At the beginning of the civil castle, the Ming God of War was a little panicked

Chapter 65 New Firearms
"Li Shulin, head of the Weichen Ministry of Industry, kowtows to my emperor, long live!"

Zhu Qizhen was studying the coastline, and when he turned his head, it turned out that Li Shulin from the Ministry of Industry had come over.

"The Qing family is free."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Qizhen took out the drawings he had just drawn, and said, "I heard that the Qing family is quite accomplished in the study of firearms?"

Li Shulin said respectfully: "My late father devoted his whole life to researching firearms, and I have only learned a little bit about it."

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart, he was quite humble to hear this tone, but he didn't know if he had real talents, so he should be tested first.

"What does the Qing family think of the current firearms in the Shenji Camp?"

When Li Shulin heard that he was asking about firearms, he suddenly felt less nervous, and immediately said: "Since the emperor asked about it, I dared to advise that the firearms of the Shenji Camp are mainly rockets, blunderbusses, and cannons. It is seldom used, let me talk about the fire gun first, its advantage is..."

Zhu Qizhen interrupted him: "It goes without saying the advantages, you only talk about the defects."

"Yes!" Li Shulin paused, and continued, "The disadvantage of the firecracker is that it is slow to reload and has a short range. When fighting the Mongols, the opponent's bows and arrows have a far longer range than the firecracker, and the cavalry's raid speed is extremely fast, often Our army only fires it once, and the enemy rushes forward desperately, and the effect of the firecracker is useless."

"Another point is that gunpowder is afraid of water. If it encounters rainy or snowy weather or in a humid environment, gunpowder will easily fail."

"Let's talk about artillery, the disadvantage is that it is too heavy, and it is very inconvenient to move. Moreover, the technology of flowering bombs is not yet mature, and it is easy to explode. Otherwise, the power will be greatly increased."

"That's very good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Does the Qing family have any improvement measures for these problems?"

Li Shulin continued to talk eloquently: "As for the improvement of firecrackers, we should start from the smelting and forging process, and extend the length of the barrel, so as to increase the range. In addition, when shooting, we should not rush upwards. I heard that the emperor is in the civil fort. In the decisive battle with the main force of Oala, the three-stage strike tactic was used, and the effect was remarkable. This tactic can be further optimized, and it can evolve into four-stage strike or even six-stage strike according to the different types of enemy arms, so as to ensure continuous firepower."

Zhu Qizhen asked suddenly: "Have you heard of matchlock guns?"

Li Shulin's expression was shocked, and he said: "The emperor also knows about matchlock guns?"

As soon as this remark came out, he suddenly felt a little impolite, and hurriedly said: "I have heard that Franji has a kind of matchlock gun. Its range, precision, and speed of fire are far superior to that of firecrackers. It is called a magic weapon, but I have never seen it before. , I am very sorry."

"Come and see this!"

Zhu Qizhen picked up the manuscript on the imperial case, Wynn carefully turned it over, Li Shulin took it over, and only glanced at it, suddenly pale with shock, his eyes straightened.

"This kind of firecracker painted by the emperor has never been heard before. Could it be an arquebus?"

"Look at the second picture."

Li Shulin continued to look at it, and couldn't help sighing: "The structure of this firecracker is more ingenious. Flint is used instead of matchlock, which can prevent moisture. It can also be used in rainy days, and the rate of fire is faster. If it can be successfully developed, my Ming Dynasty Worry-free for a hundred years!"

"How, can it be done?"

"This... I'm afraid it's a bit difficult..."

Li Shulin stared at the drawing closely, with mixed expressions of joy and worry on his face. He was happy because he found the treasure, but worried because the craftsmanship was too complicated and difficult to realize at the current level.

"Such a long gun barrel has extremely high requirements on steel smelting and forging technology. This link alone requires a lot of manpower and material resources, and this... this granular gunpowder also requires a lot of time to experiment..."

Seeing that Li Shulin's eyebrows were almost knit together, Zhu Qizhen said: "It's not scary to have difficulties. I called you here today just to overcome difficulties. Since Frangrobot can be made, why can't I, Da Ming, make it?" Out? Could it be that they are gods, born to make matchlock guns?"

Hearing this, Li Shulin's expression suddenly changed, as if a door to a new world had opened.

"What the emperor said is very true, my minister has been taught!"

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said: "From today onwards, I will order you to be the right servant of the Ministry of Industry, in charge of Wang Gong Factory, and responsible for supervising the manufacture of new firearms. Do you have confidence?"

Li Shulin knelt on the ground excitedly, and said in an almost trembling voice: "I obey the order, please rest assured, even if you risk your life, you will never let the emperor down!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said: "I asked you to supervise the manufacture of firearms, but I didn't ask you to work hard. There are more in the future, keep watching!"

Only then did Li Shulin realize that there were still several pages of manuscript paper in his hand, so he hurriedly continued to flip through.

Seeing this, he was stunned again.

"Why is this kind of artillery cast separately, so that the airtightness of the barrel cannot be guaranteed... oh?"

As expected of Li Shulin who specializes in firearms, he suddenly figured it out.

"I understand that such a structure is for portability. Moreover, a mother cannon with three sub-cannons can greatly increase the rate of fire. As long as the problem of airtightness can be solved, the role of this kind of artillery on the battlefield is far superior to that of the general. gun!"

Zhu Qizhen immediately said: "I have decided that the research and development of these two firearms will be entirely in the charge of the Qing family. The required manpower will be directly obtained from the Ministry of Industry... No, it is not limited to the Ministry of Industry, or even the imperial court. Folk craftsmen are also responsible." It can be requisitioned, in a word, as long as it is the talent that Wang Gongchang needs, the Qing family has the right to make independent decisions, if someone obstructs it, go to Jinyiwei to find Yuan Bin, and say that I let you go!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Li Shulin hugged a stack of blueprints, like holding a baby, and left happily. Zhu Qizhen suddenly felt that he had found the right person.

You can tell the key point just by looking at the sketch. It really is a professional person doing a professional thing.

The research and development of cement and firearms have been arranged, who should hand over the thousands of miles of coastline?
The Ming Dynasty banned the sea for many years, and it has been more than 20 years since Zheng He's last voyage to the West. Where can I find a team that can fight at sea?

"Your Majesty, Yuan Qianhu is here."

Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses, nodded and said: "Xuan!"

Yuan Bin is acting as a commanding envoy in the capacity of a thousand households, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that it takes only a few minutes for him to become a regular.

"My minister Yuan Bin greets Sheng Gong!"

"Zhen'an!" Zhu Qizhen saw Yuan Bin, and unconsciously showed a sense of intimacy, "You are welcome, the Qing family, get up and answer!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Yuan Bin stood up and said, "Regarding the treason case of Cao Jixiang and others, I have already made progress. This is the latest confession. Please have a look at it, Your Majesty!"

Wynn went up and forwarded the confession to the imperial case.

"The Qing family's work efficiency is really high. It only took one day for the trial results to come out?"

While talking, Zhu Qizhen picked up the confession and flipped through it.

"It's about treason, I dare not slack off."

"Cao Jixiang, a bastard, has won over so many people?"

Zhu Qizhen put down the confession, and continued: "There is nothing to say, those who should be killed should be killed, those who should be exiled... By the way, remember to be careful when ransacking the house, whoever dares to steal my money, directly ransack the house and exile!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

"Wait a moment!"

Yuan Bin hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, please give me instructions!"

Zhu Qizhen asked suddenly: "What's Shi Heng's situation now?"

"Back to the emperor, Shi Heng confessed to all his crimes, and he also confessed to many of Cao Jixiang's henchmen."

Zhu Qizhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "You bring him here!"

Yuan Bin asked with some doubts: "Bring it here?"

"Isn't it appropriate?" Zhu Qizhen thought for a while and said, "I'd better go there myself!"

"emperor!"

Yuan Bin was even more unbelievable, and hurriedly said: "I should bring him here!"

"Let me go!"

Zhu Qizhen stood up and said to Wynn: "I don't need to prepare lunch for me!"

"what?"

Wynn opened his mouth wide, momentarily at a loss.

"Fan Zhong!"

Fan Zhong hurriedly walked in from outside the hall, saluted and said: "The last general is here!"

"Come out with me."

Fan Zhong was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where are you going?"

"Leave the palace and go to Zhao Prison."

Fan Zhong hesitated for a moment, then said, "General Rong Mo please make arrangements."

Zhu Qizhen said disapprovingly: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome, just bring a few secret whistle."

"This... I'm afraid it's not right?"

"What's wrong with that?"

Fan Zhongru said: "The emperor wants to go out of the palace, he needs to notify Yu Linwei to accompany him, and he must prepare for the ride..."

"Okay, okay!"

Zhu Qizhen hurriedly interrupted him, tossing up and down like this, it might be dark.

"Leave the palace in casual clothes, prepare more spies!"

"The end will follow the order!"

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