Ming Dynasty: The poisonous imperial teacher, Zhu Yuanzhang advised me to be kind

Chapter 87: The first step to make the Ming Dynasty powerful: new firearms shocked the people of the Ming Dynasty
The streets of Jinling during the Ming Dynasty were far inferior to those in later generations.

The goods sold on both sides of the road are just some food and small items, and the better ones are silks, satins, jewelry and so on.

Most of the common people wore coarse linen clothes, which was completely incomparable to later generations, so the lives of ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty were still very poor.

Chu Nan has been in Daming for several months, but he has never had a good look around Daming Street, which is a bit regrettable.

But he had more important things to do, so he had no time to go shopping.

Soon, he returned to the mansion, and as soon as he came back, the housekeeper came over.

"Sir, we have prepared everything you ordered. We are in the backyard, and the people you ordered are here too."

"Oh? So fast?" Chu Nan was delighted when he saw it. This was the important thing he had to do, so he immediately went to the backyard.

After arriving at the backyard, Chu Nan immediately saw what he wanted.

A large bag of saltpeter, a large bag of sulfur, a large bag of charcoal, a lot of paper, and a lot of steel were piled up in the backyard.

At the same time, there were several men who looked like craftsmen standing nearby.

Seeing this, Chu Nan directly asked the craftsman in front of him: "Are you from the Ministry of Industry's Arsenal?"

"Yes." A leading craftsman nodded immediately.

"Okay." Chu Nan nodded when he saw this, then went to the room and took out a blueprint with some things drawn on it.

"Just make a firearm like this and see how it goes."

"Yes." The craftsmen took the drawings without much hesitation and started looking at them.

In fact, Chu Nan was not in charge of making weapons, let alone firearms, so making them privately would definitely be a crime, but Chu Nan had already obtained Zhu Biao's consent, and these craftsmen also knew it.

"What?" But when they saw the contents on the drawing, they were shocked.

"Master Chu, what kind of firearm is this?"

Because there were also muskets in the early Ming Dynasty, but they were all fire guns, which were divided into the front chamber, the powder chamber, and the tail.

The front chamber is used to load projectiles, such as stone bullets, lead bullets, and iron bullets.

The powder chamber is used to place the fuse, which can be ignited to fire the musket.

The tail is naturally used for holding and aiming.

However, the firearms shown on this blueprint are completely different from those of the Ming Dynasty.

The bullets were not stone or lead bullets, but were wrapped in paper shells.

The firing method was not to light the fuse, but to use flint to ignite it. They were really shocked because they had never seen this kind of firearm.

Then he was surprised: "Master Chu, can this firearm really be made?"

"Of course." Chu Nan nodded directly.

This is a flintlock rifle, which is much more advanced than a musket. It also uses paper shell bullets, so the loading speed is much faster.

If the Ming army could be equipped with this, its military strength would be greatly enhanced, and at that time, it would be much easier to deal with the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the Japanese, etc.

The Japanese bullied the Chinese so badly in later generations. Now that I have been reborn in the Ming Dynasty, I will make them taste the pain of being beaten!

So he said to the craftsmen seriously: "Build it well, and you won't be treated unfairly when it's done."

Then he looked at the butler and said, "Each of you take five taels of gold first."

"Oh, great!" The craftsmen became excited when they heard that there was gold to be won.

"Thank you, Master Chu. We will do our best!"

Then we started to study firearms.

Chu Nan was relieved when he saw this. Now that the firearms were out, the military strength of the Ming Dynasty would definitely be stronger.

Time quickly came to the next day.

The craftsmen were still hammering away, but Chu Nan's house was big enough so it didn't affect his rest.

But on the street, there were sounds of firecrackers, loud gongs and drums, and cheers from the people. This situation directly attracted Chu Nan.

At the gate of Chu Nan's mansion, Chu Nan stood out directly, guarded by soldiers and servants.

After he came out, he understood why it was so lively today.

It turned out that the prince of the Ming Dynasty had left the capital to gain experience with Lan Yu.

Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Di and others were seen, all wearing armor, with swords on their waists, riding tall horses, and waving happily to the people.

The people and soldiers on the roadside were very cooperative and said words of farewell to the prince.

Chu Nan was speechless. He just wanted to leave. Why did he make such a big fuss? After all, they were royals. They just wanted to save face.

"Oh." But just as Chu Nan was about to turn around, he heard some people talking in the distance.

"The princes are all out. I'm afraid Ming will have to go to war again."

"The Ming Dynasty is so poor. How can they endure such a war? The people are having a hard time living."

"Yes, although we have some food now, we have no place to live. It's too miserable."

Hearing these words from afar, Chu Nan also frowned. There were indeed too many problems facing the Ming Dynasty at present.

It would be great if potatoes and sweet potatoes arrived, but I don’t know how long it would take for them to arrive in Daming. I estimate it will take at least a year and a half.

So now Chu Nan couldn't solve these problems and could only go back home. In addition to firearms, he had to make more things, otherwise he would forget them.

But what Chu Nan didn't see was that among the people who complained about the Ming Dynasty's war, there were a few people with suspicious behavior.

Although their actions were suspicious, what they did were surprisingly similar. When some ordinary people complained about the Ming Dynasty's reckless wars, they added fuel to the fire, making the people of the Ming Dynasty even more resentful.

After doing all this, these people disappeared into the crowd. Some went to Yangzhou, and some went to the residence of the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty.

But after another day, Chu Nan's door became lively again, with loud gongs and drums and firecrackers.

So Chu Nan is going out again. Could it be that another prince is leaving Jinling?
But soon he realized something was wrong. The carriage that came was actually a carriage with a yellow roof, and it was the imperial carriage!
Zhu Yuanzhang is here.

The person sitting in the imperial carriage was indeed Zhu Yuanzhang. He came out directly, saw Chu Nan, and spoke with a smile.

"Chun Nan, I'm here to see you again."

"Your Majesty, please come in, please come in." Chu Nan was speechless. Why do you, an emperor, come to see me every day?
But he was still very polite and welcomed Zhu Yuanzhang in.

Zhu Yuanzhang was not polite and walked in with big strides. In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang, Yao Guangxiao and Liu Bowen also came.

This made Chu Nan wonder, are Yao Guangxiao and Liu Bowen playing together?
But he didn't have time to think about it, so he could only follow in.

But they went in, and the people outside were shocked.

"This Lord Chu is really amazing. His Majesty has personally visited him twice. Which minister in the entire Ming Dynasty has such an honor?"

"Master Chu is really capable!"

The common people praised him like this, but Chu Nan did not think it was a big deal, because Zhu Yuanzhang must have come to find him for something, which would be very troublesome.

Therefore, facing Zhu Yuanzhang who was sitting in the main seat, he spoke helplessly.

"Your Majesty, if you have something to say, just tell me."

(End of this chapter)