"The Master said: I am determined to study at 150, and I am determined to be aware of my studies at 30, and I am not confused at 40, and I am not confused at 50, and I am aware of my destiny at 60, and I am obedient to my ears at 70, and I am following my heart and not going beyond the distance..."

As soon as Taichang walked into the gate of Ciqing Palace, a loud sound of reading came into his ears.

This is the voice of the two brothers, Prince Zhu Youxiao and Prince Xin Zhu Youjian.

He ordered the Crown Prince Zhu Youxiao to study literature in the morning and study other things in the afternoon, because even if he studied technology, he had to read literacy. Moreover, Zhu Youxiao would succeed to the throne and ascend the throne to the emperor in the future, so it would be impossible to be illiterate.

However, I was spared this morning because he was eager to see the research progress of new muskets and new cannons.

Wei Zhongxian can work hard on Donglin's affairs. The most important thing now is to make new muskets and cannons.

Feng Congwu could no longer bear the humiliation of the eunuchs such as Yao Zongwen and Wei Yingjia, and resigned in anger, just as he resigned as the position of supervising the censor and expressed his resistance to the late emperor Wanli.

As for who will take over, there is no need to hurry. He believes that Wei Zhongxian must have arranged the next court discussion, and Xu Guangqi will definitely appear on the candidate list. He just needs to make a move and choose.

In other words, it only took Xu Guangqi's tenure as Minister of Works for two days. Now it depends on the progress of research on new muskets and new cannons. After all, even if Xu Guangqi takes charge of the Ministry of Works, there must be something to do it.

He stood outside the window and looked silently for a while. As soon as the brothers Zhu Youxiao and Zhu Youjian finished their studies, he coughed and waved to Xu Guangqi, who was sitting in the professor's position.

Xu Guangqi immediately closed the book and welcomed him with the prince and the king of Xin.

After the monarch and ministers met, Taichang couldn't wait to ask: "Zixian, how are you studying muskets and cannons?"

Xu Guangqi said in a bit ashamed: "Chuyang has made a rough wooden mold and is still drawing pictures with Meng Hou."

Is the artillery research almost done?

That's OK!

As long as new artillery is made, it will be easier to defend the city. Moreover, as long as there are enough artillery, there is no possibility of defeating Jiannu in the wild.

Taichang immediately said excitedly: "Let's go and have a look first."

After saying that, he walked to the side hall where Prince Zhu Youxiao did carpenter work.

At this time, there were no more than carpentry work in the side hall, and all kinds of strange things were included, and Bi Maokang, Wang Zheng and Sun Yuanhua were all busy inside.

Bi Maokang kept writing and painting with a brush, Wang Zheng was lying beside a shelf, and Sun Yuanhua was holding something and smashing it on the table. From time to time, he could see him smashing sparks.

If other court officials saw this scene, they would probably frown even if they were not surprised.

What are these officials from the Zhanshi Mansion doing? Don’t do it seriously, let’s just let it go?

When Taichang saw this, he became accustomed to it because he often put it on the "play" before he went on tour.

He walked to Sun Yuanhua with some confusion and said curiously: "Chuyang, what are you doing?"

Only then did Sun Yuanhua realize that the emperor was here.

However, he did not immediately lie on the ground to welcome the carriage like other officials.

Because the emperor said that this is a special place that can avoid all common etiquettes. If everyone is busy, the emperor can even stop and continue to be busy when he comes.

He was stunned for a moment, then pointed to a black stone on the table and introduced: "Master, this is flint. If you hit it with an iron tool, Mars will easily appear. However, this Mars is splashing randomly, and it is sometimes big and sometimes small. It is too difficult to light the leads fixed in front."

Uh, this question.

Taichang thought for a while, then asked, "What if he tied the flint and smashed the iron plate?"

Sun Yuanhua said helplessly: "I tried that, and it was almost the same. Mars still splashed everywhere, and the strength was even less difficult to control. If it hit hard, the flint might break."

It's a bit troublesome now. How to control the size and direction of Mars?

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, and suddenly thought of something.

He looked up and glanced, and soon found a handful of things like sluts.

I don't know if this thing is used for slurs, so he didn't bother asking too much, so he walked over and took the slurs over and carefully slurs on the flint.

He used very little force and was not fast, so naturally no sparks would appear on the flint.

However, he just confirmed how the flint is fixed.

The flint pattern does not move, which proves that the fixed one is OK.

He immediately pressed the squid on the flint without hesitation and pulled it back hard.

"Sheep" a friction sound, and a flash of sparks flashed under the squid.

Seeing this, Sun Yuanhua couldn't help but look excited. Bi Maokang and Wang Zheng were also attracted by the Mars.

Can this flint be used like this?

Sun Yuanhua couldn't wait to reach out to pass the slut in Taichang's hand. He imitated the emperor and pressed the flint and pulled it back hard. Sure enough, there was another row of sparks.

Very good!

He couldn't help but excitedly said: "Master, the new artillery is about to be completed!"

Uh, you won't let someone take a slut to fire, right?

That's not what I mean!

He said a little embarrassedly: "Chuyang, in fact, this flint is not used like this, I will just try it."

Unexpectedly, Sun Yuanhua shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, that's all!"

Alas, no!

Taichang shook his head repeatedly and said, "No, no, you can do it. This way you can use it on the cannon. It will definitely not be used on the musket."

Uh, this one.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the slut in his hand, thought about the general scene when the musket fired, and then nodded slightly disappointedly: "This is indeed not used on muskets, but we can first use this to make artillery, and then slowly find ways to improve it?"

Do you still want to improve it?

I just haven't found the right thing.

Taichang looked up again and glanced around, then pointed to the grinding lug on the lathe not far away and said, "Whoever has iron blocks like grinding lugs, you can do it big or small, as long as it is round."

When everyone heard this, they all looked at Wang Zheng at the same time.

Only Wang Zheng may have similar things here, and others cannot use this kind of iron block.

Wang Zheng hurriedly ran to the place where he was studying the machinery and started to search. Soon, he ran over with an iron wheel as big as a palm and asked carefully: "Master, is this OK?"

This, no, the surface is too bright.

But it doesn't matter, you can let them process it.

Taichang pointed to the surface of the slut and said, "The surface of your wheel is too bright, and it must be processed like this slut."

When everyone heard this, they suddenly realized.

No need to say anything else now. Everyone immediately fixed the iron wheel to a rack, including sluts, chisels, carving knives, etc., and didn't know how many tools were scrapped. The surface of the wheel finally became like the surface of the slut, and the grooves were concave.

Next, Taichang didn't need to command it. Prince Zhu Youxiao immediately took action and processed a wooden connecting component in the middle of the iron wheel. Soon, he put the processed iron wheel lathe on the machine.

At this time, Sun Yuanhua immediately picked up a piece of flint, pressed it tightly on the processed wheel, and then stepped on the pedal hard.

"She" a friction sounded, and sparks suddenly shone under the wheels.

This is really done!

Bi Maokang couldn't help but say excitedly: "Master, as long as you make this thing smaller, can you install a musket?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Actually, the musket and cannon cannon cannons can be made as big as the ones. Anyway, you just need to light a small lead, and you don't need such a big Mars at all."

To be honest, it is really not easy to apply flint ignition to muskets and cannons. It took decades of research by European countries, and the methods studied by European countries are not as "advanced" as this method.

Now everyone is using a mesh gun, and the cannon is directly used to light it.

Flintlock rifle, now countries in the continent have just begun to study it, and there is no mature technology yet.

Of course, this thing is nothing to Taichang.

Sometimes, technological advancement depends on that little bit of inspiration.
Chapter completed!