Da Ming started to ascend the throne

Chapter 324

Zhao Shizhen just wanted to say:

"boom"

Suddenly seeing that the person who came was Zhu Youjian, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he trembled all over at that time, and hurriedly got up to salute:

"I see your majesty, I don't know your majesty coming, please forgive me!"

Just kidding, in front of the emperor, you can't bring any weapons, but he actually pointed a gun at the emperor. Even though he didn't know it was the emperor, if the emperor pursued it, it would still be an unforgivable crime.

Of course, for his beloved general, Zhu Youjian knew that he was unintentional, so he didn't care at all.

Zhu Youjian looked at the panicked Zhao Shizhen and smiled:

"Is there any bullet in the gun?"

"No...no, it's completely empty, and the bullets haven't come in yet."

Zhu Youjian laughed loudly, and stretched out his hand to support Zhao Shizhen:
"I know you didn't do it on purpose, hurry up and flatten yourself!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, oh yes, I am about to report to you that the ironclad battleship has been launched for sea trials, and this bullet has also been developed by me."

As Zhao Shizhen said, he showed Zhu Youjian a bullet in his hand. Zhu Youjian's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take the cone-shaped bullet and looked up and down.

"Fuck, isn't this the Minnie bomb? It was actually developed by you. If you can actually fight, I will reward two beauties from different races, plus a thousand taels of silver."

The diameter of the tapered bullet is slightly smaller than the diameter of the barrel, which is very convenient for loading.

There is a conical hole at the bottom of the bullet, and a cork blocks the bottom of the hole. When fired, the gas presses the cork into the hole, forcing the bottom of the bullet to expand, close to the rifling, and close the gap between the bullet and the barrel, allowing the gas to It cannot be leaked out, and the warhead can be rotated at high speed under the pressure of the rifling.

Minie bullets solved the problem of difficulty in loading rifled guns and the low range accuracy of smoothbore guns, making the rifle a decisive weapon on the battlefield.

But the Minie bullet has some unsolvable problems. It can only be made of a very soft alloy such as lead, so that the bullet is easy to expand.

The warhead is soft and deforms immediately after hitting the target. The stopping effect is good, but the penetrating power is too weak.

Similarly, in order to quickly expand the warhead to lock the chamber, the propellant can only use fast-burning gunpowder, and the development trend of propellant is slow burning, so that the warhead can be accelerated uniformly in the chamber for a long time to increase the initial velocity.

A rifled gun has rifling inside the barrel; when a bullet is fired, the bullet is forced to rotate and fly by the thread engraved in the barrel.

Therefore, it has the precise pointing and long-term stability in high-speed movement that smoothbore bullets do not have, making long-distance sniping possible.

However, the rifle gun has the disadvantages of difficulty in loading ammunition and low firing efficiency, which is compensated to a certain extent by the invention of the "Mini bullet".

The caliber of the Minie bullet is a circle smaller than the diameter of the barrel of the front-loading rifle gun, which solves the problem of difficulty in filling the bullet; a small hole is dug at the bottom of the bullet.

When fired, the bullet is ignited to expand and cling to the barrel of the gun. Under the pressure of the rifling, the bullet can rotate out at high speed, and the hit accuracy is greatly improved.

The Mini Bullet is a revolutionary invention in the history of bullets, with a range of 500 meters and an effective range of 300 meters, with improved accuracy.

How did Zhao Shizhen know that this thing has been ahead of the world for nearly a hundred years. When he heard the emperor's reward, he scratched his head in embarrassment:
"Your Majesty, I don't want beauties, but I need silver. This arsenal and shipyard are gold-swallowing behemoths!"

"Snapped……"

Zhu Youjian happily slapped Zhao Shizhen on the shoulder, and Zhao Shizhen was shocked when he slapped him.

"Gold-swallowing giant beast? Then tell me, how much silver do you need?"

Zhao Shizhen said without the slightest hesitation:
"If you want to equip this kind of rifled gun with the Ming army, you need at least 300 million taels of silver a year, not counting battleships."

"Well, there is no problem. The 1000 million taels of warships have already been given to the commander of the navy, and Zheng Chenggong will give it to your Ministry of Industry."

"Of order, thank you, Your Majesty."

Zhao Shizhen was immediately overjoyed. If there is enough financial support, the battleship guns are not a big problem, but it will take a little longer.

"Zhao Aiqing, how many of these guns are out now?"

"Reporting to the emperor, twelve pieces are coming out now. If necessary, we will do our best to manufacture them. There is no problem with fifty pieces a day."

The production speed is not bad, and a thousand-man team can be equipped in a month. The key depends on the range of the gun and the quality of the bullets.

If it is reliable, Zhu Youjian plans to equip a thousand-man team first.

"Okay, after the gun test, hurry up to make sure that there is no danger, and go to the shooting range to try the Minie bullet."

"According to the purpose"

In fact, after the first gun and the first bullet came out, Zhao Shizhen immediately started to test fire, which was really great, otherwise he would not have produced more than a dozen guns.

Of course, the arsenal has a test range, which is not far from the factory headquarters, and the three of them soon came to the range.

Zhao Shizhen shot at 150 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters, and 400 meters respectively.

"Bang bang..."

After four gunshots, the miniature bullets spun rapidly and hit the 150-meter and 200-meter gun targets.

For the 300-meter and 400-meter gun targets, Zhao Shizhen can only look at the targets and sigh. It's not that the gun is not good, but his shooting skills are limited and he can't hit them at all.

Zhao Shizhen spread his hands helplessly:

"Your Majesty should bring a guard here. They are all masters, and they should be able to understand the power of this kind of gun and miniature bullets."

Ah Qing reached out to take the rifle and said:
"let me try!"

Zhu Youjian looked at Ah Qing in surprise:

"Have you ever used a long gun?"

Ah Qing smiled sweetly:
"Your Majesty, do you think it's easy to be the captain of the Royal Guard? Of course, the concubine should not be underestimated by those team members."

While speaking, Ah Qing had already loaded the miniature bullet, raised the gun to aim at the target, and pulled the trigger:
"boom"

reloading

"boom"

"bang bang"

In one minute, Ah Qing shot four targets continuously.

As soon as the gunfire ended, the three of them walked towards the target at a fast pace, only to find that Ah Qing had hit the bullseye on all three targets at 100 meters, 200 meters, and 300 meters.

At 400 meters, he did not miss the target, but missed the target by about five centimeters.

"Not bad, you are worthy of being my personal bodyguard. I never thought that Ah Qing's marksmanship is so good!"

Zhu Youjian was full of praise for Ah Qing's marksmanship, and Zhao Shizhen also raised his thumbs high.

"Zhao Aiqing, I've made a decision. You hurry up and produce the guns equipped with melee bayonets. In addition, you are producing some short guns, one foot long. I want to form a special force."

"According to the purpose"

After all, Zhu Youjian is the emperor, and he doesn't need to do anything himself, just exchange the drawings and hand them over to the Ministry of Industry, and let them study and digest them slowly.

After the gun test was over, Zhu Youjian wandered around the arsenal before preparing to return to the palace.

Before leaving, he thought of Song Yingxing and Bi Maokang, so he decided to let the three of them live in the same house, so that it would be convenient to discuss things.

"Zhao Aiqing, you won't be alone anytime soon, I have already contacted Bi Maokang and Song Yingxing, they are both experts in firearms, and they will live in your house by then.

If you feel that the mansion is too crowded, I will change you to live in a Duke's mansion, I wonder what Aiqing would like? "

"Your Majesty, the mansion where the ministers live is big enough, and the arsenal is really too busy. I hope they will arrive sooner."

Zhu Youjian smiled slightly:
"Don't worry, Bi Maokang has arrived, and Song Yingxing will also arrive soon. You are not only responsible for the research and development of my Ming firearms, but also Da Ming's warships. Two years later, I will ask you for an invincible iron-clad fleet."

(End of this chapter)