Daming: Refining zombies at the beginning, Lao Zhu was shocked

Chapter 270 Chapter 270: Even if it’s just a flintlock gun, it’s a dimensionality reduction strike!

What did not disappoint Zhu Yue was that after these days, everyone in Lan Yu was indeed familiar with using flintlock guns!
Although other than Lan Yu, the other Huaixi nobles have no experience of time travel, let alone the firearms of later generations, but Lan Yu, an experienced person, is more than enough to be their teacher!

When brothers Zhu Yue and Zhu Biao came to the Imperial Guard College, Lan Yu and several Huaixi nobles were tinkering with several flintlock guns!
When they don't have to teach the students, Lan Yu and others are usually very busy, gathering together to make jokes and talk about all sorts of things.

However, after Zhu Yue's hundred flintlock guns were delivered, Lan Yu and others immediately became energetic. As long as they had free time during this period, their thoughts were basically all on these flintlock guns!

"See His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Han!"

Seeing Zhu Biao and Zhu Yue appear together, everyone did not dare to neglect, put down their things and hurriedly saluted to the two.

"It's all free!"

"Duke Liang, I came here today just to ask you, what do you think of this flintlock gun?"

Zhu Yue glanced at the flintlock gun that was put down by Lan Yu and others, and asked with a smile.

"Your Highness the King of Han, this flintlock gun is absolutely amazing. I didn't expect you to be able to create such a sharp firearm?"

It's not that Lan Yu doesn't want to be in the limelight, it's mainly because his inner expectations for the flintlock gun are not that high!

"Whether it is range or power, it is much more powerful than Ming Dynasty's existing fire cannons. More importantly, it is easy to load and the shooting interval is relatively short. If you use three-stage shooting, you can basically guarantee uninterrupted continuous output. !”

It is very easy to produce tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of pieces a year, but of course this requires money!

"Although the price is a bit expensive, you can definitely make it back on the battlefield!"

"so much?"

With this thing, even the Tatars, who have always been regarded as a serious threat, might be able to be easily eliminated!
"Well, I am here this time just to hear your thoughts. After all, the cost of making a flintlock gun is much higher than that of a musket."

Zhu Li nodded with satisfaction.

The main reason is that when he traveled through time, he had already tried the automatic rifles and pistols of later generations. It was a pleasure to use them. He even looked down upon this flintlock gun!
When facing these Huaixi nobles, he could still use his knowledge to show off, but in front of Zhu Li, he didn't even have the desire to show off!

When a group of Huaixi nobles heard this, their eyes widened in shock.

They came to Lan Yu and the others just to hear whether the military generals supported the imperial court's purchase of flintlock guns. Anyway, the money did not need to come from these noble military officers, but came from the imperial court. All they had to do was give Just give your fair opinion!

"The cost price is about 8 taels of silver. Even if it is purchased by the imperial court, the minimum price is 10 taels of silver!"

Although the Ming Dynasty's army has been equipped with a large number of firecrackers, in fact, the output of firecrackers manufactured by the Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau of the Ministry of Industry is also limited, and the peak production period has long passed!
The output of thousands of pieces a month was indeed beyond the expectations of most Huaixi nobles.

One flintlock gun can be used to make three or four muskets, and that's not counting the cost of gunpowder!
If the output is 100,000 pieces a year, then the flintlock gun alone will cost one million taels of silver, not counting other expenses!

Good guy, not only has the combat effectiveness been doubled, but the cost has also been doubled compared to the fire gun!

"How much does this flintlock gun cost?"

Zhu Li continued to ask.

Zhu Li explained with a smile.

"That's natural. Needless to say, if all the existing muskets are replaced by flintlock guns, the combat effectiveness can be directly increased by three to four times or even more!"

Lan Yu couldn't help but ask.

If the imperial court can really purchase on a large scale, then tens of thousands of them a month is not impossible!

"Okay, then, the imperial court will temporarily allocate 300 million taels of funds to build flintlock muskets. However, the needs of the navy must be met first before they can be distributed to other armies of the Ming Dynasty!"

"The point is to see if you generals support the imperial court's purchase of this new type of flintlock gun!"

Zhu Biao said directly with a smile.

Before Lan Yu could speak, Feng Sheng, Fu Youde and others had already started asking questions.

To put it another way, if Ming Dynasty’s hundreds of thousands of firecrackers were replaced with flintlock muskets, it would cost millions of taels!

Lan Yu nodded with certainty.

Feng Sheng immediately nodded and analyzed, this is just an understatement!

Zhu Yue frowned. With his current production capacity, he could produce flintlock guns at full capacity in a month. Even if the scale is expanded, it would not exceed 20,000.

At most, there are about 200,000 pieces a year!
"It doesn't matter. Anyway, the first ones to be used are basically water masters. It's okay to equip some of the water masters first, and then you can slowly replenish them later!"

Anyone with a bit of discernment can see what the advent of the flintlock gun represents. It is definitely a killer weapon that can change the pattern of future wars!

"The hundred flintlock guns I sent earlier are just samples for you."

Zhu Biao immediately made the final decision!
With the Ming Dynasty's current annual tax revenue of over 100 million, there is no problem in spending several million taels to replace the latest firearms and equipment. Zhu Biao also has such confidence.

"Of course it would be better to purchase a flintlock gun!"

The output of several thousand pieces a month is only a small amount at present.

"Yes, Your Highness the King of Han, how many of these flintlock spears have you produced?"

Zhu Yue calmly reported a series of numbers, which made Lan Yu and others gasp!

"The price of ten thousand pieces is 10 taels of silver!"

"As long as this flintlock gun is worth this price, the Ming court can still afford it!"

"Three hundred thousand. If we expand the production scale, it will take at least more than a year to make them!"

"It is not a problem to achieve mass production. Regardless of the quantity, the output of three to five thousand pieces a month can still be guaranteed!"

"Do you think that if these flintlock guns could be equipped in large quantities to the army, it would improve their combat effectiveness?"

Zhu Biao didn't care at all.

After all, plans for areas such as North Korea and Japan have been determined before. Even if they are equipped with flintlock guns, the soldiers will have to adapt to the process, so the speed can only be as fast as possible!

In case a war really breaks out, Ming's soldiers are still using their original fire blunderbuss, and the advantage will not be reflected!

After the formal talks, Zhu Li and Zhu Biao were ready to leave the Imperial Guard Academy.

Lan Yu wanted to talk to Zhu Li privately, so after saying hello to Feng Sheng and others, she personally escorted them out of the gate of the college.

"Okay, just send it here!"

"You should have something to do, just tell me!"

Seeing that Lan Yu must have something to say, Zhu Li said directly. "Your Highness the King of Han, this flintlock rifle is good, but it is still far inferior to the automatic rifle!"

"Tell me, when will Ming Dynasty be able to build an automatic rifle that can fire continuously?"

Lan Yu asked directly.

"Do you think I don't want to build an automatic rifle?"

“This is not something that Ming Dynasty’s existing industrial capabilities can produce!”

"Let me tell you, conservatively, it will only be possible in fifty years at the earliest. Even if it is seventy or eighty years, it will be normal!"

After Zhu Li listened to Lan Yu's words, he also explained in a dumbfounded manner.

"It takes so long?"

Lan Yu was even more shocked after hearing this deadline.

"What do you think?"

"Can't you see the difference between a high-precision firearm like an automatic rifle and the flintlock gun you have?"

"The required steel pipes alone are impossible to meet the requirements with Daming's current steelmaking level!"

"Even if it's a counterfeit, you can't fire a few shots before it explodes. Instead, you hurt yourself. What's the point?"

Zhu Yue reminded him seriously.

After Lan Yu was shocked, she also showed a thoughtful expression.

He probably understood what Zhu Li meant. At least the Ming Dynasty's current industrial strength was still at its most basic initial stage, and the steel it produced was far from meeting the requirements for manufacturing automatic rifles.

To put it bluntly, there is a shortage of high-end talents. Talents in firearms manufacturing are very scarce, and cultivating them requires a process!
Although the Ming Dynasty has begun to reform the education system under the leadership of several cabinet ministers, the energy spent on these most basic nine-year compulsory education stages has already stretched the court!

How can high-end talents be so easily cultivated?
Without the efforts and training of several generations, Ming Dynasty would not have enough talents in this area, and it would be impossible to upgrade technology in all aspects!
After all, if you want to produce high-precision weapons like automatic rifles, you need a complete industrial chain. It is not something that can be solved by just upgrading the development of a certain industry!
Therefore, in the future, if you want to develop industry, especially the military industry, it will definitely require the efforts of at least three generations!

Wouldn’t it take about fifty or sixty years to train three generations?
This is already the fastest time!
Thinking of this, Lan Yu felt somewhat depressed. It is estimated that by that time, the grass on her grave will be ten feet high!
He never thought that he would live to be a hundred years old!
Even if he gets the longevity pill given to him by Zhu Yue in the future, with his blue jade temperament, he will not engage in health care. He will probably be in his 70s or 80s!

Now he is in his forties, and half of his life has passed!

"Okay, even if the Ming Dynasty only has flintlock guns now, for our enemies, it is already a dimensionality reduction strike. It is not good if you are too greedy or too aggressive!"

"Hurry back and teach your students. We're leaving first!"

Zhu Li saw Lan Yu's thoughts, patted him on the shoulder, and then got into the carriage with Zhu Biao.

"Lanyu, this kid, is very ambitious. After a trip to the next life, he dares to think about anything!"

Sitting on the carriage, Zhu Biao couldn't help but laugh.

"It's a normal thing, doesn't the old man think the same way?"

"To be honest, if I really want to get an automatic rifle, I can get it easily. With my skillful skills, these are just minor problems!"

"But there is a limit to what I can make by myself, and I don't plan to do it unless it's absolutely necessary!"

Zhu Li shook his head slowly.

"How do you say this?"

Zhu Biao asked in surprise.

"If everyone knows that I can come up with these things, then what's the point of those scientific researchers and scholars?"

"We can't let them become dependent on me. Daming needs a healthy development!"

"As for the old man, he has thought about arranging everything in his generation more than once, and I have told him more than once that one generation can only do the things of one generation!"

"Given the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, the safest way is to first enrich the people, increase food production, and develop the most basic industry and commerce. At the very least, we must first protect people's livelihood before talking about other aspects of development!"

"The imperial court seems to be quite wealthy at present, but now the imperial court is spending money like water on every reform!"

"Just to purchase flintlock muskets, including building railways, how much money was spent on it?"

"If those in power cannot see the situation clearly and are eager to make rash advances, they will soon return to asking the people for money and food again. This is not what I want to see!"

Zhu Yue explained slowly, which can be summed up in one word: stable!

The Ming Dynasty's national power is now growing rapidly, and reforms will also bring rapid changes to the Ming Dynasty. Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang himself is not satisfied, but for other countries besides the Ming Dynasty, this change is very terrifying!

As Zhu Yue and Lan Yu said before, even a flintlock gun is already a dimensionality-reducing blow to the enemy. Aren't you satisfied?

If people's hearts are not enough, it will only be counterproductive in the end!

"Well, what you said makes sense!"

"But you just said that you can use your magic machine to build the sharp weapons of future generations?"

Zhu Biao nodded in agreement. At the same time, he also grasped the key points of what Zhu Yue said and asked curiously.

"Yes."

"Not to mention rifles, I can even make submachine guns and even heavy machine guns!"

"Actually, the reason is very simple. Take the flintlock gun as an example. In fact, I made the first flintlock gun in the Ming Dynasty, but it was just to give those craftsmen a sample. This can shorten a lot of research and development progress! "

"Steam engines and the cannons on steam engine ships are also the same!"

"At most I can only refine a batch of samples, but the main purpose is to enable craftsmen to build these things by themselves as soon as possible!"

"If I have to refine everything, then I won't be able to do other things, and there's no point in having these talents!"

Zhu Li explained again.

"I see!"

"It seems that I have to discuss this issue with the old man later. The old man is still a little anxious now!"

Zhu Biao nodded suddenly and said.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang is now willing to listen to Zhu Yue. In fact, he doesn't have to listen if he doesn't want to. After all, Zhu Yue is doing everything. Even Zhu Yuanzhang cannot force Zhu Yue to speed up development!
(End of this chapter)