Chapter 518: Li Xin, a newcomer to the Industrial Party

More importantly, this heavy horse can drag cannons. For example, the current cannon with a caliber of 130 mm and 28 times the caliber requires two to three war horses to drag.

As for European heavy horses, there is no such concern. Britain has become the world's empire of sunset. At the time of the largest number of these Sharmas, it had more than one million horses. In other words, these Sharmas became the nanny of the British army and undertake heavy supply tasks.

Helena was very energetic, and after two hours of rest in the guest room, she immediately became energetic. She began to visit the new Shengzhou City accompanied by the knights beside her.

Because Helena has been to Quanjiazhuang Town and has lived there for more than three months, she is very familiar with the castle. Because it is under construction, this nobleman from a small European country once again refreshed her impression of the East.

"Oh God, they are so extravagant!"

When Helena watched the craftsmen on the construction site tie up the thick steel bars with iron wire, put them in the shell board, and then poured the stirred concrete into the shell board.

Aberg frowned, and he reached out to touch the steel, and flicked his fingers gently, and the steel made a pleasant sound: "These are all the best steel. Such good steel is buried in the cement. Are their steels so much more?"

At this time, a craftsman smiled proudly and said, "We have put into production of five giant blast furnaces in Luzon and are making steel day and night!"

Helena asked curiously: "How much steel can you make a year?"

"One million pounds!"

Helena asked carefully: "A year?"

Although this number is quite large, compared with the Ming Dynasty's population of over 100 million, this number is within an acceptable range.

The craftsman said with disdain, "Just one furnace!"

Helena screamed in dismay: "What, a furnace?"

"Yes, one furnace, one furnace is one million kilograms. We can produce twenty furnaces of steel in a month!"

Aberge took a deep breath and said that one million kilograms of steel was an unimaginable number for Venice, and the annual steel production was not one million kilograms.

In fact, Europe's industry is not developed now, and even in other aspects, it is far behind China in other aspects except the shipbuilding industry.

For example, before World War II, the Netherlands had a population of 8.6 million in 1938 and its steel output was only 52,000 tons, let alone Venice.

The increase in steel production capacity means the increase in productivity. Liaodong and Luzon can produce more than 200,000 tons of steel every year, which is simply an astronomical figure!

How powerful can so much steel exert? It’s hard to say anything else. Anyway, the Han people in Liaodong have generally used steel farm tools. Even the beggars of the Dongjiang Army are all wearing iron armor and holding a saber made of high-carbon steel. In the past, such equipment was the patent of Guanning Army’s servants!

As time goes by, there will only be more and more well-equipped Ming army troops. The beggar-like Ming army will become history. As long as you are not an idiot, you will know what this means!

Of course, the number of Chinese in Luzon is very small, and Quan Xu's population who arrived in Luzon was almost 30,000. Such a population cannot digest so much steel.

Therefore, these steels were widely used in building cities, docks, bridges, houses, and schools, just like the Nanguan Primary School in Shengzhou City. This school, covering an area of ​​only more than 100 acres, is much larger than Fort Anthony built by the Spanish in Taiwan.

What excited Helena the most was that cement was also started to be produced in Luzon, which means that Venice was closer to the Ming Dynasty, which could save at least ten days and half a month of sea navigation.

Helena's talent and keen sense of smell in business immediately guessed that the real technical barriers of cement and steel were not very good, otherwise, there would be no way to bloom everywhere in such a fast time.

"His Marquis, let's talk about business!"

"Can!"

Quan Xu looked at Helena and said, "Miss Helena, how is the silk, tea, porcelain and other goods you bought last time sold in Europe? Is it popular?"

Helena smiled and said, "Popular, very popular! After returning to Europe, I gave two pieces of silk, three cans of black tea and two pieces of porcelain to the Pope. The Pope praised these precious gifts, which was even more exciting than giving him a hundred kilograms of gold! Our governor gave him a few tea bricks and a piece of porcelain to the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. The emperor was also very excited and wrapped the porcelain in silver to treasure it in his own vault. It was not allowed to be seen by others. Only a few confidant ministers were fortunate to appreciate this artistic treasure with the emperor."

Quan Xu said indifferently: "Is there any such exaggeration? There are so many things in China!"

Helena smiled bitterly: "Tea, silk, porcelain, spices are of course very common to you, but for Europe it is a luxury that even the nobles are not necessarily blessed to enjoy. By the way, that cement is also very popular in Venice, and the Governor has made up his mind to purchase 100,000 bags for building fortresses and roads."

"There is no problem with cement. Not to mention 100,000 bags, even one million bags, I have the ability to provide it!"

Quan Xu said embarrassedly: "But you need to wait. Luzon's cement production capacity is limited and it can barely meet consumption. This requires transportation from Liaodong!"

"Or what if you sell me the cement formula?"

"You'd better give this heart. Even if I give you the recipe, you won't be able to produce it!"

"You can produce it, but we can't?"

Quan Xu smiled disapprovingly and said, "I really don't underestimate you. Just a ball mill can stump you. Don't think about the formula. For everyone is friends, I'll give you a 20% discount. The more you buy, the more discount you will get!"

Helena wanted to draw out the stinging sword and stab him to death. She gritted her teeth and said, "We want to add five hundred cannons. What do you want to do?"

"Add orders? Of course I welcome you with both hands. Who would be unable to get along with the money?"

Quan Xu was very unhappy because he really didn't have such artillery. The front-mounted smoothbore cannon was a backward product and was also a product of the failure of the Liaodong Guns and Cannon Bureau's experiment. He was sold to Helena for a price of 2,000 taels of silver per ticket.

Now that five hundred doors are going to be produced, Quan Xu is really sad and happy. He needs to build another factory specializing in the production of smoothbore guns.

Of course, there are also supporting shell factories, the value of five hundred doors and one million taels of silver, which can solve many problems.

Helena is a climbing player. Seeing Quan Xu in a good mood, she immediately asked: "Can you sell the 130 mm and 28 caliber rear-mounted smoothbore cannon equipped on your warship to us?"

"No, don't even think about it!"

"Three thousand taels per door!"

"no!"

"Five thousand taels!"

"I don't even have a door, I won't sell it even if I have ten thousand taels!"

What an international joke? This is a powerful weapon for the country. Moreover, this kind of artillery carries black technology, such as the retractor, rear-mounting method, and rifling. These are the correct direction for the future development of artillery. He does not want Europe to avoid many detours in artillery.

The front-mounted smoothbore gun is very suitable for Venice. What's more, so far, the rear-mounted 130 mm and 28 times the caliber rifled gun has only been produced for more than 500. In October of the sixth year of Chongzhen, the entire family had eight sea shark three types, which were launched into the water.

These eight warships will be equipped with thirty-six 130 mm rifled guns, and at the same time, they will be tested to be equipped with larger caliber and more powerful guns.

Before the whole family's military artillery gained the advantage of generation gap, Quan Xu would never export such artillery. Not to mention the Venetians, even Quan Xu of the Tianxiong Army did not sell it.

Helena sighed helplessly and temporarily gave up her plan to buy a rifled gun.

In fact, the 130 mm caliber front-mounted smoothbore gun sold to her was already very powerful. A skilled gunner can easily achieve three rounds per minute. Moreover, the threat of sulfur bombs to the wooden hull is also fatal. A warship will ignite a fire after one or two rounds, quickly lose its combat effectiveness, and even detonate the gunpowder depot and be blown to pieces.

In Europe, it can be regarded as the number one killer.

The trade between Quan Xu and Helena was progressing very smoothly. Through the fifty-five armed merchant ships and seventeen third-class warships brought by Helena this time, Venice's fleet of more than 70 ships transported a large amount of supplies.

The biggest disadvantage of the democratic deliberation system is that its efficiency is too poor. In the fourth month of Quanxu's acquisition of Luzon, the Liaodong Parliament finally reached an agreed goal after multiple rounds of consultations and quarrels.

Thirteen core members, led by the Industrial Party rookie Li Xin, arrived in Luzon, among which Li Xin served as the consul of the Luzon Council. The various governors of the Ming Dynasty had left and right senators, guarding various roads, in charge of grain storage, military farming, Qing army, post office, water conservancy and other matters.

However, the senators in Liaodong have greater power than the senators in the left and right of the senators in the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of the rank of

"Greetings to the Marquis!"

Nowadays, Quan Xu has too many subordinates, so many that he can't recognize him. This is the first time Quan Xu meets Li Xin. Of course, from the information of Xuanying Guard, Quan Xu has a new understanding of Li Xin, the rookie of the Industrial Party.

Li Xin was from Qinglonggang, Qi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province. He was a juren in the Dingmao year of Tianqi. He was born as an official. His father, Li Jingbai, was the governor of Shandong and the title of Minister of War. In the early years of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the punishment of "communicating with relatives, second-rate, and being submissive for three years, he lost and redeemed for the people."

In the third year of Chongzhen, Quan Xu left Liaodong. Li Jingbai had offended anyone and was sent to Liaodong to farm in Haizhou. Li Xin followed Li Jingbai to Haizhou.
Chapter completed!