Chapter 191 Steel Artillery

The first issue of the Imperial Monthly newspaper was placed on the table of Beijing Dorgom and Nanjing Ma Shiying at the same time. At this time, Dolgom looked like a fire, and it could be seen that he was angry. The guards and maids in the room are all far away from each other, and they are afraid of being provoked for no reason.

"Come on!" Dorgom shouted angrily.

Before the sound fell, a guard came over tremblingly. At this time, he did not dare to be a little late. After all, Dorgun was angry at this time. If he dared to hesitate, he might face him with his head falling to the ground.

"If the order goes on, all the so-called newspapers that will flow into Beijing and the surrounding areas will be confiscated, and then all of them will be burned by me, and find out who transported these newspapers to Beijing. And let Beijing Fuyin send people to investigate strictly. If someone is found holding this so-called newspaper, he will be arrested immediately!" The more Dorgon said, the more excited he became, and in the end, it was like a hysterical cry.

"Yes, yes, yes" The guard lowered his head. At this time, his back was already wet. Even if he was full of people, he was still a low-level slave in the face of the prince Dorgun. Hangou, it's really abominable. Why are you tossing so much when you have nothing to do? Now it makes the prince angry, and I almost lost my life. Humph, you should have killed all these dogs!" As the bodyguard walked and thought, the scene of Han people being killed constantly began to appear in his head. At this time, a smile appeared in the corners of his mouth.

A maid carefully slowly walked to Dornon, gently put the body soup in her hand in front of Dornon, and said softly, "Your Majesty, the body soup you want." Dorgun nodded blankly, and then waved his hand casually at the maid. The maid suddenly felt relieved and quickly left the study as quickly as possible.

At this time, Dorgun was still thinking about the content of the newspaper. The Imperial Monthly was founded by Liu Xia, and now it is only the first issue. A total of 5,000 copies of the first issue of the newspaper were printed. As Liu Xia expected, more than 5,000 newspapers were quickly sold out. Although the income was not much, it was barely enough for the cost. The first issue of the newspaper was about the Manchu Qing Dynasty. Liu Xia wrote a close-up anti-Qing article, which led to Dorgeon's anger and even put the defeat of the Qing army. Liu Xia's capture of the two princes of the Manqing on the front page, and it was even asked to write an article called "The Prince of Manqing". Confession, and the protagonists in the article are Azig and Kong Youde.

Also in Nanjing, although Liu Xia did not write bad words about the Southern Ming Dynasty, he pushed the Pingbei Army Group to the altar, which naturally diluted the Southern Ming court. Liu Xia is really abominable. This is simply not looking at Nanjing in our eyes!"

Qian Qianyi was willing to think of Ma Shiying with a mocking look and said, "How many times have you said this? I'm tired of hearing this, but you're not annoyed."

Ma Shiying looked at Qian Qianyi angrily and said, "We are officials in the same dynasty. Nanjing should be our common interest. Why do you mock me so much!" Qian Qianyi stroked his white beard, looked at Ma Shiying with a contempt and said, "Lord Ma, Mr. Ma, you still know that we are officials of the same dynasty. Why didn't you think about me when you did such a thing? Now I can remember it. Hahaha."

"You..."

In the teahouses and pubs in Nanjing City, many talented students hold a newspaper in their hands and look at it with relish. The text of these newspapers was written by Rui Junai with some good writing style, which has been modified many times, so they are all very good. Some talents were surprised to see the good passages.

"The Duke of Zheng in Luoyang is really good. He can block the Qing army in the north, but the Yellow River is really like General Yue. Looking at this paragraph, it is well written, especially the timid expressions of the two princes of the Qing Dynasty are vividly described.

"Of course, if it hadn't been for Duke Zheng, I'm afraid the Qing army would have attacked Nanjing City long ago. Now with Duke Zheng resisting the Qing army along the Yellow River, we are safe now."

"Safe? What's the safety? A few days ago, the traitor Wu Sangui sent troops to attack us.

Luoyang

At this time, Liu Xia was listening to Li Sanhan's report, who was dancing with dragons and phoenixes to explain their newly invented cannons to Liu Xia. He said, "General, this time we invented a kind of shell. Although the range is not too far, only three miles away, it is very powerful, and it is small and suitable for carrying and field combat. Once the shell landed, it exploded, and the explosion range reached a radius of nine feet.

When Liu Xia heard this, her face showed surprise and said, "Is that true? Can you do it now?"

and Li Sanhan casually, Li Maocheng said, "General, we have done a door. If the general wants to see it, I will give you a test shot immediately." Li Maocheng is the nephew of Li Sanhan. At this time, he is in his thirties. He used to make guns with Li Sanhan in the artillery bureau of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, Li Maocheng is still very smart, and now he has more knowledge in the whole arsenal. Therefore, Liu Xia transferred Li Maocheng to the Academy of Science and Technology as a scientific and technological commander.

Liu Xia nodded and said, "In that case, I will go and see if the power of the gun is really as you said." After saying that, Liu Xia got up from the top of her seat and walked out.

"General, please, the artillery is now on the shelling field of the Armament School on the outskirts of Luoyang."

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

The Armament School is just outside Luoyang City. After a while, Liu Xia and others have come to the bombardment site. There is a small steel gun on the bombardment site, which brightens Liu Xia's eyes. You know, the previous artillery was made of copper. The reason why iron is not used is that iron is easy to explode. If it is used, it is too difficult to produce, so only copper can be used, but copper is very rare, and copper has to be used as currency.

"Is this gun made from just?"

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng said in unison, "General, this artillery is indeed made of steel, but there is not much steel in our arsenal now, so this kind of artillery needs to be replaced with copper if it wants to be produced in large quantities." Liu Xia shook her head and said, "You can't use copper. Copper is too cumbersome, and if you use copper, you can only melt the copper money. It's too wasteful. After I went back, I asked people to build a steel factory, so that if I slowly explore, a large amount of steel will be produced. The role of steel is very important. Even in the 21st century, the production of steel is sometimes used to measure the strength of a country. However, what gave Liu Xia a headache was that he didn't know how steel was made. He only knew that he needed a big chimney and a melting pot. However, Liu Xia's most indispensable thing now is people. So many people will always make it.

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng listened, and their faces couldn't help but be happy. Li Maocheng said, "If the general has a lot of steel, then not only the cannon can be produced in large quantities, but also the musket can be better. Don't worry about blowing up. And the cost will be much lower!"

"Good!" Liu Xia said happily, "This year, I will pay you 5,000 silver coins for research and development expenses."

"Thank you, General!"

"What's wrong with the musket that I asked you to develop?" Liu Xia asked that Liu Xia really doesn't want to use the musket now. Now it won't be long before Liu Xia will launch a battle against Shaanxi, so the fliliary gun is imminent.

Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng looked at each other and said, "General, the whole part of the flint gun has been made, and the flint used to hit Mars has also been installed, but there is a lack of something that will hit the flint on the edge of the fire door and come out of the fire."

Liu Xia suddenly fell into thought after hearing this. After a moment, he said, "I know what you are missing. You should lack springs. It's okay if you have springs."

"Spring!" Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng called out in unison.

In history, the musket was in the 16th century, and the popularization period was after 1640. That is to say, the West has already begun to popularize muskets, but it has not been popularized in China, so Li Sanhan and Li Maocheng have never seen muskets.