Win the Ding 1617

"You can pay more attention when you go to various parts of the Ming Dynasty in the south. If there are people who are good at smelting steel and making firearms, whether they are officials, civilians, soldiers, or soldiers, you can invite them to serve in the Qing Dynasty. I will treat them as national soldiers. Be courteous."

Two days later, Huang Taiji hosted a banquet for the shopkeepers of the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi in Shengjing.Before the banquet, Huang Taiji and other Qing nobles not only thanked the Shanxi merchants for their business dealings with them over the years, but also used the looted property to order a large amount of food, military equipment, pig iron and other items from the Shanxi merchants.

Huang Taiji even put forward the requirement that Jin merchants provide technical materials and talents for the Qing Dynasty's firearms manufacturing industry.

"I have decreed that cattle and sheep produced in various places under the Qing Dynasty shall not be sold without authorization. Those who traffic cattle, sheep and horses out of the country without a license must be severely punished."

Huang Taiji's words were full of murderous intent. If these businessmen couldn't understand the mystery, they would have spent many years in the market in vain.

"Your Majesty, the merchants don't know how to trade cattle, sheep, horses and other things with the Qing Dynasty? If not, the merchants and the like may suffer heavy losses and be unable to transport food to the Qing Dynasty."

Fan Sanba, the eldest son of Jiexiu's Fan family, is undoubtedly the leader of these merchants.At this time, the relationship between the Eight Great Families and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is more like a trading partner, unlike decades later, any doctor in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, or a small official of the Ministry of War who purchases military rations can shake their prestige in front of the Eight Great Families. of.

His words also made the meaning very clear, you told us not to traffic cattle, sheep and horses, then you tell me.How can it be legally trafficked?If you don't let us sell your products to the mainland, then well, you guys won't serve you in the future!

"Last year, Shopkeeper Huang offered the method of inoculation and corn grass. I have ordered people to test it, and the effect is quite good. After my soldiers entered the customs, I have decreed to sell half of the furs produced by the Qing Dynasty to Huang's family as a reward." Yong. Gentlemen and rich men, if anyone can bring me the method of smelting steel and making firearms in the South, I will hand over to him the monopoly rights of the millions of cattle and sheep produced every year in the Qing Dynasty. Consider it a reward!"

That's it!

Fan Sanba and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and someone couldn't help casting sour eyes on the Huang family.

The shopkeeper Huang raised his dry and thin head like a proud rooster.

The two new technologies he presented, the vaccination method, have been forced by Huang Taiji to be promoted in various ministries of the Eight Banners.Among the tens of thousands of troops who entered and looted this time.The effect is obvious.Usually, more than a thousand people died of smallpox infection due to entering the customs.This time, no one among the vaccinators died of smallpox.The effect of so-called familiarity has been achieved.

In history, Yue Tuo died in Jinan because of smallpox infection.

This technology was immediately unanimously praised by the nobles of the Eight Banners, especially for the Manchu nobles with a small population base.Every death of those powerful fighters is a great loss.

Another matter, the introduction of corngrass, under the governance of Prince Li Daishan, gradually saw a ray of light.Many seeds can germinate and grow normally in the spring. Although they can't grow as tall as a man as the shopkeeper Huang said, but they try to feed cows and horses, and the effect is quite good.

For a while, the Huang family became more confident in speaking in front of the nobles of the Eight Banners.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what kind of regulations should be in this cattle and sheep monopoly?"

Unwilling to see the Huang family flaunting their might in Liaodong, Fan Sanba got up and asked Huang Taiji for advice.

"Fan Dong's family, this matter is very simple to say. If you, Fan Dong's family, obtain the emperor's permission to take the cattle and sheep monopoly into your pocket in the future, then it will naturally be another regulation. However, right now, this autumn's This is the way of selling cattle and sheep."

According to Fan Wencheng, for the cattle and sheep this autumn, the Eight Shanxi Merchants need to pay at least [-] stones of high-quality polished round-grained rice at the Ministry of Households of the Qing Dynasty to obtain a dragon ticket before they can trade cattle and sheep in Liaodong, Horqin, and Chahar. .Moreover, all the price must be paid in full to the granary of the household department according to the rule of four shimi for an adult steer, double for bulls, half for calves, and half for sheep.

Of course, other materials can also be used to offset, such as pig iron, such as firearms, gunpowder, etc.

"Trafficking cattle over long distances is like working on the land. You have to eat and drink with all your heart, and you must be full of beans. This cattle are very particular about eating grass. They eat green grass in spring and summer, which is the kind of tender grass in spring. , such as feeding cattle hay, it needs to be cut very finely, and then mixed with rice soup bran and wheat bran, and it must be fed frequently, and the amount of feeding should be small, especially in winter. If you are in a hurry, you must also feed the cattle Enough soybeans, it is soybeans, Your Majesty, the price of each cow is four shimi, if calculated, according to the price of the capital, it is more than ten taels of silver, this..."

"Speaking of raising cattle, I have learned a lot. Let me first talk about the cowshed, which is cleaned regularly on weekdays. The cow dung is frequently produced, not to mention the bedding, and the cattle need to be cleaned frequently, twice in the morning and evening. Don't neglect it. Especially It is hot in summer, so the ventilation and freshness of the cattle pen is essential. In winter, it is necessary to take the cattle outside, choose a place with a leeward sun, and let the cattle bask in the sun while eating food, so that the cattle will be strong."

"In terms of feeding, not to mention hay and stalks on weekdays, when farming cattle are used. Bean bran cakes are even more indispensable. Drinking water is also very particular. Drink water at least five times a day, and you must have clean water. It is best to put an appropriate amount of salt. Such as farming cattle To drink water in winter, you need to supply warm water, add salt and bean powder..."

"The flock of sheep is even harder. They can't travel far in a day, so they have to..."

As soon as Fan Wencheng finished speaking, the entire hall was filled with words that smelled of old vinegar, and they were all complaining, expressing that they could not accept the price given by Huang Taiji.

"You think my master is in Shengjing, so you don't know the tricks you are playing in the capital?" Fan Wencheng immediately put on a straight face, "You are in the capital, and the so-called CIF price of rice negotiated with the Nanzhong merchants is not the same. If it exceeds four renminbi a stone, it will not exceed five renminbi per shi when it is transported to various parts of the Qing Dynasty. However, when you deliver to those Nanzhong merchants, you exchange for grain and rice according to the price of grain in various places. It’s more than a few times the profit? A full-grown steer requires you to wait for two taels of silver for grain and rice. You will complain endlessly, don’t be too greedy!”

"That's right! Mr. Fan! Don't talk nonsense with them! I'll go to the shopkeeper of the second brother of the Li family in Shengjing and ask him to send a sea boat to transport rice to Jinzhou, where we will deliver the cattle, sheep and rice! " Duoduo jumped out and scolded the group of businessmen with a tiger face.

"Fifteenth brother! Don't mess around!"

Before Huang Taiji could speak, Dorgon had already come out to stop his younger brother, along with helping Fan Wencheng.

"Everyone, my younger brother is young and has a strong temper. Don't take offense."

The details of the trick had been exposed, and Fan Sanba was feeling a little embarrassed.See Dorgon come out and take the steps down.How do you not know how to sail with the wind?

After a few words of politeness, the guests and the host discussed how to expand the non-governmental trade between the Qing Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty in a joyful and friendly atmosphere.

In the end, Shanxi merchants headed by Fan Sanba expressed to Huang Taiji that they were willing to pay one hundred thousand shi grains and rice to the Household Department of the Qing Dynasty in exchange for buying cattle and sheep in various parts of the Qing Dynasty.

And Huang Taiji also said.The price of steers can be reduced to no more than three shi meters per head.In the territory of the Qing Dynasty.The trafficking team of Shanxi merchants can flow unimpeded.Zhangjiakou to the west and Jinzhou to the east are the two major exit ports.

for a while.The host and guest broke up happily.

A few days later, Huang Taiji visited the craftsman's workshop again, accompanied only by Dorgon and Fan Wencheng.

Ding Qiming and Ma Guangyuan, who were in charge of the factory production in the Qing Dynasty, knelt in front of the closely guarded workshop located in the dense forest on the bank of the Hun River to greet them.

Walking inwards not far along the rough road, along the loop of the Hun River, a huge hydraulic machine is slowly turning.

This is a huge hydraulic drilling machine, a simple machine made of hard wood and stone components. Under the action of the turbulent water flow of the Hun River, the water wheel pushes the stone plate, and the stone plate drives the drill bit to rotate slowly.

This hydraulic drilling machine looks very simple, but its advantages are obvious. It will never tire when drilling and grinding the barrel, and it can maintain a fixed accuracy and quality, unlike manual operation, where deviations occur due to physical strength and energy.

"Is this what you played? The utensils that claim to be able to drill out of the gun barrel in large quantities?"

Huang Taiji narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the hydraulic machine in front of him.

Ma Guangyuan ignored the dirtiness of the ground, knelt down and replied: "Your Majesty, it is exactly this thing!"

At this time, the firecrackers that were popular between the Ming and Qing armies were usually octagonal. The body of the blunderbuss was thick at one end and thin at the other. Injustice, such a firecracker is naturally unable to fight, so a drill is needed to drill the blunderbuss out of the bore.Drilling and boring skills are relatively sophisticated, and manpower is limited. In Daming, good drills and files are all made of high-quality falling steel. Falling steel was considered to be the first-class hard steel at that time, but in fact, the rigidity is still different from that of later generations. Far away, it is still very difficult to drill the bore of a gun with a falling steel, and it is understandable that it takes a month to drill it.

Moreover, the bore of the blunderbuss is finished if it is drilled, and it is necessary to scrape the inside of the bore with four-edged steel bars, and make the back door of the screw, etc., so it usually takes a long time to make a blunderbuss at that time, and a large number of skilled workers are required. And equipment, the output will not be very high, most of the time is spent on drilling and boring of the barrel.

In fact, at that time, a kind of manual drilling machine was widely used among craftsmen in Ming Dynasty. It used wood as the frame, and used a circular stone plate as the inertia wheel. Compared with the use of manpower, it has improved a lot, but it is still very tiring. After being improved to hydraulic power, it will be even more powerful.

"Slaves often think about it. Using water power to drive is several times more efficient than manpower, and the force is well-proportioned, so there is no fatigue of manpower. And one craftsman can also take care of several drilling machines at the same time. This is a trial model. If the effect is good, the minions will definitely improve it, and perhaps the efficiency of a hydraulic drilling machine can be increased by more than ten times."

"How is the work effect now?" Huang Taiji's eyes flashed with joy. Anyway, if these servants can solve the problem of the gun barrel, then half of the success in the preparation and training of the Han army flag fire gun soldiers will be achieved.

Looking at this huge hydraulic drilling machine, Dorgon was also full of admiration, and his vision of leading the firecrackers to wash all over Ming Dynasty kept flashing in his mind.He asked: "Master Ding, Master Ma, use this drilling machine to drill a gun barrel, how many days can you drill a gun barrel?"

As the technical director of casting firearms in the Qing Dynasty, Ding Qiming thought about it for a while.Said: "Prince Hui Rui, in the past, it took nearly a month to drill the gun barrel manually, and there are still many waste products, most of which have different wall thicknesses, which are no longer usable. But with this hydraulic drilling machine, five days Within a short time, you can drill a gun barrel! And the usefulness has increased by at least [-]%!"

As an upgraded and improved version of the manual drilling machine, the hydraulic drilling machine has a stable power source, and the drilling speed naturally increases rapidly.And it can be done day and night.One root every five days.Such efficiency can be said to be an epoch-making improvement compared to manual drilling of gun barrels.

After hearing Ding Qiming's words, Huang Taiji and Dorgon couldn't help being surprised: "One every five days?"

He walked back and forth a few times around the hydraulic drilling machine.It's such a simple machine.Can one gun barrel be drilled in five days?

"Return to the emperor. Prince Hui Rui, this thing is also faulty. The shortcoming is that the cost is relatively high, and the drill bit needs to be replaced frequently during operation. And the drill bit must be of high-quality steel. Otherwise, it will not be able to drill through."

Seeing that Ding Qiming had won the prize, Ma Guangyuan felt a little apprehensive, and hurriedly jumped out to point out the shortcomings of this hydraulic drilling machine.

Such an approach, if it is placed in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, will inevitably become a reason for those officials to use their hands, or to profit from it, or to dismiss the matter.However, he forgot that the ruler in front of him is Huang Taiji, and his investment in the military industry can be said to be regardless of cost.

Moreover, in the current situation of the Qing army, all the banners have gained a lot from the entry and looting, and have tasted the sweetness. Huang Taiji's prestige has once again risen to the peak.The preparation and training of the firecrackers of the Han army banner has also been supported by the princes of the banners. The demand for the firecrackers is huge, far beyond Ma Guangyuan's imagination.

"How many drills do you need? What kind of high-quality stainless steel? Just say it! I can afford it!"

Ding Qiming was cursing secretly in his heart, and Ma Guangyuan shot himself a cold arrow behind his back, not wanting the emperor to show his support so clearly.

"Your Majesty, this servant has experimented a few days ago. If the drill is the same as that used by the armored battle bureaus in various places in the Ming Dynasty, using the fallen steel will produce a gun barrel every five days. The servant dared to use the drill bit that the emperor bestowed. Iron and steel precious knives are used to make drill bits, and one will be produced in four days. And the loss of the drill bit is extremely small.”

"Ha! Ha! You are such a slave! The treasured sword I rewarded you was used by you to drill the barrel!?"

Hearing such a number, Huang Taiji couldn't help being surprised.

"If that's the case, Your Majesty, this servant is willing to hand over all the iron and steel swords seized during this entry, and hand them over to Mr. Ding to use to make gun barrels!"

Dorgon showed his loyalty to Huang Taiji's career in time.

As a result, a drama between the Mingjun and the virtuous ministers was staged again.

Fan Wencheng couldn't stop cheering for Huang Taiji, Dorgon, Ding Qiming, Ma Guangyuan and others, while making quick calculations in his mind.

This kind of hydraulic machinery is similar to the hydraulic rice pounding machinery that he saw in books as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties.One end of the long water pestle is connected to the stone mortar, and the other end is connected to a square water tank. Then bamboo is used as a water pipe to introduce water into the water tank. When the water tank is filled with water, the weight of the water makes the box sink. The water pestle was lifted high.When the water in the box is poured out, the box becomes lighter and rises up, and the water pestle at the other end will fall down, pounding the rice heavily.In this way, it does not require manpower at all, as long as there is water, it is very convenient.

If [-] hydraulic drilling machines are built by the Hun River, if one craftsman takes care of [-] drilling machines, only [-] craftsmen are required to take care of [-] hydraulic drilling machines, and the craftsmen of the gunsmith factory will be able to free up their hands to make them. Other parts of the gun.Not only that, one hydraulic drilling machine is calculated based on the minimum number of drilling six gun barrels a month, one hundred hydraulic drilling machines can drill six hundred gun barrels in one month, and two hundred is [-] gun barrels.Enough to train an armored gunner.

What's more, both the upper and lower reaches of the Hun River can choose suitable locations, and installing such hydraulic machinery on a large scale can not only drill gun barrels, but also make simple knives and guns.I want to come to autumn, thousands of firecrackers can be trained!

"Returning to the emperor, if there is enough iron, thirty mighty generals can be cast within a year. The cannons are four thousand catties each, five catties of medicine, and ten catties of iron are loaded on the cannon carts, and they will certainly be able to break through City, strengthen our country's prestige, it is sharper than Tiancong Nian Tianyou cheering for the general!"

Seeing that Ding Qiming's momentum overwhelmed him, Ma Guangyuan was not to be outdone, and immediately reported his achievements in casting artillery.

Naturally, Huang Taiji was happy to see this kind of competition for favor, and Ding Qiming and Ma Guangyuan both rewarded meritorious persons with one hundred silver dollars for a good horse with carved saddles.All meritorious persons were presented with horses and silver dollars.Each craftsman rewarded one piece of dyed cloth and one piece of floral cloth, and everyone in the craftsman's workshop was full of praise.

"Fourteenth brother, you need to worry more about forging firearms and training firearms. I am overjoyed to learn that you fought Li Shouhan with firearms in Jinan."

On the way back to Shengjing, Huang Taiji made up his mind and finally decided to hand over this important matter to Dorgon.

"Slave dare not go all out?!"

Dorgon jumped off his horse, knelt down in front of Huang Taiji's horse and kowtowed.

"Mr. Fan, how about the Ming Dynasty?"

"Returning to the emperor, the news everywhere said that on the ninth day of May, Zhang Xianzhong, who was recruited, raised the rebel flag again in Gucheng, killed Ruan Zhitian, the magistrate of Gucheng, and burned the official office. At the same time, Luo Rucai led four battalions in Fangxian County. The people joined forces to conquer the county, killed Hao Jingchun, the county magistrate, and even went to Yunxi, Baokang and other places. The Huidengxiang Fifth Battalion stationed in Junzhou also reversed. Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty will fall into a situation of rogues running around again! It’s the time for me to rest and recuperate in the Qing Dynasty, and prepare my troops for preparation!” (To be continued..)