Chapter 32                                                             �

The reason why Zhou Mengchen knew the Folang machine cannon was because this cannon was so famous that Zhou Mengchen vaguely remembered the illustrations in history books.

This is one of the most commonly used artillery artillery in the late Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Mengchen asked casually: "How much does this need to be produced?"

The official around him said a little embarrassedly: "Sir, this one doesn't need to be produced. Look, this one is a sample sent from the south."

Zhou Mengchen asked: "Why? Can't give birth?"

The official said, "No. This was seized by Zhu Wan, the governor of Zhejiang in the south, who fought pirates. He said that it was powerful and wanted us to imitate it. But if we did not make it, we did not have the final say, but we had to have the final say. Isn't this here? If you want to see all the firearms, you will be moved here."

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen looked at the Folang machine cannon carefully and saw a line of letters in the corner. He didn't know if it was the name of the craftsman who made the Folang machine cannon.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the Folang machine cannon carefully. Sure enough, the craftsmanship of this Folang machine cannon is much better than that of Wang Gong Factory.

Of course, there is no generation difference between the two sides. More of one is attentive and the other is attentive.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Do you still use the south to send firearms?"

"Yes." A man immediately said.

After a while, Zhou Mengchen saw some firearms that he looked familiar but had different styles from the Da Ping firearm, a bird gun, several hand guns, and all of them were mesoft guns. In terms of design, this is more mature, and it is much more mature than the messy guns of Wang Gongchang, such as guns, fire guns, and other guns.

It even gave Zhou Mengchen a reminder invisibly.

That is, he is in the Age of Discovery.

To be honest, it is easy for Zhou Mengchen to forget this in the atmosphere of Beijing.

Zhou Mengchen asked: "How is the situation of Zhejiang Governor Zhu in Zhejiang?"

This question is beyond the rules for these officials, employees, craftsmen and eunuchs. They are not concerned about these things.

Yin Zhengmao said: "Mr. Zhu is a rare wise minister. When he arrived in Zhejiang, he used thunder means to practice Baojia and wipe out pirates. Zhejiang was quiet for a while. These should be his spoils. But he acted too straightforwardly and offended too many people."

Zhou Mengchen said: "There is still this matter?"

Yin Zhengmao said: "You don't know, where I found out from other things in the same year, and the memorials impeaching Lord Zhu have been piled up in the cabinet. Do you know how Master Xia Ge handled it?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "How to deal with it?"

Yin Zhengmao said, "Reject all of them. No one is left." Then he sighed and said, "With Master Xia Ge, one day, Lord Zhu is in Jiangnan, so there is no need to worry about any problems with the court."

There was not a happy time between Zhou Mengchen and Xia Yan. However, Zhou Mengchen had to admit one thing, that is, even if Xia Yan had all kinds of shortcomings, he was indeed the Dinghai Sword of the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps Xia Yan's ability may not be able to reach the first-class famous minister in history. But now the Ming Dynasty court is really inseparable from Xia Yan.

What was the biggest crisis in the later period of Jiajing?

In summary, it means that the north captures the Japanese in the south, and the military affairs are connected.

But there is nothing Xia Yan is there.

At least he had been on the border. Whether the reconciliation could be successful is another matter, but there is no problem in defending the border. As for Zhu Wan's efforts to ban the sea in Zhejiang, this policy has mixed pros and cons. However, at least he curbed the rampant pirates.

But what does it look like when Yan Song is in his hands?

Even if Hu Zongxian yells to heaven, will the people in Jiangnan suffer less?

Zhou Mengchen sighed in his heart and said to himself: "I hope my worries are wrong, I hope everything goes well." Zhou Mengchen did not think about things that were too far away, but just looked at the firearms in front of him, and said to himself: "The first thing I have to do is to delete the number of firearms. Who has equipped so many firearms. One type of infantry musket, one type of cavalry horse gun, one type of hand gun, and one type of cannon according to the specifications, about five to six types, and there are three or four types of rockets. The rest of the firearms will be scrapped."

Zhou Mengchen decided to do this, on the one hand, it was to facilitate production and on the other hand, it was also to facilitate management.

Zhou Mengchen really doesn’t know that more than 300 firearms will be used by soldiers under them?

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "Gunpowder must also be streamlined."

Then Zhou Mengchen didn't know what reasons the dozens of gunpowder classifications in the Ming Dynasty were based on. However, based on the convenience of production, it was best to streamline them into several types.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Let's go and see gunpowder."

"Yes." People around him lead the way.

Zhou Mengchen passed through several buildings and introduced them one by one.

Zhou Mengchen then realized that in fact, he, under the jurisdiction of the head of Yu Heng, had another job, which was to check the quality of weapons. Zhou Mengchen was speechless when he heard this. He was responsible for production and inspection. If he was both an athlete and a referee, it would be strange if the quality of weapons in the Ming Dynasty was good.

Zhou Mengchen saw the gunpowder warehouse from afar.

When he opened it, Zhou Mengchen felt a deep feeling in front of him.

I saw that there was countless gunpowder piled up inside, and the placement was extremely chaotic. Zhou Mengchen could not bear it. Zhou Mengchen did not require each person to be clear, but at least he required that all goods have a label. Zhou Mengchen knew from the directory that there were dozens of gunpowder installed in this warehouse.

But at first glance, you can't tell at all. What's the difference between these gunpowders?

Zhou Mengchen first asked him to take the account book, and then he realized that the gunpowder depot of Wang Gongchang was equipped with a total of more than 2 million kilograms of gunpowder.

Suddenly, Zhou Mengchen understood again. He, the head of the Ministry of Works, was not only a production unit, but also the head of a national arsenal.

Zhou Mengchen was suspicious of whether there were more than 2 million kilograms of gunpowder in the Wang Gongchang gunpowder depot. After all, seeing their empty salary side made Zhou Mengchen not think so.

However, Zhou Mengchen came here today not to check the accounts.

He ordered some of each gunpowder to be taken over and let him take a closer look.

So Zhou Mengchen looked at the gunpowder little by little.

It was all black powder, and Zhou Mengchen couldn't see anything. The official around him smiled carefully and said, "Sir, you are holding the best willow charcoal in your hand, and the power of gunpowder is the greatest."

Zhou Mengchen actually didn't understand it very much.

What is the difference between willow charcoal and other charcoal? Is it more powerful to explode with willow charcoal with gunpowder, and is it less powerful to use other charcoal?

Zhou Mengchen took these questions in mind and prepared to study them carefully after going back.

However, after a careful look, Zhou Mengchen also determined a problem. There was something wrong with this gunpowder depot. Because Zhou Mengchen found that he saw that some gunpowder was not produced this year. It was very simple. After the gunpowder was stored for a long time, various substances would be separated.

After all, gunpowder is just a few materials that are ginseng together.

When these materials cannot be fully in contact, the power of the gunpowder will naturally decrease. This is the reason why gunpowder is difficult to preserve for a long time at that time.

Zhou Mengchen remembers that Wang Gong Factory Gunpowder Depot was strictly used as the arsenal. Once there was a large-scale war or something, the gunpowder here would be directly allocated. Moreover, the gunpowder produced by Wang Gong Factory was sent here every year for more than 200,000 kilograms of gunpowder produced by Wang Gong Factory were given here every year, so there should not be such a problem.

However, Zhou Mengchen was not very troublesome either.

Anyway, there are enough things he saw today. Whether he has to settle the score depends on their performance.

Zhou Mengchen stretched and rubbed his eyes.

He came out to inspect at noon, first looking at the armor factory, then Wang Gong factory, but now the sun has set in the west. Moreover, there are more places and few windows in the warehouse, which is a bit dark. Zhou Mengchen carefully observed the powder, which is very eye-consuming.

At this time, the officials around him seemed to see the opportunity to flatter him and said a few words to the people around him. One of them ran out immediately.

After Zhou Mengchen rubbed his eyes, he bent down and looked carefully. He regretted that he did not bring a magnifying glass.

Suddenly, Zhou Mengchen felt that the light in front of him had changed. A warm light shot from Zhou Mengchen and shone on the gunpowder in Zhou Mengchen's hand. The visibility suddenly increased. Zhou Mengchen slowly raised his head and looked at an official beside him holding a lantern with a smile on his face, illuminating Zhou Mengchen.

For a moment, Zhou Mengchen's face was hard to describe with ink.

He actually used open flames to illuminate a place filled with more than 2 million kilograms of gunpowder.
Chapter completed!