Mixing ancient times with Taobao

Chapter 93 Visit
"artillery?"

The ministers were stunned for a while.

Everyone is familiar with this thing.In fact, firearms have been used on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty. As far as the Flang cannon is concerned, there were 3800 of them in the whole country during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty. There were even Thunderbolts that were fired with flint and looked like modern machine guns.

Not to mention the famous Hongyi Cannon in later generations.In fact, the Qing army's ability to break through Yangzhou City so quickly is inseparable from the Hongyi Cannon.

It’s just that the scholar-bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty were too short-sighted. Although they had skilled craftsmen, their combat thinking still remained on cold weapons, and they did not pay attention to the cultural development of the army. How can such a team compare with the Qing army?

A team can't conquer anywhere just by being barbaric. Although the Qing army is cruel, its organizational ability is very strong, with clear goals, clear rewards and punishments, and emphasis on armaments. In this way, how can the Ming army beat the Qing army?
This situation is like India and flower growers in later generations.They are all countries with mushroom eggs, and India can buy many advanced weapons, but if India says it can beat China, will anyone believe it?It will only invite ridicule.

In fact, organization itself is a capability.The more developed a country is, the stronger its organizational capabilities are. World powers and superpowers are all countries with super organizational capabilities.

The Ming Dynasty obviously had poor organizational skills, and this was the most fatal.Only due to the limitations of the times, these elites in the Ming Dynasty did not realize the seriousness of this problem, and they were only indulging in the fantasy of a great power. The sharp artillery that was once used to deal with the Qing army also disappeared with the fall of Beijing. fell together.

So when Zhu Cihong talked about using artillery to deal with the Qing army, all the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking in unanimous agreement: "Is the emperor crazy? How can the Ming Dynasty make artillery now? Even the Hongyi cannon is not our Ming Dynasty." Man made it himself..."

Zhu Cihong was not surprised to see the ministers like this.

In fact, before seeing Feilei Cannon (unconscionable cannon), Zhu Cihong also felt that it would be a very difficult project to rebuild the cannon, but after seeing the unconscionable cannon, he felt that he only needed enough tin barrels and gunpowder. .

"Take your love friends to see a kind of artillery later, maybe everyone will have confidence in defending Nanjing."

Zhu Cilang smiled and said: "In addition, the county magistrate of Jiangning has a lot of research on firearms, and the artillery that I will show my lovers later is made by her. Therefore, now I decree that the guns from Nanjing, Changzhou, Hangzhou, Huzhou and other places Skilled craftsmen are gathered together, especially those who are good at firearms fortifications, and they are all sent to the Jiangdong Guard Station, and arranged to be dispatched by the Jiangning County Lord."

Qian Qianyi and the others were taken aback, "Your Majesty, this is not a joke, the Jiangning County Lord is just a girl..."

"Ai Qing, if you talk about the Four Books and Five Classics, the county magistrate of Jiangning is definitely not your opponent. But if you are talking about astronomy and geography, mechanical fortifications, and even farming, no one in the world can beat the magistrate of Jiangning county. You have seen that the county magistrate of Jiangning has an output of [-] catties per mu. Rice?"

"what!"

Qian Qianyi couldn't help being happy, "Your Majesty, is there any grain that can produce [-] catties per mu?"

"I have seen with my own eyes that this kind of so-called hybrid rice cannot be kept for one season, but can only be planted for one season. The county lord of Jiangning also told me that she has grafted sweet potatoes and potatoes that can produce three thousand catties per mu. I can’t help it, I dare not plant it rashly, for fear that it will fall into the hands of the Qing army in the future.”

The ministers are all buzzing, how is this possible?That daughter of Zuo Dayou must be another evil spirit, right?
"Although I have never seen a god seed with a yield of [-] catties per mu, it is a fact that Jiangning County Lord cured my tuberculosis."

Xu Hongji suddenly came out and said to the ministers: "My colleagues, this old man has been suffering from tuberculosis for a long time, and he almost died last year. It was Jiangning County Lord who rescued the old minister. She has a master named Chen Guanyu, whose Taoist name is Qingyi. He is a recluse from outside the world, and the county magistrate of Jiangning learned all his skills from him. I have been in touch with the magistrate of Jiangning from time to time. I have an opinion, so the old man believes that the eight hundred catties per mu is not groundless."

"Then His Majesty..."

Qian Qianyi said: "Can I let the minister wait and see the artillery?"

A group of ministers are still very cautious. Those who can be ranked in the court are not hairless and tender, they are all smart!
If there is no hope, who wants to finish with the Zhu family?If there is hope, it is natural to guard it, after all, the reputation of surrendering is not good!And if you go to the Qing people, you may not get such a good treatment!

On the second day, a group of ministers arrived at Jiangdongmen. After Zuo Dayou pulled out the heartless cannon, all the ministers were dumbfounded.

What the hell is this? !
A wooden frame plus a tin barrel is called a cannon?
Zuo Dayou didn't care about the strange gazes of these ministers. He was not idle these days. He summoned some skilled craftsmen and, together with his daughter, improved the Feilei Cannon, which further improved the safety and energy efficiency. At the same time, he He also made firearms.

Under Zuo Fu's repeated brainwashing, Zuo Dayou has now become a complete artillery party.Fortunately, many of the refugees who fled from the north are experts in this field. After the "prophet" Zuo Fu opened up his mind, everyone's brains were wide open. Some gadgets, such as flintlock guns.

In fact, flintlock guns had already been installed in the army in Europe during this period, and some people in the Ming Dynasty invented similar guns. The famous Thunderbolt was actually fired with flint.Only limited by the limitations of the times, the cost of handcrafted guns is really high, so it is difficult to maintain large-scale promotion.

And Zuofu has Taobao, so many problems are directly solved.I went directly to Taobao to buy a bunch of suitable steel pipes, and under the hard work of the craftsmen, a hundred or so were made in no time.

As for the gunpowder fired, Zuofu also made improvements.Although the Chinese have invented gunpowder long ago, there are many redundant ingredients in it, and the proportion is wrong.So Zoffe improved on that.This is not a difficult task. The answer that a junior high school student in the future will know will not be difficult for her, a biochemical dog.

In addition, she also made strict regulations on the weight of bullets, and bought modern measuring tools, so these craftsmen not only learned some basic knowledge of physical chemistry from Zuofu, but also learned Arabic numerals, Modern unit of measurement.

The craftsmen who have learned this knowledge also quickly showed the corresponding quality, and faced with the temptation of rewarding 200 taels of silver for inventions and innovations, some people soon opened their minds to the limitless, and when these officials and masters in the court When we came to visit Feilei Cannon, these craftsmen looked forward to it. If these adults can also recognize it, it means that what the big girl said is right: craftsmen can change the world...

　I heard that code words can make a fortune, I really want to close the shop, this is too much for me to make a fortune, huh...

　　
　
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