"See Your Majesty!"
On the test site, the soldiers and craftsmen bowed and shouted in the stronger smell of gunpowder.
"No gift!"
The emperor glanced at Xu Guangqi, who was standing on the side of the craftsman, wearing a cloth shirt and was quite inconspicuous, and then his eyes froze, freezing the many firearms in the hands of the soldiers present.
The emperor waved, and several soldiers holding muskets immediately trotted.
"How many dear friends can you see the difference between these muskets?"
The emperor turned his head and looked at the cabinet ministers beside him.
This question made several cabinet ministers stunned. Then, Liu Qiyuan, Lai Zongdao, also subconsciously looked at Chen Qiyu and Yang Sichang, both cabinet ministers who had experience in leading troops.
Yang Sichang hesitated for a while before walking to the soldiers, looking around, and then slowly said:
"This should be...the rifle gun, which appeared in the Song Dynasty. It was made of bamboo tubes as the barrel. This should be
Fire milling was improved by the Yuan Dynasty. The bamboo pipe was changed to iron pipe. This was a musket. It was improved after the rebellion of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty. There were quite a variety of muskets. This should be one of them..."
"This is a bird gun made in the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, imitating the Western Yi gun. It uses a fuse rope to light the fire, greatly improving the power and convenience of the fire gun. The so-called "back hand does not abandon the handle, and the fire will not move. Therefore, eight or nine out of ten shots are called bird guns."
"This is a Lumi gun. During the Wanli period of the previous dynasty, the Lumi country (Turkey) was introduced to the former Ming Dynasty. It was copied by Zhao Shizhen, the Zhongshu Sheshouan at that time, and handed over to officials from the former Ming Ministry of War, Works, and Punishment, for verification. It was finally confirmed that the Lumi gun was more convenient than the bird gun, both in terms of power and range."
"The review report suggested submitting the report to Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty. Then the Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty issued an order to send the car and guns to the Beijing camp as they were made and made according to the law. Officials were ordered to teach and pass on to each side to investigate their defense and control the enemy."
"At the same time, the latest firearms "lightning gun" and "thunder gun" were also developed. The former has the advantages of Western guns and Folang machines, while the latter has the advantages of bird guns and three-eyed guns."
As if he was talking about his professionalism, Yang Sichang talked with his eyes, and then he quickly walked to the next musket. After looking at it for a moment, he made a decision in his heart: "This is what your Majesty said, in the first year of Chongzhen, you ordered the Ordnance Department to develop the original fuse of the musket to be fired, and to change the original fuse of the musket to flint."
"This change greatly reduces the hidden dangers caused by the invention of fire when the fuse strikes, and greatly simplifies the steps of operating the musket. At the same time, after eliminating the existence of open flames, the musket array can also be denser and the firepower will be more surging. During multiple shootings, the musket array can truly have the ability to face the cavalry head-on."
"If this is the one…"
Looking at this musket that was quite similar to the flintlock rifle, Yang Sichang couldn't understand it.
The previous few muskets have appeared, and each one has made progress compared to the previous one. After the flintlock rifle, it is obviously impossible to be exactly the same as the flintlock rifle that is commonly equipped today...
But the problem is, he has never seen it before.
Yang Sichang was puzzled, but the emperor did not explain. Instead, he waved his hand. The soldier holding the musket turned around suddenly, half-squatted down, and started to operate the musket.
Seeing this, Yang Sichang also stared at the soldier's operation with his eyes wide open. He did not have the gunpowder belts of the past, nor did he have the bullet bags of the past. The soldier took out a paper cylinder about the size of a finger from a small box beside him, and bit it in his mouth. The paper skin cracked, and the gunpowder in the paper was also clearly visible.
Then, the soldiers poured the gunpowder from the paper into the barrel, and then stuffed the remaining paper into the barrel together. Then, the normal flintlock rifle was operated, and the trigger was pulled to fire.
When this scene caught my eye, Yang Sichang's eyes also shone brightly and suddenly became clear.
Wrap the gunpowder and the projectile with paper is equivalent to turning the gunpowder into one operation, combining the operation steps of the musket into one, and directly omitting one step.
He was also considered to have been through war for a long time, so he naturally understood what the operation steps of the flintlock rifle, which is already a weapon, meant to be reduced again on the battlefield!
"I understand, I understand."
Yang Sichang bowed to the emperor.
"What did you understand?"
The emperor asked casually.
"This gun combines two steps into one, which once again simplifies the operation steps of the flintlock rifle. It is a decisive opportunity for the battlefield!"
Yang Sichang hurriedly replied.
The emperor smiled and said, "That's all?"
As soon as this question came out, Yang Sichang was stunned. Is there anything else?
He subconsciously looked at the flintlock rifle and froze for a moment. Just when he was puzzled, he saw the target standing in the distance from the corner of his eyes.
"distance!"
Yang Sichang raised his head suddenly and stared at the target standing in the distance.
"The distance is wrong!"
Yang Sichang blurted out, then reacted and quickly bowed to the emperor: "I know, the range has increased."
The emperor nodded, quite satisfied with Yang Sichang's reaction speed. He stepped forward a few steps and picked up the peak product of the flintlock rifle in the soldier's hand.
He then handed it to Yang Sichang: "My dear, please look at the barrel."
Yang Sichang took the barrel and saw it, and was stunned. In his perception, shouldn't the smoother the barrel be, the longer the range? Why is it so threaded, but the range increases instead of decreasing?
The other cabinet ministers were also puzzled when they saw this.
"Several friends, can you tell why the range of gun barrels not only does not decrease, but increases?"
The emperor asked again.
Several cabinet ministers looked at each other and then bowed:
"I don't know."
"I don't know either."
"But they all know."
The emperor shook his head and smiled, then pointed at the craftsmen standing respectfully in front of him.
"As the saying goes, if you have specialized in your skills, I cannot ask you important officials who have governed the country for me to develop these firearms, nor can you let these craftsmen govern the country for me to maintain the country for me."
Speaking of this, the emperor looked around the cabinet ministers, and his eyes immediately turned on Chen Qiyu: "Chen Aiqing, you know a lot about military affairs. I ask you, if you are asked to command an army with a medlock gun and face an army equipped with an ordinary flintlock gun, what is the chance of winning?"
"The soldiers dare to die, 40%!"
Chen Qiyu said.
The emperor asked again: "What if we were equipped with this flintlock rifle?"
Chen Qiyu's face seemed a little ugly. Even if it was the power of the musket, the range, and the greatly simplified operation steps, and the flintlock rifle formation had no open flames that threatened gunpowder, so that the military formation could be more densely packed and more densely packed with firepower. If the battle was done, a piece of troops would probably be lost. If the battle was against it, the advantage of range and firepower would definitely be suppressed!
"Thirty percent!"
Finally, Chen Qiyu gritted his teeth and said.
"good."
The emperor nodded, then walked towards a detailed drawing in front of the last soldier.
"This is the next generation of muskets that the Ordnance Department and the Ordnance Department of the Martial Arts Academy have focused on in recent years."
"Xu Guangqi, please explain to several cabinet ministers."
"I obey the order!"
Xu Guangqi bowed to the emperor, then bowed to several cabinet ministers, and then pointed to the extremely detailed drawing: "This gun is called a bolt-action musket. The biggest change of this gun compared to a fixed-mounted flintlock rifle is that it uses bolt-action firing instead of flint-firing, and at the same time, the paper shell is fixed-mounted and replaced with a copper shell..."
"This gun is perfectly avoiding all the shortcomings of the flintlock rifle. No matter it is sunny or rainy, it will not affect the slightest. The operation steps are even simpler. Even if you have never been exposed to a firearm, you can understand it almost as long as you watch it... According to the calculations of the students of the Martial Arts Academy, its range power is far beyond the fixed-fitting flintlock rifle. Even if you are wearing iron armor, it is difficult to block the power of this gun..."
Listening to Xu Guangqi's explanation, even if he was a military-free scholar, his eyes could not help but shine.
"Once this gun is developed, it is no exaggeration to say that looking at the world, no one can stop Daheng's military power!"
"No matter how elite the fixed-mounted flintlock army is, it is vulnerable to the army equipped with this bolt-action musket!"
As soon as Xu Guangqi finished speaking, Yang Sichang couldn't wait to ask: "How long will it take to develop this gun?"
As soon as this was said, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but look dark: "Other problems can be almost solved under the existing conditions. Even if they cannot be solved, they can be replaced by hand. The only way to find the problem is the problem of firing gunpowder. The existing gunpowder, even if it is modulated to the optimal ratio, basically cannot bear the role of bolt firing. If you want to completely develop this gun successfully, you must find a gunpowder that is more reliable and has stronger explosive power than the existing gunpowder."
"Now the Martial Arts Academy has focused on this matter and mobilized a large number of Chinese ordnance science students to study day by day..."
"The hard work of man and heaven will live up to it, and I believe there will always be a time to break through this problem!"
The several cabinet ministers were obviously a little ups and downs, and they could not hide their depression. The emperor didn't care too much. He fixed the flintlock rifle, which had exceeded the times and was enough to support Daheng's invincible military power.
There are too many weapons that can exceed the times, and Daheng's Flower of Science is still just a prototype, so he is not in a hurry. As long as the Flower of Science is still growing, the weapon that can completely form generation gaps in the bolt rifle will inevitably appear in Daheng like a weapon that transcends the times.
"Chen Aiqing, if you were asked to command the army of flintlock guns, what is the chance of winning against an army with this bolt-moving musket?"
The emperor asked with a smile.
Chen Qiyu's expression became even more ugly. After a moment of thought, Chen Qiyu shook his head with difficulty: "At most, 10%!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The emperor shook his head, 10% of it is impossible!
The emergence of bolt-action rifles will completely change the way of war. Using the existing war thinking to imagine bolt-action rifles, that is the greatest stupidity!
However, the emperor did not expose it. After smiling, he looked at the cabinet ministers in front of him again:
"You all can imagine that without the existence of craftsmen, can this firearm evolve from the initial raid to the fixed-mounted flintlock rifle that can now determine the country's destiny?"
"If one day there is a foreign enemy who comes to Daheng with a firearm that cannot be made at all, what should Daheng resist?"
Several cabinet ministers were silent immediately. If they had not seen the bolt-moving rifle, they would not have dared to say a few words, but after seeing the bolt-moving rifle, everything was too pale and powerless.
"This bolt-action rifle is just the next generation of muskets, and another next generation, and the next generation, firearms will only become more and more advanced and more terrifying."
"The difficulty of manufacturing will only increase!"
The emperor pointed at the bamboo raid musket: "The first raid musket, even if it was just a farmer, could be easily made with a little training. When it comes to the musket, it would require professional blacksmiths to make it. When it comes to this raid musket, it would require more professional craftsmen to carefully carve it. It would take at least several years to cultivate such craftsmen, which cost hundreds or thousands of taels of silver."
"At this point, a flintlock rifle is required to be equipped with a skilled blacksmith and a lot of skilled musket craftsmen. Each one is hard to bear without more than ten years of craftsmanship."
"Even if these muskets are more advanced, they will not be much advanced. With the foundation left by our ancestors, even if the enemy develops them first, we can copy them without much effort."
"But this bolt-moving rifle, my dear friends, do you know what you need?"
The emperor asked.
Several cabinet ministers also shook their heads.
"A craftsman system is needed that is well-established and well-known about firearm renewal and firearm knowledge."
"It requires a complete smelting system that exceeds the current world's cognition!"
"It requires a brand new gunpowder that completely exceeds the current gunpowder!"
"Every part, every development step, and even the test after successful development, must be extremely precisely calculated!"
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Each of these four things is made up of a path that people all over the world disdain. Can a country without such a foundation and not even know where the road is, can it be made?"
"If firearms become more and more advanced in the future, the things needed will become more and more advanced, and Daheng does not have any foundation in this regard..."
"You all can imagine what kind of scene will be like in Daheng and this Han territory at that time!"
"Chen Aiqing, your chances of winning, or even no chance of winning, may really be staged!"
After the emperor finished speaking, the audience was silent like death. Under the glory of the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom, no one had expected this possibility.
But when the emperor put all this out, even the most optimistic person had to admit that the possibility of all this becoming a fact is very great.
If nothing changes, perhaps their generation, or the generations that follow, will not be affected, but one day, this possibility will become a reality.
Several cabinet ministers were extremely sure.
Your Majesty regards life and death as something that is true, in fact, it is indeed something that concerns the life and death of the country. In the traditional Confucian thought, it is just a path that is dismissed by others!
Few people will take the initiative to study. Everyone pursues reading books of sages and governing the country and pacifying the world!
People in the world do not pay attention to it, so the court naturally cannot pay attention to it.
If you don’t pay attention, you will inevitably be surpassed by the country you valued.
Once you surpass it, this powerful weapon that transcends the era, without the basic foundation of the path they disdain, wouldn't it be able to catch up overnight.
Can't catch up, can't beat...
At this moment, the faces of several cabinet ministers were extremely ugly.
However, the emperor seemed to have no concern about the expressions of the cabinet ministers at all, and still stabbed the cabinet ministers in their hearts again without mercy: "This is just a musket, artillery, warships, too many updates and iterations, which are completely beyond the imagination of the world!"
"I have said long ago that this is a great era that has never been seen in the ages!"
"The Western Barbarians can sail tens of thousands of miles, traversing the world with a small country, ruling the land of thousands of miles. Such a major change can already explain everything!"
After saying that, the emperor didn't say anything more, turned around and looked at Xu Guangqi: "You take a few cabinet ministers, in the Ordnance Department, and to the Martial Arts Academy, take a good look and make it clear!"
"My minister, follow the order!"
Xu Guangqi bowed and said he would accept the order.
The emperor suddenly turned around and without explaining a little more, he walked away.
Let them experience the cruelty of the times yourself.
He did not exaggerate at all so cruelly. In fact, if it is not changed, the future will only be even more cruel.
With his arrival, he attaches great importance to science and firearms, and consumes a lot of manpower and material resources to cultivate. Many things that do not belong to this era have appeared and have quietly changed the era.
In this Western and Western culture, with the rise of great voyage and fierce collision, if the concept cannot be reversed, these achievements will eventually flow into the West and change the times again.
The seemingly distant future is really not far away at all!
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. From ancient times to the present, it has been an eternal truth!
Chapter completed!