Chapter 252 Mass-Produced Mortars

(The answer in the previous chapter, Tianya arranged a total of five plots. 1 killed Su Jianzhong, 2-3 Zhang Hao took the opportunity to shake the traditional class, began to pave the way for himself, and forced Liu Xinyu to accept changes; 4 Xu Jie’s opposition. 5 And the biggest Yes, Liu Xinyu's suspicion.)

Seeing everyone's 'surprised and puzzled' expressions, Xu Jie shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and said lightly: "What kind of expressions do you have? I understand what you mean, but since I am now a subject of His Highness, I must You have to think about His Highness, not yourself!

What, is there a problem? "

Xu Jie asked with confidence, but everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, then bowed their heads in silence.

No, there is no problem at all, you are doing great!

Liu Xinyu smiled happily. No matter how watery these words are, the answer itself is enough to make any ruler feel elated.

Yes, I do official work for you, so that you can solve the problem for me, not anything else. In a system of centralized monarchy, officials must be 100% rulers, and this is called "professional ethics"-at least the professional ethics recognized by the king.

Liu Xinyu thought for a while and asked softly: "Xu Jie, last time I remembered that you said that there are three main schools in the East, Confucianism, chivalry, and counselors, and Legalism belongs to the part of counselors.

Can you explain in detail about counselors and legalists? "

"It's my honor!" Xu Jie explained slowly, neither humble nor overbearing: "Actually, it's very simple to explain, and it can be summed up in one sentence: the reward of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, that's all!

Specifically, Confucian scholars uphold the Confucian thought, and chivalrous men uphold the chivalrous thought. They all have their own ideals and goals. In other words, no matter which country they go to, they must realize their ideals.

But counselors are different. Counselors and counselors give advice to others and must be useful. What we pursue is practical and down-to-earth. Our core is to solve problems for the Lord.

And the Legalists are the most pragmatic and organized counselors. All our plans and starting points must be rooted in the actual situation, and we must put an end to false fantasies.

But the Legalists also have a small extravagance, that is: the rule of law. We believe that the rule of law is the best proven way of governing a country today. "

The smile on Liu Xinyu's face became brighter and brighter. "Then tell me, Zhang Hao's suggestion, why is it a disaster for the country?"

"Yes. I believe that Zhang Hao's suggestion is tantamount to a complete negation of today's aristocratic families and nobles. In fact, most of the country's officials and generals now come from families, aristocratic families, and sects.

If His Highness rashly implements Zhang Hao's proposal, what will these people think?

Although there are many families defecting to the enemy now, the power to support the Qixia Kingdom still comes from various families and aristocratic families.

Also, if the business class were to take power, what would they do?

It is undeniable that they will definitely have several talents. But to govern a country, what is needed is not one or two talents, but hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands! The business class has been at the bottom of society for a long time, and they do not have such management skills. "

After Liu Xinyu heard this, she also had to nod silently. What Xu Jie said is the key point that has to be paid attention to.

But Liu Xinyu is not a person without her own opinions. She thought for a while and then asked: "Zhang Hao put forward such a point of view. He is not purely against the aristocratic family. He has such a plan to guide the aristocratic family to transform into industry and commerce. Instead of completely negating the great family."

"It's really easy to say, but it's extremely difficult to do. First of all, even if those aristocratic families have transformed into the commercial class, they are still aristocratic families in essence.

And relying on the strong accumulation of aristocratic families, once the industry and commerce are opened up, they will expand rapidly, squeezing the originally limited living space of the industrial and commercial class. This, I am sure, will happen.

Secondly, a large number of resources and channels are under the control of the aristocratic family. Industry and commerce are like rabbits in the giant net, they can't jump out!

Taking everything into consideration, I believe that drastic reforms are not appropriate at the moment.

But with a little guidance, the industrial and commercial class is indeed a class worth wooing. These days, Chen is in charge of the Administration of Industry and Commerce, but he has come into contact with too many businessmen.

They are eager to rise, have a clear understanding of the status quo, and have certain worries about the country.

Therefore, the minister is also considering a question these days, perhaps we can guide the development of the industrial and commercial class through legislation and military merit.

For example: we can allow the industrial and commercial class to obtain military merits through donations, and the method of recording merits can be recorded in the way that every two donations of materials are counted as one person's meritorious service.

In this way, we can calculate titles based on military merits, etc., and gradually let the industrial and commercial class have a certain aristocratic foundation; only then can we proceed to the next step. "

Liu Xinyu was really moved this time. After asking the rest of the people for their opinions, she finally leaned back on the chair slowly, "Go down first, I'll think about it later."

This matter is too big for Liu Xinyu to be careless.

Recently, the negativity, even indifference, and even betrayal shown by aristocratic families and noble sects have chilled Liu Xinyu's heart. At this moment, Liu Xinyu was very envious of Jinyang Kingdom's approach: lure wolves into the house and clean the country!

The Kingdom of Jinyang took advantage of the Kingdom of Canglan and used the ingenious method of dancing with the tip of a knife to unplug the aristocratic families in the country in one fell swoop.

It's just that Qixia Country doesn't dare to do this. If you really do this, the country will perish in minutes!

Although it is said that there are no eggs under the cover of a nest, for most aristocratic families, their history is even longer and deeply rooted than the Qixia Kingdom. For them, it is a typical "wild fire is endless, spring breeze blows and regenerates"! It is enough to stand on the team at critical moments.

The so-called clan is - vote with your feet! Just keep your hands free, no need to fight. This is the survival rule of the aristocratic family. But obviously, this kind of survival rule is a cancer for a country.

However... But as Xu Jie said, although these aristocratic families have all kinds of abominations, the current civil and military officials and even officials in the Qixia country are almost monopolized by the aristocratic families. People from other classes, even if they are given a chance, they don't have that ability!

Liu Xinyu was so angry that her teeth itch with hatred, and she was so angry that she was so anxious, but she was still helpless!

The resistance to change is beyond imagination. She didn't need to wait for others to object, she could figure it out with a little deduction. And the current country of Qixia really can't stand the toss.

Long panting and a few rough breaths, the heavy pressure made Liu Xinyu a little dizzy. Rubbing her brows, Liu Xinyu suddenly had a brilliant idea:

Anling County in the north has become difficult to defend. The major families and nobles surrendered, ran, and scattered. More than 300,000 troops from the Kingdom of Jinyang marched straight in, and traditional family politics could no longer save Anling County.

What if Zhang Hao led the industrial and commercial class to take back Anling County?

Liu Xinyu's thought spread like wildfire in her mind. Since the business class wants to be in the top position, they must pay the price! There has never been anything free in this world!

With this idea, Liu Xinyu immediately sent someone to give it to Zhang Hao.

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But he said that Zhang Hao returned to Zhang's house overnight, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw his father talking happily with Liu Dingshan. Seeing Zhang Hao came back, Liu Dingshan immediately called Zhang Hao to come and sit down.

"Boy, your Uncle Zhou agreed. However, there are requirements. Now you can accept the gift first, but you must reach the Golden Core Stage and the Qixia Kingdom is stable before you can get married.

How about it, do you have any comments? "

Zhang Hao smiled wryly, Zhou Shuhai is also a shrewd person. Also, if the war is not over, who knows whether you, Zhang Hao, are dead or alive~

Zhang Hao doesn't need to be completely clear about the ceremony, his father Zhang Shengde and Liu Dingshan are enough. Zhang Hao left after sitting for a while, and went to the research base.

In the research base, Huang Mingshan and others are researching a new type of artillery, which is what Zhang Hao called the mortar.

The orthodox artillery is powerful, but its production is complicated and the cost is too high. The Zhang family's temporary industrial production capacity is really tight. In particular, the giant steel ship is about to install artillery. According to Zhang Hao's vision, there must be no fewer than 20 artillery pieces. This is the world of practice. Without artillery, the place can't be suppressed.

Also, as the battle progresses, the enemy learns; they form a vertical, roofless defense. This limits many applications of artillery.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Hao put forward the suggestion of mortar.

The requirements for the barrel of the mortar are much lower, and it can be made of ordinary black iron without rifling.

Of course, with Dayang Group's current production capacity and a certain strength consideration, the gun barrel is made of 60% dark iron. Under the premise of properly thickening the barrel, the strength is sufficient.

On the shells, part of the production technology of the previous artillery was borrowed, so there are also two calibers: 100mm and 300mm. However, the shells of the mortar have to be modified a lot. The rear fins and tailpipes are added with ordinary black iron sheets. The tailpipes are filled with propellant and wrapped with weak straw paper.

In addition, because the current propellant is not particularly sensitive, a small flame formation is added to the bottom of the mortar, which can be easily activated. As long as the sixth level of the Qi refining period can be mastered.

The research base here has been temporarily turned into an arsenal. Cannonball shells made of crude steel piled up like a mountain. This thing is simple, just pour molten steel into a mold and quench it, and the poorer the quality, the better. In the later stage, a layer of lead-tin shell will be added to the surface, and after a little repair, a shell shell will appear.

As for the explosives, they are equipped in another separate place far away from the Zhang family, which has strict requirements. Explosives and shells are to be assembled in a third place.

As the production line matures, the production efficiency of shells is rising steadily. But artillery technology is a bit behind. All mortars came into being.

Huang Mingshan gave Zhang Hao a very detailed introduction. The barrel length of the mortar is 1.5 meters. Most of the shells are time-delayed fuzes, which are guaranteed to explode when they fall on the enemy's head.

Due to the low technical requirements for mortars, thousands of mortars can be 'cast' overnight relying on the production capacity of the Xuantie Factory.

Zhang Hao patted the mortar, very satisfied: "It will surprise the enemy!"

Just at this time, the message from Liu Xinyu finally reached Zhang's house, and was soon delivered to Zhang Hao. Zhang Hao was overjoyed after seeing it: "This is definitely an opportunity!"

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