Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 187 Title Kunqing, bullets and shells

After hearing Li Yan's words, Auntie Zhu couldn't help but want to pat her head.

She really forgot about it.

She immediately asked: "What title do you two think should be given to Aimee?"

Zhu Yu's name is not recorded in the history books of later generations, only Princess Zhaoren is recorded.

But this title was not conferred by Chongzhen, but because he lived in Zhaoren Hall and was stabbed to death in Zhaoren Hall by Chongzhen, and was chased by the Qing court.

Just like the Qing court changed the title of Aimee Zhu from Princess Kunxing to Princess Changping.

As long as people in the world talk about the title of Zhaoren, they will think of Chongzhen's killing of Princess Zhaoren.

Although this is true, the vicious intentions of the Qing court can also be seen.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Concubine Zhu to give Concubine Zhu the title "Zhaoren".

Li Yan looked at Long Wenguang, smiled and said, "Longfutai is a celebrity in the literary world, so he should have a good suggestion."

Now that Aunt Zhu is in charge of the country, the status of the other princess has obviously risen. It is an honor to be titled a princess, and Long Wenguang will not miss it.

He thought for a while, then said: "Your Highness's title is Kunxing, so the little princess might as well choose the word 'Kunqing'. I wonder what Your Highness thinks?"

Aimee Zhu only thought it was okay.

As long as it's not "Zhaoren" and it doesn't sound bad, she can accept it.

So he said: "Let's refer to it according to this title."

In this way, Aimee Zhu became Princess Kunqing of Daming.

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The next morning.

Bamboo forest old house.

During breakfast, Hao Guangming said: "Yesterday, Aunt Chang called and said that some goods in Guangming Supermarket were gone, and a batch of the goods ordered online happened to arrive in the county town. I plan to go to the county town to pick up the goods after breakfast."

"Yeah." Auntie Zhu nodded, she concentrated on her breakfast and it was very nice.

Hao Guangming simply asked, "Is there anything I should bring?"

Auntie Zhu shook her head, "No."

Hao Guangming smiled helplessly and said, "I know that now you are all thinking of making Daming peaceful and developing Daming as soon as possible, but this matter cannot be rushed.

You have basically done everything you can do so far, since you can come to us, you should enjoy it sometimes.

Here, girls your age are either still in school, or they just play around. "

Auntie Zhu finally put down the bowls and chopsticks, looked over with a smile, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, I should be in high school at my age, right? As you said, high school is the hardest part of your study life."

Hao Guangming was speechless for a moment.

At this time, Aimee Zhu looked over eagerly and said, "Brother-in-law, can you bring me something delicious?"

Hao Guangming patted her head and said with a smile, "Okay, my brother-in-law will definitely bring you something delicious."

After leaving the old house and locking the courtyard door, Hao Guangming drove the small van to the concrete road outside.

After walking on the cement road, Hao Guangming arrived at "Guangming Supermarket" in less than 10 minutes.

The supermarket was completed and opened in August.

Hao Guangming didn't want to come here to work as a shop assistant, so he hired Aunt Chang from the same village.

Aunt Chang is Hao Guangming's relative, she is in her forties, she lost her husband in her early years, and raised her daughter hard by herself.

Originally, she was working in the town. Last year her daughter Hao Fangfang married a very rich husband who gave her thousands of living expenses every month, so she stopped working in the town.

Hao Guangming saw that she was quite boring wandering around the village, so he invited her to be a supermarket clerk.

Although the monthly salary is only 800 yuan, Aunt Chang still happily agreed - she was already in a hurry, and if Hao Guangming didn't recruit her, she would be ready to go to a big city to work.

It's just that she has never been out before, and she still feels safe in the countryside.

She doesn't want to be tired of farming, and the job of a rural supermarket clerk is just right for her.

When he arrived at the supermarket, Hao Guangming greeted Aunt Chang and began to check the goods.

Aunt Chang said while nibbling melon seeds: "I said Guangming, you should use more snacks in the supermarket, don't spend all day in the old house with your little girlfriend.

Now that you have money, she will naturally be obedient to you, which is extremely nice.

But in the future, if your career is not going well and you have no money, your life will not be as beautiful as it is now.

Things on the Internet are very false. I think the pharmacy in your town and this supermarket are more reliable. "

Hao Guangming smiled wryly.

Previously, this person didn't know Aimi Zhu existed, so she wanted to introduce someone to him.

He couldn't stand it anymore, so he "confessed" Aimee Zhu and his marriage.

Afterwards, Aunt Chang once met Aimee Zhu in modern attire in the old house, and she never mentioned the matter of introducing her partner again.

The "girls" in her hands are incomparable to Aimee Zhu.Unless Hao Guangming's brain is broken, he will give up Aimee Zhu and choose the "girls" she wants to introduce.

Hao Guangming now tells the villagers that he has made some money on the Internet, and that opening a pharmacy in the town and a supermarket in the village is purely a whim.

Aunt Chang is very enthusiastic, always worried that Hao Guangming's career on the Internet will be frustrated, so she often persuades Hao Guangming to focus on "industry".

Outsiders don't know about his own situation, so Hao Guangming was not annoyed by Aunt Chang's persuasion. After checking the goods, he said, "Aunt Chang, I don't think there is much shortage of these goods."

Aunt Chang said: "Your goods, some people in the village rarely use them, or even don't use them at all. On the contrary, there are other commonly used ones, but they don't..."

Those useless goods were conveniently handed over to Daming by Hao Guangming.

So he directly interrupted Aunt Chang and said, "Well, what do you think is missing, make a list, and I'll see what's in stock, okay?"

"Aren't you impatient after just a few words? All right, I'll write it up and send it to your phone later." Aunt Chang is not a person who winks at all, so she saw that Hao Guangming was impatient, so she didn't say any more.

On the way from Guangming Supermarket to the county seat, Hao Guangming thought about another thing.

As he helps this aunt to develop Daming industry, more and more things that are not used by ordinary people are needed, so online shopping is not an option after all.

Therefore, he felt that the time was right, maybe he could set up a "Daming Craft Workshop", or build a "Daming Craft Village" or something like that to cover it up, and maybe lead the villagers to make a fortune.

He is also afraid that these things will involve too much energy, so he is still thinking about it.

But if online shopping can be maintained and nothing happens, this idea may always be an idea...

Time came to late October.

The western suburbs of Chengdu.

Artillery Institute.

Its predecessor was the Artillery Institute, which was renamed as the Ordnance Bureau not long ago.

When the Jiang'anhe Armory Factory was completed, and some institutions such as the Armament Factory and the Artillery Factory of the Ordnance Bureau were split up and moved to the banks of the Jianghan River, the Artillery Institute was also moved here and renamed the Artillery Research Institute.

It is worth mentioning that there is also an ammunition research institute that was split up and moved here at the same time.

And a battalion of the fifth town of the border guards was also stationed nearby for security defense.

Although it is only a dozen miles away from Chengdu City, it is surrounded by hills, which is more hidden than Jiang'anhe Arsenal.

This morning, Zhu Yuxi brought Zhuqueying and Xiaoqiying to inspect here.

She entered the Ammunition Research Institute first.

Perhaps it was aware that the Jian Guofu attached great importance to manufacturing, and the status of craftsmen had also been significantly improved. In the two or three months after the defeat of Zhang Xianzhong, scholars continued to apply to the Armament Bureau.

After all, scholars have a great advantage over ordinary craftsmen. As long as they are willing to delve into military manufacturing technology, they can easily be promoted to management positions.

For example, the director of the Ammunition Research Institute was born in Tongsheng, in his thirties, and his name was Deng Wenxuan.

After seeing the ceremony, Zhu Wei asked directly outside the ammunition research institute: "How are the researches on the several types of shells and bullets that I ordered before?"

Deng Wenxuan said: "Reporting to the supervisor, the paper-bound lead bullets for rifled guns have been developed.

Combined with the experimental rifled flintlock, it has an effective range of up to 500 meters and accurate fire within 300 meters.

But if you want to ensure an accurate shooting rate of more than 200%, it is best to shoot within [-] meters. "

Auntie Zhu nodded upon hearing this.

Although the Rifled Flintlock Firearm Research Institute has developed it, due to the limitation of processing technology, the first-generation rifled gun has only three thicker rifling lines, which are not spiral, so the range and accuracy of the musket are not exaggerated.

"Is there a finished product for this bullet? Bring it to Bengong to have a look."

"Have."

Deng Wenxuan gave orders, and soon someone brought a wooden box containing ten pieces of paper for ammunition.

The reason for this name is that the whole body of the bullet is wrapped in oil paper, and both ends are wrapped with gunpowder.

When using, you need to bite off the front section of the paper shell, and pour the gunpowder inside into the barrel.

Then turn it around, bite off the bottom paper shell at the other end, insert it into the barrel mouth, tear off the exposed part of the front paper shell, and push the bullet in with the loading rod.

Because there is grease on the oil paper wrapped with lead bullets and gunpowder, it is relatively easy to reload the first few times.

But after four or five shots, the residual drug residue in the barrel will make loading difficult, and it will take a minute or two to carefully clean the chamber before reloading and shooting.

As for the lead bullet inside, it is a conical smooth head, and the cylindrical bottom is a cavity, which contains a small amount of another part of the propellant.

Auntie Zhu took a look, and found that these paper ammunition were similar to the mature "Migne ammunition" in the information provided by Hao Guangming, and tried to reload the gun herself, and there was no problem, so she showed satisfaction.

Later, Auntie Zhu asked again: "How is the development of the stable blooming bomb?"

Deng Wenxuan said: "The stabilized projectile fuze has been developed, and the conical cylindrical projectile for rifled guns is currently being studied."

In fact, Shenzhou had the embryonic form of flowering bombs as early as the Southern Song Dynasty, but it was projected by artillery carts at that time.

Later, in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, there were many records and evidence of the use of flowering ammunition in wars.

After that, the Flower Bullet made great contributions several times in the battle against the Eastern Captives.

However, looking at all kinds of wars involving cannons throughout the late Ming Dynasty, live ammunition was still the protagonist.

It's not that the Ming and Qing armies at this time were ignorant and didn't know how to make bullets.

But the flowering ammunition in this period is really not as easy to use as live ammunition.

The first problem is that the explosive bombs do not have a sufficiently stable fuze at this time, which means that launching the explosive bombs not only requires higher technology, but also faces the danger of shell explosion, and the dud rate is not low.

In addition, it is also because there is not a sufficiently stable fuze and the structural development is not perfect, so that it can only be launched at a lower chamber pressure (less propellant), so the range is shorter.

Even with the Hongyi cannon, it is estimated that it can hit a mile.

In addition, the production of blooming ammunition is more cumbersome and more expensive than live ammunition, but it is also a one-time consumable, so naturally it cannot become the protagonist of cannonballs in the late Ming Dynasty.

On the contrary, live ammunition is different.

The live ammunition at this time is generally divided into iron bullets, stone bullets, and terracotta-wrapped shotguns.

Among them, iron bullets are the best.

One is because iron bullets are heavier under the same size, which means that heavier shells can be fired with smaller calibers.

The second is because iron bullets can be collected after the war and reused, which is quite cost-effective.

However, no matter how good the iron bullet is, there are still places where it is not suitable.

For example, against infantry under complex bunkers, against ships, and so on.

Most importantly, flowering ammunition, or grenades, is destined to replace live ammunition as the protagonist in the next few hundred years.

That's why Hao Guangming got the relevant materials and handed them to Auntie Zhu to be developed by Daming's craftsmen.

When Deng Wenxuan asked someone to bring the developed stabilized flower shell, Zhu Yu saw that the shell was already in the shape of a conical head and a cylindrical bottom.

Afterwards, she went to the artillery shell testing ground and had some shells tested by the Fran machine gun.

Seeing that the killing effect after the explosion was very good, Aimee Zhu nodded in satisfaction before going to the nearby artillery research institute.

She is very clear that although the explosive ammunition is good, it needs a suitable artillery to exert its power to the greatest extent.

(End of this chapter)