The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 866 I Will Never Regret It

Under Ding Yi's rule, this situation has improved a lot, and the craftsmen in Lushun are very willing to discuss it together.

But even so, in terms of innovation and creation, it is still a little different from foreign engineers.

It's as if gunpowder was invented by the Chinese, but it is foreigners who are better used in artillery and firecrackers.

Ding Yi praised Simon in public, and of course he has different ways of rewarding foreigners: "Simon, what reward do you want?"

Simon laughed: "His Majesty the Emperor, Simon wants to see the palace in Daqian and taste the fine wine in the palace."

The craftsmen looked at him with weird faces, they didn't expect the foreigner's request to be so weird.

"Sure." Ding Yi smiled and said, "Tonight I will hold a palace banquet for all outstanding craftsmen and engineers."

Simon was overjoyed and thanked again and again.

Ding Yi then drew the pattern of the later bullets.

Limited by the technology of this era, he suggested that paper bullet casings could be used first, and then copper bullet casings if conditions permit.

At the same time, Ding Yi ordered that the 48-type percussion guns can be mass-produced, and the Science and Technology Department and the Craftsmanship Department will do their best to research breech-loading guns.

After looking at the firing gun, Ding Yi followed Li Zhongyi to the artillery field.

In recent years, Ding Yi mainly focused on the improvement of rifles. In fact, their artillery has also improved.

In the early years of Rende, Li Zhongyi personally carried out one of the important improvements, replacing the bulk gunpowder in the ignition hole with a tube filled with gunpowder, which simplifies the aiming and loading process, and makes Dagan's artillery fire faster. (The original history was invented by Europe in 1694)

In the second year of Rende, the bronze and iron cannons were completely eliminated, and steel cannons were used to replace the original iron cannons, and the copper cannons were cast into copper coins.

After the cannon was changed to steel, the weight of the cannon was greatly reduced.

After Schweig invented the rifling in the early years of Rende, the Craftsmanship Bureau successfully cut the rifling in the artillery in the second year of Rende.

But after the artillery has rifling, it is more troublesome to improve the shells, and it is also troublesome to manufacture shells.

And they used straight rifling in the same way as in the original history of mid-19th century Europe.

The purpose of the straight rifling is for the convenience of loading. After all, the artillery and flintlock guns were loaded in the front before.

But the front loading speed is slow, the shooting accuracy is close, and the shooting range is short.

Today Li Zhongyi took Ding Yi to watch the shooting of straight and rifled guns.

"This is our new twelve-pound rifled gun. The length of the barrel is sixteen times the caliber, the maximum elevation angle reaches 30 degrees, and the maximum range is 1200 meters."

The improved rifled gun has a range of [-] pounds, which has reached the previous Hongyi heavy gun.

But because of the muzzle loading, it is still relatively slow and close.

"Just now you all looked at the percussion gun, do you have any ideas?" Ding Yi asked.

"The cannon is also breech-loaded? Change it to percussion?" Schweiger asked immediately.

"The technical content is a bit big, but it can be researched in this direction. Your next step is to study and improve the rifling first." Ding Yi saw the rifling of the artillery, and then he remembered it, and quickly reminded them: "With spiral rifling, the shells are changed to cones. The head is cylindrical, after firing, the projectile head rotates and flies out, the flight is stable, the accuracy is high, and the range can be greatly increased.”

But the focus of this improvement is the modification of the breech block, which must take into account the ejection of shells, anti-collision, and pull with a thread like later generations.

Although Ding Yi can explain some principles, it is not a matter of one or two years from transformation to realization.

But in the original history, some people have researched it, and now Dagan has Ding Yi to give a brief introduction. Although he is not an expert, he provides ideas for transformation, which can save engineers and craftsmen from many detours.

Ding Yi was still very excited when he came out of the Ministry of Industry.

His large-scale army has gradually moved towards the age of all firearms. Five to ten years later, the large-scale army should be able to completely abandon cold weapons and completely enter the age of firearms.

It is no exaggeration to say that the current Dagan army has no opponents in the entire world.
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Seeing that his own weapons were getting more and more powerful, Ding Yi suddenly wanted to go to the battlefield, lead troops to fight as before, and try the power of these guns.

But now this is unrealistic.

Ding Yi, who returned to the palace, was a little irritable, so he decided to go to Jingyang Palace to vent.

Every time Concubine Fan Hui wants to refuse but also welcome, her reluctance can easily arouse the appetite of men.

Ding Yi is also the king of the sea king, but he also eats this set.

Besides, he now feels that Concubine Fan Hui is very tasty.

Like Gong Dingzi's ex-wife Gu Hengbo, the one surnamed Gong made a lot of troubles. After Ding Yi tried it, she was not as interesting as Concubine Fan Hui.

Whether a woman can cooperate well will give a man a completely different experience.

Ding Yi rushed all the way to Jingyang Palace.

He was lucky today, Concubine Fan Hui was in the yard.

Seeing Ding Yi approaching, Concubine Fan Hui walked quickly into the room with her head down, her face flushed.

Ding Yi quickly followed, and the two entered her room one after the other.

The house is much better than before. Ding Yi added a lot of furniture and various decorations for her. It looks colorful, completely different from the monotony before, and very lively.

She walked over slowly and closed the windows on both sides first.

Ding Yi noticed behind her that when she closed the window, her hands were shaking a little.

I don't know if it's excitement or excitement, but it looks like it shouldn't be anger.

After closing the window, Concubine Fan Hui turned around with a natural expression on her face. She looked at Ding Yi calmly, waiting for Ding Yi's order.

Ding Yi usually likes to let her lie on the window or wall.

Because her shape is beautiful.

"Go to the bed." Ding Yi said this time.

Concubine Fan Hui nodded a little shyly.

I don't know how long it has been.

"Cough, cough, cough..." Concubine Fan Hui stumbled out of the couch, covered her mouth with one hand, then grabbed a glass of water on the table, and drank it with her head up.

In fact, she didn't like it very much, but it was hard to refuse.

She drank a second glass of water in one go and felt much better.

After a while, she sat back on the bed, and Ding Yi was lazily lying on her lap. If Ding Yi and his concubine saw it, they would definitely be surprised. I couldn't believe that Ding Yi still had this scene.

Perhaps only Ding Yi knows that now is the most relaxing time for him. He doesn't need to think about government affairs, reforms, or anything else. There is only a short period of relaxation after enjoying the joy.

Concubine Fan Hui is the same age as Ding Yi, but a little older. With so many women in the palace, only Concubine Fan Hui can be regarded as Ding Yi's older sister.

Only at this time, Ding Yi lay motionless on her lap like a child, resting quietly.

The room was quiet for a while, and Concubine Fan Hui showed a gentle smile on her round red face: "Your Majesty should come here as a concubine."

"There are so many young and beautiful girls in the palace, the emperor always comes here, it will arouse people's imagination."

"Do you like it?" Ding Yi asked directly.

Simply put, do you like me coming?

Concubine Fan Hui blushed even more, she gritted her teeth: "This is not in line with etiquette."

"My palace, I have the final say whether it is a match or not." Ding Yi said angrily.

"The emperor wants to reform, to limit imperial power, and to rule the world by law, and everyone in the world is watching." Concubine Fan Hui whispered.

"Reform takes time, maybe five years, maybe ten years, maybe twenty, thirty, or even fifty years." Ding Yi laughed.

Concubine Fan Hui was speechless, she probably didn't expect Ding Yi to be so thick-skinned.

She stared blankly at Ding Yi lying on her lap, and unconsciously reached out to touch Ding Yi's face.

"Is my face thick?" Ding Yi asked with a smile.

"..." Concubine Fan Hui quickly withdrew her hand, not knowing how to answer.

"If a man wants to sleep with a woman, he must have a thick skin." Ding Yi said firmly.

Concubine Fan Hui was completely speechless and couldn't help but want to roll her eyes.

She suddenly thought of a question: "Before the emperor became emperor, did he sleep with many women?"

"Not really." Ding Yi shook his head: "I was just an ordinary grassroots officer before."

"At that time, most of the colleagues around me had higher official positions than me. If there is any good thing, it will not be my turn."

"There is no one in my family, and there is no one in the yamen to help me. It is very difficult for me to go any further, because this is how the world is."

"I used to wonder why this world is so unfair, whether in the Yamen or other places, all those who work diligently and conscientiously are not promoted and appreciated."

"But those villains who are flattering and opportunistic can rise every step of the way."

"I actually know what to do in my heart, but I think of my parents, my friends and family, but I can't do such a thing."

"Until." Ding Yi's tone became slower and slower, as if he had fallen into deep memories.

"Until I went to another place, no one in this place knew me, and no one knew who I was before."

"I can completely let go of myself, I started to become thick-skinned, and I started to know how to use tricks and tricks."

"I told myself that in order to survive, I would use any means at any cost."

"Because I don't want to be the same as before, submissive, living like walking on thin ice under those pressures and fears—"

Ding Yi likes to come to Concubine Fan Hui, except that she is a bit older, and only here can he speak unscrupulously things that he can't usually say.

And Concubine Fan Hui is a good listener, and her experience can easily arouse empathy.

She listened blankly to Ding Yi's words. She didn't know what Ding Yi meant. Maybe she thought that Ding Yi had been transferred to Liaodong from other places. She felt Ding Yi's anger and unwillingness. Stretching out his hand on Ding Yi's forehead, he gently comforted Ding Yi.

"It turns out that the emperor has suffered a lot of grievances before." She said softly.

She suddenly understood the reason why Ding Yi wanted to reform.

She thought about it quietly, and said slowly: "Since ancient times, the imperial power has been high, and people think that it is granted by the gods."

"The emperor suddenly wants to limit the power of the monarch, which is tantamount to limiting the power of the gods."

"The emperor is majestic and mighty, and he is an emperor through the ages, but this matter is not easy to do."

"I'm indeed a bit idealistic, but if we don't do some things, how do we know we won't succeed?"

"I think that no matter what you do, the most important thing is the courage to try."

"If some things fail, you can do it again, and for some things you may not have the chance to do it again."

"But I believe that I will not regret it."

(End of this chapter)