day and night, and the furnace temperature has reached the highest level that ordinary iron smelting furnaces can achieve. After a certain amount of coal is filled, the furnace temperature drops slightly, but as coal completely replaces charcoal , and after being fully burned, the furnace temperature reaches a new height.Of course, there were no thermometers in the Ming Dynasty, and it was impossible to measure the furnace temperature scientifically and accurately. It was completely estimated by experienced old blacksmiths based on experience. However, it was proved afterwards that these old blacksmiths were all capable. The temperature estimation error can be controlled at a very low level.

The temperature of the blast furnace is already sufficient. Sun Yuanhua has also ordered people to process the batch of iron ore that Zhang Boyu brought yesterday, and then began to try the refining of the first furnace. The process from smelting to furnace is relatively long. If you want to see the results, I'm afraid you have to wait until at least the next day.

Sun Yuanhua walked through the smelting room and walked to the casting room inside. He called Li Chaixing, the head craftsman of the casting room, and handed him the drawing in his hand: "Tou'er Li, this is the drawing of the artillery. If it's Tou'er Lin, The steel has been smelted over there, and it's up to you to cast the cannon!"

Li Chaixing took the drawings and hurriedly raised his fists and said, "Please don't worry, sir. I'll make sure the cannon is cast well!"

Sun Yuanhua nodded, then left the cave and went to find Giroud, the Frenchman. Giroud was an expert in casting cannons. Sun Yuanhua planned to ask him to help him advise on his newly designed large cannon.

At this time, Zhu Tianqi began to busy himself with "military training".

More than a month has passed since his upper limit of lifespan exceeded the upper limit of 17 years. His lifespan has reached 110 years. So far, he has not encountered a new bottleneck.

Zhu Tianqi didn't have any big expenses recently. He just bought some books and materials for Sun Yuanhua at the Krypton Life Store. Now that Sun Yuanhua's production work has been on track, he can relax and think about himself. thing.

Zhu Tianqi is an insecure person, which is why he has been so cautious, and even now he has gained a little foothold, but he is always worried about his personal safety.

In short, he could not absolutely trust the ministers or imperial guards around him, even the King of Xin Zhu Youjian, his fifth brother.

Therefore, Zhu Tianqi believes that it is always unreliable to place one's life safety on others, because most of the time the loyalty of others to oneself is unreliable, so it is better to rely on others than on oneself, and one must have the ability to protect himself. Just fine.

(End of this chapter)