Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 266 The First Change of Weapon Generation Difference

"Your Highness, these memorials have been divided." Liu Jin came to Zhu Houzhao's side, put a memorial on the table, and said respectfully.

Zhu Houzhao nodded without looking up, and said directly to Liu Jin, "Understood, take those memorials and burn them!"

Regarding those memorials, Zhu Houzhao had no interest in reading them at all, so they were burned directly, and they were all talking nonsense, and Zhu Houzhao didn't even bother to look after them.Everyone's interests and positions are different. If they can say something shocking to the world, it will surprise Zhu Houzhao, so it's worth not to read these memorials.

Naturally, Liu Jin didn't dare to be negligent, so she agreed, then turned around and waved her hand, signaling to several young eunuchs to take the memorial and burn it.

Zhu Houzhao naturally knew what the old man meant. Since he sent these memorials to him, he naturally knew how he would treat them.I just need to follow my step-by-step thinking, and there are no other problems.Standing up and stretching, Zhu Houzhao is also very quiet these days, and really wants to go out for a walk.

"Go to the Bingzhao Bureau and have a look!" Zhu Houzhao took a few steps forward, and then gave instructions to Liu Jin who was beside him.

Speaking of the military bureau, Zhu Houzhao is still very concerned about this yamen. After all, this is Zhu Houzhao's reliance, and it is the ordnance development yamen of Ming Dynasty.

Since the opening of the steelworks, coupled with the water punching force and the launch of the assembly line, Daming has become very proficient at forging ordinary weapons and armor.Large-scale production is not a problem, basically as much as you can make.However, Zhu Houzhao always looked down on these things. Whoever came from later generations didn't want firearms, and didn't want long guns and cannons.

Even the worst rifle is fine. Zhu Houzhao attaches great importance to this point, because only guns are epoch-making.

Many people wonder why the later dynasties became more and more cowardly and could no longer attack the grasslands like the Qin and Han Dynasties. The fact is that it is not only because of human problems, but because the leading edge in technology has disappeared.During the Qin and Han Dynasties, the productivity of the Central Plains Dynasty developed rapidly. The large-scale equipment of various iron weapons, coupled with the popularity of armor and stirrups and horseshoes, enabled the Qin and Han Dynasties to maintain a great advantage over the grasslands in terms of equipment.

Although the riding skills may not be as good as the shooting skills, but in the case of leading technical equipment, the grasslands that can also fight are crying for their fathers and mothers, which can be said to be a hang.

But with the passage of time, this technical advantage gradually faded away, and the peoples on the grasslands also learned who used saddles, horseshoes, and iron weapons.Although the Central Plains still maintains advanced technology to a certain extent, there is no generation gap. This weak technical advantage can no longer make up for the fierceness tempered by riding and archery and survival in a difficult environment.

Daming's attitude towards Houjin is a manifestation of this situation. Many of Houjin's styles are no longer like grassland herdsmen. They have more advanced technology and at the same time maintain bravery. This is why they can beat the grassland Mongolia.People from later generations know that once there is a generation gap in weapons and equipment, it is the result of crushing.

Now if you want to form a generational gap on the grassland, you can't rely on swords, guns and armor alone. Even if the Ming Dynasty has a strong national strength and trains elite soldiers, it is still not enough.

Besides, are there still those pirates in the West in this world?Although Daming hasn't confronted them yet, it's not far away.

The development of guns and firearms is a trend, so after stabilizing the production of swords and armor, Zhu Houzhao naturally aimed at firearms, and artillery and firearms were put on the agenda.Zhu Houzhao did not consider the matchlock gun, it was too backward, at least it must be a flintlock gun, and more importantly, the improvement of the artillery, the truth is within the range of the cannon!

He brought people to the Bingzhao Bureau. Zhang Yong has been in charge of the Bingzhan Bureau for the past few years. Speaking of which, he has done a good job, and Zhu Houzhao is quite satisfied.

As soon as the carriage arrived at the Military Battle Bureau, there was a rumbling sound. It was obvious that it was firing a cannon. Zhu Houzhao immediately became interested and said with a smile, "It's time for me to come, so let's go in and have a look!"

Of course, no one dared to stop Zhu Houzhao, but it was inevitable to report the news. When Zhu Houzhao walked halfway, the sound of the cannon had stopped, and Zhang Yong came out to greet him.After seeing Zhu Houzhao, Zhang Yong's body trembled with excitement, and he knelt down on the ground directly, poking his head on the ground: "Your Majesty, my servant!"

In fact, Zhang Yong felt that his life in the past two years was not very good. He spent all day dealing with iron guys and craftsmen at the Military Bureau.

If it weren't for the occasional encouragement and rewards from His Highness the Crown Prince, Zhang Yong would even feel that he was about to be forgotten. Seeing the Crown Prince coming down today, Zhang Yong was so excited that he couldn't contain himself.

Zhu Houzhao walked over with a smile, stretched out his foot and kicked Zhang Yong, and said with a smile: "Crying and crying, what do you look like, get up!" When Zhang Yong stood up, Zhu Houzhao smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "Your contribution is here! Remember, I can't forget you, just when I walked in, I heard someone shooting a cannon, it seems that Ben Gong came today by coincidence, so I took Ben Gong to have a look."

"Yes, His Royal Highness!" Zhang Yong was a little embarrassed, but he followed happily, his face almost smiling like a flower.

His Royal Highness still remembers himself, which is very gratifying, and Zhang Yong is thinking about it now.

"Tell me about it, what's the matter with you guys having sex today?" Zhu Hou took care of Zhang Yong, and asked with great interest, "Did you come up with something new?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, it's a steel cannon." Zhang Yong naturally didn't dare to neglect, and said hastily.

Zhu Houzhao laughed immediately. The so-called steel cannon is actually a steel cannon. Of course, it is not all steel, but alloy.Zhu Houzhao made this thing, and the purpose is not simple, that is, to reduce the cost and reduce the difficulty of manufacturing.The current mainstream artillery is made of copper, but the cost is too high.

In order to ensure the power of the artillery, the copper cannon is thick and heavy, which is not conducive to handling. Of course, the most important thing is to reduce the cost.As a person from later generations, although Zhu Houzhao is not proficient in designing weapons, he also knows several key points of weapon design, such as simple structure, low cost, solid and durable, low failure rate, and convenient and fast manufacturing.

For example, the PPS submachine gun of the former Soviet Union during World War II was originally designed and produced during the 900-day siege of Leningrad.Since supplies could not be brought in from outside, the submachine gun was designed to be produced using only the machines and materials available at the time.China once produced the gun, known as the Type 54 submachine gun.

Daming is so big, so if you want large-scale equipment, you need to reduce the cost, otherwise even Daming's size will not be able to support it.

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