Playing with the rotary musket in his hand, Zhu Yijun raised his head and asked Xu Guangqi with a smile: "Have you tried it?"

"Your Majesty, I don't understand this aspect. The trial was done by Eunuch Chen." Xu Guangqi quickly gave up Chen Ju around him: "Eunuch Chen has made great efforts to develop a new musket."

After seeing Chen Ju, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but smile. Xu Guangqi was asking Chen Ju for me!

Not to mention anything else, it would be great if Chen Ju could ask Xu Guangqi to ask for his contribution. Zhu Yijun nodded, turned his gaze to Chen Ju, and then said, "Then just talk!"

Chen Ju hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the new type of musket has been tested by the Wubei Department and is completely available."

"In addition to this kind of short gun, Lord Xu also made long guns, but short guns are more useful than those in the Ming Dynasty."

"It's just that the cost is relatively expensive, four times that of the current musket."

"Even if it is subsequent large-scale production, it will probably cost two to three times the cost." Chen Ju said carefully: "I think it is not appropriate to produce on a large scale now."

Zhu Yijun nodded. Of course, he knew that this thing was not suitable for mass production.

In fact, the revolver was quickly eliminated, and the flintlock was replaced by the revolver. However, the revolver was not without highlight moments. During the battle between Germany and France, they showed their power.

Compared with the current mesh rope guns, the rotary musket is more suitable for cavalry.

Although Qi Jiguang now has a gun cavalry, they can only be considered half a musket cavalry. The characteristics of the combroach gun determine that the musket cavalry cannot mature, and once the fuse is turned off, the cavalry cannot ignite it.

It is inconvenient to operate the mesh gun immediately, but the rotary musket does not have this disadvantage.

The rotary musket that uses flint ignition only needs to be loaded and fired. With the rotary musket, the muskets have officially stepped onto the stage of history. Zhu Yijun is preparing to equip Qi Jiguang with some trial production, which is conducive to improving technology and research and development.

Assembling it to Qi Jiguang is also conducive to their adaptation to new firearms.

Although the rotary musket is not as good as the flintlock rifle, it is also very similar to the flintlock rifle in some aspects. Once you change to the flintlock rifle in the future, it can also save a lot of training time.

"Then try to produce 5,000 pieces first!" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and spoke.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Chen Ju said quickly.

Zhu Yijun nodded, and then said, "You can let Xu Guangqi participate in the matter about the flintlock rifle! I believe that with his participation, the progress of the research will definitely be greatly improved."

Hearing this, Chen Ju felt a little ashamed. He spent so much money and spent so long, but the Wubeisi had not made any progress. He felt a little embarrassed.

"Yes, I obey the order!" Chen Ju quickly agreed.

Zhu Yijun nodded. In fact, he was not very concerned about the progress of muskets. He was more concerned about cannons. In this era, cannons are still mainstream and will be mainstream for a long time.

"How is the rifling thing done?" Zhu Yijun looked at Chen Ju and asked in a deep voice.

Since the last time I made the crucible steel, the carving knife was no longer a problem, so the rifle of the cannon can be put on the agenda. Once the rifle of the cannon is made, the rifle gun is not far away.

With a carving knife, rifling is no longer a difficult task, and the hook knife bending method can solve this problem.

This method not only rifles the cannon, but also rifles the musket. Zhu Yijun remembers it very clearly. This thing is just a wooden bed.

The early American colonists logged wood and made beds and then rifled guns.

If Zhu Yijun remembers correctly, there are already pre-installed rifled guns in Europe. However, it is very laborious to load them, and soldiers often need to use hammers to hit the bullets and send sticks to load the projectiles into the chamber.

The shooting speed was therefore reduced to one-third of the smoothbore rifle or even slower. Such a low shooting speed was intolerable to the army. Therefore, in the two hundred years after the invention of rifle, rifled rifle was only a supporting role in the army.

But later one person invented something epoch-making, that is, the Minnie bomb.

The invention of the Minnie bullet gave the flintlock rifle a qualitative leap. When Zhu Yijun thought of this, he couldn't help but think of the Qing Dynasty's fight against the imperial invaders. They were facing the front-mounted rifle.

Compared with smoothbore guns, there is only one advantage of rifled guns, that is, they can conduct precise shooting.

It can adopt a three-point and one-line aiming method, unlike a smoothbore rifle that can only cover firepower. Is it necessary to say the result when facing a cavalry when facing a rifle rifle that can accurately aim?

There is no second way to go except to die.

In fact, these things are now available in Europe. What Zhu Yijun has to do is just chase and assemble firearms. Zhu Yijun did not prepare for Tartars or wild boar skins.

This was prepared by Zhu Yijun for the Portuguese Spanish Dutch.

Zhu Yijun needs rifled cannons now, and the only reason is that he wants to equip rifled cannons on the warships of the Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty. In current naval battles, artillery is king. The Royal Navy of the Ming Dynasty equipped with rifled cannons will definitely be very strong.

When Chen Ju heard Zhu Yijun lifting the rifle, he hurriedly said: "Back to your Majesty, the Martial Arts Department has begun to draw rifle, but the success rate is too low and he is trying further."

"At the same time the shells are also being improved, and round shells are not suitable for rifled guns."

Of course, Zhu Yijun knew that the round ran to the unwell rifled cannon, so he nodded. Zhu Yijun said in a deep voice: "It's great, keep doing it and make a sample as soon as possible!"

After saying that, Zhu Yijun pointed at Xu Guangqi: "Let Xu Aiqing go and give you a staff officer."

"Yes, I obey the order!" Chen Ju nodded and said quickly.

When the two left, Zhu Yijun sighed and everything had to be done step by step! In fact, now that the court has money, Zhu Yijun has already been thinking about building a large steel mill.

Of course, there is no need to think about the location. It must be in Shijingshan, and the name is Capital Steel Factory.

There were steel plants in later generations, including high-quality iron ore in Miyun, high-quality coal in Mentougou, Shijingshan and Fengtai, high-quality limestone in Yanqing Miyun, etc., and the Yongding River next to it was sufficient water resources, which destined that it would be a suitable place to build a steel plant.

It uses local materials, saves costs and facilitates transportation. You should know that this place is also famous in later generations, and its name is Shougang.

Shougang in his previous life experienced a lot of things. Duan Qirui sent people to build a Shijingshan Refinery called "Longyan Iron Mine Company" (the predecessor of Shougang) on ​​the eastern foot of Shijingshan, Beijing. After the July 7 Incident in 1937, Japanese invaders occupied the Shijingshan Refinery and renamed it to "Shijingshan Iron Smelting Institute".

In August 1945, Japan surrendered and was taken over by the Kuomintang, and renamed it Shijingshan Iron and Steel Plant in 1946. Shougang experienced wars by the Beiyang warlords, occupation by the Japanese invaders, and corruption of the Kuomintang government. For thirty years, storms were wafting.

Thirty years of vicissitudes of history reflects the tragic situation of the ferrous metallurgy industry in Beijing in semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and is a humiliating history of the Chinese nation.

In this life, Zhu Yijun would never let such a thing happen again. He wanted to build a steel factory belonging to the Ming Dynasty, a steel factory destined to be recorded in history forever.

This steel factory will lay a solid foundation for the rise of the Ming Dynasty, will sound the clarion call for the rise of the Ming Dynasty, and will become an existence that makes the world tremble. For this reason, Zhu Yijun directly named it the Capital Steel Factory.

The completion of this steel plant will make a qualitative leap in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that steel is the foundation of industry.

The next period of time was calm, nothing big happened in the court, and Zhu Yijun was free to rest. There were a few good news. Zeng Shengwu, the Governor of Xuanda, came to memorials, and the military reform of the Xuanfu was completed.

Compared to Datong, it takes less time and is better completed.

Zhang Weixian also submitted a memorial to Zhu Yijun, saying that the completion was very smooth.

Zhu Yijun knew that it was time for him to transfer Zeng Shengwu back to Beijing. Although there were Guyuan, Gansu, Taiyuan and Ningxia military towns west of Xuanda, Zhu Yijun was not planning to carry out military reforms in those places for the time being.

These places need to be changed in Taiyuan, but we have to wait for the completion of the ban on Jin King's ban.

The remaining military towns also need to be renovated, but after the east is completed, Zeng Shengwu will be transferred back to Beijing, let him enter the cabinet, and preside over the military reform matter. His mission in Xuanda has been completed.

The important towns of Xuanda and Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty in recent years were not that important.

There is quite stable there, and it is best not to move for the time being. Zhu Yijun is preparing to use troops to the grassland in recent years, so Ji Liao must manage it well. When Zeng Shengwu returns to Beijing, the reform of Ji Liao's military will be put on the agenda.

Military households that will be eliminated can also be recruited to urban construction companies and road construction teams.

There are two military towns near the capital, one is Changping Town and the other is Zhenbao Town. These two military towns must also be changed. Changping Town is located in Changping, Beijing, and it has jurisdiction over the area of ​​the Great Wall from the southeast of the north bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou and northwest to the Jiayuguan Yanglai River.

Zhenbao Town is stationed in Baoding. The Great Wall under its jurisdiction starts from Zijing Pass in the north, passes through Daomaguan, Longquan Pass, Niangzi Pass, and south to Guguan.

These two towns also have to be modified. In addition to Jizhou and Liaodong, they can only be put in the west first. After all, it is too late to reach. If a mess is made, it is difficult to deal with. Except for Taiyuan, Zhu Yijun in the northwest is not ready to move for the time being.

If Zeng Shengwu comes back, someone will have to make room for Zeng Shengwu.

With Zeng Shengwu's qualifications, it is inevitable to join the cabinet. The key is to arrange a position for him in the Sixth Ministry. He can do the position of Shangshu, but there is no suitable position for him for the time being.

However, there are several positions in the minister, and one can be poured out for him immediately.

Zhu Yijun is talking about the Law and Discipline Department. After this period of investigation, the Law and Discipline Department has basically mastered most of the evidence, and it is almost impossible to arrest people.

Law and Discipline Department.

Wang Jiaping looked at the documents handed over by Qi Fei and sighed helplessly.

Although Wang Jiaping knew that this day would be there on the day he received the case, he never expected it to be so soon. Looking at the evidence placed in front of him, Wang Jiaping looked up at Qi Fei, who was alive.

Zhao Degan, the Minister of Personnel, and Wang Jiaping really wanted to carry the other party's neck and ask him, what do you think?

The dignified Minister of Personnel can actually do such a thing. If one or two people were false accusations or misunderstandings, but these dozen people would not be short of witness testimony.

The antique shop that collected money, Wen Xinzhai, was also found out, and the three business transactions that are currently in progress have been found. Looking at Wang Jiaping, it was not that Zhao Degan was accidentally, but that he was too unscrupulous.

Of course, there must be a relationship between me and my subordinates, which is really a big deal.

"I'll go into the palace to ask for an order!"

After a while, Wang Jiaping sighed helplessly, and then slowly said, "You have someone ready. When I get the order, I will immediately arrest people."

Although it was the case of Zhao Degan, the Minister of Personnel, he was not the only one involved in it.

Needless to say, the Ministry of Personnel has certainly lost a lot of officials from all sizes, and together with the people involved in buying officials, there must be a lot of people. All of these people have to be punished, which is all trouble.

"Yes, sir!" Qi Fei was not worried at all. After hearing Wang Jiaping's words, he respectfully said: "Your servant will arrange the manpower now."

Forbidden City, Wenhua Hall.

Looking at the testimony sent by Wang Jiaping, Zhu Yijun turned black and said angrily: "It's outrageous. Big rat, this is Big rat. If you catch people, you will catch them all."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will do it now!" Wang Jiaping agreed, then bowed and retreated.

When Wang Jiaping went out, the anger on Zhu Yijun's face slowly restrained. In fact, he had known this for a long time, but getting angry was his attitude, and this cannot be wrong.

However, after finding out that Zhao Degan, the Minister of Personnel, Zhu Yijun probably wouldn't be able to continue the old minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

This matter is too big. Wang Guoguang is naturally responsible for such a big mistake. In addition, Wang Guoguang is really old, and resigning from office is not something that cannot be understood.

However, Zhu Yijun still couldn't bear to let Zhao Degan's affairs accompany the resignation of the old man.

However, Zhu Yijun soon lost his heart to the point of being so unbearable. There was nothing we could do about it.

"Transfer the order to the cabinet and ask them to draft a candidate for Governor General Xuanda." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Jing and spoke.

Now Xuan Da has done everything he has to do. There is no need to deliberately arrange people as the position of Governor General Xuan Da. There is enough people who are successful. Of course, the trouble will definitely not be possible.

However, Zhu Yijun believes that it is not easy to make trouble based on his arrangements in Xuanda.

Not only Zhang Weixian is there, but there are people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Daming Money House. The old eunuch Zhang Cheng has not come back yet. Speaking of Zhang Cheng, it is time to let him come back.

"Transfer an order to Zhang Cheng and ask him to arrange the matters of Xuanda and return to Beijing!" Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said to Zhang Jing.

Zhang Jing quickly bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will let the lie supervisor draft an order."
Chapter completed!