Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 476, Thinking about old and new equipment (debt repayment~)

"One two one, one two one~"

On the huge concrete playground, more than [-] new troops shouted loud slogans and ran in the morning in the cold and windy. There were more than [-] people, and their voices were very loud.

With the continuous running, each of them seemed to be able to see the heat rising continuously. When they got up at first, each of them felt very cold, but after running slowly, each of them felt very hot.

With every breath, you can see the obvious white air rising, and the whole playground seems to be no longer eroded by the cold, and it is steaming.

The first principal of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty, the British public Zhang Mao, was wearing a mink coat, followed by Liu Jin and Liu Jin, and the three of them were walking on the edge of the playground, watching tens of thousands of people jogging in the morning.

"Liu Jin, nothing will happen if you run like this?"

Zhang Mao's eyes were locked on Zhu Houzhao who was in the crowd. He is the prince of Daming, and nothing will happen to the future of Daming.

The prince grew up in the deep palace, pampered and pampered, well-clothed and well-fed. Now in this winter, he wakes up every morning for a morning run. The cold wind is biting. If something happens, Zhang Mao can't afford it.

As for his grandson Zhang Lun, he didn't even look at it. After this kid came back from Ryukyu, his whole person has changed, more calm, and more mature. The most important thing is that his body has become stronger. Not as fragile as before.

The old Zhang's family was not prosperous, and Zhang Mao's son died early, so this grandson was naturally a treasure.

Because of excessive doting, Zhang Lun became like a playboy, so Zhang Mao sent him to Tianjin Maritime Academy in time to study for a period of time, and all his bad habits were corrected.

"That's right, the weather is really too cold, and His Highness is wearing such thin clothes. If the cold enters my body and catches the wind chill, even ten thousand heads would not be enough for me to cut off."

Liu Jin also looked very anxious and said that the three of them were wearing thick clothes and felt cold. If they took off their coats and stood in the cold for a while, they would keep their noses running.

"Don't worry, what can happen, didn't you see that everyone is the same, and everyone is alive and well?"

Liu Jin said indifferently, the ice and snow is the best time to exercise. Didn’t you see the polar bears and even the babies in the later generations take off their clothes and roll in the snow in the snow?
The more the body is exercised, the less it will be afraid of wind and cold. If it is not exercised, it will be afraid of wind and cold.

Most of the ancient emperors and princes' bodies were not good enough, why?
A very important reason is the lack of exercise, growing up in the deep palace, there are people watching all the time, let alone exercising the body, even running a little faster will scare the maids, eunuchs and the like half to death .

On the other hand, the founding emperors of the past dynasties basically fought the world on horseback. They fought south and north, went east and west, and their bodies were exercised. Therefore, the founding emperors were basically in good health and could live to old age.

But as this goes on, the emperors of all dynasties are basically inferior to each other, and it is rare to live to more than fifty. What is the reason for this?
There are various reasons for this. Some emperors were addicted to drinking and sex, and their bodies were hollowed out, so they died early, while some emperors were overworked and busy with state affairs.

But lack of exercise is a common cause.

Hearing Liu Jin's words, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin also looked at Zhu Houzhao. They saw Zhu Houzhao's whole life was full of vigor and energy, and he didn't look tired at all. He shouted slogans and ran vigorously.

Being able to enter the army has always been Zhu Houzhao's dream. Now he finally has the opportunity to come to the Daming Royal Military Academy. He is a real dragon returning to the sea, and a tiger entering the mountains. one of the students.

Seeing Zhu Houzhao's performance, Zhang Mao and Liu Jin were also slightly relieved.

"Liu Jin, isn't it good for all the recruits to use firearms?"

"The use of firearms has many limitations. For example, in rainy days, this firearm is not easy to use. In addition, the reloading of firearms is very slow, and it is easy to collapse under the impact of cavalry."

Zhang Mao said as he walked.

The construction of the new army has always been a very large project, and there are many things in various aspects, one of the most important things is weapons and equipment.

Liu Jin here advocates the use of all firearms, the model of artillery plus firecrackers to arm the new army, and create a pure firearms unit.

But Zhang Mao has always been hesitant, even though the Miyun Iron Works has produced a brand new flintlock musket, the range and power are quite good, and the rate of fire is much faster than the traditional firearms.

The earliest flintlock gun was born in 1547, and now it is the thirteenth year of Hongzhi, that is, 1500, that is, half a century later, the flintlock gun was researched by European talents.

Liu Jin, who came from later knowledge, naturally knew the development history of this musket. Matchlock guns developed into flintlock guns, and finally developed into mature percussion guns in later generations.

At the same time, the way of loading is also to start by loading bulk gunpowder in the front, then compact it with wooden sticks, and then stuff it into lead pellets, and slowly develop into back-filling gunpowder, and finally develop into bullets of later generations.

It is not difficult to make a flintlock gun. Liu Jin has tens of thousands of skilled craftsmen under his command.

The textile machine, loom, and flintlock gun were all conceived by Liu Jin, and then these skilled craftsmen carried out research and manufactured them.

The flintlock gun has lasted for more than two hundred years in history. It was invented in 1547 and became mature in the 17th century. stage.

From here we can know the superior performance of this musket.

"What Zhang Gong said is reasonable, but the advantages of flintlock muskets are very obvious. The attack distance can reach hundreds of steps, and the power is quite powerful. This is still the current musket. If the technology of Weili musket continues to improve, it can also be produced. Bring forth more powerful muskets."

"Just like this artillery, the artillery manufactured by our Miyun Iron Works now has a very long range, amazing power, and a very fast rate of fire, which is much stronger than traditional artillery."

"No matter how good a weapon is, don't we still use knives and arrows to fight the enemy?"

Liu Jin thought for a while and replied.

After Emperor Hongzhi took back the military power, he attached great importance to the army's armaments, abolished the original method of manufacturing from the Ministry of Industry, and instead purchased directly from private companies.

There is no doubt that this military industry order will not fall to other companies. Miyun Iron Works naturally became the first military industry enterprise in Ming Dynasty, and obtained the military industry production license issued by the imperial court.

The armor, weapons, and artillery produced by the Miyun Iron Works were tested in the last war with the little prince and won unanimous praise from the frontline soldiers.

The most important thing is that these arms and weapons produced by Miyun Iron Works are not only of good quality, but also very cheap. The same thing may cost 10 taels of silver on the Ministry of Industry, but only 5 taels on the Miyun Iron Works. Two silver coins are enough, but the quality of the products is far from the sky.

The Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Houzhao of the Miyun Iron Works are also the major shareholders. Naturally, the big military contract fell on his own head, and the money was earned by himself. The key is that the quality is clear and guaranteed.

It won't be like before, the money from the household department has been allocated, and after layers of deductions, the last ten taels of silver may be less than two taels of silver used in the manufacture of weapons and equipment, and high-quality weapons cannot be made at all.

Especially the firecrackers and artillery, the quality is so terrible that the frontline soldiers dare not use them. They would rather fight the enemy with a sword than be blown to death by the firecrackers or artillery.

"The muskets and cannons are really powerful~"

"I know it too, I saw it~"

"However, some things are very complicated. We can't guarantee that this thing will always be of this quality, and we can't guarantee that there will be some problems in the future."

"When I founded the Ming Dynasty, artillery and firecrackers were also powerful, but now?"

Zhang Mao nodded slightly, then asked with a smile after thinking about it.

He thinks about problems in the long-term, and he is very clear-headed that corruption is the real big problem, and even the best things will become dross when they encounter corruption.

Firearms and artillery are very good, but they were also very good when the Ming Dynasty was founded. The quality is very good, but what about now?
Hearing Zhang Mao's words, Liu Jin immediately fell into deep thought. In the Sino-Japanese War of the Sino-Japanese War, were the warships and cannons of the Qing army really inferior to those of the Japanese pirates?

In fact, the warships and artillery of the Qing army were the most advanced in the world at that time, and the artillery was the Krupp cannon manufactured by the Krupp military factory in Germany.

But in the end it was defeated. Why?

Because the money for the cannonballs was taken away to repair the garden, some of the cannonballs contained sand instead of gunpowder, and there was a blind fear of war, and the military expenses were also taken away to celebrate the old lady’s birthday.
"Mr. Zhang is right. It seems that our courses still need to be changed. We must add traditional swords and arrows, riding and archery."

After pondering for a while, Liu Jin also nodded solemnly and said.

Guns and cannons are very good, and they are also the future development trend, but if the pace is too fast, it may be really easy to mess up, step by step, continuous progress, and gradual improvement.

Guns and artillery are indispensable, and they must be mastered profoundly. This traditional weapon, armor, horseback riding and archery cannot be given up. After all, this is still an era dominated by cold weapons.

Grasp both of these two hands, and both hands must be strong. Only in this way can we create a truly sweeping army, expand the territory for Ming Dynasty, and sweep the world.

　debt repayment~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)