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"With the continuous improvement of the steel-making technology of the tongs, the hard steel smelted by the weighting stone of the tongs pot is used in a large number of drill bits, and the lathe can be widely used.

With the continuous improvement of lathes, the qualification rate of the barrel processed by the ordnance supervision has been greatly improved, which not only improves the efficiency and quality, but also reduces the cost by about three and a half percent compared with before. ”

A while ago, Qin Mu ordered the household department to allocate 700,000 dragon coins as a special fund for the production of flintlock rifles, and now the Nanjing Ordnance Supervision has reported such good news, which is a great achievement.

Qin Mu was also very happy to hear it, although it is said that the decisive factor of war is people, but the improvement of weapons is also crucial, history has proved that weapons not only change the mode of war, but also change the fate of farming people and nomads, and change the course of history.

For the development of weapons, Qin Mu has never relaxed. Some things would be easy to produce in later generations, such as military pistols, which could be copied in some humble workshop.

But in this era, there are a lot of basic things that need to be solved first.

For example, the rear-loading howitzer, with Qin Mu's memory, although he dare not say that every part can be drawn, but at least he knows its principle, but it is impossible to produce a physical object.

The problem of chamber pressure alone is not something that can be solved now. This requires continuous improvement of the base material.

However, flint, rifling, and fixed paper-shelled mini bullets are completely the technologies that can be overcome in this era, and it has been proved that Daqin's ordnance supervisor not only overcame the problems of production technology, but also made a lot of improvements, so that the guns have better breath-holding, and the firing range and accuracy are higher.

He asked happily: "Now that the Ordnance Supervisor produces a Type 69 rifle, what is the approximate cost?" ”

The so-called Type 69 rifle. The biggest difference from the original Type 68 rifle that has been installed in the army is that the original Type 68 rifle is still ignited with an arquebus, and now it is changed to flint firing, and at the same time, a rifling wire is added, and the length of the barrel is also increased by two inches;

Don't underestimate this added rifling and two-inch barrel. Not only does this make the trajectory more stable, but the effective range is said to be 50 steps longer than the original.

Wei Yuan replied: "Your Majesty, the number of reports currently reported is that the cost of producing a six-nine rifle is 17 dragon coins, and if it is produced in large quantities, the cost should be compressed to about 16 dragon coins." ”

Qin Mu thought about it. 17 dragon coins are almost equivalent to 12 taels of silver, and if 1 tael of silver is exchanged for 300 yuan, the cost of producing a rifle by the ordnance supervisor is equivalent to about 3,600 yuan, which is not cheap, but with Daqin's financial resources, it is quite acceptable.

The 700,000 dragon coins that the household department has just allocated, after deducting the cost of ammunition, it is not a problem to produce 20,000 Type 69 rifles. This will be a qualitative leap forward in the equipment of the Qin army. Unlike now, there are only a few soldiers and horses from all walks of life who can be equipped with Type 68 rifles.

"Now that it has been tested, let's stop the production of the Type 68 rifle altogether. Let's switch to the production of Type 69 rifles. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Qin Mu thought for a while and said, "The cost of the tongs pot steelmaking method is too high and it is not suitable for large-scale application. It can only be used to smelt some special steel, so it is necessary to continue to study the improvement of the smelting furnace. Further increase the furnace temperature. By the way, the smelting process can also be like smelting glass, constantly stirring to see if it can reduce impurities and improve the quality of steel. ”

"Anshan Mining and Metallurgy is already applying this method, and continuous stirring can indeed effectively remove impurities and improve the quality of steel, but in the end, it has to be improved in furnace temperature."

Qin Mu then asked, "What is the progress of Anshan iron ore mining in Liaodong?" ”

"Ten large-scale smelting furnaces have been added in Dagushan and Dong'anshan, and it is expected that in two years, the steel output will be no less than that of Ma'anshan mining and metallurgy."

The iron ore mining in Liaoning was not under the guidance of Qin Mu, in fact, as early as when the Liao State ruled Liaodong, there was a large-scale iron smelting industry there.

The Anshan area is not only rich in iron ore reserves, but also of good quality. At that time, the iron smelted by the Khitan in Liaodong once became one of the strategic commodities imported from the Khitan in the Northern Song Dynasty.

After the Great Qin ruled Liaodong, he naturally would not give up the development of mining and metallurgy there, and Qin Mu's inquiry about this during the war also shows the importance he attached to the smelting industry.

And these can be regarded as the war heritage of Great Qin.

After talking about this matter, Qin Muzheng asked Gu Junen about the battle situation in Lintao, Huang Lianshan came in and reported several good news to Qin Muyu one after another, first of all, Wang Guichen captured the capital of Sulu and Le, and Sultan Luolan wrote "Please accept the chart and text", please incorporate the land and Ding households of Sulu into the territory of Great Qin.

Then the sea was smooth and conquered Batavia, completely annihilating the Dutch living forces in the Far East, and in one fell swoop incorporated the Dutch colonies of Java and Sumatra into the territory of Daqin.

The specific number of seizures of the two has not yet been reported to Nanjing, but there must be a lot, especially Hai Rufeng's takeover of the Dutch colony, which is equivalent to controlling the spice trade in Nanyang, which is a strange commodity and a huge profit for both the East and the West.

Finally, there was a good news from Mobei, Chebai and Niu Wanchuan 5,000 men and horses, several fierce battles before and after, a total of more than 10,000 enemies, basically leveled Mobei, and seized more than 2 million dragon coins from Norbu's royal tent.

According to the preliminary report, after sweeping the sweep, at least three or four million horses, cattle and sheep can be obtained, which is also a huge amount of wealth.

This report of successes made the yamen beaming with joy for a while, and Sima An and others congratulated Qin Mu one after another.

This once again proves that although the war burns money, the war dividends brought by the victory are also amazing, and the dividends obtained from these three uses alone are probably no less than the annual income of Daqin.

This made Qin Mu's war in the northwest more confident. Happy, he ordered someone to bring a pot of wine, and drank a few glasses with Sima An and other ministers, before asking: "Ministers, let's do the same, first of all, what do you think should be done with the matter of the Sultan of Sulu's acceptance of land?" ”

Yang Chao, the right attendant of the household department, saw that there was a huge amount of wealth in the account, and he was really ecstatic, he preemptively said: "Your Majesty, the actual land area of Sulu is not large, so it can be included in Luzon Province together, and it is enough for Luo Lan to be a hereditary marquis." ”

"Well, I also mean this, but the problem of Sulu is mainly a matter of religious belief, and this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, what I mean is that Luo Lan will immediately enter Beijing to be sealed, and then fully implement Confucianism in Sulu, supplemented by Buddhism and Taoism, a three-pronged approach, if there is resistance, send back to the southwest to build roads."

Qin Mu said this, murderous, all the ministers knew that the emperor was extremely vigilant about Islamization, although the implementation of Sinicization in Hetao made many foreign races turn to Chitate, but Qin Mu still did not give up the intention of Sinicization.

Instead of begging for peace, the legacy is endless; It's better to make a mess at once and for all.

Changing the beliefs of a place with a knife and gun is the quickest and most economical. And this practice is also the most popular practice in this era.

Western colonization and local beliefs are one of the most important things, which is actually a kind of cultural aggression, and it is an indispensable means to ensure the fruits of military aggression.

Qin Mu thought for a while and said, "Among the seven departments of the court, the Ministry of Rites is too idle. ”

Sima An heard the song and knew the meaning of the song, and said: "Your Majesty wants the Ministry of Rites to take care of the external education matters together?" ”

"Yes, whether it is internal or external, it needs to be indoctrinated, the Ministry of Rites can not only focus on the country, the sage has words, there is no class, this matter is not trivial, if you can pass the influence of Chinese culture, let Siyi return to the heart of Daqin, you can avoid a lot of wars."

Li Yuan said: "What His Majesty said is very true, and the minister also agrees to set up a foreign affairs department in Zaili, which will specialize in selecting talents and be responsible for external education. ”

To put it bluntly, this Department of Foreign Affairs is specifically responsible for cultural export, so you might as well let the Ministry of Rites choose to export a large number of rotten Confucians who only know it, and let them influence Di Yi.

Of course, it can't all be such people, after all, cultural export still has to pay attention to some means.

This kind of Confucianism, like the missionaries of the West, usually has a common characteristic, that is, stubbornness, or unswervingness. It's a good fit for this kind of work.

In terms of strategic planning, it is enough to select some talented people from the Foreign Affairs University who are proficient in flexibility to manage these rotten Confucianism.

In short, cultural export must be raised to the level of a national strategy, and complement each other with military expansion, at least ahead of military expansion.

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