Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1077
Chapter 1087

There is no revolution in science and technology. Anyone who tries to conquer technology is building a fortress on the beach.Ran Ming has never imagined that the Royal Academy of Sciences will directly manufacture automatic rifles like the AK47 or M16 in later generations, but seeks truth from facts, step by step from the most primitive firearms, so that the craftsmen and scholars of the Royal Sciences can understand and be familiar with firearms. Principle, then trial-produce matchlock guns, and then turn to manufacture flintlock muskets, front-loading guns, front-loading rifles, and finally develop into Mini breech-loading rifles.

Every step forward, Ran Ming, who stands on the shoulders of historical giants, will provide timely correct opinions and correct development directions to the R&D Department of the Royal Academy of Sciences' Firearms Project based on his own historical knowledge, so that the Great Wei Royal Academy of Sciences will be less involved in the development of firearms. Take countless detours.

That's it, Ran Ming used just a few years to let the Royal Academy of Sciences of the State of Wei go through the hundreds of years of development of muskets.The Mini rifle is a breech-loading gun in the initial stage, but there are no other major breakthroughs in technology.The only epoch-making breakthrough is the bullet part.It consists of four parts: shell case, primer, propellant and warhead.When firing, the firing pin strikes the primer, causing the propellant to burn, producing gas to push the warhead out.

At this time, Wei State has countless skilled craftsmen and exquisite jewelry craftsmen, who can completely forge metal bullets for future generations according to Ran Ming's requirements.Of course, industrial mass production is not yet capable of doing so.Although the bullet is small, it is a product of civilization that integrates physics, chemistry, materials science, aerodynamics and craftsmanship.

Originally, the Chinese civilization's achievements in mechanics and mechanics have actually been at the forefront of the world.In China, blowers for smelting and foundry already existed from 1000 BC to 900 BC, and gradually developed from manpower blowing to animal power and water blowing.Of course, for the contribution of mechanics, the Chinese civilization has not only invented a blower, but has countless outstanding inventions.However, the Chinese civilization is a self-proclaimed tradition. The power of the Qin crossbow is unparalleled in the world, but it was lost in the Han Dynasty, and there are countless advanced science and technology in the Qin Dynasty.

The emergence of Ran Ming is to gather all kinds of the most precious secret technologies at the bottom of the box through patent fees and government acquisitions, so that craftsmen and technicians can exchange and learn, perfect and improve. technology has developed rapidly.

In fact, it is the technical barrier that restricts the development of science and technology. With the breaking of the technical barrier, all walks of life in Wei State have produced sound and rapid development.For example, Ran Ming invented the four-wheeled carriage, adopted bearings, and installed shock-absorbing facilities. These breakthrough inventions had a great impact on the vehicles of the Wei State. At this time, the Wei State had already produced a super heavy-duty carriage. , Take the front two and the rear four, six carriage wheels, each carriage can carry [-] catties.Although this kind of heavy carriage has strict road requirements and can only be driven on expressways, it has greatly improved the land transportation of goods in Wei.

Of course, the carriage is actually just a microcosm.The biggest progress is naturally the steelmaking industry of Wei State. First of all, in terms of output, in the feudal era of ancient China, the Song Dynasty had the highest iron and steel output in the entire feudal era, but the highest peak was only 15 tons (still subject to historical controversy. ) while the output of steel in the Ming Dynasty was only 100 tons.However, the output of Weiguo Iron and Steel has already exceeded one million tons.Of course, if the steel output of one million tons in later generations would only be ridiculous, but in this era, except for Wei, the total steel output of all countries in the world may not be [-] million tons.Not only the output, but also the quality of the steel has been significantly improved. In the year [-] of the Yellow Emperor Era alone, Wei State applied for more than [-] steel alloy patents, of which more than [-] patents passed the review .

Steel is the foundation of industry, and the steam engine is the driving force of the industrial revolution. Wei Guo has now developed 27 types of steam engine locomotives, and the output horsepower has exceeded [-] horsepower from [-] horsepower.In fact, Wei State steam locomotive railway transportation has gradually matured.

With the mature use of steam engines and high-quality steel, Wei Guo's rifle development has produced a huge breakthrough.Later generations of Mini rifles weigh 32 kilograms and have a caliber of 22 millimeters.Each bullet weighs 910 grams. On average, each soldier carries 550 rounds of Mini bombs, which weigh only 15 catties. Adding the rifle, the total weight is only a little more than [-] catties, which is only the weight of an infantry soldier in the state of Wei. .However, the killing distance of this Mini rifle can reach [-]-[-] meters, and accurate hits can be guaranteed within [-] meters.Due to the very strong penetrating power of the Mini rifle, even if it hits one person's body, it can penetrate the human body and kill another person again within a [-]-meter ballistic trajectory.This kind of frightening power is not possessed by the horse crossbow.

For Ran Ming, the Minie rifle and Minie bullets were the most ideal choice for Wei Guo.The State of Wei has more than 100 million troops in the regular army and security forces, which requires at least 150 million infantry (plus spares and attrition). If the cost of rifles is too high, it will be unacceptable to the State of Wei.After all, Wei State's military expenditures accounted for about [-]% of the entire fiscal revenue, while the Navy's new ship manufacturing and old ship maintenance accounted for a very large proportion, and the distribution of military salaries for infantry and cavalry personnel accounted for the vast majority.However, careful consideration should be given to changing clothes.

However, the Mini rifles produced by Wei Guo this time cost as much as 15 yuan each. If they are mass-produced in the future, the cost will definitely be lower.But Mini bullets are not cheap. Each bullet costs 220 yuan. If each soldier is equipped with 20 rounds of bullets, such a soldier needs 150 yuan or 300 gold, 3000 rifles and standard spare bullets. , You need as much as [-] million gold. (approximately [-] million guan)

Although the state of Wei was rich at this time, because the state of Wei needed to build railways and develop education on a large scale, the expenditure of the 300 million gold was still a difficult problem for the cabinet.However, Ran Ming thinks it is worthwhile to change the whole army's outfits. Although the whole equipment of an infantry soldier in Wei State is not as much as 20 yuan, the outfit of armor, crossbow machine, horizontal knife, and self-defense dagger is worth it. Need 12 money.The key is that the rifle equipment can have a more durable firepower continuity.Although the power of the crossbow machine is good, shooting crossbow arrows is also a physical activity. Even if the horse male crossbow shoots more power, an ordinary soldier can shoot at most 45 arrows in three pots at a time in battle.After such a major battle, it takes days for soldiers to recover.But the 45 arrows weighed 31 catties.Therefore, the infantrymen of the Wei State carried only two pots and thirty crossbows. If they encountered a large-scale enemy, they had to abandon the crossbows and fight hand-to-hand.

However, the Minie rifle has a longer range and greater power, and it consumes almost no energy. It allows a soldier to burn out [-] rounds of self-provided ammunition at one time, and a soldier with a little training can do it.But unless he is born abnormal, no one can shoot two hundred crossbow bolts at once.An army equipped with rifles can easily face the attack of the enemy's army with dozens of times the strength of cold weapons.But at this time, Wei Guo's army was very struggling.

If the Wei army is a company, it will definitely be wiped out by the enemy in the face of thousands of enemies. If it is a battalion, it can barely protect itself in the face of thousands of enemies.But after being equipped with a rifle, even a company can protect itself against thousands of enemies, and one person can defeat the enemy head-on.No matter how you calculate this battle, it is relatively economical.

Facing the news sent by the Royal Academy of Sciences, the Minie rifle has been successfully developed. It can be determined that the effective range of the Minie rifle is 150 steps, and within 3000 steps, it can ignore the protection of Wei Guo's standard infantry Mingguang armor. It can penetrate the protection of heavy light armor within a step.This is not the most important thing, the important thing is that the barrel of the Minisun gun has undergone more than 750 repeated tests, and it is finally concluded that the barrel rifling can resist the wear and tear of bullets for [-] times, and the highest record is [-] Three times, combined, the service life of each barrel is no less than two hundred shots at a time, and the dumb rate of bullets has also been reduced to less than [-]%.In this way, it is already barely able to enter the actual combat verification.

For Ran Ming, he didn't expect too much. After all, the quality of steel in this era is far inferior to that of later generations. With a service life of a thousand launches, Ran Ming is actually very satisfied.

"It's so perfect, it can be said to be a very good handicraft!" Ran Ming looked at the miniature rifle in front of him and said excitedly.

As a rifle, Ran Ming often played with it in later generations.Although guns are banned in China, it depends on who bans them. At Ran Ming's level, whether it's playing with guns or killing people, it's not a big deal.Ran Ming skillfully pushed the bullet into the barrel of the gun, then took a deep breath to aim.

Naturally, the gun target was not prepared, but an archery target was used. Fifty steps away, one target was placed, and then ten steps later was the second target, and ten steps later was the third target.

Ran Ming put the butt of the gun on his shoulder, aimed at the target, and lightly pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" There was a gunshot, and the gunpowder smoke filled the air. Ran Ming felt that his jaw was slightly numb. The recoil of the Mini rifle caught him off guard, but immediately, wood chips flew across the target fifty steps away, and someone flew into it. He ran forward, and continued, "Your Majesty, the three targets are fully penetrated, and the bullets flew to nowhere!"

Ran Ming stared at the archery targets, and sure enough, there were small holes the size of a thumb on the three archery targets, and they were all smoking.Although the archery target is made of hardwood, it is also an inch thick.At a distance of fifty steps, the Magong crossbow could also penetrate, but the second target, the Magong crossbow, was powerless. All three targets penetrated. Although the furthest was only eighty steps away, this result also let Ran Ming felt the shock.

Now, the rifle in Ran Ming's hand is almost close to mass production, and the production process of the Mini bullet is not difficult. As long as you are willing, you are willing to spend money, train craftsmen, and customize some molds and machinery for the production of firearms. Ready to work anytime.

Ran Ming excitedly asked the guards of the Royal Forest Army to place the Mingguang armor at a distance of a hundred steps, and it turned out that the two layers of armor were also penetrated.Ran Ming didn't give up. In order to test the power of the rifle, he got another pig and put the armor on the pig. As a result, at a distance of 150 steps, he could penetrate the armor and shoot the bullet into the pig's body.

Ran Ming felt relieved now, this kind of rifle could completely replace Wei Guo's active-duty horse crossbow and retire from active service.The academicians and scholars of the Royal Academy of Sciences were very excited to see the power of this rifle.

Only the master craftsman Ma Ying was full of depression. Relying on his ancestral technology, the Magong Crossbow created by Ma Ying became the standard equipment of the Wei State. The job of a craftsman is famous far and wide.But with the rifle, his time has passed.

However, Ma Ying didn't give up. He felt that even if the rifle appeared, there should still be a place for their Ma family's crossbow, so Ma Ying worked harder to improve the Magong crossbow and the eight-ox crossbow in the days to come. After making achievements, he actually figured out the principle of the god-arm crossbow, which is famous all over the world, and created the Wei Guo god-arm crossbow. This kind of crossbow has a range of more than 400 steps and can kill more than [-] steps. However, At that time, newer rifles appeared, but the Wei army did not adopt this kind of crossbow machine. As a result, Ma Ying, the master crossbow maker of the Great Wei Dynasty, was so angry that he vomited blood and died.

For this reason, Ran Ming also kept an army in the army, named the Shenjian Battalion, all equipped with this new type of crossbow machine. Later, the God Arm Crossbow could shoot with a weak sound, and became the procurement equipment of Wei State's special warfare troops. Not directly withdrawing from the stage of history is also a kind of consolation to Ma Ying.

Ran Ming was very satisfied with the Mini rifle, and decided to formalize it. After further verification, the defects of the rifle were improved, and then mass-produced.Ran Ming held the Mini rifle and said, "I named this gun after the year [-] of the Yellow Emperor's era. This gun is the Type [-] rifle."

As soon as the emperor said what he said, the law followed, and the later Mini rifle became Wei's 500-style rifle. For all the personnel involved in the research and development of the Royal Academy of Sciences, even the servants responsible for taking care of these craftsmen and scholars were also punished. In order to receive a heavy reward, each of them was awarded [-] million yuan by the emperor's decree.

Regarding Ran Ming's imperial decree to reward the craftsmen and scholars of the royal science, it actually did not attract more attention from Wei Guo in the world. What attracted people's attention most was the issue of the appointment of officials in Chuzhou and Tingzhou.Although this time the imperial examination system of Wei State gave the green light, and nearly [-] Jinshi were admitted.Although this is not like picking one out of a thousand in the Ming and Song dynasties, the admission rate is not barely [-]%, which is much more difficult than the university entrance exams for later generations.Originally, these newly promoted Jinshi thought that they could shine on the lintel, but who would have thought that they would actually go to Chuzhou and Tingzhou to become officials.

Nowadays, geography is added to the third-level education in Wei State. As long as the students are entering the school, they all know where Wei State's Tingzhou is.The government of Tingzhou is located in Beiting, but where is Beiting?That is the Shanyu Royal Court of the Northern Huns, that place is a place of complete alienation, although it is good to be an official, but this official also has to be appointed?

You must know that Tingzhou is actually better, there are still some Han people there, and after the bloody massacre by Yuwen, Tingzhou has less than 30 soldiers and civilians from the original one million, and Tingzhou is even bigger than the largest Jingzhou. It should be more than three times larger.As for Chuzhou, it is even further away.Although Chuzhou is called Chuzhou, this Chuzhou and that Chuzhou are basically two concepts. At this time, Chudi is already the essence of Xu Yang, and Chuzhou in Wei State is derived from the Chu River in its territory. Famous, far to the east of Yibohai, which is tens of thousands of miles away from Yecheng.This news caused chaos among the nearly ten thousand Jinshi, many of them.

In ancient times, the vicinity of the capital was often the most densely populated place in the world.The capital of the State of Wei was in Ye. As early as the beginning of Yongxing, Yecheng had more than [-] soldiers and civilians. Now, the city of Yecheng has expanded by more than three times, especially Fengle Town, which is [-] miles east of Yecheng. Almost united with Yecheng.

Taking the year 84 of the Yellow Emperor's era as an example, Yecheng had a total of 91 households with a total of 580 people, not to mention the six infantry divisions of the imperial guards and one infantry division of the Imperial Forest Army. If these troops are included in the cavalry division, there will be 110 million permanent residents in the suburbs of Yecheng, plus the floating population that cannot be counted in detail, the population of Yecheng, including the suburbs, may exceed 150 million.Although Yecheng is not small, it can only be regarded as a palm-sized place compared to the current 25 prefectures of Wei State, and many prefectures and counties in Wei State do not have as many populations as Yecheng.

Especially Tingzhou newly established by Wei State, with a total of 30 people in [-] counties, and less than [-]% of the Han people in Tingzhou.As for Chuzhou, although there are millions of people, the Han people, not to mention two, may be less than one in a hundred.Such a place of Xinna must spend a lot of energy on governance.Originally, the nearly ten thousand newly promoted scholars were Ran Ming's hope, but when he saw that these poor scholars were unwilling to go to Bianzhou to become officials, Ran Ming felt dizzy.

The expansion of the land in the Tang Dynasty was very fast. Counting from the 14th year of Zhenguan (AD 661) Houjun Jiping Gaochang, to the Longshuo period (663-23), the Tang army pacified the Western Turks, and the jurisdiction has expanded to the west of Altai. The eastern and western parts of the Aral Sea and the Congling Mountains until the city-states on both sides of the Amu Darya River, including most of today's Kyrgyzstan.It can also be said that it took the Tang army [-] years to encroach on more than three million square kilometers of territory in Central Asia.However, what is most regrettable is that although the Tang Dynasty occupied so many places, it did not carry out effective governance. As the Tang Dynasty weakened, these regions all rebelled one after another.Ran Ming is a giant standing on the shoulders of history. Naturally, he does not want to repeat the mistakes of the Tang Dynasty, but for the common people who refuse to immigrate, Ran Ming adopts the method of allotment. The death penalty was abolished in Wei State, and those who committed the most heinous crimes were allotted overseas in Nanyang. For the colonies, those with more serious circumstances will be assigned to Tingchu and Chuzhou, and those with ordinary circumstances will also be assigned to the land of Youyan.

In the state of Wei, it is common to fight or petty theft. For ordinary civil cases like this, I’m sorry, at least one thousand miles are issued. This one thousand miles is not counted from Yecheng, but from the original 21 prefectures of Wei State. The counting starts from the border. If the distribution is in the southern Xinjiang area, it is embarrassing to start counting from the southernmost border of Jiaozhou. There is no need to think about distribution to Lingnan.The immigrant people are partly because of criminals and government soldiers, as well as profit-seeking merchants or adventurers. It is not the most difficult to solve, but the problem of officials is much more difficult.If the officials are unwilling, you can't tie them to go, otherwise they will just go out at the local gate and dawdle without going through the two gates.It must be willing, with great enthusiasm and painstaking efforts to govern the land of Xinna well, and integrate into the rule of the Great Wei in the fastest time.

(End of this chapter)