"Ding Ding Dangdang" In the tall forging workshop with a large space, several forging machines had huge hammers rising and falling, making a huge impact sound, covering up the roaring steam engine. When you first walked into the workshop, you seemed to be in another world, tall machines, huge noise, hot air coming from the face, unified work clothes, focused and busy workers,

Lin Zexu looked surprised and looked at the huge hammer with interest. However, Yu Baochun pulled Yi's contented sleeves and whispered: "Why don't the craftsmen come up to greet him?"

The workshop was very loud, and Yi Zhizu couldn't hear what he said. He opened and closed his mouth and pointed to his ears immediately. Seeing this, Yu Baochun whispered loudly: "Why don't these people come up to salute?"

Yi Zhizu waved his hand, pointed to the machine, and shouted: "Can't stop!"

Lin Zexu naturally didn't care whether the workers came up to salute. He followed the production process enthusiastically and watched the thick blanks quickly take shape under the forging of machines. The surprise on his face quickly turned into a smile.

When the workshop was left, the noise was low, Lin Zexu stopped and said, "The West is not all strange and lewd things. This steam engine is extremely practical. Can Changle Machinery Factory make a steam engine?"

"Yes." Yi Zhizu said loudly: "However, mass production will be until next year." Yi Zhizu spared no effort to imitate steam engines. Since the beginning of the construction of Changle Machinery Factory, he has spent a lot of money to attract Citi technicians to imitate and improve steam engines. He is very clear that steam engines are the foundation of the industrial revolution and cannot independently produce steam engines. Developing industry is a joke.

He could make a steam engine, Lin Zexu nodded approvingly and said, "For some practical Western machine technologies, we should try our best to learn and master them." After a pause, he continued, and asked, "What machine is the machine factory producing now?"

Yi Zhizu: "Changle Machine Factory currently mainly produces silk reeling machines and sugar presses, and these two machines are in high demand at present."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Zexu said: "Why don't you try to use these machines to make muskets?"

After hearing this, Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Director Budo encourages Changle Machinery Factory to make muskets?"

"What?" Lin Zexu looked at him and said, "Don't Lord Deng allow Changle Machinery Factory to manufacture muskets?"

"That's not." Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "The establishment of Changle Machine Factory was because of the high demand for wire reeling machines. Imported from France, it was time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the second was expensive. After the completion, because the demand for wire reeling machines and sugar presses was a generous gift, he never considered making muskets. Therefore, he never mentioned it to Deng Butang.

When I discovered that there might be a war with England, I have considered using machines to make muskets. However, one is that it requires special craftsmen to make muskets, and the other is that Citi and France have strictly regulated the machinery and equipment for making muskets and related technical craftsmen. Moreover, as the shopkeeper of Yuanqi, I have to put money first, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the owners."

Lin Zexu glanced at him and said silently for a while: "Craftsman, our department can provide you with it. How about setting up a Machinery and Firearms Bureau within half a year?"

Preparing for the construction of the gun bureau? Yi Zhizu weighed it quickly. In this way, he could blatantly make guns. How long can Lin Zexu stay in Guangzhou? Before the Opium War ended, he was sent to Xinjiang. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Half a year is probably not enough. It takes a steam engine with a large horsepower to build a gun factory. Changle does not have this production capacity at present. Moreover, now that war with England is about to start, few merchant ships come to Guangzhou. Even if a merchant ship comes, they will sell arms. No one is willing to bring machines to Guangzhou."

After a pause, he continued: "The creation of a gun barrel is no better than that of ordinary machine parts. The intensity of machine forging and process processes require time to explore and constantly try. This is not something that craftsmen who make muskets by hand can do." As he said that, he looked at Lin Zexu and said: "Yuanqi immediately organized human, financial and material resources to study machine forging muskets, and accelerated the production of the high-power steam engine. However, the time is not guaranteed, as soon as one year, as late as two or three years."

After hearing what he said, Lin Zexu realized that he was too hasty, and immediately nodded and said, "It is to do your best to do your best. If the Machinery and Firearms Bureau can complete production within one year, our department will strongly recommend you to the court."

He tried his best to recommend it? Yi Zhizu secretly complained in his heart, but I don’t want to be an official, so what’s the use of recommendation? He still bowed and said, “Mr. Xie Butang, I will do my best to strive to complete it as soon as possible.”

Lin Zexu said with a slight head, "Go and go to the Ammunition Bureau to take a look."

Luoxi Ammunition Bureau has not officially started production yet and is in the trial production stage. The factory is not small, there are many machines, but there are not many workers, and there are many Citi technicians. Lin Zexu obviously has some understanding of the production of gunpowder. He asked in detail while looking at it. Yishizuo asked questions and explained in detail.

Although the ratio of this gunpowder technology introduced from Citigroup is not much different, the production process is beyond the reach of the Qing Dynasty. First, the purity of nitrate and sulfur was extracted, and the drum-type device was driven by a steam engine to crush and mix the medicine. Then, the configured gunpowder was placed and crushed into solid and uniform particles with a mechanical means, so that the gunpowder had a certain geometric shape and compactness.

Then, a mechanical granulator is used to polish the gunpowder into gunpowder particles of uniform size; the granular gunpowder is placed in the drying room and dried with a steam heater to keep it in a good dry state. Finally, a graphite-made polishing machine polishes the surface of the medicine particles to remove pores and reduce hygroscopicity to extend the storage period of the gunpowder.

After learning the production process of Western gunpowder in detail, Lin Zexu sighed: "The West is indeed extraordinary, and we strive for excellence in everything. No wonder Guan Tianpei said that Western gunpowder is far more than the navy's own gunpowder. Speaking of which, Western gunpowder techniques were learned from China."

Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "The reason why Westerners can surpass themselves is because of their competition mechanisms and patent protection systems."

"Oh. I know a lot." Lin Zexu immediately became interested and said, "Go out and talk in detail to see if I can learn from it."

After leaving the workshop, Yi Zhizu smiled and said with a smile: "It's probably a bit difficult to learn from. Whether it is the competition mechanism or the patent protection system, it is difficult to implement in the Qing Dynasty." After pausing, he said: "Let's talk about the steam engine. This was invented by a man named Watt in England. After he developed and improved the steam engine, he applied for a patent from the British government.

After obtaining the patent approval, any manufacturer of Watt steam engines in the English factory will pay Watt a patent fee, and Watt becomes a rich man because of the invention and improvement of the steam engine.

The British government promulgated the Patent Protection Law to encourage inventions, improvements and innovations, and protect their due interests, which is unimaginable in our Qing Dynasty.

The scholars of the Qing Dynasty were ashamed of miscellaneous studies and took the path of imperial examinations. In recent years, Guangzhou's academic style has changed a bit, and they advocated practical application and practical application of what they learned. However, they still looked down on craftsmen and disdained these strange and erotic techniques. It can be said that the most cutting-edge talents in our Qing Dynasty have been wasted on scientific examinations.

There are also many talented people among the craftsmen, but there is no incentive and encouragement mechanism. Without the protection mechanism, the craftsmen are unwilling to devote themselves to research, improve and strive for excellence. Even if they have unique technologies and craftsmanship, they are secretly disclosed and become secret recipes, fearing that they will be exposed. Once they encounter natural disasters, they will encounter large-scale wars that have changed dynasties, many secret recipes have been lost. Over the past thousands of years, our losses are incalculable."

Hearing this, Lin Zexu couldn't help but sigh, feeling very regretful. Every time the dynasty changes is a major destruction, and I don't know how many secret recipes are lost in all walks of life. However, it would be a dream to think that the court would like Britain to promulgate the Patent Protection Law.

"Let's talk about the competition mechanism." Yi Zhizu continued: "English advocates free competition, especially commercial, and the competition is very fierce. English has no official factories, and all factories are private. Take military factories as an example. If they want to start a war, the government will purchase guns, gunpowder, and order them from various military factories.

How to order? It is to convene several major military factories to demonstrate on-site, compare which one has better quality and great power, and then buy whose house is purchased. This is not fake. Therefore, it stimulates all military factories to invest a lot of manpower, material resources and financial resources to continuously innovate and improve. This is like sailing against the current, and if you don’t advance, you will retreat. All large and small factories in England are like this. If you cannot develop and grow, you will have to go bankrupt."

Lin Zexu frowned and said, "English allows private military factories to be opened?"

"Whether it is England, America, France, Portugal, and European countries are all privately opened." Yi Zhizu said confidently: "The military industry of our Qing Dynasty was all official. From the Ming Dynasty to the present, it has been hundreds of years. Can our firearms and gunpowder have been significantly improved? Even if there are improvements, they are all coming from the West. In contrast, various firearms are emerging in the West, and we are far inferior to our power and quality."

Lin Zexu obviously still didn't believe it, saying: "If you open a private military factory, aren't you worried about the flood of firearms in the country?"

"There are more ways to do this." Yi Zhizu smiled and said: "Send officials to supervise the guns produced. Once the guns are found to have been leaked, you can easily find out which factory they leaked from and how to ban the business license. No one dares to joke about the factories they have worked hard to create. However, Citiland is an exception, and Citiland allows the people to legally possess guns."

"There is still this?" Lin Zexu said in surprise: "The Musket Kingdom is not worried about the people's rebellion?"

Yi Zhizu smiled and said: Citi has no king, only a president. Their president is elected by the people, and they are served every four years. If the people are not satisfied, there is no need to rebel. Voting to impeach can cause the president to step down."

"This is a strange story in the world." Lin Zexu changed his mind and said, "Don't Zhizu want to set up a private military factory, right?"

Yi Zhizu seemed to have a piece of coptis chinensis, and said bitterly: "Military industry is the foundation of the country. The official military industry has been stalemate for a long time. It is indeed worrying. If you don't want to run a private military industry, you don't dare to do it. Yuanqi's big stall is like walking on thin ice every day and dare not take risks."

"The Guan Tianpei mentioned it when I heard from the Ministry of Education." Lin Zexu looked at him and said, "The Navy Ammunition Bureau was built. In addition to ensuring the needs of the Guangdong Navy, he also planned to sell gunpowder to other provinces."

"It's because of this." Yi Zhizu nodded and said, "The Ammunition Bureau made gunpowder machine production, with high efficiency and large output. How much can the Guangdong Navy consume in a year? How much can the Eight Banners Green Camp in the whole province of Guangdong be consumed? The Ammunition Bureau produced in January, and the Eight Banners Green Camp in all provinces must be sold to the Eight Banners Green Camp in other provinces.

In addition to military gunpowder, the Ammunition Bureau is also preparing to produce large quantities of civilian gunpowder, fireworks, and mines and road construction. The demand for gunpowder is quite large, which is enough to maintain the normal production and profit of the Ammunition Bureau. Only in this way can the Ammunition Bureau have the spare time to invest in continuous research and development and improvement of gunpowder."

Lin Zexu nodded and said, "Gunpowder can be exported to the Eight Banners Green Camps of various provinces. Why can't muskets be? The officers and soldiers of all provinces will compete for high-quality and low-priced muskets."

After hearing this, Yi Zhizu hesitated for a while before saying: "The imperial court's management of muskets is much more severe than gunpowder."

After pondering for a moment, Lin Zexu said: "Following first tries its best to build the gun bureau as soon as possible, official, private, and joint office, and then discuss it carefully in the future. As Jingzu said, military industry is the foundation of a country, how can it lag behind others for a long time? The system of the court is not unchanging."

Yi Zhizu hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Lord Master, I will definitely live up to my high expectations."

Lin Zexu glanced at him and said, "It's already February, and the Ammunition Bureau must start production as soon as possible."

"Don't worry, Lord Master Mintang." Yi Zhizu said: "I guess the Ammunition Bureau will officially start construction in another three to five days."

After seeing off Lin Zexu and his party at the dock, Yi Zhizu laughed in his heart. Lin Zexu was much more courageous than Deng Tingzhen. Unfortunately, he didn't stay in the position of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi for a long time. Otherwise, there would be no need to sneak into it like a thief.

The official ship left the dock, and Feng Qigui, the director of the ammunition bureau, smiled and said, "The shopkeeper is as good as a god. The master of the department has really come to inspect. It is said that many local officials have inspected the academy and academy, and it is rare for those who come to inspect the workshop." As he said that, he tentatively said, "You can start work with all your strength now, and the workers can't wait."

"Don't worry, wait for another three or five days." Yi Zhizu said: "All preparations are ready to start construction in the past few days." As he said that, he reminded him again: "The gun production workshop should be strictly controlled, rather than having too little than being too bad, and not afraid of small output. If we have time, it will not be a trivial matter."

Feng Qigui quickly said seriously: "Don't worry, the big shopkeeper, all the staff have repeatedly reviewed, all the people from other places with old and young, and very tight-mouthed attitude."

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