Jilin Jiqi Ju Site Review

Jilin Machinery Bureau is the first modern industry in the northeast region, and the only arsenal in the middle and northeast region of the "foreign affairs movement" in the end of Qing Dynasty. On June 26, 1881, Wu Daxuan (the time supervising the Ningguta three sex Hunchun matters) and so on, asked the Qing Dynasty to approve and set up Jilin Machinery Bureau. In August 1887, the Gunpowder Bureau was completed, and the construction project was completed. Jilin Machinery Bureau products are mainly divided into ammunition and guns. Jilin Machinery Bureau produced, divided into ammunition and guns two categories: ammunition, once produced black gunpowder, Haqi Kass, Mauser, Wenqi Stead, Wuzi carrying gun, Yangzi carrying gun lead pellets, Rifle lead pellets, Gelsa shells, 2 pounds, 4 pounds, 6 pounds, 12 pounds Krupp flowering bullets, Haqikais flowering bullet, front-bore steel nail flowering bullet, 12 pounds front-bore flowering bullet, 12 pounds round flowering bullet, sub-mother gun group bullet, 10 pounds, 20 pounds, 30 pounds mine, mine letter, sub-mother gun pull fire, 2 pounds, 4 pounds copper pull fire, large copper hat, etc.; Guns, once produced Hudun gun, Yangzhi gun, rifle, Mauser gun, Gelsa gun, son-mother gun, 2 pound son Krupp gun, Xilin gun, etc. Around 1886, the light machine gun was tried out, this gun was fired 80 times per minute, two people carried, equipped with a tripod, flexible use, the English missionary Jems watched the test, very much appreciated, in his book "Changbai Mountain" made a documentary. The arms produced by Jilin Machinery Bureau were paid for the military use of Jingbian Jilin. Since 1890, under the principle of "no obstacle to border-raising", they are also used for military training. In 1891, after consultation with General Yike Tanga and General Changshun of Jilin, under the army of Heilongjiang Town, the annual dial of 30,000 silver, the Jilin Machinery Bureau to build arms, Jilin Machinery Bureau used "both Heilongjiang Machinery Manufacturing Bureau Guanfang", and then stopped in 1898. Since 1884, a variety of special equipment, tooling, accessories, tools and general tools have been manufactured for self-use, and made into machine cast silver yuan complete set of equipment. In 1887, 25 tons of small fire ship was created. In 1894, it also caused a small fire ship of "Kangji", which was used by the water division camp. Since then, eight gunboats have been built. The bureau in 1882, in the early stage of the construction bureau, the test cast factory flat one or two silver samples, and then cast a variety of silver coins, in 1896, the Qing government approved a large number of production and issuance. From November 1896 to July 1899, the surplus of more than 340,000 silver was obtained, which provided supplementary funds for its own development and military deployment.