Valley Emperor

Affected by the excessively expensive purchased raw materials, the prices of weapons produced in the Tang Dynasty are relatively high.

Even now that the Ministry of Industry has adopted assembly line production, the yield rate has increased, and the production efficiency has also improved a lot, but the cost of various ordnance of the Datang Xinjun is still high.

The cost of a musket, if converted into silver, would cost about five taels of silver, which was much higher than the price of a bird gun made in the Ming Dynasty in history.

Even for cold weapons, such as the most common knives, waist knives distributed to ordinary soldiers are produced in the sword workshop of the Ministry of Industry. Iron knives, but most of the blades are iron, but the blade is covered with steel.

As for the better quality new-style command waist knives distributed to officers, the price is even higher, almost costing four taels of silver.

The price of the armor is even higher. If it is a new pair of cotton and iron armor, the price required is more than 22 taels of silver. Even if it is reconstructed with armor captured from the Ming army, it will still cost a few taels of silver.

As for the artillery, the price is ridiculously high. You must know that the artillery of the new army of the Tang Dynasty are all made of bronze. In ancient times, copper was currency.

In other words, the new army of the Tang Dynasty directly used money to forge artillery pieces. In addition to the difficulty of casting, this cost has always been high. If it is converted into silver, this kind of 1,300-pound artillery will cost only the original and labor costs. Up to three hundred or more.

Therefore, the guns, artillery, and even swords and spears used by the new army of the Tang Dynasty are actually not cheap. If the same weapons and the same quality were mass-produced by craftsmen organized by the Ming Dynasty, the price would be much lower.

It’s just that in the Tang Dynasty, these weapons were produced by themselves and then directly delivered to the army for use, and there was no monetary connection between the military and the Ministry of Industry. Therefore, many people did not pay much attention to the high prices of many weapons of the new Tang Dynasty. It feels like the military generals don't even know the value of their own weapons.

However, as the tax department in the Tang Dynasty, they were extremely sensitive to the cost of ordnance. Listening to the surrounding military generals looking forward to the need for more artillery in the future, Yang Xiucai, who has been promoted to the secretary of the tax department, In my heart, I complained about these. These warriors are really not at home. I don't know how expensive it is. There are dozens of artillery pieces when they open their mouths, and they don't care how much it costs to equip these weapons.

The casting cost of this artillery is only one aspect. In order for the artillery to exert its combat effectiveness, it also needs ammunition. The artillery shells are okay, but they are just a lump of iron, but the gunpowder is expensive.

In addition, what is more troublesome is that such a 1,300-pound artillery, the artillery itself, the gun mount and the ammunition, need at least ten or even more than a dozen horses to drag it, and there are more than a dozen horses. Artillery and about the same number of musketeers for protection.

An artillery team with only six such 1,300-jin heavy artillery pieces would need at least more than 100 soldiers and 70 or 80 horses to maintain the battle.

Judging from the cost of the various arms of the Tang Dynasty, the resources spent by one artillery team are enough to arm three elite cavalry teams or eight infantry teams.

This artilleryman is a big money swallower!

However, although he had these thoughts in his heart, Yang Xiucai did not say it. Now the Datang Dynasty is facing great military pressure. All the departments of the Datang Dynasty are operated to support the expansion of the army and fight. Naturally, his tax department does not. exception.

The huge expenditure required by the new army of the Tang Dynasty has to be supported by his tax department. The pressure of this military expenditure is not ordinary!

If the tax department he is in charge of cannot raise enough money to support the expansion and combat of the army, then he will not be able to be the minister of the tax department, and His Majesty will replace him without hesitation.

Although he was forced to join the bandit den of the Tang Dynasty, but since he is a thief, and his name has been listed in various documents and reports of the Ming Dynasty, he is called 'Pseudo Tang Dynasty' The head of the tax department'' is one of the fake Tang thieves'. He has lost all his ways of retreat. What he can do now is to hope that the Tang Dynasty can support it, and he is also in the Datang Dynasty. It is best to be able to grab the title of a scholar like Liu Bagou and the others.

Li Xuan was naturally in no mood to care about the thoughts of the civil and military officials behind him. Now he only focuses on the test firing of this artillery.

After the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works and the old artillerymen temporarily transferred from the artillery battalion made relevant preparations, Zhou Kesong, the head of the Ministry of Works, said to Li Xuan: "Your Majesty, it is ready, can you start the test gun?"

Li Xuan nodded slightly: "Let's start!"

After Li Xuan nodded, the artillerymen tens of meters in front were reloading according to the standard process. These artillerymen are old artillerymen who operate 800-pound artillery. The process of loading is naturally extremely skilled, and the whole loading process is completed in one go. There was no problem at all.

After the loading was completed, the temporary gunner ordered to fire. !

boom! !

The huge sound of cannons suddenly sounded in the test firing range of an artillery workshop, at the same time as the rumble of cannons sounded. A cloud of white smoke also rose from the muzzle, but no one paid attention to the rumbling sound of the cannon and the smoke and dust, but to a huge plank two hundred meters away.

For the first test firing, a reduced charge was used~www.wuxiax.com~ to shoot a target 200 meters away.

Because of the operation of the old artillery, and the craftsmen who are most familiar with this artillery personally calculate the parameters and charge, the hit rate of this first artillery is quite impressive.

It just hit a plank that was only a few meters in size, and directly punched a big hole in the plank. After piercing the plank, the solid ball did not stop, but continued to bounce and roll forward, ploughing out on the ground. A large crater appeared, showing its great power.

"it is good!"

"Yes, it's really powerful!"

The first test shot was successful, and many people cried out, especially the military generals, who were even more excited. They watched too much artillery shooting, and they watched both 500-pound and 800-pound artillery shots. Yes, but the power is incomparable to the artillery in front of him.

After a while, this artillery has been tested three times, one with a range of 400 meters, and two with a range of 460 meters, and the two test shots are also quite impressive, with a 400-meter test shot. Accurate hits were obtained. Although the 460-meter test shot did not hit the three-meter-wide plank, the missed test shot was only a few meters away from the target.

This kind of hit rate can be called accurate. You must know that this is a cannon, not a musket. A deviation of a few meters is not a problem at all.

After firing at an effective range, the artillery also underwent a range test at a large elevation angle and successfully obtained a range of 3,600 meters.

After more than ten times of test firing, almost all the tests were tested, and the obtained firing parameters all met the design requirements.

Li Xuan is still very satisfied with the test firing results of this prototype gun. Now that he is satisfied, Li Xuan naturally needs to consider how to equip and use these heavy guns. ()

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