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Chapter 437 Ruyang inspected and got another son

Liu Sheng also stayed in Ruyang for three days.

It's not that Ruyang is like Wuyang, and some corruption cases have broken out. It's purely because there are so many military and other types of factories in Ruyang that it would take a few days to inspect them.

Of course, in view of the incident in Wuyang, Liu Sheng did not forget to ask Xiuyiwei to check the officials in Ruyang.

Perhaps it was because Ruyang was too eye-catching as the administrative center of the Wei Ministry before, and Li Changwen was indeed talented in governance. Therefore, even with his ability as an embroidered guard, a closer inspection revealed the personal corruption of several officials. There was no corruption case.

Because the Yi army had only occupied Nanjing for a year, and the Ruyang arsenal was still the largest and most comprehensive in Dalei, Liu Sheng put it on the last day for inspection.

"Your Majesty, please see, this is our current gun barrel production line."

Accompanied by Gao Douyuan, the prefect of Ruyang, and other relevant officials, Lao Huamao, director of the Ruyang Gun Factory (formerly the director of the Queshan Arsenal), focused on introducing the barrel production line of the matchlock gun to Liu Sheng.

Nowadays, all kinds of factory machines in Da'ei are still mainly driven by water power. Although the scale of the factory has been expanded time and time again, there is already a lot of water in Ruyang. In the past two years, Li Changwen and his successor, the prefect Gao Douyuan, have continuously repaired the canals and upgraded the upstream. Water conservancy facilities such as reservoirs are not afraid of insufficient water power.

Liu Sheng followed what Lao Huamao introduced and looked over. He saw hydraulic drilling machines standing in rows, and the craftsmen controlled the steel pipes to drill slowly, seemingly slowly but really quickly.

If the production scale of gun barrels is small, rolling it will be faster with the current technology, but it will require more skilled blacksmiths.

In order to ensure quality and facilitate assembly line production, the gun barrels at Ruyang Arsenal are currently drilled directly instead of rolled as before.

Unexpectedly, Liu Sheng nodded first, then shook his head, and said: "There is no need to increase it so much - maybe by the next year or so, the hydraulic drilling machine will be eliminated."

Weichen plans to double the number of drilling machines by June next year, which will more than triple the monthly output of gun barrels! "

These things were all passed down by Liu Sheng, so naturally they can be understood at a glance.

But it was still hard for him to understand when he heard that hydraulic drilling machines were about to be eliminated.

Lao Huamao continued to introduce excitedly: "With our current scale, we can produce more than three hundred matchlock barrels every day. If we go all out, we can guarantee the output of tens of thousands of barrels every month!"

Will hydraulic drilling machines be eliminated?

But the Ruyang Gun Factory is large enough and it would be better to use a hydraulic drilling machine to drill the gun barrels.

As the director of Da'ei's largest gun factory, Lao Huamao is actually a seventh-grade official. He knew that Liu Sheng advocated continuous learning and progress for officials and generals, so he paid more attention to learning new knowledge after work, especially the information that came from Liu Sheng.

In his opinion, the hydraulic drilling machine is already useful enough - it can be built wherever there is water flow. At most, it will cost some manpower and material resources to repair the local canals.

The number of drilling machines in the gun factory cannot be increased by simply adding more. It must be approved by the higher authorities and allocated funds.

Although he could report it through formal channels and get permission, if Liu Sheng had nodded and approved in person, the matter would have definitely been done faster and even more funds would have been allocated.

Lao Huamao was stunned when he heard this.

After speaking, Lao Huamao looked at Liu Sheng expectantly.

In addition, hydraulic drilling machines are more efficient than animal power and human power. That is to say, when rivers freeze in winter or encounter severe droughts, they will be affected and stopped. There are almost no major shortcomings in other aspects.

Seeing Lao Huamao's confused look, Liu Sheng didn't mind revealing some information.

He said: "Before the Northern Expedition, I ordered people to develop steam engines. Now in the past six months, the development of steam engines has made great progress. This year and next, we will be able to produce practical steam engines. Compared with water-driven machine tools, steam engines It can provide more stable power, and is not restricted by water flow and severe winter like hydraulic machine tools. Even if it has an impact, it is relatively small..."

Under Liu Sheng's explanation, Lao Huamao reluctantly understood what kind of machine a steam engine was.

Although he was still a little confused about the mysteries of Nero, it did not prevent him from being shocked by the existence of steam engines.

As a result, he believed even more in the rumors that Liu Sheng was an immortal and descended to earth. How could he have created such a mysterious machine as a steam engine if he had not been an immortal?

After Liu Sheng finished talking about the steam engine, he continued: "In addition, after this year and next, our army in Damei may need to gradually replace it with flintlock muskets.

Compared with the matchlock gun, the barrel of the flintlock gun is somewhat different, and the existing drilling machine of the Ruyang Gun Factory must be modified. It would be too wasteful to add too many existing models of drilling machines later and modify them after they have not been used for a long time..."

After listening to Liu Sheng's words, Lao Huamao was not only not disappointed, but even more excited.

I, Liu Sheng, said that machine tools driven by steam engines are more stable than those driven by water power, which means that the scale of the gun factory will definitely be further expanded in the future.

The most important thing is that Liu Sheng revealed this to him, and the representative valued him quite a lot.

Even if the position of Ruyang Gun Factory is replaced by other arsenals in the future, he may be promoted and transferred to a more important position.

Later, Lao Huamao took Liu Sheng to continue to inspect other workshops and workshops in Ruyang Gun Factory.

For example, workshops that produce tiger crouching guns, field guns (renamed army guns), workshops that produce short muskets, etc.

As for various types of gunpowder, lead bullets, artillery shells, and grenades, they are produced in ammunition factories - these are all dangerous things in the production process, so they are far away from the city and the defense is tighter.

In addition to gun and ammunition factories, Ruyang also has armor factories, clothing factories, and various workshops responsible for producing various miscellaneous items needed by the army.

The existence of these military factories not only greatly improved the employment rate of Ruyang people, but also spawned many other industries based on them, which greatly prospered Ruyang's economy.

According to Liu Sheng's understanding, Ruyang City now has a population of more than 200,000 (including the common people in the city walls). Business travelers gather from all directions. Various workshops and shops inside and outside the city are prospering, and the people's lives are also very prosperous...

By the time Liu Sheng returned to Ruyang Palace (Prince Chong's Mansion) after inspecting the gun factory, the sun was already setting in the west.

Just as he was preparing to eat, he received an urgent message from Nanjing - Concubine Shu Li Xiangyun was about to give birth!

Speaking of which, Liu Sheng and Li Xiangyun met earlier than Hong Niangzi. Although they established their relationship later, they still have a deep relationship. Considering that Li Xiangyun was young, Liu Sheng was worried about her safety.

After waiting anxiously until late at night, another telegram came from Nanjing, with only four words - mother and child are safe!

Although Liu Sheng did not favor boys over girls, he couldn't help but laugh happily when he heard that Li Xiangyun had given birth to a son, "Hahaha, if you pass on the order, I will have another son, and the accompanying bodyguards and personal guards will all be rewarded!" "

According to Liu Sheng's habit, such rewards are not very specific to individuals, at most one tael of silver, but everyone has it, which is considered a celebration.

After being happy, Liu Sheng couldn't wait to fly back to Nanjing to see it.

But according to the original plan, he will go to Tianmu Mountain tomorrow - since last year's autumn harvest, until April this year, immigration bureaus from various places have successively sent more than 100,000 refugees and refugees who voluntarily migrated.

Although most people are sent to Tianmu Mountain after spring, and will be organized to do some work after arriving at the local area, it is still a big burden for the local area.

Liu Sheng must go to Tianmu Mountain to transfer these people to North America for resettlement.

In addition, more than ten months have passed since he led the Guards to Kaifeng Prefecture to participate in disaster relief last year and immigrated 150,000 people to North America.

Although Zou Runniang would send telegrams every few days to report on the situation in North America, Liu Sheng still wanted to visit and understand the changes there personally.

(End of this chapter)