New Ming Empire mixed in America

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Looking at the large...large three-barreled rotating machine gun...machine gun...that is nearly five meters long in front of me...

Li Mingqi really couldn't find any words to describe this big guy.

This big thing, whose main body was composed of three mortar barrels, was completely beyond the scope of his understanding.

It even made him suspect that he was not traveling through 1860, but the year 18600.

"What...is this thing of yours?" Li Mingqi looked up at the big guy, but he didn't notice that he was disturbed by the cable under his feet.

Fortunately, Liu Erhe quickly supported his long-lived master and avoided the tragedy of damaging Long Yan's face.

"This is..." Li Mingqi pointed to the cable at his feet and asked hesitantly: "Is this the cable on the hydroelectric generator?"

"Long live the dragon's eye... the dragon's eye... it's as bright as a torch. This is the cable for the hydroelectric generator."

Lao Li introduced it very proudly: "This is an enhanced version of the mortar that can be fired continuously after my painstaking research."

"Due to technical reasons, it currently only has three muzzle linkages. But it has basically realized the automatic continuous firing function."

Pointing at this giant Gatling consisting of three mortar barrels, Lao Li's voice became much louder.

"I enlarged the structure of the rotating machine gun and installed three mortar barrels. Since the mortar shells are very suitable for the firing method of this rotating machine gun, I tried to modify it."

Lao Li picked up an unexploded artillery shell and pointed it out to Li Mingqi. This kind of artillery shell was thick at the front and thin at the back. Its appearance was somewhat similar to the rockets of later generations, but it was as thick as a thigh.

"This kind of rotating gun can be placed on the fort and used as a coastal defense gun."

After saying that, Lao Li also activated this big guy.

I saw this enlarged version of the three-barrel rotating machine gun slowly turning, and after a minute, the speed finally stabilized at a ten-second circle.

Then he moved over a large cart with empty shells fixed on it, similar to the assembly line of later generations.

Then, while Li Mingqi was stunned, the big guy slowly began to simulate the movements of loading, firing, and ejecting the shell.

Li Mingqi rubbed his head and stopped Lao Liu's next experiment, and asked: "Have you ever conducted a practical experiment?"

Lao Li's face froze and he said, "I haven't had time to experiment yet..."

Good guy, if this experiment starts, how many Jin Yiwei will be involved?

Let’s not talk about the issue of reliability. Let’s just talk about the shell casings flying around after being ejected. It would be fun to kill a few of our own people randomly during actual combat.

And the ammunition supply system, if a small stone falls into it, it will probably jam.

There is also the problem of power supply. We cannot build several hydroelectric power plants next to one fort.

"Lao Li, your idea is very good, but have you ever thought about the recoil without it?"

Li Mingqi guided Lao Li on the right path with earnest words.

"With its recoil, can the gun mount you made now stand the test?"

"Let's put away the continuous artillery first. You can increase the caliber of the rotating machine gun, and then produce some larger bullets for him to use."

"The battleships in the future will probably all be ironclads. Can you also study how warheads can penetrate iron plates?"

"Listen to my advice, this kind of continuous-fire artillery has no future, but the shell you modified is very good. You can try to shrink it for RPG use."

After beating Lao Li, Li Mingqi walked out of Lao Li's experimental factory with his hands on his cheeks.

He had a toothache, and none of these imperial talents could make him feel at ease.

Zhang Yu, the dean of the institute, is more reliable.

Seeing Li Mingqi coming to inspect the Royal Research Institute, Zhang Yu took Li Mingqi to the steel artillery workshop where he was currently focusing.

Here are steel artillery barrels made of various materials, but there are more explosive barrels piled next to them.

"Now the steel materials needed for steel artillery have been basically determined."

Pointing to the bearings on the ground, Zhang Yu continued: "Steel artillery made of this material is most suitable for use, but the material is not available on the West Coast."

In fact, using the steel materials that Li Mingqi brought out, steel artillery has been considered a success.

After all, the steel used in the Krupp cannon back then was worse than the 45 steel we look down on now.

But it was this kind of artillery that Prussia gave France a beating.

And this kind of steel, which is far inferior to 45 steel, was only developed by the Prussian Krupp Steel Works in 1870.

But Li Mingqi was very ambitious. He wanted to rely on the current steel production level of the Xinming Empire to manufacture a steel artillery.

This is also the reason why steel artillery has not been successfully researched until now.

However, the Xinming Empire Steelmaking Plant implemented the method proposed by Li Mingqi, which was to add a pipe to blow oxygen into the molten steel.

The Royal Academy finally developed the current steel artillery based on this steel.

It can be said that the current steel-making level of the Xinming Empire is ten years ahead of the world, and its artillery level is almost 37 years ahead of the world.

Because the first barrel annealing gun was developed in 1897 by French artillery developers Deville and Rimarho.

Now the Xinming Empire's pipe retreat structure has been preliminary researched based on the hydraulic cylinder provided by Li Mingqi.

Specifically, steel artillery is ready for use, but barrel-type artillery will have to wait for some time.

But now Li Mingqi can't wait any longer. If he doesn't care about retractable artillery, he will first launch a batch of steel coastal defense guns.

As for the barrel-retractable artillery, we can still wait for a while. After all, Napoleon artillery is mainly used on the battlefield now.

Heavy mortars are enough to deal with Napoleon's artillery.

As a result, the forcibly acquired steel plant in San Francisco was placed under martial law, and then batches of engineers and technicians composed of imperial subjects mobilized from the Yingtianfu Steel Plant were stationed here.

As long as the steel plants here begin to produce qualified steel, the forts of the New Ming Empire will begin a round of major reforms.

After dealing with the steel plant matter, Li Mingqi began to think about tossing the breeding industry again.

However, the people of the empire are now making a lot of money relying on the subcontracting opportunities provided by Li Mingqi, so Li Mingqi's breeding plan has had some twists and turns.

For tasks such as building roads, digging sewers, and erecting antennas, the Xinming Empire usually subcontracted them to the people of the empire first.

Then the subjects of the empire were subcontracted to white companies, so now the subjects of the empire are generally living a good life.

But there are also some unscrupulous people who only know how to live by guarding the land assigned to them by Li Mingqi.

Because the Xinming Empire now has fewer people, Li Mingqi has canceled the village model of Yingtianfu.

The land was divided into large pieces, which was basically the farm model of later generations in the United States.

So now many of the people of the empire are playing with the land they have just been allocated.

Li Mingqi even opened many lumber factories to make it easier for the people of the empire to build houses.

But these unscrupulous people don't understand His Majesty Li Mingqi's painstaking efforts. There is no need to use bricks to build houses on the west coast. Wood can be used.

As a result, His Majesty Li Mingqi's lumber factory suffered serious losses. On the contrary, some talented people with business minds emerged among the people of the empire.

The brick factory they opened with a loan from Xin Ming Royal Bank actually made a lot of money.