In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 334 Firearms Breakthrough

As the Donglin Party members temporarily ceased their activities, the government and the public inside and outside gradually calmed down, and Lin Rui once again immersed himself in the compilation of laws.

After all, he knows better than anyone else that for the balance of power, an administrative law is far from enough. There is also the Criminal Procedure Law, the crucial ancestral law and the core ideas of governing the country. Only in this way can long-term peace and stability be achieved, and there will be no problems like civil engineering. Fort-like situation.

Similarly, it is impossible to have no restrictions on imperial power. It is also undesirable to turn all officials into the emperor's domestic slaves. After all, he has the knowledge of the previous life, but the kings of the future generations will not.

Therefore, it is necessary to use ancestral laws to clearly define and limit the rights and obligations of the emperor, as well as the rights and functions of various chambers. At the same time, we must also establish a Senate, a Legislative Yuan, and a Protective Yuan to integrate those scholars who like to worry about military affairs. , all went to the Senate, and all the moral gurus to the Legislative Yuan. As for the Court of Protection, it was just Lin Rui's idea to protect the ancestral law.

Of course, Lin Rui will not establish and promulgate these three academies and the ancestral law in a short time. The three academies will have to wait at least 20 years until universal education is launched nationwide. As for the ancestral law, Lin Rui will change it. I plan to spend a lifetime perfecting it.

The final decision will be made when he is about to die. At that time, he will also stipulate in the ancestral law that the ancestral law can only be modified and supplemented 200 years after his death.

During this period, anyone who dares to tamper will be punished as a rebel. If the emperor tamperes, the whole world will punish him.

As for 200 years from now, it's none of his business.

Compared with those people who took care of the flood after my death, Lin Rui felt that he was already very responsible.

After all, if nothing unexpected happens, according to the law of development, the ancestral law he formulated should not be outdated in 200 years.

Therefore, after learning about the importance of Zufa, the more than 20 ladies responsible for compilation gradually calmed down and stopped being anxious.

In order to allow them to better understand his thoughts and concepts, and to allocate time and energy properly, Lin Rui had to sleep with them at night to explain, and during the day he would discuss with other groups. It can be said that he was busy with his feet. Does not touch the ground.

However, such days only lasted for a few days before Lin Rui had to leave Xiyuan and go to the Baigong Supervision Branch outside the city.

Because many firearms had met his requirements and were finalized, they could be cast and produced in large quantities, so Lin Rui had to get away to check them out.

Nowadays, Lin Rui's positioning as an emperor can be said to be very clear. In addition to eating, drinking and having fun, he also guides the development of science and technology, guides the improvement of relevant laws and governance ideas, and the improvement of the balance of power system.

As for other things, he doesn't need to worry about it at all.

Specific domestic affairs were handled by the inner court, the three chambers, and the governor's office. He only had to arrange the tasks and there was no need to worry about them all the time.

Lin Rui didn't even pay much attention to the war, because in his opinion, as long as the general framework was planned and the strategic goals were determined, he didn't need to worry about it.

For example, the war in Yunnan was handed over to Wu Sangui. If he won the battle, he would be rewarded. If he lost, he would be punished and punished. Then he would change people, organize an army, and learn lessons before going on.

Fight until you win, and the same goes for the war in Mobei and North Korea. As for wasting people and money, then go to hell.

As long as the internal governance is good and the strategy is appropriate, with China's population today, the use of foreign troops every year is not a problem and will not be affected.

After Lin Rui left, the three hundred ladies in Xiyuan immediately seemed to have lost their souls, and they all looked disappointed.

Obviously, for them, as long as they saw the emperor every day, or even knew that the emperor was here, they were satisfied, so they immediately began to interrogate each other, especially the 20 people responsible for compiling the ancestral law.

At this time, Lin Rui had already arrived at the Firearms Research Institute outside Dongcheng. The Firearms Research Institute covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres and has thousands of masters and apprentices.

"Your Majesty, this is a new type of Suishi fire gun. It has reached the requirement of your Majesty that it can penetrate an inch of wood at a distance of fifty paces. After installing a prismatic short knife on the mouth of the gun and adding the butt, the whole gun is six feet three inches long and heavy. Eight pounds…”

The first thing Lin Rui came to was the team that developed the fire gun, and several people in charge immediately introduced it while handing over a brand new fire gun.

Lin Rui took the gun and first carefully looked at the bayonet interface on the muzzle. Under the guidance of a craftsman on the side, he removed and reinstalled the bayonet, and stabbed the wooden board several times.

"Not bad, not bad. This mechanism is cleverly set up. It is not only strong but also easy to disassemble and assemble after it is installed. It is already ready for actual combat."

After trying it for a few times, Lin Rui praised with satisfaction that it was different with springs and screws.

With the bayonet attached, this blunderbuss is almost as tall as a person and can be used as a spear.

Immediately, Lin Rui couldn't wait to check the flint activating device, and then asked a skilled craftsman to shoot ten times. The flint's successful activation rate reached eight times, and the rate of fire reached two rounds per minute. Lin Rui I can no longer suppress the joy in my heart. "Okay, all personnel responsible for developing this long system will be rewarded according to regulations."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Everyone was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked him.

The reason why Lin Rui has not popularized firearms on a large scale is because firearms in this era have too many shortcomings and do not have the ability to fight independently.

But this firecracker developed and produced according to his requirements has barely met the conditions for large-scale popularization. It has also reached the technological ceiling of this era. It is no worse than the current European firecrackers, and is even better.

Modern gun stock design, can be equipped with a triangular bayonet, flint trigger, custom-installed oil paper granular gunpowder, a rate of fire of two rounds per minute, an effective killing rate of 50 steps, an [-]% success rate of one trigger, can ignore drizzle, and close combat Assassination was enough to bring the army into the era of lining up to kill without armor.

This will greatly reduce funding expenses and the cost of war.

"Your Majesty, this is a double-barreled blunderbuss..."

The double-barreled blunderbuss is somewhat like a rifle. It is only half a meter long. It has no butt and cannot be equipped with a bayonet. However, its caliber is thicker. It can fire both fixed shot shells and lead bullets. It is mainly used for Melee.

The shotgun can only kill five meters, and the lead bullet can kill 15 meters. Although the range is short, the power is very huge. It is also fired by flint, and there is one on the left and right of the barrel.

Double-barreled short muskets can be equipped in small quantities and are suitable for combat in urban areas and narrow terrain. They can well make up for the shortcomings of long muskets.

At the same time, Lin Rui also knew that if the gunfire wanted to make further progress, it would have to wait until there was a breakthrough in chemistry, or a machine tool could be built that could rifling the barrel.

So after some encouragement, Lin Rui went to the artillery research team. As for the mass production of gunfire, it was naturally the responsibility of the inner court manufacturing supervisor and not the research institute.

There are several times more manpower to study artillery than to study muskets, because there are many types of artillery. The first is the traditional front-loading smoothbore cannon, the second is the breech-loading French cannon, and the third is the curved-fire mortar. Cannon fire.

Among them, both the smoothbore cannon and the Frankie cannon have made huge breakthroughs, meeting Lin Rui's original requirements.

Especially the front-loading smoothbore cannon. With the advancement of China's forging technology and the addition of springs and screw bearings, this 1000-mm-caliber cannon weighing more than 70 kilograms has reached the level of Napoleon's cannons in history.

In fact, Lin Rui followed the requirements of the Napoleon cannon, because Lin Rui felt that only the Napoleon cannon could have real combat capabilities, especially in terms of firing speed and cross-country.

So this cannon is the same as the Napoleon cannon. It uses two large all-metal wheels. There is a gun mount on the ground at the back. The height of the cannon can be adjusted. Three or four people can drag it, or a horse can pull it. Flying up, the barrel is made of fine iron.

Solid artillery shells and gunpowder were wrapped together with silk to make custom-made artillery shells. Without considering adjusting the shooting angle, five people worked together to achieve a rate of fire of three rounds in 2 minutes, which was almost as fast as the French machine gun. .

In fact, the main breakthrough of this cannon is in design, not technology.

As for the Fran cannon, the structure of the gun mount is similar to that of this muzzleloader gun. The main improvements are to the gun bolt at the rear and the addition of four springs to the rear barrel. After the gun is fired, the gun bolt can be opened and the cartridge case You can exit by yourself. Compared with before, the main reason is that the firing rate and breath-holding ability have been improved, reaching two rounds per minute, and the safety is also much more reliable.

Lin Rui knew that if the cannon was fired without impact and still used a fuse, the gun's rate of fire would reach its limit. Also, if the shells were not fired, the cannon's killing range would not be much higher.

Therefore, the next two cannons will mainly focus on the research and development of ammunition. As for the rifling of the barrel and the impact firing of the primer, this must be left to the mechanical research team and the chemical research team.

Of course, he also knows that these two technologies cannot be broken through in a short time, especially the primer impact.

Lin Rui submitted a mortar with great expectations. Because the gun mount was too complicated and there were workmanship problems, it was really unsatisfactory. The shells were also a million miles away. In the end, he had to give some encouragement and give it a try in a short time. Mortar, he had given up hope.

After leaving the artillery research group, Lin Rui went to the last firearms research group, which was also very large.

Because the research is all about miscellaneous firearms, such as thunder, flying crows, fire dragons, etc.

Of course, this was the name given by the Ming Dynasty, but in Lin Rui's opinion, the Sky-Thundering Thunder was a grenade, the Divine Fire Flying Crow was a rocket launcher, and the Laoshizi Fire Dragon emerging from the water was even more terrifying, it was simply a second-level missile.

At first, when Lin Rui learned that the Ming Dynasty actually had these firearms, his jaw almost dropped. After a detailed understanding, he found that many modern weapons could be found similar to the Ming Dynasty, including mines and mines, but most of them were Of little practical value.

(End of this chapter)